hotel, 48 years old, thanks for joining us this morning to get all of your news and keep it tuned to fox news channel for the investigation. >> clayton: still awaiting the press conferences to get more details on that and join us for the "after the show" show, foxandfriends.com. ♪ ♪ will always love you... >> eric: we start with a "fox news alert," the tragic and shocking news out of los angeles for music lovers everywhere. whitney houston dead in los angeles. 48 years old. as we have been reporting, the l.a. coroner removed her body in the beverly hilton hotel just after midnight last night them. singer discovered in a hotel room yesterday afternoon, her body reportedly found in the bathtub, welcome to america's news headquarters. >> jamie: really 48 years young. far, far premature, a stunning loss. at her peak she reigned at the queen of the music industry and

it was for nearly two decades hailed that's golden girl. with an absolutely perfect voice. >> she was one of the greatest singers i ever heard, i called clive davis when i first heard her and i said you have the best singer i ever heard in my life. and, for her to die like this, is a -- an unbelievable tragedy. >> i love her and i love her music. >> her death... >> amazing. everything. i knew her as a baby and i know her music. >> she was a magnificent singer. brilliant, brilliantly and a superb actress which a lot of people forget, how good she was. >> so many tried to be her but there was only one whitney houston and we remember her today, casey steegel live in los angeles. what is the latest? is there an investigation ongoing? >> reporter: yes, absolutely ongoing, in the infancy stages and we should point out reports are circulating she was found in

the bathtub though police have not confirmed that information. they have not released any details, in terms of what the circumstances were surrounding the death. now, the autopsy just be scheduled. we're live outside of the l.a. county coroner's office where the autopsy will happen, though we understand from officials here that it has not been scheduled at this point. but, they have confirmed that they have taken custody of the singer's body. we presume that the autopsy would happen today. and they did it the next day on michael jackson but that was a weekday, remember, it will take weeks before toxicology reports would come back and that is crucial here, with all of the allegations of substance abuse and that would determine if she had prescription drugs, illegal drugs or alcohol in her system. let's run you through the timeline quickly of how it went down, yesterday afternoon, into the early evening hours. 3:23 local time, 6:23 eastern,

the call came into 911, an unresponsive person at the beverly hilton hotel, on the 4th floor and they got to the scene and realized it was whitney houston and tried to perform life-saving measures and 3:55 local and just before 7:00 in the evening, eastern time, she was pronounced dead and tmz reports no illegal drugs or alcohol were found in her hotel room. but, there were a number of prescriptions found, and of course, more information is going to be coming out, on that. in terms of specifics. from police as this investigation continues. jamie? >> jamie: and we will not jump to any conclusions, at this point. but, what do we know from people who knew her, about the days that led up to yesterday? >> reporter: well, she was out here in los angeles, obviously, ahead of the grammys, thursday night was her last public appearance, where she did an impromptu performance at a club

in hollywood. the true hollywood nightclub, and she did her own rendition of "jesus loves me" and you can see the video now, amateur video, shot of that performance. some in the crowd said it was a mess and that she did not look well. and, then she was seen leaving the club in the wee hours of the morning, and, someone snapped photos of her, she looked disoriented. her arm was bleeding and, she was with her daughter, at the time. these are the still photos, that were captured and friday night, the next evening she was reportedly drinking and partying it up, at the hotel bar at the beverly hilton hotel and people inside who saw her say that the crowd was loud and boisterous and they were drinking heavily. and, as we know, the very next day, yesterday, saturday the news came of her death. jamie? >> jamie: we know that clive davis, this is the big bash of

the grammys and it went on as scheduled despite the fact he was so close to whitney and must have been devastated, i'm sure he was and had a difficult time proceeding and he said that is what whitney would have wanted. what about the grammy awards tonight? >> reporter: well the show must go on and it will. in fact the executive producer of the show did an interview. let's listen to that: >> we're all pretty devastated here. it hit us all pretty hard and we were in the middle of our rehearsal and the news started going around and so, as you know she was closely associated with the grammys, both as a performer and as a grammy winner. so, a lot of us who work on the show, work with her any number of times, so, it is a very sad day for us. >> reporter: the grammys happening at the staples center, not far from us in downtown los angeles. in fact, we are going to be over there, later this evening. lots of reaction coming in from the music world as you can

imagine, just devastating news, jamie? >> jamie: still recovering from etta james, i know there was a plan mentioned tonight, in memorial to her and now, whitney houston, unbelievable. thank you very much. good reporting. >> eric: she may have been a global superstar, but to her fans in new jersey, she will always be the home town girl from newark. parishioners at the new hope baptist church held a memorial service early this morning in newark in her honor. that is where she got her start as a little girl and used the pulpit singing the gospels to show case her powerful vocals. >> many, many years ago, when i first came to church i saw her sing here. i did not know her and only saw her sing here once and she was good. she was very good. and, it is sad to hear of her passing. >> i'm upset as i'm sure we all are, but her and her family have been legends, starting with the sister and her mom, cissy

houston and i'm here to support them at this time of -- during this time of sorrow. >> eric: the mayor said she was a, quote, deep part of our pride and collective heart. she was 11 when she began singing there and by 22 she would have four top ten hits. >> jamie: that's the beginning, houston seemed destined for greatness, the daughter of cissy houston and the cousin of pop diva dionne warwick and 1983 signed a record contract after clive davis heard her sing at a nightclub and became the first artist ever to have 7 consecutive singles, hit number one, can you imagine? her debut album selling more than 13 million copies, making it the best-selling debut ever by a female artist. you can get the latest on her incredible career and the investigation into her shocking death, all of that at fox

news.com. >> eric: it has been a big 24 hours, in politics, mitt romney winning the conservative political action conference straw poll in washington yesterday. and, surprisingly, to some, edging out ron paul. for his narrow victory in the maine caucus, two wins within two hours. peter doocy live in washington with the latest. what does it mean? >> reporter: maine's delegates will not be awarded until the state con essential in may and the ap tentatively tallied 11 of the pine industry states delegates in the romney column and ron paul was in second place in maine and gets ten delegates, next to his name, following a lightly attended caucus, less than 5600 votes were cast and 194 votes separated first and second place and mitt romney

this is only candidate with triple digits, 123 and santorum, 72, he's in second and newt gingrich and paul further behind and you needed 1,144 to clinch after the results from maine came down last night and mitt romney put out a statement that said in part, the voters have maine sent a clear message that it is pastime to send an outsider to the white house, a conservative with a lifetime of experience in the private sector who can uproot washington's culture of taxing and spending and borrowing and endless bureaucracy. and the paul's campaign response was blifrn and they said they are confident they'll control the main convention in august and they say, in yesterday's caucuses, a paul strong hold, washington county did not report ruts and once the county reports their results, they will be in control. eric? >> eric: fascinating and there has been controversy in nevada over the romney votes there. and, a surprise in maine, last night. and mitt romney pulls it out in maine and also at cpac where he has been criticized at not being

enough of a conservative. how did he do? >> reporter: 39% support in maine, remember and 38% at cpac and san storm, 31 -- santorum, 31% and followed by newt gingrich and paul, for weeks conservatives have been trying to rally around someone besides mitt romney but at the conservative political action conference, the pick of the straw poll was mitt romney, but minutes ago, rick santorum suggested perhaps the romney campaign gave their ticket, a bunch of tickets, bought tickets for their supporters and filled the rooms so their supporters could go in and vote for romney and is suggesting this morning perhaps mitt romney is not the conservative, true choice for president. >> eric: he thinks it will be a two-man race between himself and mitt romney. great, three weeks, arizona and michigan. see what happens, thanks. jamie? >> jamie: two more wins for

republican presidential candidate mitt romney, despite what some consider a lack of enthusiasm for the former massachusetts governor. did his victory in the cpac straw poll earn him new and maybe improved conservative credentials? washington times columnist charlie hurt live from our washington bureau, charlie, good morning. >> good morning, jamie. >> jamie: great to see you. what did mitt romney gain? >> reporter: well, it certainly doesn't hurt to win those two contests yesterday, especially the cpac straw poll. but, he has won it before. he's won it i think three times in the past and i think what it really reveals, for him, more than anything else, is that, you know, mitt romney has out-organized everybody else in the field and so much about the straw polls, they are not scientific or binding in any way, it is about organization and whether you've got the money to get people there, and the organization to make sure that people cast their ballots, for

you. and that is where mitt romney has just beat the tar out of everybody else in the field. and, as you and i have seen, jamie, over the past six months, you have candidate after candidate, popping up to challenge him, but they don't have the stamina to last the way romney has. >> jamie: let me get your perspective on the poll. which shows santorum in pretty good shape. do we have the poll? look at this. you know, we saw the surge. and, then, the national poll comes out, and, look at rick santorum, 38%, to mitt romney's 23. how do you explain it? >> i think that rick santorum, is obviously the one, that surged at best moment and if he can capitalize on the wins, the significant wins that he has had in the last few contests. i would actually, though, urge one bit of caution, though. this is a guy who did -- won in

iowa, though he didn't get credit for it, for two weeks, until two weeks later and going into south carolina, that is a state he should have done very well in, you know, appeals to christians and conservatives, to social conservatives, and, you know, didn't do very well in south carolina. and that is a real problem. and so, you know, now, he's making -- you know, raising a lot more money, hopefully, he's putting organization in states across the country and he's got to do it, he has to do it fast and has to do it relentlessly, as we're seeing, romney is in place in all of these places and he's got a bottomless pit of money, seems like. >> jamie: and there's a lot of talk about the fact they have the ground game and the money and we know that is important and president obama will have the same. but, who really represents -- i want your perspective on what does it mean to be a conservative right now, at this point in the g.o.p. candidate race? what does it mean to voters, that are looking to republicans for an answer?

>> i think -- i'll try an answer this way. i think the big reservation people have about mitt romney is, he talked with the consistent conservative, for the past four years, he has vacillated on his positions, from when he was governor of massachusetts and what voters are looking for, for somebody they know they can send into the horrible calderon of politics, here in washington, and, not be swayed by, you know, party, by politics, by political favors, by lobbyists, and, do what needs to be done, which is, rein in spending and bring sense back to the federal government, which is as -- which completely lost its way. >> jamie: gotta go, thanks, see you soon. eric? >> eric: jamie, to iran now, and, some ominous news. president mahmoud ahmadinejad boasting his nation will shortly

reveal very important achievements, he says, involving his nuclear program. and also claims efforts to try and slow down the disputed program will not work. so what does it mean and what could mahmoud ahmadinejad have up his sleeve? joining us now as he does every sunday at about this time, is former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, john bolton, ambassador, good morning. >> glad to be here serving it doesn't sound good when mahmoud ahmadinejad says he has big news and by the way, you will not stop out? >> step one, take everything that the iranian regime says with a grain of salt. everything. step 2, it's the anniversary of the 1979 revolution, a traditional point where they make what they consider to be big announcements. and, in the past when they've said they'll make an announcement about the nuclear program, it is often about some aspect, it might be this time, the iraq heavy water production facility, or the iraq reactor which would be additional pathways to nuclear weapons, i don't think they will announce a

nuclear weapon, but, i think they'll announce some additional capability. >> eric: could they announce something that could gain them a nuclear weapon at some point in the near future? >> well the heavy water production process, is a much more efficient way of generating plutonium they can fashion into nuclear weapons. it could be they'll have another uranium enrichment facility or the deeply buried facility at kum will be at full production. it will not be good news, whatever it is. >> eric: there are reports they have been expanding their uranium enrichment facility in kum the deep underground military facility, essentially, under ground. as well as potentially in fordo and there are claims israel could attack by spring or summer, or maybe not as sanctions continue. how do you see it playing out. >> there is remarkably under reported testimony by the obama administration's director of

national intelligence, james clapper this week who said in response to a direct question all of the economic sanctions that have been put into place have not affected iran's behavior or policies in the nuclear area. all of the spin about the impact of the arngsz maybe -- actions has not slowed things down and if they get weapons before the regime is brought down which is a near certainty you'll have a radically different of balance of power in the middle east. >> eric: as an estimate they potentially could have the ability to have a nuclear weapon within six months. to a year. do you agree with that? >> yes. absolutely. look, all they have to do is enrich the uranium up to weapons-grade level, a matter of a couple of months for each new bomb. i think they have done the weaponization studies they need to do and i don't think they need any new discoveries and simply have to fabricate it and

though they might like to put a nuclear weapon on top of a ballistic missile to deliver it anywhere in the world can as soon put it in a box car and put it on a ship and sail it into any harbor they want. >> eric: wow. john bolton, thank for joining us this morning. >> thank you, eric. >> eric: for more on iran and potential nuclear bomb, in the next hour we'll be joined by former new york city rudy giuilani, and he'll also weigh in on the republican race, rudy giuilani with his thoughts. >> jamie: who wouldn't stick around for that. millions of americansdebilitati every day and you hear of lots of treatments. which one works and what is right for you, coming up in "sunday house call" when the docs join us and more on our top story, the death of superstar, legends, whitney houston, what her final hours revealed about her tragic death. >> most of the family members...

she has been around a long time. >> i'm just speechless. >> definitely, she was a huge talent.

>> jamie: welcome back, some catholic bishops are blasting

president obama's new program to expand health coverage to births control. they say it infringe on religious freedoms, today on fox news sunday, white house chief of staff saying the latest chance in an acceptable compromise. >> i think that this concern is one that people can disagree, you know, on the margins about, but we have addressed the core issue, no institution that has an institution that has religious principles, will not have to pay for the service but women have access to the kind of their a are entitled to. we think that is the right approach. >> jamie: as you know, chris wallace joining us, the anchor of foods sundax news sunday, we the viewers will decide. a compelling interview. does it seem though the okay. continue the white house has given their compromise and it is clear to them and concrete, not

changing? >> yes, that is certainly what chief of staff lew said and i asked, you say, you disagree on the margins, and i said, no, the catholic bishops, the leading authority for the catholic church here in the u.s., made it clear in a statement yesterday, a tough statement, they view the president's decision with, quote, grave moral concern, they feel that it still is government coercion, of religious institutions, and they want congress to change it. and, i asked the chief of staff, lew, is there going to be a a revision to the revision and he said, no, the policy stands and, at this point, they feel they've gone as far as they can go and don't intend to go any further. at least that is what they are saying now. >> jamie: he's fairly new at the most of chief of staff. how big an issue is it for him and the white house to tackle in an election year? >> reporter: it is very big, first of all, the fact that the president had to come out, on a friday afternoon, into the white house briefing room, to deliver this message, himself.

very unusual, we know from reporting that the previous chief of staff, bill daly, who is a catholic, as well as the vice president, joe biden, who is a catholic, had both objected to the original policy, and had predicted that there would be a big backlash and, this is a big issue, remember, that in the election, obama in 2008, beat mccain, 54% to 45%. among catholics, now, catholics are particularly... live in swing states, key swing states like pennsylvania. like michigan. like ohio. if they were to switch from the 9 for obama, to even or plus for the republican candidate, that would put those swing states really into play. so, this is a big political issue, in addition to being a tough policy issue, for the president. >> jamie: thaurment, chris wallace, we will not miss that show, because this was all anyone was talking about, all week. is this issue. so... >> and can i say we have a great

interview with sarah palin, exclusive, on the show. and she talks -- and you've got to wait to hear what she says go mitt romney. it will be the talk of washington and the country tomorrow morning. >> jamie: there you go again, making news. chris, great to see you, have a great day. you want to see the interview with white house chief of staff jack lew and he'll speak to alaska governor sarah palin who had a lot to say at cpac, fox news sunday airs today, check your local listings. >> eric: looking forward to hearing what she has to say. are you looking for ways to renewer love life, this st. valentine's day? a new study says improving your relationship, guess what? it does not have to cost a thing. >> jamie: good luck. >> eric: and more on the life and tragically untimely death of legendary pop star, whitney houston, a look back hope to highs and the lows of the singer's career, and the latest on the investigation, of what happened.

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>> eric: time now for "sunday house call," which we have every sunday and this morning we start off with the top story, news of the potential autopsy results for whitney houston. the coroner official now saying the medical examiner has to wait for further reports before they can actually begin the procedure. joining us now to discuss this is dr. david samadi, vice chairman of the department of urology, and chief of robotics at the mt. sinai medical center. >> jamie: and dr. marc siegel is here, associate professor of medicine at the nyu langone medical. >> and author of "the inner

pulse" the secret code of sickness and health. welcome, doctors, thanks for being here and we start on a serious note. we have lost one young, 48 years old, and i wanted to ask you, let me start with you, dr. siegel, about... we're not going to speculate or say that any part of her lifestyle contributed. until we get the answers. first of all, how long do you think it will take to really know what caused his death. >> because it is a celebrity case it slows down the process an gums up the works. if he thirst questifirst questie autopsy will show and it will rule out natural causes, there wasn't a blow to the head, a bleed to the head and wasn't a heart attack and something didn't cause her to stop breathing and look at the lungs and gross organs and liver and i'm most interested in that issue. did they find a heart attack or a bleed and if they rule that out and say, at the end of the autopsy we don't know the cause of death. maybe we'll look at the toxicology reports. down the road, which will take a week or two.

>> jamie: what about brain tissue. >> first of all, it is a huge loss to see such a talented singer, to go this way. you know? >> jamie: 28 years old. >> i grew up listening to her music in the '80s and '90s. it is really sad, i think exactly what you said. you don't want to speculate, any kind of muscle tear in the heart, or massive heart attack, any kind of stroke in the brain, or maybe prescription medications. the list is long but we have to real wait, as marc mentioned to look at the data and today we should celebrate what she achieved all these years, and we all grew up listening to her talent. >> jamie: without question and the grammys, the timing of her premature loss of life is stunning to me. just that it would happen in that hotel on that day. but what i want to ask you, there's a lot of people out there, if we find out if is, let's say, natural causes, thinking, how can you be great one day and have something like this happen, you mentioned the

tear in the heart. the aneurysm. what other ways are there, they'll have to look at and evaluate in terms of natural causes? >> unfortunately, i think when it comes to this kind of lifestyle, the celebrity lifestyle. you are talking about lack of sleep, talking about, you know, increasing alcohol abuse. and, this is not really -- i'm not making any comments about that. but, in general, all of that adds up and that impact and stress on the body, eventually can catch up with you, and, little things such as a mild heart attack, for someone who can survive it in a situation like this can have a bigger impact. >> jamie: it is interesting, the lack of sleep. >> living close to the edge like that and you have so much pressure on you, that is a big factor. 48 years old, taken from us so soon, but we don't know until we see the autopsy, did she have an aneurysm or underlying problem? it is a reminder to all of us, we're much more vulnerable than we think. >> jamie: why we do "sunday house call", take the

precautions you can. >> eric: and the house call topics this morning and we'll start with kidney stones, if you have them, you know how painful they can be and how difficult to remove. what is the best way to deal with kidney stones? dr. samadi? i talked to someone who had them and they said it is hell. >> yes. we have e-mails about this topic. it affects over 2 million americans, and, it really, is compared to the pain from pregnancy and childbirth and, yes, men suffer from this kind of pain as well. typically, a kidney stone is calcium oxicillate and is as a result of dehydration and we are not drinking enough fluid or there is too much crystals and once it forms in the kidney it travels to the bladder and you have the pain, it starts in the back and radiates to the groin along with nausea, vomiting, fever, et cetera, and sometimes, blood can be seen in the urine. the diagnosis is simple.

you want to get good history, physical and the best test, really for diagnosis is a noncontrast cat scan, a cat scan of the abdomen and pelvis, because calcium shines up and is bright it shows up, for pregnant women and children ultrasound is the way to go and can be diagnosed and treated medically. >> from the medical point of view the key is drinking a lot of water and as david said the pain is dramatic and i know when someone has a kidney stone, they say they haven't had this since childbirth. 80% are in men, 80% of kidney stones are in men and most between 30 and 40. young men and most of the time, urologists like dr. samadi will try to let it pass on its own depending on where it is and the location. looks like it will block a urinary tract and you have fluid backing up, you can use shockwaves, sometimes if it is

the upper part of the kidney and sometimes you have to be invasive and if possible we let it pass on its own, we are looking at new technologies to improve diagnostics and we look at a technology of a new ultrasound that can diagnose kidney stones earlier and we have a long way to go. >> eric: sharp pain down there. will you feel it? is this a myth? spicy foods? >> not really, the way to take care of it, flomax can pass the stone and cut down calcium to less than a thousand milligrams a day and stay away from anything like tea, strawberries, spinach, dark chocolate and nuts has a lot of oxcillate and the best way to increase your fluid, 8 glasses a day is the best way and we intervene if it doesn't work. >> jamie: you named all the things i have in a day.

thanks, docs. we know about the pain of that and how about the pain of this. there are 26 million americans that suffer from migraines. on a regular basis. if you have, doctors, any new ideas of treatment on this, i know we're all ears. docs? >> the first point is, this is genetic. it runs in families. those 30 million, most of them if you ask them they'll tell you they have a sister, mother, brother with migraines, they are chronic and often under diagnosed and a most common kind of headache and people say that is a sinus headache and a tension headache. most of the time it is migraine. and the first treatment for migraine is to change your lifestyle. in other words, you have to sleep more, exercise more, watch your diet. all -- many kinds of alcohol can bring on migraines. wine can. beer can. chocolate can. now, you will love this: lifestyle changes, also, coffee. helps migraines. riboflavin helps migraines and

co-enzyme q-10, we talked about on the show, before migraines and before you go to the medications we can talk about there are natural things you can do. >> the best way to know that you have migraines, there's a new medication pound. it is a... out. it lasts for and our, and, u is for ultrasound, and, n is for nausea, you can have nausea and, d is for destabling. and you remember, the reporter a year ago, bronson, started having a speech problem at the grammys and everyone thought it was a stroke but it was migraines and it can be disabling speech and mark mentioned you don't need to jump on meds indication, start --

medication, start with riboflavin and magnesium, people who eat low magnesium, replace it and, an herb you can get, over-the-counter, you can buy it, and it helps with anti-inflammation and anti-spaz maddic and helps migraines. >> eric: arthritis, is painful for millions of americans, coming up the doctors will tell you about relief that is on the way. new treatments help people with arthritis. stay tuned.

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>> eric: back with "sunday house call." new research, a condition more than 50 million americans live with. and that is arthritis. experts say the new treatments can help bring relief and it could be great news, dr. siegel, a lot of people out there, watching this morning, waiting for this. >> i want to first of all, get rid of confusion. the most of the time when you have arthritis you are talking about osteoarthritis, wear and tear. if i showed you a hand the joints way up here at the top, the tips get bent and if you had rheumatoid arthritis you would be looking at these joints getting very enflamed and these would be bent like a swan's neck and most of the time we are talking about wear and tear, osteoarthritis, 25 million people and for those people, number one thing to do is lose weight. you need regular exercise and

activity and the thing i have most trouble with is people that want to be on chronic medication. if i put them on nonsteroidals, every day, for osteoarthritis, they end up with kidney problems and with liver problems and i have to alternate my medications and might use tylenol one day and motrin, ibuprofen another day and the key is activity lifestyle and some people think ginger works and some people think jasmine works. some people think decreasing the amount of sugar you eat works. there's actually studies that show that. but the main thing, is getting your weight down. >> jamie: did you say it is hereditary? >> absolutely. >> genetic plays a big role as well. osteoarthritis has a lot to do with wear and tear, as we older the cartilage wears you have and the bones rub against each other and it causes pain, things like obesity put more pressure on the join and trauma and everything else. but, before you go into the

injections and surgeries, there are things you can do. there are over-the-counter things, glucosamine and, my mom takes it 750 milligrams twice a day, prevents the breakage of the cartilage and there are herbs, boswilia which reduces inflammation an ginger, and from a week ago we had gluten allergies and sometimes that can cause joint pains and the list goes on and on. but, a lot of people talk about rheumatoid arthritis and we have heard about that, the auto-immune disease that affects the joints and pain as the day goes on, gets better. which is a little different than osteoarthritis. >> jamie: because people move. >> and, lubrication in the join, makes it even better. and, of course we have the sepsis and other crystals and, we've heard of gout and sometimes you may have gout between the joints, make sure you see the doctors, but, certainly, exercise, a lot of times people think if you exercise you make it worse.

that is not true. yoga, swimming, and guess what, i as a surgeon for the first time would say acupuncture in certain cases may help and increases the endorphins at the nerve endings and can help. >> jamie: i live you are mentioning natural and holistic remedies as an adjunct to straight medicine. thank you so much, that was great and here's a topic many of you may be wondering about. is botox, it is a go-to procedure for folks, and the question is, whether or not it is right for you. turns out, it is for some people, not the right way to go. i remember the day my doctor told me i have an irregular heartbeat, and that it put me at 5-times greater risk of a stroke. i was worried. i worried about my wife, and my family. bill has the mos common type of atrial fiillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem.

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>> jamie: should everybody think about botox? more men and women are using it now thinking it's trying to keep them young. but there are some pros and cons that the doctors want you to know about. what is your thought on that? >> number one plastic surgery in america. botox is actually a toxin. it's meant the paralyze the muscle. in the past, a lot of people talked about using this as a war weapon to kill mass volumes. it's a really dangerous one.

a small dose of it when it's used by experienced doctors it's used to take care of the wrinkles on the forehead and it's used for uncontrolled blinking. it's used -- urologists are using it now for overactive bladder. it's pep traiting the medical field in a -- penetrating the medical field in a big way. serious side effects, a little areodema. flu symptoms at first. if it gets worse or you have difficulty breathing or flu symptoms and go to emergency room. the most important message for people out there this procedure has to be done under the supervision of doctors and the blastic surgeons, ophthalmologists, and dermatologists that are capable of doing this. you don't want to just walk in a store or a spa with stem cell rejuvenation and botox here. you will get in trouble. if it's done well, it's great. if not, side effects are horrendous. >> it sounds like dealing it with when it's wrong can be

serious. where shouldn't you have botox? >> david is right. it's a medication. we have to look at it that way. we're too quick to rush and use this. it blocks the nerve, poisons the nerve so the muscles relax. wrinkles that you have that are crunched up from the nerve overacting the muscle now relax. it works for six months. david is right, top dermatologist has to do it. we can use it for underarm sweating and for stroke, releasing arms that are really bound up, which is great. you know neurologists use if it you have more than 15 migraines a month. recent studies show you can use botox for migraines. i'm all for using it for proper indication. lazy eye, there is more and more growing indications but you have to be careful. and people out there should realize it's not for everyone. it has to be done by a properly trained doctor. >> jamie: all right. thank you to both of you on that one. >> eric: coming up, we'll have the latest on the republican race. there is one issue you know

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are you looking to woo your partner this valentine's day? have a little quality time. there is a brand new study that shows that consistent date nights can improve your relationship. dr. seigel, wow! >> jamie: we needed a study on this? [ laughter ] >> eric: better -- >> once a week go out with your spouse. and you are going to be three times happier than if you don't. you will focus on commitment when you're out with her or him. novelty. arrows, which means sex. commitment and destressing. and relaxing. you will deepen your relationship. you will stay committed to each other. you will be very happy. i believe this is true. we don't need a study. before i turn it over to dr. somadi, i want to say he is being honored by the national jewish outreach program this monday with senator lieberman. it's a big deal. >> thank you. >> eric: congratulations. >> i appreciate it. we went over the result. but the top ten gifts. the first three, for her, first one is jewelry. dance lessons. and spa.

and the gifts for men, first one is classy watch. handheld organizers. and gift accessory. spend one night a week with your partner and happy valentine's. >> jamie: that is the most important. good luck. i hope you make out. i don't mean it literally. well, maybe. all right. captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> jamie: this is a fox news alert. we're talking about the top story, how can we not? death of whitney houston. shockwaves around the world. at times he was struggled but she was a superstar. found dead inside her room at the beverly hilton in los angeles. her body discovered hours before she was going to attend famous pregrammy award party. it's really left fans in disbelief. >> i'm from new jersey. i'm from newark. it grew up with whitney houston. my mother is friends with her family. and my mother just called me.

i'm completely devastated. i don't know what to say. angry. >> he is will be missed. i loved her. he is has a beautiful voice. i remember when he is had her baby. i was excited and i named my daughter christina avenu after r daughter christina. i missed her. loved her. >> jamie: good example of the impact he is made on all of us. welcome to a brand new hour inside america's news headquarters, i'm jamie colby. >> i'm eric shawn. investigation in miss houston's death is underway. l.a. coroner's office says autopsy could be scheduled for as early as today. that could shed light on the tragic and untimely death of whitney houston. casey stegall live in los angeles with the latest. what are the police now saying? what are they releasing? >> reporter: good morning. not a lot. beverly hills the lead agency in this. the death happened in beverly

hills. the only thing we're told is there was zero evidence of foul play inside whitney houston's hotel room. he is had a large entourage with her when the first responders arrived on the scene, but they would not specify who made the 911 call, who found her. there are some reports out there it was her bodyguard. police also going on to say that they had to obtain a search warrant. which is s.o.p., standard operating procedure, before they could begin going through all of her belongings, cataloging everything. collecting evidence. tmz is reporting that no illegal drugs or no alcohol was found inside her hotel room. but a number of prescription drugs were. cops not confirming or denying that information. for the autopsy, whitney houston's body is here at the los angeles county coroner's office. behind me. they have confirmed that. just within the last 30 minutes or so, a spokesperson with the l.a. county coroner's

office saying that they are not expected to release anymore information today. we have only assume that means that the autopsy could very well not happen today. as we were first thinking. it might happen first thing tomorrow morning. we have to wait and see. they are being tight lipped here about when the autopsy will be scheduled. >> eric: casey, quite an emotional time. last night, her ex-husband bobby brown performed but broke down in tears several times. >> reporter: ironically, bobby brown was scheduled to do a concert last night in south haven, mississippi, in the northern part of the state, as part of the new addition reunion tour. hours of hearing of his ex-wife's passing he still took to the stage there. sold-out crowd of some 7,500 fans. he told the people that he loved whitney and it was the hardest thing for him to do was to take the stage. he did perform several songs

but then during a ballad he became visibly shaken and had to leave the stage. as you know, he was married to whitney houston for 15 years before they finally split in 2007. they have a daughter together. bobby christina. bobby christina, by the way, who was out here in los angeles with whitney houston, at the grammys. as we talk of the reaction coming in from all over the world, not only the music industry but the fans, last night as we were leaving the beverly hilton hotel there was a shrine forming out there. the fans were playing her music on their iphones. some of them were singing. lighting cappeddals. a lot of flowers were laid on the sidewalk. obviously, a lot of reaction coming in from the music industry greats themselves. some of the biggest name names n the industry. taking to the red carpet last night at that pregramny event. coming up in the next hour inside america's news headquarters we will have

reaction from the red carpet here for you on fox news. >> eric: all right, casey. a tragic an understood timely death. our prayers go out to her family. thank you. coming up later in this hour we have local reaction from her hometown of newark, new jersey. he is started singing gospel in the church there when she was 11 years old. we'll talk to fox news contributor jimmy green who worked with miss houston on a variety of humanitarian projects. ♪ ♪ >> jamie: inside america's election headquarters new fall-out from a huge day in republican politics. in 24 hours, mitt romney winning the cpac straw poll in washington and maine's republican caucuses. a turn-around after rick santorum won three straight contests last. santorum coming in third in the maine caucus last night. today, santorum saying he is focusing firmly on the race ahead.

>> we are going to stay focused on presenting the best plan, the best ideas to defeat barack obama. i think the people of this country are look for someone who is going to focus on the issues, focus on obama and not play the petty politics that we have seen in this campaign today. ron paul landed in second place in the caucuses. former alaska governor sarah palin whipping up the crowd with her keynote address at cpac, telling the conservative audience now is the time to come together and change the direction of this country. >> our movement is bigger than one person. it is bigger than one candidate. it's bigger than one party. it is about one country united under god. we are red americans. we're not blue americans. we're red, white and blue. president obama, we are through with you. [ applause ]

>> jamie: the former alaska governor having another statement he is made about conservatives telling them they must throw the full support for whoever wins the g.o.p. nomination. if you want to hear more about governor palin he is made big news with chris wallace on fox news sunday. what he is had to say about mitt romney. only chris has it. you have want to tune in. eric? >> eric: jamie, iran has been a prominent issue in this republican race with completely contrasting views. one hand, ron paul who says iran does not threaten american security and calls claims that iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon "war propaganda." on the other hand, rick santorum praised the assassinations of iranian nuclear scientists and calls it a "wonderful thing." romney says mahmoud ahmadinejad should be indicted. this is as ahmadinejad claims he will make a big announcement about iran's nuclear program shortly. can iran be stopped? joining us now is former presidential candidate and mayor of new york city, rudy giuliani. mr. mayor, welcome. thank you for coming in.

>> nice to be with you. >> eric: first, let me start with what happened yesterday. two wins for mitt romney. within two hours. cpac, a surprise, and also maine, some thought paul would pull it out. your reaction? >> this is an example of how the race has gone up and down. gingrich wins, romney wins, santorum wins. now romney won several. i still think it's an open race. i think governor romney has the edge. there is no question about it. but rick santorum is definitely in there and still has a real chance to prove himself. i think newt who has nine lives, probably used up six of them already, maybe seven. he has a couple more to use up. we have to see. i think sarah palin is absolutely right. they should stop the negative campaigning against each other. we know distinction between them. most is about the prior record. it'd like to hear them talk about, you know, what they would do about iran, what they would do about north korea, and the economy, taxes. healthcare. the deeper issue on this,

forcing the catholic institution to provide contraceptives. >> eric: that hit a nerve. >> it's bigger than that. we're not focusing on that. why should insurance company, the government force you to ensure contraceptives? are they going to have us ensure for toothpaste? this is ridiculous. this is part of the overarching massive government takeover and telling us what to do about the healthcare. it's not just a moral issue. it's the human rights issue. >> eric: do you think it will broomer rang on president obama? and back track on that? >> a perfect example of what frightens americans about obamacare. it's an attempt for the government to take over our medical decisions and dictate what we have to ensure. >> eric: you think it has traction in the race? >> beyond catholics. i think it has deep traction. >> eric: speaking of frightening americans and the issue of iran and the obama administration, you were tough yesterday in the speech on the administration and on iran.

we heard from john bolton in the last hour. there are estimates that iran could be able to assemble a nuclear bomb potentially in six to 12 months. what do you think? >> first, i thought they were realistic estimates. national security estimate put out when i was running for president in 2007 early 2008 that iran ceased the nuclear ambitions. i thought it was a sick political document to hurt president bush as opposed to everything i know about intelligence. a good deal. i've been involved with that longer than i have politics. no doubt they're on the way to establish a nuclear weapon. they're close. i can't tell you if it's six months or two years but foreseeable future. forget about the missile capacity. focus on handling nuclear weapons to the terrorists they are employing, using, financing.

they are the biggest pron spore so state -- sponsor of state sponsorship in the world. should they have nuclear weapons? insane. totally insane. >> eric: you were critical of the president saying he shouldn't write any more code letters, talking about the letters he wrote. >> what is he thinking about? >> you called at it joke. some say shouldn't you try to negotiate with them? >> yeah, if you are 15 years old and immature and no idea how power politics works and you have to face evil in your life and have a sense, hey, they told us they don't want to negotiate with us. wi have seen what happens when you beg dictators and tyrants to negotiate. they take advantage. just read american history and you learn that. you learn it from the 30s. you learn it from the '60s. '50s and '60s. you will learn it from what happened before attack on the world trade center. with not responding effectively enough. he is writing letters. "dear ayatollah, please talk

to me. best regards, obama." ayatollah responded by saying go to -- you know where. >> eric: yeah. exactly. how about we get the point. you know what they will respect? not a letter but a statement of strength. a statement that we will not allow you to become nuclear. we don't want to engage military action against you. we want you to give us every reason not to. if you don't, this is the strongest military on earth. if you don't think we can take out your nuclear devices you're out of your mind. target practice for us. >> eric: there are thoughts that in the bring or summer israel could launch a military strike or maybe not. the sanctions are continuing. you have the assassination of the nuclear scientists. >> i'm not sure israel can do it. i'm not sure it can be done with surgical bombing. it may require special forces or more than that. the point is whatever is needed. the question is: is it more

dangerous to use military force to take out iran as nuclear power or more dangerous to have a nuclear iran? the latter is much more dangerous. i think if you start talking to us and they start to believe it, the chance of having to use military force is less dramatical. what is missing from here is they figure they have president obama predicted. this guy wants to write letters. he is begging to talk to us from their point of blue. that shows weakness. >> eric: the administration banked sancts and tougher sanctions. >> they lived with sanction forever and it doesn't seem to stop them. since you have russia vetoing the significant sanctions and you have china vetoing it those are two big economies to deal with. it ameliorate the damage that the sanctions do. they have a safety valve. if it's not cut off, sanctions have half the impact, if that. >> eric: how do you see this

playing out? >> i believe if we don't become serious and convince them we will use military force to stop them, they will move straight ahead. i believe what ahmadinejad will say is hey, we are moving in this direction but we are willing to talk. that is the dodge. that is how he gets the left wing silly romantic dreaming about peace people to say let's negotiate with them. he will get delay that way. we have to be prepared to use military force. we have to give a signal we're not reluctant to do it. that might create a different psychology. yesterday's conference was about the nek. we have should delist them as terrorist organization. that would be a shot in the face of ahmadinejad and the ito la. they have had them listed as

terrorist organization for years. there is a reason they're doing that. they are afraid of them. >> the resistance organization that was involved in overthrowing the shaw was involved in their side in early day of the revolution. they have a history back then. that is a bad one. then they became concerned with the excessive religious nature of the government. they turned. over 100,000 slaughtered by the ayatollah. i have a book at home, 20,000 people, doctors, lawyers, teachers killed by them. they have gotten them, designated a terrorist organization. the clinton administration did it back in the late '90s in order to ingratiate themselves to iran to tal talk. maybe a decent decision at the time. didn't work out. lowie free head of the f.b.i. at the time said there was no basis to declare them terrorist organization back then. no basis for it now. >> eric: there is a report

this week they're involved in the assassination of the nuclear scientists they're being trained to do that. they deny that. >> they deny it and -- i don't know what to believe. it may be true or maybe not true. if they were involved they belong as i guess "time" person of the year. think about that. what they're trying to do is take out the iranian regime. the people who took out the egyptian regime and the libyan regime, people are taking out the assad regime, to occupy wall street with "time" person of year protest. they're trying to take out regime that is ten times worse than combined. >> some say killing a scientist and civilian is terrorism. >> unless the scientist is working on weapons of mass destruction to be put in the hands of a maniac would killing the german scientist working for adolf hitler on how we do human cloning or how

we develop, how we develop the "v" rocket? that could have ended up changing the balance, killing those people is that terrorism or necessary sensible policy? why is everything that happened in egypt and libya, how do we support those people? were they terrorist killing members of the government, the government killing gaddafi government? they are going up against a government that killed millions of people. the regime in iran make gaddafi mubarak and assad look like -- not so bad. >> eric: finally mr. mayor, what do you want the administration to do? what do you want this country. >> i want this administration to get realistic and tough about iran. stop the nonsense about talking to them. hillary clinton told him to

his face he was naive. they don't want to talk to you. they want to hear you are tough and capable of attacking them if necessary. not that you sit there and labor over it but you're willing to do it to stop them becoming a nuclear power. he should say in the toughest language to come up with no, way on earth i let you become a nuclear power. too dangerous. the danger was nuclear weapons in hands of irresponsible, irrational people. the ayatollah and ahmadinejad proven they are irresponsible, they should not have nuclear weapons in their hands. dangerous for israel, dangerous for america, dangerous for england and the world. >> eric: ominous warning on sunday morning from rudy giuliani. thank you. good to see you. thank you for coming in this morning. >> thank you. >> eric: we'll be right back. looking good! you lost some weight. you noticed! these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain

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>> eric: fox news alert. we're getting video in the newsroom right now. protest, in athens, greece. major demonstration now underway. all, of course, in response to the new austerity measures dealing with the potential greek economic crisis there. police are firing tear gas at the protesters. the protesters were throwing stones and petro bombs outside of the athens parliament.

an effort to try to have greece go on austerity diet with major cuts to get back to economic health if possible. the debt is greater than the gdp. trouble in greece. we will keep an eye on developing story throughout the morning. >> jamie: it may not be every company that feels the confidence to start growing again. but there are some out there as the economy is showing some signs of recovery. so is now the time to ask for that raise you wanted? in today's take charge consumer protection segment we have tips with negotiating with the boss. patricia founder, founder of the fowl financial group. great to see you. >> jamie: is this the time and if you get up the gut what is do you need to know? >> employers are always looking for good employees. the thing i hear most from

most employers is they have employees, but they don't have the great employee. if you are a great employee, don't be shy. go in and ask for a raise. when you do it and where you do it is important. for example, not if the hall. this is a private matter. don't do it in front of other people. >> jamie: what about your coworkers? is it appropriate to discuss with your co-workers, have you got an raise? how much are you making? how do you get that information? is it on the internet if you want to see if you're in the right area amount wise for your salary? >> never discuss this with your coworkers. it's the kiss of death to be the blabber mouth in the office. my favorite source on the internet is salary.com. you can go and put in your job, your area.

you can refine that and bring it to the zip code. i was looking at the first year, beginning level accountant. the nationwide average is 44,000. if you are paid $60,000, you have to be realistic. how much room is there if you are a first year accountant and paid over the national average. do your homework on the internet but don't make it office gossip. >> jamie: does the company's performance count? some companies may have the confidence to hire or give you a raise, especially if you have done something exceptional, you can bring to your boss' attention. should you understand where your company is before you make the move? >> of course. look at whether they're making money. some companies are doing well financially and others aren't. the companies that are doing well have room to reward the best employees.

they may not be able to reward everybody. you have want to be the employee that goes in there and says this is my sustained track record. look how good i've done. look at my expanded responsibility. look at the achievements that i have had for you. these are the things that i have done. if you have a letter of accommodation from your boss or customers or other departments, thanking you for your good work. bring it in there. >> jamie: i'm thinking, i'll put my employer hat on. i'm not. if i were, i'd say great, you are doing your job. anything else? >> remember that employees that are great employees are rare. you want to be the great employee. you don't want any problems. you don't want to be a great employee when you are there but you don't show up all the time or late a lot. if you have remedial problems don't bother. if you are great employee you have a great shot to get a raise. good employers need you. >> that's great. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> jamie: thank you for being part of the take charge

consume procedure text segment. we have a lot of consumer issues we've been covering. many more to come. go to foxnews.com for more. you can see a link for take charge, they're only on this program and we hope you will check it out. >> eric: great advice. >> jamie: thank you. >> coming up, do you think new fall-out from the president's plan for birth control coverage could wind up hurting his chances for election? we heard rudy giuliani say yes. up next, a fair and balanced debate from the political panel. >> jamie: the bloodshed is continuing in syria. many wonder what will the u.s. do? are we putting pressure on the government there? should the armed forces of this nation intervene? we will take a look at that next.

>> jamie: fox news alert. fans around the world are

mourning the loss of legendary singer whitney houston. no more than in her hometown of newark, new jersey. where houston first dazzled audiences at a local baptist church. that's where anna corman is with live reaction. what kind of support are you seeing from the community? >> jamie, hundreds, literally hundreds of people have been coming in to new hope baptist church in newark, new jersey. this is where whitney houston got her start. singing in the boss pel choir, the children's choir in 1978. her mother is a well-known gospel singer led some of the music programs here. he is comes from quite a line of singers if you will. it seems that diva in a way runs in her blood. she was the cousin of dion warwick, 1960s pop singer and goddaughter of aretha franklin. he is began singing backup for jermaine jackson and shakakan. that's when clyde davis saw

her singing in a club with her mother. of course discovered her. some congregation members said he is never forgot where he is came from. >> the family shared whitney with the world, but whitman was a mother, daughter, sister and that is the focus we want to keep in front of us today to lift the family up and respect this time of grief. >> that was the pastor joe cart they're we heard from earlier before the service. we're told that people who attended the services by the religious correspondent laura green were told not to speak to the media. all the coverage we had so far has been before the services. we have also heard a lot of whitney houston blaring in a lot of the cars there. >> i'm sure of that. people in that neighborhood feel she is one of their own.

not many people got to meet her. we have will have green on who did. do the people feel like they lost one of their own? >> thee do. they set up a small makeshift memorial with cars and flowers. we have video of that as well. saying that newark will always love you. piggy backing off the hit song from "the bodyguard." she is such a legend here, jamie. at the beginning of all the city council meetings they play her rendition of star spangled banner he is sap at super bowl xxv the pinnacle of her career. >> jamie: thank you so much. you will be there all day bringing us updates. good to see you. thank you. >> everybody knows about miss houston's work on the stage. now have friends and colleagues are singing her praises for work out of the spotlight.

green worked with her on variety of causes including the children's defense fund, rock the vote and more. a fox news contributor. i know i speak for everyone. so surprising. what are your thoughts? >> i heard the news and described it on the facebook page, i was hysterically sad. i think the world took a deep breath and couldn't believe the news of her godmother arena franklin said he is couldn't believe as she was reading the words across the screen. i feel blessed and hum to believe meet miss houston as she was a humanitarian off the stage. in 1997 as a 25-year-old who moved to washington, d.c., i got the meet her at the

children defense concert he is did with hbo and raise money. children were in her heart. much-her work and resources went to children's causes. much went to cancer research. the work he is put in to fighting aids. you know, he is absolutely will be remembered as someone who as an entertainer had a hat trick of sorts. accomplished model. incredible singer. actress was as a humanitarian we have to remember her as bold and effective. started when she was a model and refused to work for companies who were doing businesses, companies that were still doing business in south africa in apartheid. many artists wear their

politics and their charities on their sleeve and it's part of their marketing effort. but miss houston was completely different. the way he is put the power, voice, time, energy, he is walked the talk. she didn't do it for accolades. he is did it to make a difference. he is did, especially when you look at her work in fighting anti-apartheid. many people followed in her foot steps. many followed in her footsteps after the first steps. >> eric: you don't hear that often about the celebrities that way. you hear about the drama and headlines. you can hear her singing and the talent but behind that is a perp you say cares and we have been seeing the accolades and tribute from the church in new jersey and newark. is still loved, loved them and

took that despite her celebrity. >> absolutely. the first night i melt her people associate the words "diva" with miss houston. he is owns that word. but you don't necessarily associate "diva" the experience i had when i first let her that night in 1997. he is stopped, moments before going on stage and performed to the world on hbo for the children's charity. he is looked at my sequin dress and said the light inside of you is brighter than your dress. >> eric: that is beautiful. >> it was just a moment of who he is really was. you know, what her soul was made of. he is would take the time to share that and share that energy in a powerful way.

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>> eric: now to the fox news voter fraud unit and another alleged case of trying to steal an election. the alleged scheme is in west virginia, in an effort to throw democratic primary in 2010. the fed say lincoln county chairman agreed to plead guilty to falsifying ballot applications. and will cop a free to lying about the voter fraud plan. here is u.s. attorney booth goodwin. >> i want the case to send a simple message.

you cannot steal an election in west virginia. you cannot steal our elections. >> eric: joining us now from west virginia is the secretary of state, natalie tenent whose office brought the case. >> thank you for joining us. >> this is shocking. sheriff breaking the law? >> we don't tolerate election law violations no matter who tries to do that. in this case, in the secretary of state's office we were on this when we first heard about this in april. before the may election in 2010. no matter position or the party, i do not tolerate election law violations. >> eric: what they allegedly do will plead guilty in a couple of weeks. how did he do it? >> what he did was get

absentee applications. in west virginia, no excuse. early voting in person. for absentee ballot you need a reason why you can't be there. working out of the state. student or homebound. and you have to have the reasons. some of the folks he was asking to fill out didn't have the reasons for asking for and obtaining an absentee ballot. there was one aspect. the other aspect is he was there. when they were voting the absentee ballots. he will plead to conspiracy against right of a voter and mr. whiten the county clerk made a false statement to a secretary of state investigator. >> eric: we have a variety of cases around the country. troy new york and elsewhere, similar allegations where the political insiders know how to fake and forge allegedly absentee ballots. is that a weak link in the chain of voting? is it easy for those who know

how to do it to do it and get away with it? >> this still shows that the process is a good process. perhaps you have someone who wants to take advantage of a process or position, but where we are now and i as the chief election official of west virginia show we don't tolerate this. no matter where you are. or what your position might be. the process is still a good process. it's up to folks like me to say i won't tolerate this anymore. if you attempt to use the power or the position you will be caught and prosecuted. >> eric: the secretary of state of west virginia. thank you for joining us from charleston. by the way, we have a website address. voterfraud@foxnews.com where folks can write in if they suspect hanky banky. thank you. >> thank. >> jamie: we look at gas prices coming up. it's troubling. the price at the pump already hitting a new record.

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the u.s. are setting records for this time of year. they are expected to skyrocket come spring as more drivers hit the road. why is that? senior business correspondent brenda buttner weighs in live. we were hoping for better news. this is february. why now? >> it doesn't make sense. we are in a worldwide reception. you wouldn't demand -- wouldn't expect demand to be high. but supply problems is the issue. tension in the middle east and question about israel and retaliation. the price of oil is high. near $100 a barrel. that is pushing up the price. the price of oil is the main commodity. in order to get oil to gas, we have refiners the middlemen. many of them are closing down. there is a problem there. that is pushing up the price of gas. not so much demand as supply and refiners. >> jamie: i saw three

refiners in pennsylvania alone may close or have plans to. if people don't drive because the gas prices are so high, won't it impact the overall economy? they might not go on vacation or spend. how worried are you? >> that is a problem stimulating overall demand. usually we see gas prices go higher in the spring. there is talk of going up to $4 or $5 a gallon. this is a major problem with the recession. we could see unemployment go higher as a result of this. >> jamie: ouch. thank you for letting us know. have a great day. >> you too. >> eric: the pentagon announced new rules on women in combat. what is the media reaction in next, liz trotta has her say.

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>> eric: women in combat. should they serve close close te front lines? this week, pentagon announced new rules for women in the military to do just that. how is the media covering this? liz trotta joins us every sunday at this time with commentary. good morning. >> good morning. >> eric: this is now causing a controversy? >> a controversy that won't be a controversy because of political correctness. we have women, feminists wanting to be warriors and victim at the same time. what is the news this the news is the pentagon is going to add 14,000 more jobs for women in the military.

but the ban serving in the infantry and special operations unit and combat tanks units is still in place. well, you may ask, why did 140 women die in afghanistan? if this ban was in place? the way we wage war changed enormously. no front line or clear delimb nation of where troops are. women can be attached to battalions but they can't be in battalions. that would get to the gut of how we fight wars; that, being a member of the infantry. while all of this is going on, a few weeks ago, defense secretary leon panetta commented on a pentagon report on sexual abuse in the military. i think they have discovered there is a difference between men and women. report says since 2006, a 64% increase in violent sexual

assaults. now, what do they expect? these people are in close contact. the whole airing of the issue has never been done by congress. it has ban question of pressure from the feminists. the feminists directed them really to spend a lot of money. they have sexual counselors all over the place. victims, advocates. sexual response coordinators. let me read something to you from mcclatchy newspapers about how much this position on extreme feminism is costing us. the budget for the defense department sexual prevention and response office from $5 million in fiscal 2005 to more than $23 million in fiscal 2010. the total defense department spending now exceeds

$113 million. that is from mcclatchey newspaper. this is built up to support women in the military now being raped too much. >> eric: many would say they need to be protected and the sexual programs are necessary -- >> that's funny. i thought the mission of the army and navy was to defend us, not people fighting the war. >> we want people fighting the war to be protected from anything that could be illega illegal. >> nice try, eric. this question of women in the military has not been aired properly. it's the great sleeping giant. >> that is the bigger issue. the head of the military undersecretary said this is the beginning of the end of the combat exclusion. which is a big issue.