eric shawn takes a fair and balanced look tonight. >> the united nations armed trade treaty aimed toow of illegal weapons around the world. from tankss and helicopters to handguns. it fuels the conflict. costing thousands of lives each day. the critics fear the treaty will impose a system of international gun control. and violate american constitutional rights. >> the treaty isn't clearly limited to the international arms trade. there are points in the draft treaty where it seems like it could apply to domestic arm sales and transfers inside the united states. that would raise serious second amendment problems. >> the treaty calls for government to create list of weapons. opponents charge it would create a nationwide gun registry. the national rifle association has lobbied against the treaty. calling at it violation of americans' gun rights. but the treaty supporters say it's not so. >> this is about the international arms transfers. it will be have no impact, zero impact on domestic issues within the u.s. here. zero impact on second amendment rights. very clear. this treaty is about

our senior correspondent eric shawn in our newsroom in new york city. d the judge say, eric. >> it gives the government limitless authority taking regulation to new heights. new york state supreme court judge milton tingling wrote: it applies to some but not all food establishments in the city. it excludes over beverages that have significantly higher concentrations of sugar, sweeteners and/or calories. the rule doesn't ban refills so you could drink up as much as you want anyway. the american beverage sorntion tonight says the ruling provides a cease-fire relief to new yorkers and thousands of small businesses, shep. >> shepard: lawyers for the city say they will appeal. >> yeah. the mayor is going to be doing that they are confident that the ban will ultimately be upheld. mayor bloomberg says he think hes is doing the right thing to protect the public's health. >> with so many people contracting diabetes and heart disease. with so many children though are overweight and obese, with so many poor neighborhoods suffering the worse of this epidemic, we bel

eric shawn at the u.n. tonight. eric, help us understand this controversy. >> yeah, shepard.l negotiating the u.n. arms trade treaty in gun advocates are up arms about it they fear it could lead to international gun control and governments regulating the weapons in their countries. for example, they point to one aspect of it that demands that governments list all the weapons in their nations. they fear that this could lead to a national gun registry and that it conflicts with our second amendment in the constitution. the national rifle association has been lobbying strongly against this treaty. they say that it violates americans' country rights and they say this treaty should not be approved. shepard? >> shepard: what are we hearing from supporters, eric? >> they say it's desperately needed, especially in areas of international conflict such as somalia and other troubled spots. those areas are just flooded with an untold number of weapons from tanks to handguns and that is one way to stop the killing. they say that concerns over domestic issues here in the u.s. are unfounded

>> shepard: eric shawn earlier in our newsroom.resident obama has been winning and whining and -- winning, too. but whining and dining a lot of republicans after the whole sequester spending cuts fiasco. on the guest list today, the guy who ran against vice president biden. we'll find out how that went. plus, another record-breaking day for the dow after more good news about the job market. and why a judge is comparing the traffic cameras in one town to a game of three card monty. that's coming up as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news. [ truck beeping ] morning, boys. so, i'm working on a cistern intake valve and the guy hands me a locknut wrench. no way! i'm like, what is this, a drainpipe slipknot? wherever your business takes you, nobody keeps you on the road like progressive commercial auto. [ flo speaking japanese ] [ shouting in japanese ] we work wherever you work. now, that's progressive. call or click today. if you have high cholesterol, here's some information that may be worth looking into. in a c

i'm eric shawn. >> great to see you, eric. good morning to all of you. i'm jamie colby. mitt romney opening up about settling into his new quiet life after a whirl wind presidential campaign. peter doocy live from our washington bureau with a bit of a preview. what's he been up to, peter? >> reporter: we heard mitt romney say in his heart thought he was going to win. in the time between the presidential election and this week's interview at his house in san diego. he's reviewed all the good and the bad from his campaign and when he talks about his role in the future and wanting to have influence still over republican policy, you get a sense of how hard it is to come so close to the presidency and lose. >> well, i recognize that it's the guy who lost the election. i'm not in a position to tell everybody else how to win, all right. they're not going to listen. i don't have the credibility to do that anyway, but i still care, and i still believe that there are principles that we need to stand for. i look at what's happening right now. i wish i were there. it kills me not to

i'm eric shawn. >> i'm jamie colby. good morning, eric. great to see you.s indication has been propelled into the national spotlight by the accusations that local police may have mishandled the case and that they're biased against the girl. mike tobin joins us live from the court in ohio. mike, we know they had closing arguments and now the verdict. what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, you know, among things that the special proper got into in the closing arguments was a key point from the defense that the victim in this case seemed to pursue one of the two defendants, trent may. she had a crush on him. she even rebuffed her friends when they thought she was too drunk to get in the car with the football players. >> it makes it wrong because she trusted him, and he took that trust and he served her up to his friend and made it a joke. that's what happened. so the fact that she might have liked him, i think that makes this case worse. >> reporter: now, on the witness stand, the victim testified about text messages she received froms in which he said he sh

for "teen kids news," i'm eric shawn, "fox news channel in the classroom." >> long, long before there was this... and even long, long before there was this... there was this. [ men chanting ] more than a thousand years ago, monks labored lovingly to create manuscripts -- the books of the medieval ages. made by hand, they were also works of art. the pages are so brilliantly decorated, they seem to give off light. that's why these are called illuminated manuscripts. that old craft comes to life again at manhattan's morgan library and museum. the morgans were famous bankers, and they were passionate about books. >> so, officially, welcome now to mr. morgan's library. i want to take us right away, actually, into mr. morgan's reading room, which is the room with the majority of the books, the majority of his 15,000 books. >> these students are part of an educational program run by the library. >> get close enough that you can see the handwritten text, and that you can see the hand-painted paintings that we were talking about. >> to illuminate manuscripts, the monks used many colors. but th

i'm eric shawn. >> i'm jamie colby. it will be a great morning here. great to see you. >> you, too, jamie. >> president karzai claims yesterday's deadly homicide bombing, well, that is prove u.s. forces are working with terrorists to convince civilians that violence will increase when troops leave. that's scheduled to happen next year, of course, and peter doocy is following this live from washington. good morning, peter. >> reporter: good morning, jamie. afghan president had hamid kari was describing the role of women in the military. he essentially said bombings were caild out by th carried oun and that the united states is posed to withdraw troops bit end of next year. karzai suggested the u.s. is using terror attacks to preview how things will turn once they leave. >> they're trying to frighten us into thinking that if foreigners were not in afghanistan, we would be facing the sorts of incidents. >> a u.s. official who spoke to reuters said the allegations are simply incorrect. shortly after the comments came to light, a scheduled joint news confer

megyn. >> megyn: eric shawn, thank you.rce debate breaking out now over a new book about women, work and the will to lead. the book is called lean in, by sheryl sandberg, the coo of facebook. and it explains what she believes is holding women back, saying in essence that women may be focusing on the wrong thing and engaging in self-sabotage in the work place. here she is on good morning america. >> and lean in.org, online community is launching, is helping women believe in themselves and helping women know they can reach for opportunities. throughout my career all the people i've managed the men, they're always, you know, in my office, i want the next job, i want the next opportunity. the women lean back more and when i say you should apply for this, say things like i'm learning in my current job. >> megyn: and never say that, she said. joining me now nina easten, and melissa francis, and emme, a former supermodel. and this is buzz because melissa and i had dinner together last week and were you talking about how you know m

the federal department of veterans' affairs says it won't comply and senior correspondent eric shawn has the latest. >> reporter: the fact that some won't want to say patients are a threat. that is why they are fighting back against the new law. department of veterans affair they will not comply with the requirement and safe act cited concerns sharing veterans' records and they think is an invasion of privacy. it orders physicians and psychiatrists to report possibly dangerous patients to officials but the v.a. says federal laws safeguarding privacy of records does not require them to comply with the state law. federal law takes precedence over conflicting state and local laws. a democratic new york governor says defends the law and he says it would still be confidential. >> some organizations just say at the beginning of the day on all communications are confidential. it's going to be have to viewed in light of their legal structure in the first place. >> reporter: supporters worry that not reporting dangerous people to the government could lead to tragedies such as the newtown mass

eric shawn is live. >> reporter: here is my 20-ounce soda. if that ban had gone into effect it would be illegal for me to buy this in a supermarket, some food stores, a stadium, a restaurant like the one behind me or from food carts, because this is 20-ounce and the ban would affect anything that is over 16 ounces. we are outside lucky's cafe in east midtown manhatten where mayor michael bloomberg and other officials and health experts are inside now defending this controversial ban. they say the large sugary drinks have caused a problem of obesity in this country, that they say is a crisis. mr. bloomberg notes that 60% of adult new yorkers are overweight, 40% of children are overweight. one in three new yorkers have diabetes or pre diabetes, he says it's largely to blame in his view to the massive amount of soda and sugary drinks that people consume. critics say his ban was a violation of civil liberties that people should be able to drink any amount that they want. mayor bloomberg says he's trying to protect the public's health. >> people a

. >> eric: and eric shawn. it's a tweet. president obama's charm offensive and the handling of budget cuts. critics are pointing to the mixed moves of possible political overeach reach. is it? our political panel will weigh in, just ahead. >> jamie: also, pope francis made an historic first appearance to over 100,000 of the faithful in st. peter's square today. lots of happy pilgrims, next. for over 75 years people have saved money with...ohhh... ...with geico... ohhh...sorry! director's voice: here we go. from the top. and action for over 75 years people have saved money with gecko so.... director's voice: cut it! ...what...what did i say? gecko? i said gecko? aw... for over 75 year...(laughs. but still trying to keep it contained) director's voice: keep it together. i'm good. i'm good. for over 75...(uncontrollable laughter). what are you doing there? stop making me laugh. vo: geico. saving people money for over seventy-five years. gecko: don't look at me. don't look at me. do we hano.a mower? a trimmer? no. we got nothing

senior correspondent eric shawn is live with details. good evening. >> good evening.or banned the big gulp but now a judge said you can drink up as much as you want. new york city mayor michael bloomberg's effort to make sugary and non-die yet sodas over 16-ounces illegal, it was struck down the day before the ban was supposed to go in effect in new york city. the rule was aimed to address the city obesity health crisis. they would have outlawed the supersize in restaurants and various groups, including the soft drink industry, unions and national restaurant association went to court to challenge the ban claiming it was unfair and infringement on personal liberty. the judge ruled it is arbitrary and capricious because it applies to some but not all food establishments in the city. it excludes other beverages that have higher concentration of sugar, sweeteners and/or calories. bloomberg said the city is doing the right thing rand will appeal. >> the best science tells us sugary drinks are the leading cause of obesity. some people say talk about the problem, raise aware

. >> eric shawn, thank you. >>> afghan's marching against american military members after years of warng to protect the people there from the taliban. a protest in afghanistan's capital today and it could signal growing dissent for u.s. special forces stationed in a key area of battle. 500 demonstrators taking part in a march to parliament in kabul demanding the release of nine citizens they claim are being held by american forces. u.s. officials say they have knowledge of four men arrested in the province during joint u.s.-afghan raids burks they have no information about the other five. afghan president karzai wants all american special forces out of the area immediately, but he's agreed to give u.s. commander general joseph dunnford enough time to come up with a plan to maintain security once american forces leave that region. >>> rescue crews fighting fog and freezing temperatures to recover an american astronaut and two russian chaz mow naughts. they're returning back to earth after nearly five months on board the international space station. the space capsule touched down on the

martha: senior correspondent eric shawn joins us live. two over to eric.here he is. >> reporter: hey, martha. martha: what did the judge have to say? >> reporter: he said the judge had interesting ruling. gives the government limitless authority and takes regulations to a new height. the judge sided with groups, software industry, korean grocers, unions and national restaurant situation who went to court challenging the ban. they claim it is unfair an infringement on personal liberty. in the ruling judge tingling wrote, it is arbitrary and capricious because it applies to some, but not all food establishments in the city. excludes other beverages that have significantly higher concentrations of sugar, sweeteners or calories. the american beverage association says the ruling provides, quote a sigh of relief to new yorkers and thousands of small businesses. martha, one loophole, you could get smaller bottles and filling, refill as many times as you want. bill: there's that. >> reporter: null and void because of that. >> why should you have to though you know

. >> reporter: eric shawn live at the ooh noted nation. good to see you.ican pastor being held in that brutal iranian jail, why his wife is saying she is seeing the most encouraging signs that she has seen to date. >> reporter: we'll talk to her live. an a ms.ing rescue, a hiker is trapped for days. wait until you hear who helped save his life. >> do you realize your dog and you saved his life? >> yeah. >> has that hit you yet? >> no, i mean that's what everybody say because this dog is fast. bill: unbelievable video here on a bus in china. difficult to watch here. the driver is moving along when suddenly a huge lamp post goes right through his wind shaoefpltd diwindshield. despite being nearly tossed out of his seat suffered a ruptured spleen but is said to be okay. >> and he saved everybody. jaime: speaking of saving someone the wife of an american pastor who is being held inside the most brutal iranian prison is saying now that shys very encouraged that secretary of state john kerry now calling for her husband's immediate release gives her more hope. he

eric shawn is near the scene.ring you his live report in a matter of moments here on "america's newsroom.". martha: call it bureaucratic hostage taking the pr mess it has on its hands after they canceled the white house tours. boy this thing blow up because of the sequester cuts. initially the president put all the blame on the secret service. after mounting skepticism and criticism, press press finally said the buck stops with the white house. here is what he said -- press secretary jay carney. >> the secret service made the decision about its budget and to withdraw personnel from tours. >> right. and then -- >> we had to cancel the tours. it is our job to cancel the tours. they can not cancel them. martha: boy, what a mess, right? so we do hear that president wants the tours to resume for visiting schoolchildren but it has not been finalized yet. so they're trying to dig themselves out of this one which is something they probably don't want to be talking about you but its out there. doug schoen joins me, former

sanford football coach shawn join the game with the family. cardinal put on a clinic eric'sgh 12 on the night. also career high here and today the damage in the paint. she had 12 points. 15 boards. sanford led 41-16 at the half. of outstanding in the fame game at pavilion. led with 41 points. sanford advances to sweet 16 to face georgia with spa 73-40 victory here's senior joshua. >> time to good out with a bang that's what i wanted coming in to the game. just wanted to show to everyone that this game is so much to me because i have had the best 4 years hear and i'm excited to go to spoke kaichbility a lot of great feelings. sacramento tomorrow after last nature win over the lakers. back story to the win over l.a. david lee introducing the elbow to dwight howard mouth. happened late braves to the hoop. leads with elbow and dwight howard happened to be in the way. howard called for foul and despite the busted lip words exchanged and technical foul called on howard. dwight will get lae become and face off april 12 in l.a. and lee reac reacted to dwight comments. >> the i expre

eric holder. all have been outed in a sense in a forum in this girl with dark makeup has published what appears to be personal financial records. shawn henry, the former top cyber official for the fbi, says they must find out who is behind it and why. >> the level of individuals targeted identifying what the motive is, certainly is important. so they will be aggressively pursuing this. >> reporter: it seems to be a serious invasion of privacy. the website reveals credit card reports, mortgage statements social security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and loan information. one official says some of the data seems to be correct. but sources say some of it also is not. meaning it could be out of date or bogus. the website claims some stolen information comes from equifax, a credit reporting agency. officials are investigating the incident and tell cbs news this kind of attack has happened before and turned out to be a scam. but with cyber attacks a daily occurrence, the fbi is pressing for answers. >> we hear about these types of attacks, there are sellcelebrities involved, but there are bigger attacks against more sensitive data eve