>> jamie: a "fox news alert," sunday morning, there is new reaction and a lot of well-wishes, flooding in for former vice president dick cheney, now referricovering fro heart transplant surgery, i'm jamie colby and that is big news that broke last night. >> eric: it really did and, welcome, everybody, i'm eric sean, and welcome. dick cheney had five heart attacks over 25 years, the first when he was 37 years old, serving in congress and now the 71-year-old is recuperating at a virginia hospital and peter doocy is live in washington with the latest on the former vice president's health. good morning, peter. >> reporter: good morning, eric and the former vice president is recovering right now, in the intensive care unit at enova-fairfax hospital in falls church, virginia. his history of heart problems is

long, he has had five heart attacks since he was 37 and is 71 years old, right now and had a left ventricular assist device for end stage heart failure and he was on the cardiac transplant list more than 20 months told us at the end of the summer he was on the fence about a transplant. >> one of the questions is whether i will go for a heart transplant and the equipment i wear was originally put together as a transitional device, to keep somebody going, so they can get a transplant and now it is good enough, a lot of people give on it for years and i haven't made the decision what i'll do but is one of the options i have to look at down the road. >> reporter: one year after a transplant there is an average 88% patient survival rate and the number falls to 75%, five years after a transplant and 56%, ten years after a transplant and there are currently 3100 americans on the

national waiting list for new hearts and last year over 2300 people had heart transplants, it is a major operation, and, a spokesman for former president george w. bush tells us president bush has been in contact with the cheney family and he and mrs. bush were thrilled that the surgery went well, and are keeping vp cheney in their prayers for a full and speedy recovery. and we are told that the vice president and his family do not know the identity of the donor, but they are forever grateful for the life-saving gift. eric? >> eric: peter, amazing, our good wishes to the vice president and his family on his recuperation. thank you, and we'll have a lot more on the vice president's heart transplant, ahead with the doctors, doctors siegel and samadi join us for a weekly "sunday house calsunda"sunday h minutes and they'll have in sight about the surgeries especially for those 3100 that peter mentioned were waiting for similar heart transplant surgeries themselves. >> jamie: another "fox news alert," on the election front.

it is the republican race for the white house, of course and rick santorum winning in louisiana's g.o.p. primary, yesterday. now defeating mitt romney in at least 4 southern conservative states, thanking his supporters and comparing his campaign to another famous conservative who has gone before him. >> ronald reagan fought that battle in 1976. and he did something that had not been done since and, as somewhat of a conservative running against the washington establishment, he won 11 states and tonight, thanks to the great people of louisiana, we have won our 11th state, in this primary fight. and, i want to thank you for that. [cheers and applause]. >> jamie: an undeniable win. more on the race, let's bring in senior editor of the american spectator, john fund joining us. great to see you, how are you. rick santorum is doing well and mitt romney watching this race,

very carefully, and the other southern states as well, what does it tell us about what conservatives want? >> they are dissatisfied with mitt romney, many of them, especially in the south. they want to see more and they -- what they got last week was not encouraging, a mitt romney aide, said when we get to the general election, like an etch-a-sketch, you start all over again and nixon said you run in the primaries on the right and move to the center or center left in the general election and conservatives don't think that is good anymore. they want to beat barack obama, and beat him with someone who will change america and restore what a lot that obama took away and mitt romney is like lie to be the nominee but is struggling harder than people expected. >> jamie: that is the e thing, it comes up poll after poll and republicans want to pick someone who can beat barack obama. you need to -- the fund and the ground game and i guess the

philosophy and the ideology, which rick santorum may have. but, can he beat the president? >> well, the polls show that mitt romney does better against obama than santorum but they are both still within the margin of error and so santorum can make a plausible case, i'm from pennsylvania and i can do better, i put that state in play and the ground game for the convention fight is not very good. he doesn't have much money and doesn't have much organization, and, mitt romney is slowing grinding him down, mitt romney himself, leaving aside his age, has been talking a pretty good game. he's got a much better tax plan than he used to, a much more focused message. he's letting a lel bit more of his personal side be revealed. so, i think he has become a better candidate. but, at least in the south and at least with some conservatives, there is a lagging indicator. >> jamie: what did newt gingrich do. >> he didn't clear the hurdle to get delegates in louisiana i

think is now running to get attention and his ideas out and he has many good ideas but practically speaking is not going to be the nominee. so, he has to decide, do i want to continue to run? or do i continue to divide the conservative vote? or do i make a graceful exit? nobody knows what he want to do, because he will make up his own mind and, has broken every conventional rule for the campaign and sometimes it helped and sometimes it hurt him. >> jamie: john, this week, jeb bush game out and endorsed mitt romney and a lot of people are getting behind mitt romney. it would seem. because they now want, as jeb bush said, for the party to come together. pick a candidate and start to direct their efforts toward president obama. the supreme court case, which will be heard this week, is huge on health care. that could give republicans an opportunity to argue something that really matters, if it is deemed unconstitutional to the american voter and the question is, is now a critical time for

them to pick a candidate, get behind him and move forward? >> well, remember the mattal between hillary clinton and barack obama lasted into early june in 2008 and didn't really slow barack obama down that much, in his victory in november. i do think, though, that after pennsylvania, which is rick santorum's home state, that he loses his home state, that will basically take away his argument that he is a national candidate who can win all over the country for the nomination and i think at that point there will be enormous pressure from the party establishment and even some of his own supporters, to look carefully at his chances, look at the delegate count, and see if, maybe things can wrap up in early may. that is, assuming, santorum loses pennsylvania. if he wins pennsylvania he'll fight on. >> jamie: a lot of pundits say the november election is far, fae away but it sure seems to be approaching quick. every day seems to count. thanks for joining us, this sunday morning. john fund, folks. thanks.

>> jamie: supporters of president obama's health care overhaul bracing for that constitutional challenge. it starts tomorrow. at the supreme court. where the high court will hear arguments against the administration's signature legislative achievement. stay with us for a live report next hour, a major constitutional question that is being raised, how the high court's decision will affect each and every one of us, more coming up in the next hour. >> jamie: and add to that, this stop story, president obama joining world leaders in south korea for a summit on nuclear weapons today. the goal, how to keep nukes out of the hands of terrorists and, rogue nations. but, the president opening his trip with a visit to the front line of one of the most dangerous areas in the world. taking an up-close look at the heavily guarded border with north korea and issuing a warning to the regime from its doorstep. senior white house foreign

affairs correspondent wendell goler live in seoul, south korea for us. wendell, great to have your live report. tell us about this meeting. >> reporter: well, jamie, north korea was always the symbolic focus of the gathering, even though it warned that criticism of its nuclear program would be considered an act of war, president obama was sharply critical of his plans to launch a satellite next month. the rest of the world sees that as a poorly disguised missile test which he makes clear will cost the north hundreds of thousands of tons in food aid. >> president barack obama: my hope is that at some point the north koreans make the decision that it is in their interests to try to figure out how to feed their people and improve their economy, rather than have big parades where they show off weapons.

>> reporter: neither president obama nor south korean president lee would offer an assessment of the north korean new leader, and, the president suggested it's not clear he's really in charge and, the president went to the demilitarized zone, described as the most heavily fortified border in the world, and, he thanked those he said are serving on freedom's fro frontier. and, he has several meeting on the side and talked with turkey's president about the iranian nuclear threat and, planned a meeting with hu jintao and understands china's concerns about instability in the north and turning a blind eye to north korea's provocations is not working. jamie? >> jamie: wendell goler in seoul. thanks. >> eric: what is the latest reaction of the president's reaction to pyongyang, the bad

behavior will not work. >> president barack obama: north korea will achieve nothing by threats or provocations. north korea knows its obligation and must take irreversible steps to meet them and, this the u.s. and the republican of korea are absolutely united on this. >> eric: are the president's words falling on deaf ears? north korea moved the rocket to a northwestern site preparing for the planned launched next month and it would be a violation of international accords. and washington says it is meant to test a long-range missile that could potentially hit alaska and more, john bolton, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and a fox news contributor joins us now from paris, as you can see, ambassador, good morning. first question, you think the north koreans are going to listen to president obama? >> i don't think there is any chance that that will happen. they are clearly committed to launching this rocket, it is a

missile test, not for a communications satellite. they may put something in orbit but the real purpose is to show that their ballistic missile lift capability made a real progress. now, the president's words were tough but i'm afraid he has no credibility with north korea or with iran, which is also watching this very carefully. didn't sound to me like the president was prepared to cut off his food aid, part of the deal with north korea, announced on february 29th. he should. but, it's not clear to me that he will. >> eric: remember what happened with the clinton administration? they made their deal for oil and food aid and the north koreans totally ignored that and fired missiles over japan and tested two nuclear devices. how do we get them to stop? is that possible? >> well, i don't think negotiations with north korea are going to achieve anything. they have broken every agreement they've made since the state of north korea was created. and, i think they must think we

have the attention span of fruit flies. that they make deals, we provide tangible economic and political assistance, they violate the deal, and, we make another deal with them. so, i think this episode with the missile they are about to launch next month, proves we have to get beyond the mindset. what we need focus on is the only long term solution, to the north korean nuclear threat and that is the reunification of the two states on the korean peninsula. that is what we ought to be talking to china now. that is where our effort needs to be focused. it will be a difficult road but that is the path we should be pursuing, not trying to persuade north korea to act in a rational fashion as we see it. >> eric: the president will sit down tomorrow with the chinese president. how do you think those talks will go? >> well, apparently, the president is going ask the chinese to pressure north korea not to launch the missile. i'm sure that is what china

wants to do but these are half steps and i think it shows to not only kim jong-un, the new leader of north korea who in a sense is testing our president but again to the ayatollahs in iran, that the president may talk tough every once in a while, but does not follow through. and that is a very bad lesson for others to see. >> eric: you mentioned tehran and the fact that pyongyang thinks we have the attention of fruit flies and tehran as you say is watching. what does it tell them? >> well, i think it says the president is so committed to negotiation, that he's prepared to overlook violations of agreements. what the president should have done in addition to cutting off the food aid to north korea was to say there will be no more negotiations, with a country that year and year and year in and out violated the agreements it made, much the same way iran

behaved and the president's forbearance here with north korea tells the iranians, they can continue to follow a strategy they have also followed for many years, to use negotiations, to buy time and legitimacy, to make progress on their nuclear weapons. >> eric: ambassador john bolton who had experience negotiating with the north koreans and we know, they called you, quote, a very ugly fellow, and a quote, fiendish blood sucker. thanks for joining us from paris, this morning. >> bonjour. >> jamie: he's a good sport. thank you, ambassador. this is shocking new health news that we learned about, and it has to do with your kids and bottled water. we'll tell you why you may want to stick with tap, for their next serving. also, sunday morning starting with i boom, in one city, as it bids farewell to a famous arena. don't go yet. we want to show it to you, next. do you have anything for a headache...like excedr...

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>> jamie: house budget committee chairman paul ryan making waves with a proposal to wipe out deficits. and, balance the budget by 2040. today on fox news sunday chris

wallace asked him if he'd give up his plan by considering a vice presidential run. >> if the nominee of the party, whoever it is, comes to you, next august and says, paul, your budget is the budget and i want you to be the point man forgetting it through, will you be my running mate. >> i'm already the point guy for doing it in the house. >> you would be more powerful as the vice president. >> who knows. i don't know the answer to your question, chris. it's not a bridge i have come close to crossing, a decision somebody else makes, and quite honestly i'm focused on doing my job in congress, which is to give the country an alternative choice of two futures and how we save and strengthen america and the american dream from what i think the path the president put us onto debt an decline. i haven't given enough thought to that. >> you are leaving the door open and saying, if i were asked i'd have to consider it. >> i'd have to consider it but is not something i'm thinking about, right now. >> jamie: joining me now, the

anchor of fox news sunday, a good follow-up question, what do you think he's saying. >> he's saying he'd consider it. one reason i brought it up, mitt romney endorsed the ryan plan, maybe not every detail but the basic thrust of it, in major tax and spending cuts and reform, and, especially entitlements and medicare and we had david plouffe and he's trying to hang that around mitt romney and said the romney-ryan budget and, as if that should be the republican ticket and, i brought it up with paul ryan and he left the door open. there are a lot of ways to answer this. in the end, it was the choice of the nominee and may not be mitt romney, but, ryan could have shut the door and left it open and i'm sure political washington will chew over that tonight. >> jamie: david plouffe is also a guest on your show today.

and, the question is, president obama has not presented a budget, there is no budget and the ryan budget has been around for a while and lots of republicans have signed onto the fact that it potentially is a better alternative. did david plouffe say anything about what the president has to offer, in terms of reducing the deficit specifically, especially, given the fact that it -- if health care is declared constitutional the mandate this, week, we're looking at big bucks being spent. >> infairness the president submitted a budget, it is going nowhere and the democrats will not bring it up in the senate and one thing we did with david plouffe and ryan is talking about the differences with the two and, the fact that the ryan budget, balances the budget according to the congressional budget office by 2040 and the obama budget balances it never. never. never gets there and, $6 trillion in debt over the next

ten years, is added and we talk about that with david plouffe and, what you heard from the white house, a balanced approach, yes, there are spending cuts and also tax increases and it would increase the tax burden on the wealthy. look, this is going to be, regardless of whether ryan is on the or not, whoever the nominee is, the blueprints will be the same and will be a central issue in the election in the fall where do we go on spending and entitlement and they have two different visions. >> jamie: to clarify is it a stretch to have said the mitt romney plan is the ryan plan when it comes to budgets? >> mitt romney, when the ryan plan came out, mitt romney said that he endorsed it and thought it was a good plan, i don't think that means every detail, but the general direction it will take the country he endorsed, yeah. >> jamie: we will not miss it. the guests together will give us a full picture on the issue, thanks, chris.

always good to see you on sunday mornings. you don't want to miss his interview, a double-header today. house budget committee chairman paul ryan and senior advisor at president, david plouffe. it airs today, 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. only on fox. >> eric: you know you could have a new cancer-fighter right in your medicine cabinet? brand new research out, this week about the power of aspirin. and we talked a lot about aspirin's benefits. could there be a downside in the latest report? we'll have the answers from the doctors, next. plus, former vice president dick cheney right now, recovering from his heart transplant surgery. what the procedure involved and what others facing the same thing across the country can do, and how the surgery can help all of us. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ?

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>> jamie: once again all the health news you need this week

to live your life right. "sunday house call," and joining us, this morning, dr. marc siegel, associate professor of medicine at the nyu langone medical center, and, the author of the inner pulse, unlocking the secret code of sickness and health. >> eric: and dr. david samadi, chief of robotic at the mt. sinai medical center here in new york. good morning. >> jamie: good morning, to both of you, an important story we all talk about, via e-mail, the former vice president, dick cheney who had a heart transplant, he had been waiting 20 months on a trans plant list and had a left ventricular assist device for the treatment of end stage heart failure already and after being on the list, he gets the call and goes to the hospital and, he has this transplant. what is involved in that surgery? >> well, let me wish him a fast recovery, i'm happy he was able to tolerate the surgery well and it speaks about the wonders of

medicine and surgery and the fact that he has been struckling with the heart disease for the last two decades, five heart attacks and, he had the ventricular device in 2010, a battery powered pump you can go on many years before going on the transplant and the pump, it takes the blood away from the real heart and sends the blood to the circulation and the battery you can wear and it is a bridge for many things, a bridge -- it is a bridge to either recovery of the heart or could be a bridge to transplant, or permanent. it is basically, a bridge to, you know, permanent... >> jamie: you don't get a transplant. >> and you can go on many years with it and he was fortunate enough to get on the list and the surgery is complicated, because he has had the device there was a lot of scarring and

adhesions, he'll stay in the hospital, two weeks and will be on immunosuppression, lifetime, and, in a few days, two weeks he'll get a biopsy of the heart... >> jamie: they take a piece of the heart. >> to make sure there is no rejection, it is a prolonged recovery and i'm glad he barely made it. the age is a critical factor. >> jamie: that is my question, the prognosis, because, if he had the device, had the original heart which we know has been through trauma with the heart attacks. what about the surrounding tissue and arteries an veins that go to the heart, can they support a heart in a way a 71-year-old can have a good survival? >> jamie, the answer here is the left ventricular assist device. talk about exciting medicine, a study in 2003, said the new

generation of the device is a bridge to transplant and some people, even cheney said last year himself, could be something you use for years instead of the transplant and probably kept his other organs in great shape which is key here. the device changed and he looked better before the transplant and that improvement his prognosis and puts him into a category, one-year survival rate is over 85% and five year survival, 75% and the key is in the first, as david said, two weeks, and he's watched carefully in the hospital, look for signs of infection and possible blood clots and bleeding and once you are over the threshold an out of the hospital, you have to consider rejection and some have rejection and, they end up getting over it.

si cyclosporin. >> jamie: i me eric has questions, too, but how does he feel this morning, from before the question. >> that is a great question, the answer is probably we have to talk to him. so many patients said, i suddenly feel renewed and rejuvenated, parts of my body that they were getting blood before, now are and i feel more awake and alert. and feel better. >> eric: what about the 3100 people out there, now, who are waiting for similar surgery, dr. samadi? what do we do as average people if we can face this, and what does the surgery mean for us? >> fortunately, out of those 3,000, 2,000 are able to get the transplant and about 300 of them are over the age of 65. and he's one of the lucky ones and the whole list, whether you are -- status or finances has nothing to do with how you will get the transplant. it is a fair and balanced system and you have to wait for your turn and he's lucky he got that. the way he feels today after

surgery hee has a lot of pain ad he needs to go through the recovery, the chest is open, they put him on bypass, recovering from the anesthesia and the next few days slowly will be out of bed and am a little bit and, so this is a miracle and, the fact he was able to go through the pump and now get a transplant speaks of the gift of life and will move on and hopefully has a great life. 5 year survival, 70% and, ten years, 50%, a good sign for him. >> and something to add, compatibility, hla compatibility and it depends on the exact heart. we don't know how compatible it was. >> jamie: he doesn't even know. >> and that will also, according to studies predict how well he'll do in terms of rejection. >> jamie: great, wish he and his family all the best. >> eric: remarkable and our thoughts and prayers are with him and his families well as the generous donor and the donor's

family. >> jamie: what a gift they gave. >> eric: now, new studies, as we move on this morning, on "house call", what's to do with aspirin, has to do with the heart, a wonder drug and many take it and there is news about the potential of it battling cancer and first the heart and aspirin, people taking the low dose aspirin and now it helps prevent cancer? >> we have been following it on this show, aspirin, a couple of weeks ago we talked about aspirin and the risk of bleeding and, we warned people, there is a risk of bleeds. and this is -- two studies out in lancet and, it is phenomenal and they traced cancer back from the 1950s and look at patients who got aspirin and those who didn't. and the author wrote and said, we have an ability in great britain to really track over 100,000 patients like this. and he found, they found that there was a 35% decrease in colon cancer, incidence of that if you were on aspirin and more surprising, it didn't spread if you had it. a 35 to 40% decrease in cancer

spreading once you had it. and 1 15% decrease of dying fro that and other gi tract cancers and it moves my needle totally in the direction and i will not go to the patients and say take as aspirins to prevent cancer but for patients i'm considering for heart sees an stroke prevention, people at risk, i'm definitely, more conscious -- >> eric: what if you are not at risk, an average person, when should you take the low dose. >> i would probably say, over the age of 50 but i will not tell everybody over there, over the age of 50 to take it. some people have confounding factors, risk of a bleed, had an you per and i don't want them on it and -- an ulcer and i don't want them on it and, it seems to decrease your risk of prostate cancer. >> i think, these are randomized studies and it is well done and

the reason we are getting the data is because they've done the study for aspirin and heart disease and now we see it actually helps with cancer and if you are taking aspirin, for three years in a row, every day, the risk of developing cancer, is reduced by 25%, on the other hand, also they looked at metastasis and the spread of the cancer, if you are on it six-and-a-half years the risk of spread of the cancer is reduced by 40%. typical cancers that are helpful in this drug, aspirin is a adenocarcinoma. >> jamie: what is that? >> the tip of cancer with lung cancer and prostate and esophageal cancers, those are helped with the use of aspirin and the question eric asked was important, when do you give aspirin? you will not give it across the board at this point. if you have a strong family of colon cancer and familial polyposis, those people are at high risk of colon cancer, start

them on a low dose of aspirin, if you have a strong family of prostate, aggressive type of prostate cancer, you should consider taking aspirin and the other great finding in the study, there was no increase in the risk of bleeding in the brain or stomach. this is great. talk to your doctor before going on aspirin. >> one final point to add to that. the benefit for cancer occurred in the first few years after the study, which is amazing, previously, it has been a long term, looking at 10 or 20 years and you may be able to get the benefit early and the other thing is, the risk of bleeding which he mentioned goes down and, the first couple of years, if you don't have bleeding your chances are less. >> jamie: all right. >> eric: aspirin a day, keeps you guys away. >> jamie: what are you taking? >> eric: 81 milligram, dr. rosenfeld said take that. >> jamie: universally accepted now. thank you so much, doctors, it is important, if you are a parent we have a health warning that involves your kids and may surprise you, why giving your

child bottled water may be depriving them of important nutrients you probably went them to have, a study found about kids' dental health and how to prevent unnecessary visits and so painful, too, sometimes, to the dentist's office, stay with us. we'll be right back. ♪

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increasing. for kids 2-11, there is an increase of several percent in the amount of cavities. why is that? we don't know that it is the bottled water. it could be they eating more candy or, not brushing their teeth as much but we do know fluoride helps and we have it in our toothpaste and our tap water. 15% of bottled water has fluoride in it and it is probably not enough. but, i would encourage parents out there, if you are using more bottled water, get your fluoride somewhere else, brush your kids' teeth more and work on that. i'm yelling at them all the time, brush your teeth. less candy and less soda and, get more fluoride in the bottled water, an hugh for health and human services and i'm all for that, more fluoride. >> jamie: how many times are you nagging your kids to brush their teeth. >> they are well disciplined, my wife does a good job, the key is to get your children to see the dentist the first year of life

and for adults and kids, every 6 months, good to pay a visit and make sure the dentist looks at the . dental cavities is the most common health disorder after flu and it is the real deal and the fact is you need fluoride to build up the enamel and the mineralization of the teeth, to strengthen them and you need that. now, the issue is, i think marc was nice, but the bottom line is the bottle of water, doesn't have fluoride, where does it come from? the natural water was it goes through soil and rock gets the fluoride and you need tap water. no mystery about this. we are not getting enough. we are using this bottled water for cooking and for drinking and, it's not good and it is okay to drink tap water. the only other issue is, that look at your house filters, a bat of the purifying filters takes out the fluoride. that is not good for you. making a visit to your dentist and getting fluoride from toothpaste should be keeping us healthy. >> jamie: we want to move on.

the weather is getting beautiful, but you may be feeling allergies, allergy season on its way. why doctors say it could be the worst, goodness, hate to tell at the moment people this, allergy season in at least a decade. last year, no picnic. no pun intended. what do we do? >> i want to blow off the lid of what pollen is. >> jamie: oh, hold the thought, after the break, more on allergies. if you have copd like i do, you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd iludes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiva helps corol my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell yr doctor if you have kidy problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate.

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>> eric: back with the doctors on "sunday house call," have you been sneezing and sniffling? do you have itchy, watery eyes? early spring means early allergies and doctors warn we could be in for one of the worst allergy seasons in years. dr. samadi, that isn't good news, we are feeling the effects. >> that is exactly what it is. another allergy season. you got it. 67 million americans suffer from this. and, this is a perfect time, but we are seeing the allergy symptoms coming in and marc will speak about this more but, pollens, from trees and grass are going to get into our system, and, the difference is our immune system will recognize it and react and it will spill

the histamines that translates to runny nose and itchy eyes and throat an asthmatic symptoms, reversible airway inflammation, the asthma. what do you do about it? number one, you need to recognize that you have it and, number 2, make sure you stay away from it. look at the pollen count. it is all on-line and you can check every day and make sure you are not exposed to it. if you come back in, take a shower, you want to get rid of the pollens and, finally, if you use any kind of air-conditioning, make sure that it is basically circulating the air from indoors and is not bringing any air outside... >> eric: a button there. make sure you close the doors and windows, because that is where you are exposed. ultimately, my good doctor, here will give you all the antihistamines to help you with that. >> i was going to say. not bad for a prostate cancer d.c. and, the most important thing from the male health point of view.

did you know pollen is the male sperm of the plant? and it irritates and gets into the air, especially seasons this warm this army, because the plants are coming into bloom and flowers are coming out and that is why we have a high pollen count, atlanta, it is 55% higher than the record in history, all over the midwest. >> jamie: what do we do about it. >> take a shower during or the night before and try not do the chores not morning when pollen comes out and a doctor like me you don't mix is up with an upper respiratory infection, the patient comes in with a sore throat an itchy eyes and you think allergies, you take your antihistamine as a preventive and he mentioned singulair and i like nasal sprays and it is a bad season and i like to do prophylactic treatment to get people treated before they have the symptoms. take your antihistamine before they occur. >> jamie: if you are prone, see

your doctor. >> don't blame it on men! the sperm and the pollen! >> jamie: we got that part. serious topic now. new data shows nearly 1.6 million americans are receiving hospice care in 2010 and it is a form of medical care you want you to know about for patients and families facing terminal illness and dr. siegel, your hospital and dr. samadi's has programs for families going through this. what is hospice care. >> the first and most important thing to say, 2/3 of the time it is outreach care, we don't talk about a dreary setting, this is the end, it is a team approach of doctors, nurses, often physical therapists, occupational therapists, with a positive attitude, come into your home, 2/3 of the time and offer services to make the patient more comfortable and it is not always cancer, about a third of the time its dementia and can be end stage heart disease and, the team works with you, they work with the family,

they work with the patient and do and it's great approach, pain relief and spiritual guidance and also, don't shut out the doctor, internist like me already in the loop, i interact with hospice on a daily basis, and they help me deal with the end days. it has to be a patient we think will not live more than 6 months, you don't want to use the services unless the patient is really terminal. >> jamie: has it made a difference for doctors and patients and families to have this? >> well, fortunately with the work i do, i'm on the other spectrum. i'm working on the disease trying to cure patients and don't deal with the terminally ill patients, hospice is where you work not on quantity but quality of their lives and talking about the terminally ill patients and how, forget about the disease, how we'll take care of their quality and their families. and the interaction. so, the founder of this is really the nurse, british nurse,

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>> great to have you here. thank you. >> well it's a supreme showdown over health care, the top court in the land, the united states supreme court, takes up president obama's controversial health care law tomorrow in the first of three days of arguments. that happens to be the longest amount of time the nation's highest court has devoted to a single case in decades. that underlines the law's significance to all of us in our country and its hotly debated impact the good morning, everyone. welcome to a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. >> it does say a lot. >> absolutely. >> you won't want to miss a moment of that. great to have you here. a supreme court decision on president obama's signature legislative achieve. could have a far-reaching impab. how your health care will look

in the years to come. and it could play a very decisive role in the race for president. count on that. there is so much at stake. we are following it live from washington. steve, what can we expect? >> reporter: well, good morning, jamie. all eyes on the u.s. spreek for several days as the justices consider the fate of controversial obama health care law. emotions are running high. the political implications are large and only the nine justice who is work inside this building will decide the fate of that law. the administration is confident that the law will survive. here's president obama's senior adviser today. >> have you seen democrats and republicans in lower courts uphold this law, two very important conservative jurors with very strong opinions. so we are confident that it will be constitutional. our focus is this week and the court will deliberate. >> now, the main issue is whether consumers can be forced

to buy health insurance, the so-called individual mandate. it will be the focus of oral arguments tuesday for two hours. opponents say the commerce clause of the constitution cannot be construed in such a way that someone is forced to buy something, such as insurance. supporters say there is nothing more vital to the u.s. economy than helt care and its high costs. conservatives say public opinion is swinging their way on this issue. >> i don't know what the board's going to do. but the public doesn't like obamacare, they don't like the way it was passed and the substance. it will be a signature issue for the republican party. >> reporter: all of this starts tomorrow with three days of hearings. the first issue will be whether or not someone who hasn't paid a so-called tax can challenge it in court. justices will hear that for 90 minutes tomorrow. then they move to the main event tuesday, the individual mandate. back to you. >> thanks so much. and the question is: what can

we expect? this will be an historic showdown over helt care, before the highest court in the land. which way will the justices go? what impact will their decision have on your health care, whichever way the justices come down on the decision. fox news legal abanalyst joining us now. >> good morning, jamie. >> we watched a lot of cases, you and i in our legal careers as well. >> we have. >> this one seems to be the biggest and most significant of our generation. do you agree? >> you are absolutely right. i think in more than 50 years. you know, we haven't had that much time in the supreme court, arguing a case since the miranda case. we know about the miranda rights in 1966. so this is an issue that many americans are focused on. will obamacare be invalidated at the u.s. supreme court? it's interesting that both sides are saying that if the individual mandate is deemed to

be unconstitutional, the order by the government that you must buy health insurance or suffer a fine or a tax if you don't, if that goes down, then both sides are saying, then the entirety of obamacare goes out the window -- >> republicans have vowed to get rid of it anyway, to repeal it as the first order of business. so how important is the court's decision? what does president obama and his administration do if that mandate is deemed unconstitutional? >> this is an absolutely critical decision. if the individual mandate is deemed unconstitutional, then the pool by which obamacare is funded, the millions of people who will be added by compulsion of government, cannot finance the billions and bill whereons of dollars that obamacare will mappeddate for the states, in terms of providing care. so the federal government and

the obama administration is concerned that if the supreme court says that the congress has overstepped the commerce clause of the united states constitution, that they will be in the suit, they will have all of these programs, all of these promises, all of these orders by law. but really no way to pay for them. so that's the conundrum. if you want to imk out the individual mandate, what you are going to do is knock everything out, in terms of health care for -- for mature children of people -- >> pre-existing conditions. >> is that true? if they knock out the mandate, do they imk out health care for those who may need it? >> no one knows. that's the fear factor that's going on in washington. that's the kind of public argument that is being put on the supreme court. wesee rallies, we see discussions. we see resolutions in congress.

there is a great amount of pressure on those nine justices this week. and they're trying to pick off-- the government is -- the more conservative justices at the supreme court saying, listen, based on how you voted in the past on certain cases, you must -- you must be for obamacare this week. >> let me ask you a double question -- and they do that in law school, so you are used to it. >> sure. >> they do it when you argue appellate cases, i know. justice kennedy is notoriously a swing voter, how critical could his vote be, first of all? and if the mandate is ruled constitutional, tell folks from a legal perspective, what else the government can mandate? >> those are two great questions. justice kennedy is a swing vote. the liberal media is trying to say, maybe even justice scalia is a swing vote, in terms of how he has talked about the commerce clause and talked about

congress's power to pass legislation. the second question you asked is a question that a lot of americans are asking. if congress and the president can tell you to buy a product, to buy insurance, and if you don't do tyou will suffer a penalty, a lot of americans left and right are saying, what is next? do you mandate that i buy broccoli? that i eat hamburgers at mcdonald's? do you mandate that i send my children to a specific school? and at what point does the government power become so great, at what point does the power of government begin to frighten people? that is a really critical issue that the supreme court will be facing. and it will dictate for the next hundred years, the scope of american government. how much power does congress and the president have over your life in dictating what activity

or inactivity the opponents say, you must engage in or not engage in. critical issues. >> port, i imagine that listening to the oral arguments and almost 30 attorneys general have signed onto this case. >> right. >> these will be some of the best arguments we have ever heard. you can hear it on fox news radio, i know that for sure, in playback. but do you think it's as important what the court ultimately says, as well as what it does not say, particularly the aspects of our daily life that our government can or cannot mandate, no matter which side of this they come down on? >> yes. this decision will be looked at and picked apart and used for a lot of different positions, going forward. this will be a determination in many ways of the scope of government that we become

accustomed to in the united states. and it is a valid argument that if the scope could be so all encompassing, as obamacare is, the argument is the intrusion into daily life that there can be other intrusions into americans' lives and greater scope of government involvement. yes, absolutely. >> you know what, port, it is so great to talk to you about this because you have argued so many cases on appeal. without me even suggesting it, folks will pay very close attention all week to the arguments and the court's ultimate decision. >> one of the most critical decisions we are facing. thank you. >> thank you so much, peter. eric? >> ljamie, now to iran, some predict the moment of truth over a tehran suspected nuclear weapons program could be fast approaching. president obama saying there is

still time for diplomacy, but he also said, quote, that window is closing. meanwhile, israel sees the looming danger with even greater urgency, calling for any negotiations with tehran to be given a deadline. what is israel's next move? we have the former chief of staff to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and a major in the reserves of the nation's special forces. and he joins us now from tel aviv. do you believe as the president said, there is a, quote, window of time, to solve this diplomatally? >> eric, i think time is running out rapidly, while there has been talks in washington, the iranians are implementing and accelerating high-grade uranium. they have tripled the pace of their high-grade uranium enrichment process. they have installed over 2,600

centrifuges underground. it seems that iran is not very impressed by the sanctions or the threats and the world has to apply a much more credible threat to have any chance of stopping them. >> what would a credible threat be? >> well, the first thing is to not engage in talks while they're increasing their production. i mean, it's sort of like, someone's telling you, i am going to kill you, he's loading his pistol and you begin talking to him and he accelerates the pace of loading his pistol. we hope that president obama changes course in the sense that he does not engage with iran until they halt all uranium production in iran. secondly, we need to move up the major sanctions that some of them plan to come in play, only july 1. it needs to be now. third, the west has to show a plausible threat to the iranian

regime in order to have any chance of stopping them. >> they are not going to stop. it's been several years now. the u.n. security council demanded that and they for thumbing their nose at the security council, yet again. and the president criticized what he called, quote, saying there is too much loose talk of war. he says that only helps iran. how do you tamper down this loose talk? and can that be tamped down? >> eric, i don't think the problem is loose talk. i think the problem is lack of action. if we want to stop iran, if we want to prevent the need to attack iran, there has to be devastating and immediate sanctions on iran, nothing will weigh more than what's already been done. otherwise, we are looking at in forn of attack over the near future. i want to remind everyone that israel twice has already done such things, once in 1981 in

iraq, israel bombed irab's nuclear reactor and saved the world from a nuclear iraq. and the second time was in 2007, where allegedly israel bombed syria's nuclear reactor. i think the whole world now understands what syria would have looked like if they had two or three bombs as the assad regime is about to collapse. if we want to prevent anyone to have a physical attack, then what america needs to do and president obama needs to do is stop all talks, conditions of talks and an immediate halt on uranium, high-grade uranium enrichment across iran. >> you talk about a potential attack in the near future. and david barack is warning of hahe calls a short timeline. how do you think this will play out? what's your prediction? the tougher sanctions, as you call it -- they are not coming. china and russia won't support

those. >> well, i think, one main thing to understand, the time frame to launch an attack is closing because iran, beyond accelerating the pace of their production, they are moving many of their facilities underground, that means within a relatively short time frame, even if we want to attack iran, we won't be able to and that means that israel is outsourcing our exist tones president obottommasm i think that prime minister netanyahu and any responsible leader of an israeli nation would not hand over our security to our best friend, america. at the end of the day, we have to be able to protect ourselves. the one thing that can do the job, this region understands, unfortunately, understands only force. if america and president obama would carry a very, very big stick that looks extremely credible, that might stop them. but apparently, right now, they don't believe that the stick that president obama is carrying

is in fact very big. and they are playing delay and maneuver tactics pretty effectively. >> for now, it seems to be a very complicated issue and tehran does not seem to be backing down, as the prime minister of turkey will go to tehran for meetings there. we will see what if anything comes out of that. former chief of staff to benjamin netanyahu, always good to see you, thank you. >> eric, it's great to be on your show. thank you. >> we love to have him back. there is a lot of excitement building on the island of cuba. the faithful are preparing to welcome pope benedict xxvi tomorrow. the last visit was from pope john paul ii. that inspired many to hope for change from the communist g. we go live to havana. steve, folks must be very excited? >> reporter: jamie, there is a real sense of anticipation here. the pope arrives tomorrow

afternoon in cuba from mexico. he will hold two major outdoor masses, one in santiago and one here in havana. but the expectations for this papal visit are quite different from the last one in 1998. bop benedict xxvi begins his visit to cuba with two goals, to mark the 400th anniversary of our lady of charity and solidify the position of the church in the only communist nation in the western hemisphere. it's been 14 years since a pope has come to cuba. the visit by pope john paul ii in 1998 raised hopes that it could spark political change on the island, as he had in eastern europe. >> expectations were high that cuba would change dramatically with his visit and that a whole

new cuba might be opening, the dynamics might be opening in cuba. >> reporter: those expectations proved unrealistic, although the church made several gain, expanding charity and education work, opening a new seminary and having church officials appear state-controlled media. by adopting a pragmatic approach to the cuban government, the church has been criticized by some opponents to the castro regime. now, the pope will meet cuban president raul castro and might meet with fidel castro here. but he is not scheduled to meet with any dissidents. before the visit had begun, it's already coming under criticism from opponents to the regime. >> sounds a little censored. thank you so much. appreciate your time, steve. >> you looking to sell your home -- or buy one? what the latest housing numbers

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>> welcome back. far too many of us are looking for a job right now. and this may come as news you already know -- to be careful what you post online. but some employers are take it a step further. you can believe they are asking to see your facebook and other social media paimgs, they are asking for your user name and passwords. a lot of people are turning it over. but before you do, check out our consumer protection segment. we are looking at ways to strengthen your odds of getting that job with this new

requirement with a lot of companies. joining me now, a career coach and co-author of the twitter job search guide. great to have you here. >> thank you. >> we know that you can use twitter to get the word out that you are looking for a job. but there are dos and don'ts on being on social media when you are looking for one. how do you use it to your advantage? >> well, first of all, i think it's really important to know that you can and should use it to your advantage. in fact, i do some culting work -- consulting work for a job search startup and they did a study of 6600 job seekers, based on when they applied the federal position. they found that 50% of the people who got the job actually applied within 1 week that the position was listed. so you really need to apply early. the early birds get the job, often. and if you don't apply early, you need to find a way to establish a connection with the company. one of the easiest ways to do

that is through social media. >> okay. so don't put the pictures with you drinking the beers at the party, whether it's a company pear or not. don't spend lots of hours on these social media pages where an employer could say, from 9-5 they are on facebook. they are not focused. but you can post opinions, but maybe don't weigh in. post an issue, ask for feedback, but don't give an opinion. why? >> well, i think one of the best i things you can do is want louvre room for misinterpretations. one of the things that's challenging about the written word is that you can't hear tone of voice. if you only say what happened, then it's really hard for there to be any misinterpretation. so oftentimes, if there is controversial information, i recommend sharing it, but not assigning any arks adjectives to

it. >> that's interesting. so many times, a person writes back huh? or question mark because it can be misinterpreted. does this new policy -- i even read today that facebook is thinking of taking action to try to get some response to this invasion of potential privacy. is there -- are there companies beyond law enforcement and the cia that would look at your postings? is that worldwide? every company you apply to wants to know your password? >> i don't think the problem of people asking for passwords is worldwide. in fact, i think the number of companies that ask for that is relatively slim. i think the problem is with privacy settings on facebook and other sites in general, especially ones that you access through facebook and the ones that allow to you sign in through facebook. as we know, facebook's privacy

policies have been nebulous and ambiguous. i read that they took the word "privacy" out of their user policy. so i think you need to be very careful. because any time you give the site access to information, tell draw in informs from a lot of other sites. >> so the point of the take charge is, give it some thought, folks. it is not just the obvious party pictures and such and the things you say. it's whether or not you give up the information for a job. much more on this online. it's great to have you here. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> actually, all you need to do is go to the america's news headquarters page off the main page of foxnews.com. you can see many of this program a take charge consumer protection segments. lots of great advice, saving money and maybe getting that job. >> great advice and insight, everywhere. >> thank you. >> the obama health care law,

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>> the supreme showdown over health care. so much is at stake. the supreme court takes up the president's health care law, starting tomorrow morning. the nine justices' decision could forever change our health care in this counselry and determine the limits of government. and with the ruling expected smack dab in the middle of the presidential campaign, what the justices say could impact who wins in november.

>> good to see you. welcome. >> thank you so much. >> sally, over the next three days, the supreme court will hear the arguments and that brings obamacare back to the front page and all the controversy that comes with it. do you think that hurts or helps the president? >> you know, this is too early to know. i mean, the issue of the constitutionality, while a lot of republicans would like to make that the core of the political argument, it is actually separate from the popularity of the law. i think, you know, frankly, a third of the country is, you know, violently against it, frankly, because it's obama's law. a third of the country is in support of it, in no small part because it's obam's law and they want everyone to have access to affordable health care. but when you look closely, a third of the country hasn't made up its mind.

that's going to be what this fall election is about, both sides trying to frame for the country, the benefits that have come to pass under the law and the benefits that haven't even started because the law won't take effect fully until 2014. >> how didr do they african-americans that one-third? >> they start talk about this real benefits, tangible benefits , the 2.5 million young people who are able to stay on their health care, on their parents' health care until they are 26. the 40 million women who now benefit from not being charged a double fee for the same care as men. the almost quarter million small businesses who have used tax credits to provide health care for their emproiees and created an additional 2 million jobs. it goes on and on. 3.6 million senior who is saved millions of dollars in drug costs. that has already happened. obama does have to get out there. he has to do a much better job

of selling how this will be even better had it fully goes into effect. >> tony, sally listed the law's benefits there. how do you think -- >> if i'm supposed to go one by one, through all of those and counter them, i hope you give me 10 minutes. but this is an unpopular law, consistently has been from the beginning. what sally conveniently forgets to tell people, although there is confusion as to the law's benefits, almost 56% of this country believes in repealing the law or repealing the individual mandates and part of the law. the individual mandate, which is being argued in front of the supreme court is the only real funding mechanism for obamacare. so if you are against the mandate, you are against the law. but what sally said, these are marginal things, when you consider that the price tag has jumped from under a trillion to almost two trillion in 10 years and the rest of the american taxpayers have to happened that this is an entitlement that will stay with us forever. like medicare and like medicaid

and social security, has the potential to grow out of control because it's putting the government in a role it does not deserve to be. the free market will help lower costs of health insurance, if allowed to do so. it is not because of the anti-trust laws itch wow. >> you said that the vast majority of americans are against tbut the obama campaign's embrace tsmght let's read an email from david axel rod. he says... >> tony, they are obviously making this a centerpiece of the president's campaign. >> look, they had no choice, eric. it's the mentality. if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, rconserve tirvetion tea party have put obamacare at the label

of this health affordability care act. they have to own the expression. and to go to sally's point, the only benefits go to small constituency. one in seven in a kaiser study believe its gives them benefit. she talked about small businesses taking advantage of the tax credit. the obama administration predicted 4.4 million would take advantage. you talk about preexisting conditions, but only 50,000 americans are doing that, under the obamacare law. so it's great rhetoric, but when you match the results to the rhetoric, it doesn't square away. axel rod is going after key constituencies, young people, and unions -- >> pork barrel thing? >> if i were the obama administration, i wouldn't be embracing the term obamacare, i think that's pejorative. but i am glad tony made the

analogy. when medicare was created, republicans warned that it would lead to the socialization of america, same thing with social security. republicans are keenly aware that these programs are mainstream programs that no one wants to get rid of, right? including republicans. they are defending medicare now. the republicans and democrats -- everyone out there in america -- wanted a solution to our crumbling helt care solution. the fact that flix million americans didn't have health care, which means that we are paying for their care when they went to hospitals there. needs to be a solution. the president took as the centerpiece, a conservative idea from the heritage foundation from john mccain and from republican leaders, the individual mandates, he put that at the centerpiece of the proposal. now just because it's obama's plan, republicans are going to run against it. you know what? time will tell, history will dispel they will look back and

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>> got eye split personality, the housing market, does. salesful new homes falling for a third straight month in february. but prices are going in the other direction. surging to their highest level in 8 months. what on earth does that tell us about the recovery?

and how about the value of your home? brenda buttner is here now to tell us more about this. so there is good news with the bad news. the part i like is the surge in the prices maybe means there will be more home building and more jobs. is that true? >> yes, absolutely. what this says is that home builders suspect there will be more demand and that means they are going to be building more homes and that does translate into more jobs. so they're pricing homes a little bit more -- it's a little bit more pricey. they are expecting people to pay more. also, i think that if you just look at month over month sales, that can be -- i don't know, it doesn't tell that you much. but if you look at year over year sales, we are seeing a lot more sales of homes, basically, new homes have increased 11% year over year and previously

built homes, which is a much bigger market, have increased 8% year over year. >> well, that's good. that's the one folks care about, probably, the new home sales are terrific. but most folks are sitting with homes that are built previously and worth less than they paid. is there hope, then? should they be optimistic? do you put your house on the mark now? >> there is more optimism out there. i think anecdoteally, i have heard from realtorses, if you drive around, you are seeing more houses on the market. the real issue, though, are there buyers? one issue that we have to watch are mortgage rates. they are going up. now, that could push more buyers into the market because they will say, maybe mortgage rates are going up, maybe we have to get out there and start to buy. so we may see some more buying in the next month. >> you are saying that as people watch the interest rates, which are pretty low, historically,

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>> welcome back t. sure helps us know what to bring for the day. the national weather service is upgrading around the country,

saying that the higher quality images will help them better predict and track tornadoes, potentially saving lives. that's a good reason. we go live to atlanta with more on that. >> reporter: before meteorologists would issue tornado warnings when they would see the swirling winds on radar, giving people a rough estimate of where the tornado would hit -- until now. >> oh, my god. back up. >> reporter: frightening pictures pictures and eerie sounds have become all too familiar, tornadoes destroying everything in their path. on march 2, the national weather service, in huntsville, alabama, issued warnings as twisters ripped through the area. thanks to a new technology, dual polarization, forecasters could better see radar signatures of debris. this green spot shows parts of buildings and trees being tossed around. >> we wanted to make sure that we were saying, okay, at this point, a tornado is on the ground, a possibly strong

tornado, given this type of debris signature we are seeing. >> reporter: current radar uses horizontal beams to sweep storm clouds, and dual polarization sends horizontal and vertical beams with enhanced images. >> reports from the ground from that site, especially at night or in rural areas, to be able to see that possible debris ball or debris signature from a tornado on the ground gives forecasters increased confidence. >> reporter: confidence to trigger alerts sooner with warning information that is more direct. >> instead of saying, severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado, we can see a tornado is on the ground, moving this direction. >> reporter: 50 radar sites have been upgraded so far. but by next year, every radar site will have the new technology. the cost will be $50 million, but forecastez say this will be money well spent special will be saving lives. >> can't put a price on that. thanks so much.

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>> the plan for afghanistan, reducing the troop levels on the horizon. but is the media giving the administration's war strategy its due? we have liz here with her commentary.

>> good morning. >> do you think the media is missing a story? >> the media dutifully covered the hearings this past week, two from the house on services committee and the senate on services committee. they heard the testimony of marine corp general john allen, the commander of our forces in afghanistan. he's the latest in a parade of gyms who have come up and said, we can do this thing, the mission can be a success. so there is a certain amount of wearyness in the coverage, as well as wariness because it's hard to get people to believe that the war is going to succeed. general allen is talking about the isaf, the international security forces, which is us and the ansf, which is the afghan forces. >> it's my obligation, it's my moral obligation to insure that this force is resourced and this force is committed into a strategy that i think will work. i believe this strategy will work. it is not about american forces

or isaf forces fighting to the end of 2014 and bearing the burden of this campaign. this campaign very clearly envisages that the ansf will move to the front and have the lead and will secure the population of afghanistan. if i think that's coming off the rail, congressman, i will let you know that. >> seems like a very frank and honest appraisal. unfortunately, general allep is following in the footsteps of general david petraeus, the prior commander -- who was a celebrity by the way -- and general allen, virtually unknown outside the military world, is taking his place and sort of has to clean up the strategy, which general petraeus left behind, which by all accounts is not working. the interesting thing about the testimony, they got into the numbers game and everybody's taking bets on, well, now that we have had the burning of the koran and a massacre of 17

afghan civilians by an american troop, aren't these things significant and the earmarks of an army gone mad and cut it and run? it's not that easy and general allen knows that. he hinted very broadly that there will be 23,000 troops out at the end of the summer, leaving 68,000 going into 2013 and hinted broadly -- he actually said, in fact, to senator mccain, that's a going-in number. that's a good going-in number. what he is saying is that there will be no draw-down before the end of 2013, which makes the coast clear for president obama, who will will be facing election november. >>ung the media has sufficiently picked up on that? >> oh, yeah -- and another thing the media has picked up on, again senator mccain, talking about 2014.

they're supposed to be gone. we are supposed to be out of there by 2014. but now they are talking about the billions of dollars that will be necessary to supply maybe 352,000 afghan force, each though the americans are out. the bottom line, eric, this is going to cost money. nobody seems to know that 60% of the country wants us out of there clean and is tired of paying this billion-dollar tax bill. >> do you think -- 10 seconds left -- do you think the media will take this up sufficiently? >> oh, yes. i think this will be an issue. it may even surface in the presidential campaign. it certainly will afterwards. >> liz, always good to see you. thank you. that does it for us. >> great to have you here. america's news headquarters continues live from washington with shannon bream. have a great day, everybody. see you soon. >> thank