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from new york, here is bill hemmer. >> for two years fox news has been investigating the short lives and violent deaths of texas teenagers amena and sara saeed. they were riddled with bullets in their dad's borrowed taxi cab new year's day 2008. as 911 listeners listen in she names her father as the killer, her dying words. this is more than just a horrifying double murder. it's about a crime that is not supposed to happen in america's heartland, hann honor killing. when a father, husband or brother would kill a wife, a daughter or sister because he thinks she has shamed the family. the united nations found honor killings all too common in muslim country. now they are happening here. how and why? gregg jarrett looks for answers and found the family with an unforgettable story. it starts with amena and sara's mother that says her nightmare began more than two decades ago. >> my whole life has been ripped away from me. >> her whole life ripped away. the unbearable grief of patricia owens. she was born and raised in north central texas. her father a construction worker, her mom a housew

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from new york, here is bill hemmer. >> honor. in america the word suggests is a personal code of fair play. honesty. respect for others. but honor can mean something slightly different, too. in some cultures honor can be more about a tamly's reputation and sometimes if that family oner is tarnished by, say, a daughter refusing an arranged marriage or dressing immodestly the consequences for her can be dire. an honor killing is when a husband, father or brother actually murders a wife, daughter or sister over such imagined family shame. years agorgeous the up u.n. found that honor killings were all too common in islamic lands. are they now happening here and is america prepared to confront that possibility? the story of young nora from peoria, arizona whose life was snuffed out by her own father will make you wonder. >> many may have lock looked upon it as a domestic violence case when it is much more complex. >> anybody who is in prison for killing a child or killing a loved one are all those honor killings? i don't think so. >>

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i'll bill hemmer in for shepard smith. see you tomorrow. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on.>> it's widely believed that cbs, nbc, abc, chocked full of issue wills not true. >> in the face of evidence dan rather denying the national media tilts left. we will give you the facts mr. rather will not be able to refute. bernie goldberg will. >> they are racism and sexism in a back door attempt to make abortion illegal. >> bill: some far left democrats saying gender based abortion should be allowed in the u.s.a. that's what they do in china. we'll have a follow-up report on this incredible situation.

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sign off for me and bill hemmer running to catch a plane to work on a story. py mother's day to my mom. happy mother's day to bill's mom. see you back here on monday. "happening now" starts right now. jenna: opinion polls although the economy is the most important issue this election season. now a comment by the president about the recession is raising some eyebrows and igniting a whole new debate. we're going to tell you what he said and get karl rove's take just ahead. jon: jpmorgan chase, considered solid as a rock as other banks c

bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning to you.te that warning, darrell issa a telling greta van susteren that he sees no other way to get to the truth. >> after the abuses under nancy nancy pelosi it is pwhraoer w clear we -pbt wan want to have belts and suspended, and make sure we check everything, including whistle blowers and other ways to get this information. there is going to come a point where there is nothing left but to say, we find, broadly, this attorney general to be in contempt. martha: will that happen? here now tucker carlson the daly caller editor and fox news contributor. good to have you here. we had darrell issa a here last week and spoke with him. a lot of the response i got from viewers was why wait? at this point why are they waiting? now you've got this response from the administration, basically saying we have given everything we're going to give on this and we have given very full disclosures and the questions have been answered. >> there were 22 questions in the last subpoena, 13 of them remain unanswered

bill: it makes for a beautiful day. mr. hemmer you can come right this way. i certainly will. g your socks with you. bill: really nice. sign up for it and keep your fingers crossed you get chosen. it's happening and spreading in a lot of places. horrific new details in the search for a missing tennessee mother and her three girls, last seen leaving their home two weeks ago. their car found abandoned day later. police are trying to identify two bodies found at a mississippi home that is linked to this man, a friend of the family, 35-year-old adam hayes, described by many as an uncle to those children. >> there are nerves in a community like this on account of this. it's a pretty quiet community. nothing serious has ever happened around here. it's a pretty rough situation. >> i hope they give him what he needs. however how they have to take him. i don't want him hurting any more kids or hurting anybody. bill: rod whaoerl is a forme wheeler is a former homicide detective. this woman was about to move to arizona, the woman and her husband, what is your hunch here. >> they are tryin

bill: i'm bill hemmer.t escalating a long-running battle between sheriff joe arpaio and eric holder. the feds canceled all talks after the sheriff refused to accept a court-appointed monitor of police practices in arizona. >> i think when you look at the environment we are in this political year. there is a lot of miscommunications emanating from washington. i would like to get this resolved by i'm not going to give under the authority of the elected authority. i'm not going to give up my organization to the federal government. it's as simple as that. martha: he's a tough talker. now the feds want the authority to search his office for evidence. william lajeunesse is in phoenix, arizona. what is this lawsuit all about? >> reporter: if you believe the administration this is about protecting hispanics from racial profiling and abuse of power. if you believe the sheriff it's about abuse of power. they are trying to force the sheriff to accept an outside monitor who will oversee the operations of the maricopa s

bill hemmer, my dear friend and my former co-host on "america's newsroom." and he's been going around taking a look at some battleground counties, but first, how are you? >> i'm fine, actually. i haven't seen grow in the hallway -- megyn: i know, we miss you. are you on the air? all right, so where'd you go, what'd you do? >> our assignment, we spend so much time talking to pundits and politicians that we don't spend much time talking to people who are going to decide this election. so we have zeroed in on particular parts of the country that really reflect a national trend and that reflect a part of america. megyn: so you're going to, like, the important swing states, counties -- >> these are the counties that count, that reveal a trend or voting -- megyn: you going to start right here in new york city which is critical to every presidential election. no one has no idea how new york city's going to vote. >> our first stop is greenwich village. i'm kidding. home to canton, ohio, the nfl hall of fame there. it's got a manufacturing base that's eroded, really

bill: i'm bill hemmer.r in danger, congressman michelle bachmann telling us last hour she does not necessarily believe that that is the case. >> the threat level is probably higher than ever before and would he need to make sure we are on top of it, because we have the entire world to cover, and that's why it's important that we are on top of these threats. martha: new york congressman peter king is chairman of the house homeland security committee. and he joins me this morning. good to have you today. >> good to be here, than that you. martha: one of the questions that popped into everybody's mind was that there was no concern that the plot was able to be carried out and it was strapped in its tracks. that raised a question, why? why was no one arrested in this entire operation? >> martha there is a lot that still can't be told on this. the fact is that from the first moment our intelligence people felt that the bomb could not be brought on to the plane. it never was brought onto any plane at all. all i ca

my colleague bill hemmer talked to romney and his wife about those things monday. >> in 2008, candidateld a series of event, where he made big speeches, centered around race in america. religion in america. he was able to draw, use the events to draw a lot of attention to his message. have you given consideration to doing that about your own faith? >> i give major teaches on to topic of significance and have for two weeks for the last few monthslant continue to do so. regards religion in america, i gave a speech on that topic in my last campaign. at the george herbert walker library. >> i take it nothing is planned or scheduled. but despite that, what do americans need to understand about how important your faith is to you? >> well, i think people who are people of faith believe there is a purpose, greater than themselves. i believe in the heavenly father and his son and holy ghost. that is part of people's faith. other folks have differing views. i read scriptures holy in my view that shape my sense of commitment to my nation. i'm taught to be patriotic and sun port the nation a follow

bill: and i'm bill hemmer.ls sent to all members of congress, already today by the top investigators in that failed gun running sting. william la jeunesse is live. what is in the documents, william? >> reporter: this is the resolution that does recommend that the house find the attorney general in contempt for refusing to comply with the subpoena issued by the over saoeulgt committee. since 1975 only 12 cabinet officials have been sited for contempt and only one attorney general have been found in contempt. in the lots 30 minutes every member of that committee, republican and democrat has a copy in their possession for them to consider. that is not a finding of contempt, that requires a vote. it does layout the case why they have failed to comply with the subpoena and deny the committee those who could tell them what went wrong with fast and furious and who tried to cover it up. bill: when can we expect all this to happen, william? >> reporter: sources close to the investigation tell us that the chairman issa w

in bill hemmer's slave pit. this show is packed tighter than a pregnant pole vaulter. so let's do this, america. ♪ ♪ >> greg: all right. so we keep hearing about what is fair game when it comes to criticizing candidates. i never notice a trend. never mind then compromise. when media went after mormonism, conservatives respond with reverend right. never mind then. when they brought up something from romney's past 50 years ago, conservative just read obama's book out loud. never mind then. it's a pattern. the issue becomes off-limits if it bounces back on obama. trust me when private equity become's obama's problem, bain will disappear faster than dana in a strong wind. fair game is dictated by the media. think about what they deem off the table. take the support for ows or how he snubs congress mooning mg about the lack of cooperation. so that's the biggest ruse of all. compromise. you will hear that word a lot from those disguiseed as centrist. but it's like an armed thug who says i'm glad you see it my way as he takes your wallet. bob? >> bob: yes. >> greg: you work i

i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. it is the grim reality that washington is wrestling with and house speaker john boehner is certainly sounding the alarm bill, saying it is time for the president to take charge. >> i've never been shy about leading. but you know, leaders need followers. we've got 89 brand new members. we've got a press disparite caucus. >> some say they're leading stkpwhraou and it's hard to keep 218 frogs in the while barrow long enough to get a bill passed. >> we all know we have to reduce the decifit. we have to do it in a balanced way. the speaker wants to go over the edge. martha: that expression about the 218 frogs in the wheel barrow, so basically they're saying if nothing is done before the election, it really is going to leave little time to cut a deal before the deadline. so joining us now is stuart varney, host of varney & company on fbn. so stuart, what does this mean for american taxpayers. >> let me pelst out for you. as of january 1st if nothing changes, everybody who works will pay more

morning everybody, i'm bill hemmer. welcome back to "america's newsroom." got the team back together. martha: good to see you, bill. good morning, everybody, i'm martha maccallum. the president showing signs of struggle in traditionally conservative states albeit n arkansas, virtually unknown candidate, mr. john wolff, folks, took 41% the vote to president's 59%. jamie weinstein, daily caller. good morning. >> good morning. bill: the results tell us what? >> tells us like in west virginia where the president had a similar embarassment to a federal felon that he lost 42% in two states. one as you mentioned to this tennessee lawyer and one to an nonexistent candidate, uncommitted. shows that certain democrats in certain conservative states aren't particularly happy with him. bill: you say it is embarassment but how much of one? >> it is a little embarassment. this is low turnout in the states. these are states the president was never going to win. it shows there are some democrats out there that aren't happy with him. it could affect him in some conservative s

or twitter bill hemmer bya because you asked.coming up in 30 minutes will blow you away on amount of money we're spending every year just to cover the interest on the u.s. debt. it has a lot of zeroes. martha: all right. she has been missing for close to three weeks and now new details in the exhaustive search for sings-year-old, isabel celis. bill: he was kicked off a cruise for a tweet. he gets hacked and find himself in the hands of the feds. what happens next. we'll wait because we'll talk to him live. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8. bill: police now saying the search for that missing 6-year-old girl has cost more than a million dollars to date. isabel celis is her name. disappeared three weeks ago. she was home in arizona. 30 support staffers are on that case. they are working through numerous leads and tips even today. >> we're still looking at and in excess of a thousand steps our investigators and analysts are pouring through as explained earlier in the

welcome, i'm bill hemmer. martha: good morning, bill. i'm martha maccallum. hey everybody. this reported serious concerns about the health of u.s. economy once again. analyst were looking for 177,000 jobs expected to be added to that number. bill: 40% lower. stuart varney, fox business network breaks down the numbers. first the news, stuart. >> in the last three weeks all indicators pointing the economy heading south. job creation cut in half. new home prices down. cash in your pocket, down. rate of growth for the overall economy, down. now we have this private sector report which is extremely disappointing. only 119,000 jobs last month. that cuts the private sector job creation rate almost in half from the month before. it confirms the view the economy is now headed in a weaker direction all over again. bill: so you think we're going backwards then? >> it looks like it. we had a rate of growth at 3% at the end of last year. all indicators saying that rate of growth is not being maintained. we're weakening. we're heading south. we're going down. bill: why is this private se

good morning everybody, i'm bill hemmer, it's tuesday here in new york, welcome to "america's newsroom", how you feel something martha: good morning in "america's newsroom", i'm feeling great, how you doing? bill: tehrik. martha: good morning, everybody, i'm martha maccallum. this is a "new york times"-cbs news poll and it suggests one in four registered voters say they're less likely to vote for president obama because of this whole same sex marriage issue, a majority though say that in the end it will not affect your overall vote. bill: charlie hurt out of washington, d.c., good morning. what's that number tell us there? >> it tells us that -- we already knew that president obama was fighting for the independents, some of whom were so crucial to the election four years ago, but what that suggests now is if you have as many as 25 percent of voters saying it makes them less likely to vote for him, that's eating into that independent vote. and he's going to have -- it's an additional hurdle that he's got to get over to win those people back. bill bi-specifically -- >> not what he needs

bill: but full respect to you. >> you're the best, bill hemmer.es the unofficial beginning of summer starts memorial day weekend. man they are going to feel it across the ohio river valley and tennessee river valley. 98 in st. louis. 95 in louisville. 96 in nashville. that is saturday. it will be even warmer across portions of chicago. 97, 96. we'll feel humidity here. we'll feel temperatures well over 100 degrees in a lot of these areas t will last for several days as we head into next week, things will knock back a little bit. we'll get to more seasonal averages. but for monday, certainly 15, even some cases 20 degrees above what you should be for this time of year. take a look at chicago. there is 79. 88 on saturday. sunday we'll break a record if we get to 97. we could break a record, at least tie it for monday. look at tuesday. back to 81. just a really quick, short lived heat wave. certainly something people will be outdoors and barbecuing, so be extra extra cautious. martha: open up the pool. >> i'm in. does hemmer have a pool? >> we're all

pweupl pweupl i'm bill hemmer.ew website was launched, taking on romney in the private sector, then a conference call with someone who lost his job after his firm was acquired by romney's investment firm. martha: and this campaign vid oefplt watch. >> bayne capital walked away with a lot of money they made off this plan. we view mitt romney as a job destroyer. >> he has destroyed thousands of peoples' careers, lifetimes, just destroying people. >> he's running for president, and if he's going to run the country the way he ran our business, i wouldn't want him there. he would be so out of touch with the average person in this country. martha: strong words in that web ad. brit hume joins me, senior political analyst. clearly this goes after the heart of what mitt romney says is his biggest strength. >> you knew this was coming, martha, if you followed the primary season. we've been here before. you remember the attacks during south carolina and florida campaigns from gingrich and perry on vulture capitalism. i felt a

i'm bill hemmer.ng details what really happened with the president's secret service in the country of colombia. they were accused of having a big night out ahead of last month's visit by president obama. some allegedly bringing prostitutes back to their hotel rooms. one of the hotels where the president would later stay. molly henneberg has details now live in washington. what are we learning here, molly? good morning there are. >> reporter: good morning, bill and martha. i got off the virtual worldwide interview with the prostitute at the center of the scandal. she was taking questions from all over the world about what happened that night, that famous night that led to firings of so many secret service agents or lost security clearances and military members were wrapped up in this as well. one of the points she made she has not been interviewed by the u.s. secret service as they do the investigation that what happened at hotel el caribe. she has not been interviewed by anybody into a look what happe

bill: i'm bill hemmer.olygraph methods, questioning the results after a day after the secret service director offered this apology. >> i am deeply disappointed and i apologize for the misconduct of these employees and the distraction that it has caused. the men and women of the u.s. secret service are committed to continuing to live up to the standards that the president, the congress, and the american people expect and deserve. martha: there's been a lot of focus on that director, william sullivan. no doubt they would like to have this behind them at the secret service. molly henneberg joins me live in washington. now there is an investigation of the investigation. here we go again. >> reporter: yes, whether the poly graphs of the agents that were sent home were done directly, did they sit for multiple lie detector test has took an unusual amount of time under an unusual amount of pressure according to the "washington post." now the inspector general of the department of homeland security, charles edwards

bill: i'm bill hemmer. five people were arrested and in court today. kelly wright. the plot? what are we learning? >> reporter: cleveland division of fbi released news release. the five individuals under arrest had a intricate plot to use smoke grenades to distract police in order for coconspirators to topple financial signs on high-rise buildings in downtown cleveland that was part of their plot according to the complaint. the plot later developed using explosive materials such as constructing two improvised explosive devices using powerful c-4 explosives. they were to be placed on target of and remotely detonated. they discusses various individual targets in and around cleveland over the several months. the final plan the route 82 northfield high-level bridge as being designated target. it that causes brexville and cuyahoga hills. the three of the men arrested are self-proclaimed anarchists who form understood a small group and considered carrying out these plots. bill: wow! was there ever any danger to the public, kelly. do we know that yet? >> the word we're get

in bill hemmer's dungeon. let's do this, america! >> so the election is shaping up to be less about issues and more about tissues. meaning which candidate makes you feel, not think. it's all media generated pitting the soulless right against the romantic left. the boring vs. the soaring and so it's no longer an election, it's a john hughes movie and who is mitt in this flick? he's the stingy dad, close minded and disgusted by change. he's no hipster, a word dana now knows. president obama, of course, is the cool misunderstood loner dating the father's daughter. audience knows who root for, of course, it's the cool guy which is too bad. at some point, america needs someone to come in and be the bad guy. mr. popular ain't cutting it right now and also because dad ends up paying the bills. that's the republicans to the democrats. but nobody remembers the bill payer just the wild night out. which is why movies always end before the real trouble starts. when the cool guy gets the girl, you never see what happens later when it all goes bad

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. >> i'm bill hemmer in for shepard smith tonight. this is the fox report. updating our top story.ohn edwards walks and word tonight from an associated press source, the justice department is not likely to press for a retrial. we cannot yet confirm that report. edwards was accused of usingly a million dollars in campaign money to hide his mistress and their love child. the jury finding edwards not guilty on one count. could not agree on five others. the judge declaring a mistrial late today. edwards had been facing up to 30 years in prison if found guilty. and even though he is now a free man, he still faces a long way from the former u.s. senator who wanted to win the white house. steve centanni with more on edwards' downfall. more tonight from washington. >> john edwards' journey to the courthouse steps today was one filled with ups and downs. it's been a long odyssey. he was born poor in 1953 in the town of robbins north carolina. his father a mill worker struggled to make ends meet and john struggled to make a mark for himself. eventually getting a law degree from the universit

so will fox's bill hemmer who traveled all the way to california, clear i under the gun to get some real answers about how governor romney would govern. >> if you're looking for policy, that's really not the intention why we went to california. >> oh, i am sorry, i guess the policy was not off the discussion. okay. surely something of substance was on the table. >> you're a tough guy to crack. is there truth to that? >> depends on who is asking. >> i don't know whether that's the case or not. i think as people get to know me better some will like me and some won't. it is the nature of most folks. >> let's see. mitt doesn't know if he is likeable now, but as people get to know him, they may or may not like him. well, thank goodness we got that cleared up. what else? go on. dig up the dirt. >> what about you as a boss? how would you describe yourself? >> i am not 9 right one to describe that. i didn't see myself as a boss. >> it really is a shame that softball will not be part of the 2012 olympics. our panel is here with us now. in washington democratic strategist julian epstein and in mia

good morning, everybody, i'm bill hem e. -- hemmer. martha: you're going to get your skateboard and go into the water, moments from now. i'm martha maccallum. we just showed you those numbers and despite those, new fox polls show that president obama is in the lead now, 46 percent of the vote and there's mitt romney, the con extender at 39 percent. bill: let's analyze -- analyze it, steve hayes, weekly standard, what do you see in the numbers? >> good morning, bill. look, the app toeupb, the white house will be happy with. any time you have the president up seven points on mitt romney, particularly when some other polls are pointing in another direction, when other polls suggest the race is tightening as romney as emerged from this bloody primary in a virtual tie, i think the white house will be very happy with that top line number. bill: how about this number, best thing president obama has done to help the economy and this number sticks out, the bottom of the screen. forty-six say done nothing to help. >> beyond that, beyond the 43 p