"baywatch" music? >> alisyn: we'll talk more in the "after the show" show. the "after the show" show. >> dave: cold, boy! captioning by, closed captioning services, inc. >> eric: the republican candidates, now gearing up for what has become a pair of pivotal races this time in the deep south. alabama and mississippi, getting their say on tuesday. this, after mitt romney and rick santorum both see big wins, in the -- yesterday's contest in kansas and wyoming. good morning, on this sunday morning, i'm eric sean. >> jamie: good see you, air rakrak-- eric, to rest for the candidates, and, us, too. and, mitt romney was declared the victor in wyoming, rick santorum took home the state of kansas with an overwhelming win in his hopes to slow down front-runner mitt romney's

momentum and meanwhile, newt gingrich vows to stay in the race, even if he fails to take alabama or mississippi and that will happen, this week, those races and peter doocy is following it live in washington. hi, peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jamie. and speaker gingrich did not have a good saturday as far as days in a campaign go but yesterday was big for mitt romney and senator santorum, the big delegate winners and the gains came in completely different ways, senator santorum got 33 delegates in the kansas caucus because he won, mitt romney 7 and mitt romney won 6 in the wyoming caucuses to santorum's 3. but, mitt romney won 9 delegates in guam and their three r.n.c. and the mirjana islands, and, three r.n.c. delegates and the mitt romney added 4 on the virgin islands and the scoreboard, mitt romney has more than 450, more than double the delegates of senator santorum and second, 217 and newt

gingrich third with 107 and ron paul, 47 and, though he made a minor gain on saturday, the congressman who concentrates on caucuses, paul is sometimes out of the loop about how they turn out. >> what was your reaction to the outcome of -- senator santorum winning the caucus. >> nobody gave me the numbers. i didn't know that. >> reporter: alabama and mississippi are coming up on tuesday and speaker gingrich must think he's doing okay, a few minutes ago on fox news sunday he talked to chris wallace, about still competing in june, jamie? >> jamie: we'll talk more to chris, too. thank you. good to see you, peter. >> eric: regardless of saturday's outcome none of the candidates seem poised to bow out any time soon, and every day goes by without a nominee, a day that plays to president obama's

balance. let's bring in editor of ""campaigns & elections" magazine." good morning. >> good morning. >> and, the g.o.p. battle, drawn out, will help the president. do you buy that? >> there is certainly a case to be made, president obama's folks have been preparing for the reelect for three-plus years and are doing smart things on the ground and have a lot of organization, and every day that mitt romney spends fighting back rick santorum and newt gingrich, and playing in all of these primaries and caucuses, is time and money taken away from focus on president obama. so, i think there is a salient argument, the further it goes on, that mitt romney and the republican party, more generally, are damaging their chances for november. it remains to be seen how far it goes on, if it gets to the convention, it is a completely different question and potentially far more damaging for the republican parrty.

>> eric: and perhaps they split the vote and help mitt romney. >> they help mitt romney, in the situation, mitt romney moving forward needs to get to the magic delegate number and if the two of them stay in the race the anti-romney, conservative vote is split between them. i think, ultimately, though, look at the maps, the argument the mitt romney folks made over the past couple of days is a good one and mathematically it is very, very difficult for anybody to overtake mitt romney, get to that 1,144 delegates they need to clinch the nomination, and, all of this stuff is happening, will happen between now and, you know, the convention in tampa, could be nothing more than a distract for the party, and the eventual nominee and the mitt romney folks are making a good case and have been for the past week. >> eric: gingrich vows he'll stay in until tampa and what will happen on tuesday, mississippi and alabama, 90 delegates at stake and it is much more significant than that. >> absolutely, it will be interesting, because i think mitt romney actually has a bit of a chance. to do better than he has been.

on tuesday. in states that typically you would not think, given a high concentration of conservative voters, evangelical voters, would not necessarily play to his advantage or his strengths. i think that if mitt romney can start chipping away here, and not allow rick santorum to grab decisive victories in the fourth, i think that that is going to really build momentum behind this argument that the mitt romney camp has been making, at this point, this nomination is a forgone conclusion and inevitable and, really we need party unity and folks to step out of mitt romney's way. >> eric: if newt gingrich loses, both or either, pressure to drop out. >> i think there will be substantial pressure and you have seen a bit of a rift of sorts in his own campaign, a newt gingrich aide suggested if he doesn't win both states it will be hard to continue. gingrich said, no, i'll continue no matter what. i think it will be difficult internally in the newt gingrich

campaign and a lot of forces will be exerting an impact on newt gingrich to bow out, if he doesn't win both of them serving and very quickly, a shocking rasmussen poll shows mitt romney ahead of president obama, 48 to 43% and disapproval, strongly disagree, 44%, nearly-and-a-half, who strongly disagree with the president. what do you make of the surprising new numbers. >> listening, this is what a lot of folks in the republican party are looking to and saying, listen, we have a guy who can beat barack obama, we're confident will be a good candidate in the fall, let's make him the nominee and move the other folks out of the way. >> eric: great to see you, thanks for your in sight. >> thank you. >> eric: coming up later, in our newscast, this morning, we'll have more on tuesday's deep south republican show down. especially looking at alabama, the former alabama attorney general troy king will be with us, giving us his analysis an insight about his home state. >> jamie: a developing story out

of afghanistan this morning. a u.s. service member in nato custody, right now, accused of some disturbing allegations. connor powell joins us live from kabul, afghanistan. connor, what do we know about this? >> reporter: right now we know at least 7 afghan civilians were killed and it sounds like the number is likely to increase. officials are providing different numbers but seems it could be as many as 15 or 16 civilians killed and many of them women and children. the incident today happened in kandahar, in an area, panjwai district, where the u.s. made a lot of progress in terms of battling the taliban the last two years and, has been relatively calm, compared to what it had been and 3:00 a.m. a u.s. soldier walked off his base in kandahar with his weapon and burst into several homes and began shooting the afghan civ civilians and he returned to his base and he was arrested and is in u.s. custody, there are

reports there was an incident before he left the base, and, it is not exactly clear why he did it. the u.s. military and u.s. government sent out messages, condemning the incident, and apologizing to the afghans and the latest incident comes 2 or 3 weeks after u.s. soldiers burned copies of the koran and we have large, large protests, and several violent outbursts here and there is an incident, an afghan police officer shot and killed, two u.s. soldiers here, it has been a difficult winter for u.s. and international forces here. they had hoped to try to consolidate some of the progress they'd made in afghanistan and building up the afghan security forces and pushing the taliban back but have spent the entire winter on the defensive, defending the strategy here and playing essentially makeup here, with the afghan government, and there is so much distrust, and anger between the afghan government and the u.s. and international military, it seems very unlikely going forward,

jamie, this this type of damage can be repaired. >> jamie: clearly this is still under investigation. connor, let us know if there are any new defencemen. live from kabul. >> eric: the us-arab league and kofi annan, the former u.n. secretary-general, expressing some optimism after a second round of talks with syrian president assad about ending the violence and government killings of his own citizens and mr. annan acknowledged it would be difficult for president assad and opposition groups to reach a deal to finally hut talt the bloodsh bloodshed. violence has been escalating especially after the nation's military launched an offensive to crush rebel strongholds in the north. the united nations itself accused assad's regime of crimes against humanity. james sni. >> jamie: eric, thank you. now the show down with iran, it is ongoing, the rogue nation dancing around demands by the united nations. to allow nuclear inspectors to

get a close look at a secret military site. this is the area where it is believed iran may be developing nuclear weapons. they have pinpointed it now. and, so far ron has been reluctant to allow inspectors onto that base. is tehran buying time so it can get rid of any evidence it is making atomic weapons? ambassador dan girl mllerman, a former ambassador to the united nations, joins us this morning, good morning, ambassador. >> jamie, good to be with you. >> jamie: the situation is escalating and the iaea as they try to inspect the particular site believe, and have stated evidence is being moved or destroyed. they may never really know what is going on at that base. how concerned are you? >> well, i am very concerned, because the iranians are truly masters of deception. you know, jamie, i'm speaking to you from los angeles where i am accompanying president peres on

his visit and yesterday, we were guests at dreamworks and we saw what steven spielberg and jeffrey katzenberg can do to make things appear and disappear and i think each they with all of their genius can learn from the iranians how to deceive and how to really fool the world, they have been doing it for years. and, you know, i can see the enormous burden and responsibility which president peres feels with this horrible prospect of iran becoming nuclear and i can tell you that i don't lay much hope for those inspectors. i appreciate their efforts, and i'm glad they are going there, but i think they'll final out when they come there, that it is not so much a matter of what you see as what you get, but you don't get to see what you really want to see. >> jamie: there's a concern about sanitizing this particular facility, maybe even others, with the iaea, limited in what they can see. at the same time, it seems like

prime minister netanyahu is suggesting he wants to give time for sanctions to work. and, the president, president obama, has said he still believes that diplomacy is an option. >> well, i think both president obama and prime minister netanyahu, we all hope sanctions will work but, the problem is time. we don't have time for sanctions to work forever. time is very limit. the clock is ticking, the iranians are racing towards the bomb. and, even if sanctions are mention and diplomacy is to work, one thing that we must understand, from the president of the u.s. and the prime minister of israel is that they mean business. it was president roosevelt who said and president obama, i heard him, at aipac quoted and say, walk softly and carry a big stick and what the iranians are

witnessing at the moment is indeed a soft an even slow walk and they don't see the stick and have to realize there is a big stick there... >> jamie: what will that take... do you want president obama to stay outright our military options an capabilities including the mega bomb, in development, that is being discussed, now, in connection with iran, do you want him to come out and say, look, keep it up and we're going to be ready to come in there and take out those sites, with israel, for israel? either way, you don't have a chance at developing a bomb, do you want that kind of strength from this white house. >> i want straight talk from the white house and i want the white house to make it clear, not just to say all options are on the table to become very much a cliche. i very much appreciate the will of the president to see sanctions work. we want to see sanctions work. we don't want war. but, we believe that the only way to make the iranians realize

that the world will not accept a nuclear iran, is if they believe that if they do not stop, and if that moment of no return comes, the world led by the united states will see to it that they do not have a bomb and that means exercising they military option. at the moment, i think, the united states and the president of the united states are too busy explaining first and foremost to israel how dangerous it would be to attack and iran and what dire consequences there may be. i think what they should concentrate their efforts on is making the iranians realize how dangerous it would be for them to proceed and how dire the consequences for them would be. not to threaten israel as to how dangerous it would be to attack and threaten iran how dangerous it would be not to stop. >> jamie: and i've heard you take the position the white house should not be telling israel not to take any action, it has the right to protect

itself and should have the support of the united states as many people would agree. how do you reconcile that with what the director of national intelligence, james clapper had to say in listen to this and, please, give us your reaction. >> okay. >> among nation states, iran's tactical advances, particularly in uranium enrichment strengthen our assessment that iran is well capable of producing enough highly-enriched uranium for a weapon. if its political leaders, specifically the supreme leader himself choose to do so. >> jamie: he continues and says, however, there is no evidence that iran is in the process of developing any nuclear weapons. >> well, i think we have had a -- an assessment by the national intelligence agency before, which they retracted from and, quite frankly, jamie, one thing that bothers me is i don't know how much they really know. i think history and including recent history, is not a very

good indication of the excellence and the accuracy of intelligence. and, therefore, i don't think that we should rely on it and, certainly, not take this risk of being wrong, because, being wrong could mean a doomsday scenario. it could actually mean waking up to a nuclear iran and what we are witnessing is very much the same process as we did with pakistan and with north korea and we talked and talked and the clock ran and one day we woke up to those rogue regimes and dangerous countries possessing a nuclear weapon and that is kids's work compared to iran with a nuclear weapon. iran with a nuclear weapon would be a world you, nor i or anybody in the civilized world would want to live in, horrible, dangerous and cruel and we can't take the risk of that happening. >> jamie:. ambassador dan gillerman, thanks for joining us from los angeles this morning. >> thank you very much, jamie, good to be with you.

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>> eric: the republican hopefuls are preparing to square off in a pair of southern primaries on tus tuesday, held in alabama and mississippi and newt gingrich is expected to do well but he currently has less than a quarter of overall delegates held by the republican front-runner mitt romney, that is a huge hurdle to overcome but, this morning on fox news sunday, newt gingrich said that mitt romney is relatively a weak candidate and why he says he's staying in the race. >> yes, he's the front-runner and he's not a very strong front-runner, almost all conservatives or opposed to him, which is the base or the party and i think we are as likely to see after the last primary, in june, as likely to see a 60-day conversation about what is going to happen, as we are to see mitt romney dominating. >> eric: joining us is the anchor of fox news sunday, chris

wallace. what is he saying, the future of the race. >> newt gingrich may not get to 1144, the magic number and he suggests mitt romney may not get there, either and once all the primaries are done and it is a split field, nobody has the magic number and there will be a conversation in the party about who should be the nominee, in effect, a contested convention. >> eric: mitt romney folks say mathematically over, at the same time newt vows to stay in the rate to the convention. >> here's the difference, mitt romney says it is almost impossible for newt to get to 1144, he has to win 70% of all of the remaining delegates and that is, terrible with the proportional representation, very few winner take all states and he's probably right, he will not get to 1144, but mitt romney doesn't necessarily get to 11 hi either, if santorum continues to take a big share and newt gingrich takes his share, that

is what he's really saying, i may not get there and, mitt romney doesn't and in that case, it is an open convention. >> eric: what do you think will happen? you have been around a long time. have we seen it before? what is your prediction? >> no, we haven't. the last time neither candidate had a majority going in, was 1976, with, jerry ford running as the president, he wasn't elected, because he came in obviously after richard nixon resign, against iraqi and they had a test vote and ford squeaked by. listen, as a political reporter i hope it happens that way. we'd love to have some drama and not just a tv show, at the republican convention. chances are it won't but, you know, one can always hope, right, eric? >> eric: all right, looking forward to the interview with newt gingrich. timely, great to see you as always, thank you. for more of his interview, tune into fox news sun, chris has an

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♪ >> jamie: time for "sunday house call" and joining us this morning, dr. marc siegel, associate professor of medicine at the nyu langone medical center, author of "the inner pulse" unlocking the secret code of sickness and health".

>> eric: and dr. david samadi, chief of robotics at the mt. sinai medical center here in new york. good morning. >> jamie: you guys are used to no sleep diet. >> we followed dr. samadi's advice and changed our watches early. >> jamie: that was smart and we'll talk later about what impact not having the extra hour's sleep can have on you today. we begin with an eye-opening report which suggests america may be an overmedicated nation. now, it may not be a surprise to you, because a lot of people have taken a lot of pills, $300 billion, spent on prescription drugs last year alone, are we growing too dependent on prescription medications, maybe there are natural alternatives, out there. dr. siegel, you have top alternatives and, i think folks will be interested. >> we prescribed $47 billion pills and half the adults in the u.s. are on prescription drugs, a shocking a and i look at three top topics, one is painkillers and we have said before, there's 131 prescription s power pain

killers, maybe you need therapy, exercise, acupuncture works and high blood pressure, as soon as the number is up, doctors give out the pill and if you increase the amount of potassium and cut down the amount of sodium and increase the amount of magnesium you eat and, co-enzyme-q-10 and my favorite is statin drugs, chest-lowering drugs, everybody -- 40 million prescriptions written for them and i prescribe them a lot but for people who are not at high risk of heart disease, you may actually be able to do it by decreasing dairy and, decreasing weight and also can take alternatives, herbal alsotives. use fish oil, flax seed oil, co-enzyme-q-10 and certain vitamins you can use and i like niacin, is a vitamin and i like, red rice yeast, these things, i

have a cocktail i use, jamie, for patients before i go to the statins. >> jamie: i have to ask you, before you -- but ask your doctor before you stop the prescriptions. >> i don't deal with these kinds of medication as much as marc does but what i love about the program, is by preparing for it, i'm actually healthier myself, there is a diet, dash, dietary approach to stop hypertension and involves a series of high fiber, low fat diets, where you cut down the sodium and you replace it with natural stuff, bananas, tomato juice and, co-q-enzyme and statins and one of the problems with statins, is the muscle pain and people don't want to take it. exercise, and, diet, but, also, i start taking oatmeal, every day. that helps, fish for dinner, take -- any kind of nuts, also, helps. and fish oil, et cetera. for pain, i think vicadin is one

of the most prescribed medication in the country and it is addictive and causes liver issues, and, mix with alcohol and you have a big drama going on there. i have two recommendations, one is sam-e and you can pick it up at costco and cvs and that seems to be controlling the pain, and there is also something i really like, which is called the name of it is very interesting, it is in flow-thera, a combination of turmeric, basil and, has ginger and, these herbs, coming from a surgeon, it is a little funny, but it works and there are statistics and data that show it. start with this, because jumping on any of these medication. >> jamie: on the pain one, sam-e? i have read, also can help mood. >> absolutely be i have heard that. >> that is a good point and increases the serotonin. >> and you feel less pain. >> you know something else?

fish oil which we use for heart, a thousand milligrams, you double that to 2,000, some people say it helps pain medication. and, have these remedies before jumping into a prescription. >> eric: good to know there are alternatives, colonoscopies, people don't always want to have one or think about one but it can be a life saver and i know from family history, you have to get one. dr. samadi, so important. >> the timing is perfect because march is a colon cancer awareness and i'm glad we are talking about this. 149,000 people are diagnosed with colon cancer. and, still, 49,000 people die from this, despite all of the publicity it has gotten. the most recent publication, in the new engla"new england journ medicin medicine", show they followed 2600 people, follow-up for 23 years, a great follow-up and what they found was, colonoscopy

an screening helps reduce by 53%, the rate of death from colon cancer, again, mortality, reduction by 53%, just looking at those polyps and taking the pre-cancerous vision is a big deal and a big deal about screening is when to do it. start at the age of 50, every ten years you get a colonoscopy, after that, the age of 75, every three years you need to see our good dr. siegel to check the stool, et cetera for blood and every five year, a sigmoidoscopy, a lower part of the rectum. >> eric: age 50, ten years, and what if you have a family history. >> the age of 40. >> ten years before and both institutions, dr. samadi trained at, excellent study coming out of there. i'll tell you, my real take home on this, there is a debate, even in the american college of physicians, which is the internal medicine body, saying, can't you just do stool labs, instead of a colonoscopy and

check stool for blood and the study shows, no, you have to do a colonoscopy every ten years because it finds what is called a polyp. what is a polyp? gland gland glandular tissue on a stalk, and, we need to get them out and it cuts the rate of colon death in half and between the colonoscopies a do the stool, i do both, blood test for stool in between but get the colonoscopy and i don't know 75 is long enough. the way we are living, today's 75 is yesterday's 65. maybe a little longer. >> eric: get a colonoscopy, no excuse. >> jamie: small price to pay for detecti detection. when you go to the doctor, you can tell us the truth. do you tell the doctor everything they probably need to

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these questions. are you having problems with your relationship, having problems with your job? are you cheating on your spouse? are you drinking? are you smoking? are you having problems sleeping? these they're big questions, that we wait for the patients to ask, but, we -- they have to be forthcoming because, it affects all the health care i want to do, someone drinking alcohol affects their liver and, smoking affects the organs and if they are going to lose their job it is not just about health insurance but worry and potential depression and same with an affair or seeing another doctor, i need to know that. if a patient is going for a second opinion, don'ted height from me thinking i'm going to be embarrassed. tell me, i need the information. if you are forgetful in general, i need to know that. you may be having a problem with your medications, i have to know these secrets. don't be embarrassed. anything that you have that is worrying, you worrying me. >> jamie: seems like if you are embarrassed to tell your doctor these things you are going to the wrong doctor. >> absolutely. >> i'll take a different angle.

we have been blaming our patients for a lot of issues but doctors have to take a responsibility here. you have to make the office environment so comfortable for them to be able to tell you whatever it is, the truth is, there is really no embarrassing zone and nothing you tell your doctor that should be uncomfortable for you and we play a big role, being a psychiatrist and making sure that you are a good detective, and finding out what the root of the problem is, not just treatment of symptoms but treat the cause and throwing a prescription at them and getting them out is not the way. >> jamie: andy it is confidential. >> absolutely. i have the best team in my office but occasionally someone may not treat the patient well, and tell the doctor, they are the eyes and ears of the doctor and we needed to know, you are going follow room-to-room and, marc mentioned, if you are a social drinker, mention it, we need to know, sexual dysfunction, we talked about the fact early erectile dysfunction can be a sign of heart disease,

especially in young men and if i deal discomfort i say, you know, let's go for an example and find the patient in different rooms, and, it is really a good detective work, and it's an art of medicine unfortunately, with all the pressure on doctors, we're missing it and that is what i recommend. >> eric: it goes so fast and you say it should be an informal relationship, not and in and out and they are done. >> the one thing he said -- and i want to emphasize an agree, totally, on the doctor. it's on the doctor. the doctor has to make the patient comfortable so all the secrets are forthcoming, it is not the patient's obligation. >> jamie: should a family member pipe in, you know your spouse is embarrassed, the role of the partner to say... >> of course. >> jamie: he won't tell you but... >> we like when partners come to visit. >> it has to be judged case by case. there is no real -- you can't apply the same thing for everybody. and, that is what makes practicing medicine so exciting.

because, you really cannot treat the same person the same way. so, that is really the bottom line. but, everything marc mentioned plays a big role in everything we do. >> eric: be forthcoming. >> jamie: be honest. >> eric: a report finds the number of circumcision for young boys is this lowest left in years and medical experts warn the procedures can -- benefits can out weigh any minor risks. dr. samadi, it is fascinating. they are not doing it. >> circumcision has been debated, and it is controversial, in kids, and, the american society of pediatrics right now, is talking about the fact that there is good scientific data that circumcision actually has potential benefits, but, to do this across the board for every kid, that is controversial and they are not recommending it. the reason why the numbers are going down, many kids, recently, they are cutting down on reimbursement and that -- medicaid is cutting down on reimbursement and that is an issue, the first year of life,

after birth, the rate of urinary tract infection is down ten times in circumcised kids. there is health benefits of this and the risk of hiv, and, from uganda, is reduced 50% and that is really beneficial and the history of circumcision is quite important, because it goes back almost 2400 b.c. and, it has been around a long time and certainly found its way in our religion and know in judaism and muslim religions it is routine and, actually the circumcision is done right after birth. a day or two... >> jamie: you recommend in the hospital, doc? a lot of people will ask that. >> that is reasonable, they can get anesthesia and pain medications an jewiyou. >> -- and with the jewish religion it is done on the 8th day with a ceremony, and so on and there is a big myth about sexual function and none has any

scientific data that backs it up. >> it dates back to ancient egypt before biblical times and our jewish religion the covenant of abraham all jewish children should have it on the 8th day and the united states, 80 to 85% of people are circumcised because the american academy of pediatric recommends it. i agree with david. it is for health reasons and i think it cuts down on urinary tract infections and on problems with the foreskin if it remains and causes infection and i agree about sexual function not shown to be affected. i think it is a really good thing to do. the earlier this better. though you wait until you are an adult, it can be done as an office procedure, you want to do it when you are young enough. >> eric: the recommendation... >> at birth. >> the only time you don't want to do it, if you have a premature child and the anatomy is not where it is supposed to be, you don't want to touch it. see your urologist and the other important point, as you get

older, the foreskin if it's not mobile, usually with diabetics, it's an emergency and someone has to take care of it. >> jamie: we've covered that one. >> it's not covered by insurance all the time, we are covering contraception and i want this covered, by everyone. >> jamie: doctors, thank you. do you use so milk, so deli meat and skin care, people praise the benefits of soybean based products but are they all they are cracked up to be? the doctors will weigh in for you, next. 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. he was taking warfarin, but i've put him on pradaxa instead. in a clinical trial, pradaxa 150 mgs reduced stroke risk 35%

more than warfarin without the need for regular blood tests. i sure was glad to hear that. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding, and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if you're 75 or older, have a bleeding condition like stomach ulcers, or take aspirin, nsaids, or bloodthinners, or if you have kidney problems, especially if you take certain medicines. tell your doctor about all medicines you take, any planned medical or dental procedures, and don't stop taking pradaxa without your doctor's approval, as stopping may increase your stroke ri. other side effects include indigestio stomach pain, upset, or burning. pradaxa is progress. if you have afib not caused by a heart valve problem, ask your doctor if you can reduce your risk of stroke with pradaxa.

>> did you like soy products? you may have heard claims that while soy can prevent diseases, such as heart disease and cancer, and also concerns about men and their prostates. what's the real story. dr. samadi? >> soy is a great source of protein. but you're right. a lot of studies, especially from japan omen who consume a lot of soy, the risk of prostate capser was really, really low. what happens to those japanese who move to america and stop taking those and start taking

american food, the rate of prostate cancer went up. the study is still underway. but we know that it helps in reduces breast and prostate cancer. there has been a lot about menopausal women and hot flashes and soy can reduce that. that's a big within. there is a debate about osteoporosis and whether soy can help. but i love the fiber factor, you have vitamin-b and omega 3. i know that that will get you interested in this because it lowers the ldl, or the bad cholesterol. so if you can tolerate. it and some people just don't like the taste, but soy sauce or tofu are really good for you. >> i want to take a slightly different angle, all of those goodies and prot teen. but soy has something called isoflaffin, with a lot of estrogen-like effect. studies have not shown that's that increases your risk of

breast cancer and may decrease risk of prostate cancer, but my concern is that when they give this to mice -- if you give this a lot of this to mice, they have reproductive problems, it can increase breast tissue, with a high dose. why does that have anything to do with humans? it doesn't, except when you use soy formula on infant, it is 6 to 11 times the amount an adult woman would get before she has some kind of reproductive change. i think we have to put the yellow flag up on soy formulas for infarngts otherwise i love soy. >> if you are planning to get pregnant, you cannot touch this because that can affect estrogen. and it can affect your thyroid. so it can reduce your thyroid. so those two areas, talk to your doctor and make sure you don't take any soy products. >> yen that, you endorse. >> it sounds like one of the things to let your doctor know

you are using. sounds great. i asked the doctors how are you feeling? are you more sluggish because you lost an hour's sleep? it was daylight savings time. we didn't roll back the clock -- we moved it forward! doctors are going to tell us how it affects your health. really, really interesting topic. and the republican race for president, rolling through the deep south this week. we will talk to the alabama former attorney general, about how the race will shape up, coming up at the top of the hour. [ male announcer ] this is lois. the day starts with arthritis pain... a load of new listings... and two pills. after a morning of walk-ups, it's back to more pain, back to more pills. the evening showings bring more pain and more pills.

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>> we're not trying to give you an excuse to stay in bed monday morning, but daylight savings time when you move the clock forward could have serious health risks. doctor, tell us what? >> the studies show a 10% increase of heart attacks. but i think that's a statistical cureiosity. and i don't want to scare anyone. the point is that when you change your clock, your body's out of whack. your biological clock is out of whack. you have more inflammation, your nervous system revs up.

so if you were on the verge of a health problem, you might be more susceptible. it takes place over 3 days. and dr. samadi has said previously on fox that you have to adjust in advance. i agree with that totally. >> i have to wake up monday morning in the operating room, being able to function. so in a situation like this, friday night, i change my clock. that gives me time on saturday and sunday and drinking water and exercise, and for 95% of the country, this is not an issue, i think this study from alabama talks about the 5% of the population that has low cardiac reserve. so a little bit of pressurew can push them. they can be groggy or depressed or out of sleep. no big deal. >> have the equipment and the machinery, be careful. >> most people, you are okay. >> thanks so much. >> tomorrow is the crankiest day in america.

>> thank you, doctor. see you next week. >> we start a new hour with the latest on the primary, heading south. up next, two big contests in alabama and mississippi, both holding primaries tuesday that could affect the very future of the race. the pair of weekend primaries split the result, mitt romney and rick santorum enjoyed wins. romney in wyoming and santorum in kansas. >> this is a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. we can expect to see a pretty close race on tuesday. recent polls in alabama have shown the lead fluctuating between rick santorum, mitt romney and nutrisystem. we go to washington for more on that. how's it looking? >> the republican primary rolls into the deep south.

we'll see how it looks after tuesday with a pair of very tight and suddenly very important races in alabama and mississippi. now, newt gingrich said today, he is confident that he will pick up more del gites tuesday. >> i think we will win both. we are campaigning very aggressively in both states. as almost everywhere else, you start behind because of romney's money and the length of time he's advertising. as you campaign, you catch up with him pretty rapidly. i think we are pulling ahead of him in both states. >> very opt optimistic newt gingrich. it could be a make-or-break date for his campaign on tuesday. but he himself says we are going all the way to tamp athe republican convention. rick santorum fighting tooth and nail, hoping to knock out the presumptive nominee, mitt romney. he said this about newt gingrich being in the race, in spite of

his fairly poor shorting. >> i would like everybody to get out. that would be great if they could just clear the field. but the speaker can stay in as long as he wants. i think the better opportunity to make sure that we nominate a conservative is to give us an opportunity to go head to head with governor romney at some point. hopefully, that will occur sooner rather than later. >> and as for governor romney, he has no appearances scheduled today, neither does the other candidate in the race, ron paul. back to you. >> steve, thanks. >> it's neck and neck in alabama. rick santorum/newt gingrich, a son of the south, counting on conservative and evangelical voters. but mitt romney is making some surprises. look at that. he has the lead, with just over 26%. gingrich and santorum both within striking distance. gingrich with 24% and santorum

just under 23. what will happen? troy king, the former republican attorney general of alabama is here. he has not endiersd candidate. good to see you. >> good to see you here. thank you for inviting me. >> of course. we saw that romney 2 points ahead, a romney aide said a win would, quote, end the process. i mean, do you think romney will pull it out? >> i don't know, eric. we are seeing in alabama what you are seeing across the country, which is the tea party is not comfortable with romney. you are seeing the establishment, like former governor riley line up and endorse mitt romney. and the question is, is money and big-name endorsements enough to defeat the natural inclimationinations of alabama, to go for the more conservative, evangelical candidate. but this race is so close because i believe that above all, alabamians want a

republican. mitt romney makes the case that he is the only one who can go forward. i think it's insulting when mitt romney calls alabama an "away game." >> what did he mean by that? he had an interview and calls your state an away game for him? >> he says he doesn't like grits and he has a strange feeling when he comes to the south. eric for a long, long time, the south has been the bedrock, cornerstone of the republican party. our nominee doesn't need to view any part of the country, but certainly not the heart of the republican party as an away game. but i think it signals, again that, mitt romney is not comfortable with evangelicals and tea party conservatives. >> he says he likes cheesy grits and is coming back tomorrow. do you think that will be enough? >> well -- well, i don't know. bowl of grits and a wish. i don't know. i think alabama is serious about their politics. i think we want somebody who happeneds the issues that

matter. we want somebody who doesn't flip-flop, who is conservative fiscally and conservative socially, who is not a conservative by convenience, but who is a consistent conserve. >> it in my judgment, i think that's why rick santorum and newt gingrich will battle it out for the top spot. >> how do you explain that romney is ahead, even just by 2 points? >> again, i think it goes back to this -- to this competing interest by alabama that they want to nominate somebody who can win in november. and the romney storyline so far is, i have more money, vimore big-name endorsements and i am the person who can win in november. ig that tears -- i think if you didn't have this massive fund-raising advantage, i don't think this would be a close race. >> how about newt gingrich? won georgia, two in the column so far. if he loses alabama, should he drop out?

>> yeah. i don't think there is a way forward for him. if he can't win the deep south, neighboring alabama, i don't see a way forward for him. but i believe there is room in this primary for a real conservative to provide an alternative to mitt romney. i think all the way to tampa. every state should have the ability to cast their vote and to have a choice and we shouldn't have a coronation, we should have a primary. >> mr. gingrich, of course, says he will continue now through the convention in tampa. if rick santorum and gingrich weren't battling it out for the conservative vote, what do you think the results would be in alabama? would romney be ahead? >> i think the conservative would be ahead. >> has it damaged the party since they have been having this dog fight that continues? >> i don't know that it damages. but it divides. it's always difficult to heal divisions. the party would, of course, be stronger. i am not sure that i agree with

people who say that a bloody, bruising primary is good for november. i think it's good to have a choice. i don't think it's good when we nominate somebody because it's their turn. i think it's good when we nominate somebody because their values aline with our values. i wish we could see a spirited contest between somebody who has taken positions that people in alabama wouldn't be comfortable with somebody who was prochoice, they wouldn't be comfortable with somebody who proposed romneycare. those are not things that people in alabama can embrace. right now, the field is divided and it's difficult for alabama to coalesce. you have native son, newt gingrich and rick santorum who, clearly speaks a language that tea party conservatives in alabama understand. and i might add, the tea party's want a new movement in alabama. the tea party movement may have had other nairjs but the tea party movement in alabama is as old as the state.

>> we thank you for your insight. and the nation will be watching, alabama, especially on tuesday. thanks. >> looks like it could be good news on the job front. 227,000 jobs were added last month, better than what analyst expected. so why are so many people still out of work and having such a tough time finding a job? brenda butner, it's true, we are creating jobs, there are so many people out of work? >> yeah. there is a difference between the end of layoffs and the beginning of hiring. businesses are ending massive layoffs, there is no question that is good news. but the beginning of hiring. that's a little bit different. they are taking temporary workers, bringing them on full time or taking part-time workers, people who wanted to be full-time workers and bringing them on full time.

but that's different from hiring on a massive scale. we are not going to see that for quite sometime. you see that when you look at numbers that are not publicized as much as the unemployment rate. you look at the employment rate. it's 58.5%. only 58.5 percent of americans over 16 are employed. that's an amazing number and a record. that's an important one to look at. also, wages are not going up at all. last year, we have seen wages go up 1.9%, not with inflation. so this is really a tepid recovery in the job market. no question we should be cheering the fact that people are -- that there arions being created. but a lot more need to be created. so if you are not -- if you are not seeing the line shorter at unemployment claims, then perhaps that's part of the

reason. >> it seems to me if we can unlock the secret to what it would take to get the numbers why they need to be, 58% are employed. what number needs to be employed to stimulate the economy enough? >> we have lost so many jobs in this recession. it has been a jobless recovery, again. it's been such a deep, deep recession. we lost so many jobs in -- in a broad swath of industries. from manufacturing to construction to financial to across the board so that we saw -- we saw americans in every industry being unemployed. one important thing to remember is the housing market needs to recover before we really see the jobs market recover because people are unable to move to where the jobs are until they can sell their homes. so it is not so much a magic number because there are jobs

being created in north dakota, in the midwest. but people -- where jobs are being lost in, say, florida, california, are unable to move because they can't sell their homes. so it is not as easy as coming up with an overall number -- >> let me ask you one quick element before we go. manufacturing. how key could improving manufacturing here be domestically for the numbers to get where they need to be? >> the president's placing a lot in that. but there are a lot of people who feel that manufacturing is an old industry and perhaps what we need to to do is build up technology and health care and those are the industries of the future, that there is a reason why manufacturing has to be built up by government, has to be provided money by government because it really is time for the end of manufacturing. >> brenda, thank you. good to see you. >> thank you. >> eric.

>> jamie, it is a somber and prayerful day of remembrance in japan. memorial services across the country, as that nation marks one year, today, since it was struck by that huge, 9.0 magnitude earthquake that. quake, of course, triggering that devastating and horrible tsunamiy that killed more than 19,000 people and caused that terrifying meltdown at the nuclear power plant. from northeast japan, we have the very latest. hello, david. >> reporter: hi, eric. japan has been remembering that with ceremonies right across this country. as you said, nearly 19,000 people die in the twin disasters. and at 2:46 p.m. when the quake struck off north eastern japan, tsunami warnings were switched on again, across this country, to mark that event. and there was a minute of

silence. the emperor left his hospital bed, where he has been recovering recovering from bypass surmgry in tokyo. he said the coiptry needed to learn lessons from the disaster. there has been a lot of criticism from the reaction of the government to try to get the emergency services and the help of thousands of people here. now, in the next hour after that tsunami struck, after the earthquake struck, the tsunami poured in to hit the coastline. you can see from the video, there was a massive wave that decimated this area, wiped away virtually all of this town. we have been walking around this town, today, looking at what has been left. there is only a few buildings left standing, the hospital and

a few other large structures. but nearly all of it has gone. at the moment, i'm standing outside the hospital, which was wrecked by the tsunami when it struck. the people working here, tried to get pates up to the fourth floor to save them from this wave coming in. but sadly, eric, many of them perished. >> an astounding story of humanity. our hearts go out to the whole country. >> i don't know whether you have had a chance to or not, but the deadline to file your taxes is just over a month away. straight ahead in the take charge consumer protection segment, the forgotten deductions and the preparation tips you need to get the most out of your tax return. >> coming upon, the latest fox news voter fraud. guilty pleas in a stunning voter fraud case. two top county official, including the sheriff, were

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>> time is running out to file your taxes. so april 15 on the horizon, today's take-charge consumer protection segment looks at how you can get the most money back from your returns. that's what we all want. we have a financial adviser, great to see you, dominic. i forgot to check, i remember last year, april 15 didn't fall on a weekday, maybe we have an extra day or two. i don't know. but we want to be on time and make the most out of our return. what are the forgotten deductions that people might not be thinking about. >> the most common is morning interest and real estate taxes. i think the one that we see the most, unreimbursed employee expenses -- >> you will think of those. and with the amt -- mortgage interest and real estate tax, you may not get the benefit of all of that. but let me give you one example

that i found interesting. if you volunteer -- my mom volunteers at the hospital t. turns out, she could get a mileage credit for her charity time of going to help out at the hospital. i find that interesting. people may not think of that. >> certainly, anything along the charitable is a tax deduction. but going back and forth to items that you donated is tax deductible. i think probably the one we want to focus in is job-related expenses, a teacher who buys items for the classroom are or have you to take a flight or your employer makes you go from one job site to another job site. these are expenses that you pay to get your paycheck on fridays. >> let me throw out another one. casualty or theft losses. document those for your accountant because there may be deductions, even losses from hobbies that you have. what's the latest on lotteries?

you are losing lottery tickets? >> you can write off the lottery tickets to the extent of your winnings. somebody will have eye winning in a lottery, it may be a couple hundred dollars, you will get a 1099 saying have you to report this as taxable income. look at ones that you lost mono, that's an offset. >> i have another one. if you travel for business and you pay baggage fees, those are deductible if they are not reimbursed. >> if the trip is for business purpose, that's an expense that you incurred to do your job. it's a deductible item. i want to come back to the property casualty laws. clearly in the midwest and around the country, flooding, people are sitting with huge losses, insurance companies are going to reimburse the losses, but the extent you are out of pocket, that can become a deductible item. have you to pay attention to that. >> you want to ask about investing expenses, your

accounting prep fees, in years they are deductible, some years they are not. what's the one question to ask your accountant, when they say here's your return itch the one question that the accountant should ask you. or you should make sure to pring up to the accountant. unrealized losses. people go out and they buy stocks or bonds or make an investment in a condo and they lose the money. you are allowed a deduction for that, even if you didn't sell the stock certificate. if it's gone bankrupt, you can deduct that, $3,000 a year, above your gains for that particular year. and you can carry it forward. >> it's april 17. thank you so much. my producer's making sure that you know, you got those two extra days. but get started now. that's our take-charge consumer section, a smidge on deductions.

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>> welcome back. you may not realize this, but women were 53% of the vote in 2008. and the obama re-election team is starting to launch a massive

new effort to rally support among women voters. mailings will go out to a million women in battleground states. and they're launching a new effort called nurses for obam afrom new hampshire, they will be calling women voters to talk about the president's health care plan. getting the female vote is expected to be one of the biggest factors come november. we have a republican political analyst, campaign consultant for talk radio and sally cone, a grassroots community organize and fox news contributor, great to have you here. >> good morning, yamy. >> tony, can we underestimate -- or are we underestimating how important the female vote will be this time? >> absolutely not. i think that bothed sides totaly agree, women are the ultimate swing voter, they are very pregmatic n. 2008, 56%, they voted for president obam a. in

2010, they voted for republicans. clearly both sides happened they are the swing voter who picks winners and losers. >> how important is it that the president sell his health care plan, versus the me? >> look, i mean, tony's exactly right. at the end of the day, women are going to want to vote on what everyone wants to vote on, which is economy. that's hitting all of us in our pockets and the kitchen table. the president at this moment doesn't have to do much selling. the republicans are driving women toward the president's camp. i mean, they started going after planned parenthood and then contraception, then they started attacking women as slut it's. >> whoa, sally. >> it goes on and on and on. it will have an effect at the polls. the president has an 18-point lead with women. he can almost sit back and show that he is the reasonable one in

the race. >> tony, what is the g.o.p. doing? what recommendations would you have as a consultant? >> quickly, because there are parts of sal low's comments that i do agree with. obviously, she's referring to the rush limbaugh thing, that was a wedge issue that was unnecessary. but i don't think all republicans agree with that position. what republicans have to do is get back on message. that's where the president has been effective. he has gotten us away from the economic message and the republicans republicans have to point to his record of failed leadership on the economy, high unemployment, $15 trillion in debt that, satdzs future generations, which women care about because it's their children who will be inheriting this problem. this is the type of stuff that republicans win o. they are chasing's i foul ball. rick santorum in particular, used it to gain traction in the primary bump we have to understand the female vote is pragmatic, it swung 10 points in

the last month. we can still win it. >> let me ask you about the point that tony brings up, which is interesting about the deficit and if the g.o. p. focuses on the fact that we are leaving our children, which many would say is a big responsibility in their lives, does that work? >> yeah, i mean, but look, the fact of the matter is, the republicans don't want to be talking about the economy either. so you do have rick santorum. it is republican who is have driven this conversation, both rick santorum bringing up social issues in the first place and republicans like mitt romney at the very least, not denongs the conversations, denouncing the horrible things that have been said. and the republicans don't want to focus on the economy. tony can say it all he wants, but the president has 22 straight months of private-sector job goeth and everyone agrees, look, the numbers aren't where we want them to be, but they are getting better. the president's growing private-sector employment. that's what the bottoming does -- >> he doesn't have a budget!

>> you don't -- maybe you haven't read ttony. the republicans are thinking that they can fire up their base, get their voters excited by continuing to focus on social issues, not realizing that they are moving further and mother from the mainstream voters. >> the republicans would love to talk about the president's economic plans because they are so disconnected from reality. his own fed chairman is talking about a potential dip in the economy. the congressional budget office thinks unemployment will be closer to 9% -- he has add more in the last 3 months to the budget deficit than bush did in 3 years. he has never operated under a budget. the senate -- all cairns voted down his budget -- >> i can tell that tony doesn't feel passionately -- [overlapping dialogue] >> we can agree that women would like to be talking about the economy and it would be really nice if the republicans would stop hammering on the archaic

social morets. >> as a woman, let me ask you this, and we can leave it at that. a woman vice-presidential candidate on the g.o.p. side, would that matter to women? >> you know, it's -- i mean, these kines of things, they always help, right? that's why we have seen john mccain chose a woman, obviously to help him win women voters. but the american people aren't stupid and they can tell simple token-istic show measures that paper over real policy and intent. so if the republican party puts up a woman for vice-president and continues to hammer away at women's choice, at women's economic opportunity, at women's privacy, health care rights, et cetera, that women will know the difference. >> all right. calm down, guys. [laughter] >> we are having fun. >> great to have you here. >> thanks so much. >> goodbye. >> they call it a stunning case,

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>> now to the fox news voter fraud unit and a shocking case in west virginia. the lincoln county sheriff allegedly tried to steal an election, by stuffing the ballot box with illegal absentee ballots. he pled guilty this past week to a voter fraud-related charge, conspiracy against rights. they say he admitted submitting more than 100 fraudulent ballot applications and even voted some of the illegal ballots him. he sat with voters in their homes as they filled out the applications. when we confronted him outside court, bowman refused to say anything. sheriff, why did you try to steal the election? why did they try to fake the absentee ballots? does he have anything to say to the voters that he frauded? >> he wasn't talking. and his county circuit clerk said he was ahead on election

night by 235 votes and batches of new absentee ballots started to appear out of nowhere. on election night, until he lost. how did it feel to realize that other than a victim of voter fraud? >> well, actually, it's hurtful, you know? you just didn't think that that would happen today. in today's society. >> if you attempt to chip away at our democracy, if you attempt to manipulate the system, then, you will face the punishment. >> a judge tosdzed out hundreds of ballots and declared that brumfeld won. joining us is the chair of the lincoln county republican party, running for sheriff herself. lisa ramie. welcome. first question: how bad is voter fraud in your county? >> voter fraud is widespread in lincoln county and all of southern west virginia for many years. the democratic machine, between

19scbor 1991, we have had more than 75 people convicted of various vote-buying fraud, extortion charges. >> you know, people around the country say there is no such thing as voter fraud and that it's very rare, doesn't happen. what do you say about that? >> it's alive and well in west virginia, particularly in southern west virginia. >> what type of tricks have you seen? >> well, i have seen money exchange harngsd i have seen liquor bottles being passed, flights passed out. it's been going on more than 50 years in our county. and our esteemed leaders, including our current governor, who was in the senate over 30 years and is currently governor, has not even spoken out against the crimes or condemned the crimes or congratulated the federal prosecutors on the recent charges -- >> the governor's not here to defend himself, but the

secretary of state certainly is a democrat, certainly gone after this and the prosecutors, the federal prosecutor, both say that voter fraud will not be tolerated and this case shows that it will be prosecuted. are you heartened that there are the two guilty plea and it is clerk pled guilt tow lying about the alleged scheme. at least, you have two guilty pleas in federal court now? >> well, yes, we are hopeful about the two guilty pleas. but in the prior federal investigations, there has been many people involved. and only a few people get convicted. and the sentences are so light then the corruption never stops. so that's what worries us. we want the maximum penalties for all the crimes that they have done. >> how do you think we can stop voter fraud in this country? how do you think as the corruption, as you put it, how can it stop? >> we need accountability, all the way from the top down in the united states.

and we need accountability, we could implement a voter i.d. policy program. we could also -- encourage our governor to call for the federal election bureau to take over the elections in lincoln count i for a couple of years to regain the public trust. >>ung the feds should come over and take over the elections in your county. >> well, i do because we have had a history of corruption now for more than 50 years and it doesn't seem to get any better. when people get a slap on the hand and not all parties involved ever get sentenced or pay a price for what they have done to the honest people of lincoln and logan and boon, it doesn't send a clear message enough that this is not going to be tolerated. >> finally, mr. bowman and mr. witten, they both pled get, they will be sentenced in june, both have resigned and they're barred from running for public office the rest of their life, do you think this will stop the voter fraud that occurs in your

county? >> no, i do not. i feel it is widespread and very deep. and it runs down to local people being involved. and they basically get their hands slapped and they are right out, doing it again, you know, the next election. it's a way to -- infiltrate money into people's economy. and until the state gets serious about what needs to be done and the maximum penalties are involved, i feel this will go on and on and on. we have never been able to have a fair and honest election in lincoln county and all of southern west virginia and all of west virginia, we really don't know. >> i am sure there have been some honest elections, of course. but in this situation, they have gotten these convictions. lisa ramie, republican chairwoman at the lincoln county republican party, we thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> by the way, as we always say, if you suspect potential problems where you live, voter

fraud@foxnews.com. we want to know. >> go straight to eric. >> thank you so much. we have an inspirational story coming up, literally from coast to coast. a group of wounded veterans getting a second chance and actually helping to make over america's beaches. we go live to folly beach, south carolina, to explain. >> hayhey. you can see this pop bottle top, this is something that can get lodged in animals and cause all kines of problems, especially for the sea lions. a gentleman started an organization called wounded nature and we will talk to him and find out how he tarted this organization to help save wildlife and clean up the beaches and provide employment opportunities for our returning vets. we will talk with him and have his story, coming up in just a minute. stay with us. looking good! you lost some weight.

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>> there is a big media controversy over a new york city police department program that watches muslim citizens in an effort, says the department, to try to prevent terrorism.

the media's been all overo this -- on both sides. good morning, liz. >> good morning, eric. >> you talked about this last sunday t. shows no signs at all of going away? liz, can you hear me? >> reporter: yes, thru are. i can hear you. >> i was saying, you talked about this last sunday special and it's become a controversy in the media on both sides. it seems to be getting bigger. >> reporter: we are having some interference here, but i think i have caught the gist what have you said. >> okay. >> reporter: this is the continuing and more dramatic each day fight between the associated press, which ran a series of articles about muslim surveillance by nypd and between officials in new york, whoever is yelling in my air ought to really stop so i can talk

properly. thank you. anyhow...: what i want to tell you is that -- you still there? >> you know, sometimes we get these technical bugaboos. they used to have the tone on the screen. >> reporter: please stand by. >> we are having technical difficulties. >> reporter: can we do that? you can talk, that's fine by me. if we are having an issue with the audio, i apologize. but you were saying that the a.p. has been on this and, man, it's really causing a controversy. >> reporter: the a.p. is trying to bolster its story. hathey are doing is writing other stories saying, see, we told you. the nypd is... there is a conversation going on in my ear -- >> you know --

[overlapping dialogue] >> reporter: stand by, eric. >> let me explain. we have these things, an ifb, i have no idea what it stands for, it's the ability for the producers to talk to us. sometimes they mix up the wires and maybe you hear things that you shouldn't. liz, we apologize for this. and we will get it squared away. bottom line, we will try to take this next sunday, i think. >> reporter: it may still be an issue. >> the a.p. wrote new articles. so we will continue. >> reporter: you know what i am going to do, i am going on tease the coverage this week, alabama/mississippi, big races, wyoming and kansas. keep it here on thefox newschannel. thanks for being with us. >> alabama, especially, will be absolutely fascinating as we reported earlier. mitt romney is 2 points ahead in alabama. he's further ahead in mississippi and newt gingric wants to try to win both states

and try to keep in the race. he stays he will stay in the race. who will win? we will find out on tuesday night. >> as you said, he says newt says he's not going on lose the race. gets more interesting by the day. >> what do you think will happen? >> i can't make predictions. i just report. our viewers will decide. have a great day, everybody. great to have you here on the foxnews.com. shannon bream is next. >> and we will get liz back next week. get an extra hour's sleep. >> pancakes!