martha:. martha: so true, isn't it. those prays have been answered, many, many times for tom brady and gisele bundchen. but she was one more. don't we all. get him through the super bowl in one piece. bill: giants and patriots. my lady? martha: rooting for the new jersey giants. bill: i guess i will take the other guys. martha: have a great weekend, folks. jenna: new threats from iran and reports that israel may be getting ready to launch an attack this spring. this is a big news. we're grad you're with us on this friday. i'm jenna lee. jon: all kind of concerns on that. i'm jon scott. "happening now", iran's supreme leader calls israel a cancer. he is vowing to help any group. he says the israel is a tumor that should and will be cut. jenna: he went on to say

more remarks during friday's prayers. that is when he makes the addresses and we get the headlines. he says the united states will lose if washington decides to use military force to stop iran's nuclear program. jon: it comes a day after a "washington post" editorial saying defense secretary leon panetta believes there is a strong likelihood israel will strike iran, in april, may or june. jenna: interesting comments coming from the defense secretary. general jack keane, retired four-star general. former vice president of the army and fox news analyst. nice to have you back with us, general. we spoke earlier this week and you said this conflict with iran is 30 years in the making. what makes now different? >> they declared the united states as their strategic enemy in 1980 and they have been trying to drive us out of that region. though drove us out of lebanon. they drove us out of saudi arabia by bombing embassies and barracks. they had a heavy hand in the war in iraq and obviously we're out of there.

their major enemy in the region is clearly israel and what they're seek something regional domination. they clearly want hegemony in the reason where radical islam is the dominant influence. jenna: talk about israel and some of the comments from the defense secretary. in "the washington post" today there was a comment that the united states is afraid of being blindsided, afraid that israel will act alone militarily and we may not get a head's up about that. how much does that change our strategy? how concerned are you about something like that? >> i don't think that is as much a concern as what the implications of the attack would mean. i mean first of all, the israelis are being very public and telling people close to them they intend to attack iran this year because of the pending nuclear development program. now why are they saying that? they're actually saying that because they want the international community and the united states to get a lot tougher with iran. they know there is still an

opportunity with crippling economic sanctions and covert actions to voluntarily get iran to give up the program. the second thing happening here, the united states government, justifiably so, has some concerns about the implications of an israeli attack because what could happen as a result of it, iran would feel justified to retaliate against u.s. targets in the region, an embassy in iraq, military bases in afghanistan, other u.s. targets in the region, close the straits of hormuz which would obviously escalate the war militarily or conduct devastating rocket and missile attacks against cities in tel aviv which would force our hand to do something about it. that is what our government is very concerned about it. jenna: that is long list of worries. those are some serious consequences that you mentioned. go back to the point you made about israel talking tough essentially to prevent, hopefully a showdown. that is an interesting strategy. i'm curious if you think the defense secretary is equally,

has a strategy about saying hey, i think this attack from israel could come by the spring? whether he is putting it out there on purpose so it gets attention so it doesn't happen? >> yeah. i mean he is clearly puts it out there as well. secretary panetta, as experienced as he is, is not saying something as serious as that as lightly. he is also trying to influence the international community. he is there at a ministerial meeting in nato and he drops this just as he arrives there. the international community that he needs for additional sanctions against the iranians he is meeting with, dealing with, primarily afghanistan and other nato subjects. it is about inning that community which is why i think that look took place. jenna: speaking of afghanistan, you spent time obviously in that country and i was taking a look at statistics. 29 u.s. soldiers have died in afghanistan this year alone. 131 are wounded. we spent a lot of time,

general, talking about iran. obviously it is a very big topic but i don't want to forget the troops. i guess the only way to ask this, what about the troops? not only the troops in afghanistan but troops that have deployed for the last 10 years, what does all this news mean for them? >> what our troops have done post-9/11 and this 9/11 generation that came forward and joined the military forces in these last 10 years is nothing short of remarkable. they stand tall with any generation of americans we have ever had. their sacrifice has been significant and their performance is clearly extraordinary. their morale is sky-high, they have disciplined tough fighting outfits. i just left the troops in afghanistan a couple weeks ago. they have issued a stunning defeat to the taliban in the south and southwest. what they're doing in the east now where the main effort is being conducted, the me men tum shifted to our favor for the first time -- momentum. this is as a result of additional surge forces we've been able to put into that country. a lot of that is

underreported in the united states to be frank about it but what the troops are doing is nothing short of remarkable. jenna: it is important to that perspective. after 37 years in the army you are saying this is a very important and respected group is something that we shouldn't take lightly. we don't have time to talk about what the defense secretary said about maybe more with drauls or a change in the combat operations by late next year but we hope to talk with you about that soon, general. always nice to have you. >> take care, jenna. jon: "happening now", a look at some presidential politics. mitt romney seen to follow up on the blowout win in florida with a big win in nevada tomorrow. a "wall street journal" poll finds romney with a commanding lead over newt gingrich 45 to%.

senior correspondent john roberts joins us live from las vegas with an update. john. >> reporter: good morning, jon. everything in las vegas is designed to get people into the casinos. so it was with donald trump's endorsement of mitt romney. it was his show to get more people to the come to the campaign. took about an hour, not long after the announcement for newt gingrich's campaign to come out saying hey, wait a second, donald trump is on the record saying unkind things of mitt romney. he was absent. didn't do much as governor. he was a small business person. i asked him about that yesterday. was it sour grapes that he didn't endorse you. when he said those things he didn't know much about mitt romney. >> when i started getting invoed i didn't know mitt romney. i never met him and didn't know him. since then i've gotten to snow him very well over last two or three months. i think he is tough. i think he is smart and i think he has a chance to be a great president.

>> reporter: now the newt gingrich campaign continues to hammer romney on his comments the other day where he said he didn't care about the very poor. not only is gingrich doing it, in reno, nevada, yesterday, rick santorum picked up the charge saying it was a clear indication that mitt romney is out of touch. >> i care about the very poor. i care about 100% of americans, not 95, not 99. because that what is the president has the responsibility to do. >> reporter: mitt romney tried to clean up his comments yesterday speaking with our sean hannity saying he misspoke. he didn't use construction he would have liked to have use. if he had it to do all over again he would have said it differently but unfortunately, jon, he stepped in it bad the other day and the stink continues. don't know how long it will last. should wear off in a day or two i would think. jon: the media have been beating him up for it. john roberts. thank you. as most of the republican presidential candidates battle it out in the state

of nevada we're getting a state by state breakdown of president obama's chances re-election as they stand now. according to analysis of the "national journal" of gallup's new state by state approval ratings president obama would need to capture the district of columbia and these 22 states to reach 270 electoral college votes. i think we're hoping for a map there but, stay with me. those are the states, yeah, that the president would need to capture. by contrast, here's the president's electoral road map back in 2008. as you can see it is a very different picture from the way the situation stand today. perhaps the biggest obstacle this time around is the state of georgia. in that breakdown he would have to win georgia and not likely that he would be able to do that. i believe this is the way the approval ratings stand today for the president. states that would go for him outlined there in blue. the big problem, he would need to carry states where his combined average of

approval rating is just about 43% that is well belong the long established 50% threshold. with us, columnist for rollcall and editor of the rothenberg political report, stuart rothenberg. stuart, thanks for being with us. we've thrown out a lot of numbers. my words didn't match the maps so i think it is confusing to our audience right now. break it down for us. you took a look at the numbers, gallup polls, individual states, state by state. in, if you, if you add up the states where the president's approval rating is 46.9% or higher, then at this moment he would collect enough electoral votes from those states to win re-election? do i have that right? >> yes. basically the way you do this is you begin with core democratic states that the president is going to win almost no matter what the unemployment numbers are and what his approval is. jon: yeah. >> these states all things being equal will go

democratic. jon: new york, california. >> right. right. massachusetts, maryland, california, district of columbia. and then you kind of move toward the more competitive states. when you isolate those dozen or so states, and we're talking about virginia, north carolina, florida, ohio, colorado, iowa, wisconsin, nevada, new mexico and a handful of others, those are the states that are going to go back and forth, swing to one party or the other depending upon the momentum of an individual election. and on those places the president is having some, still having some significant problems. jon: and, one of the problems is that this current list of states where his approval rating stands right at about 47%, that includes mississippi which you don't think is state likely to vote to reelect the president? >> of course. the president is not going to win mississippi. he is not going to win any states, frankly in the south except he is competitive in virginia, north carolina and florida. which is kind of an odd

southern state, half southern and half northern. but the deep south, no. doesn't really matter where the president's job approval is there. jon, it's a combination of the president's current poll numbers, the economic numbers and the historical trend in some of these states. the president, for example, not likely to win indiana this time even though he won it four years ago. so the white house still has a difficult task in trying to come up with 270 electoral college votes. jon: but before republicans get too gleeful about all this, a couple of caveats. this is just a snapshot in time. this is the polls as they are right now. >> sure. jon: you say gallup tend to underweight the president's performance and, also you've got a republican primary that has republicans beating up on each other and their negatives are going down. >> oh absolutely. look we've had a couple of good months of unemployment numbers. if we have four or five more months of job growth and

declining unemployment, the president, his job approval numbers will then go up. nationally but also in a number of these swing states. so we have a long road to go but it really is important and gallup is absolutely right, you ought not to think it of as national presidential election you have to focus on the states and almost 270 electoral college votes that the white house and republican nominee will need to get to be elected. jon: we saw that in bush versus gore. >> we did. jon: stuart rothenberg. >> my pleasure. jenna: a quick look what is happening with the dow right now, you see it up more than 120 points. this is in part with the job numbers we got out this morning. you saw the unemployment rate come down. the question, is it sustainable? there is look at unemployment rate, 8.3%. a lot of headlines and numbers to work through. when it comes with jobs we have paul gigot from "the wall street journal" to talk about it. jon: there is fallout after

the susan komen foundation decided to cut funding to planned parenthood. we'll have the latest on that growing controversy. jenna: that is a becoming a big story. riots in egypt. we have breaking news on two american tourists kidnapped at gunpoint. jon: plus, we are two days away from what else, super bowl xlvi. everything you need to know ahead of the big game except who might take home the trophy. ♪ .

jenna: this has certainly been one of the biggest stories of the week. a growing backlash over the decision by the susan g. komen foundation to cut funding to planned parenthood. planned parenthood is firing back accusing komen folding to political pressure.

meantime donations are pouring in for both organizations. james rosen is tracking the fast-moving story from d.c. james? >> reporter: good morning, jenna and fast-moving it is. this sfur record began as a quite decision in december that the susan g komen foundation premier northern profit for fighting breast cancer severing most of its grants to planned parenthood the nation's premier provider of reproductive health services and abortions. it will cost planned parenthood roughly 700,000 per year, a small sliver of the 93 million the foundation doles out annually. new york city mayor michael bloomberg pledged to match $250,000 of contributions to planned parenthood. that rolled in plus a lot more. all seven komen foundations branches are protesting decision. one top officer resigned and another is threatening to do so. 26 senators all democrat but

one independent protested in right writing. nancy brinker, founder and ceo the decision ails only to strengthen the grant process. a komen board member the foundation came to fear that funding planned parenthood, even only to subsidize breast cancer screenings was beginning to alienate pro-life donors. >> they don't own mammography equipment. they do not do use grants within their clinics. they send them out for screening and treatment and diagnosis. what we like to have clinics we can directly fund and make sure we're helping woman clinical trial with disease diagnosis or just a breast screening for a woman at risk and making sure that breast screening has been followed up. >> reporter: we, are alarmed and saddened that the susan g comb men for the cure foundation appears to succumb to political pressure countered planned parenthood president see seal richards in a

statement. adding our desire is komen to reconsider the policy and recommit to the partnership on which some women count. planned parenthood said that komen's grants fund ad 170,000 breast exams since 2007. >> a story we'll continue to watch, james. thank you very much. >> reporter: thank you. jon: some new information just crossing our international desk, in egypt, two female american tourists kidnapped in the sinai desert. they are free now. armed gunmen abducting them and their guide from their minivan along a busy high wear earlier today. the brazen daylight kidnapping the latest blow to egypt's efforts to try to reveitch its very -- revive its very important tourism stindustry. it is in chaos after the uprising ousting hosni mubarak. this after violence two days of protests rises to four. they blame egyptian police failing to control a riot

after a soccer match yesterday which killed 70 people. we'll give you a live update on "happening now.". jenna: look at that video. unbelievable. are you scrambled eggs guy, sunny-side up, over easy. jon: scrambled. jenna: i could see that. i could see that. we're going into the weekend. it is a big-time for brunch. there is this massive recall of eggs. it is impacting americans in 34 states. what you need to know. we're going to have all the information for you. you can't have your eggs over easy. jon: can't have a omelette with the super bowl, can you? jenna: that's right. mitt romney may be the republican front runner but he is more than 1,000 delegates shy of locking up the nomination. larry sabato looks into his crystal ball with a prediction how long the republican race might last. ♪ . can you enjoy vegetables with sauce and still reach your weight loss goals? you can with green giant frozen vegetables.

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jon: fox news is america's election headquarters. right now in the race for the republican nomination mitt romney is the frontrunner. the former massachusetts governor campaigning in nevada, following a big win in florida, but it is still just the very beginning of this race to become the nominee, a candidate has to win 1144 delegates. right now romney leads the list. he has 87. newt gingrich is in second place with 26. rick santorum has 14. ron paul has 4. with 2151 delegates still to be decided. so how long will it take for one candidate to lock up the nomination? larry sabato has been looking into his crystal ball. he is the director of center for politics at the university of virginia. we should stress at outset here, larry, anything could happen. somebody could stumble.

somebody so say something silly on the campaign trail and anything could happen. what does the crystal ball show you how long race is likely to go? >> what is it that makes you think there might be a candidate gaffe or two? jon: human nature, larry. human nature. >> i think you're right. look if everything goes, quote, well for the candidates the earliest, and all of them stay in, the earliest that romney could accumulate those 1144 delegates would be late april. more likely early may. and it is entirely possible that if the candidates stay in, if all four of them stay in, that it could be early june, that is the end of the process before romney accumulate those delegates if it is in fact it is romney as most people think. it has a long way to play out, you're absolutely right, admitting our conflict of interest, jon. you on the media, i on the pundit sides, we want it to go on forever, that is our

bias obviously but i think this is true prediction. jon: you think we're looking at least three more months and possibly four more months of this kind of daily battle? >> well, if the other candidates stay in. and what determines that? well, if it is up to the candidates i suspect would stay in for the duration and certainly that would be true for ron paul. however in the case of newt gingrich and rick santorum, it isn't just what the candidate thinks, it is also what the funders of the super pacs think. they're just a couple of financial angels involved here for both gingrich and san diego. if those financial angels quit giving millions to the super pacs that they have operating on their behalf, hey, the plug is pulled. so it's not just the candidates, it is also the financial angels funding the super pacs who will determine how long this campaign goes on. jon: right. newt gingrich, for instance, is thought to have gotten a big boost from $5 million

donations that helped propel him to victory in south carolina. but newt gingrich has said he is in this for the long haul. he is in it all the way till tampa. are you saying that might not be the case? >> well, it might not be. i'm sure he means it today. what candidates say today they mean with complete since zarety but sometimes they have been known to change their minds, jon or to turn on a dime or in this case, five million. it can happen. i certainly think he will stay in through super tuesday and the week beyond when you have some southern primaries that gingrich could easily win but, you know, we'll just have to judge it on a week by week basis. it will be up to the candidates and the funders of the super pacs. it is really that simple. i don't think there are arbiters in the political party system whether it is the national republican party or the state parties who can go to these candidates and say, okay, you've put up a good fight and we want to unify and would you please step aside?

they just laugh. you don't have boss like that in either party anymore. jon: it will be interesting to watch whatever happens. three months, maybe four months. larry sabato from the university of virginia. thank you. >> thanks, jon. jenna: we said it was a fast-moving story. we have breaking news from the james g komen foundation and james rosen is back with who are on this. >> reporter: just minutes ago i was reporting that the susan g. komen for the cure foundation was standing by its decision to sever most of its grants to planned parenthood. it was true when i said it. shortly after i left the studio we received a new statement from the susan g. komen cure foundation and it reverses course entirely. i'm going to read key portions of it to you. it says we want to apologize to the american public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives. elsewhere it sass we will continue to fund existing grants including those of planned parenthood and preserve their eligibility to apply for future grants.

one of the reasons that the komen foundation cited for severing its grants to planned parenthood in the first place was that the planned parenthood group was under investigation, an investigation led by representative cliff stearns, republican of florida. now the komen foundation is saying, and i quote once again, we will amend the criteria to make clear this qualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political. this is what is right and fair. lastly, this new statement from the komen foundation says, and i quote once again, urge everyone who participated in this conversation across the country, over the last few days, to help us move past this issue. now, you heard from planned parenthood when the decision was first made public that they regretted that the komen foundation was suck coupling to -- succumbing to political pressure. now it is highly likely you will hear that charge resurface from the other side. you will likely hear pro-life groups say the komen foundation is

succumbing to political pressure from the left. this story is not over, folks. we'll continue to track it here from our washington bureau. jenna. jenna: we can't wait to hear more, james. thank you for that breaking news and interesting development and we'll continue to watch that we have more breaking news in arlington, virginia. the president is there at a firehouse to talk a little bit about the economy. we got those big jobs numbers today. shows job growth and unemployment rate coming down. let's listen in to the president. >> good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> jacob, thank you for that introduction. more importantly thank you for your extraordinary service to our country. i want to acknowledge two outstanding members of my cabinet who are here today. the secretary of veterans' affairs, rick shinseki. one of our finest, himself one of our finest veterans. obviously an extraordinary leader when he was in our army. i also want to acknowledge interior secretary ken

salazar who is in the house. [applause] and we're joined by another president, the international association of fire fighters president harold berger is here. [applause] and this is a fire station that holds some special significance for our country. on september 11th the firefighters of this house were among the first to respond to the attack on the pentagon. you guys answered this nation's call its hour of need. and in the years that followed the as americans went to war some of you answered that call as well. now today's 9/11 generation of veterans has already earned a special place in our history. our veterans and all of the

brave men and women who serve our country are the reason why america's military is the greatest in the history of the world. in the face of great odds and grave danger, they get the job done. they work as a team. they personify the very best that america has to offer. that's true on the battlefront but we're here today because it is also true on the homefront. after a decade of war our nation needs to do some building right here in the united states of america. now this morning we received more good news about our economy. in january american businesses added another 257,000 jobs. the unemployment rate came down because more people

found work. all together we've added 3.7 million new jobs over the last 23 months. now these numbers will go up and down in the coming months and there are still far too many americans who need a job or need a job that pays better than the one they have now but the economy is growing stronger. the recovery is speeding up. and we've got to do everything in our power to keep it going. we can't go back to the policies that led to the recession and we can't let washington stand in the way of our recovery. we want washington to be helping with the recovery, not making it tougher. the most important thing congress needs to do right now is to stop taxes from going up on 160 million americans at the end of this month. they have got to renew the

payroll tax cut that they extended only for a couple of months. they need to pass an extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance and do it without drama, without delay. without linking it to some idealogical side issues. they just need to get it done. shouldn't be that complicated. now is not the time for self-inflicted wounds to our economy. now is the time for action. so i want to send a clear message to congress. do not slow down the recovery that we're on. don't muck it up. keep it moving in the right direction. [applause] beyond preventing a tax hike, we need to do a lot more to create and economy that is built to last, to restore american manufacturing. we need to stop giving tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas. give those tax breaks to

companies investing in plants and equipment and hiring workers right here in the united states of america. that makes a lot of sense. to reduce our dependency on foreign oil. we need to stop subsidizing oil companies that are already making record profits and double down on clean energy that creates jobs and creates opportunities and new industries but also improves our security because we're not as dependent on foreign oil. to make sure our businesses don't have to move overseas to find skilled workers, we've got to invest in education, to make sure college is affordable for every hard-working american. and, this is the reason we're here today. we need to make sure that as our troops you are return from battle they can find a job when they get home. that's what i want to talk about today. [applause]

the war in iraq is over. the war in afghanistan is moving to a new phase. we're transitioning to afghan lead. over the past decade over three million servicemembers have transitioned back to civilian life and more are joining them every day. when these men and women come home they bring unparalleled skills and experience. folks like jacob, they have saved lives in some of the toughest conditions imaginable. they have managed convoys and moved tons of equipment over dangerous terrain. they have tracked millions of dollars of military assets. they have handled pieces of equipment that are worth tens of millions of dollars. they do incredible work. nobody is more skilled, more precise, more diligent, more disciplined.

our veterans are some of the most highly-trained, highly-educated, highly-skilled workers we've got. these are americans that every business should be competing to attract. as americans we want to keep serving here at home as we rebuild this country. so we're going to do everything we can to make sure that when our troops come home they come home to new jobs and new opportunities and new ways to serve their country. now this has been a top priority of mine since i came into office. already we've helped 600,000 veterans and their family members go back to school --. jenna: we expect the president to talk more about job plans for veterans returning home and veterans that are already here as he moves ahead here in this speech. foxnews.com if you like to watch it streaming. we want too talk a little bit what is happening in the job market overall. standing by with us, paul gigot, with the

editorial page, editorial page editor of "wall street journal" host of the journal report. don't want to forget that. are these numbers sustainable? will the job growth and unememployment coming down is that what we expect to see the rest of the year? >> i don't know we know the answer to that looking out into future. no question, one of the strongest reports we've seen in this entire recovery. the danger each of the last two years we came out in december and january with stronger growth in jobs and economy and had a fall off in each of those years. the president you noticed covered himself, these numbers will go up and down across the year but i think we should take some comfort in these results. they are very strong across the board. manufacturing jobs in particular were very encouraging. jenna: he also said the economy is getting stronger. he said a couple things. we have to do everything in our power to keep it going. congress, don't muck it up? >> i love this for the president. washington, don't stand in

the way and go ahead and cut taxes. so he is taking, sounding very, almost republican lines here as he runs for re-election because a lot of people think and i think with cause, washington has stood in the way with its policies, particularly the first two years of his administration. now he is saying well, you republican congress that is standing in the way. but, republicans have basically just put policy at a standstill. not much has happened. they're not really standing ins the way of anything. jenna: alan krueger, chairman of economic council advisors on the job numbers and policy of the president, he says it is critical we continue the economic policies helping us to dig our way out of deep hole. the policies put in place by washington, is it a direct effect from those policies that we're seeing better numbers in the jobs market? >> you will have both parties say yes and no but ultimately i think what is happening here, underlying, the american economy is sort of a wonderful thing, right? it is a big animal. it is very hard to keep it

down forever. after it has been down so long it is slowly beginning to get its long it is slowly begiing to get its legs back and beginning to recover. as we see fewer burdens from washington on the horizon, beginning to say, you know what? we can take a few more risks. maybe we can hire a few more people. it is not fabulous growth. let's not kid ourselves. this is not a reagan boom but better than we've seen last few years. jenna: interesting he made a comment part of the natural cycle economy growing not directly from the policy. >> we'll talk about the election and beyond because this is the most important issue from the americans. jenna: especially in nevada coming up on saturday. this will be a big weekend. catch paul this weekend on the "journal editorial report", 2:00 p.m. eastern time on saturday. paul, always great to have you on friday. there is a little something going on this weekend as well. we don't want to forget this. there is lot coming up. jon, are you in control room or acquisitions. i can't see you now?

jon: jenna, i'm in the acquisitions room where we bring in satellite feeds all over the world and all over the country. good thing they're not playing in denver this year and they don't have a domed stadium. if you look at remote 274 there snow is falling. this is outside our bureau on the edge of downtown denver. there is another look at it. no the a lot of traffic because folks are aheading warnings to -- heeding warnings to stay home. that is enough to make my heart glad. let's talk with a guy who knows a thing or two about sking, rick rigs reichmuth in the fox news extreme weather center. >> i would like to say bad news because we like the snow but this is not towards the ski resorts. this is the front a range. very heavy in the mountains and bolder area. you know that as well, jon. we'll see plenty of snow. it is falling across the front range and turning to areas of nebraska. the southern side of this is

severe side as well. we had a tornado watch box this morning. that expired. we'll see more of those later on this afternoon. blizzard warnings still in effect. winds up to 45 first. a big bull's-eye as threat for serious weather. arkansas and louisiana, watch for tornados during the overnight hours. maybe another 7 or 8 inches of snow snow in denver. you already had 10. this could be your biggest snowstorm ever in the month of february. this time it spreads over to parts of nebraska and picking up over a foot. not snowy winter for everybody, denver the big winner so far this year. jon: farmers on the plains could use the moisture. >> sure can. jon: rick reichmuth. thank you. >> you bet. jenna: donald trump putting a star power behind mitt romney but what does trump as power mean in this race? indiana's new law that could land football fans behind bars. you don't want to miss that.

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jenna: big game this weekend. probably don't need to remind but the super bowl. the super bowl attracts millions of football fans and big parties and members of the oldest profession in the world. indiana is clamping down on sex trafficking ahead of sunday's big game. not exactly the story we might have been expecting, mike. mike tobin live from chicago. tell us more about this. >> reporter: jenna, with the booze and money flowing around the super bowl the situation becomes pretty ripe for prostitution. sadly for the trafficking of those people who have been forced into the sex trade, even children. now the state of indiana is well aware of that. in advance of the super bowl, badly divided legislature came together and passed a law that closes a loophole in indiana and creates a felony for anyone who force as child into prostitution or moves them around for the same purpose. now, in the middle of the party the cops and the feds will be everybody where. >> prior to the game, you

know, we'll have a large influx of both, undercover detectives, plain clothes detectives and uniform that will be monitoring for any type of situations like prostitution or human or child trafficking. >> reporter: now it's not just lawmakers and cops. catholic nuns have picked a fight with the pimps particularly those who would exploit children and immigrants. you may not know this but the nuns formed an investment group which they decide on socially responsible investments. they bought stock in hotel chains. launched an awareness campaign about human trafficking and sex trafficking and used their clout as investors make the hotels pay attention. now hotel workers know how to spot the signs of human trafficking and exploitation of children. there are those, out there particularly in the blogosphere who write that the specter of human trafficking or sex trafficking shows up at every super bowl but the hookers never arrive en masse as forcast but the indiana legislature used this as an opportunity to toughen up the laws

particularly on those who would exploit children. the nuns used it as an opportunity to raise awareness sex trafficking can happen even here in the united states, jenna. jenna: interesting move by the nuns, smart. right? become an investor and change things. >> reporter: tycoons in habits. right. jenna: like that. make little t-shirts or something like that. mike, thank you so much. interesting story. jon: sex traffic something just one issue of concern in indy this week but there are many others and things like flying manhole coverers. we're serious about that one of the pickpockets, the remoat possibility of a terror attack. a list of what could go wrong on super sunday is a long one of the we'll talk with the guy who is in charge of keeping everyone safe for the big game this weekend. a mom with two kids watching a man looking at adult films on a public computer. what does the library do? you won't believe this. a fair and balanced legal debate coming up.

jon: right now unprecedented security preparations well underway ahead of super bowl xlvi. one of the big problems facing indianapolis security officials? flying manhole could have verse. no, we're not kidding. utility cables underground caused a series of explosions there, dating back to 2005. the most recent occurred in november. it damaged a parked car and raises overall safety concerns about super bowl fans. with us indianapolis public safety director frank straub. you think you have the flying manhole covers under control, first of all? >> good morning, yes. i hope so. that is really a weather-related issue typically. what you have is, when we have to put salt down and this happens in communities,

i'm originally from the northeast, all over the country. when you put salt down, sometimes it leaks down through the manhole covers and gets on wires and corrodes them. then you have problems with your transformers. so earlier in the season when we weren't enjoying balmy weather in the 60s, we did have to put salt down and we did have some transformer issues. since then we've actually tethered the manhole covers so they only go up so far. jon: we have video of new covers going into the ground. locking manhole covers. if there is underground explosion, lift up a little ways to let the pressure out and yet stay on the ground, keep everybody safe. you have, what, about 200 employees in your own department -- 3200. you will be mobbed not only with fans but security officials. you have 3,000 guards who have been hired by the nfl. you have homeland security people. 250 fbi agents. even some national guard coming in.

as i understand it, you're in charge of coordinating all of this, huh? >> yeah. that's correct. so far it's been sachs lawsuitly -- absolutely fantastic. level of cooperation and collaboration has been super and really builds on our model in indianapolis of a unified public safety agency. we're very unique in the country in terms of major cities where you have one director of public safety with six different division divisioned under it. police, fire, homeland security, ems, communications and animal care and control. so our whole department is used to working like this every day. obviously this is much larger magnitude but we work very closely with the state police, with marion county sheriff's office and with our federal partners on a regular basis. so what we've been doing throughout the year is just ramping up that level of cooperation and coordination and right now as i've been saying it is a seamless relationship.

there are no longer police officers and federal agents. there are public safety officials out protecting the city and allowing fans and local hoosiers to really enjoy themselves. jon: it is america's biggest party and i'm sure indianapolis is looking forward to hosting it. no credible threats of any terror problems according to the director of homeland security. so we hope you have a great and enjoyable sunday. frank straub, the director of public safety there in indianapolis. thank you. >> great. thank you very much. jenna: we'll look forward to that. look forward to the big game. one of my favorite games for the year. jon: got to let people enjim themselves but at the same time --. jenna: be safe. excellent point. this was a huge story because because of the suicide of their son helped put a human face on the tragedy of teenage bullying. the harrassment the family says it is still getting more than a year later. he was just in 8th grade. we'll get more of that. how google is watching your every move and keeping a record of it with your

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jenna: the republican race rolls into nevada and we roll into friday. we have french fries over here. we might all be roll out of the newsroom. bill newsroom. jon: that's what spells good in here. jenna: i'm glad you are with us, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. mitt romney hold a big lead in the polls over newt gingrich and ron paul. rick santorum not expecting a lot of support there. he is spending his day in missouri instead. jenna: 28 delegates at stake in nevada. romney is looking to build momentum after his decisive victory in florida, we'll see it john recall ralston is a

columnist and host of face-to-face. as i was reading your column this week, it's nevada, not nevada. >> we have a problem here, steve wynn one of the best-known casino owners mispronounces it all the time, i think we might be failing. jenna: you wrote about this in a guide for nevada for presidential candidates. it was a really good read. what do you think of some of the other misconceptions that people have about the state. >> i think a lot of people still think, what, people actually live in las vegas? i thought they only had hotels on the las vegas strip or downtown. you get that a lot. i think it surprises people that we are still one of the more urban states, despite how you just stated it in the country, because three-quarters of the population or more live in essentially two urban areas, vagulas vegas and reno. and there is a vast expans where

there are about 12, 13% of the population. we have a very deverse population, one of the fastest growing hispanic populations in the country, which is a huge thing in the elections. jenna: how much hispanic vote will we see versus the more money vote. >> they are generally registered as democrats here and elsewhere, it won't be that much of a factor saturday in the caucus, the more money vote could be very, very significant because mitt romney will get most of the more money vote. back in 2008 exit polls showed that the lds community was about 25% ever the election threat. the electorate. mormons are about 7% of the population, but they do vote in great numbers. romney will get a large percentage of that vote depending upon what the turn out is tomorrow. that is a nice base for him to start out with and he has a

large lead over gingrich and paul as you mentioned. jenna: let's talk about romney. he wins florida, he goes to nevada, in between there is some what is calling a gaffe by him saying he didn't care about the very poor, he also said he didn't care about the very rich. the comment has been taken out of context in some ways. you sat down with him this week, you had a one-on-one interview with him. what struck you most about the conversation? >> what trucks me most is what you were just talking about. he said the very poor comment was taken out of context. i read it back to him, he changed his story. he said, i misspoke, joan, it was a misstatement. i do hundreds of interviews, occasionally going to say things wrong. his campaign said listen, you've got to get this off the table, say you misspoke, or maybe he did misspeak, we'll never know. it contributes to a narrative, a perception of mitt romney has a guy who is out of touch with ordinary americans.

that is a problem for him of course. the irony is he said that to me about a half an hour before he did what, walked over to a place to the trump tower and got endorsed by somebody who is not really an ordinary american. jenna: i was thinking back at 2010, thinking what a dynamic state nevada was. you had sharron angle going off senator harry reid. a very tight race, you had the tea party. it was truly fascinating to watch. what do you think has changed or has anything changed in the last two years look ahead to this presidential election. >> a side note, sharron angle, believe it or not is doing a rally in las vegas, for whom? for rick santorum. so you can see how far she's fallen from being the tea party darling, she is doing a rally for a guy who essentially has no chance in the state, isn't even in the state. the way the state has changed is the democrats in 2010 rode a

wave. they were going off registration games that started when barack obama won the state by 12 points in 2008. now it's turned around. independents here have become as negative about the president as they are across the country. now this state looks like it's a toss you have state in the presidential race. but the democrats may survive only because they still have a registration event. frankly the republicans had every chance to increase registration with this caucus tomorrow but decided not to do what the democrats did four years ago which is same day registration i. i think that could hurt them in november. jenna: it's a numbers game in so many ways. we talk about politics, but most of it comes down to numbers and dollars as well. we'll have you back in a couple of months. we look forward toking having you. >> thanks, jenna. jon: new information just coming in about two american tourists who were kidnapped in egypt,

along with their guide. they were in the southern sinai peninsula when masked gunmen abducted them. this comes against the growing violence we have seen in egypt, especially that deadly soccer riot in the city of cairo. greg palkot has done extensive reporting for us from egypt and joins us with the latest on the abduction case, greg. >> reporter: the latest reports we're getting and literally they are coming in the last 20 minutes or so is that those two american women aged 60 and 65, along with their egyptian guide have now been freed from captivity. they were yanked from a tour bus by local armed natives. perhaps they were targeted for being american. they were leaving the st. catherine's monastery headed back to a red sea resort in sinai. they were demanding the release of a fellow tribes man.

it's not clear whether authorities did that or not. it's becoming clear that they should be released. we do not have that confirmed. they have been targeting tourists and resorts in that area. they have grievances with the government. the government in turmoil, security lacks there, and causing trouble for tourism. in ka cairo causing trouble. there are reports of lie rounds as well as teargas being fired, rocks being hurled over the last 24 hours, five people dead, hundreds injured, and this followed that incredible scene, that soccer riot in port said went night and that left 74 people killed. those out on the street today are blaming the military-led government for the violence there. they are saying that the authorities did not do enough to stop the violence and they are calling for the generals to step down. and that, of course, one year

ago day is the scene of a lot of ugly violence that we had a good, firsthand look at. back to you, jon. jon: greg palkot, thanks. jenna: google is under fire. the search giant requiring users to have new proeufs see rule privacy rules before they can sign onto their accounts. catherine herridge is taking a closer look. she joins us from washington. >> reporter: well, thank you, jenna and this morning. this issue is getting traction on capitol hill with a closed door meeting with a meeting between congress and google executives. cost referencing data generated by users. google hats upwards of 50 platforms on the web from which they can gather information about you by aggregating for pulling together the information. consumers can expect to see ads that are tailored to them. for example, if you're in the market for a new car, based on

your searches the ads on google will reflect that. >> if google knows i'm searching for a hybrid vehicle it's going to serve up now ads for hybrid vehicles or vehicles like that. why would it serve up an ad for a big gas guzzling pickup when i'm not in the market for that. >> reporter: some say by gathering the information google is building a profile about with you and some of that information, including the results of medical searches on the web may be sensitive. >> with the internet you can taylor it much more clearly and precisely, and so, you know, it has its up side. the downside is a lot of the consumers don't know what is being collected and when it's collected, and i think they should know. >> reporter: in this 12-page letter that was sent to eight lawmakers on the hill this week google said that the data is secure, the data is not being sold, and that there are privacy tools online to opt out. lawmakers make the point that most consumers don't know how to

opt out of all of these options and to use their computers to do so, and bottom line that all of this information is being gathered that essentially builds a profile about them. jenna: can you imagine the type of profile you have with all your stories. >> reporter: i hope it's good. jenna: it will be interesting to see, thank you very much. >> reporter: you're welcome. jon: an extreme weather alert now and the midwest is bracing for and parts of it are already experiencing it a severe winter storm. take a look. the national weather service issues storm watches in nebraska, wyoming, kansas, iowa and colorado. that should be downtown denver right there. you can't see much of it through all of that snow. if you look at the radar you can see the snow in white, the rain marching east northeast. this is a big one that will affect millions of people. denver, 4 to 6 inches of snow.

you can expect maybe ten inches no and snow not the only concern. alicia acuna is joining us live from denver. >> reporter: in addition to the snow there is the wind, blizzard conditions 45 miles per hour in some areas east of where i'm sitting, and jon, you know, being from this area, what that does. even if the snow is not coming down, if it's going sideways it makes things very dangerous, in terms of driving. i70 is closed heading east towards kansas. kansas, nebraska, iowa, they are all getting hit by this system that is just sitting here really on top of us right now. it's in no hurry to get out of here and it's going to leave us with about 18 inches by the time it actually heads on out of here. we'll take a look out here. this is south of the downtown area here in denver, and i have to tell you, jon, governor john hickenlooper has told people and urged people to stay home. don't go anywhere unless you are a vital member of keeping this city going.

you've got government offices closed. the colorado legislature is not working today. schools are closed all over the place. they are telling people stay off the roads. but you know what is open? starbucks. that starbucks has been open since early this morning and the parking lot has been full. apparently everybody here knows how important starbucks is. additionally on a more serious note if you're traveling, denver international airport right now isn't doing much. they have canceled at least 300 flights so far, and they are anticipating more. what is aepl aepld for people whrecommended for people flying into denver, through denver or out of denver check with your airlines first. the airlines waived their travel frees when you change you're flight, they waived that to get people out of here early. they wanted to get a lot of the planes out of this area so they didn't lock things up all over

the country. the domino affect as you know can be quite a problem. here in this area the grocery stores had a run with people trying to stock up on the basics, bread, milk, cheese, that sort of thing. everyone anticipating being stuck in their area, in their home for at least a couple of days. and on one final note, jon, one of my favorite pieces of information here, when you think about the fact that we are headed into super bowl sunday, the liquor stores had a run also, one of the liquor store owners here, one of the more popular places said he felt like it was friday with so many people coming in to stock up news in case, back to you. jon: colorado is used to snow, but 18 inches will get your attention. >> reporter: absolutely. jon: braving the weather for us out there on the rooftop. thank you for that. talk to you soon. jenna: new medical reports on the suspect in the arizona shooting rampage to determine whether he is mentally competent to stand trial for the murder of 16 people. we'll tell you the results of

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jenna: new information and a few crime stories we are keeping an eye on for you. the parents of missing baby lisa irwin will appear on dr. phil's show today. the search for the tenmonth-old is on going. no suspect named as yet. the suspect in last year's tucson shooting rampage has an improved mental state but is still incompetent to stand trial. six people died in that attack, 13 were injured, including gabrielle giffords. the hearing is planned for the suspect on monday. an iowa plan is accused of i will lewding police back in 2009. he was clocked at 198 miles per hour in a 70-mile per hour zone. a state trooper testified this

week that is probably a state record. jon: i'll bet. some new information for you now on a possible military showdown in the middle east. israel warns the time is running out on stopping iran's nuclear program, indicating tel-aviv could be closer to launching an attack in the coming months. the drumbeat raising concerns especially in washington. we have a guest just back from that part of the world. how worried are the israelis about the possibility that iran gets a nuclear weapon soon, judy. >> they are extremely worried. last night listening to barak that they may be on a timetable to do something about iran's nuclear capability.

what he said was, you know, doing something later may be too late, and the americans, of course, don't want to do nything until after november wn when when barack obama has already had his presidential contest. iranian missiles can already reach tel-aviv, that is the problem. you know the israelis told me and i met with them all week, they said, look, you are far away, their missiles can't reach you. we are a one bomb country. we can't wait and take the chance that the iranians may be detoured by our force, and of course they never say that they also have nuclear weapons, but they want the americans to do this with israel if the sanctions fail. there are a lot of psychological games being played now, jon.

people are saying things to influence one another, and they are also saying things to influence the iranians, because that is ultimately the partly that has to decide to dust spend or stop its program if it wants to avoid severe action. jon: you mentioned people saying things, defense secretary leon panetta said later this week that he's afraid that the israelis might launch a strike against iran to try to takeout nuclear facilities perhaps as soon as this spring. >> he said that because he was going into a nato ministerial meeting. he wants the nato allies to do more on sanctions, to do more to increase the economic pressure on iran so this a military strike may not be necessary. right now those sanctions aren't scheduled to take effect until the summer, and the israelis say, hey, let's do it now. if we really are serious about sending a message to teheran, let's send a message loud and

clear, sanctions now, oil embargo, now, otherwise the iranians may misinterpret our seriousness. jon: the feelin feeling often is that tel-aviv and washington work hand and tkpwhraf on certain issues. on this one they seem to be going other directions. >> i think they are working hands in glove in terms of the intelligence. the israeli assessment is almost identical to the american assessment as far as iran's capability, about when it may be able to acquire a nuclear weapon. the difference is on the timetable, what to do about it when. the israeli clock is shorter and much closer to midnight than the american clock. jon: judy miller, thank you we'll talk to you a little bit later. jenna: after their son's suicide the family has vowed to keep up their anti-bullying fight. we'll talk about ahead. his own football experience eu

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jenna: a bullying victim's family refusing to give up a fight to honor their son. they are suing the fairbanks school district after bullies drove their 13-year-old boy to commit suicide. his name is arbor brown. he took his own life more than a year ago. his parents are pushing for new laws to safeguard other potential victims. now the family says they are being harassed too. >> they are trying to intimidate us, harass us into keeping quiet. >> we definitely rocked the

boat. we didn't maintain the violence that i think some people were hoping we would. jenna: the trongs claim people are driving by, yelling bully at their house. they had a big garbage bag of bottles hit against their home smashing glass all over the yard. a tough year for the family. we'll keep an eye on the family. jon: a groundbreaking study raises red flags about football among young people. we've seen frightening collisions among professional athletes. now there is new research showing that the youngest of players sustain some pretty big collisions, just as severe almost as those in full-grown athletes. it's an issue first reported by our next guest, stone phillips the former anchor of "dateline" nbc where i used to work. nice to have you on. >> good to be here to talk about this. this is important.

jon: you decided you want to report on stories that matter to you. >> yeah, stories i care about and this is a good place to put them. i created a website, stone phillips reports.com. stories i care about will go on that website and we how it goes. jon: you played college football, quarterback, yale back in the 70s. >> i did play quarterback. had a couple of concussions, one in high school, one in college. this subject has been near and dear to my heart and concerns for a longtime. jon: we see the nfl collisions, but, you know, those guys are highly trained, they are, you know, physically primed for this. your concern and the thing that is so fascinating as we look at some of your old ivy league football tape there, the thing you're looking at is what happens to these young, these pee-wee players basically. >> virginia tech had done this study. we had never looked at youth football players. they had been looking at head impact football players for nine

years. they put instrumented helmets on seven and 8 year olds and followed them for the whole year. a player takes 107 hits to the head during the course of the season. most of the hits are low, 10 and 20g in the pillow fight range according to the lead researcher. the five top% are comparable with the biggest hits that you see in a college game on saturday. and it's eye-opening. jon: i was surprised to figure out or to hear that these he little kids hit that hard. secondly, they don't have the neck muscles to support that kind of -- >> that is a very important point, because they don't have strong, developed next, what happens is there is kind of a bobble-head doll affect. maybe they are not running as hard or hitting as hard but it magnifies the excel bracing of a developing brain with these kids, and that is a major concern. we should point out, jon that most of the big hits came in practice. that is sort of good news, because we can control hits in

practice. coaches can look at the drills they are doing and maybe cutback on some of the kinds that lead to these kind of impacts. jon: most people are familiar with one g -ts force of gravity. these kids are getting 80, maybe 100g hits. >> the highest hit was 100. that's right in the range where concussions can happen. these are big time hits. you'll see four or five hits of that magnitude in an entire college football game. jon: they don't know necessarily what the net effect is, they just know it's happening. >> not every big hit leads to a con luigs. but what this does do is tell us a lot about the exposure to risk for these kids, even at these very young ages. it's something to think about. jon: if your kids are out there playing pee-wee football you might want to check out the reports. it's at stone phillips.com. good to see you. >> thanks. jenna: this story deserves some attention. parents, among others, are

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jon: all eyes on nevada now as the candidates get ready for the caucuses in the silver state. the four remaining republicans out in full force one day before the big vote.

k. c. stegall joins us live from las vegas. >> reporter: hey, jon good to see you, a busy day in nevada on the eve before the caucuses, as you can imagine. what is interesting is the very different approach that mitt romney's campaign is taking leading up to the caucuses compared to the other candidates. this map shows you what we are talking b. you can see romney is pretty far north of las vegas, reaching out to the more conservative base up that way, holding events today near reno and then way over in elco, nevada, and he'll finish out down here, while newt gingrich and ron paul you can see are staying in clark county, the most densely populated part of the state. they were north earlier in the week. interestingly enough rick santorum is not even in the silver state today. he is in missouri, ahead of tuesday's primary there, but he was in nevada yesterday taking shots at the other candidates for not doing enough to distance

themselves from the current administration. take a listen. >> that's what people want to hear b and the about and they want to know what your plans are and how you contrast yourself from president obama when it comes to that. that's what this campaign has been about for me and what it's going to be about here. >> reporter: here is how the latest numbers shake out. polling shows mitt romney with a big advantage, 45% of the vote compared to newt gingrich's 25%. rick santorum with 11, and ron paul with 9%. 10% of the voters here say that they are undecided, they have not yet paid up their minds. as far as donald trump's dig announcement here in las vegas yesterday that he is endorsing mitt romney, most of the political analysts will agree in terms of the former governor standing not only here in nevada but around the rest of the country for that matter, most say that trump's endorsement doesn't mean a whole lot, jon. jon: casey stegall live from las vegas. thanks. jenna: there are lots of things

you can't do at the library, like talk loudly, use your cellphone, sleep, eat, return your books late, you can't do that. but it's what you can do at one seattle library that has some parents a little upset. adults are apparently watching pornography at some of the public computers, and librarians say they can't do anything this about it even when there are kids around . skwroeupblg us is our legal rand out. seth, and liz. everyone. >> reporter: the washington supreme court ruled on this in 2010 and they said that public libraries absolutely can block internet access to porn. they gave the libraries discretion to do so, even though porn is constitutionally protected we know by the first amendment. libraries can certainly say you can't have it. a ten-year-old girl walks in, sees a guy watching porn right by the dvd while she is looking at the next disney movie, come

on. jenna: seth it's illegal in the state of washington to buy pornography unless you're 18 years old or older. if you sell it to a minor you can actually go to jail, so is there a case here as liz says, a legal case that should be filed. >> i respectfully disagree. i agree with the point that children should be nowhere near pornography. i don't think children should be anywhere near any kind of assault content. the supreme court of the united states said to a degree sexually explicit material is constitutionally protected under the 1st amendment. i think we all agree that the library has kids anywhere near these terminals. they need to be moved. i do agree this is something that can be filtered. the computers in that library are filtered for children, not for adults. the library says constitutionally they can do that. i agree with that but they have to move the computers away, as a

practical matter it's ridiculous that they are anywhere near children. jenna: the mother of the ten-year-old was crying and show was really upset, later. it's a slippery slope. if you block pornography what about anything that shows hyperviolence, for example. >> reporter: -ts supreme court is ruling on that with violent games that are meant for kids. the difference here, jenna is i don't think it's a slippery slope. we are talking about a public library using public funds and it can use its discretion as to what to put in there or not. they couldn't possibly put in all the internet sites, why not block some of the pornography. jenna: very interesting. quick final thought on that. >> very quickly the supreme court doesn't give unlimited discretion to the library, they are the recipient of public funds, there is a constitutional issue. i think you can follow the constitution and also safeguard children in the library. jenna: very interesting, the issue of censorship which is t what the library was concerned

about. a million tear a tkoplts his 42-year-old girlfriend and she becomes his daughter. his attorney says he did it for his estate planning purposes. this man is in trouble because he was drunk driving, he killed a young 23-year-old graduate student and he's being sued, obviously by that students' parents, so he's a millionaire and so he adopts his girlfriend, just to protect his money, seth -- can you adopt someone that is close in age to you and make them your daughter when you're dating them? >> well, yes and no. in florida the judge had the discretion in this case to enter an order granting the adoption. so in the short term it's another case of law giving a bad result. but the bottom line is that he's doing this allegedly because he's trying to use her as a which to filter a third of his huge family trust to have her then take the money over to him. in the short term, yes, the adoption order is legal, but in the long term he will be subject to attack by those victims' attorneys saying this is a

fraudulent transfer. they will claw back this money. this stunt will not work. jenna: i've got to ask you, liz, we have to get into the legal part of this. what about the girlfriend? >> reporter: who does that, jenna? you know who does it somebody who wants a lot of money to keep it away from those greedy, hello victims, dead from his drunk driving. it's a scam, jenna, it's a fraud on the court. the court should see it that way and what the court can do is it can say, okay maybe that adoption is legal, we can talk about that as well, maybe that adoption is legal but i'm not going to enforce that trust, it is unconscionable, that is a term under the law and the judge can say i'm not going to enforce that contract. jenna: there is a big case coming up i think it's $30 million that the parents are suing for. obviously we're talking about it in the media. how does this impact the jury and can they say, listen, because they -- if the judge

comes out and says this is not something i want to approve and we are not going to allow this. can they go after the girlfriend daughter's money? >> reporter: the girlfriend, the daughter, yes, the short answer is yes. i think this judge should not say anything about what the judge thinks about it but should let the judge know, this is what happened. you'd have to be a pretty big dope to not realize what he's trying to do here. that is going to have an influence on the jury. i think he's going to have to pay a lot more money while he's in jail for killing somebody. >> certain jurors aren't going to understand certain things initially. when it comes to enforcing this judgment this stunt will not work, i totally agree, it's a fraudulent transfer. they are going to claw back this money. >> reporter: they shouldn't have to claw it back. it should be null and void right now and seen as a scam. jenna: we couldn't believe it when when we rea when we right. we had to talk more about it.

liz and seth thank you, both. jon: it would like to see justice prevail. jenna: come on, the girlfriend, i don't want toed tor editorialize too much. but come on, really. jon: the donald endorsess mitt romney for president. but do voters really care who the real estate tycoon supports? our news watch panel weighs in. turning dirt into jobs, july lee band dare ras joins us with a preview. >> reporter: i'm going to tell you how wearing this outfit generated over a thousand jobs, and a boom in the muck mining business. i'll explain what i'm talking about right after the break. [ male announcer ] in bli, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made? [ '80s dance music plays ] [ sighs ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. i thought i was invincible.

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jenna: fox news is on the job hunt. january is showing job growth as we particular a look at the jobs report. the unemployment rate is lower

8.3%. private sector job growth, always a good sign. one industry is putting out the help wanted sign in new york city, thanks to a lot of broken rocks. julie banderas is live in skwaoepbs to tell uqueens to tell us more about this. >> reporter: the unemployment numbers came out today and the state of new york sits at about 8%, the unemployment rate, 768,000 unemployed new yorkers. but the muck boom mining business is adding jobs and here is why if you take a look. building infrastructure by digging out the earth, thanks too some of the largest construction projects new york has seen in decades with one of the largest in the world happening right here to connect the long island railroad to penn station. tunneling under manhattan to extend the subway system. and virgin rock, it's called muck will be dug up and hauled out from the city's streets. all together the projects will excavate a total of 1500 acres

of muck. that is equivalent to a thousand football fields one foot deep creating over one hundred thousand jobs. >> the multiplier effect is tremendous. if you look at what happens and the jobs that we are creating outside, this is probably ten times over. so that is a great employment opportunity for everyone, and i wish that everyone would figure out that building infrastructure is the way to dig ourselves out of our recession and create local jobs. >> reporter: and the company is raking in profits. a facility in new jersey where muck is mixed with rock and sold around the saoegs, it can build anything, from golf courses to public parks. it makes muck a gold mine. it will dwindle once they are done with these projects, there

are potential projects, perhaps digging a tunnel under the hudson river to connect new york and new jersey. at $12 per ton it seems like the muck boom will continue into the future. back to you. jenna: did you ever think you'd be reporting on muck, july lee. >> reporter: i never thought i'd ever say the word on live tv. i never heard of it until then. thank god i didn't slip. it doesn't sound good. jenna: we're glad for jobs, yeah for muck. julie thank you. jon: a lot of bucks in muck. donald trump endorsess mitt romney in las vegas two days before the nevada caucuses. will his endorsement make any difference to voters? or will happened in las vegas stay in las vegas? ♪ [singing] ♪

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jon: well, donald trump getting a lot of attention when he endorsed mitt romney for president. a huge media crowd covering the event. a lot of folks are hr*ef left wondering, though, why bother? and do endorsements matter. let's talk about it with kristen powers, judith miller. both of fox news contributors. this endorsement by donald trump, judy, does it help mitt romney? i think it does and it certainly annoys newt gingrich because his aids 15 minutes before were still saying that they thought that he was going to get the donald's endorsement.

donald-the show man-trump, never a dull moment. jon: kristen? >> i don't think there is a single voter that will change their vote one way earth other because of what donald trump says. jon: he says he's got all kinds of followers on twitter and the apprentice and they are all going to do what he does. >> all of us know whoever follows you on twitter is going to wait for you to tell them who to vote for president. he is a show man, for some reason the media keeps falling for it. why anybody shows up for this and covers this. or why mitt romney would associate with him i have no idea. there is not a single voter who is going to say, oh, now i'm going to vote for mitt romney because trump endorsess him. jon: poe lit particular could he, the well respected political website just the day before said it is newt gingrich, donald trump is going to endorse newt gingrich. as you say he pulled the wool

over the eyes of everybody on the gingrich side. >> he loves to have the spotlight on him. i'm sure donald in his own mind imagines himself as president, and perhaps he thinks now if he endorsess mitt romney at this moment he might be considered for a cabinet post. i mean, he's just fired newt gingrich. it is a spectacle but hey they are in nevada. jon: secretary of gambling perhaps. ron paul took the opportunity to sort of tweak the noses of both these guys with this email that he sent out. donald trump endorsed and kr-pbterobted money to harry reid and char rerangel. please explain to republican voters in nevada why they should consider can the opinion of a billionaire in new york who endorsed the arch eve arch even

knee of all republicans in nevada. >> it seems in the cycle people go up to kiss donald trump's ring. where did this come from? it's so bizarre. he's completely right. ron paul is completely right. where did this idea in a donald trump is this like really conservative person who conservatives should be listening to. jon: the overall question is endorsements matter depending on who is doing the endorsing, right, judy? >> we'll see whether or not it matters in nevada, we'll see it in other states. with a race that is going to be this close, not the republican race but the general election every endorsement counts. the thing about donald trump is he's a relentless promoter for the issue of a tougher stance towards china the fact this he's embraced romney and said romney's position on china and protecting the american worker is right, i think that may

matter. at the margin i understand kirsten's bewilderment. jon: we'll see what happens. obviously the nevada caucus has yet to be wrapped up. we'll see how mitt romney does with the donald apartments endorsement. kirsten powers, judy miller, thanks very much. news watch will have a lot more great panel discussions tomorrow. don't miss it. 2:30 eastern time. jenna: we're not going to miss it. 2:30, that's right. you have that on saturday and the super bowl on sunday. comparable. jon: you know it. all kinds of battles going on. jenna: concern over iran's nuclear program and the possibility of a military strike by israel. we're going to tell you who is saying it's not a matter of if israel will attack, it's a matter of when. that's next. [ rosa ] i'm rosa and i quit smoking with chantix.

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