this hour, fox news alert, growing demands for answer this is morning in the secret service prostitution scandal. several lawmakers are suggesting that even more members of president obama's advanced team could be implicated. already, a total of 6 agents are off the job, accused of carrying on with prostitutes at this hotel in columbia, while they were supposed to be preparing for the president's arrival. there are growing calls from capitol hill for a wider investigation. and at least one guilt o.p. lawmaker is suggesting that several white house employees may have also been involved. welcome back to a brand-new hour. jamie colby. it is not just the ones who were implicated, they are talk everybody. >> eric: it's a fascinating story that is continuing. the investigation getting a lot of attention in washington this morning. hot topic. we have steve centanni live in the capitol with the latest.

hi, steve. >> good morning, eric. even the president's chief re-election adviser is saying that the secret service prostitution scandal was surprising and disappointing. here's david axelrod. >> in my experience, the secret service has been completely professional, so impressive. i always felt like they were willing to do anything to protect the president and the people around the president. and so this was really disappointing. obviously, we have to get to the bottom of this. but the -- those problems should not denigrate the efforts of so many who do such a good job. >> eric: it happened in cartagena, columbia, a few days before the president arrived for a summit conference. prostitutes brought to the rooms of 12 secret service agents and 11 military personnel. investigators are investigating the women, the taxi driver, they are questioning the women and the taxi drivers and the staff and others. some on capitol hill are calling for all records for all the

president's advanced staff and communications people who stayed in columbia to be investigated, to see who might have had overnight guests in their stay in columbia. three additional agents did resign on friday, bringing to six, the number who have lost their jobs because of the scandal in cartagena. one agent was identified as bringing to 12, those who were allegedly involved. one was cleared of any serious wrongdoing. congress pointing out the potential for a security breachn from this kind of misconduct. >> from what we know, what was happening in cartagena, they were not acting like secret service agents, they were acting like a bunch of college students away on spring weekend. it's more serious than just a frolic. history is full of cases where enemies have compromised people in security or intelligence positions with sex. >> eric: lieberman says, as far as he know, security was not

compromised in this case. back to you. >> eric: thanks. we have another fox news alert, out of afghanistan. the united states has reached a strategic partnership deal, pledging american support for the country after the withdrawal of u.s. troops at the end of 2014. this morning, diplomats putting the final touches on the agreement, after months of negotiations. it now awaits the signature of president obama and president karzai. we go to kabul, afghanistan. what does this mean? >> eric, this is an absolute milestone in the war in afghanistan, in 10 years or so after it started. what this strategic agreement will do is lay the future of the partnership of america with afghanistan, after combat troops have withdrawn in 2014. now, the agreement itself, the text hasn't been released yet.

highlights, a series of points where the u.s. and afghanistan will cooperate, not much detail. it's more about principles. it is about wear whereexactly the two countries will work together. three main areas. obviously the military presence, ongoing. it gives no numbers at this point. that will come later in a specific memorandum of understanding between the two countries. also, civil capacity, help creating afghanistan, making it turning it into a modern nation with modern infrastructure, as soon as it can. we are talking democracy at the end of the day. and other civil capacity, continued rule of law, human rights. those sort of areas. that's what this agreement is about. the details, the fine details will be broken down into a series of agreements. but for now, this is a huge step forward and it will be sealed at the nato conference in chicago in may. it has to be rubber-stamped by president obama and president karzai and the u.s. congress and

the afghanistan parliament. >> eric: it tells us where to go, but it seems to be setting up a milestone. thank you, dominic. >> jamie: a fox news alert and a lot of hope. there are new developments in a cold case decades old, involving a missing child. 33 years after 6-year-old etan petz disappeared. investigators finding potential new evidence that could bring the family some close and you are help keep other children safe. from so hoe in new york, we have more. how's the search going today? >> well, it's going well. they are back, rain or shine as they told us they would be. but investigators are staying mum. but they may have found a brand-new piece of evidence. a stain on a wall in the basement, behind us, that they have been tearing up for four days.

we are working to get that information confirmed for you. but we do know that they have been using a chemical called luminol that can show the presence of blood. 40 officersor site, just as they said, rain or shine. they are using jack hammers and chain saws and ripping up the concrete and digging in the dirt for the first time yesterday. they will go 4 to 6 feet and anticipate finishing that process today. they are bagging any evidence they think could lead them to answers. ramond kelley will not discuss any potential suspects and is not calling the former handyman, who is using the basement. he has hired an attorney. he is cooperating. miller is said to have access to etan. and there are reports that the concrete was freshly poured close to the time of etan's disappearance.

jose ramos was a prime suspect at the time. he could be getting out of prison in november. there was never enough evidence to convict him criminally, but he was held responsible in a wrongful death suit. econtinue's parents still live in soho. his mother was spotted here yesterday. but they are continuing their request for privacy. we will be here all day and bring you any developments. >> jamie: you could understand why they would want this, as this goes on in their neighborhood. they never moved, i was told, not even changed their phone number, hoping their little boy would call. coming up, we are going to talk to a retired nypd detective, also a private investigator, to find out what police may be looking for and how potentially, they could solve the case. that's later this hour. stay right here. meanwhile, the fbi, u.s. marshals and police are searching for a missing 6-year-old girl in tucson,

arizona. isabel was last seen in her bed, late friday night, discovered missing saturday morning. there are more than 100 officers looking for the first grader and her family is hoping she is found quickly. >> we need her home safe, safe and sound. you know? we would like to hope that she went for a walk and she's going to come back, you know? unharmed. >> jamie: we are hoping so, too. they are hanged out flyers with her picture. just under 4 feet tall and weighs 44 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. if you see anything, call 911. >> eric: as the election year heats up, the obama administration finds its message undercut by scandals. first the general services administration that came under fire for the expensive cavotting in las vegas that cost taxpayers more than $800,000 and now the

agents accused of being involved with prostitutes in columbia. as this morning, there are calls in capitol hill that the white house staff should be investigated. how will this affect the presidential race in november? joining us now, a republican political an sift. tony, let me start with you, does this sidetrack the president's message? >> it creates another conversation that they don't want to have. scandals in general will only be powerful if there is a smoking gun in one of them, as has been the case, obviously in the watergate-type scandal. or if it's a smaller scandal that reinforces a narrative that already exists. in the case of the secret service, unless there is something that directly links the president or the white house with this scandal, i don't think it hurts president obama, although he doesn't want to talk about it, obviously. in the case of the gsa, you are talking about frivolous government spending, a complete disregard for taxpayer dollars and a cavalier attitude toward

the federal agency spending our money -- that's a hit that is often said about this president who, we just celebrating his $5 trillion that he added to the deficit in 3 years. so that's the narrative that the gsa scandal does feed into. >> eric: debbie, does that undermine the president? >> i think tony was right about the secret service. i think it's a complicated situation. we have already seen six people gone from the secret service. there are a lot of good men and women who do protect republicans and democrats. we need to remember who they are and deal with this quickly and move on. but i totally disagree with tony. i think the president was briefed on the gsa investigation and he moved for accountability and to hold whoever was responsible accountable. those people are gone. he has set up a program to reduce -- and made it a priority from the day he was elected to eliminate and reduce waste in

government spending and has identified $1.2 billion of eliminating costs for conferences and is setting the tone to get rid of the waste; the department of labor has eliminated 100 conferences, state departments moving media from hotels to government buildings. he is addressing the problem. when he finds something that is not tolerable, he is saying address it now, get ritted of the problem. >> eric: is that enough to win the election? move conferences from the marriott to the ronald reagan building? >> you know what this does, it gives a tangible case study of why people have lost confidence in government. i'm sure the president has done some cosmetic change, $1.2 billion in savings in conferences is fine. but he has added $5 trillion to our debt and deficit in 3 years, the most of almost any president in history, most presidents combined. he doesn't have a good track record in fiscal responsibility.

so you have the gsa, an agency under his direct control because it is an executive branch department, is spending our taxpayer money in such a frivolous way and this is the same president who 3 years ago said, let's stop the fabulous conventions to las vegas. his own agency, a block down the straight, just engagedin it at the cost of $800,000 -- he has a very hard case to make. >> eric: debbie, the last word. what about the dj budget, the deficit? >> when he was elected president, he inherited a economy that was about to collapse. in november, people will vote for the person they think will protect their job, care about health care, care about whether they can pay for food and educate their children. when it comes down to making the decision, it will be very clear who they believe will care about them and the middle-class in this country. that's going to be president barack obama. >> eric: and he's bankrupting

the future of this country -- >> he has a program that is going to address the budget deficit. -- >> really? when? >> it's been put forward -- he's also creating jobs. he has create audio look at what he did in terms -- >> anemic! >> anemic job growth and you know that -- >> but who created the unemployment -- >> anemic. no economic growth. cbo reported that the economic growth will be worse -- that's not how you recover and create jobs and make america stronger. >> who created and cost us and lost thosions and who is bringing them back-- we are out of time. there's the election, right there. thank you. >> thank you. >> eric: speaking of elections, how about voter fraud? some claim it doesn't happen. but catch our special to see for yourself, stealing your vote. did felons illegally voting in minnesota hand a super majority

in the senate to the democrats? did republicans in maryland suppress minority votes with illegal robo-calls? fraud on both sides of the political aisle, from stuffing the ballot box to faking ballots to fixing an election, to the current charges of election fraud in the 2008 presidential race for the white house. >> did you try to steal an election? >> no. >> how easy is it? >> it's a fairly easy thing to do. >> the battle over ballots. >> we have seen an up tick in voter fraud. >> election fraud. >> i did not vote for barack obama. >> someone forged this? >> that's correct. >> you didn't write that? >> i didn't. >> ugly charges. >> talk about jim crow. is voter i.d., similar? >> yes. >> even to murder and lynchings? >> what's at stake for america? >> do you think there was voter fraud in the 2008 senate race? >> i don't think there was, i know there was. >> you can't run a system that's going to be 100% error free.

>> if the fix is in. >> oddly ironic that we have an election coming up and they are stopping us and saying we can't do it. >> stealing your vote. >> eric: you want to see more? three-- p.m. tonight. even george washington bribed voters. he couldn't tell a lie, but he used whiskey. >> jamie: with what? great work. we will not miss this. how about all of you who are planning ahead for retirement? coming up, there is a new scam, professional scammers who are trying to eat away at your nest egg. we are going to protect what you got in our take-charge segment. and investigators in the netherlands calling it an absolute nightmare. two trains slamming into each other in this head-on collision. victims want to know why.

>> i heard the crash. i was ringing with my mother. and i heard a very loud noise. it's scare tow hear. that can help lower olesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole gin oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. let'all we need is a couple end. of gallons of ourl? hardest-working paint... ...from the get-it-done place that gives us more top-rated brands than anywhere else... ...at prices that won't shake up our budget. let's make a one-wall statement... ...or tackle a total room takeover ...with paint that'll get the job done in fewer trips up and down the ladder.

more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. the number one brand of paint just got better. starting at $23.98. a

is

>> eric: investigators in the

netherlands, trying to figure out why two trains slammed into each other head-on, on the same track. there have been at least 120 victims. they're recovering after yesterday's crash near amsterdam. passengers describe the chaotic scene as blood wea lot of screaming. >> my father was laying on the ground. he was feeling very sick -- unconscious, almost. so... now i'm taking him to the hospital d. >> eric: despite all of those injuries, dozens were seriously injured in that. incredibly and thankfully, very no reports that anyone was killed. >> jamie: returns on your individual retirement account -- did you have the nerve on the 401(k) statement or your ira to check your statement in it can be downright disappointing. we admit that. that's why some folks are turning to self-directed iras. hoping to find the alternative

ways to earn a little more or make up for the losses they have seen, or just diversify what they have. in our consumer protection segment, what you need to know about the risks associated with self-directed iras, as there are class-action suits by defrauded investors and they are on the rise. the managing partner at capital investment management. we want to help those take charge. first of all, what is a self-directed ira and why are people investing in them? for those reasons alone? >> firstav -- first of all, thank you for having me. this is important. a self-directed ira is just like any other account, but the money in it grows tax deferred. with a lot of layoffs, people have moved their 401(k) plans, which are -- which grow tax

deferred, into self-directed iras and there is a lot of flexibility on investment. a self-directed ira, it grows tax deferred and it's difficult to get money into a tax deferred vehicle, so have you to handle it carefully. >> jamie: it's different from a 401(k). this is something you do on your own. but it invests in other things like in precious metals, like gold. >> that's right. >> jamie: you can invest in real estate. that in and of itself could be risky. but that's not what these consumer fraud suits are all b. i want to let people know that they are going on. it's the people who manage them. are they not regulated like regular financial advisers are? >> good question. there is a big spaigz, almost like single-a baseball players and major league all stars. in the custodian world you have well-known cust yodians with

lots of overtite sight. and you have other who is are shady. everyone needs to know if it's a major league all-star or a single-a all star. and the single-a all-stars could be okay. but there is a lot of fraud there. and this is where the crime occurs, jamie. usually, in the smaller, less-known custodians. they allow investments that are not that heavily scrutinized. that's the problem in the recent lawsuits and we will probably see more of them-- >> reporter: some people want to take that risk and play the odds. how do you know when you make a dollar investment with someone who is not a big company we have heard of, how do you check them out? >> well, that's a very difficult thing for most people. a lot of people, you are right, jamie, are trying to take risks because over the last tep years, their traditional returns and investments haven't really gotten them what they wanted. so one of the things to do is, break it down in real estate, a

lot of the fraud is happening in these real estate investment trusts. there are public ones that change in the new york stock exchange and over the counter. those, i am fine with, because there is oversight. but the private ones, there is a tremendous amount of crime and fraud because there is lack of transparency and it's very, very difficult to get out. any investment that is hard to get out of, that's the first pink flag you need to look at. so lack of transparentsy and lack of liquidity should be number 1 in any investment. >> jamie: let me add one thing here. i don't have your experience with investment, but if you ask questions like that and you are not getting answers, or they're hedges or they have an aol account for an email, think twice. thank you, ed. take charm. your retiernlt money -- you worked hard for t. i appreciate

it. if folks want more on many take charge issue, go to our web site right here on the america news hq page, there is a link. click on it. there are a couple of dozen of our interviews and our segments and we hope to help you out. >> yeah, jamie. always. >> jamie: eric's a billioneer now. >> eric: i just have to listen to your advice. many say that mitt romney is bound for the g.o.p. nomination, but he has competition, believe it or not, in the upcoming primary, including the delegate-rich states of pennsylvania and new york. the chairman of the republican party in new york, edkoch will be live, coming up. the supreme court takes on a hot-button issue next week. details next.

>> eric: to the presidential race. there are big primaries in the northeast on toads new york, pennsylvania, connecticut, rhode island and delaware. even though it appears that new york is all in the bag for mitt romney, newt gingrich, ron paul and even rick santorum will appear on the ballot. but joining us is the chairman of the new york state republican party, ed koch, who backed mr. romney, he is president richard nixon's son-in-law. welcome. >> thank you. >> eric: what do you expect to happen at this primary? >> senator santorum was looking at a big loss on tuesday. that's why he suspended his campaign. there are 95 delegates at stake here in new york, more than any other state to date by far. florida was cut in half, they only have 50. romney is going to take about all the delegates.

santorum and maybe gingrich might pick up one or two, here or there. so this primary's overs are we are pivoting to the general election. romney was in arizona, last friday. and i was there with him. let me tell you, he has found his voice, he is looking to the general election. >> eric: newt is still in it and he is not going anywhere. >> but he is laying out big, good ideas, particularly in the energy area, which i think will be useful to romney, going forward. >> eric: now that we have the primary on tuesday, what do you think will happen as the race continues for the general election in the fall? >> i think it can be a big one. i analogize this to 1980. in 1980, at this point, ronald reagan was 34% in head to head. he picked up 16 points and won 50-43 with a third-party candidate picking up the difference. the incumbent doesn't get more than they pull in head-to-head polls.

>> eric: you are predicting a big win for romney? instant that dangerous, over confident? are you worried about that? >> you asked my opinion. we are going to work for every vote. we are pivoting to the general election and working hard. >> eric: you mentioned 1980. let's take a look at the pols. it is fascinating. in 1980, at this time, basically, this week, april of 1980, jimmy carter had 43% being look how far back ronald reagan was. on election day -- man, oh, man, mr. reagan with 50%, carter, 41%, anderson, 6%. he went up 9 points in that time. >> reagan went up 16 points and got to 50 and anderson, of course, dropped down to 6, 7 points. and that was the race. and reagan won new york state. that was the last time that a non-incumbent republican won new york state. >> eric: right now, president

obama and romney are much closer? >> that's right. in the last poll, 46-44, head to head, romney at 46. >> eric: in 1992, a potential similar situation, george h.w. bush, at this time, april, 1992, the gallup poll showed 41%, huge, 17-point -- well, my math is lousy, 26% for governor clinton -- >> 26%. he picked up 17. and look what happened? election night, 43%, president bush, 37%. that's a flip of 17 points? >> absolutely. >> eric: plus? >> yeah. president bush went down. but again, the rule hold, the incumbent president doesn't get more than he polls at this point in time. it can even go down. >> eric: do you think the folks. >> they know t. they know it. that's why they are panicking and campaigning so hard.

they have forgotten governing. they are about campaigning this. economic recession, which has continued in their presidency, they have done nothing with respect to jobs and the economy. and they haven't given us an efficient and effective government so the gsa scandal plays so large into this, into the general election. >> eric: they -- fair and balanced, they would probably disagree with that point and the previous one, too. but the analysis and the polls are fascinating. ed cox, thank you. >> pleasure to be with you. >> eric: good to see you. >> jamie: right now, at this hour, police are hoping they will find any sign of what happened to etan, a six-year-old who vanished 33 years ago. they are digging a basement. it's a very cold case. but coming up, a retired new york detective, now private investigator tells us how the case looks. could it be solved? next. >> that was the most unsettling part of it, was that he was

never found and they never knew what happened to him. living with an unknown, all this time. ♪

[ male announc ] you plant. you mow. you grow. you dream. meet the new definition of durability: the john deere select series. with endless possibilities, what will you create? ♪ learn more about the new select series x310 with power steering at johndeere.com/x310.

>> jamie: welcome back. earlier in the show, we brought you a live report from lower manhattan about potential new evidence that mae finally close a 33-year-old cold case. it involved a six-year-old boy, etan patz, disappearing near his home in 1979. in fact, he is the first child to appear on a milk carton. many have been saved as a result. now, police are working several clues, including there is a report of a suspicious stain found in a basement near his family's home. beau deedle, chairman of the national crime commission. you came in specifically to talk about this case. we appreciate appreciate it. good morning. >> good morning.

>> jamie: a cold case, 33 years later, obviously, scientific technology has advanced. could it be solved? >> absolutely. again, with 33 years later, the dna aspects of the evidence have changed a lot. now, something they find 33 years ago, they couldn't do anything with it. when they go through this, they take all of these ddfives, the reports and they try to re-interview witnesses. the thing that jumped out on me, i remember years ago as a detective, when it happened, i remember the mother saying she saw the child walk two blocks and make a left and that was the last time. when she was re-interviewed, she never saw the child get to the second block, then in the confines of those two blocks, where the museum is and where this guy miller worked -- my feeling is that ramos has something to do with this case. there is not a mistake about that. when he mentioned he had a kid

like him, a convicted sex abuser with children. >> jamie: police talked to him at the time. those were live pictures of the investigation. you can see the police activity, how much resource is being put into this. commissioner ray kelley says they are doing everything they can to try to get answers. >> right. >> jamie: they talked to him at the time. >> right. >> jamie: the convicted child molester. this was an area of the basement where kids in the neighborhood went and played. why didn't they do this at thise time? >> when they re-interviewed mr. miller there, the handyman that was in that area, he made a mention about, if the body was here and they moved it, would you be able to find it? something tells me that mr. miller might have known what mr. ramos had done. he worked with him there. ramos used to date the baby-sitter of etan. every one of them is there. they have means, motive and

opportunity because they were there. so let's -- let's be honest this. kid didn't just disappear. something happened and that child -- something happened within those two blocks of that child disappearing. i really believe that the police department and the fbi are onto something. again, we have to remember, human bones have to -- has to be 1800 degrees for them to disintegrate. so we remember from 9/11, they are finding fragments withmentse dna, we possibly i.d. this -- if the remains of this child are there -- we can i.d. it now. >> jamie: forensic pathologist, dr. michael bodin says that concrete is the investigator's friend because it could preserve evidence. but let me ask thu, 33 years later, this is your bred and butter, you investigate these cases fthey find out who is responsible for potentially, this child's murder, what do you think the chances are that he or

she could be related to other case over all of these years? do those who commit these heinous crimes do it in iertion isolation or generally, are there are their a spring of crimes that may be solved? >> you know what? from my experience, there is a lot of repetitiveness with sex abusers and especially these children, sex abusers, they continue to do it. this is a sickness in their head. so there could be other crimes that the person who committed this crime have done before and still, when they let them out of jail, they become repetitive. every time a child goes missing in the great state of florida, it's one of the sex offenders that have a history. that's the problem here. they have a sickness in their brain and for some reason, it is not erased. maybe we should have a different cure. i know a cure i would do. >> jamie: all right, bo deitl. etan was on a milk carton. he was on the first. there have been so many since

then, some found, some not. if it leads to solving other crimes, this little boy gave his life and gave other families so much. we are praying for his family. >> he brought a lot to the idea of you never let your child out of it sight. he's the catalyst for that. i wouldn't let my six- seven-year-old down the block without me walking them to the bus stop. >> jamie: good warning from a law enforcement veteran. great to have you here. we hope we get some answers today. >> goodbye. >> eric: there is a bailout, heading for europe. citizens in greece, where they have been taking to the streets, really angry about their economic plie. but ahead, the concern that we -- u.s. taxpayers, could be paying for everybody else. [ male announcer ] that. right there -- reminds you why you fell in love with her in the first place. and why you still feel the same. but your erectile dysfunction --

that could be a question of blood flow. cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like neing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache or muscle ache. to avoid long term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. if you have any sudden decrease or loss in hearing or vision, or if you have any allergic reactions such as rash,ives, swelling of the lips, tongue or throat, or diffilty breathing orllowing, stop taking cialis and get medical help right away. ask youroctor about cialis for daily use and a 30-tablet free trial.

>> jamie: who else can we help out? how about the international monetary fund? boosting assistance to struggling european nations, pledging another -- fasten your seat belts, $430 billion, in an effort to protect the global

economy. the imf is backed by american taxpayers. turns out it is happening again. brenda buttner is here. brenda, what are jut thoughts on this one? >> it's very interesting because the u.s., basically and canada, declined to participate in this most recent pledge of $430 billion. they would have had to go to congress to get a vote on this, if they had decided they wanted to participate. but we are the biggest backer of the imf by far. and we back -- we can back up to $65 billion in loans. now, our feeling is so far, europe is wealthy enough to be able to -- to help itself out. but already, the imf has helped out europe to the tune of $300 million. and it's helped out greece with the biggest single rescue package ever. so the idea is, if you take a

look at some of these riots that we have seen in greece and ireland, in portugal and perhaps spain is the next one on the list because the people there do not want to take the tough measures required to turn around their countries. if you take a look at those, the question is, how many more loans will be required? and at that point, when is uncle sam going to get, again the bid to give more mony? i think this is not the last time we are going to have the imf hat in hand, coming to the united states. >> jamie: if has to be a very big hat, almost a stetson. where's the money coming from? our deficit, up, up, up it goes. >> that's the question. ostensibly, this will be paid back with interest. but where is that money coming from? of course, when we had a global crisis in 2008, it was the fed that backed us. it was the fed who came to ows

our rescue. europe has the european central bank, the feel is by many that europe should be taking its care of its own, as we did to our own. >> jamie: see where it goes. it sounds like they are not going on take that easily. they will ask us to help out. keep us posted. cha-ching. >> we will. >> eric: speaking of money, congress is dig deeper into the gsa spending capitol. they have wrapped up four hearings. so how widespread is that government party spending? and this coming week, the supreme court expected to hear arguments over arizona's controversial immigration law. coming up, the governor of that state, jan brewer, will weigh in. [ tom ] we invented the turbine business right here in schenectady.

without the stuff that we make here, you wouldn't be able to walk in your house and flip on your lights. [ brad ] at ge we build turbines that pothe world.

they go into power plants which take some form of energy, harness it, and turn it into more efficient electricity. [ ron ] when i was a kid i wanted to work with my hands, that was my thing. i really enjoy building turbines. it's nice to know that what you're building is gonna do something for the world. when people think of ge, they typically don't think about beer. a lot of people may not realize that the power needed to keep their budweiser cold and even to make their beer comes from turbines made right here. wait, so you guys make the beer? no, we make the power that makes the beer. so without you there'd be no bud? that's right. well, we like you. [ laughter ] ♪

wow! it's even bigger than i thought. welcome torogressive. do you guys insure airstreams? yep. everything from travel trailers to mega motor homes. and when your rv is covered, so is your pet. perfect. who wants a picture with flo? i do! i do! do you mind? got to make sure this is -- oh. uh... okay.

everybody say "awkward." protecting your family fun. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >> the scandal over the photographs of the military, posing with dead insurgents in afghanistan, leon panetta has apologized, blasting, foolish decisions by young soldiers in war. those photos, published by the new york times, despite the pentagon asking them not to. how has the media handled this? liz trotta is an author, journalist and fox news contributor whoa joins us. >> i think you meant to say the "los angeles times." i guess this is one of the few times, we are not going to take them on. this time, the problem's with

the "los angeles times." i am not sure if it's a problem. the idea that presents itself and the challenge for all journalists and editors is: do you use photos of atrocities? and apparently, a soldier -- this has happened two years ago, a soldier from the 82nd airborne division in afghanistan, approached the "los angeles times" with pictures of soldiers, our soldiers, u.s. soldiers, sort of playing and mugging around for the camera, with the remnants of the taliban bombers who either were killed by our troops or in one case, were working on a bomb that blew up in their face. they are disturbing pictures. they are not pictures that are any more disturbing, from what i can see, than has happened in any war. that's a hard assessment. but it's a true assessment.

there were two photographs, published. according to the writer, described as a veteran correspondent for the "los angeles times," he says that the other ones were really bad and he wrote the story and they put the two pictures that they published on page 1. i don't think you can tell an editor -- and certainly the pentagon tried to -- you can't publish. you have to publish. have you to use good taste, if that's possible, with pictures of atrocities. but have you to publish them. the problem here is that this is a very long war. and there are increasing signs of a breakdown of discipline. particularly among small units that are way out in the field and quite removed from the senior commanders in the rear. that happens to be part of the breakdown.

now, this is one in a series of things that have happened that have not put our troops in a good light. as you may remember, in january, we had four marines, pictures of them, who appeared to be urinating on taliban corpses. we had koran burning at bagram air force base and sergeant bailz -- bales. now, in the fourth month running, we have really bad stories out of afghanistan. and the command has to be carrying. another problem is drug abuse among some of the troops. and that promises to be another big story. we also know, of course, about the pregnancy rate and sex abuse charges that are going on. the bottom line is that the

pentagon and secretary of defense, panetta, have very good reason to try to put the lid on this. but as sebor hirsch said, when someone called him, another reporter who broke a story in 1968 about a massacre in vietnam. he said, it's not our job to be on the team. >> eric: there may be more coming out. liz? >> that's right. >> eric: thank you so much. >> thank you. >> jamie: thanks, liz. >> eric: we have a one-hour special on voter fraud today, stealing your vote, on in three hours. in prime time, 9:00 p.m., stealing your vote. hope you can catch it. >> jamie: eric brings that you special. i'm jamie colby. great to have you. we have more news with shannon bream. have a great day. >> shannon: romney's v.p., there is an exclusive list of people who could join mitt romney on the campaign trail in the fall. we will hear from so o