we'll talk to colonel bill cowan with deep expertise in military and especially iraq.ll talk about how the nfl responded to. >>> man accused of hatching a plot to kidnap david letterman's son and nanny, today walks out of prison. >> the simple explanation from the accused that shooting was a genuine mistake as he thought he was shooting at an intruder behind the toilet door. the state clearly has not proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty of premeditated murder. shannon: that is the verdict from the so-called "blade runner" trial. olympic athlete and double amputee oscar pistorius not guilty of murder. the judge deciding that prosecutors didn't make their case. but, pistorius is not out of the woods just yet. greg palkot is live in pretoria, south africa. greg? >> reporter: not by any stretch of the imagination, shannon. the judge ended this session as we listened in with a real condemnation of pistorius, calling his behavior on valentine's day morning of last year, when he shot four times in the bathroom of his house, killing steenkamp as not what

what we see here is a private sector solution, coming out of cowan and company. peter cohen runs it, really smart guy. known him for years. andy sieberg is friend of mine. they come out with algorithm. melissa: an algorithm that can fix anything literally. >> it basically fixes it. to help their institutional clients. this only affects institutional client, evade pernicious and aggressive high frequency trading. melissa: just a the mare of time. don't need a regulator. market can fix it. >> i like what cowan is doing, because all these guys are running around like chickens with heads cut off, hybrid is destroying markets. it is baloney. you can just use, what do high frequency traders use? technology. what do you do to combat with technology? what cowan is doing, technology. private sector always does better than the public sector. melissa: speaking of chicago long nightmare is over. first windy city olive garden is open for business. creates 110 jobs to provide pure joy to all residents and myself anytime they visit. this is what governor jack quinn says. >> he

lieutenant cowan, what do you make of the fact of what we're going to hear about syria tonight, these air strikes that might happen in 30 days, the so-called no more boots on the ground? they're not going to be able to help the iraqis. >> yeah. you know, gretchen, i think it's important for the president and others watching tonight to realize that nobody is listening more closely to what he has to say than isis because they are the target of what he is up to, and i would also say i hope he is able to sway some of the 24% of the americans who are uncertain about what we should be doing about isis. isis is going to listen to what the president is going to say. i would like to have the president come out as forceful as possible. i would like him to quote vice president biden saying we're going to follow them to the gates of hell. let's put a little bit of fear in isis, and we're going to have to do it by talking about a tough strategy that includes air strikes in iraq, air strikes in syria, other kinds of activities on the ground in both places. and to the cooperation and support of our

. >> cowan: we will see. don, thank you very much. a suspect has been arreste arren california, charged with deliberately starting a wieferld that doubled in the king fire is one of 10 major fires in the state. it has burned 111 square miles. nearly 3,000 people have fled their homes. crews are setting backfires, hoping to slow it all down, and john blackstone is there. >> reporter: the sudden explosive growth of the king fire has been driven in part by the huge and ominous plume of smoke rising above it. cal fire director ken pimlott: >> the embers that come out of these fires, the smoke column, they are lofted and go way out into the unburned area, land, and start a fire. >> reporter: it all began investigators believe as an act ofarson. the suspect is a local man, wayne allen huntsman, 37, now being held on $10 million bail. battling the fire officials say is costing $5 million a day with more than 3600 firefighters, 15 helicopters, and airplanes that over the last two days have dropd nearly 400,000 gallons of fire retasheddant. an

it was really scary to think you may have just lost your brother. >> moments later, andrew cowan andll mark from the plane. >> we tried to move them a safe distance away so that the paramedics could assess them and then assess the situation. >> mark has numerous broken bones. but he's alive. >> we're still here, you know. we're not dead. how can that be? pretty deep moment for me, it was. it was the realization that we made it through that, busted up and all. >> miraculously, the pilot and other passenger are able to walk away without injury. looking back, spectators and survivors of the plane crash commend the pilot for keeping a cool head under pressure. >> the pilot did a really good job of where he laid it down, because if he goes to the left, they probably hit the fence and there's probably some fatalities involved. if it goes ten yards to the right, he lands on the soccer field and there's potential to hit children and young people. >> but an investigation by the national transportation safety board finds the crash could have easily been avoided. >> in this case, we obviously h

i will now turn the program over to david cowan. thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to talk about the war of 1812. we are at the bicentennial of the events. we are going to break it down into three different sections. we are going to break -- a breakdown of what led us into this war. going to get into the main event of what we are going to discuss, which is the financing of the war of 1812. background -- as usual, the european powers are engaged in the struggle. in particular, it's the united states versus france, but eventually, everyone is going to gang up on napoleon. for the british, this is a sideshow. napoleon is the main enemy at the time. the u.k. and france are competing for our natural resources. content is king back then. contemporaries called this the second war for independence. it very much validated american independence. here's a pamphlet dated 1815. you can see where they say, the the secondistory of war for independence. our nation-- this is circa about 1800. what is interesting to me -- take a look at the upper right wh

heather: colonel bill cowan, we'll have to leave it there. apparently hundreds of iraqi troops are mission. we'll talk to you again soon, thank you. >> thanks, heather. jon: a tour bus full of people crashes and overturns on a highway exit ramp, killing two, injuring dozens more. we have the latest into the investigation what happened. >>> plus the search is on for the man who police say was the last person to see a missing university of virginia student, hannah graham. we'll have a live report on the massive manhunt now underway. >> jesse matthew was the last person she was seen with before she vanished. i have made no mistake about it. we want to talk to jesse matthew. ♪ [ female announcer ] we love our smartphones. and now telcos using hp big data solutions are feeling the love, too. by offering things like on-the-spot data upgrades -- an idea that reduced overcharge complaints by 98%. no matter how fast your business needs to adapt, if hp big data solutions can keep wireless customers smiling, imagine what they can do for yours. make it m

lieutenant colonel bill cowan, i don't know who has the better one-liners. or the gov. >> thanks. >> all right. have a fantastic weekend. >> thank you. >> here's what's coming up. police releasing terrifying surveillance video capturing a moment the suspect opens fire on a court mouse with an assault rifle. >> this one is not so bad. this is my high school year book photo way back when. i love that photo. why are we showing it? because one kid is getting in a cat fight over who else he wants in his year book photo. we'll explain. that brings to us our facebook question of the day. what's your most regrettable school picture? tweet me at gretchen carlson. use the _#real story. we'll read your comments as we end the show, and, of course, we're going to show you one of governor huckabee's most embarrassing, maybe more than one photo. >> oh, >> when we return. oh, gov. you got to know. this is the real story, pal. we do it real here. when fixed income experts work with equity experts who work with regional experts that's when expertise happens. mfs. because ther

i am robert cowan and a pastor and we're here and we are blessed to have many of our city officials including the mayor who is going to come and speak in a few moments as soon as everyone is gathered. it's great to see everybody. what a great compilation of folks. the children aren't paying attention as it should be. how is the food? >> great. [applause] >> sip did a wonderful job with the barbecue. let's give them a hand. [applause] . a street violence intervention program. they did a wonderful job with the barbecue and the hamburgers and hot dogs and if you go away hungry you must be on a diet so water further delay let's welcome our mayor, mayor lee. [applause] >> thank you. thank you reverend. thanks for being here as well and blessing us. good evening everyone. welcome to herst play ground in sunnydale. i am grateful to the chief and supervisor cohen and park and rec and juvenile justice here. we have so many departments that worked together to make sure that this place is safe and we welcome everybody back here. i know that everybody feels the tragedies of things that happened a few wee

joined by lieutenant colonel bill cowan retired from the marine corps. he is a fox news military analyst. let's start with the op-ed that president obama and prime minister cameron penned together in the london newspaper. they sugge there is no weakness, no, lack of resolve, when it comes to isis. pretty good to read those words, bill? >> it is great to read it, jon. almost wish we had seen a similar op-ed out of our own president here in the united states a couple months ago in fact. i'm sure if isis takes a look at that op-ed, they may or may not, they will kind of chuckle and laugh. because they're not feeling real heat of united states, virtually any heat from the u.k. and certainly none from nato. words are worth something but actions are worth a lot more. jon: also interesting they don't really talk about syria in that piece. >> great, jon. i noticed that. that was one of the things that i wanted to say to you. they talk again about this all inclusive government in baghdad, in iraq as if somehow that is going to solve the isis or isil problem but w

i am robert cowan and a pastor and we're here and we are blessed to have many of our city officials including the mayor who is going to come and speak in a few moments as soon as everyone is gathered. it's great to see everybody. what a great compilation of folks. the children aren't paying attention as it should be. how is the food? >> great. [applause] >> sip did a wonderful job with the barbecue. let's give them a hand. [applause]

i was learning something last night from going to a dinner party at roger cowan, the famous director,nd we were told about -- we hear everything about the boarder and the children at the border being in horrible, horribling conditions in detention centers. well, there's a wonderful one just outside of los angeles in oxnard where kids who have some relative somewhere in california are being taken, and they're treated quite well, and 80% of them have been placed with some family member in the los angeles area. so, you know, the humanity of man and woman shows although time but very often in ways that aren't supported. >> you mention man and woman, which leads me to a particular woman i would like to ask you about. you've had a chance to profile anybody who is everybody -- everybody who is anybody over the course of your career, but i want to ask specifically about hillary clinton because you obviously profiled her over the years, and if certain people have their ways, she will be uncontested in the runup to the democratic primary if some people have their way. i have my thoughts about w

lieutenant colonel bill cowan, thank you so much. and if that is not enough. tensions mounting in the ukraine crisis and heavy fighting continues and prorussian separatist and ukraine forces are losing more grouvenltd meanwhile russian president vladimar putin calling for talks to determine say the hood in southeastern ukraine. and james rosen has more on the escalating situation. >> reporter: good afternoon. president putin's comments about statehood for parts of southeastern ukraine came as they had included the amphibious event. and speaking to the channel 1tv network. putin said the latest round of talks between the government in kiev and prorussian separatist and held in minesque should focus on statehood in southeast ukraine. a former commandant said president putten's chief objective is to control terry nichols -- territory. >> the piece of ground he wants to control is ukraine because he considers that to be the western highway in the heartland of russia. and if he creates disharmony and political disunitty or occupy territory in his mind that works to

retire the colonel bill cowan went to iraq several of those in the war.e is a fox news military analyst. and great to see you today, sir. and thank you always for your service to the country and now in helping us understand the situation with that back drop of knowledge. what do we need to hear from the president? they have sewn leaks, and maybe getting a tip off and so far not seeing anything new. if it is a continuation of the strategy now will it work? >> the president needs to explain who isis is and the threat that it poses. i don't think most americans understand what it is. just listening to josh earnest, he alluded to all of the moving parts that are going to be required for any kind of a strategy to be successful, including our nato allies and partners in the middle east arming the moderate opsiing and watching the iraqi government grow. they are things to be done over a long period of time. he needs to prepare america for the fact that there are no short- term solutions and get all of the players in there to make sure america's role is more mini

thank you, claudia cowan, in san francisco bay. martha?nt obama and the other world leaders today as they meet overseas in wales for nato. will they find a way to combat the growing isis threat in the middle east? >> before we go. have a look at this, bizarre case of road rage or something going on from russia. a bunch of cartoon characters spill out after van. mickey mouse, spongebob. the, they are kicking drivers in the front. we're not sure if it was actual incident or staged. i bet it is latter. >> i will bo with the latter. bill: they hopped back in the van and drive away. viral hog has a lot of time on their hand. martha: very legitimate organization. i'm sure on up and up. good to be with you from d.c. see you back in new york tomorrow. "happening now" starts right now. jon: we begin with a fox news alert on obamacare. you might recall a few weeks back the circuit court in washington, d.c. ruled against the obama administration saying that the irs was wrong to allow subsidies for obamacare in states that had not set up their own exc

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colonel bill cowan is a fox news military analyst and retired u.s. marine colonel.rad blakeman is the former deputy assistant to president george w. bush. they both join me now. colonel, let me start with you, what about the this idea that we called and warned them, and that they then played out over the radio as i heard reports this morning? they broadcast the fact that we were on our way? does that make sense? >> yeah, great question. what a wonderful question, melissa. i haven't heard anybody else even broach that subject. what i tend to think if we did it right, if we told the syrians the very moment indeed that our aircraft were in the air, then we probably didn't have, did not give too much advance notice either to isis or the other group we were coming. but if we waited, did it half an hour or 45 minutes or so before, there is always the chance that isis and khorasan group heard about it and were therefore prepared. dierdre: brad, what do you think about the idea, there are two ways to look at the way the president has been handling this on one hand some say

let's ask, lieutenant colonel bill cowan. colonel, you first, what do you think? >> i think the senator is right, ike we need to have a presence over there. we need to remember that our presence in korea has really helped avert any war between the north and the south. our presence in europe certainly kept russia at bay for a long time. i don't think any of us want u.s. boots on the ground to combat the fight in iraq. my son just came back from his fifth combat tour. i'm not anxious as a parent to see my son go overseas again. but i think with a presence there in the region, at least we bring some stability. the war with isis notwithstanding, we let our partners know that we care and kind of keep iran a little at bay. >> i completely agree with senator rubio. i think we need to keep troops there for some time in places like iraq and afghanistan. when i was in the navy i was in japan two years and italy two years and that was as much about our security as their security. i appreciated the president's speech at the u.n. today. that speech should be made by saudi's ki

from these perspectives, from liber's and william cowan bryant's the election appears like a miracle. in a lot of ways, it was. it was a remarkable event. yet, it is important when we look back at it, that we not lose the sense of contingency. for much of the campaign, lincoln's reelection was far from certain. by late august, lincoln was convinced he would lose. on august 23, he handed it is little note to himself now known as the blind memorandum and he essentially said it has become clear to me that i will lose the election. and so, i am paraphrasing but lincoln said i have to do what i can between election day and the inauguration to restore the union and i will work with the president elect. he took as little memory random and folded it up and sealed it to a cabinet meeting. he had all of his members sign it. lincoln was forcing them to sign on to winning the war and restoring the union with the president elect. lincoln ended up winning. in a later meeting, he opened up and show the members what they signed up to and they had a little bit of a laugh. it gives you a sense that the

cowan, our panel, the floor is yours. [ applause ] >> oh, you're all here. how nice. we'll start with fact one. fact one, this place is jammed. filled. why? because you're all fascinated by richard nixon. not because he necessarily did great things for the country, but you're fascinated by the personality. 40 years ago he resigned, one step ahead of almost certain impeachment. this past weekend in the "washington post," there were a number of reviews. there are a lot of books out now about nixon. bob woodward, who knows a lot about nixon, interviewed this book with john dean. i want read you some of the words that woodward writes about nixon. he says that nixon and the watergate ranks as the most consequential self-inflicted wound of 20th century america. the criminality, abuse of power, obsession with real and perceived enemies, rage, self focus, small mindedness, contempt for the law -- i go on -- a white house full of lies, chaos, distrust, speculation, self protection, maneuver and counter maneuver with a crookedness that makes netflix's "house of cards" look unso

cowan was out effectively saying this was going to be a $3 billion market cap stock. the market cap now is about $200 million. interestingly enough, tomorrow the company is going to hold a conference call. >> what? >> listen, tomorrow the company is going to hold a conference call. it's going to be hosted by the account analyst as a fireside chat. >> you take the most bullish analyst out there probably on your stock, and you have him or her post this fireside chat. okay. and this is a show for and by and of the people. so please explain further what a patent troll is. >> a patent troll goes out, buys patents, then goes after a company that violates the patent. >> they are only as good as a judge's ruling. >> you know what i always say? if you're waiting on the courts, congress or regulatory body to prove your investment, good luck # . >> okay. >> you go after them a short or a long, it's going to be a long, long process. >> who would you rather wait for, gufman or goodeau? don't answer that. trick question. >> thank you, herb. >>> there is a mystery of sorts around ho

i spoke to former secretary of defense bill cowan and others, and they say those are the first lines of defense to make sure there's not some other event unexpected as this obviously was that could make americans vulnerable. obviously this is the largest intelligence failure since pearl harbor. >> andrea mitchell, thank you. we're going the check in with kathleen zee chi of new york university hospital. tell us what it's like at your hospital. >> we're at n with you in lower manhattan and we've had a steady stream of patients come through the door since the first explosion hours ago. we have information on three-plus fatalities plus there may be additional fatalities that i've about not yet been informed of. we have had a severe burn case, one individual a amputee, near real surgical injury, full range of injuries from both debris, smoke, and inhalation, smoke, and respiratory issues to smoke and debris from the collapse of the two buildings. >> so how many medical personnel, kathleen, do you have working there at nyu hospital? >> we have a medical staff of 500-plus physicians. the e