doug luzader live from washington. coming up on "fox & friends" fox denim will be here life. >> time for your 5 at 5:00. start with the news crew caught in a cross fire. western targets across afghanistan. here is craig rivera ducking for cover and reporting from kabul. >> another explosion. >> two more explosions. we don't know who. another larger explosion. vel significavery significant e. >> many explosions occurred in the last 10 minutes. >> they are pointing their weapons at us. >> get back, craig, get back. >> craig and his crew were not injured. at least 36 taliban fighters were killed alopping with 8 afghan soldiers. the norway extremist killed of murdering 77 people in a bombing rampage. there are concerns he will use the time to showcase his radical beliefs. it was necessary because of a civil war in islam and europe he says. >>> an accusation of planning a september 1st 19 anniversary attack on the new york city subway system. prosecutors say a man went to pakistan with two high school friends from queens so

doug luzader thank you very much. brings us to another big talker. a bombshell ad attacking cool president obama for his attempt to use votes. (chanting obama) >> oh, yeah. ♪ i am so in love with you >> he is a jackass. snchl chanting obama) (chanting obama) >> american crossroads is karl rove's super pack. he was on o'reilly explaining why he put this ad out. >> that's the point. he sounded great. he appeal to do young voters last time around. they were 18 percent of the electorate which is a significant expansion of their share of the electorate but it didn't turnout too good. high unemployment among young people high unemployment rate of young people since we began keeping records in 1948. tw too many kids getting out of school forced to move back in with their parents. he has anti students and anti young people policy. >> whether president obama should be investigated to win taxpayer money to campaign. it crosses the line and he should take a step back. >> listen up all of you tech geeks out there. clayton morris is here. not that he is a geek. b

fox's doug luzader has more tonight. >> reporter: a new round of talks with iran is set to begin laters week. how much do we really know about the nuclear program there? the white house is saying we know quite a bit. "washington post" reports the administration is trying to convince israel the cia's use of drones and intelligence on the ground has given us a pretty good idea of where iran's nuclear program stands. officials at the white house believes iran hasn't made a decision yet to start building a nuclear weapon. if they did, it would take at least a year. the idea is to buy time from israel to hold off on any military action to see if diplomacy will work to try to limit iran's nuclear program. one administration critic is questioning that strategy. >> the basic iranian uranium enrichment program is being further legitimated and our administration seems to think iran is entitled to enrich uranium, which is like saying, you're decided to a breakout position just below nuclear weapons capability. >> reporter: as talks begin later this week between iran, the u.s. and five other natio

in washington, doug luzader, fox news. >>> the d.c. government web sites back up and running a day after a cyber attack, which affected governor gray's home page and e-mail of some employees. hackers are claiming responsibility, saying it's part of a protest against the government. the same group attacked government service in new york city earlier this week. >>> students at the university of maryland rallied on campus to protest what they call the doomsday budget. the students are asking the governor to call a special session to prevent a $50 million cut to the university system. those cuts would require a tuition hike. >>> some of the other stories making headlines, in burke, virginia, police searching for the person who tried to grab a 13-year-old girl as she was walking home from school with a friend. happened between two town house complexes. the teen says she was able to break free and call police. the guy who tried to grab her took off. he's believed to be between 15 and 18 years old. he was last seen wearing a plaid hoodie, zip

in waahington, doug luzader, fox news. 3&&p police in houston texas ar still looking for the person ssotded with ids.. kiis..this is a look at what happened inside the bus... apparently... some students at a person walkinn on the streetthat persoo pulled ut a gun, and opened fire rhodes says, "all i hope is that they catch whoever did it and you know it's like why would you shoottat us when we alleady returned to school." schooll" a bullet struck near one of the windows on the bus. but luckily, no one was seriously hurt. a frightening scene at a mcdonald's drive-thru.a truck waating in line... catches fire... nn then exxlodes. ((sirens... explosion)) explosion))itthappened in driver of that truck heard e propane hissing from two tanks &pin the bed of his truck. he got out to turn offfthe valve and static electricity caused thh two tanks to burst into flames... luckily, no one was hurt in the explosion. earlier we told you about a half million doolars spent on renovations to offices at baltimore city school board headquarters. and that brings us to our question of the day.do you think eno

trips with destinations including hawaii, and california's napa valley continued in washington doug luzader fox news. >>> investigators are interviewing around 20 women who may have been involved in the secret service scandal in colombia, yesterday the secret service director said they are getting conflicting accounts as to whether the women who met with the agents and military personnel were indeed prostitutes, he told lawmakers an independent government investigator is trying to determine if they had access to sensitive information that could have jeopardized president obama's security. >>> the public is invited to tomorrow's welcoming celebration for space shuttle discovery. >> that is being held at the udvar hazy center in chantilly, thousands of proud americans crowded several vantage points to get a look at discovery's final flight yesterday, the 747 carrying discovery cruised lower than 1500 feet at times, past many of our national monuments, discovery is replacing the space shuttle enterprise at the museum it is being moved to new york next week. >>> parking lots open for the celebr

back to the center he supports extending the discounted student loan program. >> in washington doug luzader fox news. >>> thank you the senate voting today on a series of proposal to overhaul the postal service some of the things they are voting on could place more restrictions, on when, where and how, you get your mail. post office wants congress to allow changes to delivery schedule and other reforms to better control cost. >>> the treasury secretary says social security will run out a lot sooner than expected the trust funds that support social security will run dry, in 2033. the new projections for medicare and social security are due to poor economy and social security's trust fund will run dry in 2016, two years sooner than expected. >>> 9 minutes after the hour. coming up virginia's new budget encolludes money for higher education but not for the metro rail to dulles international airport. >> coming up other side of the break, governor mcdonald is here to talk about what he likedoesn't like in the budget. we will talk about that and more be right back 9:09 a.m.  >>> big changes to

fox's doug luzader has more on the jobs report now. >> reporter: you don't have to look further thanhe white house to see how important today's numbers are. president obama signed a bill with bipartisan support to help small businesses expand. >> we've still got a lot of americans out there looking for a job, or looking for a job that pays better than the one they've got. >> reporter: but the news is improving. fewer americans sought unemployment last week, the lowest level in four years. still, the unemployment rate is high, and republicans, including house majority leader eric cantor point out jobs are one part of the picture. >> gas prices as we enter the summer traveling season are way too high. that will add an added burden on families that need to have more job security. >> reporter: there is no question that gas prices are sapping some of the economy's growing strength. money spent at the pump could be spent elsewhere. >> well, unemployment is declining and that helps president obama. but disposable income is dropping, mainly because of rapidly rising gas prices, and that's a

in washington, doug luzader, fox news. >>> high school students in fairfax county could be able to sleep in longer. >> last night the school board voted to study what it would take to push the start times back until at least 8:00 a.m. our own melanie alnwick joins us now with more on this debate. good morning, melanie. >> good morning. most fairfax county high schools begin at 7 to in the morning, and parents have been asking to get them to start later, saying their kids can't get enough sleep. the parents presented the school board with studies last night showing that teens aren't wired to go to bed early, and they need nine and a half hours of sleep to perform well in school and on the field and roads. 19 states have school districts that have changed their start times and that includes arlington county, which pushed back to 8:15 a.m. in 2001. loudoun county high school begins at 9:00 a.m., and fairfax advocates say their kids deserve the extra hour of sleep. a proposal in 2009 was rejected because of costs. there are concerns the switch would mean chaos for other school and family sch

in washington doug luzader, fox news. >>> the film to kill a mocking bird is 50 years old, to mark the anniversary, president obama is hosting a screening of the movie in the white house family theatre tonight, some kids from dc schools are invited to see it also on hand will be mary batham who played scout in the movie, actor gregory peck famously portrayed an alabama attorney, atticus finch who is fighting for justice for a black defendant in a small southern town. >> coming up a look at the top 8 performances on 80s night, who we thought did the best, myself included i weigh in audrey plus idol chatter panel is here, we will be right back >>> before we head the break nationals opened the regular season in chicago this afternoon, the nats won 80 games last season optimism and expectations are riding high in part because of the teams pitching staff anchored bistros burg, zimmerman and gonzalez i can't stand these spots. those spots are actually leftover food and detergent residue that can redeposit on your dishware during the rinse cycle. gross. jet-dry rinse agent helps wash them awa

in washington doug luzader fox news. >>> dc councilmember marion barry condemned by the government of another country, the philippines is criticizing the ward 8 democrat for remarks he made on filipino nurses, filipino ambassador calls his comments intolerant and narrow minded monday he suggested the hospital should hire local residents instead of immigrants. >> who will go home tonight on american idol? all six contestants seemed to wow the judges last night >> but it does appear the girls may have stolen the night, as jennifer warren, now is not the time to take chances. find out if our idol panel agrees. [ man ] did we get anything good? sweetie i think you need a little extra fiber in your diet. fiber makes me sad. oh common. i dare you to taste one hint of fiber in fiber one. oh, i'd be able to tell. why don't i just eat this bag? and how can you talk to me about fiber when you are eating a candybar. you enjoy that. i am. [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. >>> a little free chatter as we introduce our chatter panel. last night they performed songs by queen no

in the towel he gave up his bid for the republican presidential nomination yesterday afternoon doug luzadersons behind his departure and what he plans to do now he is off the campaign trail. >> reporter: mitt romney's closest rival is now out for all practical purposes, bringing this long nomination battle to a close. >> there has been quite a day for me. >> reporter: yes, it has mitt romney on the campaign trail last night in pennsylvania, having just cleared perhaps his last hurdle for his party's presidential nomination, even he was surprised when rick santorum emerged earlier in the day and said this. >> well, this race for us is over for me, and we will suspend our campaign effective today we are not done fighting. >> reporter: this were two big factors behind that decision, first the santorum's daughter bella has a rare genetic condition and she has been fighting pneumonia she was just released from hospital. but also, despite his improbable rise from the back of the gop pack to a real contender, santorum may have dreaded what was ahead a knock down drag out fight in his home state of

. >> here is doug luzader with details about a new campaign ad causing a stir. >> reporter: osama bin laden was killed by navy seal team, one year ago tomorrow republicans say the white house is trying to turn this into a campaign issue. president obama on the hunt for money last night at a private virginia campaign fundraiser hours later came this. >>> then there was the victory no one saw coming a 7 minute campaign video on youtube, out thing the president's accomplishments including the navy seal team attack on osama bin laden's headquarters last year. likely republican nominee mitt romney would not have made that call. >> all i know, is that he probably would not have given the raid. >> republicans say all of this including an interview later on nbc, where the president grants access to the white house situation room smacks of election year politics and spiking the football, as the president once warned against. >> he managed to turn it into a devie sieve partisan, political attack, that former defense secretary, for president regan, called sad mccain called shameful most american

. >> doug luzader is in washington with the latest. >>> north korea defined u.s. sanctioning.art of a five day launch window. it could happen potential little later today. the north koreans have been making final preparation for this launch fuelling this rocket. the government says it's a peaceful mission to launch a weather satellite. much of the world isn't buying that including the united states. >> if north korea wants a peaceful better future for their people it should not conduct another launch. it would be a direct threat to regional security. >> experts look at the launch with deep concern. this is a sophisticated multi stage rocket. it is beyond anything the north launched in the past. it is capable in theory of striking the united states. the real fear with this launch is what it could ultimately lead to which is a nuclear payload. >> we have a new laufrp vehicle that is much more improved much more refined and potentialality of being more successful than the previous two flights is very apparent. >> as always there are politics at play. he is trying to prove his met

doug luzader is live wither mo. >> this is a massive annex to the sit sewnian air and space museum.ming one is going. >>> the final lift-off of discovery. it launched 136 million miles of space welcomed the smithsonian with open arms. >> if we take something in the col lek we are thinking in 100 years in 500 years we will have been in good shape. riding over the nasa 747. making a few spins around the nation's capital and ended part of the air and spews museum. discovery will reprailace the center that has been there since it was built, enterprise it was the first shuttle but it never flu in its space. it will be on its way to the new homer. it shows her age and miles. that is gnaw referring infection atly as a kind of trust what do i do with the end. >> this is an amazing track the space shuttle built the space station launched the hubble space telescope. it is the things that are important. >> the things the discovery helped do again and again. >> the end of a historic journey. >> a journey that comes to an end. >> former senator john glenn made his famous return to space aboard d

in washington, doug luzader, fox news. >>> and president obama heads to georgia this morning to speakmilitary families at fort stewart. the first lady will also speak to the troops. by the way, did you see the cover of rolling stone magazine this morning? take a look. it's president obama, this is the fourth time the president has graced the cover of rolling stone. this edition features an interview with the president. >>> speaking of the president and speaking of music, the president will honor a legendary artist with the medal of freedom. >> bob dylan is among the 13 people that will be awarded the medal. also on the list, former secretary madeline all bright, former astronaut and senator john glenn, author toni morrison, shimon peres, justice john paul stevens, and college basketball coach pat summit. >>> well deserved. 51degrees on a friday morning. in honor of arbor day, arlington national cemetery is planting a piece of history. >> more fall out from marion barry's controversial comments about aions. >> it's been a year since tornadoes swept across the south, and some touched do

all of the details doug luzader. >> this is shaping up to be a critical week for iran.et to begin between iran, the u.s. and five other nations. there is talk of a possible compromise the head of the nuclear program is abandoning plans to make enriched uranium. iran long maintained it is for peaceful purposes only. it would leave iran with some enriched uranium. that may not go well this week. there are a number of reports the u.s. demand they miss p dismantle near the city of comb. they will have to buy com for religious leaders. >> we will continue the talks in order to insure that iran doesn't use the talks just to gain time or even worse to gain time in the world. this is made by many we want to see iran stop the nuclear military program. >>> now the "washington post" reports that the white house has been trying to convince israel to hold off on dmiend of military action telling them through the use of drones and other u.s. intelligence means the u.s. intelligence agencies have a clear picture of iran's nuclear program. the if they build a nuclear weapon it would ta

. >> doug luzader live from washington, thanks. >>> well before you leave the house this morning let'sour first degree weather update with jana who has a look at the radar. >> you live along the east coast you want to watch the skies this weekend as we have a storm system sweeping across the central u.s. that could bring in he c excess of two inches of rain across the northeast. the good news is we need the rain. across the west the only game in town is the system moving across portions of port lan and -- portland and northern oregon. this low pressure system with move across the mid atlantic and northeast bringing unsettled weather across the northeast for monday even into tuesday. much needed rain thankfully for parts of florida and georgia where we are dealing with exceptional extreme droughts. this is a good thing even though it will be iny weend. seve thrts sequestered to texas cpus risti en houston. we are not expecting a svere ather outbreak. a quick look at the highs saying notoo bad. chillycrosshe upper midst and the great lakes. look at new york 72. enjoy the dry day across t

joining us now doug luzader. >> the supreme court could be mulling over whether it is constitutional.ouse is charging ahead with that. one part of that is giving the irs half a billion dollars to start putting together their part of healthcare reform. it includes forcing the individual mandate charging people with a fy or a tax if they refuse to purchase health insurance. >> no matter what you think of obama care in general they ought to at least hold off until the court rules. that's just coming a few months from now. why spend a lot of money? why go down the road we may not go down. that is what is particularly disturbing is the timing of this. the court will rule in a few months. obama administration is spending a lot of money they may not need to spend or may just be wasted. at a minute um wait until june wait until the court rules. the white house shot back saying the irs needs to be prepared to implement a law that the president thinks is clearly constitutional. >> this is about enabling the irs to provide essentially the tax breaks to small businesses and individuals to assist

doug luzader has more. >> the buffet rule didn't fair too much. 551 to 45 pretty much split along partye president and democrats knew it would not pass. it is really an look at republicans on the record on this issue that the president's reelection campaign will really resinate with voters this year insisting wealthy americans pay 30 percent of the income to the federal government. >> any time the president proposed anything in the past he told us how many jobs it would create. whether it was the faa bill, the highway bill, the stimulus, you name it. apparently those days are over. nobody is even claiming this thing creates jobs. it is about the idea of fairness. >> middle class american families but billionaires and millionaires aren't sharing the pain or the sacrifices not one bit. last year there were 7,000 millionaires who didn't pay a sij penny for income taxes. 7,000 millionaires to pay a single penny in taxes. ordinary americans footed the bill that's not fair. >> it is no coincidence this comes to the vote when millions of americans are rush to go finish their tax returns. on av

fox's doug luzader is following the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: a secret service supervisor who lost his job after agents were accused of partying and hiring prostitutes at this hotel, once bragged on his facebook page while protecting sarah palin four years ago, he was, in his words, checking her out. that drew this from palin. >> check this out, bodyguard, you're fired, and i hope his wife kicks his ocolee and sends him to the dog house. >> reporter: we've learned the agents prepared well in advance for their night on the town, renting a party room back at the hotel. one lawmaker who is being briefed by the secret service chief suggests more will be fired. >> as the investigation goes forward and more evidence comes out, i think we can see him move against other agents as well. >> reporter: there are political overtones, too, for the white house. some republicans question the president's management skills. beyond the secret service incident, there's the probe into lavish spending at the gsa, and taxpayer losses in companies like solendra. >> -- not to make conclusions abou

doug luzader takes a look at what set off this fire storm and what's next. >> reporter: so far the white house struggled to explain the president's remarks this week about his health care plan and the power that the u.s. supreme court has to over turn it. >> in this political. >> reporter: the president sounded resolute. >> i am confident supreme court will not take what would be an unprecedented extraordinary step. >> reporter: it was a remarkable statement from a president and former constitutional law professor, seeming to question whether the u.s. supreme court has authority to over turn his health care plan his kittings pounced saying he was trying to -- his critics pounced saying he was trying to intimidate the court a federal judge in texas ordered the justice to explain. the supreme court has over turned law passed by congress 159 times. the president has since tried to clarify he meant specifically laws that deal with economic issues citing a case from 1906. >> the court traditionally exercised significant restraint. >> reporter: even that led to a number of heated exchanges at

doug luzader takes a closer look. >> reporter: president obama will make his case for the so called buffett rule to raise taxes on high earners. his critics call it class warfare for the president this is merging as a dominant campaign theme he will head to florida to make the case that is now part of just about every pitch on the economy now, the buffett rule named after billion air warren buffet. >>> as i and warren buffet pointed out many times now he is paying a lower tax rate than his secretary that is not fair it is not right,. >> reporter: the rule would create a minimum tax rate of 30% for those who earn at least a million dollar as year even if they are taxed on investment income for some that could double what they pay. the white house acknowledges that it won't do much to change the nations finances, it is estimated to raise $47 billion or so over the next 10 years, at the same time the government racks up another $7 trillion in debt and the senate is likely to shoot the idea down next week but does allow the president to go after one wealthy investor in particular, mitt romney,

in washington, doug luzader, fox news. >>> it is 7:12 a.m. on thursday morning, coming up heated testimony in the john edwards criminal trial. >> show down over arizona's controversial immigration law lands at the supreme court. why the case could lead to sweeping changes in other states as well. >>> also, is syria's fragile truce starting to unravel. next what is being done to end the latest round of violence. >> a live lookout side, this is one part of the area where traffic seems to be moving fine. we do have some other problems elsewhere we will get the latest weather from tucker, traffic from julie in a couple moments stay with us, 7:12 a.m.  >>> welcome back. a huge explosion in syria making headlines. the government is blaming a massive blast in an arms factory on rebels, up to 70 people reported killed but the government claims only 16 died and there was heavy fighting in suburbs of the capital, damascus overnight locals reporting after meet being the blue helmets, un observers, gun men came and killed them. france is calling for the

congressional committees are raking general services commission officials over the coals as foxes doug luzader reports it goes way beyond the las vegas conference we have been hearing about. >> reporter: this investigation moves to the senate as current and former gsa executives try to explain everything from south pacific vacations, to missing ipods. what exactly was happening at the gsa wasn't easy to figure out even for the man who ultimately connected the dots. >> we turned over every stone every time we turned over a stone we found 50 more with all sorts of things crawling up,. >> reporter: current and former gsa officials struggled to explain what was going on in the agency that has become the latest poster child for abuse of tax payer money the one person missing, jeff neely the man responsible for holding that lavish las vegas conference that cost more than $800,000. his wife's photos of him in vegas didn't help. >> well, i see why mr. nelly is not with us today the only pictures we can get of him are in his hot tub suite. >>> he and his wife planned a 17 day taxpayer paid trip to the

in washington, doug luzader, fox news. >>> governor o'malley is having breakfast with top leaders in the house he is talking with bush and miller about holding a special session of legislature, a half million dollars in budget cuts are due to kick in because lawmakers failed to pass a tax package during regular session he wants to order both houses back the work. >>> viryeah had its share of budget drama, despite a spending bill being passed there is plenty up in the air including money from a dulles rail project, plus an improving economic outlook and presidential politics, when bob mcdonald joins us live at 9:15 a.m. >>> another big story today the secret service prostitution scandal, now includes a 12th member of the united states military the pentagon suspended security clearances of all military personnel implicated and the secret service has also taken action against 12 employees, all this as congress widens its investigation, joining us with more inside virginia, democratic congressman, gerry connelly. good morning sir. >>> good morning. >>> just your reaction as a lawmaker to

in washing -- 1998, in washington doug luzader fox news. >> all is quiet in syria a cease fire deadline is 8 hours old so far besides sporadic gunfire and explosions, no major fighting activists on the ground say the un truce is starting to take hold where you there was heavy shelling with -- but there was heavy shelling with 9 killed yesterday -- 98 killed yesterday. >>> a new plan to help get u.s. troops out of afghanistan safely. >> increasing trend in the delivery room involving unwed mothers results of a new government report. >> plus, fans will soon be running into nats stadium, we will have team coverage of that team on opening day and a check with dave ross for what is new at the ballpark this year pgh >>> >> as we take you to break a live lookout side that is called a pregnant pause. >> right. >> live lookout side, tucker and julie next "artisan" means? it's latin. for what? really, really good bagels. dunkin's new artisan bagels are as authentic as it gets. soft, chewy, and delicious. grab one today. honey, that's my cup of tea. yours is over there. oops. dunkin's iced tea is

doug luzader is life in washington with more on this. >> patti ann good morning. clearly campaign ements at play as he goes after some young voters that delivered for him back in 2008. he is going to be pushing this plan to extend digs counted student loan interest rates that expire in july. he will visit college campuses in these three states. these are states he carried back in 2008 but will be real battle grounds this year. north carolina, iowa and colorado. likely republican nominee, mitt romney meantime says he actually supports the same plan but he and the white house traded blame for what is a terrible job market for recent college grads. >> when you look at 50 percent of the kids coming out of college today can't find a job or can't find a job which is consistent with their skills, how in the world can you be supporting a president that led to that part of the economy. a debt that has been a mass that they have to pay off all their lives. >> there is no question we continue to be in a period of recovery since the recession. a terrible, terrible recession t

joining us live is doug luzader. tell us what they are teaming up for? >> for reelection primarily.g off a late night of fund raisers. they spent the weekend trading barbs with mitt romney's people. >> the biggest idea we are running on is to continue moving in the right direction of fixing this economy. we know this about mitt romney he is not a job creator. when he was governor of massachusetts they were 47 out of 50 in job creation. his experience in down sizing out sourcing jobs and bankrupting companies and walkling away with a lot of money himself. failed economic ideas that we tried for 8 years. >> when you have in a government senor economy like president obama has put forward are fewer jobs, stagnant incomes, higher prices for gas and electricity. what you would have under a president romney would be more jobs rising incomes and lower prices for gas and electricity. >>> and it's not just white house and campaign officials that are making the president's case. former president bill clinton is lending a hand, too. bitter rivals during the campaign trail in 2008. then candidat

doug luzader is live with more including the president's strong reaction good morning doug. >> reporter: good morning we are going to see a lot of investigations in the wake of this, at the very least this has been very embarrassing to the secret service. a diplomatic coupe for president obama, ushering in new trade ties for colombia to help create new markets for u.s. goods instead he had to answer questions about a scandal that left one of the most elite protective agencies in the world red faced. >> if it turns out that some of the allegations made in the press, are confirmed, then of course i will be angry. >> reporter: secret service is still trying to figure out exactly what happened at this colombia hotel last week as an advanced team of secret service agents was preparing for the president's visit 11 of them were promptly sent home after what was said to be a dispute with hotel staff over at least one woman who was believed to be a prostitute. there were reports of heavy drinking and five u.s. military personnel may also be in trouble. congress may soon be conducting its own inv

doug luzader has a recap how things played out during day one of testimony. >> reporter: this may ultimately involve criminal charges for congress there is plenty of outrage about what we are learning about the gsa and what we are seeing. this may become the iconic image of a scandal gsa manager jeffrey neily responsible for hosting that over the top las vegas conference seen in his wife's personal photos taken during one of many taxpayer funded trips to vegas reporters were chasing him through the halls here yesterday as a congressional witness, this is all he would say. >> mr. chairman on advice ofcounsel i respectfully refuse to answer. >> reporter: he is now on leave but he and other current and former gsa employees had to listen to a barrage of bipartisan anger. >> it is not your money it is the tax payers money. >> reporter: money that went not only to luxury las vegas hotels but gifts for federal workers and entertainment including clowns and a mind reader, the now former head of gsa martha johnson said this has been going on for more than a decade. >> western region conference and ec

. >> doug luzader joins us live with reaction good morning. >> reporter: good morning listen this is after all a numbers game mitt romney did widen his lead in the hunt for delegates. >> we won them all. >> reporter: yes, mitt romney with a clean sweep picking up wins in dc and maryland and in wisconsin the most closely watched of the three races the margin was narrower but he still edged out rick santorum he is looking ahead to another group of contests in three weeks. >> tonight i am asking the good people of pennsylvania, new york, rhode island, delaware, and connecticut to join me. >> reporter: santorum was already a step ahead, spending election night in pennsylvania, in what could be a last stand. >> the clock starts tonight, we've got three weeks to go out here in pennsylvania. and win this state, and after winning this state, the field looks a little different in may. >> reporter: but harsh reality for santorum is romney just picked up more than 80 delegates putting him well over half way to the nomination that is enough for the president who delivered an economic address yes

doug luzader with the news from washington. >> a new round of talks with iran is set to begin later thisow much do we know about the nuclear program there? the white house is saying we may know quite a bit and "the washington post" reports that the administration is trying to convince israel that the cia's use of drones and intelligence on the ground has given us a pretty good idea where iran's nuclear program really stands. white house officials believes iran hasn't made a decision to build a nuclear weapon, even if they he did, make a year to make that happen. the idea is to buy some time for israel to hold off on military action to see it d diplomacy will work. and one critic is questioning that strategy. >> the basic iranian uranium enrichment program is further legitimized and the administration itself. our administration seems to think that iran is entitled to enrich uranium, which is like saying, you're entitled to a breakout position just below nuclear weapons capability. >> as talks begin iran and the other nations, the white house will reportedly demand that they shut down a nu

doug luzader joins us now with a preview. doug, good morning. all eyes on this report. >> reporter: allison that's right. good morning. every month we're looking to see if there was more job creation last month. economists think there probably was. but the unemployment rate is expected to remain above 8%. you don't have to look further than the white house to see how important today's numbers are. right on cue, president obama signed a bill with bipartisan support to help small businesses expand. >> we've still got a lot of americans out there looking for a job or looking for a job that pays better than the one they've got. >> reporter: but the news is improving. fewer americans sought unemployment last week. still, the unemployment rate remains high, and republicans, including house majority leader eric canter, are quick to point out jobs are one part of the picture. >> we have a lot of other problems, gas prices as we enter the summer traveling season arhigh. that will add an added burden on families. >> reporter: there is no question gas pric

doug luzader reports. >> reporter: president obama has been working tirelessly to win women voters. in an instant, the conversation changed. with white house concerns growing that a relocation strategy based in part on women voters is in jeopardy, president obama differented hised a remember sayer's wife. >> i don't have a lot of patience for commentary about the spouses of political candidates. >> reporter: a democratic strategist said during an cnn interview dismissed an romney's views, saying she never worked a day in her life. >> mitt said to me more times you would imagine, ann, your job is more important than mine. >> reporter: president obama's reelection campaign instantly saw trouble. a week ago, the president hosted a conference on women and prominent democrats have spokeai a republican war on women. before the day was over, rozen issued a written statement. "i know my words on cnn last night was poorly chosen," she said. "i apologize to ann romney and anyone else who was offended." in a new poll the president has an 8-point lead over romney when it comes to women voters.

fox's doug luzader as the latest from capitol hill. >>> fife contests coming up on april 4th and there may be a growing acknowledgement now that mitt romney is going to wrap this up. his up. mitt romney looking more and more like the republican nominee, something even newt gingrich is beginning to talk about. >> well, i think you have to be realistic. given the size of his organization and the number of primaries he has won, he is far and way the most likely republican nominee. >> reporter: rick santorum is scheduled to be back on the campaign trail this week. he took several days off over easter to spend time with his sick daughter in the hospital. but there are real questions about how long he can hold out and whether he wants to endure what could be an ugly contest later this month in his home state of pennsylvania where romney is about to begin a massive ad blitz. president obama meantime is spending more and more of his time lashing out at romney specifically. both of them honing general election messages on the economy. >> they could be very interesting dualing visions in the sen

doug luzader joins us live from reaction from mr. romney and his rivals. >> reporter: we are waiting to tabulate all delegate totals but mitt romney did what he needed to do last night. >> we won them all. >> reporter: yes, he did and mitt romney with a clean sweep last night picking up decisive primary wins in dc and maryland and wisconsin the most closely watched to have three races the margin was narrower but he edged out rick santorum he is looking ahead to another group of contests in three beaks. >> tonight -- weeks. >> tonight i am asking the good people of pennsylvania, new york, rhode island and delaware to join me. >> reporter: santorum spent election night in his home state of pennsylvania in what could be a last stand. >> the clock starts tonight we've got three weeks to go out here in pennsylvania, and win this state, and after winning this state, the field looks a little different in may. >> reporter: but the harsh reality for santorum is romney just picked up more than 80 delegates putting him well over half way to the