kermit gosnell. the 72-year-old veteran doctor is accused of cutting the spinal cords of four babies born alive following illegislate-term abortions. he's also accused of killing a 41-year-old patient during a 2009 procedure. during closing arts yesterday, prosecutors wheeled out a filthy table to show jurors conditions inside the clinic he ran for 30 years, a place they called a house of horrors. but gosnell's lawyer argued the babies were already dead and the patient's deft was an accident. -- death was an accident. they accused prosecutors of sensationalizing the case to make headlines. >> house of horrors it was not and that was the evidence we argued. >> reporter: the defense claims gosnell was helping poor, desperate women who were running out of options. the case hinges on whether jurors believe witnesses that testified the babies showed signs of life like crying or breathing or whether they were stillborn as the defense claims. the case has reignited the abortion debate. opponents say clinics

that's where she met gosnell. and later, after her husband was murdered, and she was going through problems, gosnell agreed to hire her under the table, and then gradually trained her in different skills needed for the abortion procedure. and linda, as any other employee, when they said, is this okay, is this legal, gosnell, according to the trial testimony, would say, you're working for a doctor, you're grandfathered in. >> eight of his subordinates have already pleaded guilty. and so the -- at first, their defense was, well, the doctor told me it was okay. but when you have monstrous acts like this, just a doctor telling you that this is okay, you know, you as a human being are expected to understand this was a crime. >> in '93, they stopped all inspections in the state of abortion clinics. is that because of political pressure? >> that to me, and perhaps these other gentlemen can explain that to me. i'm confused why that happened. pennsylvania has been a hotbed of abortion politics. one of the interesting aspec

if convicted gosnel could face the death penalty.ozens of witnesses testified about conditions at the clinic detailing numerous instances of late term babies being born following abortion procedures showing, they said, signs of life and then being killed by having their spinal cords snipped. planned parenthood of southeastern pennsylvania is quoted saying gosnell committed, quote, criminal horrendous acts and should be appropriately punished. gosnell's patients showed up and complained about what they had seen. steinberg never indicated that her employees ever reported anything but we encouraged them to report it to the department of health. prosecutors found that the health department had not inspected gosnell's clinic in 17 years even after the death of two patients. closing arguments will begin monday. >> reporter: today the white house says that president obama has canceled plans to speak in washington on thursday night. he will speak to the organization's supporters at a smaller event friday morning. bret. >> shannon, thank you.

gosnell. because of the national news media's indefensible silence, because of their failure to report, other women and children at other abortion mills might also be at risk. the grand jury reports, again in january, 2011, pointedly pointed out and noted, that in absence of press coverage and gross negligence by the health department in pennsylvania, enabled gosnell to show a contemptuous disregard for the safety of his patients that continued for 40 years. right at the beginning of roe vs. wade he was overlooked by a media that was disinterested. some media commentators, however, are beginning to take note of the national news media blackout and the bias that undergirds and is inherent in that blackout. yesterday the investors business townorial was the title, new in the clinic. the gosnell trial begins in pertinent part. a basketball coach who shoves and curses at his players merits constant coverage transfixed by newtown, but a philadelphia doctor on trial for murdering a woman and seven b

gosnell didn't testify.nted out there is no expert testimony on his behalf in the defense case because who will abide by the obvious labor violation, breaking the law with the babies? monday we hear closing arguments. >> eric: will the mainstream media catch up to speed when we hear the closing arguments from the jury? >> greg: they will do one hit and move on. can i change the subject completely since we have a minute? you know why we do this show? we have a green room where we have all this food. the food is there n there for the guest and for us. it's like cheese. you know -- >> kimberly -- chedder.we leavee and the food is often missing. this has been going on for a month or two months. we don't know who it is. until yesterday. where he was caught. eating the food. his name is bill schultz from "red eye" has been going in while we do show and stealing all the food. a dumpster diver. >> bob: i caught him with a bag in there. it's unbelievable. >> andrea: in there shoving almonds in his mouth listening to

we have the special on gosnell trial this weekend coming up. hour special.ow do-to-another big story. syria. where president obama's hand something forced by his own words. national security correspondent jennifer griffin reports from the pentagon the options come with considerable risks. >> after 27 months and an estimated 70,000 dead, it appears the assad regime has finally crossed the red line established by the white house. using chemical weapons against its own people. french, british and now u.s. intelligence base their conclusion on hair samples from the victims. yet, the pentagon has not been given orders to act. >> we are continuing to assess what happened. i think we should wait to get the facts. before we make any judgments on what action, if any, should be taken and what kind of action. >> the united nations has a team ready to deploy to syria within 24 to 48 hours. if assad allows that team in. >> the white house is stalling for time it? >> can't be a dotted line it can't be anything other than a red line. in more than just syria. iran is paying

gosnel . a tribute to legendary singer george jones. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. great audience here in new york . welcome to huckabee from the fox news studios in new york city. this week, the faa implemented absurd lay offs in the air trafficking control so president obama could punish people. he blamed republicans, of course. the cost of the politically driven delays near the billions shared by airlines who are barely making a profit and the traveling public who are losing time and money and missing appointments and time with their family. the president did the only thing he is really good at. placing blame until congress stepped in and fixed it. being president ought to be about shepherding solution. he has shirked responsibility to play a blame game that has no winner and has 300 million american people. he had a defeat and he didn't attempt to hide visible anger. >> so all in all, it ape shameful day for washington. >

eastern for a fox news reporting special on the gosnell trial.very once in a while journalists do some nice things. take yesterday, for instance in boston. details next in the grapevine. and they say the house always wins in las vegas. turns out the taxicabs there aren't doing too badly either. [ male announcer ] dunes, desert, or trail, only rzr delivers. now's the time to buy during the polaris xp sales event. take your pick of our new limited edition rzrs and get financing as low as 2.99%. save even more with rebates up to $500... or totally customize your new rzr with up to $500 of free polaris accessories. razor sharp performance is waiting for you during the polaris xp sales event. razor sharp performance is waiting for you meet the 5-passenger ford c-mc-max one. c-max two. that's a super fuel- efficient hybrid for me. and a long range plug-in hybrid for you. now, let's review. introducing the ford c-max hybrid and the ford c-max energi plug-in hybrid. say hi to the c-max hybrids. >> bret: now some fresh pickings from the political grapevin

gosnel . a tribute to legendary singer george jones. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. great audience here in new york . welcome to huckabee from the fox news studios in new york city. this week, the faa implemented absurd lay offs in the air trafficking control so president obama could punish people. he blamed republicans, of course. the cost of the politically driven delays near the billions shared by airlines who are barely making a profit and the traveling public who are losing time and money and missing appointments and time with their family. the president did the only thing he is really good at. placing blame until congress stepped in and fixed it. being president ought to be about shepherding solution. he has shirked responsibility to play a blame game that has no winner and has 300 million american people. he had a defeat and he didn't attempt to hide visible anger. >> so all in all, it ape shameful day for washington. >

or things like gosnell when she was asked directly about it. >> i think gosnell has been so politicizedg used to attack people who are pro choice. i don't see it has anything to do with the president speaking to planned parenthood. >> all politics aside, the president should be able to say it's not okay to kill babies. >> bret: it's lightning. quickly, faa, furloughs and the house voting today to move the money around. it's going to the president's desk. he hasn't signed it yet. >> the president loses. he wanted the big sequester reversal and he didn't get it. >> juan? >> if you're rich in this country, you can get congress to change its tune. >> correction of an idiocy was overdue and showed the president's cynicism in trying to get people to turn against republicans over this was a failure. >> bret: that is it for the panel. stay tuned to see the final moments of one of the toughest mountain races in the world [ male announcer ] how do you measure happiness? by the armful? by the barrelful? e carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help

governor ridge silent on the gosnell trial. suggest that the governor stop in to 304 to see how his policy turd out. >> i hope he does. i truly do. after the prosecutor finished its case, the defense abruptly rested their own case and didn't call a witness or call gosnell to the stand. did that catch you and other observers in the courtroom off guard? >> we were execk being a week or two weekings of defense testimony. after lunch last wednesday, when the jury brought back in, jack mcman, the superk - superb courtroom lawyer said the defense rests, your honor . jurors looked at each other puzzled. after five weekings of hearing grizzly testimony, you want the man accused of the carnage to get fot stand and said this is why i did it and this is all nonsense. he didn't do that. it is it a dicey ploy. jack mcman gosnell's attorney must have superb to close the argument and win the case for his client. >> you used the word carnage. multiple witnesses testified that there were babies born alive. babies that were the object of an abor

prosecutors found that the health department had not inspected gosnell's clinic in 17 years even after the death of two patients. closing arguments will begin monday. >> reporter: today the white house says that president obama has canceled plans to speak in washington on thursday night. he will speak to the organization's supporters at a smaller event friday morning. bret. >> shannon, thank you. a priest who has spoken out at pro life rallies has asked a judge to have funerals for the remains of those who were aborted in the gosnell facility. father frank pavone says he wants to treat the remains as human bodies not medical waste. >> one is to properly honor these children, of course, who

curtis gosnell continued in philadelphia.ee of the charges against him because the prosecution could not prove that three babies were born alive before gosnell killed them. in a gruesome way. but gosnell is still charged with murdering four other babies and also a woman who died during an abortion he performed. but if you are watching the network it v news in the evening, you probably don't know before cure met gosnell because they are not covering him to any extent. angry about that 72 members of congress have written three separate letters to the network news chiefs expressing outrage at the lack of coverage joining us now from washington marcia blackburn from tennessee. what do the letters say in essence? >> what we have done is asked for clarification as to their choices to not cover this. what we would like to know is is the reasoning behind that we think this is a terribly disturbing issue. bill, what wield like to know is are they not covering it because it is poor women in minority neighborhoods or is it because they

gosnell didn't testify. also there was no expertt testimony on his behalf and the defense case because who is going to abide by this obvious flagrant violation breaking of the law witht these babies? monday we're going to hear closing actors starting firstmo thing. >> and greg, will the main stream media catch up once we hear closing arguments? >> they'll do their due one hit and move on.r could i change the subject completely? you know why we do this show? we have a green room where we have all this food. that the food is in there ford. the guests and it's for us. it's like cheese. >> healthy. >> when we leave, we go out there, the food is often missing. this has been going on for maybe a month, two months.on we don't know who it is until yesterday where he was caught and hish name is bill schultz. >> you know him it. >> from "red eye" has been going in and stealing all of our food. he is the dumpster diver. >> i caught him with a bag, emptying the stuffa out. it'si unbelievable. >> he's in there shoving al

the kermit gosnell case.f the issues raised in the gosnell trial has been that of regulating abortion clinics. correspondent molly hennebergs has that story tonight. >> dr. kermit gosnell's west abortion clinic is is not the only one that's gotten the attention of authorities. over the past three years, 15 states have started investigations into abortion clinics. according to news and court sources. the allegations range from unsanitary conditions to unsafe medical practices to the deaths of women coming to get abortions. pro-life groups contend that veterinary clinics often have stricter state requirements than abortion clinics. and say their efforts to make sure abortion clinics are regulated offensive are met with resistance. >> even when there are laws on the books, they have to be enforced. what we find is that women's health has been so politicized in this country today that you can't do anything that approaches inspections of abortions or any kind of oversight without seeing a massive political push ba

gosnell. >> good evening. charges include eight counts of murder, seven of them are first-degree murder and could bring the death penalty. those are the charges involving the babies who were allegedly born alive. the 8th murder count is a third-degree murder count involving the overdosed death of the 41-year-old patient. >> woodruff: and this all stemmed as we said from investigators coming into the clinic aew yars ago. they were actually looking for something else. >> yes, indeed. they were responding, we think, to a tip about drug, prescribing of prescription drugs including oxycontin. he was apparently one of the more high-volume prescribers in the state of pennsylvania. the raid was intended to examine that. allegedly was freely writing prescriptions for addicts and drug dealers, et cetera. but what the f.b.i. and other federal and state authorities stumbled upon when they were there was that abortions were going on that evening. they were expecting to arri at the clinic in the evening and find that they w

gosnell. kimberly was in the courtroom, that's her, and will tell us what happened. you will not hear these details anywhere else ahead on "the five." ♪ >>> closing arguments in the gruesome capital murder trial of kermit gosnell charged with killing four babies born alive and one adult patient during a botched abortion at his philadelphia cline -- clinic referred to as some as the house of horrors. if convicted gosnell could face the death penalty. as you know i have been reporting on this trial and i was in the courtroom to hear the closing arguments presented. most importantly i heard the closing argument by jack mcmahon who is the defense attorney for mr. gosnell. what is surprising is he pulled out the race card saying the only reason big government was coming after this man was he was african-american and trying to help poor, urban women. i don't think that went over well from the jury from the reactions i saw. eric, the whole trial he has been saying this is a rush to judgment. he used

gosnell. he performed an abortion on her. afterwards she was diagnosed with a grapefruit-sized abscess and a clot near her heart. it took her two years to recover. she was just a child, mr. speaker. this dr. gosnell waged his own private war on women. and for what? for profit. now thankfully he's on trial and thankfully more and more people are learning about this. maybe, mr. speaker, we just don't want to look because it is so awful. maybe it's challenging our very premises, our very understanding of what this choice for abortion really leads to. but we have to look, and we have to recognize how deeply we are inflicting wounds upon our veryselves. mr. speaker, women deserve better, our nation can do better. why not help young women like shakana and let the healing begin? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise an

then you hear this gosnell case.thankful that the media is beginning to cover that case, because it is atrocious. it is absolutely atrocious. those of us who have had children in nic-us and watched that struggle for life with those little tiny two-pound, three-pound babies, and then see them grow, it is just incredible and you think this guy chose to end that life. >> well, yeah. jack is going to turn 5 pretty soon. when it happens, when you have a premie, you just wonder whether he is going to live or die and you sit there and so emotional. parents would always come up and he would go, they are always the toughest and they are! all of my other kids get shots and look and start screaming. you give jack a shot and he'll look down and go like this. i went through a lot of that in my first six weeks in nic-u. >> i'm very much and always have been pro choice on this issue but, you know, i've interviewed a tremendous number of survivors of the wars in afghanistan and iraq who, because of medical advances in technology, wo

prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for gosnell in the death of the infants. joining me is radio talk show host, msnbc contributor michael smerconish, and ilyse hogue. president of naral, pro-choice america. i want to put a couple things in perspective, michael. you are a lawyer from pennsylvania. you know your stuff and you know this case. ever since 1976 in pennsylvania, we've only had three executions for murder one. so this is a unique case, the fact we're even talking about it. michael, put it in that perspective. the fact that we're already talking about capital punishment in this case. >> well, the important thing to keep in mind is that in pennsylvania, we have the death penalty on the books, but we don't really mean it. in those three instances, the only three cases where a death sentence has been carried out, each of those defendants, they asked for it. they waved the white flag and said bring on that punishment. so it exists but really it's a fiction. still, chris, i don't need to tell you how significant it is that a medical practitioner would be f

gosnell.veral patients and about a half dozen former employees have testified, and there are almost no words to describe their allegations about what happened inside that clinic. it started three years ago as the federal investigation into prescription drug sales. but inside the philadelphia abortion clinic of dr. kermit gosnell, law enforcement encountered a grisly scene. last month the case finally went before a jury. >> his abortion clinic, a house of horrors, filled with stray cats and animal waste. 47 fetuses piled into a freezer. >> reporter: prosecutors said that routine drug raid was something much more serious. >> reporter: the doctor, charged in the murder of a woman during a botched abortion as well as the murders of seven babies born alive. >> reporter: the allegations stunned the city. an established clinic operating for more than 30 years and drawing patients from across the country was, prosecutors allege, a house of horrors where gosnell performed late-term abortions after 24 w

kermit gosnell is facing the death penalty if he is convicted. the case against him focuses on whether these infants were actually born alive and then killed or terminated in utero. the horrifying details surfacing at his trial are now raising new questions about regulations at abortion clinics nationwide. molly henneberg has the story live from washington. >> reporter: yes, megyn. fox can confirm what you just said, that yes, the jury does indeed have the case. now the waiting game begins for their verdict. as far as the regulations, kermit gosnell's abortion clinic is not the only one that has gotten authorities' attention. over the past three years, 15 states have started investigations into clinics. the allegations and in some cases charges range from uncierrunsanitary conditions toe medical practices to deaths of women coming to get abortions. prolife groups say their efforts to regulate abortion clinics are often met with resistance. >> even when there are laws on the books, they have to be enforced. what we find is that women's health has

word that philadelphia abortion doctor kermit gosnell will not testify or call witnesses.s own capital murder trial. the defense just rested, wow. up next, we will take a look at that development and the growing debate over president obama's decision to be the keynote speaker at a planned parenthood event thisweek after new reports suggest that that group knew about some of the horrors playing out at that abortion clinic and did nothing to stop it. next. for all kinds of reasons. i go to angie's list to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we're expecting, i like the fact that i can go onto angie's list and look for pediatricians. the service providers that i've found on angie's list actually have blown me away. join today and find out why over 1 million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. >> megyn: fox news alert. moments ago the associated press r

gosnell which i said he wouldn't. cross-examination. he couldn't get experts to testify on his client's behalf. >> what's his high water mark. what does the defense have to do prove that there is at least a questionable doubt whether or not any of the babies were actually born with a heart beat? is that what he is looking for? >> with respect to the count of the babies to say that there is reasonable doubt as to whether or not the babies were born alive. so he he is going to from when i was in the courtroom with the medical examiner on the stand. he kept hammering the medical examiner saying you cannot say to a reasonable degree of medical certainty that those babies were born alive. you can't say it about baby a and b went through all of them. >> they were not viable. they did not take a breath, by the way that is not an appropriate legal way to even, you know, kill a baby. these aren't abortions. these were done outside this isn't the right way. the women were drugged, the babies were drugged. >> bob: can you imagine going home and ex

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with no legal right to an abortion, poor women are left to the gosnels of the world. these are the kind of butchs that you get when the right to choose is taken away. this is the dirty politics of the right playing and we can't let it happen. we can't let them play this to its logical conclusion and use distortions to do that. joining me now is elise, the president of the pro choice america. and irin cameron. elise? >> i think it's agreej jous. what this guy was doing, if allegations are true, was illegal in all 50 states and by federal law. it's out outrageous. but that woman talking about ending funding, the anti-extremists have made sure for decades that women can actually use federal funding leak they would. pennsylvania got an "f" because they don't make funding for this kind of medical procedure that keeps women safe and keeps this medical procedure legal. the anti-choice extremists are the ones that keep the gosnels in business. >> irin, what bothers me about this, we're talking here enforcement, not regulation. they are trying to make it regulation, not enforc

gosnell's clinic who say they saw late-term abortions being done. moving, breathing after the procedure and that those babies were killed. >> through all of this, gosnell is maintaining his innocence saying he is helping the community. give us an idea of who he is in the community before his arrest, before this trial. >> well, kermit gosnell comes from a very well established family in west philadelphia. his father owned a garage, a service station. his mother was involved in some social organizations. he went to the university of pennsylvania, transferred to dickinson college where he got his bachelors degree. went to jefferson medical school in philadelphia, and got his medical degree there and then came home to west philadelphia and began working in the community. he, until these charges, had what was considered a pretty good reputation in the community. he had started a half way house for drug addicts back in i think the late '7 os, early '80s and then in 1979 opened his women's medical society clinic at 38th and lancaster. from everything we've

gosnell did.to alert the public to raise the consciousness we're talking about real killings here. >> reporter: father pavone said the medical examiner said he would get back to him. he also asked the judge in the case if he could meet with dr. gosnell and plans to ask gosnell if he would be willing to talk. in the courtroom today the defense resumes its case. yesterday gosnell's attorney convinced the judge to throw out three of the seven first-degree murder charges against gosnell saying the prosecution had not proved those three babies are born alive after abortions. jon? >> what a horrible story. molly, thank you. jenna: well with other news today, more trouble for disgraced cyclist lance armstrong. why the government says he owes them millions of dollars and what they're doing to get the money. he owes the government. does that mean he owes us, jon? are we part of that too? jon: we paid a lot of money for the stamps that footed that bill. jenna: a once in a lifetime moment as all the living p

kermit gosnell told the jury what it has heard from multiple witnesses in this case, that babies whon into a toilet during an abortion, quote, swimming a bit, trying to move its arms and legs to get out. that baby, she said, then had its spine cut. gosnell, who ran an abortion clinic in west philadelphia, is charged with first-degree murder of seven babies and third degree murder in the drug overdose death of a patient. prosecutors say he trained employees to sever the baby's spinal cords with scissors. cross testified she saw one baby breathing after an abortion. quote, i saw the baby's chest caving in and out. linda pulled the baby's hand and the baby pulled its hand back. talking there about linda wells, who pled guilty to third degree murder charges in this case. cross then said, quote, linda snapped the baby's neck as well. she cut it with scissors. philadelphia attorney heather hanson, in the courtroom as an observer, says the prosecution death penalty case hinges on one thing, that these babies were, in fact, born alive. >> it is absolutely positively key, molly, because if th