one line, hemmer@foxnews.com or follow me at twitter. bill hemmer. bya. because you asked.he martha maccallum writes from new jersey. the we put it on the air. martha: this one coming up would make don draper proud, folks. the government getting into the ad business big-time and that is a tabitha is turning taxpayers into mad men. bill: also most likely annoying thing you will hear on an plane. please shut off all your electronic devices. alec baldwin might be happy to learn about this. why that could soon be a thing in the past. martha: that was a problem for him with the ipad. ♪ . bill: 400-pound gorilla escapes, biting a zookeeper in up state new york. buffalo zoo. koga slipped into unlocked door into a zookeeper's room. a s.w.a.t. team called in. they said the public was never in danger but still the situation is very serious. >> he was not free on the ground and was not free in the building. however there was a worker in the zoo who had been bitten by this animal both on the arm and the hand and the leg. she had locked herself in another cage with another gorilla to es

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom." i'm bill hemmer. martha: i'm martha maccallum. bill: we heard from the storm victims and they are trying to save anything that's left of their ravaged lives. >> so much happened in basically the blink of an eye. it was there, it was loud, it was fast, it was furious, and it was gone. >> we woke to the roof coming down and the garage coming down. we ran to the back of the house to get the girls. they were screaming on top of their lungs. i hate thinking about it. i ran fast i could and my heart stopped. >> we are working together. we have to help each other. that's how we survive and move forward. bill: janice dean has been watching this every hour of every day. >> reporter: the storm predictions center issuing a high-risk area. maybe we see this a couple times a year. that means they are very certain we could potentially see long-lasting tornadoes. a significant outbreak expected across the tennessee river valley. you have some warning now. if you live in this area. i don't want you to just focus on that white area because the are

bill hemmer's home state. >> i will. bill hemmer's hometown. very popular fellow. martha: that's what we hear. we'll talk about that later. bill: don't believe everything you hear, karl? >> hemmer it is all good. it is all good. bill: appreciate that. cincinnati. there is a new controversy now brewing in california over police arresting a pastor for reading a bible in front of a motor vehicles office. watch here. >> jesus delivered him to be crucified. >> you're under arrest. >> what have i done wrong? >> you're not allowed -- hands behind the back. >> what is it it. >> absolutely i will. >> this is what the united states is coming to. you can stand here and talk about anything you want but can't talk about a bible. bill: so what came of all this? doug last kennedy live on this in our new york newsroom. >> reporter: the pastor said he was on public property. the police say he was too close to the public who they say had no choice but to listen. >> god has shown himself. since the creation of world his invisible attributes are clearly seen. >> reporter: february of

bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning to you. martha: good morning, bill.rganizers are saying it will mark the beginning of a tea party live like movement. 45 states on the list including washington d.c. against the federal man date requiring employers, including those with religious objections to provide contraception. martha: religious liberty is the goal of this group. jonah joins me now. i got a flyer on sunday at church. how big a deal do you think this is going to be and are they able to muster the ferver we saw from the paep? tea party? >> it's hard to say. i have friends that are deeply deeply involved in this. they lost steam when liberal activists turned this into some kind of strange argument about how many needs free contraceptives, the sandra tphrubsandra fluck thing and the rush limbaugh thing. conservatives are the one fos that get the brief for wanting a culture war. conservatives get blamed for fighting back. one of the largest points about obamacare is things like this religious freedom thing are inevitable when the government takes over s

hemmer@foxnews.com or at twitter bill hemmer or bya.is and we'll gauge your interest during the show. we're trying to figure out what in the world is going on in wisconsin. is it an earthquake or something more to it? martha: they said it was too small to be felt like that. he was skeptical. so it continues. you know the saying about this, the buck stops here, right? at that may not be the case at white house. why the president said a half a billion dollar loan to failed green energy firm solyndra was now, quote, not his deal. bill:, also very private photos of america's biggest celebrities flash across the internet. very private we say. one man is saying sorry and facing 60 years behind bars? martha: yeah. why do these people think anything will be private. ♪ buy one spectrum by lg, and get one free ? with verizon 4g lte and a 4.5" true hd display, it's great for watching movies and sports, a true hdtv experience right on my phone. i'll get o for me and one for my wife. i'll be like [manly voice] "a phone, my sweet" and she'll say [swo

hemmer@foxnews.com o or@bill hemmer. alisyn: anything you want to talk about?lly want to put that out there? bill: you can pick your poison. alisyn: i can't wait to see the questions you get. bill: hour 1 minutes in the chair. you have the option. alisyn: i have questions for you. i'm going to send them in. meanwhile, american communities are facing a possibility of a economic disaster but what happens when local leaders are afraid to the make tough choices to balance the budget? that startling answer for you next. bill: a house committee voting to whether to repeal a key part of the health care law. why republicans want to make sure advisory boards never happen. we'll explain that. [ male announcer ] juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for excellent fruit and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion, also refreshing plus tea. could've had a v8. ♪ oh, my maltipoo's depressed. but my affordable prius c means i can pay for his acupuncture. whew. i love my pooch. oh no! my homemade sushi... turned p-ushi! use estimated 53 mpg t

bill hemmer tell us they strongly support president obama. >> more than half are unsatisfied with howe going in the country. that's from fox news latino poll. add up, 51% of latinos are not very or at all satisfied topping the 46% who are very or somewhat satisfied. >> latino voituriers not satisfied with -- latino voters are not satisfied with where the country is going but they found president obama had a high approval rate. >> whopping 73% job approval rate among latinos. well above the president 48% approval of all voters in the recent fox news poll. 66% of latinos approve of obama's job on healthcare. 58% on the economy. he scores lower on immigratio immigration. >> he didn't keep his promise on having immigration issues settled. >> 51% of the latinos call u.s. immigration policy too strict. 17% say it's not strict enough. 26% say it's about right. by a wide margin, latinos believe undocumented workers expand the economy rather than take jobs from the u.s. citizens. same time, some think the open border policy help more than hurt the economy. in more on the poll go to foxnewslati

my colleague bill hemmer in new york has more. >> the only one i would think is viable is mitt romney ahead among likely latino republican voters. that is according to the just released fox news latino poll. 35% prefer romney as the nominee. ron paul runs a distant second in 13%. followed by newt gingrich and rick santorum. turning to november, none of the republicans doing well among all latinos. a group that made up 9% of voters in 2008. >> i'll probably vote on obama again. >> if the election were held today, the poll found president obama would beat governor romney 70 to 14% among latinos. that is pretty much the same for rick santorum, and newt gingrich. in 2004, george w. bush took 44% of the hispanic vote. in 2008, 31% of the hispanics voted for republican john mccain. this year, even those latino mccain voters favor obama slightly. >> one thing the republican candidates could do is to name a latino to the ticket. one-third said they would consider voting republican if there were a latino running as vice president. >> two latino republicans touted as v.p. material. florida sena

hemmer and i were sitting there. we were going to take a sound bite. wait a minute.went to take a bit. that turned out to be a seminal moment in the healthcare debate. do you feel like you -- do you feel like you lost that debate? >> absolutely not. as the healthcare debate went on we saw that this federal government chose not to listen to us. and as nancy pelosi said if we can't go over the gate we'll parachute over the fence. in 2010 it was true and we proved this debate has none gone away and we are a force to be reckoned with. megyn: sheila jackson-lee took a cell phone call in the middle and kept everybody who showed up to talk to her waiting. that became controversial. did you get politically active at times? was it because of the healthcare bill? >> i would say the healthcare bill made it personal for me like the has for many americans. when the government comes for your healthcare and wants to make decisions that impact your lives and the lives of your family, that's personal. and so it did awake and lot of people that were before this on the political sideli

i'm bill hemmer. martha: i'm martha maccallum. justice scalia questioned how far can the government extend its power over the people. here is a little bit of that. >> everybody has to buy food sooner or later. you define the market as food. everybody is in the market. therefore you can make people buy broccoli. bill: not that there is anything wrong with broccoli. shannon bream outside the court. what happens today, shannon. a doubleheader. >> reporter: they get to the issue of severability. does the law stand if the rest of the justice strike down the mandate. they have three different attorneys arguing that case. bill: on the issue of the mandate and what we heard yesterday what clues are we now getting from the justices and the arguments and questions they pose? >> reporter: everybody is looking what justice kennedy had to say considered the swing vote. he had tough questions for both sides. it is clear some of the justice staked out where they will probably vote. justice kagan seemed especially open to the government's excuse

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom.". martha is out this week. good morning to you, patti ann. you drew the short straw i think. >> that. good morning. president obama says we should not be in afghanistan any longer than necessary. >> obviously what happened this weekend was absolutely tragic and heart-breaking but when you look at hundreds of thousands of our military personnel have achieved, under enormous strain, you can't help but be proud generally. and, i think it's important for just to make sure that we are not in afghanistan longer than we need to be. bill: now there is new report suggesting senior officials are talking about speeding up the pullout and what does the white house say about that. to senior white house foreign affairs correspondent, wendell goler. wendell, does the white house say anything about the report? how do they react? >> reporter: they say nothing about the report. they say the weekend killings won't affect the pace of the u.s. withdrawal in afghanistan but it is a conditional no. there are 90,000 u.s. servicemen an

you can send us a tweet @marthamaccallum or bill hemmer.oy the fine tunes on your tv right now. martha: i love this. >> ♪ now i've gone and blown it all away ♪ [ kyle ] my bad. [ roger ] tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ kyle with voice of dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. [ kyle ] nope, i've got... [ kyle with voice of dennis ] ...the allstate value plan. it's their most affordable car insurance -- and you still get an allstate agent. i too have...[ roger with voice of dennis ]...allstate. [ roger ] same agent and everything. [ kyle ] it's like we're connected. no we're not. yeah, we are. no...we're not. ♪ the allstate value plan. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. bill: and there is this. watch this scene from michigan. firefighters on a roof, trying to access the flames below them. go ahead and roll it. they were battling a fire from the roof of this building in dearborn. that's when things went terribly wrong. watch that moment where they cling to life with o

brand new hour, i'm bill hemmer. >> good morning.ter an american soldier allegedly murdered 16 afghan civilians. we've been telling you about thatful. bill: secretary of defense trying to defuse the matter, but things are deteriorating on the inside. conor powell live out of kabul with more. >> reporter: bill, secretary of defense panetta wraps up his two-day trip here, but it concludes with big bombshells. hamid karzai announcing today he wants u.s. troops to pull out of the small villages and small combat military bases and just go back to the large military bases here. he also wants to see an end of night raids, and he wants the security transition to speed up here. he wants afghan troops to take the lead far sooner than most people think they're ready to, but president karzai says in the wake of the shooting which killed 16 afghan civilians by a u.s. soldier says the relationship has been damaged, and this needs to be done. now, president karzai can't actually enforce these demands under the current agreement. he is somewhat powe

bill: i'm bill hemmer.irefighters battling flames that have scorched nearly five scare miles forcing the evacuation of 900 homes already. martha: at least one person in this case is dead. >> it's pretty close. it was very close. it was the first time for me, very scary for me. >> it's a scary thing, you want to pack up everything you can, but you're not able to. you want to get out with your lives, those things are replaceable, your lives are not. >> our neighbor's house is burning. they are a couple miles from us. we don't know which way the fire is headed, so -- >> reporter: it's hard, huh? >> yeah, yeah. martha: so scary. jackie kelly joins me now, a spokesperson for the jefferson county sheriff's department. jackie, you could hear it in these people's voices. they are terrified. what is going on out there? >> this morning, you know, we're back out on the fire. we were sort of baby sitting the fire during the evening hours. but we're hoping to have 450 firefighters on the ground on this fire by day's end

dollars but what i didn't mention is that full sales chief executive man named bill hemmer he's a major campaign donor and the cochairman of his state fund raising team in florida on top of that he and his wife and each given the maximum twenty five hundred dollars to romney's campaign and he gave forty five thousand dollars to restore our future the super pac run by former romney aides to bolster his campaign so why is that hollow the money there ladies and gentlemen is how this presidential candidate plans on tackling one of the biggest issues facing this country generations saddled with debt and the problem is if you want to run education like it's a business i'm sorry but it just doesn't work that way so all i'm saying is that would be nice if we were a little more mainstream media know what exactly these candidates are proposing rather than just playing with maps that show delegates but these kinds of things they choose to mess. we have today i gave you my two cents on attorney general eric holder speech outlining why this administration thinks they can extra judicially execute u.s

i was anchoring "america's newsroom" at the time along with bill hemmer. craig anthony miller confronted the senator after he was told by someone that he would not have the opportunity to ask a question. here is that moment. and my interview which we taped yesterday with former pennsylvania senator arlen specter. >> you want to be let out of here, you're welcome to go. now wait a minute, now wait a minute, now wait a minute, now wait a minute, wait a minute. wait a minute. >> i am leaving. i have ever right to to leave. >> wait a minute, wait a minute. >> i've got news for, that you and your cronies in the government do this kind of stuff all the time so -- [applause] >> i don't care -- [applause] >> i'm not a lobbyist with all kind of money to stuff in your pocket so that you can cheat the citizens of this country, so i'll leave, and you can do whatever the hell you please to do. one day god is going to stand before you, and he's going to judge you and the rest of your dam cronies up on the hill. [applause] and [cheering.] >> and then you will get your ju

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bill: i'm bill hemmer. martha: i'm martha maccallum. we have 10 states in play. there are 400 delegates upper to grabs. several of those are in swing states including ohio. these are arguably the most pivotal period in the race. all of those candidates are out there shaking hand hoping they can get one more vote here and there to put them over the top. >> i need your vote! >> this is the most important election in our lifetime. i think a reelected barack obama would be a disaster on such a scale. bill: four candidates, 10 different states. this is what you can look at. i want to key in on three areas. 76 delegates in georgia. newt gingrich if he's going to have a good night, he has to win his home state. bill: 10 and a half hours from now, this is ohio. it's so important in this race, not only the primary season, but also come general election. but also at 8:00, you are going to get oklahoma and tennessee. in tennessee the polling between santorum and romney which so much favored santorum has tightened up and gone neck and neck. come back to ohio here. in the sta

bill hemmer reports that latino poll shows a strong sense in that hard hit community that things are to get better. >> reporter: more than three-quarters of likely latino voters have been out of work have been looking for a job six months or more or they know someone in that same position. a poll by fox news latino finds this group remains optimistic about the future. >> two-thirds of them firmly believe that the future will be far better than it is right now. >> reporter: other polls suggest americans across the board are not as hopeful. the fox news latino poll found 67% of latinos have a favorable opinion of the u.s. military. about 38% of likely latino voters attend worship services every week. that is about the same as the rest of america. 44% of those likely voters say a candidate's religious faith is a very important factor when theygo to the polls. after that another 22% who say it is somewhat important. >> the poll asked likely latino voters if the united states is the best country in the world is best country to world, 76% say yes, 19% say no. for more on the polling, to to

foxes bill hemmer has highlights. >> the only one i think is viable is mitt romney. >> reporter: mittamong likely latino, republican voters according to the just released fox news latino poll, 34% prefer romney, ron paul runs distant second 13% followed by gingrich and santorum turning to november none of the republicans doing well among all latinos a group that made up 9% of voters in 20308 >> i will -- in 2008. >>>i will probably vote on obama again. >> they found president obama would beat governor romney, 70 to 14% among latinos,. >>> in 2004 george w bush took 44% of the vote in 2008, 31% of hispanics would prefer republican john mccain this year even those latino mccain voters favour obama. >> one thing republican candidates could do is name republican for the ticket, one third would vote republican, if they were latino. >> florida senator marco rubio and new mexico governor. >> one in five latino voters would be more willing to vote republican if martinez were on the ticket, one in four say the republican nominee could win their vote picking rubio as their vp for more on the po

i'm bill hemmer. well come here. how are you? and your name is. >> arthel neville. those pictures are amazing more than 100 homes damaged there. 200 with no place to left. many in dexter, mesh gash -- michigan, are in shelters. bill: you see the damage, stunning to know no win because killed. the survivors say they are lucky to be alive. >> a couple windows here knocked out >> kept swirling. didn't look like it was moving. >> we shut the door and prayed and held hands. we called husbands telling them not to come home. >> i looked out my patio door and have finished basement. saw the swing set go by. i took the kids and ran. we went into the storage room. covered them up. it was trike a train. like what you hear. >> what you see on television. unrile. i can't believe this is happening. >> i called him, you better come home from work. bill: mike tobin leading coverage. it is early for tornados especially in that part of the country. good morning. >> reporter: in this part of the country it is early to have all the warm weather. you see people walking around in shirt s

i'm bill hemmer. martha: good morning, bill, how are you doing? bill: terrific. martha: good morning, i'm martha maccallum. the storylines showing this super tuesday story could indeed live up to its name. no state is more closely watched or more up for grabs in all that than ohio. bill: romney and santorum running neck-and-neck. a week ago romney behind double digits in ohio. new numbers out through quinnipiac university showing romney taking a slight lead, 34 to 31%. martha: look at the real clear politics average. this one a mix of the polls together, shows the two candidates a statistical tie right now, separated by less than two points. >> we need another kind of brush fire here "from the heartland." we need to have that big victory on tuesday night. >> you know it is bad economics for a nation to consistently borrow more money than it takes in. but for this nation, this prosperous nation year after year, to put together debts of trillions of dollars and pass them on to our kids and their kids i believe is immoral. i will cut spending, i will cap spending an

. >> megyn: bill hemmer tracking the billboard. he will be looking at his home state native ohio, bill. >> the buckeyes. i could use that coffee by the way. [ laughter ] >> bill: i'm thinking 1:00 a.m. at this point. geographic to all of you. here is what we are looking at in the state of ohio. there has been so much attention on the state because it has been such a bellwether over the past several presidential cycles and you know if you are a republic you want to win the white house you have to win ohio. now, this is very early in the evening. about 2% reporting right now. we have romney in orange and santorum in the red color here. and we are going to see these colors start to fill in. and predictably where rick santorum has to do well rural counties. really has to drive up the score in places like ross county. he is doing that right now but, again, just a couple hundred. say a thousand votes recorded right now for ross county. similar story in mickway county. just to give you a frame of reference four years ago these counties ch

let's get to co-host of the newsroom bill hemmer is with us.ake us to the billboard, please. >> shepard, sure will. polls closings, economy and results, results right now so critical. you mentioned ohio has really been the focus throughout this last week here. reporting right now in the state of ohio nothing. no precincts, no counties officially. four years ago in this primary in ohio, john mccain won all 88 counties. he beat huckabee two to one. interestingly enough, romney only got 3%. that's because four years ago at this time mitt romney was only winding down his campaign and got out right after -- got out of race right after super tuesday. if rick santorum in general is going to have a good day today in ohio. he is going to have to do really well here. run up the score in southern ohio. eastern edge of ohio near home state of pennsylvania. some back in ohio also believe that santorum can do very well here along the western edge toward indiana. mitt romney expects to do well in cuyahoga county. that's cleveland. franklin county, which is co

first, let's check in with bill hemmer.r and a very important woman. >> indeed it is. how are you doing? i'll see you on the radio. >> brian: you promise? >> yeah. ike looking forward to that. bring your a game, will you? santorum wins in the south. romney wins way out west. what's that mean? health care will cost twice as much as we were told. that's from congress. about face for the administration on gas prices. we'll tell you what that's all about. martha is out this week. today a bit of a surprise. you'll see that in ten minutes. don't move, on "america's newsroom" then i found new pronutrients omega-3. it's from centrum. it's a smaller minigel. with two of the best omegas to support my heart, brain and eyes. new pronutrients from centrum. ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for excellent fruit and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion, also refreshing plus tea. could've had a v8. >> gretchen: couple headlines for you. it might be the worst get away attempt ever. robert thomas carter jumps off a bridge i

. >> caller: bill: i'm bill hemmer. hope you had a great weekend.it later we will hear the audio tapes, the conversations, the arguments in court, you'll hear it live on tape several hours later on fox. the fate of health insurance for millions of americans hanging in the balance. florida was the first state to challenge that overall law. martha: i think about ten minutes after it went through you filed your opposition to it, is that correct? >> that's correct. i filed on behalf of 13 states that day and it's now this 26-state lawsuit that is before the supreme court. i'm proud of our team and proud of where they are, but we are anxiously awaiting what happens. martha: i can imagine, a lot of butterflies even in the most experienced of attorney generals and attorneys involved in the case. talk to me a little bit about what will happen today, attorney general mccollum. when you look at this they are deciding right now, or will begin to whether or not she should even hear this case because there is a precedent that would suggest that you can't do anyt

also at wither@bill hemmer. if you have got a question about north dakota, that place is booming. were 2 years old in 1980 i want to see right away. there is an issue republicans are turning up the heat and they are getting it worse from the other side. the tea party is after the republican party on the botched gun running. bill: an officer approaches you in a public place, you take out your phone and start recording it just in case. why doing that could it you behind bars. [ male announcer ] juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for excellent fruit and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion, also refreshing plus tea. could've had a v8. bill: whitney houston's daughter bobby christina talking publicly for the first time since the death of her mom. she says she cannot bear to listen to her mother's music at the moment but knows she is watching over her. whitney's center in law was her manager. she says the family felt it was only a matter of time. >> the handwriting was on the wall. i would be kidding myself to say otherwise. >> what did you see