work they are doing. it's an easy way to make a difference and save lives. bill: welcome home. martha: thanks. we'll see you tomorrow. bill: "happening now" right now. jon: republican candidates vying for dozens of candidates in the land of lincoln. mitt romney hopes to beef up his frontrunner status. a knockout punch won't come tonight, rick santorum hanging tough. karl rove weighs in. jenna: mother nature not easing up after giving folks a rough ride in parts of the south. flash flooding, thunderstorms and dangerous hail all a factor today. jon: high drama in denver. fans reacting big time as it looks like peyton will now be tossing the pigskin and tim tebow may be moving and from the mile high city. a news conference is on tap and it's all "happening now." jenna: republicans unveiling their proposal for the country's budget for the coming here. the goal of course is to slash the deficit.

the deficit is the amount of money we spend over the amount of money that we take in. it's a big problem, as you know. the republicans are proposing cutting spending on social programs, including a restructural of medicare as well as dropping tax rates while closing tax loopholes. this is a sharp contrast to the president's budget plan. one of the ways the white house wants to cut the deficit is by increasing taxes on the wealthy to help make up the difference, that gap we've been talking about. this republican proposal doesn't stand much of a chance in passion the house or the senate, at least as it stands now. but the battle will certainly spill into the presidential race, and the races of course in the house and senate this year. the national debt, the amount of money we current leo stands at $15.6 trillion. you can see that number is constantly moving. in the past 30 days alone we've added more than $153 billion to that total. we're going to check this debt clock by the way at end of our show today to see how much has been added, jon.

our brain room estimates in just the next two hours we're going to ad $304 million in just that time. jon: there was a time when they shut the debt clock down. jenna: it's hard to look at. think of that as we go minute by minute through the show today. it is primary day in illinois. we are glad you are with us, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. there are reports of problems at some ballot locations. mitt romney and rick santorum looking for a big win. the former massachusetts governor is spending the day in chicago participating in a campaign event at google offices there. rick santorum is in pennsylvania delivering a speech this evening at gettysburg honoring ape brahm lincoln. newt gingrich is moving ahead to louisiana, and ron paul is off the trail completely, no scheduled events. 54 delegates are at stake in illinois though rick santorum is only competing for 44 of them because he missed filing

deadlines. and speaking of delegates, according to the latest tally romney is out front with 521 followed by rick santorum with 253, newt gingrich in third place with 136, and paul trails the field with 50. with us now the former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to president george w. bush, carl roefrbgs also a fox news contributor. nobody knows political numbers better. so mitt romney is trying to regain this sense of inevitability, karl that he had after the wins in new hampshire and florida. if he wins illinois does he have it back? >> he has it back until saturday when we have the louisiana primary, and in all likelihood rick santorum is likely to win louisiana. i don't think we're going to start to see a more definitive potential moment for romney until early april when on april 3rd the district of columbia, maryland and wisconsin all vote and all of them are winner take all primaries with

over 80 delegates at stake than johnsto. jon: you have said on this show before that you are not a big proponent that the convention could be a brokered convention. but all signs point to newt gingrich staying in the race to make it exactly that. >> we'll see if he has the ability to make it that. he certainly didn't have the ability to make it that in puerto rico or in hawaii. he's not going to have the ability to make it that in illinois. he will not pick up any delegates tonight. tonight it's a two-man race. i suspect from here on out it's likely to be a two-man race unless there is some kind of major event in the campaign that allows speaker gingrich to recapture a momentum. remember he was expected to win, said he absolutely needed to win mississippi and alabama and he came in second on both. jon: rick santorum is already down because he didn't qualify for the ballot in all of the districts there in illinois. he has said that if he wins

illinois he'll go on to win the nomination. do you see any possibility of him winning illinois? >> remember we have two contests tonight. first of all we have a beauty contest, and he's hoping to win that beauty contest in order to affect the arc of the campaign. and what he's counting on is math. there were about 900,000 primary voters in 2008 in the state of illinois. we think of chicago as a democrat town but cook county cast 180,000 votes in the republican primary. the five suburban counties around it cast almost 300,000. two eurban counties that are long drives into the city but people work there and live in chicago 91,000. down state 300345. he's hoping to win this big and keep it close in these. and win the beauty contest. because as you point out he is unlikely to win the delegate contest. if you've got 54 delegates up for stake and you haven't filed

in four congressional district with 12 delegates that means that you're competing for 42, and your opponent has already started with 12 makes it very hard to get to a majority of 28 among those 54 delegates that are up for stake tonight and i think it highly unlikely that rick santorum will win the majority of the delegates. the question is going to be how big a majority does romney have among the delegates? he's won thus far in the contest 54% of all the delegates elected, that would mean 29 is the magic number. if he wins 29 then he's won roughly 54% of illinois' delegates. if he wins above that he's increasing his margin and making it more difficult for rick santorum to win. jon: karl rove our fox news contributor. jenna: to a case gaining national attention. the f.b.i. and justice department are investigating the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in florida by a

neighborhood watch captain. 17-year-old travon martin was on his way back to his father's girlfriend's home after buying candy at a 711. george zimmerman says he was forced to shoot him in self-defense during a confrontation. steve harrigan is live with more in miami. where does the case stand now. >> reporter: we are getting new interesting details from the family and the victim's lawyer, moments ago saying that in fact travon martin was on the phone minutes before the shooting with a 16-year-old girl. he told her he was being followed, he was being pursued, he was frightened. she told him to run, he said, no, i won't run, but i'll walk fast. so of course if this case turns in to not one of self-defense but of a young man being pursued that would make it very different. the investigation is heated up. the department of justice is now involved, they will be working alongside the f.b.i., as well as the state attorney's office. this investigation could take some weeks.

and it's something really the family has been pushing for. they say they don't trust local police. local police in defending themselves say they have run a color-blind investigation. they say the shooter, zimmerman had a bloody nose and a wound to the back of his head at the scene of the shooting. he claimed i was acting in self-defense, and police say that under florida's gun law they had no evidence to charge him with a crime. jen a. jenna: at this time there is no charges against the shooter. >> reporter: there's no formal charges right now. we are beginning to leer a lot morlearn a lot more about the shooter himself, george zimmerman. 28 years old, he has called police more than 40 times in the past year and a half often to report a quote, suspicious individual, and that is exactly the pattern we saw in this case. >> we had some break ins in my neighborhood and there is a real suspicious guy. this guy looks like he's up to no good or he's on drugs or something. he's got his hand in his waistband. something is wrong with him.

he's coming to check me out. he's got something in his hands, i don't know what his deal is. >> just let me know if he does anything okay. we've got them on the way. >> they always get away. >> reporter: we've listened to a number of previous 911 calls also made by zimmerman to police. often they are about, quote, suspicious individuals and often, at least four out of the six past occasions that suspicious individual was a young black man. zimmerman apparently has moved out of his home saying there have been death threats against him, but they say he is cooperating with the investigation. jenna. jon: new developments to bring you on that horrific shooting outside a school in southern france. the interior minister now says the gunman was wearing a camera around his neck and might have filmed the massacre of a rabbi and three young children. the shooter linked to three other murders earlier this month. greg palkot is following this live from our london bureau. what is the latest you're

hearing from toulouse. >> reporter: it's getting stranger and stranger. hundreds of police searching for what they believe could be a racist anti-semitic serial killer. of course there is a lot of security at that jewish school in toulouse, france. that was the scene yesterday of the killing of the rabbi and those three children. they believe the very same man killed three french soldiers, a north african muslim and caribbean descent in two other incidents in the past week and that he used the same gun, the same technique, the same motorcycle, and yes, jon, that bizarre high-tech twist to this case, officials now say that he was wearing in a body harness a gopro brand hd camera which would allow him to shoot video digitally while he did the actual shooting. eerie and gruesome, jon. jon: how are the folks in france

react. >> reporter: their reaction is huge. french president nicholas sarkozy led a moment of silence in schools all across that nation of some 60 million vowing once again too find the killer. the terror alert in the south region of france is at the highs it has ever been since they've recorded these alerts. the bodies of those killed yesterday, we have learned, have been transported up to pairs. there will be a memorial service there. then they will be flown onto israel for burial tomorrow. the individuals carry both israeli and french passports. we've also learned that the funerals for the three soldiers who were killed in this rash of incidents will also take place tomorrow in southwestern france. jon, the fear now is that the killer could strike again. so far these incidents have been taking place every four days. the next chance, according to that schedule will be friday, which just happens to be the muslim holy day.

authorities there, jon hope they can catch him before that. back to you. jon: you can see why it's so frightening for the people there. greg, thank you. jenna: the u.s. navy doubling the size of its fleet in the persian gulf preparing some say for a worst case scenario with iran. what it really means for our military, and the nuclear standoff with iran, we'll take a closer look at that. jon: a trueee eerie sight flashes of lightning revealing a tornado hidden in darkness, part of the severe weather hitting texas, and more could be on the way. jenna: take a look at that. mixed feelings as jon scott can tell you. jon: yep. jenna: in the mile high city. the denver broncos saying hello to peyton manning but it's probably goodbye to the hometown favorite tim tebow. rick has an update ahead with a major news conference set for this afternoon. what will tebow do, jon? what will he do? jon: i don't know, but denver is going to miss him.

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david: trox jon: strong storms with heavy rains flood the area. the national weather service confirmed a tornado touch the down 25 miles southwest of san antonio. meanwhile street flooding is causing major problems for drivers in the dallas area and nearby, tulsa, oklahoma. as you can see driving nearly impossible for many people this morning. jenna: didn't get rain for a long time. suddenly here it comes especially in the state of texas. hear is the eerie video jon told you about touching down of a tornado in san antonio. you can see a funnel cloud in the middle of your screen. when it hit there were numerous reports of overturned trucks and downed

power lines, damaged roofs. really scary when you can't see it. jon: no. folks in texas and oklahoma not out of the woods. more severe storms possibly bringing flash flooding to some areas. meteorologist, maria molina live in the weather center. very scary stuff, maria. >> sometimes you issue the tornado warnings you can't really see the tornados. some of the tornados could be rain wrapped making it very difficult to see. when you see a tornado warning issued for your county you need to seek shelter immediately. basically where some of the storm reports were issued yesterday. stretches from parts of minnesota through texas. a very scattered or widespread area where we saw severe weather yesterday. and tornado reports, three of them coming southwest of san antonio like you mentioned, causing some damage out there to power lines and trees and surrounding objects. we do have a brand new tornado watch across eastern

portions of texas and western louisiana until 5:00 p.m. central time. what tornado watch it means, conditions are favorable for thunderstorms to form in the area and possible large wind gusts and possibly of tornados. we'll keep you updated as storms move through the area. shreveport you're included and lake charles. some big cities. we'll looking at heavy rain through the storms. arkansas you could look at severe storms and also central portions of the state of louisiana and southwestern mississippi a lot of rain with these horribles. thunderstorms. we're talking eight inches of rain in alexander. many reports of rain in the area and western arkansas and oklahoma and images out of texas, flooded roadways. make sure not to drive through any flooded roadways. it will be very hard to tell how deep the water is. jon, of course we already have the flash flood warnings in effect. flood warnings stretching from texas up to missouri.

jon: maria molina, thanks for keeping an eye on it for us. sound like a pretty scary day out there. >> yeah. jon: thanks. >> more updates on the weather as we get it. meantime how about a little football? jon: love football. jenna: manning madness may be just about finished. peyton manning, possibly the biggest free agent in nfl history is looking primed to sign with denver. we might get announcement as early as today. the question is real question is, what about tim tebow? rick, tebow on a direct call? what is happening here? >> reporter: i do not have his number but if anybody out there wants to send it to me @ rick folbaum on twitter. let's give you the breakdown. this is the information as we know it, jenna. the big winner here the denver broncos. that announcement expected to be mate official today. 3:00 p.m. is the sometime that a news conference set for. manning heading to a team that won a total of two playoff games over the last 13 years. if man something healthy, and that is a big if because he sat out all of last

season after neck surgery, the broncos could be mile high. fans, some of them, are excited. >> peyton manning, i love you dude! welcome to denver. >> i'm a season ticket holder. i'm pretty happy putting $1,000 now. >> i think we need to bottle up peyton manning, and sell it. >> we get great national matchups. we'll on tv. >> have peyton manning and tim tebow on the same team you couldn't be happier about that. >> expect the tim tebow is not expected to be in denver. the team is expected to trade him. because of that, a lot of other fans are upset. >> i heard your heart is breaking? >> breaking a little bit. really is. >> you think we'll keep tebow? >> no. i don't think tebow will want to say. >> what will you do with the jersey? >> i will wear it to every single broke cogame. i'm a tebow fan.

>> reporter: peyton manning's career in colorado is getting started. 36-year-old superstar expected to sign a contract for five years, worth $90 million. broncos-raiders, september 12th. that news conference 3:00 p.m. today where we should learn more about this new deal. one of the teams i should tell you there is talk tebow might go to, my philadelphia eagles. we'll have to wait and see. jenna: we will see. might be up to tebow. maybe he will stay. jon: i would like to see him stay. jenna: rick, thank you very much for that. you mark that downers i do have it, september 12th. will be huge, big game against the raiders. there is this big budget proposal. house republicans unveiling a new blueprint that proposes significant tax and entitlement reform in 2013. does it stand a chance of passing the senate? jenna: that is a big question. if you thought "the jetsons" were just a cartoon, get this. online retail giant,

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jenna: house republicans unveiling a brand new budget plan moments ago, bringing the issue of america's future and our bottom line center stage in the political conversation. right now house budget committee chairman paul ryan is getting ready to take the podium at the american enterprise institute in washington. he will talk at great length in detail about the 2013 plan which calls for deep spending cuts in social programs and cutting tax rates to two and slashing corporate tax rate to 10%. that is just for starters. reining in government spending and skyrocketing deficits. the real question, does any budget stand a chance of passing?

steve moore. steve, this is enough of a difference of ideas that maybe this one gets through? >> jenna, first of all, hats off to paul ryan. this is a guy who i think heroically and taking on these enormous enlightment programs and enormous debt grown by five trillion dollars over the last four years. he is not a popular guy in washington right now because he does want to cut back on some of these sacred cow programs like medicare and medicaid and food stamps. i think almost all americans realize we can't continue on this debt path of bore he aring a trillion 1/2 dollars a year. so he is the first politician in washington in a long time, jenna, i've been in the city a long time, actually been willing to take the bull by the horns and say look, we have to change and we've got to radically reform some of these programs and get this debt down. >> was intern of yours, wasn't he, steve? you see this type of greatness at that time? >> jenna he worked for my

great friend and the guy i miss so much, jack kemp. interesting you should mention that episode of his career i think paul ryan in some ways is the new jack kemp. he is visionary. it will be difficult not just to get the president to sign onto this budget but get some of the republicans who may not want to cut some of these programs to go along with it. it will be a heavy lift to even get this through the house, let alone get the president to sign off on some of these big cuts that he is talking about. jenna: gene sperling, one of the main guys that helped develop the economic policy of the president said in an interview this morning when it came to the medicare part of paul ryan's plan, he said this process risks creating an actual death spiral for basic guaranty of medicare as more people are forced out of the system and those who remain face higher and higher costs. we remember the comercial, grandma in the wheelchair gets pushed off a cliff. will we see a repeat of that? >> you better believe you are, jenna. that is one of the things make a lot of hand-wringing republicans very nervous.

they don't want to face the assault of democratic ads saying republicans are trying to destroy medicare. nothing could be further from the truth by the way. the thing that destroys medicare if we don't do something about the program. it is scheduled to go bankrupt within the next 10 years. that is just around the corner because the finances of the system are so unstable, jenna. so i actually, i mean as i said, i think this is a pretty gutsy budget to say, look, we've got to get serious about these programs. so many are going broke like medicare. let's take them on. you better believe those ads are coming, jenna. with poor grandma. she will have to eat alpo because of the cost cuts. we've seen it all before, right? jenna: we have seen that side of it before. if you look at the white house, what they say is, listen, part of the health care law will help this. the president is actively working to fix the system. that is what they're going to say. in a broader, broader sense, steve, the rising cost of health care is a real issue no matter what political party you're a part of. i was thinking this morning if health care costs is

really the issue, do any plans address the fact that health care costs are going up? say your child breaks an arm today, that it is not going to be such an exorbitant fee in 10 years no one will be able to afford it? that seems to be more of the path we're on. does any side address that core issue about rising health care costs? >> one thing that surely will make the rising health care cost problem worse, you're right, this is a big problem with the u.s. economy and budget but obamacare makes it much worse because it adds 30 million more people to medicaid. that doesn't cut costs the thing that is interesting about paul ryan's budget, he does things to allow senior sit to have medical savings accounts. puts the patient back in the equation. the reason education, health care, those are two industries costs are out of control we divorce the people getting the services from the people paying the services. when you get that kind, the price system doesn't work under that kind of system. paul is trying to inject the patient back into the equation.

your question is a good one, jenna because there is no question if we continue to see these spiraling costs of health care we're not going to be able to balance this budget because health care is now over a third of the federal budget. jenna: you wonder whether you reach the point of no return or we're right up against it. steve, thanks. we'll work through the proposal and i'm sure we get others as well. >> jenna, i taught paul ryan everything he necessary. >> we'll have to fact check that, steve. steve, thank you very much. >> see you soon. take care. jon: next hour we'll be talking with douglas holtz-eakin, former head of the congressional budget office who helped compile this new budget proposal. some interesting questions for him. the supreme court set to decide whether juveniles young as 14 can go to prison for life without parole for murder. is that a just sentence or is it cruel and unusual punishment? a fair and balanced debate coming up. and trying to solve one of the biggest mysteries of the 20th century.

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his trailer on fire, killing him. the other involves a 14-year-old who received life without parole for a murder back in 1999. a murder he witnessed. not one where he pulled the trigger. those are the two cases they're hearing. there are big questions ahead of the justices today. lis wiehl, former federal prosecutor and fox legal analyst. frred tecce, former federal prosecutor and criminal defense attorney. this is big question. your law backgrounds are invaluable but your background as parents is invaluable. you understand a lots of sides of this. fred, start with you, why is the supreme court hearing this case? why are they taking this? >> tell you why, jenna, for a couple reasons. in '05 they struck down and limited death penalty for juveniles. in '08 they limited life without parole for nonviolent or nonmurder cases for juveniles. they're looking at this case and trying to decide whether or not juveniles should be subject to life without

parole. you're right. i have a 14-year-old son and, god forbid that anything like this ever happened to him. i would like to think on some level maybe some day he could be rehabilitated. you know me as a prosecutor, i believe in swift and severe punishment. how many times have i talked about giving people a blindfold and a cigarette. for these 79 children, that's what we're talking about, 79 children, ultimately they should have the opportunity for parole. and they're really bad kids and can't be rehabilitated the parole board will find that out f they're capable of being rehabilitated they will be eligible for parole. to throw their lives away it inappropriate. jenna: lis, the supreme court will decide if life without parole is cruel an ununusual punishment. the 79 number, that fred referenced is 79 people currently in prison without parole that committed murders when they were juveniles. the argument from one side, listen, your brain, when you're 13 or 14 isn't fully developed. and therefore you have to give these kids a break.

that they're not fully formed adults. so they're making these decisions without all the capacity that one would have. >> jenna you can give them a break in prison. let them have all the rehabilitation they want or need in prison. absolutely i agree with the science on that. rehabilitation perhaps, maybe. these are not, i hate to mean the mean persecutor. these are not good kids. these are kids who murdered. this is not cruel or unusual. hey, you murder. we're not putting you to death because you are a juvenile but i would think that we want to take care of make sure other people aren't murdered by the same children who will get out and do the same thing. rehabilitation fine. maybe they an cap peel down the road but for right now, the supreme court should say you murder, even if you're a child, in a heinous, heinous facts of that first case, jenna. horrible. he set his neighbor on fire. jenna: the facts of the first story really differ with the second story. the first story he was responsible for the murder of the individual. second one he was there but, fred his rap sheet started

when he was 10 years old. this guy that was put behind bars for life. >> there is no question that these guys are bad kids. they have committed murders. that is why we're even having this conversation in the first place but they're still kids and they should be severely punished. i get that but all i'm saying this is at some point they should be eligible for parole. jenna: what point? fred would you be okay, 30 years, something like that. >> how about 30 years from now? let me tell you, the first case the guy who burned the kid i'm not sure he could be rehabilitated. second kid was not the triggerman. ultimately 25 years from now why shouldn't owe have a chance to prove he is productive member of society. jenna: final thought from you, lis. if we take this away and say juveniles can not serve life in prison you think we're on the path to saying that for others not just juveniles and others in general. >> absolutely. if we say for juf news and other people for different causes different reasons. had horrible childhood.

most of the murder cases i prosecuted, kids they had a horrible child, they were abused all of that i get it. fact they are murderers. they killed other people. if you let them out and have the open door, not good for the rest of us. >> we're not talking about an open door. we're not talking about letting them out unless we think they can be rehabilitated. >> you're point is parole, fred. we'll see where the supreme court goes with this. very interesting case. nice to have you. >> thanks for having me. jon: amazon.com is buying big while selling out to technology. the online retail giant expected to pay millions of dollars for kiva systems the company produces robots used in shipping centers making good old fashions human help a thing of the past. fox business network shibani joshi has the story. why is wall street talking about this today, shibani. >> everyone is wondering what the connection between robots and amazon.com is. but the connection is very simple. it is using those robots in its warehouses across the country.

amazon coming out surprising wall street with a big acquisition. its second largest acquisition ever. the $775 million acquisition of kiva systems. you mentioned it makes robot used in shipping centers. what it does endsp bringing product off the warehouse shelves to the warehouse workers. instead of working going around to the shelves, already other big retailersers crate & barrel, staples and others use this technology. amazon scooping it up for itself because it can use it all for itself. jon: so we've seen this before. when machines come in, jobs go away. is that going to happen here? >> you can expect, that, well, first of all, it is a natural question. amazon is one of the biggest retailers in this country. it has over 56,000 full-time and part-time employees and one of the things that it had working in its favor, maybe not in its favor depending on your perspective the is the fact it use ad tremendous amount of labor, of manual labor to

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jenna: well the u.s. navy is now adding new missile to its fleet in the persian gulf reportedly preparing some say for a counterattack against iran.

the current fleet now consists of two-striker groups, double the normal amount in the persian gulf. in addition to those groups one smaller aircraft carrier is there. those striker groups consist of several ships including a guided missile cruiser and a guided missile destroyer. how real is the possibility of armed conflict between the u.s. and iran? that is one of the questions we're asking today. many robert mcfarland, senior advisor to the foundation for defense of democracies and former security advisor for president reagan. welcome back to the show, mr. mcfarland. always nice to have you. >> always a pleasure, jenna. jenna: one of the reasons we wanted to talk to you today a few weeks ago you wrote an op-ed piece about what we should do in iran. you suggested sending four carrier battle groups there to the persian gulf and using the theater roosevelt philosophy if you will. placing them there as a message to the iranians. what you're seeing with the navy today are we doing that? are we moving in the direction of what you suggest? >> well, i think those

comments were in the context of a threat by iran to try to interfere with traffic in and out of the strait of hormuz and my point was to be ready in the event they do that or, any other provocative action, such as ramping up their support for syria or hezbollah. to be ready to react and to do something that will make a difference toward calming down the situation in iran, specifically, going after the real enemy there, which is the revolutionary guard corps. and the level of four battle groups i believed then and now it what it will take to go after not the army, not even the navy but focusing on the real enemy which is the revolutionary guard corps. and that's what it will take. jenna: why do you think we'll need that amount? you mentioned looks like there is an increase from one to two. why do you think we need to be around four? >> i think we have to

realize that at least one battle group has to focus on defending itself and its associated ships. but then if you're going to go after land targets such as the revolutionary guard installations, and not even the nuclear installations, you're going to need more power than that. i believe to take out the air defense systems, and then to go after the guard corps facilities you're going to need at least four together with bombers deployed on diego garcia further south in the indian ocean. but two is cutting it very close. jenna: so even if we had the four ships, i think one of the broader questions is whether or not we're actually prepared to use them, to do precisely what you're saying to take out the revolutionary guard if it comes to that point. do you think we are prepared, the pentagon the president, has the stomach to enter that type of conflict right now and to use the ships

you're recommending? >> i think the u.s. navy would be not inviting but welcoming provocative action, or violent action by iran because it has the capability to destroy the real threat here. again the revolutionary guard corps. and that's important to distinguish between that real enemy and things that would hurt the iranian people. the iranian people are very pro-american, basically, do, however, support the nuclear program that's accelerating now but they don't support the revolutionary guard corps and that is really what is propping this regime up. ultimately our goal has to be regime change in iran. jenna: mr. mcfarland, again thank you so much for coming in today. we always enjoy having you on with us. >> my pleasure, jenna. jon: we're getting some new information about a string of deadly attacks inside iraq. 46 people are dead and 200

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jenna: new next hour the tea party in georgia finding themselves teaming up with some unlikely allies, unions and environmentalists all on the same side. we're going to tell you why.

also iran's newest propaganda weapon, spreading anti-american messages right in our own backyard. we'll tell you where and more on who is helping. plus going crazy for hormones in hollywood. it is illegal for ball players but the newest trend is all the rage among celebrities. maybe coming to a doctor office near you. jon: trying to solve one of the most enduring mysteries of the 20th century. the government set to launch a brand new search for the plane belonging to famed aviator amelia earhart. rick folbaum following the story. rick? >> reporter: the u.s. government teaming up with a private group looking to renew the search for earhart's plane which went down somewhere in the pacific in 1937. this new effort is a result of a recently found picture may show a part of earhart's landing gear along a formation of coral reefs in the specific ocean. we're told even though the government is involved there is no taxpayer money going

towards this. state department officials feeling that the lead from this newly-found picture was strong enough that this search is worth doing. ear heart and her navigator fred noonan took off from new guinea, on july, 2nd, 1936. she was the first pilot, man or woman, to attempt to fly around the world, taking the longest route possible, the equator. secretary of state hillary clinton tweeting this morning that this attempt, this search is an attempt to be as optimistic and audacious as amelia earhart was herself. we'll keep you posted. jon: would be great to if they find answers to that enduring mystery. thanks, rick. jenna: the kind of thing makes you glad you stayed home to watch fox news. a 400-pound male gorilla escaping from his cage in the buffalo zoo. employees say he just slipped out through an unlocked door into a holding cage where he bit a female zookeeper. they had to call in the s.w.a.t. team.

ultimately a zoo vet managed to subdue him by shooting a tranquilizer dart at him. zoo officials are still investigating, why, jon, that door was left open. is a door to our studio locked? we need to check that out. jon: those gorillas have some big teeth. for one day only the national cathedral will reopen the door to the central tower. the tower, you probably remember was significantly damaged in last summer's east coast earthquake. ever since crews have been hard at work making repairs to that part of the tower. this saturday it will reopen for the traditional tower climb though it is unclear when it will even up for good. jenna: voters in illinois having their say which republican candidate they want to take on president obama this fall. we have a live report from the land of lincoln just ahead, very busy out there today. the commander of our forces in afghanistan is in can capitol hill right now. he is testifying about the

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>> reporter: rick foal folbaum in -- folbaum in the control room, problems in illinois, 3/4 of the county where folks are voting in the gop primary are having problems. we're tell you what could be going wrong. a major clue in the search for a missing high school girl in california. what police have found and how it hopes them to find her. >> human growth hormone, not just for professional athletes anymore. now the drug is going hollywood. we'll explain. that, and breaking news as the second hour of "happening now" starts right now. jenna: as rick mentioned, it's decision tkphaeu illinois. right now voters are casting their ballots for the republican primary for president.

we're glad you're with us everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott, the candidates today facing off in the president's home state. fifty-four delegates up for grabs in illinois. tonight's results will hinge on turnout and how well each candidate can get out the vote. mitt romney hopes for a decisive win to solidify his status at the republican who will face president obama in november but the race is for from over. let's talk about it with chief political correspond ent carl cameron, a.b. stoddard is also with us, associate editor of the hill. mitt romney said, carl, on fox, he's going to stop talking about things like delegate counts and electoral math and so forth. he wants to focus on the big issues. does that suggest that he believes he will coast to an easy victory in illinois? >> yes, it does. it also suggests that he recognizes that both rick santorum and newt gingrich have at times taken part in delegate math discussions but ridiculed it as well and when romney wants to cast

himself as the best republican to go up against barack obama, getting down into the weeds of delegate mathematics with his rivals seems trivial, he's trying to rise above that and cast himself as the inevitable frontrunner and nominee and talk about issues that will decide the vote in november. jon: a.b., it speaks volumes that rick santorum is fighting hard, says he wants to win illinois, yet he's going to have his post-election party tonight in pennsylvania. >> that's because rick santorum is not -- he's looked at the polls and has decided it's not likely he's going to prevail in illinois and he wants to contest pennsylvania, his home state, which comes up april 24th, that's the date that mitt romney is hoping to put the race away for good and rick santorum really wants pennsylvania. jon: can he do that on april 24th, carl, can mitt romney put the race away? >> april 24th is light years away, and what rick santorum is doing as a consequence of camping out in gettysburg

tonight is saying look, i'm going to be around and this race is going to continue until at least late april when pennsylvania votes. newt gingrich being in louisiana today, not in illinois, an emphasis that he's going to be competing on saturday when the louisiana caucuses come up where perhaps mitt romney's potential momentum from a would-be victory tonight could be reversed by a santorum comeback in louisiana. so all of these assertions by can tkhaeupbts romney can't clench it or they're going to stick around and wait for votes that come later is all about underscoring their emphasis on this is going to be a long battle. it may go all the twi tampa, and romney hasn't won yet. having said that, this is the first time that rick santorum will have to face mitt romney essentially head to head alone in a big state. illinois is the second biggest prize for delegates of all of them. only to florida, thus far. and so tonight, santorum will go up against mitt romney, he's been campaigning for some time -- campaigning that if newt

gingrich got out of the race santorum could perhaps beat and excel past romney. base on the signals from the campaign, the polls leading up to today, it may not be the way santorum said it would go when he went mono a mono on romney. jon: and what about the fact that romney has more money to spend and is advertising hevfully stpheulz. >> rick santorum has already boasted that he can win with his conservative message when he is outspent. he lost ohio by three points -- lost by three. now illinois is outspent once again, statewide, something like 6-1, in chicago and the surrounding suburbs, which is a romney strong hold, and he expects to win handily, he's outspent santorum something between 17 and 21-1. so this is really, now that he's seeing the polls, santorum is concerned that that, especially just being

more of a moderate, traditionally a more moderate state for republican voters there, that he is really going to lose badly, because romney with the money target that area will run up such a strong vote for himself, and santorum knows he will never really -- he can't make up the delegate mass and he'll never make up the money. he has had good wins when he didn't have the money but as carl said, this is an important state, a big state, lots of delegates, the kind of state you need to win to show that you can appeal to all the voters in the leak toreat so it's going to be hard for santorum to explain the loss. >> the last point, again t. sounds like more bad news for santorum but he's not even elable for the delegates, he didn't qualify to get on the ballot in four congressional districts and as a consequence, he's light ten delegates at least. that's a problem and that's something that santorum has faced in the past. it goes back to last year

when he was sort of toiling in obscurity, focusing on iowa and didn't do the necessary leg work to get fully the ballot and take as many as he could win with the popular vote tonight. that's an additional set back. as the process continues forward, romney seems to be sort of building momentum and with newt gingrich and ron paul not competeing in illinois, again, this is an important for santorum to shine and it could be tough. jon: carl cameron and a.b. stoddard, thank you. we'll continue to watch that race throughout the day in illinois. jenna: also today, a critical hearing on the way forward in afghanistan. u.s. general john allen, telling house lawmakers, we're on track to make sure that afghanistan doesn't once again become a safe haven for al-qaeda. today's hearing comes amid growing tensions, of course, in the region, tensions we don't have to remind of you, of course, you have the koran burning, a u.s. soldier allegedly going on this deadly shooting rampage, so the timing is important. chief intelligence

correspondent catherine her eurpblg is live with more on what the temperature commander in afghanistan had to say today. some interesting changes on the hill. >> reporter: that's right. so far the hearing has not been dominated by testimony by staff sergeant bale, confirming there are 16 shootings of afghan civilian, one is criminal and the second, administrative, which means it looks at the command structure that allowed bales to go off base. allen is also testifying under repeated questioning that the mission remains on track in afghanistan des might the -- despite the massacre of afghans and burning of korans and there's no testimony about the acceleration of drawdown of u.s. forces. allen suggested the afghans are stepping up. >> it went from 55 batallion formation toss 108, so the force has grown significantly in a year but also grown in its capabilities in just a year. >> reporter: as plans that the administration is

reportedly offering to give some control over the nighttime raids in the afghan villages, in been effort to get a lid on the tension between hamid karzai, allen responded: >> i think we're on track, sir, and i think even though there's been domestic rhetoric from the president on departing the ville radges early, et cetera, i will say both our president and president karzai had an extended conversation the other day, in fact, they've spoken three times just recently, where both of them were in full agreement. >> reporter: in a rare public admission allen confirms that extremist groups beyond al-qaeda are driving the insurgency. >> we know that the taliban remain a resilient and determined enemy and that many of them will try to regain their lost ground this spring, through assassination, intimidation, high profile attacks and placement of ieds. we know that iran continues to support the insurgency and fuels often the flame of

violence. >> reporter: this morning, general allen has been asked twice whether president obama's decision to publicly lay out the timeline for withdraw in afghanistan has put the u.s. in a weak negotiating position where the taliban, al-qaeda, and the haqqani network are simply biding their time and laying down their weapons until the u.s. leaves, jenna. jenna: an important point there and as you mentioned, catherine, the fact that -- the fact that general allen said something about iran and called them an determined enemy, when the president said the taliban are not the enemy, there's a lot of things to pay attention to. thank you very much. we'll be following this throughout the day today. jon: right now, crime and punishment. can a kid as young as 14 get life in prison without parole if the crime is murder? is that a fair sentence? that's the issue before the supreme court today. shannon bream is live from warbgsz covering that. shannon. >> reporter: hi john jon. the court is hearing two companion cases today, both

involve 14-year-old convicted murderer and sentenced to life without any chance of parole. i stepped out of the first case, that involves evan miller, he and another juvenile convicted of robbing a neighbor, beating him with a baseball bat and setting that man's trailer on fire, leaving the man to burn to death. they ruled it's no chance to send him off for the crime. the justices have decided recent relevant cases that first of all, one, bans the death penalty for juveniles and life without parole in most cases but not specifically when the case involves murder as it does in these cases. stephen briar expressed concern about where to draw the line asking attorneys could you send a 12-year-old to prison for life, what about a ten-year-old or eight-year-old? justice scalia pointed out that 39 states do allow juveniles to face life

without parole and in a few minutes, family members of the victims are going speak out on the steps of the supreme court and many say that if a juvenile does have the opportunity for parole the family members have to relive the crime over and over. we will also hear from groups on the steps who say the juvenile offenders are different from adults, have a better chance at rehabilitation and should be given that chance. we'll have the court's decision by june. jon: that's going to be a fascinating one. thank you very much, shannon bream in washington. jenna: who says there's no common ground in politics these days? a big issue that's uniting the tea party and labor unions as well. we're going to tell you about that. >> plus, police in high pursuit of two men who led them on a chase. how the second suspect got away and where he may be. also, rick is checking out the top story on foxnews.com. rick. >> reporter: it's all about politics ahead of today's illinois primary and you heard from a couple of experts at the top of the show. now it's your turn to play pundit.

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jon: "happening now", they say politics makes strange bed fellows and in an alliance, the tea party joining forces with, get this, labor unions and environmentalists in what could be a significant free speech case. skwraupblg andrew napolitano, fox news senior judicial analyst joins us. this is a case out of georgia where a republican senator has introduced a law, written a law, that would allow police to arrest people who are protesting outside private homes? >> you know, president obama

signed in secret last week a federal law that allows the secret service to ban protests anywhere near any one of the secret service is protesting. jon: protecting. >> we only know of one, georgia, as you point out, jon, are trying to pick this up on the state level. here are the basics, the first amendment protects your right to free speech, your right to associate, your right to be in public groups, your right to shout at the government, your right to address the government, redegrees of grievances, so such a statute, the one the president signed last week and the one that is being proceeded in georgia should never be enacted by the legislature and signed by the georgia governor, directly contradict the first amendment. that's why you have groups as disparite as labor unions on the left and tea party on the right saying we all want the right to protest jon: this is, i guess, geared at trying to prevent the kind of mayhem that can erupt when, say, a labor union

pickets outside the home of a corporate head. we've seen those situations and they can get pretty ugly. >> yes we have, and in fact, jon, the georgia state senator or legislator, i'm not sure exactly which house of the legislature he is in, is himself the head of a major corporation, somewhere outside of atlanta who has himself been the target of these demonstrations, which is all the more reason he shouldn't be doing this, because he cannot use his position in the government to stifle free speech. we're not talking about demonstrations at 3:00 in the morning to keep the children awake. there obviously is a time, place and manner regulation. we're talking about what he wants, an absolute ban on certain types of demonstrations by certain people, for certain political opinions. that, the first amendment simply won't tolerate, and that's why you have the right and the left joining in opposition to it. jon: well, and this thing

that you mentioned that president obama signed is essentially the same kind of law that would apply nationwide? >> yes. it's a very interesting statute, jon. there was very little public debate and there were no public hearings, and it lets the secret service make this decision on the basis of what the crowd is going to say. so if the crowd is propresident obama the secret service can let them stay, if the crowd is against president obama the secret service can disperse them. this law is only a week old so, far as we know it's never been used but it too is a candidate ripe for invalidation by a judge. jon: it sounds like the kind of thing that king gorge might have wanted. >> actually, even he didn't go that far! jon: judge andrew napolitano, thank you very much. >> pleasure to be with you. where is jenna! is she there? >> jon: she'll be talking to you soon enough! jenna: thank you judge for that. don't want to be forgotten. judge napolitano and i are

in makeup together in the morning. there are a lot of interesting legal conversations at that time. this is another case we're looking at today. her mother left for work and never saw her again, now a search underway for a missing california teenager. we have details on what police found that may help this case. this is a case we've been closely follow. brad: a former first lady family feuding is a world famous architect, we're going to tell you what dwight eisenhower has to do with it, coming up. ok! who gets occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'.

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jenna: right now, some new details in the mysterious disappearance of a california teenager. rick, you've been following this. any developments today? >> reporter: see year lamar is her name, jenna. she was last seen this past friday morning, it was 6:00, she was leaving her house on

her way to school. this is morgan hill in santa clara county, california. sierra's mom said the school called to say her daughter had never showed up, didn't attend any classes. local media reporting the police have found sierra's cell phone, they found it about a mile or -- half a phaoeurblgs rather, from her house and found it saturday night. they say it looks like it may have been tossed from a moving vehicle. the last text that was sent from that phone went through friday morning, around 6:30 or 7:00. it is not clear if this young woman was ab deducted or ran away, no word of any problems on the home front so that could point towards an abduction as searchers look for her. sierra is 5-foot two, thin, brown eyes, long black hair. anyone with information about her whereabouts is urged to call the local sheriff there: >> there's another alternative number on the

screen. either one will work, as people in southern california look for this young girl. back to you. jenna: we'll continue to watch this story, rick. thank you. jon: there is a growing dispute over a planned memorial for president dwight d. eisenhower. the eisenhower family is now in an intense battle with famed architect frank fearg over -- geary over the controversial design. chief correspondent james rosen has the live update. >> reporter: good afternoon. this controversy is a result when a distinctly modern or art critics would call it post structuralist. the actrebgt frank geary is honoring a simple, staid model of probe price and achievement of war and peace, namely dwight d. eisenhower. for the last four years, geary and his team have clashed over how best to honor eisenhower's legacy,

liberator of concentration camps and the 34th war, the speak gages -- integration of public schools in little rock and multiple crisiseans the soviets. the geary plan calls for a 4-acre space off the national mall to be punctuated by giant, soaring columns, enormous metal screens or tapestries, a sculpture depicting ike as a barefoot boy from kansas looking up at monumental stone carvings that are themselves modeled on famous images of eisenhower during d day and his years in the oval office. ike's granddaughter, susan eisenhower, said that many people have mentioned the towering medal -- metal scrims or tapestries. let's hear her say it for herself: >> all right, we will not be hearing from susan eisenhower. she went on to say that some people liken those metal

screens so the iron curtain, of which, of course, was associated with the soviet union. reporter people, she said, have told her holocaust survivors have mentioned that the screens and metal kurtons are reminiscent of internment. brigadier carl radae hr-ft of the commission defended the beauty of the design and estimate that's starting from scratch as some are recommending would cost the taxpayer a total of $32 million. jon and jenna. jon onisn't beautiful always in the eye of the beholder. >> reporter: except when it's me, then i decide! jon: james rosen. always so quick. thank you james. >> reporter: thank you. jenna: folks from texas and missouri are facing severe flooding as violent storms hit the south with heavy rain, hail and at least one tornado. we'll bring you up to date about what's happening there today, next. also breaking news on the illinois primary, ballot problems, cropping up across the state, causing delays already. we're going to get a live

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so you can breathe happy. jon: the topsy turvy america across america on this first day of spring, record temperature necessary many spots make it feel more like summer. texas has strong storms pound thank state, pushing rivers and creeks to the limit. at least one tornado touching down near san antonio. oklahoma, flooding, stranding drivers in their cars, a foot of rain could fall in the eastern part of the state in the next few

days. in arizona, we are talking snow. plenty of snow. 2 feet. making it look like a winter wonderland in flagstaff. janice dean joins us live from the fox weather center with a severe tornado watch to tell us about. >> reporter: absolutely. with all of that weather we're dealing with severe stuff as well across portions of texas, louisiana, as this slow moving storm system dumps incredible amounts of rain and brings us the threat for severe weather. there's the tornado watch, good until 5:00 p.m. local time and we had an earlier warning south of the shreveport area. they've just lifted that, so that's good news. no tornado warnings in effect, but we've seen them pop up. if you live in these areas make sure you know what to do if and when a warning is issued. we're not going to see a severe weather outbreak but we are seeing heavy winds and rain, certainly the threat for isolated tornadoes in he's areas, the

border of texas, louisiana, up towards arkansas. this is typically where we see that bull's eye for severe weather this time of year. the legacy of the storm is going to be the flooding. very slow moving system and with that, inches of rain in a short period of time. where you see the green, flash flood flashes and warnings and in the maronon, flash flood warnings in effect, heavy rain in a short period of time, very imminent over the next several hours. look at the precipitation we are looking at, close to 9 inches across portions of louisiana, the ground is already saturated, it can't handle any more water so we're going to have runoff and the potential for flooding. the other huge issue remains the "s -- the temperatures, chicago, busting records left, right and center where we've seen several days of consecutive 80-degree heat, look at memphis, 84, 81 in raleigh. you can see where the cooler air has pulled across the west and the rocky, where

we're seeing that incredible footage of the snow and people enjoying the winter-like weather. variable highs as it continues to lumber eastward we're going to see that southerly flow and temperatures into the 80s in areas you don't typically see that this time of year. jon: so on this primary day in illinois nobody has an excuse to stay in because of the weather. >> no. short sleeves, t-shirts, get out there! jon: it's spring. good to see you janice. >> reporter: good to see you. jenna: speaking of illinois, we have breaking news, where some voters are facing delays when they show up to vote in the primary today. turns out there's a problem with the ballot. steve brown is live outside a polling center in illinois with more. steve. >> reporter: jenna, yes, it appears that there are problems with ballots being a bit too big. in 46 of 110 election jurisdictions here in the state of illinois, that's counties and cities all

together, 46 of those jurisdictions, they're having problems with ballots that are a little bit too wide to feed into the optical scan machines. they are the very same system being used in this precinct here in dupage county, the acu vote system but apparently some of the ballot necessary some of those districts, some of those counties, jurisdictions, excuse me, are having problems with that. that means those ballots may need to be hand-counted. on top of that, we hear this from the state republican party chairman in regards to turnout. have a listen: >> there's a bit of a spike in republican early absentee voting but probably we'll get 31, 32 percent. it won't be like when obama was on the bap ot but a decent turnout for a primary. >> 30 percent would be much higher than they typically get in statewide primary necessary illinois so therefore, you combine a higher than average turnout plus with difficulties counting, two and two may equal a late night for some

of us who are watching this. jenna: we'll be watching it right along with you, steve. thank you. jon: well, let's go to washington now, where house republicans are unveiling an updated budget. this resolution, another attempt to slash federal spending, cut taxes, and restore america's financial future. it is not likely to pass, though in the senate, but house republicans say they want to show that they're ready to try to get the decifit under control. >> we propose to get our budget on a sustainable path. we propose to get our budget not only on a path to balance but on a path to paying off the debt, on a path to prosperity. >> jon: douglas holtz-aken is former director of the congressional budget office and president of the america action forum. if this thing is dead on arrival in the united states senate what's the point? is it just an exercise in few tilt? >> no. it's an exercise in displaying to american voters the kinds of things that will restore prosperity

in america, that will take us out of the most predictable crisis in history as the president's chairman of the fiscal commissioner,er skin bowles called t. and it will keep our safety net preserved for the next generation for seniors and low income americans, so this is about taking up the challenge senate hasn't taken up in three years, they haven't had a budget, the president has never incorporated any of the fiscal recommendations in the budgets and as a result we're on a trajectory that's dangerous to americans and we need to change course. jon: some republicans on capitol hill are quoted as saying, and most don't want to be named, but they're quoted as saying this thing gives the president a political target, that reforming medicare, however you do it, becomes a vehicle by which the president can scare seniors. what do you -- sair seniors. what do you say to that? >> we saw this last year. last year the president in a

very unpresidental moment lectured paul ryan about his proposals and we saw him use it as a weapon in a special election in new york but we also saw republican understand that challenge and win in a special election in nevada and it's certainly the case that anyone who attacks this proposal in the budget has to answer the question what would you do, because we simply cannot continue with the program as it is now and we can't continue to have a trillion dollars decifit the way we do now. so it's not enough to attack the united states, and anyone -- the president of the united states and anyone else who attacks these proposals should come up with something to solve the problem. jon give us the highlight. the reduce the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent, you take the individual tax rate down to just two brackets, right, a 10 percent bracket on the low end and 25 percent bracket? >> yes. as the president's commission recommended, the house budget contains comprehensive tax reform. that includes the individual income tax, the corporation income tax, it gets rid of the alternative minimum tax

which is a perennial threat to the middle class, it makes the tax code progrowth and as millions of americans who do not have jobs know, we need growth, it makes the code internationally competitive. we now are on an even footing with our international competitors. those are the ingredients we need to have the resource toss solve the nation's problems. jon: in that tax rate, clear up my confusion on this. if you reach a certain number, you're paying 10 percent tax, you go $100 over that, all of the sudden you're paying a 25 percent tax, how does that encourage an individual to work harder and try to make more money? >> well, we've certainly seen this kind of reform before, it's reminiscent of 19 # six, 14 and 18, these are the kinds of tax rates that can generate small business growth and they are far preferable to the tax rates we have now which range as high as 35, with the president's threatening to raise them further yet. so we believe that this is the kind of tax reform

necessary at this point in our nation's history. jon: the senate hasn't passed a budget in three years, as you pointed out. the president proposed a budget which didn't get a single vote. does this thing -- i mean, does some iteration of this thing stand a chance of passing? >> it has no chance because of the senate. majority leader harry reid has already said he has no intention of taking up a budget. that's a real absence of leadership on the senate side. so there is no realistic path, legislative pasoo to legislative passage for this budget proposal. it should however be the? piece of debate over the election season and it ought to be the legislative agenda for january 2013. jon skwrao*pbd shot across the bow of the -- bough of the democratically election dollars senate. >> yes. jen a massive man hunt is underway for a man who led police on a pursuit.

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sounds good, right? there might be a catch, though, one detail. the fountain of youth, or the trend that is gaining especially out in hollywood, is actually human growth hormone. it apparently is all the rage. the question is is it being overprescribed, how smart is this to actually use hgh? and rye burger is co-author of the beverly hills antiaging transcription, prescription, also the director of vitality institute, and dr. manny is with us, our medical a teamer. dr. burger, i'm going to speak to you first on this. you say you prescribe this to patients. what circumstance would qualify a patient to get this hormone? >> well, the only circumstance that would qualify is for a patient to have a diagnosis of an adult growth hormone deficiency and that's based upon examining the patient, getting the patient's symptoms, testing, then based upon making that

diagnosis, putting the patient on the hormone. however, just like in a symphony orchestra, no one instrument is the orchestra, same with the hormones, no one hormone is the orchestra so we're looking at balance. gen jen how would one be tested for a deficiency that would require hgh, what would be some of the symptoms someone might feel that you would test for this? >> well, there are a lot of symptoms, they start -- they're whole-body symptoms but basically patients will be coming in for the most part with weight gain, having trouble with muscle mass, having problems with libido, sexual performance, mood, sleep, also, memory, and issues. so there's a whole host of things that patients will come to you with. it's not just a simple symptom. there's a whole number of symptoms that can be associated with this. you really have to tease it out but hgh is just one of many variables that can

contribute to the symptoms. jenna: it sounds like there's a lot to this. the reason why this specific article in "vanity fair" talked about this, that you were interviewed for, this caught my attention because i'm a sports fan and i know a lot of athlete that is have been accused of using hgh, it's not legal to use for athletic performance, so i was curious why we thought it would be okay for the rest of us to use because it's not okay for athletes because it enhases their performance. how safe do you think this is. >> hgm is safe if you're treat ago deficiency and replace what's missing and treating it to size logic levels, not superlogic, at a level that would be normal and safe. however, if you start overtreating, in other words, trying to overdo things for enhancing, for example, athletic performance or muscular development, that's not safe, that creates a problem. jenna: what's the youngest person that you've prescribe d hgh to?

>> well, normally, the youngest person that i've encountered would be somebody in their 20s but that would be somebody that has had some form of traumatic brain injury and general pit u tear issues and -- pitutitary issues and that would be the reason to have it at a younger age. jenna: interesting, dr. burger, thank you very much, we appreciate the perspective from someone that this is their specialty and has knowledge on the subject matter of the thank you for talking us. dr. manny, we wanted to bring new as well because this really caught our attention. what are your thoughts on this? >> listen, i come from a different school of thought. i think that this hgh could be a very big problem because it's really not being regular rated -- regulated as well as it should. look, the fundamental difference here is there doctors, endocrinologists will tell you this whole

deficiency of this hormone is a lot of hot air. you asked the question before when should this hormone be utilized. this hormone is manufactured when you is a significant puti -- pituitary deficiencies. there are children, their pediatricians will inject them with a hormone, if you have a major brain injury where the pituitary is gone -- >> jenna: but that's not mainstream, that's not something that happens all the time. >> the argument now is doctors nowadays want to forget about that and what they want to do is say okay, we're going to treat symptoms rather than the reality of the labratories. this argument of deficiencies, most of these doctors that replace these hormone, they own the labs or they have special labs, and nobody really can find out if these levels are low or not, how accurate. these are not labs that you

would utilize. these are special labs. jenna: you want more oversight on that. >> i want this to be regulated. i think this is a dangerous drug. jenna: let me ask you about the dangerous drug because there's a lot of things that deal with antiaepblging, not just botox, but surgeries you can take, and compared to that, what is the difference? some are willing to get -- >> we talk about plastic surgery addiction, we talk about people injecting cement under their skin, we talk about the potential side effects from anesthesia. the argument in life is whether you want to be a triangle or a square. people believe, here we are, when we are born, we have the hormones, the energies, then of course as we get older, everything changes. people believe that we shouldn't change, from the moment we're born to the moment that we die. so if you have to decide what you want to be in life, if you want to be a square, then you're going to use plastic surgery, you're going to use all of these

hormones, whether they're safe or not, but if you want to be a triangle, you can have a very natural aging process, you know, which means that -- >> jenna: dr. manny -- >> exercise, eat right and don't do the bad things that everybody does. jen are you calling jon a square? >> jon is not a square. he's a very elegant triangle. jon: i'm a blackhead is what i am! jenna: interesting conversation and you make good points. i think about my nieces growing up in this day and age where botox is all the rage and everyone is getting plastic surgery and you wonder what kind of injections might be around when they're 18, 25 years old. that's really one of the reasons we want to talk about this. >> the hormone, you can develop cancer if you're not careful, type two diabetes eat e. there's a lot of things this hormone can do. there are of increasing it. go to foxnews.com/health, we'll tell you how to

increase your growth hormone without increasing it artificially. jenna: i have a triathlon coming up in a couple of weeks, i need some -- >> you don't need anything, you're beautiful! jon: triathlon? jenna: yes, if you start me coming in pumped up, you're going to know that's the reason i did that segment. jon: we are taking the cameras to that, you can be sure. >> a defiant iran and antichristian propaganda in our own back yard. why, where, and -- we'll we'll tell you how and where and why it's causing big problems for the united states.

jon: right now, iran, known for spouting propaganda around the globe. but did you know iran is spreading its antiamerican message right here in our own back yard? adam housley, live from los

angeles with more on that. adam. >> reporter: jon, in fact iran has five different television networks in five different languages. one is hspan tv. with the help of strongman hug oh chavez, it's a 24-hour channel pushing antiamericanism, and it follows a trip to mahmoud ama ahmadinejad, those not considered the closest allies to the u.s. iran says the channel on the air for a trial basis with a 16 hour daily program will target millions of spanish speaking people throughout the world, 24 hours. >> i will not be at all surprised that antiamericanism and antisemitism, sometimes in overt forms, sometimes in the form of the rhetoric of antizionism is going to be

very much a mainstay of that ideology, as it is in every other television program. >> reporter: accusations that the iranian government compromised its editorial independence have latin america broadcasters worried as well who say it's a threat not only for venezuela but a threat for all of the hemisphere. >> they do not believe in freedom, they do not believe in human rights, so they have a very important de nominating and venezuela can provide the money, passports for their agents, so venezuela is helpful for them >> reporter: that was the president of rc tv. you remember three years ago we were in latin america when ground and his tv station was put down by chavez for what he claimed was unfair broadcasting. he made up some reason to shut him down at the time but that's what it came to and there were massive protests. now the same people are

saying you know what, this television station is doing exactly what they were taken off the air for jon and there are worries they're supporting the hezbollah agents now in latin america. jon: hug oh chavez, anything in iran is never a good things, it seems. >> not at all. jon: thank you very much, adam housley. jenna: the major focus in washington is cutting the national debt and today we've been keeping an eye on how it's growing. this is how the national debt clock looked when we started the show. we're going to check this at the end of the show to show how much has been added. our brain room estimates in the next two hours, we're going to add $304 million. over the last two hours, $203 million total has been added. so we'll have more on that coming up in just a moment. multi-policy discount. paperless discount. paid-in-full discount.

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