this is lois... who chose two aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. [ female announcer ] try aleve d for strong all day sinus and headache relief. jenna: thanks for joining us everybody. jon: "america live" starts right now. megyn: new developments this hour on another big turn for the republican race for the white house where it seems you can't bet on anything except volatility. welcome to "america live." i'm megyn kelly. stapbrick santorum three wins last night. three huge victories that undermine the idea that mitt romney and newt gingrich are the only two men left standing in this race, and the belief by some that romney is the resum tiff nominee. chris stirewalt is our fox news digital editor. it was a great night for rick santorum.

it was a great night for him by any measure, chris. when you sort of look through the weeds. if you're going to win three primaries, it's the number one prioritnot number one with nonbinding primaries, and caucuses. >> rick santorum didn't get anything last night, what he did get in a larger sense is the boost that he needs to make the case that he should be the conservative, not newt gingrich. he should be the conservative to go toe-to-toe with mitt romney down the stretch in what promises now to be potentially a long nominating process for the republicans. megyn: it's not so much about santorum taking out romney, it's about him making progress in the race against gingrich. you read your power play piece on foxnews.com, you said fair to

miserably, why do you say that? >> he wasn't on the ballot in missouri. even though missouri didn't kaupbt he wasn't on the ballot to get any of the attention. he finished behind ron paul in minnesota. very poor showing in colorado. not in line to get any delegates when any of the states start awarding their delegates. so it's bad. what gingrich is trying to do is lay in wait for the campaign to come to him. he's campaigning in ohio. he's going to campaign in super tuesday states, like his home state of georgia, like tennessee, oklahoma. he'll be out there hoping that the race comes to him so that he can do what rick santorum did last night, which is have the groundwork done so that when the race catches up to where he is, that he can have a big night on super tuesday, but the truth of the matter is now that newt gingrich, who thought that he had settled this question, claimed he had settled this question after his big win in south carolina, that he would be the not romney in this case. rick santorum said not so fast

and he's back in the miss. megyn: santorum said why should i get out. i won iowa, romney won new hampshire. why does that mean i should get out. i think he felt validated by the results last night. when you're an american voter and are deciding who to vote for do you look at delegate count, who has the most. do you look at momentum, santorum won the last three. do you look at, oh they are nonbinding. what factors in when somebody goes to the polls? >> reporter: here is the thing for republican voters right now, megyn. they are back and forth. they can't decide, do they want to end this quickly, take mitt romney. do they want to go with newt gingrich, do they want to go with santorum. they korpb fused and divided on the subject. it's so important to these republicans that they beat barack obama. they are not sure which of the three guys can do the job best.

what it causes, we've seen now basically eight times that a not romney has risen up, looked like it was going to be the person and then they went away. and it's happened over and over and over again because the conservatives inside the republican party can't make up their mind. what they are looking for now, it seems very clear, you see it with santorum and with gingrich is a fighter and somebody that will go out and look tough and prove it against romney, and obama. megyn: chris, thank you. >> reporter: you bet. megyn: in this situation republican voters have four to choose from. remember foxnews.com is your go to place for everything, campaign 2012. you can get complete election results for each state broken down by county. i'm sure you all want that. plus we have reaction, speeches from the candidates last night.

i'm sure you all want that too. what you probably do want is the delegate totals, momentum and perspective like you just got from chris stirewalt and you can get that on foxnews.com/politics. fox news alert on the deadly situation in syria. have you been following this? because you need to. government forces launch a new round of attacks today against proceed democracy demonstrators there. for nearly a year syria's government has sustained a violent crackdown on protestors that want to overthrow the president there, bashar al-assad, and the violence has begun to spiral completely out of control. today marks the fifth day of intense fighting in the city of homs, where some say if you are alive you're beating the odds. reports say that among the dead are several newborn babies who died inside offing cu incubators in a hospital after shelling knocked out power. reports of at least 5400 deaths

since the fighting began, and over 200 in just the past few days. leland vittert reports live for us from jerusalem today. >> reporter: it seems as if it is possible things are about to go from bad to worse inside the city of homs. it is now surrounded by tanks, there is a siege laid to the city. food supplies are running low. there is not much water. electricity has been shut off. their hospitals are not often in existence or operation. they have been destroyed. the video is amateur video uploaded by people who are risking their own lives trying to show the rest of the world what is going outside in their city right now. they estimate every day there's between 100 and 200 civilians killed inside the city of homs. you right remember that yesterday the president of syria promised the russian foreign minister that he was committed on stopping the violence. today things are worse and

worse. television has begun a media blitz to go on the offense on their thoughts of what is going on. residents of homs were begging the army to come in and continue the assault. calling them terrorists or armed gangs that are trying to destroy their lives. the people inside homs, all they want is a chance to a better life and to have bashar al-assad thrown out of office. where we go from here it seems the international community at least for the next couple of days has its hands tie after that u.n. vote that russia and china vetoed the resolution. there is a chance that you could have an infantry assault on homs with hundreds if not thousands dead, back to you. megyn: as leland just mentioned there was a u.n. draft resolution to tamp down the bloodshed in syria. that was vetoed not once but twice by china and russia this past weekend.

while the two nations face serious criticism over that decision they are not the only ones feeling the heat for the resolutions utter failure. susan rice, the am bass der to the u.n. is taking criticism for that resolution's defeat. we have a former spokesman for the last four ambassadors to the u.n. joins us with his take on why he believes that this woman, susan rice, should be called onto resign, and if she doesn't she should be fired. we are waiting for the start of the daily press briefing at the white house right now, where the press secretary jay carney is expected to again face questions over the obama administration's controversial new contraception policy when it comes to catholic institutions. the policy has infuriated the catholic church and catholics on the left and the right across this country. this as we are seeing some suggestions today in the wake of several days of controversy now that the white house could be

seeking a way out of this firestorm over requiring all employers, even religious ones to offer contraception coverage with no co-pay for their employees. this would include sterilizations and so on. not catholic churches but universities, hospitals and other related institutions. here is the senior obama campaign, david axelrod. >> we will look for a way to move forward that both guarantees women that basic preventative care that they need and respects the prerogatives of religious institutions. megyn:ed henry is live on the north lawn. you know,ed, they don't want to do anything that would infringe on religious liberties. but it's not like this issue caught the white house by surprise. you know, for a longtime the church and catholic institutions on the one be side and planned parenthood and other institutions on the other side were lobbying the white house about this exact issue.

then it made a decision, and kathleen sebelius said the decision is you will have to pay for it, catholic institutions with no co-pay. and now, you know, the way axelrod was talking about it it was like, we'll find a way now that it's been called to our attention. >> reporter: megyn they are trying to make it seem like there is maybe a compromise in the works. but when you lessen closely to what david axelrod is saying, you're right this should not be a surprise to the white house. there had been criticism out there and the bishops and other -ts warning if this moved forward it would be a problem. if you listen closely what david axle road said and what jay karen see said yesterday alternate the briefing they are not signaling any change to the policy, they are trying to show that they will they are willing to compromise. but it seems to be this policy is going to go forward and religious groups have several months to deal with it and see how they are going to comply with the law.

a lot of people are not buying that. you heard rick santorum on fox saying he believes the president is basically hostile to people of faith. that is the charge from rick santorum, and then house speaker john boehner a few moments ago said on the house floor if the white house does not repeal this policy, congress will. >> the president does not recertificates the department's attack on religious freedom, then the congress, acting on behalf of the american people and the constitution that we're sworn to uphold and defend must. this attack by the federal government on religious freedom in our country must not stand and will not stand. >> reporter: now jay carney at the podium yesterday, we can anticipate in the next few moments when he takes the podium again, has been saying consistently that they are not aeu bridging religious freedom and they want to work with the groups to try to implement it in a fairway. has you've been suggesting megyn there are a lot of people hot about this and the pressure on the white house continues. megyn: the religious

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>> this country can be knocked a whole in one punch. we get back up again and when we do the world will hear the roar of our engines. yeah it's halftime america, and the second half is about to begin. megyn: new details behind that ad you just saw. a message from chrysler featuring actor, director clint eastwood. they say the commercial looks like a promo for the president's re-election campaign. they deny that. stu varney is anchor of varney and co. he's with me now. what are the connections. >> reporter: widen and kennedy is the add agency which made its ad. it's directors are prominent obama supporters. aaron allen creative director worked on this ad. he made that united the states

of america poster for the 08 campaign. jim lasser and another executive are also strong obama supporters worked on this ad. obama supporters created and shaped this ad. ph-g megyn: if you picked any ad in the country you would probably find someone in ooh port of obama or any of the other candidates. what does that tell us. >> reporter: it looked to me like it was an endorsement of president obama's second term. megyn: you think in essence it was a slight of hand. >> reporter: no i think it was intentional that i and other viewers would have that impression. i think it was slight of hand to convince clint eastwood, an iconic american and a known conservative to put his face and voice on that ad, which looked very much like it was supporting a second term for president obama. i think it's one of the great slight of hand political

operations of the last generation. how else can a group of people who support president obama convince clint eastwood, a conservative guy who says he doesn't want to take sides in this election. megyn: and he doesn't like bail out, even of the car industry he said. >> reporter: they got him into this commercial. a hundred million americans now think that clint eastwood endorsess a second term for president obama. megyn: you sound like rush limbaugh. he was making a similar point yesterday. >> this ad obviously that eastwood did. i'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and suggest he got suck erred into this. all this talk of working together, and that's always what people say when the democrats are about to get shellacked. when the democrats are about to get creamed or on the rope. time out, time out we have to stop the criticism and all the

partisanship. time out, time out we've got to all start working together. that means republicans need to shut up. megyn: he has come out eastwood and said i didn't mean to be political in the ad and i'm not enforcing any candidate. he seemed to be supporting america. he said it was a proamerican mess and. >> reporter: i think he was duped to some degree. megyn: it's a two minute ad and we hear the name chrysler one time. >> reporter: there is a financial angle to this. chrysler still owes the u.s. taxpayer 1.2 i think it is, $1.2 billion. what are they doing making an ad which looks like anticipate endorsement of president obama for a second term and which cost $14 million? they owe us money. why didn't they pay us off first? remember, chrysler was bailed out by the taxpayer, the company was gussied up, the union was fixed, and then they gave it to an italian company. when was the last time that an iconic american company was given to a foreign corporation.

fiat. megyn: they have 58% ownership. >> reporter: it was given to them. now they put on an ad in our country affecting the election in our country when they still owe us monday. megyn: they say it would be to promote the brand. >> reporter: the word chrysler appeared at the end of a 2-minute commercial. megyn: 14 million. >> reporter: i believe it's about that level. megyn: clint eastwood is going to donate his money. he doesn't need the money. he's got a lot of dough. >> reporter: he's a good man. megyn: breaking news out of the white house on the situation with iran. reaction seconds ago, iranian threatens to attack u.s. bases if israel attacks iran's nuclear program. plus, caught on tape a blast at a nuclear plant where authorities are trying to reassure an anxious public there is no danger. and the final moments for two defenseless boys before their

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megyn: new developments today in the murder of few young boys at

the hands of their father, josh powell. a man long i'd in the disappearance of his wife, susan powell. police releasing the chilling 911 calls revealing a social worker's frantic attempts to get police to the powell home before the home ignited in a fiery inferno. trace gallagher has more. >> reporter: it really is, megyn. the social worker who covers the best perspective on how horrifying this was, she calls 911 and she tells them that josh powell opened the door, and the boys were a step ahead of her. they walked in the house, he then quickly slammed the door in her face, she began pounding on the door. now listen. >> nothing like this has ever happened before. these visitations, i'm really shocked and i could hear one of the kids crying, but he still wouldn't let me in. but i think i need help right away. he is on a very short leash.

he looked right at me and closed the door. i'd like to pull out of the driveway because i smell gasoline and he won't let me in. >> reporter: she smells the gasoline, she knows josh powell's history and then she tries to convey to the dispatcher that she believes the boys are in grave danger, listen now. >> we'll have somebody look for you there. >> okay. how long will it be in. >> i don't know, ma'am they have to respond to emergencies, life-threatening situations first. the first available deputy. >> this could be life threatening. he went to court on wednesday and he didn't get his kids back, and this is really -- i'm afraid for their lives. >> reporter: the social worker then hangs up the phone, right? seconds later the explosion. she knows the boys are inside, she calls 911 back and gets a new dispatcher. listen. >> hi, ma'am were you calling about the fire in the 8200

block. >> yes, yes he exploded the house. >> ma'am, do you know the exact address of the house. >> yes it's 8119. 189 street. >> stay on the line. do you know if anyone is in the house. >> yes, there was a man and two children, i just dropped off the children and he wouldn't let me in the door. >> reporter: the operator by the way goes onto ask if she believes that josh powell did this on purpose, and they are answer, megyn was yes, she did. megyn: wow, that social worker, it sounded she did everything she could have done short of trying to barrel in that door, her instincts were right on, it's unfortunate on every level. trace, thank you. a new controversy today over faith in the military. the military has just moved to edit the latin reference to god out of this air force patch. just ahead see what is being done to stop that move. plus, could these images prove the existence of a legendary

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megyn: fox news alert iran issuing dramatic new threats against the united states over the back and forth between israel and iran. the ambassador to moscow is saying iran is capable of hitting united states military forces anywhere in the world in the u.s. attacks iran directly. this in response to the israel. it's being called a reckless statement because con taken the cannot possibly be correct. this is the latest show of force since tehran launched a new

round of military exercises. yesterday i asked retired army general jack kean terks what iran could do to the united states if this conflict escalates. what is going to happen to americans inside and outside of the united states if israel bombs iran? >> iran has choices. they will attack the israelis for that, then their choices are what are they going to do about the united states? they clearly can attack our bases in afghanistan and our consulate and embassy in iraq. they can conduct terrorism inside and outside the united states. megyn: coming up we'll have a live report from the pentagon about what the united states strategy is in the event of an iranian attack. one nation under god. but today deeply divided over

the president's healthcare law and one particular aspect of it. as things stand right now, religious institutions, catholics hospitals and institutions could soon be forced to pay for benefits like birth control or sterilization with no copay to the employees even though those benefits in the case of catholicism conflict with church teachings. now a group of senators say it is not about faith, it's a republican war on women's health. >> we voted to give women great access to affordable healthcare services including contraception. these are important historic advance thes for women's health and they should not fall victim to ideological policies. >> republicans have been waging

a war on women's health since they came into power. the first three bills they introduced were direct attacks on women's health in america. >> my republican colleagues almost shut down the government over family planning. now if they have their way, millions of women could lose their contraceptive coverage which could expose them to declining health outcomes and their babies to declining health outcomes and could cost them about $600 a year. megyn: monica crowley is a talk show host and sally colmes. the we are talking about whether the white house is back off. they said they are not going to compromise on this. they have the place they are happy with, and those democratic

senators seem to be agreeing. where is this going to go? >> the white house never had any intention of compromise on this. obama-care was passed a year and a half ago. this is their policy. this is a direct assault on religious freedom this country. megyn: do you think they expected as big of a backlash from not just cloth licks. we had a jewish rabbi who says it infringes on religious freedom. >> it's not just catholics. we have people of all faiths outraged over this. if you can go over catholics today you can go over the jewish community or the muslim community another day. we are talking about compulsion by the government of private institutions who do take taxpayer money. but to compel them to go up against church doctrine and accept by writ of the government

to accept things that go against the core of their religious beliefs. megyn: sally, can you explain why the senators we just heard, why is it so important -- why are the groups lobbying the white house saying this is so critical for the president not to back down on. >> there are a couple of things we should parse out. from a liberal perspective, he's had a history of backing down to any whiff of controversy. but what the senators are saying is generally right. these trumped up charges against planned parentshood. megyn: this is not planned parenthood. >> this is an ongoing controversy. megyn: if the president doesn't implement this, what's going to happen to the female employees at catholic universities and

catholic hospitals. >> they are being left without a choice. these aren't private institutions. these are institutions that take tax benefits for the public services they provide. the conservatives are always interested in individual choice until it comes to individual choices they don't seem to like. 98% of american women including 98% of catholic women have used contraception. that's their choice. megyn: it seems like that's what the white house is saying, virtually every single american this favor of birth control even thought it, against church doctrine. but it morphed from a contraception issue into a religious liberty issue. >> if you as a catholic want to seek out birth control that's

twin and your doctor, you and your church. but to tell religious organizations they have to do x, y and z in direct violation of their beliefs. that's tyranny. this gets to the core philosophical problems, most americans, 65% have with obama-care. we fear this kind of government overreach. we knew obama-care would get into every nook and krannive our bodies and our lives. and this is the direct points we were so afraid of. megyn: i want to ask you about the point of them taking government money. but you seem to be suggesting if they don't take it money, then they can't be regulated by the government. >> not necessarily. megyn: do you want to see catholic universities and hospitals going out of business, either closing down or having to

pay for or violate their belief. >> of course not. necessity provide a valuable public service. we are trying to layer religion onto this in order to pass the healthcare reform law. but really we have all kinds of quote-unquote compulsion in the interest of public health and public safety. we compel people to stop at stop signs. but in this case 98% of catholic women are already using contraception. we have people saying they are concerned about uninternedded presenting man is and the life of the children. catholic women should be able to and want to be able to have access to contraception. the government preserving and protecting their choice to do so. megyn: they gets on their own dime. >> this races the bigger question about the proper role

and scope of government. why is the government at all involved in any of this? by the way, the left argues, government us of my womb, but with the government wants back in your womb with contraception. >> you can say i don't like that you have used contraception, i refuse to perform medical care. megyn: thousands of people killed by their own government in syria. we are talking a few hundred just this week. but the united nations failing to act. and that is raising new questions about the perform answer our own ambassador, susan rice to the united nations. we'll tell you who is raising those questions and demanding she resign or be fired. just ahead. as the president tells us we turned a corner on the economy, why are we getting new warnings from the federal reserve chief, ben bernanke. >> we still have a long way to

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megyn: concerns about the bloodshed in syria after the government launches new attacks against pro-democracy demonstrators. but the united nations so far has failed to act. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., susan rice is slamming china and russia for their veto of a proposed resolution this past weekend. take a listen. >> today we saw clearly which countries are prepared to support the people of syria and indeed the people of the entire region as they struggle to attain a future of peace and democracy. and we saw which countries for their narrow interests do not. megyn: my next guest says

ambassador rice shares some of the blame for that resolution's failure, among other things and he believes she should resign or be fired. he spent eight years at the united nations. he's a former spokesman for the ambassadors to the united nations. thank you for being here. why do you think ambassador rice should be forced to resign? >> i don't come to this decision lightly. i know that the united nations is a very tough place for americans especially. but after serving there eight years and watching and participating with four u.s. ambassadors, i feel compelled to speak out and to say we are not being represented, americans are not being represent and i think it's a national security issue. consistently susan rice has either not shown up for some important meetings, not spoken out when israel and other allies

need our support. but when she does show up she has failed. let's take two issues that are of significant importance to americans and our national security. one is iran and one is syria. this weekend we saw a miserable failure of diplomacy. she waited too long. she tboash yatesed too quickly and the russians smelled weakness. they could see our interests were not being represented by the best person. then you take iran and susan rice has failed to come up with a u.n. resolution in 22 months. we have had nothing from her team and yet it's suppose to be a national security issue. we are now going around the u.n. and we are asking europeans 20 to couple with sanctions and we are unable to have any type of leadership at the u.n. in spite of the fact that susan rice in 2008 was very aggressive during

the campaign saying she would restore leadership. meg require want to speak to you about syria in particular. you say she waited too long and when she acted she negotiated too quickly. people listening to this will say how is susan rice going to control russia and china. >> there is no question russia and china are difficult. they always say they are against resolution. but next month is the one-year anniversary of the syrian uprising. why didn't she start immediately to call for meetings. why didn't she start pressuring. when the russians and chinese see you waiting so long before you put forward a resolution, they sight as weakness. the russians would constantly stand up against us. but we put forward a draft resolution. we demanded a vote.

and in the last administration we got five resolutions on iran. this administration has one resolution on iran. the evidence shows consistently on the most important national security issues for americans, this administration and in particular susan rice, has been unable to deliver and unite the world as she promised in 2008. i think it's time americans stand up and say we have to hold political appointees accountable. you don't just get to be an appointedee and sit there and not perform. someone has to stand up and make an evaluation. megyn: is it susan rice or the president with whom you have this disagreement? do you have any reason to believe she is not acting at the president's behest and approval in terms of her approach? >> i think it's a great question and philosophically susan rice is in the cabinet. democratic administrations puts

the ambassador to the u.n. in the cabinet. it's a belief's an important position and they have a huge portfolio and they should perform and make certain that we are actually accomplishing something within that portfolio. susan rice is failing. megyn: rick were thank you very much for being here. we reached out to the administration for a statement. they have not gotten back to us. but if they do we'll post it online. you can also see all of rick's arguments in an article he just posted at foxnews.com. go to the web site and click on the "opinion" tab at the top of your screen. a new controversial over faith and the military. the military has just voted to edit out this reference to god on the air force patch. why? and what's being done to stop the move? [ sniffs ] i have a cold. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil

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megyn: we have god on our money. we say god in the pledge of allegiance. so what's wrong with god on an air force patch? plenty for an sitist for an atheist group. it is unusual for a group like the air force to respond affirmatively. >> reporter: the air force is called the rapid capabilities office. they expedite weapons systems. the patch on their logo has a saying written in latin. you can put it on the screen. the latin translates to doing god's work with other people's money. as you said, a military atheist group protested the logo.

so the military then changed the logo to doing miracles with other people's money. now 35 gop lawmakers you can see right there. 35 gop lawmakers are urging the military to change the back to restore the reference to god. in a letter to the secretary of the air force the lawmakers wrote, as you know, courts consistently have upheld the constitutionality of our national motto "in god we trust." that motto appears on our nation's currency. the lawmakers also passed a bill that allows religious symbols to be displayed at military memorials. the bill was in response to a ruling in san diego that a cross at a memorial was unconstitutional. >> i trust in god.

but god wants to see us help ourselves by putting people back to work. [applause] >> reporter: so the lawmakers sent a letter to the secretary of the air force, but so far the military has not responded to that letter. megyn: trace, thank you. new developments on the 19 americans being held hostage in egypt. they are not being allowed to leave at least. the state department got some troubling news about their status. some possible competition for the loch ness monster. what is this? we'll look into the mystery. what is that? seriously. and just ahead. the president tells us we turninged a corn on the economy. that he righted the ship. so why are we getting new warnings from the federal reserve chairman ben bernanke.

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ambassador to moscow. at the white house the president's press secretary was asked about this threatening statement and here's what he had to say. >> rest assured, we are extremely confident in our military's ability to do their job and also rest assured force protection. >> reporter: but at the same time there is concern. the director of national intelligence told congress iran might have changed its cal cue us after that thwarted iranian assassination attempt in the u.s. and may be willing to launch attacks owfnlt s. soil. that concern was echoed by a u.s. official who told fox news of course we have to consider the possibility no matter how remote, that iranian fair nowa could lead them to lash out. a senior official said ...

. before today the latest threat had come directly from the iranian supreme leader, the ayatollah khomeini. he says any attack on iran would be felt 10 times over on the u.s. itself. the u.s. is trying to build pressure against the regime. megyn: our research team pulled up the briefings and found that country has 1,000 short and long range missiles. the largest number in the middle east. they have a range of 930 miles, putting israel well within range. iran is also work on intercontinental missiles with a longer range.

they began using underground miss soil silos. ambassador dan gillerman joins us live from tel aviv on what the united states needs to do next avoid this showdown between israel and iran which as you know how clearly could potentially involve the united states. we also have breaking news on the 19 americans being held in egypt. the americans work for groups who have been promoting democracy. they have been accused much illegally trying to influence the electoral process. some of the charges are opening an offers illegally. the state department said it has gotten 100 pages of formal charges. according to a department spokesperson they are reviewing those documents. we are tracking the situation and we'll bring you more as we get it right here.

rick santorum pick up momentum after a stunning night of victories. in minnesota, colorado and missouri. his clean sweep upsetting rival and front runner mitt romney. the next contests are coming up on february 28. the latest poll numbers suggest rick santorum has ground to make up in michigan where mitt romney's father served as governor. in arizona, it looks tough for rick santorum. though those polls have not been taken since his wins last night. he's in fourth place. but if there is one thing we know about this gop race it's that anything can happen. a stark warning on the state of the economy today. they come from federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. in his testimony yesterday to the senate budget committee,

listen here. >> economic indicators like employment and ratio of employment to population we have a long way to go before the labor market can be said to be working normally. the debt runs the risk of serious economic consequences. over the long term the current trajectory of debt will reduce productivity growth. megyn: striking a different torn than president obama did a week ago. >> the good news is we are moving in the right direction. we righted the ship, we did not tip into a great depression, the auto industry was saved, credit started flowing to small businesses again, and over the last 22 months we have seen three million jobs created. the most jobs last year since

2005. more jobs in manufacturing than we have seen since the 90s. a lot of that has to do with tough decisions that you took. megyn: joining knee now eric bolling, he's also a cohost of "the five." it's interesting the phone. president obama has never said we are there. we succeeded in fixing the economy. but was more optimistic, we righted the ship, then ben bernanke, what a wet blanket he was. >> reporter: let's talk about president obama's comments first. the economy has created 3 million jobs no thanks to any obama policies. but if you take the full amount of time he's been in office, we are lower by 1.5 million jobs. so 1.5 million fewer jobs. the unemployment rate that sits at 8.2 or 8.3%. if you add in the amount of

people in the workforce when he started the job, there were 3 million people in the workforce who had gone away saying i can't find jobs so i'm getting out of here. if you were to add those back in we would be over 10% unemployment. the one no one talks about is the duration. the amount of time you are on unemployment benefits has doubled under president obama. it started at 19 weeks and exceeds 40 weeks. you are on unemployment for a lot longer now. if things are so good and the victory laps we keep hearing, why are all these numbers continuing to get worse? you would think they would turn down or something by now. megyn: it's clear that you are not a fan of president obama's economic policy. that is clear. but what is interesting i think to the viewers is ben bernanke had criticism of not the policies, but the unemployment number. the administration was very happy to see the number go down

to 8.3 per. that's a 3-year low. many folks who support the administration say this is progress. bernanke says that number does not capture the plight of millions of people who are no longer looking for work or who are underemployed. >> reporter: that's the 3 million people i talked about a few minutes ago. the bush tax cuts expiring the end of this year, they are going to expire at the end of the year. if you listen to bernanke's word, he said the higher rate of taxation would be a downward pressure on what he calls growth. which means when taxes go up people will spend less and we risk growth to the economy. the real way to bail out the economy is through global and domestic growths. on way to get growth to come back is to tell all the business owners, your tax structure is

going to be this for the foreseeable future. not year to year, but 5-10 years down the road. then they can make decisions about buying capital equipment and hiring people. until they get a clear picture what their tax structure is going to look like, they are not going to do it. megyn: bernanke tried to assuage some concerns when it comes to interest rates. he was say can this is one of the reasons where we are going to keep interest rates at the level they are at for several more years as we promised. >> reporter: if they could lower them to negative they would, but they can't. but the trick here is give businesses the confidence to start buying equipment and hiring people again. until they do that you will see an elevated unemployment rate. megyn: there is hearing on capitol hill over union workers and whether they should have any say on how their dues are spent.

they support mostly one party. is that fair to the union workhorse may or may not be onboard with those politics? move over loch ness monster. what is this. what is this thing and how would you like to see it when you are out for your family boating trip. here is a hint on what it is. locals think it dates back to the 1300s. you saw it as breaking news moments ago on iran. now threatening to attack united states targets if the united states takes military action. up next, the view from tel aviv and ambassador dan gillerman. >> they clearly can attack our bases in afghanistan and our consulate and embassy in iraq. they can conduct terrorism inside and outside the united states. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition?

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>> we are getting new information on a deadly shooting inside a city hall. police say a man with a shotgun burst into a building and opened fire near a courtroom. a court officer fired back, shooting the gunman who later died. one officer was shot in the arm. no word on that officer's condition or how many shots were fired. new reaction to iran's threat today that tehran is capable of striking u.s. military and israeli targets anywhere in the world. the state department tells fox news it is taking this warning very seriously and it is not alone. we are getting reports that some diplomats stationed in israel have been requesting gas masks in the event of missile attacks. the video you are seeing shows israeli droops wearing gas masks as they conducted a drill last

december. ambassador dan gillerman is the former israeli ambassador to the united nations. it's a pleasure to see you this time as opposed to having you on the phone. iran in response to what israel has suggested over the past week and what the united states has said trying to amp up the sanctions, seems to be thumbing its nose at the international community once again. >> good afternoon, megyn, it's good to be with you again and i'm glad you can see me. i wish i could see you. let me first tell you. it's 9:15 in the evening in tel aviv. and no one is worried for fearful of iran. the restaurants are closed, you can't get a reservation at the hotels. the bars with teeming with people. we are not worried. but when you look at this

anxiety all over the world, you realize that if people are that fearful of rwanda when it has no nuclear weapons and there is such anxiety around the world including the state department and world capitals. what would the world look like if that rogue regime, that evil regime thrill had nuclear weapons? and that truly -- the fact as you said, iran continuing to thumb its nose at the rest of the world and fool the rest of the world, that alone is reason enough for everybody to understand that that evil regime must be stopped. we cannot afford to live in a world with a nuclear iran. as far as israel is concerned we'll do everything to stop it. but we do expect the international community led by the united states to do it because iran is a threat not just to israel, but to humanity and civilization as we know it. megyn: why should americans

believer that iran would preemptively bomb israel when it would know if it dropped a nuclear bomb on israel, there is no question that the united states would bomb iran from theory -- from here to eternity. >> i think the iranians are looking at the rest of the world, including the united states, and what they are perceiving is weakness. they see the united states standing by while iran's proxies in syria right on our border and backyard are butchering and slaughtering hundreds of civilians, including women and children and babies each and every day. what we are seeing in syria is just a preview. thousands have been killed in the international community does nothing. the united states and other go to the security council of the u.n. and russia and china block

a vote which would condemn it. iran feels the rest of the world is weak. the united states perceived as weak. perceived as weak also because a lot of its allies including the united states, they ask themselves is the united states really serious? megyn: he's back, here he is between. >> -- do everything to stop iran. -- megyn: we just lost your satellite feed but you are back. you said you will do everything to stop iran. israel will. >> we'll do everything to stop iran, and as i told you, megyn, would i rather have the world condemn a living israel than console a dying israel.

i remind everybody when we bombed the nuclear reactor in iraq 20 years ago, the whole world condemned us. eventually we got a standing ovation and were congratulated by every one, because imagine what the world would have locked like if saddam hussein had nuclear weapons. we must remember recent history and we must remember how fearful the world is today of an iran without nuclear weapons and make sure that rogue, evil, extreme fundamentalist regime which openly threatens to wipe israel off the face of the map and tearize the arab world, should be stopped in its tracks. so far the world has not been resolute enough. the sanctions are not tough enough. and at iranians are thumbing their nose at us. this must be stopped. it must be stopped before it's too late. megyn: what can happen now?

it's february, we just issued a new round of sanctions against their central bank which apparently didn't have a big emotional impact in iran if you are to believe what they say. what is going to happen the next month or two. the reports from our defense secretary were that israel is planning a strike this spring. so it doesn't seem realistic that we are going to do anything that will satisfy israel before its intended strike time. do you see this resulting in military action by israel against iran? >> i hope that whatever is necessary will be done as i said, by the united states and the international community, because iran is a threat to the international communities, not just to israel. but sanctions obviously don't seem to work. the iranians don't take them seriously. and we have seen the same happen with north korea. the difference between north korea that one day the world

woke to a nuclear north korea and iran is north korea acquired their weapons out of desperation. iran seeks them out of aspiration to rule the arab world. so if nobody else does, israel will have to act. israel has never asked the united states or any american soldier to defend it or die for it. just as we never asked for that, i don't think we need to ask permission from anybody to defend ourselves. i hope have much, at the end of the day the u.s. will understand that the duty of the leader of the free world to do it and will do it together. because otherwise, we'll live in a world which will be ugly, brutal and unbearable for all of us. megyn: ambassador dan gillerman, thank you, all the best. chilling words from if the

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megyn: incredible and rare pictures of what looks like a giants serpent sphwhimg this lake in iceland. there is a very interesting story behind this big apparent worm that goes back to the 1300s. you have got a great assignment

on this one, trace gallagher. everyone has been waiting to hear the answer. >> reporter: the story says 670 years ago this was a tiny worm that an old woman put inside a gold ring and the ring was supposed to grow. so the woman came back and the ring bnts grow, but the worm was enormous. she got frustrated so thee threw the worm and the ring in the lake and the worm kept growing to what you see before you is what they believe is the iceland worm monster. for the past 7 centuries it has been making appearances. but when it makes appearances, bad things happen. this video was just taken this month. they also have still pictures of it. the skeptics believe this is nothing more than a frozen fishing net make its way through the icy waters.

we believe differently. look at the picture of the loch ness monster. how come we can spot the flag on the moon but every time there is an tea squatic monster shall be shall be shall done spot an aquatic monster. >> reporter: it looks like ice. i don't see -- i don't see a worm. i see something that looks like a face, but i think it's frozen ice. it's snow, isn't it? >> reporter: we like to call it a serpent. a water serpent. it's kind of cool, right? megyn: just another reason for me not to eat anything that swims. that's my rule. it swims in the ocean, i don't eat it. thanks, trace. what do you think it is?

do you think it's a fishing net or a serpents? kelly@foxnews.com. the pentagon accused bradley manning of putting soldiers' lives at risk and worse. remember this buy. he leaked military secrets. why is he nominated for a nobel peace prize? you have got to hear this one. 7 people were killed when the stage came crashing down in high winds. it happened during a sugarland concert. who is being cite now for safety violations. a new debate about money taken from union workers' paychecks to support political causes to which they don't agree. >> i am an seiu member, i take exception to some of my union dues -- the money that i earn on every paycheck every two weeks

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facing court-martial for releasing classified documents to wikileaks. mike mullens described him as having the ability to risk the lives of our soldiers and citizens. new questions about whether union workers should have a stay on the political causes their union money dues go to. lawmakers looking into whether unions are complying with the laws. jim angle live in washington with more. >> reporter: the issue is pretty simple. where the workers -- whether workers should have union dues subtracted from their salaries whether they like the or not and

how much power they have to keep the unions from spending their money on political campaigns they don't agree with. >> when i find my union dues go to political purposes i greatly oppose. >> my union was using my union dues to push a political agenda i oppose. >> do workers have a right to mow more about what it's being used for and whether it has to be taken from them? >> reporter: the states regulate part of them. in 277 of them unions can automatically subtract money from workers' paychecks whether they join or not. but the supreme court has ruled that workers who have money taken from their checks also have the right to keep the union from spending it on anything other than collective bargaining such as political campaigns. democrats wants to focus on

corporate spending but also agree on union rights. >> unions may not force their members to pay for political activities they disagree with. unions are subject to extensive administrative procedures and reporting requirements to make sure they comply with these laws. >> reporter: but one uaw member says political spending happens anyway. >> up to 40% or more of union workers vote republican. that means 6 million union workers in the united states alone feel harassed and persecuted because of the political activities of their union officials. >> reporter: in 2010, unions spent $1.3 billion on political campaigns. megyn: jangle, thank you. for more on union workers' dues

going to political campaigns. this is -- the law is pretty clear on this. the supreme court has spoke on this issue. it seems clear union workers are supposed to have the option to opt out to make sure their dues don't go towards political causes with which they disagree. but there is a real question, that's what congress and issa are look into. whether the unions are complying with the law and whether there is a little strong arming going on. chris plants, what say you? >> if there are laws in place they are not being enforced. nobody has put any attention to them. they have been ignored. $1.1 billion. and every study shows the union dollars go 95% to democrats and the rest go to rinos in the pockets of the unions.

imagine the ceos of gm, ford and chrysler extracting money against the will of employees and setting up a political committee that just funded republicans. liberals would be go were serk. but hundreds of millions of dollars in election cycles come from unions and the public sector employees fund the elections then sit act table from them to negotiate the next contract. where do you think the golden healthcare plans come from? >> listen, the $1.1 billion is pac money that employees voluntarily give to so their rights can be protected by electing people hole stand up for labor. to stand up for people who work for wages whetherrer in a union or not. this is just more regulation

from an oppressionive republican government that doesn't -- from an oppressive republican government. you know what? you better dot your is, cross your ts and hire lawyers to get your regulations in. i enjoy the general zod look today. megyn: you didn't mean it. there was an audible look in the studio. christopher, you raise an interesting points. i want to ask whether this is an example of overreach or is it an attempt to protect union members who don't want their money messed with politically for causes they don't like, like this guy back in 2010. >> i'm willing to have the money put aside into an organization we both can agree on and that's where my union dues is filtered

to. but not to tease other outfits. when my union won't even return my phone messages and they keep avoiding the question because it's too touchy of a subject, they don't leave me much of a choice. megyn: your thoughts, christopher? >> after what's happened in wisconsin, any union member who thinks the republican party standser to them has a serious problem. their $5 a month in union dues is not going to solve. megyn: he should enjoy the fact that his dollars are supporting the democrats. >> he has an opportunity to vote the union leadership out if he doesn't believe they stand for him. megyn: chris plant, as i understand the law, he actually has a right to do more than that. he has a right to object to his money being used to support a political candidate he doesn't want to support. >> obviously the law has been

ignored for years and it's time congress started taking this up. this is a classic demonstration of liberal hypocrisy as they rail on against corporations putting money into politics. corrupt union bosses working for them, extract money against the wonderful employees. put them towards political causes that they don't agree with. in this case we know hot money is coming from, but they don't want to the fund what they are funding. what is more outrageous. you complain about money and politics, and look, this is the most corrupt system -- >> it's funny, general, i have been having this conversation all week about people who work for catholic universities and hospital. i think people who work in labor unions, the vast majority of them recognize the labor union is fighting in their best

interest. and i think they are greatly -- their support outweighs the 1% or 2% of union members who don't want the union working in this capacity. they have an avenue to get their money back for that. 40% of labor voting republican. that might have been the case before 2010, it's no longer the case in america. so let's be clear. if they don't support the democratic party they will no longer exist. because republicans don't want unions to exist. megyn: they say 9% of union workers think that union leaders should stop spending union dues on politics and 66% believe it's unreasonable that that spending can occur without their consents. the law is all over the place on this. we had a case in 2007 in front

of the supreme court. we'll continue to follow it. >> imagine any other organization or company extracting money against their will from the pay checks of employees and dedicating them to political causes. the left would be going guano. megyn: i have got to go, thank you both. see you chris. it is a legal fight you are going to hear more about in the coming months since both sides say entire elections name the balance. south carolina now suing the federal government, the attorney general over a new state law that requires people to have an i.d. to vote. the attorney general said no, you can't have that. now south carolina is fighting back. that's next in "kelly's court." in america, we believe in a future that is better than today. since 1894, ameriprise financial has been working hard for their clients' futures. never taking a bailout. helping generations achieve dreams. buy homes.

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megyn: a new lawsuit filed in south carolina's fight over its

voter i.d. law. that law says if you want to vote you need to present photo identification. but the justice department blocked that law saying it discourages certain people from voting. the state leaders respond yesterday by filing lawsuit against the d.o.j., basically telling the federal government within mind your own business. joining me now, lis weihl and jonna spilbor. south carolina is fighting back saying butt out, feds. first and foremost, lirks s, what right does the federal government have to go into south carolina and say we don't like that voter i.d. law and you are not going to be able to enforce it. >> they have every right. south carolina is one of 16 states covered under the voters rights acts of 1965 that gave the justice department oversight. the department of justice on these 16 states, mostly southern states where there have been

issues of disenfranchisement of minorities. the department can say yay or nay. and that's what happened here. megyn: therein lies the response to people who say this is an issue of federalism. south carolina -- they had to submit laws like this to approval about it feds given a history in that state that is problematic when it comes to certain racial minorities. that's hot feds from worried this law will disenfranchise. the south carolina attorney general does not think in this instance eric holder got it right. he thinks there is no evidence this law will disenfranchise anybody. >> the reason for laws like what south carolina wants to pass is to avoid voter fraud. this will avoid plea from going in to register as my dog or dead

grandma. there might be 10% of non-white registered voters who don't have a picture i.d. we'll remedy that by giving them a free one. case closed. how can the d.o.j. argue with south carolina on that. megyn: tom perez who a lot of our viewers may know, he was vocal in defending the decision to drop the case against the new black panthers. he comes out i believe in this case and said, looking, we don't necessarily buy that that will rectify the problem. >> it puts another requirement on, you have to go to the department of motor vehicles, get that photo i.d. south carolina already requires a state-issues i.d. like a registration card. this adds a photo i.d., the department is saying that's adding something that's more onerous. there are only 15 states that require a photo i.d. megyn: it's been upheld by the

supreme court, has it not? >> it has. and if we bottom line it again, how hard is it? why is it own --ies it onerous to go to a dmv and geat free photo identification? megyn: you need it to buy a bought of wine. >> in south carolina they have a history with the department of motor vehicles of having dead people registered with the department of motor vehicles. i think the department of justice probably rightly or wrongly says we are not so sure about the history of south carolina here and their department of motor vehicles. megyn: they are saying there is so much fraud we can't be concerned. >> the bottom line is that under

the rights acts of 1965, the department has the right to do this. megyn: clearly they don't have the right in all circumstances to say, yay or nay in all decisions. they can't be arbitrary. they have to be able to back up why they don't think it's okay. the a.g. is saying i'm going to take you to court on it. what is the standard? does the a.g. have to show this was arbitrary? eric holder has stats he will use to prove this. >> how can the southern general prove a negative. how is he going to be able to say you don't have a voter fraud problem? >> holder will go back to the department of motor vehicles and say you have got fraud in the department that's suppose to be issuing these identifications. megyn: if the d.o.j. did not

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megyn: a major discovery under the sea. not the one in iceland. this is a different one. a treasure hunter claims he found the wreckage of the british ship that sunk overt coast of massachusetts in 1942. it was carrying $50 million worth of platinum. that haul is said to be worth billions. who gets it?

molly? >> reporter: we have a mystery of the deep for you. essentially the treasure hunters believe they have found the port nicholson which was sunk in 1942 by a german u-boat. this was a payment from the russians to the united states. what they think will be on this ship is platinum gold and possibly some industrial diamonds. but it won't be easy. it's in a difficult part of the sea where there are whipping currents and terrible weather. and they have to contend with a lot. >> it's like going to the man, basically. it's deep, and the visibility is bad down there. one time we were out, it was calm, no wind at all. two hours later it was 3-foot

waves. >> reporter: they can't dive it so they will use a remote vehicle with a claw. but even when they get it up here into the light, there could be a major legal battle. here what is the experts say they could be facing. >> when you talk about as many zeros as there are in a billion dollar claim, that is going to invite all sort of people to come in out of the woodwork and make claims against this treasure or waste is that's down there. >> reporter: the finders in this case would like to be the keepers. but it could come down to what a federal judge has to say about who owns what with it is brought up into the light. megyn: we can bet the lawyers will win. molly, thank you. new information on those 19 americans facing trial in egypt, including the transportation secretary's son.