send us a tweet at bill hemmer or martha maccallum. bill: here we go again. the dow is going down.ropping more than 200 points 40 minutes into trading. our all-time high three weeks ago, we are down around 14,600. we are off 800 points from the high. a lot of concerns about china and interest rates rising near the u.s. based on what the fed chair said last week. that 3 days in a row, we are just getting hammered. martha: two key things everybody has expected. and then there is this question circulating this monday morning. where in the world is edward snowden right now. the search is on for the nsa leaker wherever he may land. judge napolitano on the options the united states has in bringing snowden to justice. bill: there is a wall of fire 100 feet high. the fight to save three towns as this wildfire intensifies. bill: heavy rains destroy homes and cars. the massive cleanup they have ahead in one american town. we'll be right back. >> there was a rush to get as many cars out of the streets as we could. but not all were saved. >> it is a mess. [ bell dings ] [ crowd cheering ] [ ma

martha: i know hefp bill hemmer's e-mail address. cing figure in the obama administration being promoted to national security adviser. we'll take a closer look at the appointment of u.n. ambassador susan rice. bill: top military brass trying to keep command while they battle sex charges within their own ranks. the shocking words from herma john mccain as this controversy tkpwr-rbgs rows. >> i had someone come to mow and say their daughter wanted to join the military and could i give my unqualified support for doing so. i could not. the great outdoors... ...and a great deal. thanks to dad. (gasp) nope. aw! guys! grrrr let's leave the deals to hotels.com. (nice bear!) ooo! that one! nice! got it! oh my gosh this is so cool! awesome! perfect! yep, and no angry bears. the perfect place is on sale now. up to 30% off. only at hotels.com that's why i eat belvita at breakfast. it's made with delicious ingredients, then carefully-baked to release steady energy that lasts. we're golfing now, buddy! i got it! belvita. steady energy. all morning

i'm bill hemmer. martha is on the road. how you doing, heather? heather: we could have some clear answers in just 60 inus. bill: one case. the constitutional challenge to the defense of marriage act known as doma signed into law by president clinton. doma defines marriage as being between a man and woman and benefits go to only a man and a woman traditional couples. the challenge to california's proposition 8 approved by golden state voters in november of 2008 by a vote of 52-48%. that challenge by two california same-sex couples who were denied marriage licenses under that law, they claim it violates the 14th amendment to the constitution. there is a possibility the justices do not even get to the merits of these cases. can that happen? >> reporter: it can happen. in both of these cases. prop 8 is a state measure and doma was passed by congress. when it came time to defend these two measures in court. in both cases the government officials who would be responsible for defending them said we are not going to do it. in the prop 8 case there were sup

i'm bill hemmer and welcome to "america's newsroom." we shall not lie today. martha: we'll tell the truth. martha: march 12 the director of national intelligence james clapper was asked specifically about this. >> does the nsa collect any type of data on millions or hundreds of millions of americans? >> no, sir. >> it does not? >> not wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently perhaps collect but not wittingly. bill: the senator from oregon doing the questioning in that back and forth. what does he say about that answer knowing what we know today? >> reporter: senator widen says as a courtesy he sent director clapper's office about data collection a day before the hearing. now he has a big problem with director clapper's answer. >> strong congressional oversight is absolutely essential in this area. it's not possible for the congress to do the kind of vigorous oversight that the president spoke about if you can't get straight answers. >> reporter: senator widen says he gave director clapper a chance to amended his answer but he never did. he sai

and martha maccallum owes bill hemmer two dollars. martha: two bucks. great for hockey. former chicago bulls star scottie pippen is being questioned after allegedly attacking an autograph seeker outside of a restaurant in california. this was in malibu. police say the person was taking photographs as pippen ate with his family sunday. the photographer in the hospital with a head injury. pippen and the bulls not commenting. they won a lot of national championships, world championships, michael jordan. martha: top republican congressman darrell issa issuing new subpoenas in the benghazi terror attack investigation calling on four current and former state department officials to testify about the events that night. four americans were killed in the benghazi attack. he says the obama administration has been slow to give lawmakers information on this. a lot of it has been redacted and a lot of the pages they requested they have not received. in a letter to secretary of state kerry he writes this. these persistent delays create the appearance that the department is dragging its

i'm bill hemmer. have a good trip? martha: it went well. west coast and back. good morning, i'm martha maccallum. you have both sides trying to piece together what happened on that fateful night in florida. taking the stand late yesterday was jennifer lauer. she called 911 after she heard a scuffle. then screams and a gunshot. >> you said it's difficult to identify the screaming voice as that of george zimmerman. >> i couldn't tell. >> have you ever heard george zimmerman scream like the person was screaming that night? >> never. >> could those screams have come from anybody -- >> speculation. bill: she is the neighbor. she knows zimmerman. the door opened yesterday for prosecutors to zimmerman's past. but will this past be allowed? >> reporter: the judge debra nelson gave both attorneys time overnight to bring their legal argument as to the relevance of zimmerman's criminal history. one involving violence and a preveinsing worder with an ex-girlfriend and a restraining order. the jury is about to be brought into the room. the first thing she does every morning

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to america's newsroom. martha: ayes martha maccallum. he worked for the nsa. he said he leaked information about the sweeping surveillance program because he says the american public has a right to know what the nsa is doing. >> the nsa is focus and getting intelligence anywhere its can. they have a self-certification that they serve the national interest. they target the communications of everyone. it ingests them by default. it collects them in its system and analyze and measure as and stores them for a period of time. >> he's allegedly hiding out in a hotel room in hong kong. he says he's ready for the consequences, whatever the consequences might be. our chief intelligence correspondentcast relationship . >> reporter: in a statement the nation's intelligence chief assessing the fallout of the intelligence leaks. they are reviewing the damage that bass been done by these disclosures. any person who has a stuart clearance knows he or she has the obligation to abide by the law. former nsa officials say they expect investigators to open

bill: i'm bill hemmer, good morning. atic increase in the border security agents, calling for more fencing and surveillance roads that could bring many more republicans onboard the bill. maybe. tucker carlson, editor of the tailty caller, good morning to you, sir. >> morning, bill. bill: just based on the sketchy outline we have, i mean, would this do it? >> it might. now, keep in mind that yesterday an amendment from rand paul of kentucky, republican senate, was tabled by democrats. in other words, it was taken out by democrats, and some republican votes. this amendment would have required the senate to verify that the border was, in fact, secure every year for the next five years to make certain before any green cards were issued. another amendment like that from senator grassley was also eliminated. so there are forces, for sure, and some republicans are onboard with this, against verifying, against making the border restrictions too strict. bill: we just talked to senator paul, and based on the outlines of the amendme

have you ever met bill hemmer? the top of the hour? >> steve: i think that counts as a toss. >> brian: this is miranda kerr. >> you're working it, brian, aren't you? >> steve: come on over here. >> steve, how are you? good morning to all of you. good morning to miranda, give her our best. another day, another hearing on the irs matter and today you see and hear directly from the groups that were targeted. we'll have live coverage of those hearings. does eric holder have something to hide, that's what leading republicans want to know. they say their questions were not answered. an allegation of sexual assault in the military line of the pentagon, a growing story there. martha and i will see you in 11 minutes. miranda is back with brian in two minutes look what mommy is having. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. >> brian: talk about beauty and brains, from successfu

bill: and i'm bill hemmer. the critical witness at that hearing, general keith alexander, very respected man with a lot of credibility. he's expected to reveal a list of at least ten terrorist plans that were prevented by his agency's now-public but still controversial spying program. martha: a lot riding on this. catherine herridge joins us now live from washington. what are lawmakers saying they expect will be revealed today, catherine? >> reporter: thank you, martha, and good morning. they expect the head of the nsa will make the case that the sweeping collection of phone records, the so-called metadata from millions of americans, is justified and a necessary tool to connect the dots. >> i think it's very important for the general to get out as much of the details as he can without compromising sources or methods. >> i believe that general alexander is going to actually talk about specific cases he mentioned last week that there's dozens. this is one of the most valuable tools we have, and don't forget, the

bill: i'm bill hemmer.e new york times" has stood with the president through a lot of the last five years thick and then. this scandal might be too much. yesterday they said in a stinging editorial the administration has now lost lost all credibility on this issue. mr. obama is proving the truism that the executive branch will use any power it is given and very likely abuse it, end quote. that's changed a little bit. martha: it has. we want to talk to chris wallace about, anchor of "fox news sunday." good morning, chris. >> good morning, martha. martha: there was a lot of discussion about a few words. the original release from "the new york times" said the administration has lost all credibility. then they went back apparently and added, they've lost all credibility on this issue, which softened the blow a little bit. your thought first of all on that? >> actually it's more precise, i think it makes more sense, you know, you're not talking about everything this president has done, you're talking about this

bill: i'm bill hemmer. welcome to you. the scandal exploded the white house maintains politics had nothing to do with this, they say. republicans say that would be impossible. that would be impossible. check out fireworks between two former white house insiders. this is david plouffe and karl rove going head-to-head. >> this was not a political pursuit. >> baloney. baloney. >> not baloney, karl. >> if it is not political were are only conservative groups being targeted. >> liberal groups. >> really? name one. name one. what liberal group had tea party or patriot in its name was targeted? not a single liberal group has appeared -- >> taking a bright license here, karl. >> i am not. not at all. >> this was not an effort driven by the white house t would be the dumbest political effort of all time. >> didn't suggest it was driven by the white house. >> you think people in the cincinnati office decided -- >> i think people sitting in cincinnati, la gun that anything gel, washington, d.c. listen to people like senator max baucu

bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning. acting irs commissioner and we also heard from the inspector general from the treasury department who is investigating all this with the irs. today though the leaders of six conservative groups will testify about their own experience after being targeted by the tax agency for, what, two years? 2 1/2 years? martha: some cases and in some cases they're still waiting. that is what makes today very unique in this whole process. i'm joined by tucker carlson, editor of "the daily caller" and coanchor of "fox and friends" weekend. hey, tucker. >> good morning, martha. >> turned to bill before this hour started. these people must be psyched. they will finally get their moment to sit there and tell the world, this is what i've been going through. a lot of cases these people have been told they're nuts. you're just imagining you're part of a big conspiracy. they're saying no, you know what? we were. >> that is literally true. even a number of these people a number of these activists a number of

bill: i'm bill hemmer. the bill would bana boringse ban ban abortions after 20 weeks.t laws allow it until 24 weeks. >> this is based on undisputed scientific evidence which tells us that unborn children at 20 weeks and older can feel pain. martha: of course at this point all of this is symbolic. the democrat controlled senate will not even consider this legislation. molly henneberg joins us live from washington. this is a bit of a different approach to limiting abortion. what can you tell us about this molly. >> martha, many states as you were saying base abortion laws on when the baby is viable, when it has a good chance of surviving with medical intervention outside of the mother generally thought to be around 24 weeks. this republican-backed legislation looks instead at when supporters say the baby in the womb has enough developed pain receptors to feel the pain of an abortion. here is more. >> regardless of your personal beliefs i would hope that stopping atrocities against little babies is something that we can all agree to put an end to. this legislation would d

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i'm bill hemmer.e. >> really makes you angry. martha: if you don't laugh you're going to cry situation. good morning to you. i'm martha maccallum. today's hearing will feature the new irs chief, danny werfel who we've seen and an appearance by the inspector general. the new person may be the

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to america's newsroom.ory for the defense team because the judge ruled audio experts cannot testify in court about how it was heard screaming for help in the background of the 911

martha: i'm bill hemmer. hope you had a great weekend, everybody.ours away president obama meets face-to-face with russian president vladimir putin in what is expected to be a tense discussion over how to tackle the matter of syria. russia is currently supplying weapons to the bashar al-assad regime and remains one of its strongest allies. western leaders including the obama administration insists bashar al-assad must go and they have said that for two years now. martha: wendell goler is live there. what is the white house's real goal when the president meets with vladimir putin? >> reporter: martha the president would like to get vladimir putin to persuade bashar al-assad to agree to peace talks in geneva. the problem is and the pre-condition for the rebels to attend the talks is bashar al-assad must go. it's an arms race, the u.s. threatening to arm the rebels with more sophisticated weapons and russia sending more sophisticated missile defenses. the european leaders are not essentially on the same page as mr. obama. britain and france forced the

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to america's newsroom. this 29-year-old computer whiz, considered an enemy of the state and the subject of an international manhunt. snowden revealed ... some lawmakers are denouncing him as a traitor. others believe he's a hero. bill: peter doocy starts our coverage. does the white house have any idea where snowden went? >> reporter: if they to, they are not telling us. the latest word is this is an 0 ongoing investigation so they don't want to comment on where this whistleblower is. all the white house will really say is that president obama is okay with the conversation about intelligence programming. >> he believes is entirely appropriate to debate these matters as we find the appropriate balance between tour national security and our privacy interests. he made clear you cannot have 100% security and privacy or zero inconvenience. >> reporter: more than 44,000 people have already signed a petition to pardon edward snowden. but the white house says they are not going to comment on that unless 100,000 peo

bill: and i'm bill hemmer.ims he's still in hong kong and has no plans to leave anytime soon, saying he's ready to fight the u.s. government from there. martha: catherine herridge joins us live from washington. so what more are we learning about him today, catherine? >> reporter: thank you, martha, and good morning. the belief is that 29-year-old edward snowden in hong kong at this hour, the charges must be carefully considered because whatever charge snowden is extradited on from hong kong, the u.s. must prosecute him on those very same charges. and be this morning we are moments away from a house hearing with the fbi correcter, robert -- director, robert mueller, this leak to the guardian newspaper show that is the telephone records of millions of americans were for not only the national security agency, but also the fbi. so we can expect be director mueller to be pressed to explain whether he believes the scope of the surveillance and the data collection programs are justified in terms of the number of speci

we had one whistleblower just last hour talking to bill hemmer about surveillance. let's take a listen to that. >> what we have to fear about that? anime, washington says we are looking for terrorists. what's wrong with that? >> they keep going that strongman out of the closet and holding it up as a reason why they need all of this extraordinary power and power by the way they conduct in secret with very little public discourse. i think that we should be afraid what the government is doing behind closed doors. they are doing it under the guise of keeping us safe. do we really want to trust the government. >> the director of national intelligence is that it would be impossible to look at the content of the e-mails and phone conversations. so why should we trust the government if you have these capabilities. why should we trust that what will be done as the best interest at heart. >> that is why there is courts and the administration and you have the congress. 9/11 was no strongman. it would've killed hundreds and hundreds of new yorkers and that was detected in the s

bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning, syria crossing what president obama has called the red line. the bashar al-assad regime using chemical weapons. more than 90,000 have died since the uprising began and now besides providing military ailed the white house says press has not made a decision about enforcing a no-fly zone over syria. some think more needs to be done. >> the president has stated in a red line has been crossed. i would observe that red lines are meaningless unless they are backed pie action. the underlying bill reflects a sense of congress that any red line should be backed with substantive measures. martha: doug mckelway joins us live from the white house. doug, the timing on all of this. when did the administration decide that yes, indeed, syria had crossed over that red line? >> that's a key question, martha. you know, france and britain had already come to that conclusion weeks ago and it has led many to criticize the administration for wasting valuable time. last night at a conference call with reporters, ben rose explained the administration's decision making s

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i'm bill hemmer. welcome another edition of "america's newsroom". >> that sin credible. >> really makes you angry. martha: if you don't laugh you're going to cry situation. good morning to you. i'm martha maccallum. today's hearing will feature the new irs chief, danny werfel who we've seen and an appearance by the inspector general. the new person may be the faris fink. you may have seen him in the infamous irs video playing the role of dr. spock. >> captain, there may be another solution. i took the liberty doing a time warp scan of the galaxy. i found leaders who could be of assistance. they met back in the 21st century in anaheim, california. earth, sir. bill: hand him the oscar. that and other irs videos costing you $50,000. now the irs has to answer for it. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live from the hill. the hits keep coming from this group. other than spock, what do we expect from the hearing when it starts in 30 minutes? >> reporter: makes you wonder when he goes with the vu

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for example like bill hemmer on fox news. >> formerly of cnn and -- >> hal: i used to do oscar preshowss -- so weird. like they go over there and how much money? it is so weird. following the monday supreme court decision to send affirmative action to the lower court, hemmer noted the court had not yet handed down rulings on other things. it doesn't look like the gay american decision will come down today apparently. they have to give us something to talk about the rest of the week senior official judicial analyst andrew napolitano pointed out. we'll make something up hemmer shrugged. there you go. sometimes they tell the truth. sometimes. >> i have a policy called truth in broadcasting. finally, fox decided to adhere to it! we'll make it up! >> hal: openly said. if we don't have news we like to talk about we'll just make it up. by the way let's go to some calls. we have a bunch of calls. a lot of them are dealing with the snowden case and have been holding on for quite some time. let's go to don in illinois. he's been holding for quite a awhile. >> caller: hal, let me take you off of s

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i'm bill hemmer, here in "america's newsroom". martha: yes you are. i'm martha maccallum.oner, daniel werfel is his name. there he is. he will go before the house appropriations committee at 3:00 p.m.