i am heather childers>> i am heal. >> i am heather nauert. >> time for your 5 at 5:30. the top five stories making news at this hour. deliberations will begin for the new york city man accused of being part of one of the most serious plots to attack the u.s. since september 11th. he is a bosnian born american. prosecutors say he was trained by al qaeda and planned to detonate a bomb in new york city subway system back in 2009. he faces life behind bars if convicted. >>> brand new details about the assassination of robert f. kennedy. a witness to the murder claims she heard two guns firing during the 1968 shootings and authorities changed her account of the crime. there is only one arhettsed and convicted in the shooting. they are set to rule on a request to be released or grant a new hearing based on the new evidence including the woman's first hand account. >>> an apartment building in london armed and ready for battle for the olympics. authorities saying they may put missiles on the roof of an apartment building two-miles from the olympic stadium. hundreds of people l

heather childers has the story. >> thank you very, very much. >> reporter: is the gingrich campaign fordent coming to an end? >> we're operating on a shoestring. >> reporter: the former house speaker on fox news sunday talking about his candidacy in the past tense. >> if i end up not being the nominee, i'm glad i did this. it was the right thing for me to do at that point both in my life and for where i thought the country was. >> reporter: gingrich, would won just two contests, calling mitt romney, quote, far and away the most likely nominee. romney continues to focus his attention on president obama. >> we just got to get him out of office. he just doesn't understand what is happening in the country in part because of what he has been doing wrong. >> reporter: the pressure is mounting on rick santorum to hang it up and embrace the former massachusetts governor. >> the establishment has been against us from day one. if we had been listening to the establishment, rick santorum wouldn't have even gotten in this race. >> reporter: according to an associated press tally, mitt romney is lea

as heather childers reports, the move come as amateur video purportedly shows scenes of syrian troopsunleashing a deadly barrage on mourners. >> reporter: what you are seeing here is not only the continued assault on syrian people, but a lapse in the country's fragile ceasefire new video showing escalating violence and the ceasefire just three days old and the fighting and fear continues activists say syrian forces shelled neighbors and homes today, killing least 3 civilians. very heavy exchanges seen here with government rocket fire captured on-camera. >> just this morning, syrian forces resumed their brutal shelling of homes, and opened fire on mourners in aleppo, raising renewed doubts about the sincerity of the regime's commitment to a ceasefire. >> reporter: those mourners in aleppo hit by bullets and tear gas. at least four in the crowd killed. the un security council unanimously voting to sending monitors and this time with help from china and russia, who vetoed two previous attempts. meeting in geneva, saturday, ban ki-moon and kofi annan observing the green light given to the

i am heather childers>> i am ainsley earhardt. it's tuesday morning april 10th.hank you for watching "fox & friends first". now it's time for your 5@5:00. more destructive homes expected today in oklahoma after two storms touched down there yesterday. this is from woodward county. that's a twist in the distance. the storms brought hail the size of golf balls hurting two people. >> rick santorum announcing his young daughter was released from the hospital. the 3-year-old has a rare genetic disorder. her father will return to the campaign trail sometime today after taking four-days off to be with his family and his little girl. today santorum will have two events in pennsylvania. >>> he has been silent after the fatal shooting of trayvon martin. george zimmerman is asking for money. he writes how it forced him to leave his entire life and has a link for people to pay his legal fees and living expenses. zimmerman will not face a grand jury for the shooting. still not clear what if any charges he will face. >> jury selection will resume in the murder trial of jennife

fox's heather childers has our story tonight. >> reporter: is the gingrich campaign for president coming to an end? >> we're operating on a shoe string. >> reporter: the former house speaker on fox news sunday talking about his candidacy in the past tense. >> if i end up not being the nominee, i'm glad i did this. it turned out to be harder than i thought it would be. but it was the right thing for me to do. >> reporter: gingrich, who won just two contests, calling mitt romney, "far and away the most likely nominee." romney continues to focus his attention on president obama. >> you know, we just got to get him out of office. he just doesn't understand what's happening in the country, in part because of what he's been doing wrong. >> reporter: pressure has been mounting onsantorum to hang it up. >> if we've been listening to the establishment, santorum wouldn't have gotten into this race. >> reporter: romney is leading the race with 660 delegates. santorum has 281, followed by gingrich with 135 and ron paul with 51. according to records from the federal election commission, romney and th

. >> i am heather childers fox news alert. a tragic crash in new york city after an suv plunges off a highway and kills everyone inside. >> i have been in the fire department 30 years. how long howe? 30 years. sometimes you come upon events that are horrific and this was one of them. >> police say that the out of control vehicle being driven by 45-year-old maria gonzalez crashed through a barrier into a ravine on the grounds of the broncs zoo. they say gonzalez died instantly. the crash also claiming the lives of 6 of her family members, her parents, her sister, her 10-year-old daughter and two nieces ages 7 and 3. officials say the car was driving fast and possibly blew a tire. >> the driver was in the left hand lane struck the barrier on the left-hand side and reaction of striking the barrier it was forced over or made a turn and flipped the vehicle and went severely to the right and over the side of the -- into the well as you might say. >>> one firefighter was hurt at the scene. the cause of the crash is under investigatio

in new york, heather childers, fox news. >>> rick santorum is out of the race for president.reached that decision after talking with his family. now, the former senator from pennsylvania took some time off from the campaign trail over the weekend to make this decision. he decided to suspend his bid for the gop nomination. >> we are going to continue to go out there and fight to make sure we defeat president barack obama, that we win the house back and that we take the united states senate and we stand for the values that make us americans. >> mitt romney says santorum proved himself to be an important voice for republicans. newt gingrich and ron paul both say they are staying in the race. >>> coming up income, a move by maryland lawmakers to make sure your bosses can't see what is on your facebook page or perhaps the bosses that you hope would hire you while you are sitting there in that interview. we'll explain that coming up. >>> national education leaders get a first look at bully. what they are saying about the new documentary that paints a painful picture of the all-too-

heather childers has the story. >> industry and commerce, machines and structures beyond the dreams evenour own fathers. >> reporter: after 72 years of confidentiality, the details of 132 million people available at your fingertips thanks to modern digitization. >> during world war ii, the bureau of the census microfilmed the population schedules. we have taken that and digitized it. >> reporter: sense us records included names and addresses but in the case of the 1940 sense us, income and employment information listed on the forms for the first time. it is chock-full of personal details. >> this is the 1940 census but it describes the country during the depression. it reflects all of the economic dislocation, how many people were immigrants, how many people had what level of education. >> reporter: the questions asked during the 1940 enumeration were to help the u.s. government address how the great depression and fdr's new deal affected americans. >> can you not know your country unless your country knows you. >> reporter: moving all this information online, a pains taking process for

for "teen kids news," i'm heather childers, "fox news channel in the classroom." >> now we're going to run a state flag up the pole. scott has the facts that make this one stand out. >> maine stretches further east than any other u.s. state. it's also our least densely populated eastern state. almost 90% of maine is covered by forest, which is why it's called the pine tree state. but maine is also known for its long, rugged coastline. in fact, it competes with florida for having the most shoreline along the atlantic ocean. maine's first state flag appeared in 1901. it was a very simple design. then, in 1909, a new flag was created. it was much more complex, but not everybody saw it as an improvement. >> maine is an interesting flag in that, in recent years, there have been two attempts to return it to its former, simpler design, which was just a pine tree and the north star. pine what they have now is the state coat of arms, which features still the pine tree, still the north star, but also a moose resting beneath the pine tree. to the left of this image, you have a farmer, and that's

heather childers, fox news. >>> a producer at nbc news was reportedly fired for a misleading story in the trayvon martin case. an anonymous source tells the associated press the producer edited a part of george zimmerman's 1 call the 911 call. zimmerman was actually answering the 911 operator's question about martin's race. >>> the mayor of virginia beach, virginia called it a good friday miracle. no one died in the crash of a navy fighter jet into a large apartment complex yesterday. the fire that followed the crash damaged or destroyed more than 100 apartments. the f-18 jet crashed in an open area of the complex. today the displaced residents met with navy officials and learned there is support available. >> we just want to know if our cat is alive and our medicine is in the house and it's very scary. so we're here to find out and get some answers. >> seven people, including the two pilots were injured and now out of the hospital. heavy says the jet had some sort of massive mechanical problem as it took off on a training mission. >>> oaksterdam university is closing its location, bu

i'm heather childers. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. ur inside america's news headquarters. >> heather: we have brand brand video of the incident, just in to fox news. police say the victims were in a van that lost control on an elevated highway, flipping over the guard rail and falling 50 feet to the ground below. we go live to the scene in the bronx, new york, with more. >> reporter: we are right outside the bronx zoo because we are told the van carrying all seven people that died did plunge over that overpass in the bromption river parkway and landed on zoo property. we are confirming with the nypd that it was carrying four adults and three children. none of them survived. six of the victims, femea. one male, my producer just say that this driver was a 45-year-old female -- a 39-year-old female also in the car. two victims elderly, the kids ages 3, 5 and 15. around 12:30, the driver of the van lost control and hit the median and crossed four lanes of traffic and plunged over 55 feet into a ravine. it landed in a train yard, where the

heather childers has more. >> a brand new report shows workers at the general services administration they got paid extra to plan that lavish bash near las vegas. according to the inspector general's report 50 support 50 to 1 thu dollars at the m resort and casino and spa. the federal agency blew 420,000 dollars on that event. we also found out former gsa head who has resigned over the scandal did not attend the vegas get away. johnson was already committed to be in california to meet with of all companies, solyndra. they dispute she had meetings with solyndra. they had to pay money for them to attend in a video conference. solyndra received a loan from the obama administration before going bankrupt. all of this comes on the heels from a string of emergencies whi videos laughing it up on a dime. some show them singing well dancing. gum bee and other employees they dressed up like gum bee i think kind of scary clowns. the acting administrator took to youtube to apologize for the agency's conduct. >> i speak to the overwhelming majority of the staff to say we are deeply shocked and disa

. >> i am heather childers it is monday april 9th. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> it is time for your 5@5:00. police investigating the recent shootings of five black victims in tulsa as a possible hate crime. two white suspects have been arrested 19 jerald jake england and 32-year-old alvin watts. both to be arraigned at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. they are accused of killing three people and critically injuring two hoars. it is early to tell whether or not they were racially motivated. they may be a factor according to someone's facebook post. he blamed his father ace death on a black man and used a racial slur. to afghanistan. it gives legal and operational over sight over nighttime raids by american troops. the u.s. commander in afghanistan general john allen and afghan defense minister made it official over the weekend. the raids troops storm homes in the middle of the night caused major tension between the two governments in the past. although they have been successful in rooting out insurgents. they have sparked ba

welcome to a brand new hour of ""america's newsroom"", i'm heather childer in for martha mcical -- mcicalassign lent. gregg: i'm gregg jarrett, we are learning this isn't just agent employees who have something to sing about. heather: jim angle is live for us in washington with the latest. so a house committee opens hearings on all of this monday and now there's really a new wrinkle, trips to palm springs for interns? >> >> reporter: you got it. investigators found that interns of the gsa had a conference at the palm springs rivera resort and spa which included a catered awards ceremony but the gsa still paid the employees a per diem allowance for food by classifying a $75, to $100 buffet as light free reshments. some who attended conference reportedly stayed a suite which the resorts describes as opu lent. john mica of florida says, quote, gsa has been spreading the taxpayers' wealth, providing luxurious junkets not only for high level executives but interns as well. he noted that congressional inteshes often work out of storage areas or hallways and do not get sent to resorts and spas f

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. welcome to a brand-new hour. nearly hundred twisters reported at least five people killed in oklahoma. dozens more injured across parts of oklahoma, nebraska, iowa and kansas. some of the worst of the storms bore down hard in wichita. we have fox news team coverage with mike tobin and maria molina. we begin with mike. >> reporter: hi, heather, this county has been declared a disaster because of all the destruction. i can show you some of the destruction. this is the fiongs for a trailer home. behind me here is the trailer. it was knocked off the foundation by the force of the storm rolled over on its side. the only thing that stopped it the trees here. you hear the sound, that is the buzz of chain saws. just about everywhere you look, chainsaws is cleaning up this debris, all the trees that were knocked over by the force of the storm. weather was quite swaev in oklahoma. storm chasers caught funnel clouds reaching down to earth. the greatest loss of life. you mentioned that a moment ago, five people or possibly m

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. senator hatch failing to win enough votes after utah's state republican convention to clinch the nomination. he faced nine challengers landing head to head with former state lawmaker, former state senator. that will happened hap on june 26th. we'll have much more coming up if a live report. stay tuned that is just ahead. >> new calls for a wider investigation into the sex scandal rocking the secret service. three more agents stepping down, just two days after two supervisors and another officer were forced out. all because of allegations of misconduct with prostitutes in colombia. days before president obama was due to arrive there. chuck grappling calling to expand the investigation to see if any involvement may have occurred with white house staff. >> specifically senator grassley wants to find out if anyone from the communication agency had any overnight guests that their hotel room or shared rooms at the hotel or other hotels in colombia. grassley wants to know, who would be revie

heather childers live in our new york city newsroom with more. hi, heather. >> reporter: hi, gregg.hree day old keegan golden was found 8:00 p.m. six hours after his mother kala marie golden was kurd. another woman, verna mcclain, 30 years old has been charged in capital murder and abduction this started yesterday north of houston in springs, texas. 28-year-old golden had just left a pediatric clinic with her son. witnesses say the suspect, mcclain, in a lexus, parked next to the pickup truck. two began to argue. as many as seven shots fired. the infant snatched,ed suspects sped away hitting the dying mother as tree tried to reach into the lexus screaming, my baby. >> the wild was put into the suspect vehicle. that's when the mother tried to get into the car, the car sped away knocking the lady to the ground. >> she is laying on the ground. she wasn't moving for nothing. i saw a blue lexus drive off in that direction. >> reporter: there are unconfirmed reports with a machine with mcclain in the lexus. the car was found parked outside a nearby apartment complex late last night. the d

heather childers has the latest. >> reporter: police exploring a murder spree, shootings within a 7 hour period, early friday, and 3 miles of each other. >> one general geographical area, far enough apart some body is mobile. >> reporter: fbi and u.s. marshall service on the case detectives believe the deaths are linked done at the hands of one person. >> this were commonalities leading us to believe it is the same shooter or very likely. >> reporter: representatives from naacp pleading for help finding the shooter many are now fearful and upset over the killings and afraid the victims were targeted the dead and wounded all african americans. >> yes, the community is on edge, and they want this man found. >> we have people that are afraid to even go out of their homes and that is not a good environment. >> reporter: four of fridays shooting victims were found in yards and a fifth on a street investigators in a newly formed task force canvassing the area >> it pains me to talk about such a violent event we in this community have not seen certainly in modern history. >> detectives are now

. >> from america's news headquarters, i'm heather childers.e on the korean airlines passenger jet escorted by u.s. fighters to a military base t. had taken off from vancouver and was en route to seoul, south korea. 25 minutes into the flight, what is described as a credible bomb threat was phoned inform the plane landed safely. and 149 passengers are safe. right now, the aircraft is being screened. we know who was the real winner of a share of that record mega-million jackpot in maryland. two teachers and a school office worker will split $105 million. lottery officials say the winners decided to remain anonymous, ending the story of the woman who made headlines, of course, claiming to have the winning ticket. wilson said, well, she misplaced it. now back to "on the record." for all of your headlines, go to foxnews.com. gretzky. >> greta: brace yourself. north korea says the rocket is now ready for liftoff. that launch could happen anytime. short time ago, secretary of state hillary clinton warning north korea not to do it, not to go along wit

. >>> heather childers is a weekend fox anchor rather active on twitter.here was this message, thoughts did obama campaign threaten chelsea clinton's life to keep parents silent? i am not making this up. childers link to and article on a fringe website making you the ludicrous charge that bill clinton knows that obama doesn't have a legitimate birth certificate. these and related messages taken down and fox senior vice president michael clemente says the tweets have been addressed with heather and she understands this was a mistake. passing on conspiratorial garbage? i'll say. >>> finally, aaron sorkin, famous for "the west wing" and the movie "social network" has given us a sneak peek at his new series "the newsroom," featuring a volatile anchor, jeff daniels, taking on critics. >> we are try dog a good news show and make it popular at the same time. >> what can possibly go wrong? >> good evening, i'm will mcavoy. >> can you move your blackberry off the desk? >> make sure everyone knows this is what blowing it looks like. >> get it together down there. >>

ambassador john bolton here in 60 seconds but first to the new york newsroom where heather childers hasdlines. >> thank you. jittery investors hopeing for a rebound on wall street tomorrow following the market's worst loss of the year. so far. the dow fell more than 213 points today. its third triple digit loss in four days to close at 12,715. the nasdaq composite took a hit ending tuesday nearly 56 points down. analyst blame uncertainty about coming corporate earning report and growing economic problems in spain. syria is demanding preconditions before it agrees to u.n.-brokered cease-fire. they voylated tuesday deadline to lay down arm with fresh attack on rebel areas. now back to gretzky. >> greta: brace yourself. north korea says the rocket is now ready for liftoff. that launch could happen anytime. short time ago, secretary of state hillary clinton warning north korea not to do it, not to go along with the long range rocket launch. what is at stake if they do? former u.n. ambassador john bolton joins us. good evening. >> good evening. >> greta: big picture, how would the world chan

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. embarrassing headline coming as president obama attends the summit of americas in colombia. doug is following it live with more. >> reporter: good afternoon. the things that happened before the president arrived in colombia. fox news has learned from senior law enforcement officials this all begin with a staffer at the hotel where secret service were staying. con sfrontd the secret service that he pay extra money for having an overnight guest in his room. agent balked a and that and then it forced diplomatic intervention. it's unclear whether more prostitutes were involved. 12 agents were sent home and replaced. peter king who is homeland security oversees the secret service calls it an aberration. >> i find it to be an exceptional law enforcement agency. they do a terrific job. this is the exception. any time you have a group of 2500, 3,000 people there is going to be some that do the wrong thing. as far as i am concerned, what i have seen over the years. almost to a man and to a wom

ioll heather childers. grad you are with us. they were facing nothing but bad ch3 ces when their aircraft malfunctioned. it was caused by catastrophic engine failure during a routine training flight. the pilot dumped most of the fuel and bail out 2nd before the slane slammed it it soplpal. amazingly nobody died during the fiery wreck. unly seven people were injured a fact not lost on witnesses. >> heard a loud boom. i got up fr so the couch and wet to my backdzir and i lzik out. i saw a pilot on the ground, parachute hanging que so the puildinour >> we heard eight to ten booms and that is real close because it shoy r our house and brok proke the windo. b. >> there was one guy laying on the ground. he d an i seen a liserle bit of blood. >> heather: peter doocy is live at the scene. >> reporte stos that is right. am flinan iy everybody is accoud for. search and rescue mission is uver ith the investigation has pegun right this minute. about a mile from here law enforcement training senith r, l ooesidents at the comple meeting with

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. topping the news this hour, night gingrich speaks out to fox news, could this be the end of his run for the presidency. we'll have to see what he has to say. >> caught, two men accused of deadly shooting rampage in tulsa oklahoma. >> we have a live report were able to track them down. >> heather: millions of christians around the world celebrate christ's resurrection and why his message is so relevant to the volatile middle east. >> gregg: we begin with the passing of giant of television journalism. long time news correspondent mike wallace has died. he was 93 years old. he died at a care facility with his family by his side. he was known for his very tough interviews taking on corrupt politicians, scam artists in a career spanning six decades. steve has a look back at the life of the career of this tv news legend. >> he always probing with his questioning made a huge mark on broadcast journalism. he was respected by most people who sat down with interviews from interviews with mike w

>> heather: i'm heather childers and welcome to a brand-new hour. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. topping the news this hour, bold predictions from republican presidential candidate mitt romney with another set of primaries just days away. a live report straight ahead. >> heather: controversial remarks from the former head of the democratic party, what howard dean is saying about the president's health care law. >> gregg: christians worldwide holding palm sunday ceremonies. a full report from outside the vatican. >> heather: we begin on the campaign trail with republican presidential candidate mitt romney and new found confidence telling supporters he is well on the way to secure the g.o.p. nomination. it brings three key primaries, wisconsin, illinois an d.c. he is leading endorsements like baseball cards, rick santorum and gingrich and ron paul they are still in the hunt. peter doocy is live in washington with the latest. >> reporter: hi, heather. you hear senator santorum complaining how he is being outspent and the g.o.p. establishment wants romney as the nominee. during a pan

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. u.s. and afghanistan striking a new security deal as american troops fight the more decade long war. will it impact the u.s. plans to pull out in 2014. >> gregg: plus we are learning brand-new details just what happened with secret service agents and prostitutes in colombia. why one lawmaker today says the president's security was more compromised than we horjly shot. >> heather: possible new clue in the search for remains of etan patz, is once again capturing headlines today. a live report at the scene of the investigation. >> gregg: we began with breaking news out of iran making a bold announcement today claiming it has cracked the codes of our spy drone that they captured last year. they claim they have begun building an exact copy of the american drone. sophisticated aircraft is called the rq-170 sentinel. american officials say the aircraft malfunctioned and landed automatically. concern now is that iran will exploit the technology and use it against the u.s. here is john bolton forme

heather childers has the breaking developments for us now. heather. >> reporter: hi, rick.he prosecutor on this case tells fox more charges could be filed against other people in this case. but for now, this arrest record, it spells out exactly how the woman charged with murder, 30-year-old verna mcclain kill ad young mother, abducted her baby. all the while planning to tell family that she adopted the child. police say mcclain admits shooting kala marie golden multiple times and taking the infant to her home in houston. the baby boy as you mentioned was found unharmed in the suspect's home around 8:00 p.m. last night, six hours after his mother was killed. all of this started yesterday about 20 miles north of houston in spring, texas. 28-year-old golden had just left a pediatric clinic with her young son. witnesses say the suspect, mcclain, approached golden in the parking lot. the two argued. as many as seven shots were fired. the infant snatched. mcclain sped away, hitting the dying mother as she tried to reach into the suspect's car, screaming, my baby. now the car was

heather childers -- >> childers. >> she is a weekend anchor news is in the titles so you know it is newsught? >> there is no information, and now your guess. >> yes. what? >> the thing i didn't look into either. maybe you know more than me. >> fox news senior vp said the tweets have been discussed with heather, and she understands this is a mistake. [ applause ] >> we tweeted with her earlier. >> yeah. yeah. >> holy cow. is she a nazi? just asking? >> richard in lake jackson. >> hello. one of my neighbors is ron paul. >> oh, gosh. >> and believe me it's no act. [ laughter ] >> i have known him for years. he is a personable social guy but, boy, if you have ever met a person who is completely at right angles to everything you have ever seen -- >> and he says some of the right things, like picking up the hitchhiker that goes i believe we should stop all of the wars. yeah. and we should legalize drugs. all right. and we should power our cities on the sorrows and tears of children. no! >> he is probably like the guy who thought the teachers were living on a grand $24,000 a year salary. >> yea