. >> gregg:. new rules have been announced for secret service agents traveling abroad. >> welcome to a brand-new hour of america us a news headquarters. ten point code for secret service is the latest fallout from the prostitution scandal that erupted about two weeks ago surrounding president obama's visit to colombia but it's not enough to quiet calls for some on capitol hill to expand the investigation into the elite agency. hi, molly. >> molly: new rules and new ethics training course. secret service mark sullivan says agents are always expected to conduct themselves in a manner that, quote, reflect the high standards of the united states government. but in prostitution scandal, sullivan was thought it was necessary to spell out for agents, that foreign nationals are prohibited in your hotel

room. non-reputable blib ysdz are prohibited and alcohol use is prohibited within ten hours of reporting for duty. that is all good for chuck grassley. they have oversight over the secret service. he says it doesn't mean what happened in the in colombia and it remains necessary to hold the agents accountable following a complete investigation. part of that independent investigation grassley says looking into whether any white house staffers were involved. white house says in-house counsel looked into it and found no wrongdoing. but grassley says an outsider needs to do the investigating. he sent a letter with 14 questions and asked for a white house response by this past thursday night. he said he never got an answer.

>> jamie: i want to welcome you back of maternity leave. thank you julie. good to be back on your show. >> julie: being a mom is great. thanks so much. >> eric: and tense standoff in washington state has come to an end and they have found a body inside the heavily fortified bunker they had surrounded. it does pear to be peter keller. they have been looking for him since last sunday, that is when they found the bodies of his wife and daughter in their home. he is accused of shooting them before setting the us on on fire. casey stegall has bizarre story. >> reporter: police say they knew somebody was down inside the bunker because they could smell smoke coming from a wood burning stove and they could see

lights being turned on and off. they never had confirmation the suspect. yesterday, s.w.a.t. teams dropping tear gases canisters down into one of the openings with hopes of forcing the person out. but they were unsuccessful. this was an elaborate under ground bun kerr, carved into a remote wooded hillside near north bend washington. 30 miles southeast of seattle. hiding spot was equipped with ladders and a generator. finally this morning, the sheriff's office using explosives to blow off part of the bun kerr's roof. when that happened they could see a man dead inside. cops believe that it is 41-year-old peter keller but they have not been able to get down in there to retrieve the body and make a positive i.d. because it is very deep. investigators think keller was hiding out in that bun kerr after he reportedly shot and

killed his wife of 21 years and 19-year-old daughter last weekend while they were sleeping. then apparently set the house on fire. just for some perspective, crime scene not far from that bunker and authorities have found information on a hard drive that it took keller eight years to build this under ground for treasury because he was preparing for the end of the world, unquote. two days before the murder he turned off his cellphone and withdrew more than $6,000 from his wanted but police have not released any information in terms of a motive why he would have killed his wife and daughter. >> eric: so tragic. thank you casey. >> julie: severe weather to tell but brewing in the midwest with another round of possible tornadoes and meanwhile, the northeast is bracing for temperatures well below average for the last weekend in april.

maria molina is live. >> we are looking at very chilly conditions out across parts of the upper midwest. i do want to start out with the severe weather threat. we are looking at a large area that could be seen, large hail and damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes that are starting to fire. there are pretty large cities, like abilene, texas and parts of oklahoma city. and south of the great lakes and louisville, possibility of severe weather. main concerns are hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. tornadoes is the big concern but still going to be slight chance for it. we have showers that are fired up across parts of midwest stretching to parts of mid-atlantic. one severe thunderstorm watch that has been issued until 7:00 p.m. including eastern portions of missouri and

southern portions of illinois. some of them have fired up in that area. we're not looking at any warnings right now. on the back side, you mentioned the chilly conditions in areas of the north. we are seeing snow in parts of montana. several inches of possible and we do have winter storm warnings possible. we are seeing the storm coming down and should continue through tonight. showers in al d.c. and heavier batches later on tonight. most of those are expected to stay to the south. as we head into the overnight hours, some of those could be far enough north to impact us here in the big apple. you guys should be fine and expecting generally dry weather. tomorrow you will have cooler air clashing with the warmer air to the south. another round of severe weather, texas, oklahoma, areas like kentucky where large hail and tornadoes possible. we'll keep track of that. quick look at chilly conditions

out across northern areas. 51 in rapid city and 41 in indianapolis. >> julie: thank you very much. >> eric: there is a major development in a continuing nuclear standoff with iran. the white house reportedly opened to making what is being considered a concession to the iranians so long has that country agrees to numerous safeguards. according to the los angeles times the white house may allow iran to continue to enrich uranium up to 5% purity, agreeing to unrestricted inspections this despite six resolutions that are still in force. first one back in 2006 demanding that iran completely stop all uranium enrichment an order they continued to defy. more on this strategy later in the program and what it means for the nuclear show down with

iran. that is coming up a little later on. >> julie: taliban staging an audacious attack. two militants hiding guns into their shoes managed to slip into a governor's office. gun battle leaving two security guards dead. the governor was meeting with constituents when he heard the shooting in the reception room. he and his guests escaped out the backdoor. >> eric: in malaysia they fired tear gas to disperse a massive rally. they demanded fair rules for national elections that are expected to be held soon. police say over 200 people were arrested. 3 protestors were injured. 23 police officers were also hurt. they say the elections will be free and fair they say. government rejects any claims of bias or fraud.

>> julie: president obama facing new criticism, surprise, over a new campaign ad attacking mitt romney. they are saying obama's decision to kill osama bin laden was a tough one and implying it's a decision that romney would never have made. peter doocy has more from washington. >> reporter: a year ago this week, president obama gave the go-ahead for the raid that took out osama bin laden. his campaign is now suggest affecting a president romney had been given the same intel he wouldn't have gone for the kill. they are making the point with former president bill clinton. >> he took the harder and more honorable path, the one that produced in my opinion the best results. >> reporter: after asking which path mitt romney would have taken, it highlights a headline

that mitt romney criticized barack obama for vowing to strike al-qaeda targets inside pakistan. this isn't the first time they have hit him on this issue. >> if you are looking for a bump per sticker what we inherited. it's pretty simple. osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. >> reporter: romney campaign passed this along and they say, quote, killing osama bin laden was momentous day for all americans but saddened to see the president of the united states plitd size that event reducing it to a campaign slogan. john mccain says that no one disputes that the president deserves credit for ordering the raid but politicize it is the height of hypocrisy. the president gave no interviews about the healthcare law but ahead of the bin laden raids, one-year anniversary, from the

white house situation room that will air next week. aides say it's not a victory lap. the interview is extra interest in this story zloo. >> julie: thank you so much. >> eric: with the election now just over six months away. the latest polls show mitt romney and president obama in a dead heat. if the election were held today, the president and mitt romney are tied. look at those numbers. they each have 46% of the vote. when it comes to the economy that neither candidate has a good plan to fix it. 61% say the president does not have a clear plan. number isn't much better for mitt romney, 58%. folks say that he doesn't have a clear plan either. what does it mean for the race for the white house? aaron is a national political reporter for real clear politics. good to see you. >> so what are they going to do? >> romney has gained some ground in the last couple of months as

rick santorum and newt gingrich are starting to get out of race in order not attacking as much. now with many republicans endorsing mitt romney and getting behind him he is getting more goodwill from republicans. that will naturally help his numbers. >> eric: two weeks ago the president was two points over mitt romney. he has gained two points in the last two weeks. do you see a natural creep up for romney now that nomination will apparently be s his? >> the other thing i would pointed out to you is this. when we heard president obama campaigning for the student loan extension of those lower rates he was going after republicans in a big way. he is attacking republican party. when we hear mitt romney campaigning, he is not attacking the democratic party, she attacking president obama's leadership. that is one of the big things that is helping him with independents right now.

>> eric: when does the president start going after romney specifically by name? >> well we just heard from the obama campaign that they have declared the general election open and so next saturday is when michelle and obama and barack obama are going to have campaign rallies in virginia and ohio. that is probably when we'll hear more from them about mitt romney. >> eric: you just can't wait. let's look at some of the numbers. romney is leading with women by five points. how important is that? >> very important. as you know just a month month, president obama was doing better with women over mitt romney. it was close to 20 points. but a lot of people have seen the obama campaign over politicize that. at the beginning of this controversy, we had rush limbaugh and sandra fluke and obama campaign was backing a big deal about that.

today the obama campaign put out a new video saying that mitt romney is backwards and extreme against women's issues. that is clear sign for them they think they have begun to lose some ground and they want to get that back. very important. you have to win women in a big way if you want to win the white house. obama campaign is get those numbers to creep back up. >> eric: romney is ahead four points by men? >> republicans tend to do better with men. romney wants to do better than that. usually we will see a bigger gap between men for republicans than democrats. yeah, romney is doing better and he should the entire cycle. >> eric: and they say the race is going to come for independents. romney is 13 points ahead. that is up 6 points and 54% of

the independents say they will never vote for president obama. so erin, how do you think the independents are and what do you think the early stage of the general campaign and mr. romney is 13 points ahead? >> independents are the key to the election. mitt romney has been campaigning for the last couple of weeks just last couple of weeks in swing states. he has been going to the same states right before or right after president obama to get into the national messaging in a broader context he has been able to do when he was tracked in this republican primary. so that helps him in the battleground states with independents. that is good thing for him. >> eric: would you say bottom line, he has to win the independents and whoever does wins the white house? >> you have to. you have to win in the battleground states. that is what he is doing better now. >> eric: he has 13 points.

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>> julie: residents are pausing to remember the victims of massive tornado that hit the city one year ago. 53 people in all were killed in the devastation and for those in tuscaloosa the job of picking up the pieces is far from over. rick riechmuth is there live on this day a somber remembrance and hope. >> reporter: nobody realizes how long of a process it is.

take a look at the pictures from one year ago, across the street. there was a hobby lobby, this is 15th and mcfarland, one of the main commercial intersections here. you see all the damage from that area right there and it gives you an idea of partially of all the work they had to do. the parking lot is empty. they have done a great job of removing debris from the city. 99% of the debris has been removed. now comes the hard process of rebuilding and exactly how they do it. a lot of zoning issues. most of the homes that were destroyed were built free 196in the a floodplain. they had to rezone but they have done a lot of work. you can see some of the construction that is going on. we talked with the mayor the other day just about how this experience has changed him with all the challenges he has faced. take a listen to what he had to say. >> i know the stories, i know what they have been through. every day that is with me and

dogged determination to rebuild the city back. that is what is different. this drive to make sure we do it and do it right. >> reporter: julie, the mayor talking about the stories of people here. one of the stories is a gentleman named benjamin torres. he served for 14 years in the military and did tours in iraq and afghanistan. his home was destroyed in the tornado. take a look at the pictures of his new home courtesy of the united methodist church and relief organization. he moves in this week. he is certainly grateful. we talked to him. take a listen what he had to say. >> a wonderful group of people from all over, from florida, from california. all these people came. to help a little guy from tuscaloosa. it brings tears to my eyes.

i wish there were more i could do for them. i just want to say, thank you. >> reporter: benjamin is grateful and also doing work with the home for autistic children and working on other homes and habitat for humanity homes. the mayor says its ten-year path but the city will be in better shape before the tornado. >> julie: thank you so much. >> eric: on saturday afternoon, new concerns over the iranian nuclear program. could they get what they want? a possible plan is reported to allow them to continue to enrich uranium. even though the united nations says no. what does it mean for the international efforts to try to stop iran from getting a potential nuclear weapon?

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>>. >> eric: major development in the iranian showdown. white house officials say they might agree to allow tehran to continue enriching uranium up to concentration of 5 percent. that is upper end range for uses. they would need 90% for a bomb but possible plan would allow them at 5% level if they agree

to unrestricted inspections of nuclear facilities and other safeguards the u.n. has long demanded. will this concession prevent iran from building a nuclear bomb? joining us is steven yates. mr. yates, welcome. thanks for joining us. so the u.n. six years ago said stop enriching uranium. iranians ignored it and now we have potential plan that would allow them to do that? >> unfortunately this kind of idea has been tried repeatedly throughout negotiations with iran date can back to times when the e.u.-3 were negotiating to the president when the permanent members of security council were negotiating with the administration's consent on iran issues. i think it's an unfortunate concession, one that entirely implausible of using iran off

the path for ultimate weapons capability. >> eric: it's their right to have nuclear energy, to have nuclear facilities for medical purposes. they would be saying 5% is just for that and not for a bomb? >> fair enough. but non-proliferation treaty says things along those lines but a point often overlooked in that those terms are be available for those that abide by the rules. one of the key tests had to dealing with violate there's gain the system deliberately to enrich uranium and then break out. iran is currently in possession beyond the 5% mark and we have uncharted territory how we would get that out of iran and verify an agreement. >> eric: so they have enriched up to 20%, what does it mean, if they are at 20%, you need 80%.

can you have a bomb at 20%? >> according to scientists, no. there is much shorter path when you have more highly enriched refinery to reach that ability. we're going, uranium. when you are dealing with a country that has not subjected itself ever to complete verifiable snap inspections which we can't cover hundred percent, how much faith can you have decades long. >> do you think its shell game if they say okay, we'll let you have 5% if you let us inspect all your facilities. bottom line, what would that mean? >> my sense what the administration is seeks and probably what multiple parties is buy time. buy time and perhaps sanctions will take into effect but in

reality they are looking at administration that just offered north korea food assistance in exchange for resumption of talks only to have them launch a test missile soon after. i just don't think the iranians fear they are in jeopardy of violating. that. >> eric: they kaut cut some of the oil exports and they keep going. they say they have nuclear program that is their right. so how do we stop them? will it take a military strike that some don't want perhaps from israel to get them back to the table and talk beyond what is happening in istanbul or what is going to happen in the next talks in baghdad? >> i don't see any risk free options on the table. we're very far down in the path with iran. i believe all options have to be credible including a military attack whether by israel or

anyone else. i don't believe the iranians think that the threat of military attack is credible. there ought to be numerous other options that would forcibly undermine the regime so make it feel like the only path forward to stay in upon and keep a viable government in place is to truly de-nuclearize and we're not close to it. >> eric: what other options would you suggest? >> there are a whole range of options that would be political in nature that would be enabling those that said a couple years ago, creating viable alternatives in iran, making it they have to struggle survive there could perhaps move them away from this focus on nuclear capability. >> eric: they haven't listened so far, they have been violating u.n. resolutions and it continues. steven yates, thank you for joining us. >> julie: president obama's reelection campaign catching

flack for a new ad. it suggests mitt romney would not have ordered that raid that killed osama bin laden. so is it fair game to use the dead terror leader in a political ad? our power panel is going to weigh in. new fallout after a video surfaces showing a environmental protection official, to crucify oil and gas policies. should the head of the epa step down? one lawmaker is calling for an investigation. >> he apologized for using that word. he went on to say, we want to vigorously enforce. keep in mind this is all a part of obama's war on domestic energy.

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>>. >> julie: presidential obama's reelection campaign taking new heated. implying that mitt romney would not have given the order to take out osama bin laden. listen for yourself. >> he took the harder and more honorable path. the one that produced in my opinion the best results. >> julie: powerful words. many critics say that ad bears a

striking resemblance to a campaign ad used by hillary clinton during the 2008 presidential race. back then, it was obama's camp slamming the camp with a similar message. here is that ad from four years ago. >> it's the toughest job in the world. you need to be ready for anything, especially now, with two wars, oil prices skyrocketing and a economy in crisis. you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. >> julie: let's bring in the power panel, julie, former director for jon corzine, angela mcgowan, ladies, great to see four brunettes on the set.

makes me very happy. so we're all natural ones i'm sure. all right. julie what do you michael of romney's accusation of the president, politicizing the fact that he killed osama bin laden. he has every right to be proud and market that. but is it the right timing? >> it's the one-year anniversary and now is people are talking about it. bottom line the president had the guts to do this, if romney had the guts to do this he should have publicized it. it happened on barack obama's watch. it was a huge accomplishment. it was proud time for our nation. he has every right to talk about his record. >> what this commercial what president obama said he wouldn't do. should he applaud what he has done for taking on osama bin laden? yes, but to put down romney when

doing so. >> no. if you recall he was referring to releasing the photograph of osama bin laden. at the end of the day. mitt romney went out there and he said we shouldn't move heaven and earth to get osama bin laden. >> what he was saying, it was taken out of context. he was saying it was not just war on terror was not just about osama bin laden. it's about terrorists. >> he said point blank and george bush i want to get this dead or alive. that didn't happen. mitt romney saider don't agree with george bush. >> americans would not have said take them out. all americans would have said that. it would have been treason, hey, i'm responsible for this. what about the navy seals and what about president bush that laid the groundwork. >> julie: so it came out. he said we don't put this stuff

out as trophies. is he contradicting. >> he was talking about the pictures. there was a lot of pressure to release the picture of a dead osama bin laden. we don't put bodies on spikes. >> to talk about what he did. >> in all honesty, people are going slam the president for economy. he killed the most wanted ma'am in the world. >> let's be honest, even democrats were questioning senator obama's to rule in foreign policy and have the knowledge and guess the wherewithal to make these executive decisions. >> when it came down to it he was strong. he went against biden and others. >> because mitt romney said he wouldn't. mitt romney said it's not worth

heaven and earth and spending billions of dollars to get osama bin laden. this president. >> if mitt romney were in office and he knew exactly where he was >> there were people out there in the president -- >> i don't know about that. >> there were people in the president's own administration it's not worth it to the risk to the navy seals. >> there were certain people that said that. >> if you don't have to put someone else down or question what they will l do in their mind. he said point blank, it wasn't worth heaven or earth. [ talking over each other ] >> excuse me. barack obama did it for one man and osama bin laden is now dead. >> but the same thing four years ago. we just saw the ad and republican and democrat you are

not going to be exempt. >> one guy did it and you have to give him credit for that. we do. >> he did it well. >> that is one thing. >> julie: more republicans turning topics now calling for the resignation of an epa administrator touting his policy on crucifying oil and gas companies. take a listen. >> the numbers, they are down and rather than crucify him dch >> julie: they are calling him to step down in the wake of those comments that were made public this week. all right. we do not have that sound bite? ladies, angela, the white house declined to call for his resignation.

now four more republicans have stepped forward. they have said he needs resign. should the head of the epa resign. >> lisa jackson was great in distancing herself from ignorant jasmt he came out and apologized but i don't think he should resign but this is an example of the problems with this administration. we have a lot of people is not about true action. this is about threatening and being vindictive but you have the democrats and republicans. >> i know lisa jackson probably for a decade. she has said this man's words does not reflect her views or the administration's views. bottom line she said it in 2010 i don't think he has said it

again. but it doesn't reflect the administration's behavior. so the bottom line is what this man said something that was done lisa jackson says i don't agree with him. >> this is culture of this administration. it's about vindictiveness and not about ideology. >> but this man could have said two years ago. >> they did not say he shouldn't have to resign. that happens to everyone. >> they say it's an example of obama's administration agenda to enforce environmental laws. >> this is bonehead had things to say. also angela said the dumb spirited and going against energy. i think the problem is more secretary chu in solyndra versus the oil industry. >> we've had more oil drilling in the last eight years

because -- >> since bush's policies. >> we've had more oil under george w. bush. these regulations were so restricted i have. we obviously would have prevented the bush administration from going forward. >> and killing the coal industry, there are real problems with that. >> here is the bottom line of, you can't blame the president for everything bad that happens on his watch. >> wait a second. you guys are saying, you are saying these regulations are horrible. they are preventing people from going forward. >> except when -- we have had an increase in natural gas every year. >> everybody stand by, take a deep breath, get this woman some

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. >> julie: white house responding to accusations the obama campaign is using taxpayer dollars for travel. now, the republican national committee filing a formal complaint with the government accountability authorizes week. white house spokesman says the trips are part of the president's official responsibility. our power panel is back. all right, angela, the rnc, i wanted to put up the quote. throughout his administration but particularly in recent weeks president obama has been passing off campaign travel as official events thereby allowing taxpayers rather than his campaign to pay for his reelection efforts. given the recent successes, waste and abuses on uncovering the governors a administration, gao should be sent active to the use of taxpayer dollars. should they do an investigation?

>> no. i look, the chairman is doing a great job. they can get this, clinton did this, bush did this. we should protect our president, however, what the saying he has gone to the swing states. i talked from kids from university of colorado at boulder, what the president had to say. he talked about student loans and he bashed republicans. is that wrong? yes. if you are poirl talking policy, no. is he talking about politics. >> julie: would the conversation be different if it wasn't reelection time? >> he is campaigning i think it would be different on republican side. the loans are coming up for a vote. he has a lot of republicans voting against it. he may be campaigning against the republican house but that is part of his job as chief executive of this country. >> if obama cared about student loans he missed the vote on student loans and he was part of

a conference that was supposed to discuss it. you know what he did? he was campaigning. >> a talk about people skipping votes, like michele bachmann. >> talking about student loans. >> to say the college vote is very important. it is key. >> lots of time and president obama, the young people voted for barack obama, now there is no record and the students are living in their parents' basement because they can't get jobs. that is the issue now. the economy is terrible. >> it's about policies and talk about the fact of creating a better economy and creating more jobs. >> it's about education. >> no, a lot of people can't find a job. >> when you have student loans go up and student debt being higher than the debt on credit cards. >> they owe so much money right now. >> president is obviously going to deviate on his reelection, he

will be traveling the country. it's hard to draw the line there. >> and concentrate on something else. >> julie: let's go to another topic. [ laughter ] >> a teacher, here is one that will leave you scratching your head she. is suing the roman catholic diocese. she claimed she was trying to get pregnant through in vitro fertilization. let me make it very clearly here that the roman catholic church is against it, but however, this is private school and private schools don't have to abide by the same thing as public schools but did the private school go too far. >> this woman is from the indiana and they say it's kind of a religious community. the school can hire and fire whoever they like this. >> is the area. frankly i don't think the lady does not want to work there.

they are able to hire and fire who they want. >> it's very sad. >> julie: she is only 31 years old. this is young girl that had no other options. >> but it's clear she did have no other options. >> ivf is not cheap,so it's not going out there. it something that cost a lot of money. dede is right because she is somebody the church can fire or hire whoever they like. >> it comes down to the supreme court. are they doing a good job or do they need to do a better job of clearly drawing the line and defining the separation of church and state? >> its private school not a public school. that makes a big difference. >> the problem, look, i don't want to say anything against the catholic church except to say pro-life. >> to create life, she wants a

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>> eric: hello, everyone. i'm eric shawn. welcome to a brand-new hour of inside america's news headquarters. >> julie: i'm julie banderas. new developments in the search for a survivalist suspected of killing his family. a live report is just minutes away. plus -- >> one of our passengers may have a contagious disease and then i thought, me. so i was like, i think you might want me? >> eric: the woman who sparked a major health scare on a plane speaks out. what she said was actually a good thing. >> julie: president obama and mitt romney court the youth vote. why young people could play much bigger role come the november election than you might have expected. but we begin with new fallout overt growing prostitution scandal involving the u.s. secret service. the agency now laying out a strict new set of rules for

employee conduct or misconduct, you could say. that would include no visits to, quote, nonreputable establishments. meanwhile, iowa senator chuck grassley, top republican on the senate judiciary committee is demanding an independent probe into the situation. molly henneberg joins us live from washington. hi. >> hi. in case it was not clear previously, secret service director mark sullivan is spelling it out, no foreign nationals in rooms, no visits to nonreputable establishments. and no alcohol within ten hours of reporting for duty. sullivan told his staff that being part of the secret service, quote, carries with it the responsibility in both your personal and professional life to always conduct yourself in a manner that reflects the highest standards of the united states government. in short, he says, consider your conduct through the lens of the past several weeks. clearly referring there to that prostitution scandal in colombia. iowa senator chuck grassley, top

republican on the senate judiciary committee, which oversees the secret service, has been pressing for an independent probe into the scandal. he says of the new rules, quote, it's too bad common sense policy has to be dictated in this manner. new conduct rules are necessary to prevent more she unanimous begans from happening in the future. whether these are the best and most cost effective ways remains to be seen of the he says he has not heard back from the white house in response to his letter asking 14 questions about whether white house staffers may have been involved in the scandal as well. the deadline set forth in the letter for the obama administration to respond was thursday night. the white house has said previously that its own in house lawyer conducted an investigation last weekend and found no wrongdoing by white house staffers on the trip. grassley says that's not good enough, that an outsider needs to come in and do the investigating. julie?

>> julie: molly henneberg, thank you so much. >> eric: the race to the white house now, mitt romney's team firing back today after the obama campaign releases a new ad that questions mr. romney's ability to make tough decisions. the ad suggesting that the likely gop nominee would not have chosen to kill osama bin laden if he was in the oval office. peter doocy has more. >> a year ago this week, president obama gave the go ahead for the raid that took out osama bin laden, but his campaign is now suggesting that if a president romney had been given the same intel, he wouldn't have gone for the kill and they're making that point in a new ad with former president bill clinton. >> he took the harder and the more honorable path and the one that produced, in my opinion, the best result. >> after asking which path mitt romney would have taken, the ad highlights a 2007 reuters headline that says mitt romney

criticized barak obama for vowing to strike al-qaeda targets inside pakistan if necessary. this isn't the first time this week the campaign has hit romney on this issue. >> if you're looking for a bumper stick tore sum up how president obama has hammed what we inherited, it's pretty simple. osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. >> the romney campaign passed this along today from two defense policy advisors who say, quote, killing osama bin laden was a momentous day for all americans and we all give the president credit. but we are saddened to see the president of the united states politicize that event, even reducing it to a campaign slogan. senator john mccain says that no one disputes that the president deserves credit for ordering the raid. but to politicize it in this way is the height of hypocrisy. last month the president gave no interviews about the two-year anniversary of the healthcare law, but ahead of the bin laden raid one year anniversary, he gave one to nbc from the white house situation room that will

air next week. but aides insist it's not a victory lap. it's the result of extra interest in this story. eric? >> eric: peter doocy, thanks. >> julie: breaking news out of washington state. police finding the body of a man inside this fortified bunker carved into a hillside near the city of north bend. it's about 30 miles outside of seattle. what they found inside, disturbing. the body is believed to be that of murder suspect peter keller. he has been on the run since last sunday. that is when the bodies of keller's wife, lynnett, and 19-year-old daughter were found inside their home. both women had been shot in the head in the house -- and the house set on fire. casey stegall is tracking this story from los angeles. hi, casey. >> good to see you. according to court documents, the suspect here had a fascination with guns and, quote, a distaste for authority

and prior to her death, the man's daughter told her boyfriend that her father was stock piling supplies in the woods to prepare for the end of the world. though no motive has been made clear on those murders that happened last weekend near seattle. however, police say after 41-year-old peter keller reportedly killed his wife and daughter, he went to hide out inside this elaborate underground bunker that he built in a remote area not far from his home. after unsuccessful attempts at using tear gas to force him out, this morning the kings county sheriff's department using explosives to blow off part of the roof. after that happened, they could see a man dead inside by an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. but the medical examiner has just arrived on the scene and no positive i.d. has been made. though cops are pretty confident it is their suspect. these brand-new pictures coming in to us from inside the bunker.

it was well stocked and the sheriff's department said it had electricity. they believe it had been in the works for a long time. keller, a self-proclaimed survivalist. >> there are photos and diagrams on the hard drives dating back all the way to 2004 containing photos of this bunker under construction. in other words, this has been under construction and being built for almost eight years. >> two days before the murders, keller reportedly turned off his cell phone and with drew more than $6,000 from his bank account. police had initially feared for the safety of hikers in the area because he was clearly considered armed and extremely dangerous. but it appears for now this bizarre and unique stand-off really has come to an end. we're waiting now on the medical examiner, julie, to make a positive i.d. on the body discovered inside that bunker today. >> julie: all right. casey, thank you so much. >> eric: a woman who broke out

in a rash causing an airplane quarantine at chicago's midway airport is speaking out. she was on a delta flight and traveled to uganda. itchy red dots were breaking out. medics were called and they thought she had contracted monkey pox. the plane was quarantined for several hours until it was determined she did not have a contagious disease. >> my thighs, just past my knees were covered, covered, hundreds of them. then when i saw how these red dots were everywhere, i was just like, i've got something, i think. i don't know. the hospital, report hospital, contacted the cdc and cdc contacted delta and grounded -- quarantined the plane when it landed. so i didn't know it was me.

chicago is ready for that type of an emergency. this was a great practice run. >> glad to know they're on the stuff. turns out she actually has scabies, an easily treatable rash caused by bites. >> julie: u.s. air waist employees are being credited with capturing an inmate who tried to make a run for it at sky harbor airport in phoenix. he was being extra kited from detroit and somehow slipped out of his monitoring bracelet and made it onto the tarmac. he tried to steal one of the aircraft mover carts, but airline employeesed noticed him and caught up to him. he got arrested before he can get away and facing escape charges. >> eric: the lebanese army is claiming to have intercepted a shipments of weapons headed to syria. they released this video of the containers. army officials say they stopped the vessel because the suspicious cargo was bound for

syria. syrian authorities claim that the ammunition was being smuggled into the country by rebels who are fighting against the troops who are loyal to president assad. >> julie: growing security concerns in afghanistan after taliban gunmen snuck into a compound in an assassination attempt on a local government official. the two gunmen made it past two checkpoint before officers even noticed. then they began shooting, killing two police officers and injuring another before being killed by security forces. investigators later found two cars outside rigged to explode if crowds of people rushed to the street to avoid the attack. >> eric: earthquake day in california. earthquake actually rocked southern california early today. 3.8 magnitude. it struck therrell morning near devor. the tremors shook homes and caused several homes ask in downtown l.a. to sway. the moderate quake was quickly followed by two mild

aftershocks. no serious injuries or damage. >> julie: a fox news weather alert. we are just now getting word of tornado warnings in the midwest. maria molina has details. hi. >> hi. we're starting to see the severe weather popping up and some rotation with some of these thunderstorms, also being spotted by some of the national weather service local meteorologists across the state of illinois. so there are two brand-new tornado warnings. anded tornado manning means there could be a tornado currently on the ground. when they get issued for your county, you have to seek shelter immediately in a basement or away from windows on the lowest level of your home of the one of those counties now under a tornado warning is northern st. clair county in southwest illinois. this is just outside of the city of st. louis, missouri. so keep that in mind. this is st. clair county. seek shelter. this tornado warning does go in effect until 4:30 p.m. central time and a second one for crawford county further to the

east across eastern parts of the state of illinois. we want to zoom on in and show you where the storms currently are rotating across parts of illinois, outside of st. louis once again. we also have two severe thunderstorm watches. one goes out until 7:00 p.m. central time, st. louis, you are included in this area, basically meaning that conditions are favorable for severe storms to develop with large hail, damaging wind gusts and tornadoes possible. a second brand-new watch has been issued for southern parts of indiana and also including the city of louisville, kentucky. that does go into effect until 11:00 p.m. central time tonight. we'll continue to track the storms as they're expected to fire up into tonight and both of those tornado warnings that do go in effect until later on this hour. seek shelter if you live out there. we've second area we'll keep an eye out for severe weather possible across parts of oklahoma and north central texas. tomorrow, once again more severe weather from texas into parts of kentucky. >> julie: thank you so much. eric?

>> eric: alabama folks recalling devastation one year ago when dozens of deadly tornadoes whipped across that state. total of 254 people were killed that day and 53 people lost their lives in tuscaloosa. this weekend, survivors gathering for a somber remembrance of honor and hope to remember the victims. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is live in tuscaloosa where all the damage occurred. >> yeah. this area that you see right here was one of the areas that was very significantly damaged. in fact, this was all homes and they're gone. they had been destroyed, but there was so much debris and i can tell you the first impression when you come back to tuscaloosa after having been here right after the tornadoes last year is just how much the debris is upon and that's a great sign. all of this is part of a flood plain and it also had been established, a bunch of homes right after the g.i. bill. and they were part different

zoning that they had to go in and redo. because of that, it's taken them a long time to figure out what to do. they rezoned it as commercial. that's what their next plan is and we'll start to see development very quickly. >> eric: can't imagine what people go through when their loved ones are killed and the horrible drama of all this. how are they doing one year later? >> that one year anniversary is always extremely difficult. at the time a lot of people talk and sometimes it takes people a bit of time before they're able to. we were able to talk to one girl, taylor stevens. she lost her brother in this tornado just last year. he rushed in to help some friends into their home, two girls who lived in a house he went in and got overt top of them, but you can see a picture of this house and what happened and all the trees went on the house, all three of them died. but taylor now really would like to talk a little bit about how she remembers her brother. >> i was planning to come to tuscaloosa and go to school and

live with him. he wanted me to finish college and start my life. we had so much plans my senior year. that made me stronger because i know this is for him. me graduating and me going off to school will be for him and he's always with me. i know he is. >> yeah, she's about to graduate. she and her family started a scholarship fund and raised $20,000 that they're going to be giving to kids that went to the same high school. >> eric: that's meaningful and our hearts and prayers are with taylor, her family and with all the families of the victims. rick, thank you. >> julie: targeting generation y. yep. president obama and mitt romney got a lot of work ahead of them. they're courting america's youngest voters. they helped elect barak obama in 2008. remember? but will they do the same in 2012? plus, surprising news about how many young people actually go to the polls. >> eric: you're not going to want to miss this. troops returning home and guess what? they meet their newborn babies for the very first time.

>> really nice to have this little guy waiting at home.

>> julie: going after america's youngest voters. president obama trying to recapture generation y by push to go extend lower interest rates for student loans. republican mitt romney's campaign, meantime, saying a romney white house will create more jobs for all you college grads. but are america's youth paying attention? check out this poll from georgetown university. in 2008, 58.5% were registered to vote. 48% actually voted. april 2012, 61% are reject sistered to vote. 46% expect to vote. but that is a negligible difference from 08. let's bring in our guest, kevin, a nationally syndicated radio host and author of "no he can't." how barak obama is dismantling hope and change. and our other guest. gentlemen, thank you very much. always great to see you. kevin, let me ask you first, for those who are unaware, college

age millenials are key, and show are women. millenials prioritize job, support measures to support economic inequality. will millenials were voting, according to this poll, not so much. >> probably not any more than they did in recent election cycles. the question for president obama and by extension, governor romney, is really not so much will millenials come out in greater force than they have in the past, but who they will be supporting. for president obama, the mountain to climb here is exceedingly high. he had a 70-point margin, not%, but margin over john mccain in this age group and he has to replicate that in order to feel confident about how he'll do with that group in this election cycle. that's almost a guarantee that's not going to happen. >> julie: unfortunately, doesn't seem the youth are as amped up as they were four years ago, would you agree? >> i wouldn't. i think they're as amped up at this point as they were four

years ago. it's the distinction between romney and president obama becomes more stark, i think it's going to demonstrate that mitt romney is old enough to be their grandfather and acts like it. he has got these firmly imbedded in the 20th century, while barak obama is moving forward to 21st. this resonates culturally with this age group and i think it will resonate again and i believe they'll turn out in vast numbers because they understand that obama is the future and romney is the past. >> if what dick is saying, julie, is that the future means that fewer college age graduates get to go to a gainful employment job situation on a day-to-day basis, if what dick means is that by the future, president obama will defund some of the most important issues related to millenial, they're causal minds, concerned about sex trafficking, he defunded all efforts to fight that battle. if they're talking about the

future going backwards and making backwards progress, if that's what dick is referring to, then that's who they will support. they will support president obama. but i think that because jobs lead the data, millenials will look for another option than what they have. >> julie: the fact remains that the unemployment numbers are abysmal. but more importantly are all these college students that have all these college loans that they have to pay off aren't even getting into jobs worth getting considering their college degrees and they're actually having to underemployee themselves by taking jobs that they could have taken regardless of whether they had a college education or not. isn't that a problem and do you think mitt romney -- his campaign will have a say in that when he tries appeal to more college grads saying if he becomes president, he will get them jobs? isn't that what everybody wants? >> i think that this generation isn't as stupid as the republicans and mitt romney think they are. remember now, the reason they don't have jobs is because the economic policies of george w.

bush and what mitt romney is advocating is going back to those same policies. we've had 22 months of economic growth and we're coming out of -- >> julie: you're saying that president bush is to blame for all of those college grads that had been in college for the last four years, since way -- >> no, no. >> julie: since president bush was in office and now they can't get work. >> it's three years. you don't get out of a ditch he took eight years for him to get us in and out in three years, although we're coming out, economic growth, contrary to what all the republicans are hoping, economic growth is increasing. more people being employed. >> dick, you can't have it both ways. >> i understand the doom and gloom the republicans want to spew so people think things are worse than they are examine we can't get better. but mitt romney is just more of the same. it's a third term for george w. >> they can't have it both ways. they can't say the economy is getting better and it's just like it was three years ago before their man took control. at some point, new policies were implemented and that started in january of 2009 and since that

point, none of the goals that president obama said he would achieve in his first term have been met, especially on the unemployment and the economic factors and dick, i know you like to say, so many private sector jobs have been created since president obama's come to power, but the truth is, if you look at the numbers and if we had the same size work force as we did in 2009, our unemployment rate would actually be 12%. not 8 1/2%. when one out of ten people can't find work, that president deserves to be replaced. >> julie: all right. kevin, i want you to react to this poll because this doesn't look good for romney. right now obama holds about a 7-point lead over a generic republican candidate that. doesn't necessarily mean it's romney. over a republican with nearly half 48% of young millenial voters would prefer in the 2012 election. i also is to mention only 34% of voters who would prefer republican candidates say mitt romney is the first choice to be the nominee. >> but i go back to what i said at the beginning. >> julie: what does that say

about romney's chances? >> at the beginning of this segment, i said obama has to score seven out of ten millenial votes to replicate his performance in 2008. he got 70% margin over john mccain in that age group. that poll shows that romney already has 30 more points, three out of ten more voters on his side as just a generic candidate. already obama is in massive trouble. >> julie: dick, the final word. >> i think you can look at these polls in april and may and project what's going to happen in november. i don't know that anybody believes that's true. what i do know is this, that karl rove put out a poll. karl rove, the prince of darkness, the republican hack of all hacks, and he said, states like south carolina are toss-ups because of mitt romney. the conservatives aren't buying romney and the middle of the road folks aren't buying romney and this may be the worst stomp since mcgovern and nixon, 72. >> i would say the opposite is possible because if you have

independents not registering, eight out of ten will choose other. >> julie: thank you, gentlemen. >> thank you. >> eric: ready to see a remarkable homecoming? firefighters with the illinois national guard are back here in the u.s. after serving in the middle east. two of them finally get to go meet their newborn sons and hold them for the very first time. betsy bruce has their story from st. louis. >> my the president my daddy gave my mommy. >> four-month old ethan will be hearing about that t-shirt for years to come. he and two-month-old adam met their fathers for the first time today at lambert airport as an illinois firefighter unit returned from active duty in the middle east. it was a joyous reunion. thanks to the technology of skype, both these dads were able

to share somewhat in the delivery. >> it was pretty rough, you know. i was on skype with her the whole time when she was having the baby, but you feel helpless. >> it was hard, you know. but it was nice to be able to skype with him during the delivery. but it was definitely not anything i would recommend to anybody. >> it wasn't too bad. we got to skype the whole thing. it was nice. if it wouldn't have been for that, it would have been hard. >> the skype pictures helped, but both dads knew they were missing takes they could never recapture. >> i saw pictures of him when we were overseas and what not. but i wanted to check him out in real life. >> it's really tough when you have this little guy waiting for you at home. >> what's the first thing you're going to do this weekend? >> i'm taking all the kids to six flags tomorrow. >> the kind of day these airmen had been longing for.

>> eric: isn't that wonderful is this our hats off to them. betsy bruce reporting from fox 2, ktvi in st. louis. >> julie: a potential new lead in the search for a missing six-year-old. the police chief reaching out to a mysterious group caught on tape.

>> eric: bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. a body found in a bunker in washington state believed to be that of peter keller. he's the fugitive wanted for fatally shooting his wife and daughter. >> julie: the air force is deploying f-22 stealth faitours a base in the persian gulf. the military calls the deployment routine, but it comes as the u.s. and other nations begin talks with iran over its nuclear program. >> eric: the growing secret service scandal, to some highlighting the lack of women at the agency, they say. women make up 25% of the secret service? new surveillance video raises more questions in the search for a missing six-year-old. this tape shows five people leaving a club near isabel's home the night she vanished. take a look, a close look inside the bubble. she hasn't been seen in more than a week. now police want to know if this group has anything to add to this mysterious story. now the details from new york. >> press conference wrapped up and law enforcement is looking into the possibility that someone may have abducted

six-year-old isabel and taken her to mexico because of tucson's close proximity to the mexican borrowed. u.s. marshalls are working with mexican authorities who are checking hotels, bus terminal examines other businesses. tucson police say a picture of the first grader is being circulated in mexico. authorities have put up new surveillance video on their youtube channel, facebook and twitter pages. the individual joe from the day she was reported missing from her bedroom that was april 21, by her father. a window was open and the screen removed. the video was taken at 1:30 in the morning and shows five people leaving a nightclub not far from the celis home. >> it could possibly be they're leaving entertainment establishments, but we would like to have those people, if they know that that is them, to identify themselves to us and contact us. at least we can see if they did see anything or verify they did

not. >> rick: police are also looking for any video from a baseball game isabel's family attended the night before she went missing. the police are not ruling out the parents, but saying they are fully cooperating with investigators. officers also searched bodies of water and parks using sonar equipment and were act ago tip, but would not elaborate. authorities have also checked local hospitals. we're told there are still about 50 detectives and investigators on the case and 40 additional officers offering their support. the leads have been lessening and police are offering a $50,000 reward from an anonymous daughter for information lead to go a conclusion in this case. >> julie: thank you very much. >> eric: thanks. have you heard of the strategic partnership agreement? the deal that struck between the u.s. and afghanistan for billions of tax dollars to be poured into the country after u.s. troops leave in 2014. the "new york times" and other media outlets reported on it this week. how much is the media really paying attention to this? since we'lling footing the bill?

liz trotta joins us now as she does in these afternoons. hello. >> good afternoon. >> eric: i'm not used to saying good afternoon 'cause we're always on sunday. in terms of this agreement, do you think the media has not really been highlighting it? >> i think the media is as wary of this war as the public is. unfortunately, i don't think they're really on their toes. routinely report, well, we've had another shooting of what they call green on blue, the killing of nato troops by afghan police and afghan soldiers. another one, just wednesday, the two attacks in one day this week. do you know, eric, that 20% of the casualties this year so far have been purpose traited by so-called friendly afghan troops? that story, unfortunately, only made page 3 of the "new york times." i'm amazed it wasn't on page 1.

i have a feeling that if u.s. troops had gone on a rampage or they had been indulging in the same kind of behavior, it certainly would have been on page 1. but there is a pattern of real disrespect, if all out rancor between the two sides in this war. very important to get out, i think almost everybody is agreeing now. but this thing is going to drag on very long if we believe what this strategic partnership agreement is. they took them 23 drafts to come to it and they're only arguing about price. the discussions, at least those that have been reported, ranged from $2 billion a year to $4 billion a year. admittedly, that's a lot less than than the 110 to 120 billion that we're paying now. it's all about money. but that's a long time, ten years after 2014? is this going to become a

campaign issue? is the press afraid to make it a campaign issue? >> eric: do you any the press and the media, why are they not raising that further? some would say we've got to continue to support the government there with this money or else the place is completely going to go to the taliban. >> well, i know. but i think many people would basically disagree with you. many people and many people in the know, but not of the media apparently think we ought to get out now and the main reason, and pate cratic or unpatriotic debate, the main reason being this country can't afford it. we're talking in the billions now. and we're talking about a so-called ally that's killing our troops. why this argument, this whole debate hasn't been covered more? it's covered somewhat in the written press, on the internet. but of course, television can't because they can't present to you a soldier, a name to say

look, they're on drugs all the time. they're not only on drug, absenteeism is high. they hate us. it's all about islam. they're all islamists anyhow. and everybody is too politically correct to mention it. you can do an interview a soldier and not name them and get that kind of quote, but you can't say it on television or radio. so this discussion becomes limited. >> eric: fascinating, happy 20% figure -- that 20% figure. see you tomorrow morning. >> see new the morning. >> julie: big changes for the secret service after that prostitution scandal. can you sayship owns? new calls for a deeper investigation into what's really going on with the g men. i'm really going to miss you. my new apartment isn't that far away. it's 4.2 miles away ! with this droid razr... motorola...

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>> eric: turns out secret service agent also be getting new guidelines on how it behave on and off duty. still dealing with the fallout from the prostitution scandal in colombia, that so far cost eight employees their jobs. >> julie: new rules include no foreign nationals besides hotel staff, allowed in agents' hotel rooms. no drinking less than ten hours before a shift. and some agents will get chaperons on certain trips. judge jeanine joins us. it's sad that it had to come it this. they should hire these

chaperones for politicians. >> think about it. off baby. when my kids were teen-agers, which wasn't that long ago, when they went to the prom, you said, you can only drink in moderation. we're going to send a chaperone with you and then we give them classes about this stuff. we're doing the same thing for the secret service. can you kidding? we have to give them an ethics class to tell them they're not allowed to bring hookers back to their hotel room where classified information is? are you kidding? by the way, if janet napolitano says to the senate, this is an isolated incident, and within 24 hours, secret service says we're investigate building it happened last year, what's going on? how deep is this? >> it's really astounding. they're treating them like high school kids or the fact they may need to be chaperoned. >> it's a sad commentary. we all recognize how great the secret service is. these guys are wonderful.

they take a bullet, but at the same time, it is a frightening scenario that maybe this is a part of the culture, you know, the old boys will be boys, or as the president called them, knuckle heads. this is dangerous stuff. there is president obama better way to get someone in a compromised situation than saying i'm gog tell your wife. >> julie: some are asking why would the secret service issue formally issue these for thousands of employees if they were a one-time occurrence. >> you're absolutely right. if this is not part of the culture, why do we need a rule? if these guys understand this is unacceptable, why do we have to have regulations? >> julie: it's common sense! we're going to enact these rule for common sense? >> it's common sense. i'm sorry! >> especially after he said he helped pass that sex trafficking legislation. >> are they now going to attach

chaperones to governors? where do you draw the line. >> i think that this is a classic washington band-aid remedy for what may be a far deeper problem in terms of the health of the secret service. and it is a sad commentary and they're talking about this going back as far back as ten years in russia. so what do these guys do when they go to country where is it's legal? >> eric: you talk about the old soviet spy rings and the affairs back in britain in the '60s that dealt with prostitutes. if you were a prosecutor, how would you handle this case in what would you do to see how widespread this could be? >> the frightening part is, as a prosecutor, you realize that you don't make representation as janet napolitano did and say, you know what? this is isolated and within 24 hours, we find out it's happening in san salvador and possibly in russia. i mean, how much of an investigation have you done? very easy.

you get the records, you get the submissions from the credit cards, what were the expenses, what were the areas? by the way, my sources are telling me that everybody has been told to clamp down on this. everybody in the secret service has been told shut up and don't say another word. >> julie: this also happened right before the president was going to be traveling to the area. so obviously the administration, they're going to be held accountable somehow, i'm sure. everybody always loves to blame the administration for something. >> yeah. that's an interesting. should the president be blamed? mark sullivan is in a very tenuous position now. if it were appear isolated situation, sure. but now if it's part of the indemic thing, i think his job is on the line. >> eric: all right. thank you. >> julie: thank you very much. >> eric: the judge will be back on saturday night, "justice," 9:00 p.m. tonight right here on the fox news channel and the judge, you're going to have special coverage of the white house correspondents dinner and everybody will be there. >> julie: the race for the white house is heating up and with such a tight race between

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>> julie: new polls showing a tight race between president obama and mitt romney in some battle ground states. >> eric: it's fascinating. one of the states, florida. the latest polling from rasmussen reports shows president obama and mitt romney run neck in neck in that state. last month when rick santorum was still in the race, the president had a slight lead over romney by three points. and the real clear politics average has the president only a few ticks ahead of mitt romney there. joining us now is scott rasmussen. scott, great to see you. what does this say when the president is basically neck in neck with mr. romney in florida? >> there is two things here. first, since rick santorum and newt gingrich have effectively conceded the race, a lot of their supporters who said they would never vote for mitt romney are saying something to the effect of, well, i'm not happy about it, but i still want to

vote against president obama. so they're beginning to give a little bit of their support to governor romney. the other story in florida is there is a question of how much the president's health care law is going to hurt there. this is a state the president won by three points the last time around. seniors are more unhappy with the health care law than any other demographic. they're also obviously very influenced by the health care situation. it's a big part of their voting decision. this is a state that right now is it too close it call and as the health care issue becomes big news again in june, could have a huge swing. >> julie: let's look at virginia, it's similar there. romney is ahead of the president by only one point. so pretty much a tie. this is a significant turn around from a month ago. president obama actually once held a nine-point lead over romney in virginia. what is going on there? >> part of it, again, the consolidation and president obama's approval in the state down just a little bit over the past month. what we're seeing -- this is a

state that president obama won last time, first democrat to win since 1964. florida and virginia are two of what we're calling core four states. the others ohio examine north carolina. mitt romney needs to win all of the core four states if he wants to win the white house and right now, they're all in toss-up status. >> eric: that's pretty astounding. there is a poll on vice presidential pick. guess who is in the lead. condoleeza rice? >> we asked in terms of a favorability of all the candidates, a lot of names have been mentioned. dr. rice said she's not interested in the job. 66% of voters have a positive opinion of her. that includes 32% with a very favorable opinion of republicans. these numbers are off the charts. but again, she said she's not interested in the vp job. >> julie: then now let's take a look at potential running mates. >> eric: student loans. >> julie: yeah, student loan, i'm sorry. this week president obama and mitt romney actually have been out courting the youth vote.

that is one that has kind of sort of gone up and down for both of these. students loans drive college tuition up. let's look at your poll. 48% say they agree. >> that's right. the american people want to help poor people and middle income students go to college. they believe it's important. but there are concerns. as you point out in this poll, about half say this is one of the reasons, the cost of college is get so long high. voters think there is another option. seven out of ten say it's better if students would work their way through college, take six or eight years to graduate rather than doing it in four and end up with no college debt. that's a prescription that most americans feel pretty good about. >> julie: all right. it's sort of sad to see that they are spending all their money on college tuition and then they can't get jobs once they get out. that is incredibly frustrating and both presidential candidate also have to tackle that issue, of course. scott rasmussen, thank you very much. good to see you. >> eric: good to see you. >> good to see you.

thanks. >> julie: that's going to do it for us. rick folbaum and arthel neville take over the top of the hour. we'll see you later. >> eric: and they'll explain why helping a young person get a summer job can help you too. i'll be back tomorrow morning, 10:00 a.m. on the fox news channel. >> julie: have a great weekend ♪ [ male announcer ] aggressive styling. a more fuel-efficient turbocharged engine. and a completely redesigned interior. ♪ the 2012 c-class with over 2,000 refinements. it's amazing...inside and out. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services.

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