arthel: will this delay the trial? understand opening arguments will be starting this morning. >> what the judge do is he should make sure this defendant gets a fair trial this time around. the judge was concerned with the expense of dismissing jurors. but the expense is going to be far great they go through a trial, he gets convicted and the appellate court returns it to trial. so the safest thing is to get rid of these jars. start over. get jurors who haven't heard that. arthel: that way you would save time and money. fred, i want to talk about the defense and the possibility they are going to mount an insanity defense. what do you have think about that. if they do it, does it make it tougher for the prosecution? >> it's good news and bad news. in order to mount an insanity defense you have to admit you commit sad crime. this was a horrible, brutal, horrific crime. given the fact that this defendant moved the body outside, tried to put it in a dumpster. there are facts from which the jury can determine he knew of rig

. >>> i'm arthel neville. time now for "sunday housecall". >> i'm eric shawn. as always, dr. marc siegel is here, professor of medicine at nyu's medical center and author of the inner pulse: unlocking the secret code of sickness and help. >> and dr. david samadi, chairman of urology at lennox hill hospital and chief of robotic surgery. great to see you. >> always great seeing you. >> that's arthel singing our new theme song. >> later. >> this is serious. for 50 years a mission of sesame street has been to help children grow stronger, smarter and kinder. now the popular program is continuing in that end, adding a new character with autism. >> elmo's daddy told elmo that julia has autism, he says, so she does things a little differently. >> this development comes as a new study reveals that the brains of children in adolescence with autism they say are organized differently than those without the disorder. dr. siegel it seems that autism is so widespread in our country. has it been and why, and what is the effect? >> well, first of all, it's increased tenfold over the past 40 y

arthel? >> and eric, we'll talk more on this now with our next guest. he has described this week's developments on capitol hill as, quote, uncertainty on top of uncertainty. let's turn now to pennsylvania congressman, ryan costello. he's a member of the house transportation infrastructure committee. congressman, good to see you. >> great to be with you. >> absolutely so much to talk about. but listen here. i want to start here. if paul ryan has his eyes set on his own big-picture political future, what are the benefits and disadvantages of becoming speaker of the house? >> well, the real issue here, it's one of math. you need 218 votes to be speaker -- >> no, no, congressman, we understand the math. i need you to hear my question, pardon me, but i want you to just hear me, though. i'm asking you, before we get into the point you've came to tell me, big picture, paul ryan's big picture, his own political future, what are the benefits and disadvantages of him becoming speaker of the house? >> w

arthel? >> yeah, flooding is never a good thing. garrett tenney, thanks so much, garrett. eric? >> right now we're waiting for the next advisory from the national hurricane center to get an update on the storm track that's going to come in about an hour from now. let's go to senior meteorologist janice dean in the weather center. we just heard garrett say more rain is on the way and you look at those pictures. the massive flooding. it's something these people are up against, janice. >> this storm has been incredible. close to a category 5. 157 miles per hour makes it a cat 5. we're at 150 right now. just an hour or so ago it was up to 155. so incredible storm. i'm sure has done so much damage to the bahamas. of course hearts and prayers to those living in the area that saw the wrath of this gigantic storm. moving northeast right now, it's starting to pick up speed. bermuda needs to pay close attention to the storm over the next 24 hours. category 4 right now. very warm waters here. but as it

. >> and i'm arthel neville. officials say the crime scene covers several major streets in downtown colorado springs. and the chaos ended with the suspected gunman killed. this is after exchanging gunfire with police. alicia cunia is live in denver with the latest. >> reporter: according to police the call came in about a quarter to 9:00 mountain time for a report of shots fired in downtown colorado springs. when police arrived and saw the suspect at an intersection with a rifle, law enforcement yelled for him to put down his weapon. instead the man began shooting at officers. according to witnesses, multiple officers returned fire, killing the suspect, but only after he was able to kill three other people, cops say. according to one witness, named matt abshire, who talked to the colorado springs gra zet there, was a commotion outside abshire's apartment. when he looked outside he says he saw the suspect shoot another person with a rifle and then the suspect began walking down the street. abshire told the gazette

take a look at this, arthel. this is the latest model rendering here. heavy, heavy rain, maybe eight to 12 inches all across the central gulf. >> i see that hot pink there. it really is true, when it rain, it pours. unfortunately, they can't stretch it out. >> exactly. >> thank you very much. >> you bet. >>> we have fox news alert. the return to the u.s. soil of a fallen hero. the body of the american special operations commando highly decorated was killed in the mission in iraq this week has arrived back here at home at dover air force base this afternoon. he is master of sergeant joshua wheeler. he died in the operation rescue 70 hostages from an isis prison. ash carter with the family of the american hero at dover air force base in delaware when wheeler's body, as you can see, arrived here at home. kristen fisher is live in washington with the details on the return. hi, kristen. >> reporter: hi. both the pentagon and the white house are still struggling to explain how a u.s. special ops soldier can die in a fire fight but not in combat. it is a small

arthel, back to you. >> that's a lot of water there behind you, steve. thanks. >> we have an alert about the string of individual terror style attacks are continuing in israel. as world leaders are trying to bring about peace but it shows no signs of ending. israeli police searching for the latest attacker accused of stabbing and wounding a man in the west bank. this as the u.s. is trying to help end the blood shed between israel and the palestinians by installing a surveillance at a site. will it work. john? >> that's a great question. will it work? it's one of several measures that were negotiated upon by u.s. and jordanian and palestinian leaders and u.s. secretary of state john kerry meeting again with israeli and jordanian leaders today to discuss some of these measures. this as you mentioned as the violence continues. let's start there. earlier today israeli police say that palestinian attackers stabbed two people in separate incidents in the west bank. we just got word that one of the suspects was caught by the other at this point remains on the r

arthel? >> okay. thanks, garrett. >>> turning to the increasing bloodshed in the holy land action the attacks continue. there were several more stabbing attacks in jerusalem and the west bank today. at least three of the palestinian attackers, they say, have been killed. this as israeli troops fire tear gas and rubber rounds in the west bank to encounter violent palestinian protesters. follows weeks of these disturbing shootings and stabbings by these palestinian suspects of israeli citizens that have so far left dozens of people dead. john huddy joins us live with the continuing details from jerusalem. good evening, john. >> reporter: yeah, good evening. it has been a vicious, violent and bloody week. there is concern that these latest attacks, the latest round of violence is just a prelude of something to come. there was a total of five stabbings since saturday morning. three in the west bank city of hebron. all of them targeting israeli troops. several of those attacks back to back. in one an 18-ye

arthel? >> as jonathan just pointed out, this historic storm that is creating huge challenges there for emergency management as well. joining me on the phone now is lisa borsear, the public information officer for south carolina. thank you so much for joining us. talk to me now, we just showed some pictures there. how bad is the flooding, from your perspective, and what's the worst problem that it's causing for work crews as well as residents? >> our entire county is a little over 1100 square miles and pretty much every part of this county is having flooding issues. all of the major thoroughfares are unpassable at some point. we're scared that residents are out and about and will not be able to get to their homes. we are urging people to just stay home. >> and can you tell us now about your preparations moving forward and do you have the resources to keep up with the havoc that mother nature is wreaking on your county and your state? our janice dean reported that the water is like taking a wa

arthel?back to politics now, new polls out today for the gop presidential race in battleground states, take a look. donald trump and ben carson neck and neck with 27% each in iowa. the rest of the candidates far behind. but in new hampshire, donald trump finds himself with a stronger lead with 38% of support, ben carson trailing in second with 12%. joining us now to take a look at these numbers, betsy wood rough, political reporter for the daily beast. nice to see you. why did trump resonate with the demographics of voters in new hampshire more than iowa? and betsy, at some juncture, which state is more critical? >> you know, it's tough to say which state is more critical. i would err on the side of saying iowa because it's larger, more representative of how a candidate would do in a general election. in this particular primary season between the two states it's really interesting. iowa voters are of course midwestern, more religious, christian faith is central to how they look at who they wa

. >> i am arthel neville. joan boehner said he will stick around until a successor is choseen and he would like to leave by the end of this month. mccarthy will not resewn as majority leader, but he said his decision is for the good of the party. >> we should put the conference first. and i think there is something to be said for us to unite with a fresh face. >> republicans meeting this morning in the capitol basement some leaning on paul ryan to run. so far, his office said that will not happen. susan, correspondent with the washington examiner and knows the players involved. there seems to be a drum beat to get paul ryan to take the job, what is his response. >> so far his response is no. this is a case of law makers saying no. and paul ryan said he's not interested and not running, law makers said think about it before deciding you will not do it. he told a few people privately, he will think about it over the weekend. his answer has been no repeatedly. and so it sounds like he is appealing to them to give

i'm arthel neville. now back to cashing in. >>> approved prison break.artment getting ready to release around 6,000 inmates early. the goal to reduce overcrowding and sentencing. jails might save money, society. your thoughts? >> i'm okay with releasing low level drug offenders as long as they're not huge drug dealers or enforcers. but my concern is that we have americans right now who do not have felonies, never chitted a crime having trouble finding a job. i don't know how these people blend back in society when regular americans can't get a job. what are these people going to do? >> keep them housed up so that -- >> i'm saying, as a society, we should be concerned to figure out what we're going to do. >> we should apologize to them, eric. >> we should apologize, these are non-violent drug offenders. people up the '80s and '90s get tough on drugs war. we have destroyed these people's lives and homes, many minority by the way and can't both parties get behind decriminalizing the non-violent drug offenses? not only save a lot of money and clear out the j

. >> i'm arthel neville. police arresting a woman under suspicion for drunk driving.appening at oklahoma state's homecoming for a game that is still underway. lauren green has been following the details. what can you tell us? >> reporter: it is a bittersweet

eric shaun and arthel neville return to america's news headquarters at 6:00 p.m.hat are you doing at 7:00 o'clock? >> she'll be here at 7. i think i'll watch that. >> you better. >> you tonight want to make me mad. all right. "the five" is next. i'll see you at 7 >>> hello, i'm dana perino, along with kimberly guilfoyle, juan williams, eric bolling and brian kilmeade. it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." >>> one of hillary clinton's closest aides went before the house select committee on benghazi. huma abedin went before congressmen. on thursday clinton will deliver public testimony. on tuesday she defended her decision to send ambassador stevens and others into harm's way. >> we did not put one single american soldier on the ground in libya.

i'm arthel neville. headquarters. >> hurricane joaquin may no longer pose a direct threat to the u.s. but millions along the east coast tonight are still facing high winds, heavy rains and massive flooding through the weekend. we will have full fox team coverage. >>> also a new poll finds donald trump holding his place atop the crowded gop field but shows he may have less room to expand his support than any other republican in the race. we'll sift through those numbers

i'm arthel neville. >> and i'm eric shawn. forces of nature are dealing a horrible hand to south carolina. described as catastrophic, happening once, we're told, in 500 years. south carolina under assault right now as the record-setting rain continues. president obama declaring a state of emergency there as

i'll be back at noon with more news with arthel neville and the doctors as always are in. at 12:30 eastern. back to "sunday morning futures" and maria. >>> a harvard historian criticizing president obama's actions in syria. neil ferguson saying obama is not being tough enough on vladimir putin's intervention there. essentially undoing 40 years of work in the middle east. ferguson also releasing the first volume of his biography on henry kissinger, who helped the u.s. protect its influence during times of crisis in the region, serving as secretary of state and national security adviser, to presidents nixon and ford. neil ferguson joins us right now to talk more about it. it's wonderful to see you. congratulations on the book. >> thank you very much. >> how would you characterize president obama's foreign policy? >> well i used to think that he just set out to be the anti-bush, to be the opposite of his predecessor, and that was really the tone of the early speeches. remember the cairo speech in 2009 when he essentially said, you know, i come in peace. i think more recently,

. >> and i'm arthel neville. scene covers several major streets in downtown colorado springs. and the chaos ended with the suspected gunman killed. this is after exchanging gunfire with police. alicia cunia is live in denver with the latest. >> reporter: according to police the call came in about a quarter to 9:00 mountain time for a report of shot

about a half a million meals were served to victims, arthel. 30,000 applied for financial help. south carolina is expecting dry weather tomorrow, for several days, so the recovery can begin, but many roads and bridges remain out. travel is a huge hassle. back to you a. long process. thank you, william, so much. >>> senior meteorologist janice dean is monitoring a storm stham could bring more rain to the state later. joining us from the fox news center. the worst could be over according to governor haley. when will they completely be out of the woods, janice? >> definitely tomorrow, william mentioned. we to get rift thid system that continues to linger across the southeast. some of the hard-hit areas last weekend we were talking about over two feet of rainfall and even an inch, an inch and a half is not good news for this waterlogged state. past 36 hours, cold system moving through the carolinas up towards virginia, and, again, not a lot of rain, normally this wouldn't be an issue, wouldn't be a weather story, but because we saw historic rain across the carolinas last weekend, th