this? a case of mad cow disease found in california. government telling consumers there is nothing to worry about. dr. stephen gardner says there is no reason for concern. jenna: when you throw an elbow like that. you might end up throwing away a few paychecks. we'll at the you what it cost this laker player coming up. it is all "happening now." jenna: we're not going to throw any elbows like that. rick: should i move a little bit more this way? jenna: come closer depending on how things go the next two hours, rick folbaum. hear is the big story of the day as we start off the 11 osceola county hour. mitt romney winning a few wins. targeting the president. a lot of people talking about the president. we're glad you're with us. i'm jenna lee. rick: i'm rick folbaum in for jon. mitt romney leaving the competition in the dust as he all but locks up the nomination in one.

biggest primary days on the calendar. now he is focusing entirely on president obama, sharpening his attacks and making the troubled economy issue number one. >> all of the thousands of good and decent americans i've met who want nothing more than a better chance a fighting chance, to all of you, i have a simple message. hold on a little longer. a better america begins tonight. [cheers and applause] four years ago barack obamas today he would us in front ever greek columns with sweeping promises of hope and change. but after we came down-to-earth, after all the celebration and the parades, what do we have to show for 3 1/2 years of president obama? is it easier to make ends meet? >> no!. >> is it easier to sell your home or buy a new one? >> no!. >> it is still about the economy and we're not stupid. [cheers and applause]

rick: michael barone is a senior political analyst at the "washington examiner". he is a fox news contributor and joins us this morning. michael, this wasn't tampa but this sounded an awful like an acceptance speech, didn't it? >> it did, rick. basically mitt romney is doing what barack obama did four years ago in june 2008 when he spoke in st. paul, minnesota and claimed victory in the fight for the democratic nomination and tried to set up a, a theme for the general election and obviously what you saw from mitt romney was an echo of the clinton war room slogan of 1992. it's the economy stupid. and you saw an echo effect of that question that ronald reagan asked at the single debate between him and jimmy carter in 1980. are you better off than you were four years ago. which by the way was a steal from a franklin roosevelt fireside chat in 1934. rick: i guess when it's good people keep stealing it. the governor said the last

few years are the best barack obama can do but it is not the best that america can do. michael, as everybody predicts this will be one of the naziest races in years, a sign that governor romney will take a page from ronald reagan and take the high road? >> i wouldn't characterize. romney's speech as particular nasty one in terms of political rhetoric? i didn't spot allusions to negative personal charactertics of the incumbent president. he was talking about issues and about principled issues economic issues. on issues how big government should be. should we continue to vastly expand the size and scope of government. reasonable people can take either side of that argument and mitt romney was making his stab at, arguing that we should not increase the size of government. we need to hold it back if we're going to have economic growth. rick: the laser beam focus on the economy, no mention of health care.

nothing about the abortion. nothing about contraception. nothing about same-sex marriage last night. are social conservatives, michael, going to get any of their issues heard this time around? >> not very much, rick. i think basically, if you look at all the public opinion polling, if you go to focus groups, if you ask people what's on their mind, they're primarily concerned with economic issues. foreign policy issues, cultural issues like abortion that played a bigger role in past elections, just seem to have been largely swept aside and in voters views because we've had a pretty subpar economic performance as compared to the long era of prosperity and economic growth from 1983 to 2007. rick: word from the gingrich camp that the former speaker will announce that he is ending his campaign sometime within the next week or so. what did newt gingrich get from all of this, michael? >> well, newt gingrich i think thought he could be president. i remember being out here

just steps away from where i am now in the fox newsroom in washington with newt gingrich in early november of last year. he said he thought mitt romney had a glass jaw. he would knock him out and he seemed very confident he would be elected president in november. so unfortunately for newt gingrich he is the glass jaw in the contest for the florida primary turned out to be his own and he's, what he got out of it is that, you know, a chance to talk to voters across the country. some good debate performances but a disappointing outcome and one that, you know, some within the organizations that he has formed over the years and sources of income may have dried up on him. rick: michael barone with the "washington examiner", fox news contributor. always good to get your insight, michael. thanks. >> thank you. jenna: we'll take you to north carolina now where former presidential candidate john edwards is in court and facing more testimony from his former

chief aide and former good buddy at that. edwards' attorneys are getting, going to get their chance to cross-examine andrew young today. he is the prosecution's star witness and yesterday he detailed edwards' relationship with his pregnant mistress rielle hunter and the attempts to hide their extramarital affair but andrew young is facing credibility issues of his own. jonathan serrie outside the courthouse in greensboro with more on this. jonathan, what are the some of the problems facing andrew young as a witness? >> reporter: jenna the bottom line is credibility as you pointed out. this after all is the man who initially claimed he was the father of edwards' illegitimate child. then after a falling out with the former presidential candidate he writes this tell-all book. well the defense is likely to seize on this during cross-examination. listen. >> they need to attack andrew young's credibility as much as possible, preferably by trying to show as many inconsistencies

between that testimony and either other statements he made, maybe things he said in his book. anything they can do to say not only is he not a trustworthy guy but point to things where he might have been lying in court. >> reporter: andrew young claims it was edwards' idea for him to claim paternity of the child. he said during the campaign edwards wanted to deflect any media scrutiny of the affair in hopes of not jeopardizing his bid for president. jenna: as you point out that's what young says now but back then he went through plenty of hoops to try to keep his friend's affair secret. what was his motivation then and maybe a little more on his motivation now, jonathan? >> reporter: the motivation seemed to be two-fold n court yesterday he said basically the reasons why two-fold. first of all he believed that edwards would make a great president. he believed in his candidacy but there was also a level of self-interest as he put

it, quote, i wanted my friend to be president. being friends with the most powerful person on earth, there are benefits to that. jenna? jenna: jonathan serrie with more out of north carolina as we get it. jonathan, thank you. rick: well the government's been saying for some time now that its bank bailout program will actually make a profit for taxpayers but a new report says not so fast. fox business network's liz macdonald joining us now. liz, good to see you. taxpayers are they going to get any of their money back from the bank bailouts? >> they may not. just a week and a half ago, rick, the treasury department is out with a new report that taxpayers could break even and see a profit on what is called the tarp bailout of the banking system but a new report from the special inspector general for the bank bailout program at treasury is a sharply-worded report saying not so. taxpayers could actually lose $60 billion on the tarp bailout. treasury has been saying that look it, we have stablized the financial system. we prevented financial

collapse and saved a million jobs but the special inspector general saying too much positive top spin from the treasury. this echoes a earlier gao report that says the same. a widely-held misconception that the tarp would make a profit to the new report. no concrete plan from treasury to get banks out of tarp and we see hundreds of banks still in the tarp program. rick: do we have a list of deadbeat banks and worst offenders? >> the worst offenders is general motors, aig and al ally financial. gm still owes $27 billion. 40 billion owed to tarp. ally financial not public and still struggling, owes 15 billion. we own 77% of the aig. both of those companies, their shares are underwater. taxpayers have yet to break even on the shares. that is why treasury is still holding onto the stocks. back to you. rick: i wonder if they will

get a call from check shun agencies. liz macdonald, thanks very much. >> sure. jenna: the battle over illegal immigration reaching the highest court in the land as the supreme court hears arguments today on arizona's controversial immigration law. one. toughest laws in the entire country. we have a live report from the supreme court coming up. rick: also met at that world peace -- meta world peace learn his punishment for throwing at that elbow. what it means for his team in the playoffs. jenna: a mad cow case in the heart of california's darely land. what you need to know next. >> i'm really questioning if we should eat this right now. that is scary. [ nadine ] buzzzz, bzzzz, bzzzz, bzzzz,

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arthel neville has the story. >> it was so brutal i can't stand to watch it. meta world peace suspended seven games which could cost him close to $350,000. even if you're rich it has got to sting. here it is. hear is the blow that got him in trouble. unnecessary roughness in the nba. a vicious elbow to the head of oklahoma city's james hardin, giving hardin a concussion. happened in sunday's game in second quarter of the lakers double overtime victory. world peace got elected from the game. he claims the elbow was a overzealous overcelebration of the dunk. elbow and explanation left lakers star kobe bryant confused. he said, hard to get into a guy's head to know exactly what happened in a situation like that. i haven't really spoken to him about it. you have to really ask him. what does world peace have to say for himself? he doesn't speak to the media about the incident but posted a statement on the

website, ron artest.com. here it is. i apologize to the oklahoma city thunder fans and okc organization. i look forward to getting back on the floor with my teammates and competing with the lakers for the lakers fans. this is his 10th suspension in the past decade. he will lose nearly $348,000 in salary either the rest of this season or next season. it depends how long l.a. stays in the playoffs. james hardin is recovering but he has not been cleared to play again. by the way lakers general manager says he does not condone world peace's actions the lakers play sacramento tonight. playoffs start saturday. rick: ron artest is the guy that went up into the stands a few years ago. >> reporter: he has done quite a few things. rick, i'm making sure you always maintain your well-based your manner that you do. rick: i will do my best, arthel. thank you very much. jenna. jenna: mice to have arthel part of our team to see rick

stays in line. thank you, arthel. a new case of mad cow disease the first in five years. the infected animal discovered in the heart of the california's dairy country. the usda says the cow is not headed for our food supply and stresses that american dairy and beef products are safe. still two major south korean retailers immediately suspended sales of u.s. beef. one has lifted the suspension. infected animal was discovered because of safeguards and testing put in place. >> they got more information about the situation. i have, became actually quite a bit more comforted at the fact that actually the surveillance systems we've got in place work and that gives me a great deal of comfort and i can't wait to get home this evening for a nice juicy steak. jenna: some confidence there. joining me dr. stephen gardner with new york methodist hospital. a steak for all of us tonight, dr. gardner.

>> i like steak. jenna: this is one cow in one area. how concerned should we really be? >> in past nine years we had four cows have been affected, none going to the food chain. we have no cases of mad cow in humans. in the world, 29 cases. figure chances are better eating that steak than fish contaminated with mercury. jenna: this was not part of the food supply but it is a dairy cow and we drink milk and eat cheese. why does that matter?. >> milk does not cause the disease. it can not be spread from milk. it is spread either eating a diseased cow, spread through cannibalism i hope nobody is into in the audience. jenna: i hope not either, dr. gardner. i wasn't expecting that. that is one of the ways this could be spread? >> that is one of the ways and blood transfusions and tissue transplants. those are the only ways it can be spread. if you keep the cows out of the food chain you will not have mad cow. jenna: what causes it? >> it is a protein. what the protein does.

it is not virus but gross in peculiar shape. the body doesn't clear it. it destroys the brain, eyes, or cows walking around or not walking around hitting themselves into the wall. jenna: some of the folks they saw with this cow. it passed away and it is interesting when they describe what happened to this cow they say it was spontaneous case. they don't really know -- >> spontaneous means mutation as opposed to him eating something. he didn't get it from eating but his body had a mutation like cancer that developed it. jenna: that can happen suddenly? >> that can happen. i'm a little suspicious about that reasoning. i would like to make sure it is not from eating contaminated food. that is our main safety. jenna: that is one of the concerns when there was a outbreak of mad cow disease in europe they say the cows were eating feed made from other cow by-products. that is one of the ways this disease was spread. how confident are you overall in our safeguards, not only with mad cow disease but some of these other serious food-borne illnesss? >> i don't think anybody

will get mad cow disease in the united states. with the other disease i'm a little bit nervous. with agri terrorism this is big area we have to look for. spoilage, look at all the salmonella contamination of salads and things like that. more worried about that than mad cow disease. jenna: gives us perspective. dr. garner we'll continue to see if we hear more about this. >> no hotdogs that aren't kosher. jenna: maybe take the steak instead. dr. garner. nice to see you. rick? rick: news of another cow and this guy apparently got a little hungry. where else do you go if you're on the run and need some grub? mickey. did's. the cow named darcy turning up at a drive-through in mcdonald's in brush, colorado after escaping from a nearby pen. we think the cow ordered chicken mcnuggets. will not order a big mac at mcdonald's. something from a sci-fi film. futuristic robots giving paralyzed people the power of mobility. some promising new research

you have to hear coming up. more fallout from the prostitution scandal at the secret service. more agents learning their fate as congress investigates the problem up on the hill. juan williams, mary katharine ham squaring off in a fair and balanced debate. that's coming up next.

rick: well new fallout from the colombian prostitution scandal rocking the secret service. two more agents have been fired. another permanently losing his security clearance and two more were cleared of any serious wrongdoing. a live look at capitol hill where homeland security secretary janet napolitano answerings tough questions about the possible threat to the president's safety and national security. she says the president was never in any danger. >> the agents are informed as to what the intel is,

what specific, country-specific measures need to be taken. and again, in this instance, mr. chairman, there was no impingeing on the security of the president and no access to any secure information by the people involved. rick: joining me now for more on this mary katharine ham, a writer at "the daily caller". she is a fox news contributor and fox news political analyst juan williams is here as well. nice to see you both. mary katherine after the president did the slow jam of the news last night with jimmy fallon then he talked about this secret service scandal and talked about this and said it was a couple knuckleheads. on the whole the guys do an amazing job. 'nough said? >> i agree with his sentiment we don't want to look down upon all the guys and who work in the secret service and women who work in the secret service who are mostly great people that put their lives on the line. that goes without saying.

maybe addressing first time on jim any fallon's show and using term knucklehead didn't treat it with seriousness it should be treated with. it came off flippant. i like to see janet napolitano taking questions from someone other than jimmy fallon or a late night host of the this is a problem having prostitutes along with the secret service advance team and somebody we would to all know about. rick: juan, what do you think about the president's response to this and what do you think about the hearings on capitol hill? do they serve an actual purpose or is it political theater? >> no i think it is a real purpose. to pick up on what mary katherine was saying there are serious issues that need to be addressed. you have to think back for a second what happened with the secret service there is little bit of a pattern here. the state dinner intrusion. people think back to that. there have been some other small incidents that haven't gotten enough attention in the media. the secret service, those are really up standing strong individuals.

i used to cover the white house so i had a lot of interaction. mark sullivan i think is a terrific guy as the director. i don't think these are people who would be engaged in the kind of behavior that would lead to potential threat to the president or to any of the staff. i mean it is a long line of people that are protected by the secret service. so the hearings are important. but as to the gym my fallon thing, to me republican haves to be very careful about overreach and saying oh, this is evidence that the president did something wrong or that his lack of leadership. i don't think that is going to sell with anybody. rick: what do you think, mary katherine? is there a problem here, potential problem for republicans if it seems like they're piling on? >> i think republicans are naturally more careful about democrat and piling on services like the secret service or the united states military when it comes to these incidents and making those symbol of those organizations. so i do think they need to be careful about that. i agree with senator grassley called for a ig investigation whether or not anybody from the advance

team was involved because the white house lawyer cleared them. i like to hear more about that. here is what political threat for the president. when you have organizations like military and secret service taking hits in pretty decent-sized scandals plus the gsa is more bureaucratic style scandal i think combination of those, if you're the guy running pro-government, government will take care of all your problems and run efficiently and well by me, barack obama when you're that guy, you have three scandals piling up that is political problem for you. rick: certainly, juan, whether the american people are blaming the president directly for this or not, it is certainly not what he wants people to be focusing on especially at a time when mitt romney is assuming the republican nomination and we're getting into the general election here. >> this is not good news, everybody knows. but it is sort of salacious, involves not only sex but in the case of gsa tom-foolery and going to vegas and wasting government money. it seems silly. i just disagree. look, nobody thinks this is

emblematic of barack obama's personal behavior. people just don't feel that way republicans or democrats. people do not see that he is somehow undisciplined or inviting this kind of bad behavior. so mary katherine says, he wants to say the government can solve all your problems. i don't know that is true. she says therefore there is evidence that is not true. to me seems again like republicans are engaged in a long stretch here to try to beat up on obama. rick: go ahead, mary katherine, final word. >> he is man of party of government. he is making the pitch they're the guys to solve your problems and he is running a really tight ship. this is evidence in some cases and i would argue many cases he is not running a particularly tight ship and not a great sell. >> you think this is his personal responsibility? i don't get it. >> i think that many of the scandals you've seen during this administration and these piling on to it add to the sense that perhaps he is not the guy to put in charge of all of our money. >> i don't think this iran-contra. rick: another discussion for

another day. we'll do it i promise. thank you very much to both of you. >> thank you. jenna: new warnings today from north korea. what the nation is now threatening to do to the united states and its neighbor, south korea. and why there are new concerns that another nuclear test could happen very, very soon. we'll go in depth on that. live to the supreme court. the justices are hearing arguments on arizona's tough new immigration law ahead of a key ruling that will have national implications and very well could i am pack the -- impact the presidential race. we'll have that story next because here at hotels.com, we're only about hotels. finding you the perfect place is all we do. welcome to hotels.com. or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today.

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jenna: big-time say per rat link from north korea today as his top military chief says the rogue nation is armed with powerful modern weapons that could target the united states. the north is also threatening to reduce its neighbor to the south, south korea to ashes. amid fears the north could conduct another nuclear test soon. a lot of news coming out of north korea. we have a expert of that area of the world. expert as mit security studies program. jim, nice to have you with us. >> always good to be with you, jenna. jenna: we talked a few weeks ago about a failed missile test out of north korea and now we're getting, let me quote him directly, this military, top military chief saying that the korean people's armey is armed with powerful weapons that can defeat the u.s. imperialist with a single blow.

what are we to believe about that. i love north korean rhetoric. it is one of the last bastions of over the top rhetoric. the last question, what do they mean it and when do they don't? i was a betting man they will have a nuke clear weapon. why? this follows pattern of history. that missile test did not go well. this is way for them to recoup and save some face. they're talking about modern weapons. you know that can be code for nuclear weapons. and there have been reports of some activity at the nuclear test site and then a north korean official telling reuters there would be a test. you add that up all together i think it is more like been than not there will be one sometime soon. jenna: if they do have a test what does it mean to us? >> i don't think it means that much. we'll have to look at what the data says. we'll have seismic data, we'll have air samples. the last two nuclear tests i don't think went very well for them. this more about their internal needs than external stuff. the real danger here not

suddenly they will go from a test to a weapon and they will launch it. the danger is south korea will feel compelled to respond to the test. they may feel compelled to respond to that. and someone can make a mistake. there can be a an accident, a miscalculation and then you could have a shooting war that starts that no one really wants that is my concern. not so much the nuclear itself as the response tit-for-tat back and forth that might cause a problem. jenna: a good time to remind our viewers we have 30,000 troops there at the dmz. we're in the cross fire to say that type of unexpected or accidental, that is a tough word to see accidental conflict between the two sides. >> absolutely. jenna: do you see it coming to a boiling point? if you compare your work over last several years, jim, how does this time with north korea seem the same or different than other times? >> great question. i think it is different because there is leadership change in north korea. kim jong is undoesn't have a lot of job experience.

trying to consolidate his position. at the same time, south korea undergoing presidential election. might be easy for people to make a mistake or miscalculation. so i do think the job is really to get through these next couple of years without an incident, without an error because leadership in both countries is going to be inexperienced. >> of course we're in the midst of an a presidential election as well that adds whole another dynamic into this. >> absolutely. jenna: let's broaden the conversation. we have news out of pakistan, that pakistan success fully launched to an upgraded ballistic missile, that is in response, some say, to india's launch last week. you have india and pakistan testing missiles. north korea testing missiles on the verge of a nuclear test. you have iran working towards a nuclear weapon. how do all of these things work together, jim, in your mind? >> i think they're separate. they each happen in their own little domain. i think the north korea, south korea, they will do

what they do regardless what the rest of the world is about. the india and pakistan thing is a little more complex because essentially it is a three-player game. india launches this missile as a message not to pakistan but to china. they test ad intercon dmen tall ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to where? beijing. chinese are paying attention to that. if indians do that, pakistanis feel need to respond. they fought three wars with india. jenna: it gets everybody's attention. we're showing the india video right now. when we bring the conversations back home, we're in a plan to disarm quite a bit of our nuclear weapons and i know we've talked in the past and you've said that, that is something on the table we should look at but should we remind the world as well about our military strength? >> well, i think people know we're the overwhelming dominant military power on the planet earth.

we spend more on our military than the next 10 countries combined. those 10 are our allies. so i think there's no question in the governments and capitals around the world that the u.s. is number one military power on earth bar none and number two is not close. i agree with you, general that though, as iran, not iran but india and pakistan continue this back and forth it makes it more difficult to talk about reducing nuclear weapons. india and pakistan are in a good place. leaders of the both countries met this month. you don't know how long that will last. a terrorist attack launched from pakistan into india could change that overnight. i worry about north korea, south korea. most folks think if there is real nuclear war sometime soon it is india and pakistan. they are cheek to jowl and they don't like each other and there is a bad history there. jenna: we don't know the total number of nuclear weapons in pakistan but we believe it is much higher than north korea. interesting perspective today, jim as we take and consider all these different countries and their moves.

nice to have you back with us to work through that all. we look to having you back. >> look forward to it as well. thank you. rick: we have a fox news alert for you now. arizona's immigration law taking center stage at the supreme court today. this is a controversyal law as you know, requires police in that state if they pull someone over for any reason to check that person's immigration status if they suspect the person is illegally in the country. the high court set to decide if the state overstepped its bound. we're starting to hear from some justice on this. shannon bream outside the supreme court. leaving oral arguments, shannon. tell us what happened. >> reporter: rick they just wrapped up. today only eight of the justices sitting. because justice elena kagan who was the solicitor general for the obama administration sat this one out because she was involved in the original decision to bring this lawsuit against arizona and its law. four different provisions are being challenged today. i have to tell you this was heated bench a lot of questions, a lot of probing. it was interesting too

because reset the lawyers who argued the health care case. paul clement of state of arizona and assistant attorney general ba really arguing from the other side. folks from arizona in there including governor jan brewer had to be encouraged. you can't predict what the court will do, seems to be a lot of questions that arizona is sovereign state and has interest making sure peel here illegally can't stick around in the state if the feds are unwilling to get rid of them. the chief justice repeatedly said to the solicitor general we're not telling you who you have to deport the state of arizona. they're all informing federal government, calling in we want to check the status about that person. whether the federal government decides to prosecute that person doesn't change whether or not because of arizona law. the justice seemed so exasperated he said something to the effect i get the feeling the federal government doesn't want to know how many people are here illegally. folks from arizona and supporters of the law have be encouraged at least some

four portions today, sounds like they may survive this challenge. rick: justice kennedy who of course is the swing vote on the bench asking whether states have a legitimate concern to try to correct the problems that are caused in the country by illegal immigration. talk to us, shannon, about some new fox news polls that are just out on immigration laws. what do we see? >> well these numbers, brand new just over the last week. and they show us when the average american out there is asked about how they feel like a law about sb 1070. 65% say they do support this law. 31% said they're opposed to it. 4% are not sure. as you can hear the public is certainly weighing in today. we have spirited demonstrations on both sides of the debate today. as fox polling showed us, two to one, americans out there agree states should have the power to enforce these laws. again the state arguing today it doesn't do anything the federal law doesn't do. it simply runs parallel to it trying to help a state, a border state, by dhs estimates has 360,000

illegal immigrants. rick? rick: shannon bream outside the supreme court building. thanks very much. we'll have the coauthor of arizona's live joining us coming up in the next hour. jenna: what an interesting time for the supreme court. really an interesting term. a lot more to those stories. health care and immigration throughout the next day and several weeks and months at that. could there be a new break in the case of madelyn mccann? five years after the little girl's mysterious disappearance, british police have reason to believe she may be alive. we'll tell you why. extreme weather moving across the country. could mean tornados, record heat in others. we'll have an update from the fox extreme weather center just ahead [ horn honks ]

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jenna: brand new stories coming up next hour. a surprising new political poll just in pitting the president and mitt romney in a very, very tight race. scott rasmussen joins us with the new numbers. and approval ratings as

well. also some disturbing new information about those popular hand sanitizer jells. why they are potentially deadly drink of choice for teenagers. rick: drink? jenna: bizarre. we'll talk more about it. apparently emergency rooms are seeing this. spanking in schools still legal in 19 states. a new lawsuit on paddling in one school district caught our attention. we have a great legal panel on that coming up. rick: we're keeping our eye on some pretty extreme weather across the country. some folks could hit with dangerous wind, hail, maybe even a tornado. with other areas seeing record high temperatures, janice dean live in the fox extreme weather center. janice, what is going on? >> meanwhile where is spring in the northeast, right, rick? rick: right. >> it's been cool. we're dealing with above average temperatures across the rockies in toward the central plains. big air of high pressure that will break down the next couple days but we'll see above average temperatures as you move in

towards the central and southern high plains. then things will shift a little bit and we're going to see more seasonal averages across the northeast which is great news. the taking it tuesday's records, yes, certainly very warm across parts of nebraska, iowa, even utah, 86 degrees for salt lake city. that was a record for tuesday. and taking a look at the radar where we see potential for those storms firing up today across the great lakes and ohio river valley. this is your severe weather there today that includes chicago, indianapolis and charleston. large hail, damaging wind and even isolated tornados. not looking for a severe weather outbreak but certainly we need folks to pay close attention. this is the future radar. all of that rain moving toward the mid-atlantic and northeast by thursday hope you have your umbrellas ready. rick: we can't complain, janice. we've had it good for so long. >> thank you, thank you. rick: thank you. jenna: not putting away the

winter coats quite yet. it is almost may. we'll talk a lot about the presidential election coming up in november. remember every single house seat is on the line as well. the battle lines are drawn literally. right now republicans hold the majority, 241-192 but some congressional districts in key states have been redrawn. what effect could that have? redistricting on the balance of power. mike emanuel live on capitol hill with more on this hi, mike. >> reporter: hi, jenna. good morning to you. redistricting essentially means as the population moved to the south and to the west, places like pennsylvania, ohio, iowa, have lost congressional seats. so what we were seeing is, congressional member on congressional member primaries which john lars sown one of the key democratic members in the house called gut-wrenching and heart rendering. for steve king, republican from iowa, who has a newly drawn district it means a challenge. >> once you realize that

will be the way it will be you have to accept it. we'll do this and do this right and we'll have fun with it. it will take us to another level. part of me welcomes the challenge and, you know, is, as odds that that may seem there is part of me that welcomes that challenge. i want to be tested. >> reporter: congressman king says his new district is 45% of the his current constituents. 55% new people. facing chris at this vilsack well-known name in iowa married to the agriculture secretary. for king it means introducing himself to a lot of new constituents. for the democrats here is their sense where it stands when it comes to redistricting. >> redistricting overall was a wash. there were 61 districts controlled by republicans that were won by president obama in 2008. that were in play for us at the beginning of this election cycle. there are now 64 of those districts. so we think redistricting overall was probably a wash,

maybe a small advantage for us. >> reporter: in pennsylvania last night you saw two blue dog democrats incumbents lose in the primary. jenna. jenna: lots to keep an eye on as we move toward november, mike. thank you very much for that. meantime a major breakthrough in modern technology giving some paralyzed patients the ability to move again through robots. the control is right in your mind, rick. you just have to think it and apparently it does it. what it could mean for disabled americans including soldiers with war injuries, coming up in just a moment. [ kyle ] my bad.

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rick: "happening now", a remarkable story to share with but the the power of the mind. want to show you a man who was paralyzed hooked up to dozens of electrodes on his head.

you see the helmet he is wearing. that allows him to move the robot. this robot is 62 miles away from him. scientists in switzerland say he is controlling movements simply by thinking about them. joining us live the editor-in-chief of masrable.com. this is cool stuff. how does it work? >> this is not invasive. not going inside the brain. it is reading electrical impulses through the headset inside the brain and the patient thinks about what they want to do and then that's transmitted to the robot. but one of the really innovative things scientists did here was cut out the noise. they cut out sort of pain impulses, random thoughts. what they said, here's an action. once you take the action, don't do anything else like tell the robot to move until i tell you otherwise. then it waits for the next action which would be stop or completed. that is a really powerful thing because that will make the robot 10 times more effective for people who can't do things on their own. rick: talk to us about

practical uses here. we mentioned going into the break soldiers returning from battle who may find themselves paralyzed or with other kind of difficulties. what else is out there as a potential use for this stuff? >> it is interesting, they had it 62 miles away. it will be just as useful 10 feet away. if you can't go over and get something, you can't pick up a cup. you can't open a refrigerator. you can't answer the door you can think about it and have the robot do it for you. you can have the robot greet guests. really anything you can imagine, really a lot he do spends on the power and quality of the robot. how many things it can do because it really becomes a matter of training your mind. then programing the robot and having it do things. over in japan right now, they are building home health karo bottoms there to assist their aging population. if you can't speak and need the robot to pick it up and think about it and the robot does it. this is power you'll if and cool breakthrough.

looks like it is pretty far away from practical research. rick: lance, editor in chief of mashable.com. thanks for coming in to talk to us about it. jenna: we'll have to follow this for sure. maybe if i think about it will happen. people, i'm talking about rick, who rye lie on their kids for help around the house. listen up to this. the labor department is reportedly putting final touches on new rules for what kids can and can't do on family farms and ranches of the could this be the end of 4-h? this could be one of the questions we have. more importantly is the government crossing the line here? we'll investigate next. so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. mmm-hmm.

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martha: jenna: brand new stories and breaking news, all coming up on "happening now". the battle over illegal immigration is the big story, who has the power to enforce the law, just got through with a session of the supreme court. we'll look at today's argument and what's to come on that. >> teenagers getting drunk on something you see

everywhere. it's suppose to help you get rid of germs. what parents should watch out for. this little girl disappeared five years ago, sparking an international search. now police say madeleine mccann may be alive. we're going have the stunning new details on that, hour two of "happening now" starts right now. here's word for you, unprofessional, unacceptable, inexcuseable. rick not good words. jenna: nothing to do with our performance today! hopefully not. the homeland security secretary, janet napolitano talking on capitol hill. those are some of the terms she used. we're glad you're with us on the second hour of "happening now", i'm jenna lee. rick: i'm rick folbaum, the senate judiciary committee promising that investigation will leave no stone unturned. doug mckelway has the latest. >> reporter: homeland security secretary janet

napolitano is answering questions, she was asked about the bee have -- if the behavior was a cultural problem within the agency and whether it may have happened many times before but only claim to light in colombia because the u.s. embassy was alerted. here the response: >> we are looking to see and make sure this was not some kind of systemic problem, and most importantly, to fix it. >> reporter: she was also asked if the secret service has guidelines about officers posting on-duty pictures of themselves on social media sites. that, after one of the now forced out officers posted a picture of himself on facebook, guarding then vice presidential candidate sarah palin. >> yes. to the extent there was such a posting, unprofessional and unacceptable. >> reporter: and while she said the investigation is ongoing, she said that she has been assured by secret service director mark sullivan that at no time was presidential security compromised but admitted there was a risk of it being

compromised. in a separate development, the associated press is reporting tuesday is three marines on a u.s. embassy security team and one embassy staff member were punished for allegedly pushing a prostitute out of a car in brazila late last year after a dispute over payment. >> this incident was fully investigated, and those that were involved have been punished and held accountable. >> reporter: the u.s. embassy in brazila apparently tracked down this prostitute and paid for her medical expenses but there are reports now rick that she is suing. rick: doug, thank you. jenna: from washington to north carolina, right now a former aide to john edwards is back on the stand and in the cross-examination, defense attorneys will no doubt challenge andrew young's account of the former presidential candidate, young telling the jury yesterday edwards called his mystery a variety of nasty, colorful names, accused her of sleeping

around, and said the child she was about to have probably wasn't his. even though now, edwards admits he is indeed the father. joining me now is former prosecutor doug burns, day two, day three of this case, doug. at issue is not really the affair, though. what is really the issue, or the potential crime that john edwards could be guilty of? >> i'm really glad you started with that. because you have to break this down into three components. one, it's a political story, put that to the side in terms of me being a lawyer, two, you know, his dizzying fall from great heights of power and sal atious affair and all that but the reality is none of that is a criminal offense, okay? >> jenna: if only it was, duck, if only it was illegal to be a jerk! we could all benefit from that at one time or another. >> but the defense rhetoric is here's the code book and i'm looking into it and don't see being a jerk and having an affair in here. many experts, law professors

and practitioners in the field of campaign finance have gone on record and said this is a bit of a stretch in terms of a legal theory and the reason they're saying that is this. $925,000 was given to edwards, and the question is, was that, you know, a gift to assist him to cover up this sal atious story, or was it a campaign contribution. now, andrew young, his aide, lied repeatedly, lied to the point of saying this is my child, and john edwards has lied a number of times. so from my vantage point, as a trial lawyer for over 20 years, it seems to me the jury is going to conclude that everybody is lying all around and it's almost like the old baseball adage, the tie goes to the runner. in a criminal case, the tie is supposed to go to the defendant. jenna: let's talk about the intent, then, of that money, because that is the issue, whether the intent was is that it was a gift, a personal gift, and that's what it was, or whether it was an actual official campaign contribution. >> right. jenna: how do you determine

that? >> well, it's interesting. because you're going to look, obviously, at how the check is marked, and the woman who wrote them, mrs. mellon, interestingly enough, even though she made them out to an interior design firm wrote "go john edwards" on the bottom so that's a little problematic. let me back up and say this. this case can be defended factually and legally because the defense lawyer said that he wasn't aware of this. it's almost like two cracks at the apple. i wasn't aware this was happening, i wasn't aware in any way, shape or form these were campaign contributions. jenna: let's just say it was, doug, an interesting point raised by el knee sloan, she was quoted in a political article today, and she said, you know, it's such is a slippery slope about a gift and campaign contributions and one of the things she said is what happens if it was a campaign contribution. >> right. jenna: what happens if john edwards wrote off on his campaign, coverup for affair and he admits it an says that's what the money was for and that was very important to my run for

office. then would it be okay? >> now, let me present the other side of the argument. you know, putting on the other hat, a lot of people are saying look, there is a limit of 23, $2500, and here is somebody giving $925,000. then the immediate superpoint is that somebody funded newt gingrich to the tune of 25 million, they did it through political action committees. that's another whole seminar. jenna: let me just ask you a question on that. >> sure. jenna: if the money was through -- now we have the superpac, if the money was through that now would we be having that conversation? >> i don't know we would. that's my point. it's a matter of labeling and form over substance. i think it's interesting because i think prosecutors lose a lot of ground, you know, with president clinton hanging in the rafters over going after somebody and just pounding them, you know, for this kind of personal terrible conduct and again, kind of the jurors are like he's horrible, terrible, we don't like him but again it could backfire theoretically on the prosecution. gen jen that's another tee

bait, whether this is a watershed moment for campaign finance or somebody personal and d that's what we'll watch for the next six weeks of trial. doug, we look forward to having you back, thank you. >> thank you. rick: to growing outrage over a new government proposal targeting world family, the obama family with a list of rules, preventing people under the age 618 from doing farm chores, creating a wedge between the working families around the country. editor for the daily caller, david, thank you very much for being here. what is this all about? >> the department of labor says all of the sudden, they've got to clamp down on farm kids, doing work on farms. they're citing a study saying that there's an increase of injuries among kids working on farms, even though the bottom's own numbers show that has plummeted in the last decade. what they want to do is basically carve out a teeny, tiny exception for farms that are wholly owned by

parents who want to make decisions for their own kids, but everybody else, no kids working on farms. rick: if your grandparents own a farm then you wouldn't be able to go and do stuff there. >> that's right. you can't stack hay bales, pick blur berry, they have a regulation that says you can't work 6 feet off the ground. anybody who stacks hay knows that the third bale, you're 6 feet off the ground. they have a reg that says kids can't operate run machinery that don't run on their own power, they can't mo the lawn, operate a battery powered screwdriver. that's how far this regulation goes. >> you think there's something else at play here, that the department of labor is up to something else in an attempt to beef up their department a little bit. >> well, look, if you take this regulation to its logical conclusion, the department of labor is going to need thousands of new inspectors and pencil pushers in the field inspecting farms to make sure kids aren't milking

cows and feeding chickens, so this i think ultimately is about expanding the power and reach of the department of labor, because if you're a farmer out there right now, most of the contact you have from the government is from the department of agriculture, and you always have these squabbling matches between cabinet departments over who's got more power and who's got bigger reach. this is an unprecedented reach by the federal government and department of labor to do something it's never done before and when you consider that the majority of land in the united states is farmland, it takes on kind of a chilling tone from the farmers we're talking to. iraq rick no chance the government would try to prevent my kids from taking out the trash, is there? >> not unless you live on a farm! don't get me wrong, suburban kids can mo the lawn for spare change but all of the sudden when they're on the farm it changes. this is where they learn responsibility, ethics and hard work if they don't grow nup a city and they're going to take it away. rick: i've got four kids at

home, sometimes it feels like we're living on a farm. david, thank you. >> my pleasure. jenna: sounds like we need to talk more about that story, for parents everywhere! the supreme court takes on the high stakes court over arizona's controversial immigration law, it's a epic battle, pitting the government against the state of arizona and in phoenix, groups are gathering in strong opposition to the law. william la jeunesse is there live with more. hi william. >> reporter: jenna, the states and federal government have been on a collision course over immigration policy for years, and to many, sb1070 is simply a symbol of how badly broken the system is. the last immigration reform bill we had was 1986. it was follow thank amnesty that the situation actually got worse. the border patrol was arresting up to 1000 people a night in arizona alone. and it is that frustration with federal immigration policy that created the voter and taxpayer backlash

that led to 1070. while washington is on trial today the commotions that created that are here in arizona. today, hispanic and proimmigrant groups and the aclu will basically gather here to protest 1070, and like-minded laws that they consider discriminatory and that contribute to racial profiling. >> for us to be hard in arizona is really important. i think the federal administration is heading to a place, in communities throughout the country, that is enacting what's happening in arizona throughout the rest the country. in arizona, we've seen what these laws do to our community. >> reporter: now, today's rally is not likely to be as large as that 12 years ago, when the -- one, two years ago when the bill was signed. the silent majority, if polls are accurate, outnumber those who fz by a margin of 2-1. they say if the federal government was actually interested in enforcing immigration law, not just at the border but at the work site and at cities and also with those who everstay

their visas, well then they would see 1070 as a help, not a hinderance. >> i think this administration is trying to have its cake and eat it, too. instead of coming forward and fully enforcing in a fair manner our laws addressing illegal immigration, they are trying to pander to a particular group, as well as trying to say that they're also enforcing the laws. >> reporter: now, those in law enforcement like attorney bill mont rory -- mont bottomry say if they had the opportunity, they never had a chance to implement ten' on -- 1070 in a way they say is and can be respectful of civil rights laws and of course the supreme court could give them that chance, jenna, those who oppose the bill say they will be here to continue to basically influence public opinion, because of course, what happens in court is irrelevant, or at least what they do here today will not influence what happens in court in one way or another. jenna: a few more weeks before we get that decision. we'll continue to watch the

story, william, thank you very much. rick: quick break and when we come back, there's a dangerous new trend among teenagers that all parents need to know about, a commonly used household product that you probably have in your house right now that kids may be using to get high. we'll talk about it. >> plus police in to hisson, planning to wrap you an intense search for a missing six-year-old girl, what they found and what it means for finding little isabel --ist bell cellis. we'll tell you.

jenna: some new information on a dangerous new teenage trend and this is available, this product, in aisles of drugstores, in schools, in bathrooms. it's hand sanitizer, and we've been talking about this during the commercial, about how, when -- there are so many questions. what is the deal here? >> it baffles you, right? it's bizarre. here's the deal, jenna. a few squirts could equal a couple of shots of hard liquor. kids in california have been swallowing hand sanitizer to get drunk for a couple of years now with some 2600

cases reported in cali since 2010, but now that trend is sweeping the nation. here's how it works. liquid hand sanitizer is 62- 65 percent ethel alcohol or ethanol, the main ingredient in beer, wine and liquor, making it 120 proof. you compare that to a bottle of vodka which is 80 proof, a few swallow social security all it takes to get a person intoxicated and feel the same effects as alcohol, talking about slurred speech, unresponsiveness and doctors say it's even possible to fall into a coma. now, if that's not enough, teenagers use salt to break up the alcohol from the sanitizer to get a more powerful dose. if you're not sure how to break down the chemicals, there are tutorial videos on the internet, describing in detail how to do it. some of those posts show kids laughing as they get high on the hand sanitizer. of course when is no laughing matter. doctors say long term use could lead to brain, liver and kidney damage and of course, jenna, access is

easy, hand sanitizer is cheap, it's everywhere and the pocket-size bottles can be the equivalent of 2-3 shots of hard liquor. director of toxicology at the usc, los angeles county emergency department, saying a safer option to keep around the house is that foam sanitizer, adding injecting any hand sanitizer will pose a risk of alcohol poisoning. yuen jen i think baffling sums it up. arthel, thank you very much. >> of course. rick: news corporation, of course, the parent of fox news channel, and the chrman, rupert murdoch, testifying in front of an inquiry on media ethics in london today, saying he never asked for any favors from any public figures in the u. -- u.k. and strongly condemns the acts of eavesdropping by any journalist. greg palkot has the latest, live from our london bureau. >> reporter: we were listening to it all and it was farley tough questioning for rupert murder o. head of newscorp. the estimation here is that

he gave as good as he got. questioning went on for about five hours, talked about his newspaper, other media entities, his commercial interests and most importantly, his and his company's relations with and influence on politicians here. while admit thank they like to meet, and he denied ever requesting anything in return, here he describes his relations with former u.k. prime minister tony blair. take a listen: >> i, in ten years of his power, never asked mr. blair for anything, nor did i receive any favors. and if you want to check that out, i think you should call him. >> reporter: which is not to say things have always been chummy between murdoch and leaders here. here is his account of a conversation with former prime minister gordon brown, after murdoch told him that his sun newspaper would not be endorsing him. >> he says well, your company has made -- declared

war on my government. and we have no alternative but to make war on your company. >> reporter: as for the phone hacking scandal at the now-closed news of the world newspaper which triggered this probe, as well as other probes, resignations, and firings, as well as arrests, here's a bit of what mr. murdoch had to say about that: >> i don't believe in using hacking, i don't believe in using private detectives or whatever. i think it's just a lazy way of reporters not doing their job. >> reporter: that subject will be taken up in more detail when rupert murdoch appears once more before this inquiry tomorrow for a second and final day. rick. rick: greg palkot live for us in london, greg, thanks. jenna: new polling just out. we're going to talk to scott rasmussen about where americans think we're headed n. the right or wrong direction. we'll have that. plus, new information in the five-year-old mystery of what happened to madeleine mccann, why police say there

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jenna: the top crime stories happening now, a missing little girl may still ab live, that's from police, five years after madeleine mccann disappeared from her parents' home in portugal. you're seeing a new image of what she would look like today at nine years of age. a group calling itself the threatners, claiming responsibility for a series of bomb threats at university of pittsburgh. it started at the end of the month, disrupting classes and final exam, all the bomb threats, police finally

offered an award for information ledding to -- leading to the arrest. the group says they ended their campaign. >> the fbi is searching the home wher isabel cellis lived in to hisson, the six-year-old vanished in the middle of the night, that's what her parents say. fbi dogs hit on something that required a followup. we don't know exactly what that was, but that's what's "happening now". rick: fox news alert, and brand new poll putting mitt romney five points ahead of president barack obama, the rasmussen reports shows the president getting 44 percent of the vote to governor romney's 49 percent, independent pollster scott rasmussen is president of rasmussen reports.com and scott i know this is just a snapshot, sort of a moment in time but what does it tell you about the president's chances for reelection? >> look, this number as good as it's gotten for mitt romney. if you look back over the last month, the president and romney have pretty much consistently been in the mid 40s, if the election were held today it would be very

much of a tossup. what that tells me is that eventually in the next few months with the economy, supreme court decision and other factors, they are going to determine who wins in november. rick: right track, wrong track s. the government going in the right direction or wrong direction, what did you find? >> we asked can -- is the country going in the wrong or right direction. most people aren't concerned with what happens in the government but the real world and 29 percent say things are heading in the right direction. to give a sense of scale on that, the bush years, that number was in the teen, so people feeling better, but president obama had a great first year in office and at the peak, 40 percent said that things were heading in the right direction. earlier this year, 34 percent said we are heading on the right track. now it's down to 2 percent. again, this is a rough indicator of the public mood. if it keeps moving down, bad news for the president. rick: the issues, and i guess this should come as no surprise to anyone who listened to governor romney's speech last night, that he talked almost

exclusively about the economy and that is the number one issue, according to voters, right? >> that's right. we track this every day. 48 percent right now say the economy is a top issue. >> rick: not even close. >> not even close. to give a sense of context, last time a president ran for reelection in 2004, more than 40 percent were saying national security was the top issue, only 20 percent said the economy. we live in a different world. but it's partly because of all the economic news around us, you know, only 49 percent of homeowners now think their home is worth more than they paid for it. that's a big cause for concern. rick: i know this is your business, scott, and i don't want to try to diminish the importance of what you and your staff are doing in any way, shape or form, because we love it, but i'm wondering, at what point do snapshots, periods of time in april, really sort of become hardened feelings on the part of voters as to the way things are going right now? are we talking maybe the conventions this summer, when? >> it will be sometime around labor day before we

really get a final sense. we've got to get through a few more economic reports and get through the supreme court hearings, see how things play out. what we do know is that if voters get bad news on the economy, confidence in the economy falls immediately. if good news comes, it takes many, many months to restore that confidence. so the economic indicators between now and early summer, very, very important. rick: rasmussen reports.com, scott rasmussen is the president, good to see you scott, thank you very much. >> good to see you rick. jenna: it may be controversial, but is it constitutional? arizona's immigration law, now before the supreme court. a decision that could impact immigration policy, no matter where you live in this country. plus, many students, coast to coast, cheering the president's latest move. what's behind -- what is the policy behind the push for interest rates and college loans? we'll go in depth on that, just ahead. olay smooth finish facial hair removal duo. first a gentle balm

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jenna: president obama pushing a law to keep interest rates low for millions of students when it comes to their student loans. the president hitting up universities in three states this week. it's his latest campaign blitz. rich edson with the fox business network and is here with more. rich? >> reporter: good afternoon, jenna. college students are staring at diminished job prospects and a possible doubling of student loan interest rates. over the past five years the federal government lowered interest rates on government backed student loans from 6.8% to 3.4%. rates on loans issued after

this july 1st are scheduled to double. president obama is speaking to college campuses across the country fitting this this issue in with his campaign narrative. >> do we want to keep subsidizing big oil or we want to make sure we're investing in clean energy? [cheers and applause] do we want to jack up interest rates on millions of students or do we want to keep investing in things that will help us and help them in the long term, things like education and science and a strong military and care for our veterans? we can't do both. we can't have it both ways. we have to make a choice about what our priorities are. >> reporter: congressional republicans point out congressional democrats failed to sufficiently pay for the rate decrease in the 2007 law. they accused white house campaigning on the issue to distract from high unemployment. >> we don't want the interest rates on these loans to double in this economy. we don't want today's graduates to have to suffer

anymore than they are already are as a result of this president's failure to turn the economy around after more than three years in office. >> reporter: lawmakers are now fighting over how to pay for maintaining lower rates without adding to the deficit. jenna? jenna: interesting. we tend to think about the folks with student loans like 21, 22-year-olds, not people like us, old people like us, rich. we both went to the same graduate school. we had really big bills at the end of that. >> reporter: not cheap. >> thanks very much, rich. we agreed to the terms. we'll see what happens. rick: on to arizona's controversial immigration law now. it is before the supreme court as we've been telling you. the justices are hearing oral arguments for or against the measure which gives police the right to check immigration status anyone they stop and suspect of being in the country illegally. kris kobach is coauthor of arizona's immigration law. we have the national director of league for

united latin american citizens. good to talk with both of you. mr. secretary you were inside the court. mr. wilkes, i understand you weren't. let me start with you. what is your main argument against arizona's law? >> this is power grab by the states, violating federal supremacy on the issue of immigration. the federal government has had that supremacy since the country was founded and the supreme court in the past and the constitution clearly back that up. if we were to allow this to happen we could end up with a patchwork of 50 states having 50 different laws impacting immigration when this is really a federal responsibility just like our our foreign policy is and on top the human toll this would have. millions of families in the state of arizona would lose their jobs of the would be afraid to send kids to school. would be afraid to being stopped by the police because they look like undocumented immigrants and harassed. this is really a racial profiling bill that is legalizing racial profiling in the state of arizona.

if the supreme court places historic rolls roles of defending minority rights populations. they will strike the law down. we see victory coming in june. rick: secretary cobach, what is your response to that. what do you say? >> anyone in the courtroom noticed the justices made clear there is no racial profiling claim in this argument. indeed the justice department didn't even make a racial profiling argument when they filed the lawsuit because they knew they would lose. the law we drafted prohibits racial profiling in four place of the this is good day for state of arizona. the u.s. justice department was on the ropes. they had had a very hard time answering questions of justices. when we drafted law we made sure it mirrors federal law precisely. the using exact language of federal law so there is no possible conflict with any federal statute. as a result the obama justice department has to argue, this arizona conflicts with our desire to not to enforce federal laws. the justice were not buying

it. the solicitor general was pressed time and again something use to the preempt a state law. he could not give the example. i think arizona will win and i'm pretty confident. rick: mr. wilkes, at one point justice sotomayor telling the solicitor general the arguments you're working here are not quite working. what else have you got. what else can you give us? that seems to be the general consensus that the justices really across the board were sympathetic to the problems going on in the state of arizona and doesn't there need to be some kind of enforcement of immigration laws in this country for people who come here and try to work illegally? >> yes, we've seen that there is drastic enforcement. we'll he have expanded border patrol 10 times since just a decade ago. we've seen electrified fences. we've seen all kinds of border enforcement and result has been that immigration to the united states, undocumented immigration has dropped dramatically. so the state's argument they need to pick up where the federal government failed to do their job doesn't hold any water. since 1930 there hasn't been

a, negative migration of latinos or mexicans out of the united states. that's happening now. >> let me answer that point. there is no cause. >> there is no cast for this law. folks want to pick on minority populations. they done it before in arizona. they refuse the recognize the martin luther king, jr. holiday. they're back and found a legal way to do it. it would be crying shame to supreme court held that up and allowed to law of the nation. all white supremacists will jump on this. rick: secretary, go ahead. >> he says there has been dramatic drop in the illegal alien population because of federal efforts. we just got the numbers out a couple days ago. these are federal government numbers. that three years between 08 and 2011, nationwide there has been 1% drop in the illegal alien population. but in arizona there has been a 36% drop. that shows that if you're serious about enforcing the law and ratchet up the level of law enforcement we can

really solve this problem. for some reason the obama justice department doesn't like arizona's desire to actually enforce our immigration laws. rick: we'll have to leave it there. gentlemen. we await the decision of the court, minus, justice kagan who recused herself from this. we'll hear from the court coming up in the next couple months. gentlemen, thank you so much. chris cobach, kansas secretary of state. chris wilkes, director of league for united latin american citizens. thanks. >> thank you. jenna: a lot to think about there. excellent points made on both sides. brazen thieves terrorize a wal-mart, jumping over-the-counter, grabbing cash from the register. please need your help. we're on that next. keeping kids on the straight-and-narrow or discipline run amok. a student is paddled in school. it is legal in that state and 19 others. parents of this child say it went too far this time. our legal panel takes up this case next. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle --

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the future of transportation looking like a throwback to the early 1900s. street cars and trolleys making a big comeback in cities across the country. adam housley live in sacramento, california. your hometown, buddy. >> reporter: my home area. we're on what is called the metro, the light rail they actually called it. tried to brand it years ago. they tried to get people to ride it more. the whole idea of light rail to bring people back into downtown. small towns we grew up in used to have light rail more and more but now they want to get people to ride the rails. in sacramento, what's old is new again. the same in san diego. and in portland, oregon. >> whether antiquated technology or not, it is cost effective and it is proven. >> reporter: it is light rail or the modern streetcar. once found in more than 800 american cities and towns, street cars nearly disappeared from downtown roadways but now, it seems

the revival is on. with at least 40 communities across the country actively using or planning to return to urban rails. >> that streetcar will go by a lot of small businesses. will drop people off at these small businesses, whether they be restaurants or clothing stores. >> good for our business. it drops people off every single day. as you can tell as gas prices going up it is more packed and it's a guaranteed business flow for us. >> reporter: it's not just nostalgia driving these cars. some studies show these urban projects if done correctly can boost property values encourage development and cut carbon emissions and ultimately raise tax revenue. as we're live walking, riding through sacramento, walking down one of these cars, rick, the idea again to try to drive people into downtown. not everybody is happy with it. some people say it doesn't always work. in tampa, for example, they say they're losing money.

when you talk to city planners and done right and have enough police presence on the cars you will have a very successful situation. again a lot of cities are looking into this. we're talking about long beach, pasadena, san diego is already doing it and here in sacramento. rick? rick: adam housley. make sure you pay your fare. >> reporter: we'll do. we have a card for the day. rick: very good. see you soon. we'll be right back. don't go away c'mon dad! i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i g heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilos isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast.

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jenna: what would you do if your child got paddled at school for bad behavior? think about that for a moment and what would you do if your child got paddled and came home with serious injuries? one family said that is what happened to their son and they're suing because of that their lawyer said 14-year-old tray clayton

fainted after got paddled by one of the school officials. after fainting he fell and split his chin open and broke his jaw. the attorney says he wasn't swaddled with a pad deled you took a beating. the lawyer for the school district denies the allegations. remember paddling is legal in mississippi where trey goes to sue. it is legal right now in 19 states. joining me a former prosecutor and adjunct law professor at university of miami school of law. we have defense attorney rachel self. mark, the family is suing because they say his civil rights were violated. how so? >> let me just say this. the fact that we still have corporal punishment in the united states is nothing short of draconian. united states and australia are only two industrialized nations that use this draconian discipline, i put that in quotations. 106 countries banned it. the best argument they have is to argue that their equal protection clause was violated, the 14 amendment, was violated because a

disproportionate number of african-american males are being disciplined as opposed to a small number of females who are being doled out this type of abuse. jenna: so, rachel, the issue is not whether or not it is legal to paddle though. what makes it legal? what makes the school districts allowed to have this in place to make sure that it can actually happen if a teacher wants to do it? >> well, it is simply school regulations and state regulations. this is generated by each state. as you indicated 19 states still allow for corporal punishment. in this particular instance the child disciplined did not suffer injuries that were the most severe injuries as a result of corporal pawn meshment. as a result of corporal punishment the vice-principal called the mother at home. the child is acting up. do i have permission to use corporal punishment. she said, go for it. this was a thursday. the child went back to class and he wound up fainting.

he was brought to the hospital on friday. doctors declined to report it to social services. and, there is lot more to this story than everybody actually realizes. there are two sides to every story. jenna: mark? >> the point is, that as a result of this, the child suffered injury. but putting this case aside, in many cases it has been reported that bruising is common. broken bones also takes place and some reported death haves occurred as a result of corporal punishment. it just seems like we're past this. we are enlightened. shouldn't be the alternative. jenna: mark, one school year, this same district, 450 plus corporal punishments were handed out. this is what we know of, is the only case coming for that. is this just a one-off, mark? >> no. i think that many kids are being harmed. think of what teachers have to be doing. we're trusting teachers with a big wooden paddle to inflict hard enough injury, i don't beat my kids so i

don't know how it works but i'm assuming it has to be hard enough to have an impact but not too hard to cause permanent or even temporary injury. jenna: there is thin line between a beating and a paddling. >> and ask administrators to do this? >> well, i mean but the administrators are, federal legislation has tried, they have tried to pass bills eliminating corporal punishment on federal level. it failed. it doesn't work. certain states still want their corporal punishment. the issue, no, they're not advocating beating these children. they're advocating some form of physical discipline and there is. >> right. >> it might be taken, and while might be taken too far in certain instances a spank something a spanking. that is what they're advocating with corporal punishment. >> they're not. they're using a big piece of wood because john any nodded off in class or worse, -- >> that is not what is happening, mark. that is not what is happening. >> by slamming his tush with

a big wooden paddle. jenna: i'm going to have to jump in here. the issue of paddling is not, the not the main centerpiece of lawsuit, causation what happened from it. not whether or not that law can stay in mississippi or the other 19 states where it is still legal. an interesting debate. mark, rachel, appreciate having you. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> thanks. rick: coming up 14 seasons in the nfl, four pro bowls, family, money in the bank you would think retirement at the age of 36 would sound pretty good to trevor pryce, but the former jet says the golden years are not cracked up to be. put him in coach. he joins us live. jenna: you take your chair? rick: he can have it, whatever he wants. uh, i'm in a timeout because apparently

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tomorrow, just 10 days from the first day of the season. what an off-season it's been, right? with hype over spying cases bounty-gate, tim tebow. that is separate subject. this story caught our attention. successful player 14 years in the league, retired, healthy, controversy-free. after a few months of retirement, very public way just asked his former boss to give him his job back. joining me, trevor pryce, former all-pro-football star. nice to have you in the studio. >> thank you very much. jenna: read your story in the "new york times", you wrote a column. you said, rex ryan, give me a call. has he given you a call yet? >> not yet. every year 13-year-olds summer vacation three months into it want to go back to school. three weeks into school i want to go summer vacation. don't want to be that guy. gives me a you will can. rex, i don't want to be like

come september i am done. jenna: your article was very charming. 14 years you had a great career. is that enough? >> enough and not enough. what happens longer you do it, your life revolves in six-month increments. six months of football, six months off. all of sudden you have the rest of your life off? it can be a little unsettling at first especially first probably two or three months, you're like, oh, my gosh what am i going to do? i have no reason to get up in the morning. i have nothing to rush to. you miss the trauma of going through that day after day. jenna: we're seeing pictures of you. what is your main reason for writing this piece? >> boredom? no. it was people always ask me every time i'm in the streets, football fans, what are you doing now? i'm like i'm doing the same thing most retirees are doing at 66 which is nothing. jenna: you're 36, now?

>> i'm 36. i have 30 more years to get to the point. i can say that without smirking. when you retire at age of 66. kids are out of the house. you go travel the world. i have three kids. me and my wife have three. i have to travel around baltimore. jenna: rex will call you soon enough. >> will call me one reason or another. i don't know what the reason. could be a bad reason. hey, don't put my name this an article. jenna: we'll put the article up on the website. very fun look at retirement at least at this stage. >> i'm hoping that people not having anything to do with football can kind of relate to it. you know what i mean? that's why i wrote it. jenna: trevor, nice to have you in studio. thanks very much. stand right there because if he leaves he will not see. rick: looks like he can get on the football field today. jenna: i think he will. "america live" starts right now. megyn: fox news alert. new questions today whether pren