"happening now" right now. jon: twisters tearing through parts of michigan where folks are not used to this kind of severe weather. homes smashed, thousands in the dark and dramatic new video to show you. jenna: a brand-new leader and a brand-new nuclear agreement. but now north korea provokes the world again planning to test a long-range rocket. jon: the high gas prices are not letting up. republican candidates blame the president, while mr. obama blames something else all together. it's all "happening now." picking up the pieces. so many folks in a michigan town are without power and homes after a powerful tornado swept

through. good morning i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. a happy friday to you. one of our top stories today, thousands remaining without power in southeastern michigan right outside the detroit. the hardest hit the village of dexter, michigan the tornado carving a ten-mile path severely damaging or destroying more than a hundred homes and at least two more tornadoes touched down in neighboring towns as well. amateur video capturing the terror. the twister touching down just as kids were coming home from school and other folks returning from work. >> i could hear the noise, i could hear the freight train. i know it was a tornado but i couldn't see where it was coming from. >> a bunch of debris, shingles, eight foot pieces of plywood. insulation was swirling around. i knew it took out a couple of houses. >> i was look out the skylight watching. you don't even have enough time to pray or kiss yourself goodbye. you just sit there and wait and just hope that you're going to be there at the end.

jenna: we have live team fox coverage. janice dean is in the fox weather center. we start with mike tobin, mike. >> reporter: it was just after 5:15pm in that area that you mentioned, dexter and pinkney michigan north west of and harbor. a funnel cloud formed in the sky bringing with it winds of 135 miles an hour. this tornado got on the ground and stayed there for about a half an hour. that is when it carved that ten-mile path of destruction that you mentioned. about a hundred homes were destroyed, 13 homes taken right to the ground. people emerged from their basements, saw what had happened, and told their tales. >> we just shut the door and prayed, and held hands and stuff, and we kept calling our husbands and telling them not to come home. >> i looked out of my patio door, we have a finished walk out basement and saw my swing set go by. i took the kids and we ran into the storage room, and i covered

them up, grabbed our new puppy and our dog and it was like a train, it's like what you hear. >> reporter: it wasn't just dexter and pinkney, moreau county and columbiaville both saw funnel clouds form, small tornadoes with winds about 70 to 90 miles per hour. the most remarkable story i've heard yet out of the storms came from a county sheriff's deputy who was one of the first responders. he got to the debris, he saw a human hand sticking out, pulled out an elderly man who brushed himself off and just walked away, jenna. jenna: that is unbelievable. you've covered quite a few storms. i know you're collecting quite a few stories unfortunately. we'll have more on the coverage and destruction of the tornadoes now. thank you very much. jon: imagine seeing something like that coming at you. for more on these powerful twisters and why they happen with force not usualee seen in these areas, let's they can in with janice dean in the fox weather center. >> reporter: one of the reasons we are seeing the destructive weather is the incredible warmth

kwaoe are seeinwarmth we are seeing so part north. we are seeing temperatures, 30, 40 degrees above the average. you can really see the storms starting to blossom. across michigan where we had three reports of tornadoes, several hundred storm reports, mainly hail and winds, but there are the reports of the tornadoes that moved through the eastern portion of michigan. again, ace mentioned on as i mentioned, one of the reasons why, we have incredibly warm temperatures. we should be seeing this time of year, 30s, 40s, even 50s, in some cases we are seeing temperatures above 40 degrees where they should be this time of year. take a look at what we are dealing w. the jet stream way up in canada, that is allowing all of this warmth there the south to reach as far north as the great lakes. chicago yesterday, 81 degrees. that was a record. des moines, iowa, 81. 81 in st. louis, and look at fargo, 62 degrees, typically

this time of year they are in the 30s. so this mild weather its going to continue. look at average in fargo, 35 degrees by saturday. we'll be seeing temperatures in the 70s, really unheard of. chicago around this time of year 46 degrees, by saturday close to 80 degrees, and it looks like these temperatures are going to continue for the next several weeks as we look ahead. again, just look at that michigan radar as the worth weather hit around the dinner time area you can see west of detroit the dexter region where the storms just really blossomed and brought those devastating tornadoes. thankfully, thankfully those sirens went off, jon and people were prepared. they knew what to do. back to you. jon: really scary. january is dean, thank you. >> reporter: okay. jenna: new information on the american soldier suspected of going on that rampage that killed 16 afghan civilians. fox news just confirming the suspect is en route back to the united states. he's going to arrive at the

military's only maximum security prison today, a facility at for the leafort levenworth kansas. john henry brown is his lawyer. we don't know what the soldier's name is. he says the soldier watched his friend's leg get blown off before the massacre. the united states is condemning north corey's plans to launch a long range missile test saying it's a threat to security. they say they are going to hraufpb the rocket for peaceful purposes to mark what would have been the 100th birthday of its late leader. weeks ago the north said it would suspend long range missile testing as part of an agreement with the united states. for a little bit more on this doug mcelway is joining us live from washington. not the first time that north korea has broken a problem. tell us late bit more about the

plans to do so. >> reporter: that's right, jenna, this is the first time, however under its new leader kim jong un that we have seen such a huge about face, one that cast great doubt again on whether north korea can be trusted. it was just a little over two weeks ago that north korea announced that it would impose a moratorium on nuclear testing and missile launches. that led secretary hillary clinton at the time to offer a word of caution about north korea. >> the united states, i will be quick to add still has profound concerns, but on the occasion of his death it is our hope that they want to guide their nation into peace. >> reporter: they had agreed to the return of iaea inspectors to verify the moratorium on oo

uranium eupl richment. all of that may be dashed. a strongly issued statement was issued that read in part quote, north korea's announcement that it is going to conduct a missile and you launch in direct violation of its obligationses is highly provocative. the test slated between april 12th and 16th comes as north korea prepares for the 100th birthday of its leader, kim il says s u.n. g. jenna: we'll talk about what we mean when we say provocative action and what we should do if anything. that is in a few moments from now. jon: the pain at the bump, you're probably feeling it. president obama wagging a finger at big oil tax breaks he says in the national debate over high tax prices. the numbers may paint a different picture. a fact check for you. jenna: the fight over planned

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jenna: neighbors of north korea are urging the country not to launch a long range missile test next month. north korea says it's going to launch the rocket for the 100th birthday of its late founder. south korea which is technically at war with the north calls the launch a threat to regional security. we can't forget that 30,000 american troops are stationed in the dmz that separates the north

from the south and that is to support the south koreans. the united states condemned the planned missile test. you had the secretary of state hillary clinton calling the move highly provocative. bob scales is a fox news analyst and retired from the u.s. army. what should we do about this? >> it must be springtime, because the north koreans are beginning the process of exporting food from the west, this has been going on since 1998 and it usually works, because the international community will eventually deliver hundreds of thousands of wheat and rice to the north koreans to allow this to continue for another food cycle. i think the right answer is to back off our support for the north korean regime by sending them food, and to pressure china, and other countries, south korea, japan among others to stop their aid to the north

koreans as well and force kim jong un to come to face his own fate, and allow this regime eventually to collapse, jenna. jenna: when you said it was spring. it's not funny, i don't think it's funny, but it's ironic that you go through these cycles where you don't hear anything from the north koreans and then they remind you that they are out there and they do have nuclear weapons. you mentioned the cycle of going back and forth with the food aid and the talks and the way to break the cycle. the question is do we just want to keep on doing that right now? i mean because of everything that is happening with iran, do we just want that cycle to continue? >> well of course we don't want it to continue. i think that the fate of north korea is sealed. this is a country that literally can't feed itself without international support. so in a way the west holds all the wards in this game. unfortunately every year some provocative act by north korea

forces the west into providing north corey at food aid that it desperately needs. the right answer is to back off and let north korea deal with its own problems. and i think most analysts will suggest to you that over time this regime will eventually crack and collapse. jenna: that's what they say. and they also say as you suggested that the country really can't sustain sit self. but it has so far a hundred years and it does have a nuclear weapon, and you only need one, right to really cause a lot of damage. what kind of threat does north korea really pose to the global community overall. >> that is a great question. the answer is not much. the capability of the north korea army has begin eurbdee norm news lee. they are out of food, spare parts, they are using equipment with the exception of artillery that is 40 or 50 years old in technology. the last card they have to play is the threat of nuclear-tipped missiles, even that is primitive. they have yet to prove their

ability to deliver a nuclear weapon by rocket, and of course the ruse here is by launching a sat light they are trying to prove to the rest of the world that they have that capability, but truth is jenna, at least as of the last month or so they don't. jenna: we'll keep an eye on it and see what happens with the test, if they end up doing it as they say they are going to do. major general bob scales, always nice to have you. jon: that situation general scales was talking about very serious. this next one maybe not so much. rick has the story and the video for us. >> reporter: a conflict on a slightly different scale. take a look at this video from a u.n. conference in switzerland. these are south korean and north korean officials getting physical. lawmakers and diplomats, not korean athletes gearing up for the summer's olympic games. the cause for awful this. jon is south korea's upset over the north's human rights abuses. defectors trying to escape the north who go through china are

sent by the chinese back home to north korea. folks from south korea don't like that. so not exactly a situation on par with missile tests, but a very clear sign of just how much tension there is in this part of the world. jon: and that's why that peninsula remains divided. rick, thank you. jenna: rising gas prices taking a bigger bite out of our budgets every single day. the pain at the bump also a big concern for the president as campaign season kicks into high gear. we'll take a closer look at some of these prices and exactly what is going on here. jon: new actions to discourage iran from developing a nuclear weapon. a panel joins us next to look at whether cutting off iran's banks from the world financial system will work. looking good! you lost some weight.

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jon: fox news alert. live pictures just coming into our fox newsroom of some of the storm damage resulting from this apparent tornado that tore through dexter, michigan. i say apparent, because the weather service always has to confirm that a tornado swept through there. but when you saw the video that we showed earlier it was pretty obvious what happened. it's a rare sight in this part of the country, tha that far north in michigan for tornadoes to tear through. as janice was telling us extremely warm weather is rolling up from the gulf of mexico, warm air temperatures because of the jet stream being positioned so far north over canada right now, and the northern part of the united states is seeing extreme temperatures, way above normal for this time of year. again, a tornado tears through dexter, michigan around dinner time last evening. you can see some of the damage there on the screen.

jenna: right now the average price for a gallon of regular climbing to $3.83, a penny sigher than just yesterday. all those pennies they end up adding up as you know. 7-cents higher and a week ago if you take a look at that number. the president taking a swing at big oil in a speech about high gas prices, saying the big tax breaks these companies get are part of the problem. >> oil companies are making more money right now than they've ever made on top of the money they are getting from you at the gas station every time you fill up they want some of your tax dollars as well. that doesn't make any sense. does it make sense? [no ] >> it's inexcusable. it is time for this oil industry give away to end. [applause]

jenna: and oil industry give away. is the president right? fox business network elizabeth mcdonald is taking a look at numbers and the breaks that these companies may or may not be getting. may, liz. >> reporter: the president seems to be looking just at the top line, meaning the revenue line, not the bottom line, meaning the profit figure after taxes, in terms of what oil and gas companies pay into state and federal government. basically you're going to see anywhere from 10 to 20% of what you pay at the gas pump goes towards federal and state taxes, jenna, and you know when you talk to the -- the people in government, the energy administration, for example, we get numbers out of that, also the international energy agency they're sepbgs alley saying that u.s. oil and gas companies pay a lot in the way of taxes already, 40% more was paid in sales and ecise taxes basically to government -ts around the world

than what the oil companies earned in after tax profits, jenna. jenna: just so we have this straight, they do get a tax break these companies, but they also pay a lot in taxes as well. >> yeah, that's right. they get the same tax breaks that manufacturing companies get, threw the president is moving to yank those tax breaks for just oil and gas companies, and his 2013 federal budget asks for an additional $85 billion in tax hikes for oil and gas companies. when you talk to the companies themselves. i just got off the phone with exxon mobil, jenna. they are saying in 2011 they paid $108 billion in taxes worldwide, and that their u.s. tax bill came in at 12 billion bucks, that was more than the 9 billion bucks they earned in after tax profits. so when you look at the numbers, what the president is saying doesn't square with what the facts are on the ground. jenna: interesting. some good perspective for us, liz, thank you. jon: for more on the political

implications of high gas prices, as we head toward the november elections in america's election headquarters big drama yesterday during "happening now" when reports broke that the white house coordinated with leaders in the u.k. to release some of both nation's tra taoepbl i ca strategic oil reserves. that has not happened and they deny the accuracy of those reports. would the president or should the president open up the reserves to bring down prices ahead of the election. let's talk about it with paul gentleman could he, the editor of the "wall street journal." the reports came out yesterday and you saw what happened to oil prices, they dropped immediately, because there is short supply right now apparently, and the world wants more oil. >> there are tight splice and people are nervous and jittery. you can undercut some of that sense if you suggest you're

going to release money from the strategic petroleum reserve. the question i should have is should you do that now due to the fact if we ever get into a hot conflict with iran prices are likely to soar even more and you may really need that strategic supply then to prevent a big increase in prices. jon: we heard the president there in that speech yesterday criticizing the republican candidates and saying they want to give tax breaks to big oil. the president has tried to give tax breaks to companies like solyndra and that didn't go very well. >> it's a question of what kind of energy do you favor. now keep in mind that the oil and gas tax breaks as they are called go to all manufacturers as liz mcdonald said and that was passed by congress several years ago, long before this president came into office. it's been supported on a bipartisan basis. the question is, are you going to undercut the supply of oil, and the drilling if you raise taxes on oil and gas companies?

i think that is a fair question to ask. jon: clearly the president has cracked down on drilling. the moratorium in the gulf after the deepwater horizon spill, there is less drilling on federal lands these days. the president can't have it both ways. >> i think the facts on that are indisputable. there's been less drilling on federal land since this administration, less drilling in the gulf since the gulf oil spill. the permitting has been slower. and then the biggest decision of all is the keystone pipeline which the president has opposed and would bring oil from the tar sands in canada and from the shale in north dakota down to the gulf, that would help refiners with oil and conceivably reduce gas prices. jon: gas prices up 54-cents through march 14th just this year. paul gigot, thank you. jon: catch paul when he hosts the journal editorial report saturdays 2:00pm eastern right here on the fox news channel. jenna: right now your tax thrars

are in the middle of a showdown over abortion. should taxpayer money fund organizations like planned parenthood that provide abortion? some states say no and they are doing something about it, but obviously there is the other side as well. also, president obama's re-election effort now in full swing, but it was vice president joe biden who went after the republican candidates big time. is the vp the best person to go on the attack? monica crowley and jen stocky on deck for a fair & balanced debate coming up. [ male announcer ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles, like in a special ops mission? with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep, you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin.

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jenna: it was a hot button topic on the campaign trail, and now it's heating up closer to home as well. many states are rethinking taxpayer funding for places that provide abortions like planned parenthood. both sides of the issue are gearing up for a very big battle. battle. >> reporter: abortion is emerging as a touchstone issue in this election cycle. exhibit a, mitt romney's event this morning at the pancakes etc. in rosemont, illinois. he did not mention abortion in his remarks, but the president of planned parenthood illinois and the house democrat whose

district includes pancakes etc. crashed to denounce romney and his supporters. his remarks on tuesday citing ways to which romney vowed to, quote-unquote, get rid of the obama health care law and planned parenthood. >> well, mitt romney has come to my district and to the suburbs of chicago to appeal to moderates, to republicans and to women, and we are here to alert the women in particular that mitt romney is too extreme because he wants to take away access to important women's health services like birth control. he has pledged to get rid of planned parenthood, to take away their funding. >> reporter: indeed, governor romney later told the "chicago sun-times" he meant only that he would seek to cut federal funding for planned parenthood, not try to get rid of a private organization. at least seven states presently have laws on the books that ban state affiliation or funding for

abortion clinics, and this year alone seven states -- arizona, kansas, missouri, new hampshire, new york, oklahoma and tennessee -- >> have seen such affiliation ban measures introduced. >> planned parenthood's budget is made up of about 40% of federal and state funding at this point. so, and we've seen over the years as their federal and state funding has increased, their government funding and government grants and contracts have increased, the number of abortions has increased as well. >> supporters say any move to strip planned parenthood of funding will likely burden women in rural or low income areas where it may be the only source for women's health services. jenna, i know this is a serious issue, but i must confess my glee at being able to work in the phrase pancakes etc. multiple times. [laughter] jenna: you did it very well, as always, james. thank you. >> reporter: thank you. jon: fox news is america's election headquarters, and right now president obama is officially in full campaign mode.

today mr. obama holds five fundraisers in two cities. his hometown, chicago, and atlanta. yesterday vice president joe biden hit the trail unloading on three republican candidates ahead of tuesday's illinois primary. >> want to tell you what's real bankruptcy. the economic theories of gingrich, santorum and romney. [cheers and applause] they are bankrupt. [applause] if you give any one of these guys the keys to the white house, they will bankrupt the middle class again. [applause] jon: i think he met gingrich, but at any any rate, monica crowley is a fox news contributor, jim saki. he mentioned his three

republican opponents by name, why is he doing that? >> well, i don't think it's any secret the president and the vice president are running for re-election, but the vice president is one of the best people out there to articulate the president's vision for the middle class, who he's fighting for, what they've done together and what they've accomplished together and what their vision is for the future once they're reelected. so that's why he's out there, that's what he's talking about yesterday and what he'll be talking about in the months ahead. jon: monica, what happened to hope and change? [laughter] >> it turned to sludge, jon. they're going to have a very difficult time running this time because they're running on a record, and as we all know, the president's economic record is shameful. it has turned into a disaster for most of the american people. um, the vice president's role in this is interesting, it's a very traditional role for a vice president. president eisenhower used vice president nixon to great effect, send out the attack dog and let him roll. i think biden, though, is a

little bit of a risky move not because he can't be effective in certain areas, say the rust belt where he can really talk to blue collar workers in pennsylvania and ohio, but because joe biden is something of a gaffe-meister. from listen entertainment perspective, he's going to be really good. jon: jen, the argument from republicans is not that, you know, i mean, if general motors, for instance, had been allowed to go bankrupt -- and we should point out the vice president was speaking in front of a united autoworkers crowd there -- if they had been allowed to go bankrupt, it's not like general motors would have folded up shop and gone away. i mean, the airlines go bankrupt all the time, and they're still flying. >> well, look, any economist will tell you, anybody who's involve inside detroit who lives there will tell you that without the help of the government, the auto industry would be in a much different place. and the vice president was in ohio yesterday where one in eight workers is dependent directly or indirectly on the auto industry. so i think a lot of people are

going to be scratching their heads if mitt romney's the nominee and thinking, well, wait, he was calling for the industry to fail. >> well, i think, though, that the broader issue here is what is the proper role of government, and that's really the crux of the debate whether you're talking about the auto bailouts or the bank bailouts or government intervention in any part of the private sector. so this is something that i think mitt romney and his, ultimately, his vice presidential nominee will be talking about, whether or not all of that government intervention was, in fact, appropriate. jon: the vice president said that the middle class, essentially, would be bankrupted if any of these republicans get into office. jen, isn't that a little hyperbole? [laughter] >> with well, look, that's -- he's trying to articulate to the american people the contrast between what he represents, what the president represents and the republican candidates. i'm counting three things the republican candidates have said they'd do for middle class workers and families, so maybe they need to do a better job of

articulating what their plan is. jon: all right. monica, i'll let you address that. >> you know what, jon? this administration has engaged in this kind of dividing of americans, class warfare, however you want to call it, um, throughout his administration, so it's not going to come as any surprise that they're going to do this once again during the campaign. what the republicans should be talking about is not, say, middle class per se, but all americans and how we get this economy moving for everybody. and that means getting rid of this president because his economic record has been disastrous not just for the middle class, but for everybody. staggeringly high unemployment, high gas prices, anemia -- anemic economic growth, now socialized medicine. we can't afford four more years of this administration. and, again, it's not simply about the middle class, it's about every single american. jon: and we've got a lot of these political speeches yet to dissect because the white house is in campaign mode now. monica, jen, thank you both. >> you bet. thanks, jon.

>> thank you. jenna: this fox news alert, the verdict is in the rutgers university spy cam trial. we're awaiting the jury and the reading of that verdict. the former rutgers student who's on your screen right now is accused of spying on his college roommate, tyler clementi, with a web cam. clementi days after committed suicide. the prosecution alleges that the man on your screen exposed that clementi was gay, and he caused him such anguish that he took his own life. he faces up to ten years in prison if convicted of the most serious charged, and there's a few of them. you have invasion of privacy, bias, intimidation, witness tampering and hinterring arrest. it's crucial to figure out whether or not the jury will say this is a hate crime. the case gained national attention when the young man jumped off the george washington bridge in september of 2010. we're on this breaking news, we'll bring you more after the break. what do you get when you combine the home depot

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jenna: new reaction in iran now that a vital link to the world financial system is broken. the crucial banking hub swift announcing it's cutting off iranian banks blacklisted by the e.u.. as the e.u. is set to impose massive sanctions on the islamic republic, we're trying to see really what the impact of this is going to be in a wide variety of different areas. ambassador john bolton is a former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and a fox news contributor, carl larry is president of oil outlooks and opinions, and mark is the executive director of the foundation for defense of democrats. nice to see you all pop up there just like the brady bunch. really impressive. [laughter] carl, first, as we take a look at the oil market, it affects us each and every day. this move is unprecedented. what does this really mean for oil and gas prices? >> right now the big deal is that oil's tight right now. the economies of the world are growing, oil spries -- supplies

shrinking, so actually to see iran come into some kind of a rock and a hard place here with their money and income, you know, the prices are going to follow higher. and i don't even think we have even scraped the surface of what really could be a price shock in oil prices if we lose that iranian production. jenna: when you say price shock, what do you mean? >> a lot of people are thinking that the middle east conflicts are priced into the price of oil which is about $106 right now in the u.s. i think that's wrong. i think once we start seeing issues in iran and we start seeing oil supplies shut off, we're looking at $125-$150 here in the u.s. for a barrel of oil. jenna: mark, is it worth it? is it worth that pain for the rest of us to do this? >> well, jenna, it's certainly doing everything we can to stop the iranian nuclear weapons problem. nobody's talking about an 'em war go on iranian -- embargo on iranian oil, we're talking about turning it into the financial equivalent of a las vegas mansion, turning it into a

distressed asset, making it so toxic that people will buy the oil, but they'll negotiate price discounts, shrink iranian oil revenue and deny hard currency to the iranian regime that it needs to sustain its economy, its nuclear weapons program and its vast system of repression. jenna: ambassador bolton, there's a lot of hopes around the sanctions in that it would do in the ways that mark explained that it might act. but as iran is trying to figure out what to do with their own economy, we would be affected as well. so i've heard different reports that the rain clans -- iranians are working around these different sanctions, and they're going to continue to do business. what can you tell us ability that? >> sure. i think it's actually fairly easy for the goth to have iran to avoid the consequences of the swift cutoff. it may be harder for individuals and small businesses to do international trade, but for the government of iran the simple thing to do is just not use the banks that are sanctioned or cut off. let me give you an example. india, which is not abiding by

u.s. or e.u. sanctions wants to purchase oil from iran. it pays for the oil by depositing dollars in a swiss bank account controlled by iran. iran wants to buy wheat, it buys it from australia and pays it out of the same swiss bank account. so i think from that perspective the government of iran while it will face some additional transaction costs and inconvenience can avoid it pretty easily. jenna: mark, it comes back to that question again. so iran continues to do business. we may be attempting to do certain things, but they're going to figure out a way to do business with these other countries that are not following the rules, and then at home we have the higher oil prices, gas prices, higher food prices. is it worth this again? >> well, again, jenna, i disagree with ambassador bolton. at the end of the day, the iranians want hard currency they can use to support their own currency which has been in a 50% freefall. they are dealing with 40% hyperinflation. it doesn't help them if they can get indian money to buy indian

goods. what they really need is hard currency. and, in fact, the indians have set up a great system for themselves where they can buy iranian oil, keep oil markets liquid, keep the price of oil down for the rest of us, and the iranians don't get the hard currency they need to sustain their economy. so, yes, sanctions are never airtight. that's not the goal. the goal is to drive the hassle factor up so great that the iranians get less money for the oil they sell, and they have to pay major premiums for the goods and services they buy. jenna: carl, you know, though, as tension comes up with the sanctions and otherwise -- and you're shaking your head. why? >> i mean, in a perfect world, mark's right. unfortunately, we're not in a perfect world. we live on fear, we live on supply shock and market shock. financial markets don't care if a plan works. financial markets care if oil's there or it's not there. and if it's not there or the iranians decide not to ship out out -- it out, you know, prices go up. again, we don't want this to happen, but this is what

happens. >> you know, carl, they're going to sell their oil. the whole point is to actually allow them to sell their oil and replace the amount of oil that the saudis can comfortably substitute and drive really, really strong discounts. right now the chinese oil traders are getting $20 a barrel discounts. jenna: ambassador, i'm going to have to run real quick, but you had a final thought? >> oil is bought and sold in many dollars, not indian rupees. the iranians will sell oil to the indians and get dollars, and they'll use their dollars for other international commodities. this does not deny them hard currency. jenna: hope to have you all back soon. we have to run to some breaking news now. jon? jon: we're going to take you to that courtroom in new jersey where the verdict is in in the rutgers university spy cam trial. darun ravi, the former rutgers university student, has been found guilty of invasion of privacy on several counts as we understand, not guilty on some counts of bias intimidation.

let's listen in. >> conduct constituting invasion of privacy would cause t.c. to be intimidated because of sexual orientation, guilty or not guilty? >> guilty. >> did attempt to commit the defense of invasion of privacy knowing that the conduct constituting invasion of privacy would cause him to be intimidated, guilty or not guilty? >> not guilty. >> did attempt to commit the offense of invasion of privacy under circumstances that caused t.c. to be intimidated and considering the manner in which the offense was committed, t.c. reasonably believed that he was selected to be the target of the offense because of sexual orientation, guilty or not guilty? >> guilty. >> as to count nine, tampering with physical evidence, we find the defendant guilty or not guilty? >> guilty. >> and counts ten, tampering

with physical evidence, we do find the defendant guilty or not guilty? >> guilty. >> on count 11, hindering apprehension or prosecution, we find the defendant guilty or not guilty? >> guilty. >> on count 12, hindering apprehension or prosecution, we find the defendant guilty or not guilty? >> guilty. >> on count 13, hindering apprehension or prosecution, we find the defendant guilty or not guilty? >> guilty. >> on count 14, witness tampering, we find the defendant guilty or not guilty? >> guilty. >> on count 15, tampering with physical evidence, we find the defendant guilty or not guilty? >> guilty. >> may i see the verdict sheet? you may be seated and thank you very much. [inaudible conversations]

[background sounds] jon: darun, ravi, the former roommate of tyler clementi, a gay man whose intimate encounters with another man in their shared dorm room were captured on ravi's computer, ravi has been convicted of a number of the counts against him, one invasion of privacy count he was guilty, bias intimidation not guilty, but then the counts go on; invasion of privacy, guilty, bias intimidation on sexual orr orientation not guilty. attempted invasion of privacy, guilty. guilty on, of bias intimidation with purpose to intimidate because of sexual orientation.

again, a number of guilty counts. it all gets a little bit confusing. a number of guilty counts, a number of not guilt findings. however, it is my belief that ravi had rejected a plea deal because he thought that he would be able to get a much better deal in open court. it appears that those hopes have been dashed. ravi guilty on a number of counts in the so-called spying case that eventually resulted in the suicide of his former roommate. jenna: just overall a sad story. we're going to move on here, but we'll wait to hear more about what the sentences are with those charges. ravi was legally here in the united states, but he was born in india. so one of the things that's come up is maybe he will be deported because of some of these charges, and we'll wait and see for more on this story. in the meantime, new york city is gearing up for st. patrick's day tomorrow. one of the big apple's landmarks

will go green in celebration for that. of course, we're talking about the empire state building, an iconic building at that. at the center, though, of a controversy over a color its operators will not display. laura ingle has the details from across the hudson river. beautiful view of the city from there, laura. >> reporter: hey, jenna lee. you know, it's been said before it's not easy being green, and the building's owners' refusal to honor new york's newly-minted cardinal dolan has some catholic groups seeing red. the owners maintain they are following their own rules saying they have a strict policy of not honoring religious figures, but that habit stopped -- hasn't stopped new york state from honoring one of their own. cardinal red at 1 world trade center, yet starting tonight the empire state building's lights will be shamrock green. when asked about this exception,

the building's owner tells fox the empire state buildings lights annually in honor of the irish and their contributions to new york city and for everyone who feels a little bit irish on st. patrick's day. this is a regular, annual esb lighting. so this isn't the first time the building has been embroiled in controversy over its lights or lack thereof. in 2009 the building was batheed in red and goal low in tribute to the 60th anniversary of china's communist revolution, and in 2010 the owners came under fire for not ohioaning the 100 ash honoring the 100th anniversary of mother teresa's birthday. >> unfortunate because they light up for other causes, and cardinal dolan does a lot for the community, so it would have been nice. >> it's a private organization, they get to decide what they want to do. if they haven't done it for others in the past, then it makes sense that they are consistent, i guess. >> reporter: and the cardinal

himself is taking this all in stride. if you know him, you know he jokes around a lot, and he jokes that while he appreciated the effort of those who made the request, he doesn't want this to swell his head over another big celebration. so tonight we'll see the empire state building when all this fog burns off in that shamrock green. jenna: it's always a pretty scene, regardless of the color. laura, thank you very much. jon: going to take you back to michigan where devastating tornadoes roared through. take a live look as more than 100 homes destroyed by the twisters in parts of michigan, well, the residents are out seeing what's left. we'll talk with someone very close to the damage coming up. and here's a good story for a friday, the health benefits of beer. a cold one might actually be good for you. we'll talk about it coming up. ♪ ♪

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some major problems after last month's daytona 500. the track at the speedway in need of a big repair job. how will it effect upcoming races? we'll let you know. also down here a potential health scare, a danger for a food that is a staple of literally billions of people's diets. we've got a medical a-teamer here to explain. and we love dumb criminals. we will introduce you to the dumbest criminal that we have ever found coming up. that and breaking news as it happens. the second hour of "happening now" starts right now. ♪ jon: well, the fury of mother nature exacts a heavy price. twisters slam into the town of dexter, michigan, a wide path of destruction left behind them. hello, i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. "happening now," emergency crews are assessing the widespread damage, the tornadoes ripping through a very small community packing hail and heavy rain and

strong winds. more than a hundred homes were hit in this area knocking down trees, power lines and sparking fires and floods as well. thankfully, no one was killed or injured according to the last report. for the very latest, derek jackson joins us, a spokesman with the county's sheriff's office. and, sir, is that still the case, no injuries, no deaths? >> yeah. we've been very fortunate here. no serious injuries, some scratches and bruises and, obviously, some folks are very, very shaken, but no deaths to this point. jenna: where were you when this happened? >> i'm sorry, what was that? jenna: where were you, were you in the area? >> not at the time, no, i was trying to get out here on the western border of our county. jenna: we're looking at lye pictures now -- live pictures, and you can see, again, we mentioned about 100 homes have been damaged or destroyed, some of them on the center of our screen look pretty much completely destroyed. what kind of damage are you assessing at this time? >> well, right now we're still going in and just looking at

structural damage, how many homes are actually destroyed or unsafe to occupy, a lot of homeowners, obviously, want to get in there and get their personal belongings. and right now we have work crews going through house by house and just assessing the structural integrity of the buildings to see if it's okay for families to go back into those homes. jenna: we hope as many as possible can go back. you said you were working your way towards the area. tell us a little bit about when the storm came through, what kind of warning did folks have? >> well, so right around 5:30 p.m. yesterday we had sightings of our first funnel cloud here in the county, and shortly thereafter confirmed sights of it actually touching down. you may have seen some of the kind of amateur video that's all on the internet right now, folks actually seeing it throughout the metro parts here. and then it jumped right into the residential area in dexter village, lifted up and drops back down into a second residential area, um n dexter

township. so we had two primary residential areas that were struck. jenna: wow. the description of it, it sounds like such a scary event. have you ever been through something like this? we hear it's relatively rare in the area. >> again, this is, i've been talking to deputies who have been around here a lot longer than i, and it's unprecedented for us in this part of michigan, especially in march. you know, unseasonably warm weather, but to have a storm of this magnitude is fairly rare. jenna: derek jackson, thank you so much, we appreciate your time. best of luck to you. >> thank you very much. jon: u.s. intelligence raising new concerns about cyber warfare. the successful attack on iran's nuclear program involving the stuxnet virus means the same code used against the iranians could be reformulated and turned against the united states and its power grids. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live in washington with details on the software that intel officials

are closely watching. >> reporter: well, thank you, jon, and good morning. cyber investigators say duku is the type of software that acts like a reconnaissance team, collects intelligence that makes an attack like stuxnet possible, and a new scientific review shows that the damage from stuxnet to iran's nuclear program was far worse than previously reported. stuxnet was physically introduced into the enrichment site either by a thumb drive or by an insider who was recruited for the mission. this militia software caused the centrifuges to spin erratically at high speeds that shattered them. think of it like a washing machine that is not loaded properly. and according to the institute institute -- [inaudible] at least a thousand centrifuges were destroyed by stuxnet in 2009 and 2010. >> stuxnet has shown that you can seriously damage industrial facilities that have incredible amount of physical security around them. you can get through that and

cause damage. so now everyone knows you can do it. so i would expect much more of it now. >> reporter: the duku code which is what you're seeing here is complex. significantly, cyber investigators say it shares the same source code as stuxnet, therefore, they believe it was most likely made by the same person or the same entity. and now investigators at california-based si man tick say duku has been active in at least eight countries. >> we can see they're gathering information about industrial control systems, so that makes us worry that there may be a new attack similar to stuxnet in the futurement. >> reporter: one of these control systems is a lot like the central nervous system within a big manufacturing base on an electrical grid or into a water treatment system, so getting control of one of those systems can allow you, theoretically and now practically, to shut it down or damage it. and so far no one has taken authorship for stuxnet, but now

that it's out there and we know that its precursor is active, the view is that we could see something in the very near future, jon. jon: turned against the united states, obviously. >> reporter: possible, yes. jon: that's the big concern. catherine herridge, thank you. jenna: a growing backlash in afghanistan over last week's deadly shooting rampage. today afghan president hamid karzai is blasting the u.s. claiming a lack of cooperation with the investigation. conor powell is streaming live from kabul with more. >> reporter: well, jenna, president karzai has a long history of lashing out at the united states. in the past he said he would join the taliban if u.s. didn't stop pressuring him over corruption in his own government, but today's comment, president karzai essentially calling the united states and the investigators looking into the shooting liars. now, the main issue here is that president karzai and other afghans believe there were multiple shooters involved in that tragic attack down in

kandahar. the u.s. military has presented evidence to president karzai and afghans saying there was only one shooter. but afghans simply aren't believing it, and president karzai said today he believes there were multiple shooters and that he thinks that the u.s. investigators simply aren't showing afghans the full amount of intelligence that they've gathered on this because afghans believe that the intelligence they've seen does not support the multiple shooter theory. u.s. officials here are stressing that there is only one shooter and that that shooter has now left afghanistan. that's another point of contention between the u.s. and afghanistan governments right now, is that president karzai and other afghan officials are extremely angry that that shooter has left afghanistan and will not be tried here. they want to see a public trial where he is tried under the afghan legal system. that was never going to happen under the current status of force agreement that the united states and afghanistan has. that type of agreement does not allow for u.s. soldiers to be tried here in afghanistan. and we're also getting word that

president karzai and president obama have discussed a range of issues today including that the united states will stay here in afghanistan past -- up until 2014. president karzai spoke with leon panetta here in the past day or so and wants to speed that transition up. he wants the u.s. to transition to afghan forces here sooner, and he wants the u.s. to withdraw sooner here as well. but president karzai and president obama spoke again today and said that timetable, the 2014 withdrawal date, is still in place. jenna: important headlines for us today, conor, thank you. jon: well, just in, repairs set to get under way at the daytona international speedway. a portion of turn three damaged, as you might recall, by that massive fire that broke out when a car crashed into one of the jet dryer used to dry the track during the daytona 500 last month. the repairs will cover about a 20-foot-wide portion of the

track, should be completed in time for saturday's daytona 200 motorcycle race and the coke zero 400 weekend in july. officials say they've been removing and repaving the track since the accident and should have no further issues once the repairs are completed. jenna: well, a study on a dangerous new form of bird flu is sparking a huge controversy. how the research could effect our national security? we're going to make that connection for you. also, the attorney for the barefoot bandit taking on another very high-profile client. this one the subject of headlines around the world. more on that in a moment. plus, rick is here that trag the latest breaking news. >> happy yellow tie day, jon. jenna: yeah, both of you. >> reporter: we haven't talked about the gop race in a while, but maybe during the break you can go to foxnews.com. there is a contest this weekend, a couple of them, actually, including a big one in illinois, and it's your turn to weigh in. who do you think is going to win the illinois primary? right now the results looking pretty good -- at least according to our unscientific

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jenna: now this fox news alert, george clooney, his father and several members of congress are under arrest. they were arrested in front of the sudanese embassy in washington. the actor had been very active about what's happening in sudan. he was protesting the blockade of relief supplies to the war-torn country. he says we've got to do more to get involved there. he was asked to leave along with the other protesters, he did not. so is clooney, as you see in that picture, is headed to the slammer. we'll see what happens with this case. jon: right now some new information on some crime stories we're keeping an eye on. moments ago a jury finding a former rutgers student guilty of

hate crimes charges. ravi convicted of using a web cam to spy on his roommate's sexual encounter as another man. he actually was convicted on all counts. there were, however, split verdicts on some of the convictions. ravi could face ten years in prison and deportation when he's sentenced. he had turned down a plea agreement that would have given him probation and community service. the seattle defense attorney for the barefoot bandit is now handling another high-profile client. john henry brown will represent the u.s. soldier still unidentified but now in custody in connection with the killings of 16 afghan civilians last weekend. that soldier now being flown from kuwait to fort eleven worth, kansas -- leavenworth, kansas. and the former boyfriend of amanda knox signs a book deal of his own. the book is entitled "presumed guilty: my journey to hell and back with amanda knox."

it is scheduled to be published in the fall. ♪ jenna: well, the raging debate over plans to publish full details of a controversial study on the h5n1 bird flu. scientists altered this deadly virus to see if it could spread from human to human, now the government wants details kept secret to keep that information out of the hands of terrorists or anyone else we don't want to have it. dr. marc siegel, a professor of medicine at new york university's land gone medical center, you have some breaking news on this? >> absolutely, jenna. they're about to reconvene over the next week, the national science advisory board on biosecurity, to decide whether this is actually a risk or not and whether they should consider to censor this research or not. now, we have a statement from james sensen brenner who's a congressman who's really opposed

no this and thinks it's a big -- opposed to this and thinks it's a big risk. the stakes literally couldn't be higher. al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula recently put out a call to arms for brothers with degrees in microbiology or chemistry. very scary stuff, jenna. but we spoke to a biosecurity expert who actually does not believe that al-qaeda would ever get ahold of this. let's take a look at what he says. >> when you get an organization such as al-qaeda which is an established threat that's looking to kill lots of people, for them it's not a realistic option. >> so you see that there's some question, jenna, about whether this really could get into the wrong hands. there's also a question about whether the new virus is really that dangerous. the scientists have backtracked. initially, they came out, and it sounded like this virus had been altered, it could travel easily from human to human, but later they made statements that led

them to believe that it probably isn't that danger. and, plus, the information has already spread to our top scientists, it's already or seen the papers. i spoke to lori at the council of foreign relations and she says, a, no science should be curtailed and, b, this particular virus is probably not that deadly. let's watch what she has to say about it. >> the man who's the current editor of science magazine fully published a paper that described how to poison thousands of americans with botulism using the milk supply. if there was ever a how-to paper, this was the one, all right? there's no human cry. nobody screamed, wow, you broke the rules. i just feel like we have some real hypocrisy here. >> now, jenna, he's currently -- this editor is currently considering whether to publish this paper. when he was dealing with botulism, he was with a different publication, but you can understand that science believes it's got to get out

there. and probably, my opinion, the u.s. constitution believes it too. i don't think this is a case where this should be curtailed, and i expect the advisory board to agree and turn around in a week or so and say full publication of this. jenna: real quick, doc, do you believe -- we showed both sides of whether or not we think this virus is dangerous. it sounded dangerous when we introduced this segment, but in your opinion is it something we really need to be afraid of? >> i think we need to consider the question in general. i spoke to the nih on this, one doctor feels this particular virus is likely to only kill birds and never, no matter what we do to it, cross over and be a big threat to us. we're not looking at the next movie contagion here, but we have to be very careful about viruses getting in the wrong hands especially in the laboratories. that's where the biggest mistakes occur. jenna: yeah. an interesting side that we don't talk a whole lot about. doc, thank you. always nice to have you. >> great, jenna, thanks a lot.

jon: well, you don't need us to tell you that filling up your gas tank costs a lot more than it did just a month ago. now a prediction that prices at the pump could soon hit a new record. plus, an arrest in the disappearance of this young woman who was last seen on surveillance video being abducted at gunpoint from her job at a coffee shop.

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jon: right now some answers but still lots of questions in a case of a missing alaska teenager. police say they have arrested a suspect in samantha keen anything's disappearance. the 18-year-old not seen this more than a month. rick folbaum that has that story live. >> reporter: still no sign of samantha, and that part of the story is tragic. but police do think they may now

know who's possible -- responsible. israel keyes owns a construction company in anchorage where samantha was abducted. keyes was arrested this week in east texas. police say he is the only person being charged, the only person of interest. we don't know exactly how police linked keyes to the crime, but there are reports that he's been charged with illegally using another person's atm or debit card to get cash. we had showed you some surveillance video from february 1st where we were able to see samantha being taken against her will, led away from the coffee stand where she worked by a man with a weapon wearing a hooded sweatshirt. pictures of the 18-year-old young woman have been plastered all around anchorage, but so far no sign of her, and maybe that'll change now if this guy who is in custody is able to share any information with the police. we'll certainly keep you posted, jon. jon: please do, rick folbaum. thanks. jenna: new information on rising gas prices and a prediction that we'll see a new record set this

year. the national average for unleaded regular jumping another penny today, $3.83 a gallon is the national average, that's up 32 cents from a month ago costing all of us an extra, well, $6 or more every time we fill up our tank. the record back in july of 2008, the national average record, was $4.11. our next guest says he believes the prices are going even higher than that, and that's going to happen this year. patrick is a senior petroleum analyst for a web site that helps drivers find gas stations with the lowest gas prices in their zip code which is always a good thing. how high do you think it's going to go? >> well, jenna, we're only in march here, so a dose of reality is that we're still two months away from the start of the summer driving season, and prices already 20 cents higher. how high will they go? they could easily break the record that we set in 2008 of $4.11. so, unfortunately, things still

going to get worse at the pump. jenna: when diane that would happen? >> i think the most likely time is in the month of may. anywhere from the first to second week is most likely x then prices will actually start declining as we approach memorial day and turn to june. jenna: so you're actually putting a number on this, patrick, an over/under maybe? what's the number you're looking for? what do you think it's going to hit? >> well, you know, i think it may play out very close to what we saw last year. we may breach $4 just by a little bit. last year for reference, $3.98 hit in the second week of may. i think we'll just barely breach that, maybe $4.05 by the time prices peak. jenna: so not more than 4.11, right? >> i'm hoping. jenna: okay. no, we had some reports yesterday and the white house came out and dismissed them about potentially the strategic petroleum reserve being tapped proactively, if you will, with what's happening in the middle east. we often hear that sometimes

from lawmakers, sometimes from analysts as an option here if prices do go back up to some of these records that we've seen. but how much of an effect would that really have? if reserves were tapped, how much would that effect the consumer? >> well, we have to remember these are oil reserves and not gasoline reserves. the problem we have this time of year is that the refining revel revel -- level as refiners finish maintenance and start producing summer gasoline, so even if we did tap the strategic petroleum reserve, it won't impact things as much as people may think, in fact, not much of an impact at all. we need gasoline, and we need the summer standard of gasoline. we don't really need crude oil at this point. so any release, not much of an impact at all. jenna: that's interesting to keep in mind, patrick. thanks again. always nice to see you. >> thanks, jenna. jon: a departing executive at the goldman sachs company takes a flame thrower to his colleagues on his way out the

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one of its top diplomats says iran has nothing to hide. but when it comes to free and open inspections by the united nations, well, that's a little bit of a different story. greg talcott has the inside scoop, he's live in london. greg? >> reporter: hey, jenna. the man's iran's ambassador to the iaea, the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog agency based in vienna. we pressed him on the nuclear program, crucially, we asked him is iran building a nuclear weapon or would it like to? here's a little bit of what he said. >> nuclear iran has no place in our defense doctrine. for nuclear energy and technology, for peaceful uses, sure. >> reporter: but you would not be willing to suspend enrichment again before an answer is given? >> this is not a decision that could be easily forgotten, and

tomorrow we just suspend all activities. >> reporter: the suspension of enrichment is a key demand by the west. he rebuffed that and would not commit on a range of other questions concerning his suspect program in that country. meanwhile, with israeli prime minister netanyahu increasingly saying a preemptive strike on iran and its nuclear installations is a possibility, we also asked him what would be the result, what would be iran's response if that happened. take a listen. what if israel were to attack? what would be the response of iran? would you attack israel? >> of course, my offices have already said nobody could dare to attack iran. if there would be attack, there would be strong response. >> reporter: could an israeli attack succeed? could it stop the nuclear program of your country? >> of course not. >> reporter: now, he said,

jenna, that what iran is dealing with, what israel is saying and the other issues forced on iran by the international community is not forcing them to come to the table, but it clearly is focusing minds. talks are set between iran and the west for next month. back to you. jenna: greg, thank you. a fascinating report. jon: "the new york times" published a scathing resignation letter on its op-ed page this week written by a former executive at goldman sachs. the times following up the next day devoting a large chunk of the paper to the banker's high-profile exit. was it fair? let's talk about it with judith miller who used to be employed by "the new york times," we should mention. kirsten powers is a columnist for the daily beast, both are fox news contributors. kirsten, you don't seem to have a problem with what the times ha has done here. >> no, i don't even understand why there's any controversy. it actually jibes with plenty of information that's come out about goldman sachs before

including committee hearings on goldman sachs, including michael lewis' book where he wrote about the big short where he used to work on wall street and had said that it was like absolute -- exactly what was in this op-ed that has turned into a completely different place. the things that are happening there would not have happened in the past and that, um, it's just turned into an absolutely morally bankrupt place. so i think that this is, because it jibes with what other people have said, and i think that he's a credible person, i don't really see what the problem is. jon: they published it on wednesday, judy. yesterday, thursday, the follow-on story to this thing -- can't really see it very well -- took up the entire corner. the primary spot on the front page. our brain room says they devoted at the times 6,000 words to this guy's relater, and somebody had -- letter, and somebody had to have seen it in advance. he didn't just turn in his resignation at goldman sachs and then give this piece, e-mail it

to the times. >> he didn't, but, look, i agree with kirsten on this one. did it strike a chord on wall street and throughout new york? you bet it did. and, in fact, every newspaper in the country followed it, even overseas. the financial times had a long article about jamie diamond's reaction -- dimon's reaction to the implications about goldman and its culture. goldman itself had to say that we're going to investigate these allegations, we're going to take them seriously. i think it was genuinely an event that spoke to concerns that have been growing about what's going on on wall street. jon: but, well, one writer said he's not a whistleblower, he's a goldman sachs executive having a midlife crisis. how do we know that's not the case, kirsten? laugh. >> well, i mean, there's been some reporting on him. abc did a pretty thorough report where they interviewed people who knew him, and they quoted a

former classmate of him saying he had a strong moral compass, they found other people who agreed with his assessments, they said that he was a real star there, there were people at goldman sachs, you know, he'd been promoted from analyst to vice president without having a business degree, so he's a credible person. you know, i think it's good to always check and see who writes things and to find out if they're credible or not, but what seems to happen a little too automobile these days is -- often these days is people who disagree sort of ideologically with what the person is saying think it's okay to tear the person apart based on nothing. i see a lot of accusations that are really not supported by anything other than the fact that people don't like goldman sachs being questioned. >> he was, basically a vice president for goldman sachs in london, the company has about 12,000 of them. but it just seemed to play into

the theme the times has been pushing this year, the occupy wall street movement has gotten a lot of favorable coverage in "the new york times," and it just seemed like it sort of endorses what this guy is saying even though the customers of goldman sachs are, you know, well-to-do, well informed firms that know what they're getting into. >> well, yes. they'll be -- nobody's forcing people to choose goldman sachss, but when allegations like this are made, they've been made repeatedly about goldman and what's been going on there. you know, attention must be paid. and it was paid. and the fact that the stock itself dropped precipitously after this story attests to its news value and, of course, the paper's going to promote its own story. and even though this article by greg smith was on the op-ed page, it was a news story, it was a genuine event. and i can understand why everybody's following it, because there are so many

concerns about what's happened to corporate culture and culture on wall street. the moment had come, and it just struck a chord. jon: well, it is interesting that he had, presumably, 12 years of goldman sachs' bonuses and didn't can announce his resignation until this year's bonuses had been handed out. greg smith's going to have an interesting career, i'm sure. [laughter] kirsten and judy, thank you. join us tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. eastern time, please, join us. jenna: archaeologists discover the remains of a girl who lived way back in the seventh century. we're going to tell you where, why she was buried in her bed, and who scientists think she was. plus, just in time for st. paddy's day -- certainly no coincidence here -- a new study says beer is actually very good for you. we're going to explain next. ♪

jenna: archaeologists in the u.k. making a rare and mysterious discovery. they found the remains of an anglo-saxon girl from the seventh century bury inside cambridge. they say she was only 16 when she died and was buried on a special funeral bed. she was found with a small gold garnet-encrusted cross, she was holding it on her chest, apparently, as well as an iron knife and a purse full of glass beads as well. so a few interesting items found with her. archaeologists believe the girl may have been a member of one of the first christian anglo-saxon royal families based on some other skeletons they found in the area. they think the group may have died from an epidemic, but quite an interesting story and find. jon: it is a staple in many

diets around the world, but does eating white rice increase your chance of diabetes? scientists say, yes, based on the results of a new study. dr. manny alvarez, senior managing editor for foxnewshealth.com and a fox medical a-teamer joins us. so they looked at diets from some of the asian countries, japan and china included, compared that with the united states, and they found a higher incidence of diabetes among those who eat the most white rice. >> absolutely. this is a very straightforward study. it was a large study, it was an analysis study which looked at multiple different findings. when you look at type ii diabetes, you look at lifestyle and many, many kinds of foods, but they did focus on white rice. and, yes, we know for a fact that white rice has a very high glioseemic index, it has a lot of sugar, it's pure starch. so if staple of your diet is very heavy in white rice, you're going to develop type ii

diabetes, and they found that 55% of people that ate rice as a daily staple had type ii diabetes. you know, we see it here all the time as more people have come to the united states. i have patients, for instance, that are pregnant, filipinos, for instance, they love their rice for breakfast and for lunch and for dinner and snacks and you name it. that population has a tendency to develop type ii diabetes. so it tells you that even though if you want to prevent type ii diabetes, you should look at everything you eat when you really, if you're very heavy on eating white rice, that might not be the right thing for you. jon: but there are some concerns that there could be other factors in the diet that contribute to -- >> oh, absolutely. jon: not necessarily all laid at the feet of white rice. >> right. but, you know, this is something that you have to take into consideration because what is this telling you is that if you like rice, you should look for more complex carbohydrates like brown rice. it has less glioseemic index and, you know, black rice and

things of this sort that have more nutrition, and they are not pure starch that can converted into sugar. so cut down on the white rice. jon: and type ii diabetes, the kind that is triggered, essentially, by diet. >> absolutely. it's all induced by diet and really makes you gain weight, and it really brings your sugars very high, and, you know, it's one of the leading problems that we have when it comes to cardiovascular health. jon: so moderation in all things is sort of the catch phrase here. >> moderation and try to, you know, stay away from just pure white rice. go for a little bit more, you know, better kind like brown rice, i think, is better. jon: speaking of moderation in all things, dr. manny -- >> not today! not tomorrow! jon: just in advance of st. patrick's day, beer is good for ya! >> we're is very good for you. i'm going to give you several reasons, and pay attention, everybody. it's full of antiox cants. they remove all the pollutants from our body. it has a lot of vitamins, it has a lot of protein, it helps you

build muscles -- jenna: i don't know if i buy this, dr. manny. come on. >> how do you think i keep my girly figure? [laughter] it hydrates you. it's very good, you know, it hydrates you. it lowers your cholesterol guy it lowers your cholesterol! jenna: this sounds like a wonder drug. i mean, it's just a beer. >> you know, listen, today is the day that, again, everything in moderation because you don't want to get intoxicated, you don't want to drink and drive, but if you look at the positives, you should be very happy -- jenna: okay, wait a minute. >> go ahead. jenna: you say we should always have a glass of wine, right? that's one of your things, you like your wine. >> well, of course. jenna: so is one better than the other when we're looking at alcohol in moderation, doc? >> well, you know, with wine it's good because you don't have a lot of calories in wine. if you stick to beer every day, you're going to get all the benefits that i just talked about, but you're going to have a lot of calories, and you're

going to gain weight, and you going to have a beer belly, you don't want that either. >> no. no, no. >> you get a little more antiox cants, and you can have it in moderation, have it with your wonderful dinner as long as it's not white rice, and, you know, you are happy. [laughter] that's the whole essence of life, being happy. jon: and the dark beers, as i understand it, are, have more of those antioxidants in them. >> that is right. because they have hops, and hops are full of very specific types that, as i say, could help you with chris roll. they kill viruses -- cholesterol. oh, my god, i'm full of goodies today. and they're much better for you. jenna: so the message of the segment, be careful with rice, but beer is just fine. >> there you go. [laughter] and it's past 12:00 here in new york, so there you go. jon: well, new yorkers are famous for eating lots of chinese food, so watch that rice consumption. jenna: oh, i didn't know that.

dr. manny, thank you so much. [laughter] >> you've got it. jenna: he's right, it always comes down to being happy. finish with a drink with dr. manny. jon: that's right. jenna: that's how it goes. well, a routine court case turns into chaos, and a man about to be sentenced suddenly assaults two bailiffs, and it doesn't end there. i think this is what rick was talking about earlier when he was talking about a dumb criminal. i think this is the story. jon: this guy is a hurting pup dog. jenna: and he's been driving it for just over a year now, coming up, the first buyer of nissan's electric car gives us his review. ♪ [ kate ] most women may not be properly absorbing the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus d. it's the only calcium supplement that can be taken with or without food.

that's why my doctor recommends citracal maximum. it's all about absorption. for a hot dog cart. my mother said, "well, maybe we ought to buy this hot dog cart and set it up someplace." so my parents went to bank of america. they met with the branch manager and they said, "look, we've got this little hot dog cart, and it's on a really good corner. let's see if we can buy the property." and the branch manager said, "all right, i will take a chance with the two of you." and we've been loyal to bank of america for the last 71 years.

jenna: disorder in the court. a suspect bolts out of a sentencing hearing, and it's sort of like a car chase. rick, this never really ends well, does it? >> reporter: no. i don't know why these people try this stuff. christopher lee breaks the number one rule, jenna, for any criminal hoping to get time off for good behavior. he escapes, or he tries to anyway. okay, we've got video for you. he's in court, and he is at this hearing, this is a sentencing hearing for a probation violation, and then he decides to make a run for it. a bailiff actually hits this guy with a stun gun, he's still able to get out of the courtroom, out of the building running through, as you can see, that security checkpoint with the taser prongs and the wires still hanging from his body. eventually, he jumps into a woman's car. she's there with her 2-year-old in the backseat. he tells her to step on the gas, but that's where christopher's brilliant plan stopped cold because by then the police were

there. they removed ruffin from the car, he's now facing the probation violation and then a whole new set of charges that should keep him locked up for a little while longer. [laughter] jenna: well, he didn't -- he gave us a little excitement. >> reporter: exactly. jenna: other than that, all right. jon: and he's got to pull those taser barbs -- jenna: rick, thanks. >> reporter: sure. jon: new information on a story we brought you about the world's first buyer of nissan's electric car. it's called the leaf. the owner giving it more than a test spin, zipping around town for just more than a year now. so how does he like the ride? claudia cowan live in san francisco with that. so it's 15 months later, claudia. how does he like the leaf? >> reporter: oh, he likes it more than ever, jon, because now here in california electric vehicles can use the carpool lane, and that's a huge time saver for someone who commutes 40 miles a day on congested bay area freeways. we first met him last year after he bought the first nissan leaf

ever sold in the u.s., and since then he's had not a single mechanical problem, and he's never been stranded as he zips around silicon valley. he says he's okay with the car's limited range, about 100 miles on a charge. so, jon, it's not a vacation car, but for commuting olivier likes that it's really quiet with good pick up and traction even on rainy days when we caught up with him earlier this week. he says it's easy to charge his leaf in his garage overnight while he sleeps, and he's okay with paying an extra $60 a month for the electricity. he says he's pay anything a month what many drivers pay weekly to gas up their car. jon? jon: wow. so how about electric cars overall? how are they doing? >> reporter: well, buyers like olivier seem very happy, but sales are not what some had hoped. we're seeing gm temporarily halt production of its chevy volt. and the leaf missed sales targets, though it's just become the all-electric available in

u.s. markets. new models are rolling out, so consumers are getting more options. and as the technology improves, analysts predict a wide range of electrified cars will lead to mainstream appeal and, hopefully, a lower sticker price. currently, jon, prices of most electric vehicles are in the $30,000 range even with rebates and tax credits. jon: yeah. that's a lot to pay for not burning gasoline. claudia cowan, thank you. jenna: well, the president is in full campaign re-election mode. coming up, though, is the president facing a cash crunch? we've heard about it, we'll check out some of those reports coming up. you know when i grow up,

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jenna: we have often covered hollywood starlets getting arrested. normally it's lindsay lohan, not george clooney. he was arrested this morning outside the embassy, the sudan embassy in washington d.c.

he was proceed testing the fact he believes we should be more active bringing humanitarian aid to that country, which is currently in war. he was asked to leave, and he didn't, and his father is actually standing i believe right in front of him, and a few other members of congress were also arrested. george clooney, arrested today. jon: one of the sexist men alive goes to the slammer. jenna: so says jon scott. it's different when jon says it, yeah. jon: we know where george clooney is going. what about peyton manning? he's washing out this morning under the watchful eyes under john elway, working out for my denver broncos. what does that mean for tim bee owe. jenna: what does that mean for tim tebow? jon: the sensation of the season when he led the broncos from a -- jenna: what do you think, jon. jon: it will be interesting to