this is state-of-the-art facility here in jefferson county. lows, ricky hill and keith harris, they are putting the numbers in as they're getting the computerized information from around the county. that's why we're getting the information as it's coming in, again, changing every second. we could probably stand here and there you see, it's changed already since i gave you those numbers. it's neck and neck between the three of them. >> a real three-man race. let's assess. this is birmingham, jefferson county, 15% of birmingham livea this county? >> he is leading very narrowly, look at the difference value of reporters on the scene. romney, 307,000 votes and you look over here, 860. we are well ahead of the official vote tally. if you see this, that puts governor romney in a more competitive position in terms of knowing the counties and places he needs to do well. a big enough margin? hard to tell. if you're governor romney, any place you have a population center and suburbs, this is where he does well in the urban areas and more importantly clos

morgan claims number one for government debt after jefferson county so j.p. morgan has emerged from the worst financial crisis since the one nine hundred thirty s. as the most profitable u.s. bank has parlayed crisis era loans to cities and states and a willingness to outbid other firms and local government bond auctions into becoming the top underwriter of municipal debt last year this is a turnaround they say for j.p. morgan's municipal bond department which has been marred by its involvement into the biggest scandals in the history of the us public finance a so-called pay to play scheme in jefferson county alabama that contributed to the biggest ever u.s. miscible bankruptcy and a federal probe that uncovered bid rigging of municipal bond investment products. to name two you could maybe twenty or thirty. it's an assembly line of fraud yes but i know you're talking to josh brown of who wrote backstage wall street and he talks about the bucket shops of the one nine hundred eighty s. and ninety's who got put out of business once they were caught defrauding cu

jefferson county, home to the city of birmingham, can move forward with its $4 billion bankruptcy, the largest municipal default ever. the ruling allows the county to restructure over $3 billion in debt tied to a sewer system overhaul marked by political corruption. creditors like j.p. morgan chase had argued jefferson county wasn't eligible for bankruptcy, because it had no bond debt. instead the debt was in the form of warrants. tom, here on wall street, pretty choppy day and it will probably be like that all week long as investors and traders wait for friday. it's a big day, you know why. that's when the jobs report comes out and everyone wants to see if things are improving in the jobs market. >> tom: we have to guy test those-- digest the game gains we saw in february. let's get you updated with tonight's market focus. the major stock indices climbed out o a morning sell-off to end with more muted losses. after china reduced its economic growth target, u.s. stocks fell with added pressure coming from europe. but throughout the afternoon, the selling abated in the s&p 500, ending d

jefferson county buckled under the weight of warrants, which have a more complex debt structure than us the judge's ruling that the of counties to file for bankruptcy protection is not constrained by the types of debt those municipalities take on. >>> it is countdown to super tuesday, of course, republican candidates vying for the gop nomination to the white house have been campaigning across ten states across the coast. ahead of the pack, mitt romney and rick santorum. romney a lot riding on tomorrow's results, they determine whether he will emerge as the inevitable gop candidate versus his having to duke it out against santorum in fierce state by state battles. santorum leading the ohio polls recently. for his part, romney is taking staying on message about the economy and taking jabs at president obama in the process he sits down tonight with larry culled flow a cnbc news exclusive. >> we sure hope the economy gets better but this has been the loews recovery since here, this president has failed us, taken much longer for this economy to reboo 8% is not the new normal this president

then the case of the municipal bonds ripping off the local cities and cities like jefferson county countiesike jefferson county go bank result and everybody loses their money. they take the money from someone, it's us ultimately they take it from. as i'm reading your long piece here constantly, the theme that they come back to is there's never any consequences. they're in essence too big to comply, because they turn to the government and go what are you going to do about it. >> yeah, just this week, we found that the number one recipients of municipal bond business in america the number one and two companies are still chase and bank of america. those two companies both have paid hundred million dollars settlements for bid-rigging. chase got caught in 25 different states rigging municipal bids and bank of america at least 88 different bids in different municipalities. this is not a victimless crime. if your town wants to raise money and issue a bond to build a new basketball court or a school and they're paying a million dollars instead of $3 million for their investment banking business, th

light to moderate rain off to our west moving into jefferson county, west virginia and running along o pleasant valley and washington county, pushing south and east. it is showing signs of falling apart. there's more action especially off to our western parts of ohio, west virginia, pennsylvania. upper level energy is continuing to move east. that will be the main trigger for scattered and more widespread showers and thunderstorms later on today. 77 for the high temperature. we could have a little sunshine periodically today. overall, more gray skies than disguise. southwesterly wind at 3-8 miles an hour. not expecting anything severe this afternoon, but some downpours are expected. have the umbrella but you will not needed very often. maybe just a few times later on today. mid 70's tomorrow, partly sunny. still unseasonably warm. temperatures will drop a little on sunday, partly sunny, temperatures in the '60s, 10 degrees above average. that will be short-lived. back in the '70s pretty much all next week and we could reach 80 degrees again by the middle of next week. the mild weather

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it includes washington frederick, and jefferson counties including the cities of hagerstown, frederick, westminster and martinsburg till 9:00 this morning. and then we do have a freeze warning farther north around southern pennsylvania, including parts of oakland. this again goes till 9:00 this morning so kids in those locations as you're going to the bus stop, definitely bundle up. it's going to be cold. maybe even slick in some spots with that frost. this morning mostly sunny and chilly, 30s and 40s to start out the morning. otherwise temperatures getting into the 50s for the noon hour. so take your lunch outside if you want along with a light coat and then we'll see variable cloudiness for the afternoon. mostly cloudy by 8:00, 66 degrees as you're heading out for the evening. 34 in downtown. 33 in frederick. 36 degrees in hagerstown. annapolis in the mid-40s to start out your day. our satellite and radar picture showing us we could see some showers filtering in. i would say late tonight, generally after midnight during the overnight hours and into your early saturday morning. the fu

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jefferson county has more than one active fire. officials there have their hands full. officials all over the state very business civil the wind is not helping them. as we learn more about efforts to bring these fires under control we'll pass it along to you. jenna: rick, thank you. jon: the flames spreading amid dry and windy conditions. we called them chinook when i was growing up in colorado. what does the weather forecast look like for the firefighters? meteorologist, maria molina in the fox news weather center. >> jon, good to see you. unfortunately we're not expecting any big rainstorms to help us out across portions of colorado especially jefferson county where we have the big wildfire but there are two things that will be improving and help firefighters fight the fires. that is rise in humidity levels very slightly and winds will be calming down. those are two things that could help us out. no rain coming through saturday. a lot of sunshine. temperatures on the cool side for today. 59 should be the high. we'll see temperatures gradually rising. mid 60s as we hea

that's jefferson county. evacuations have been ordered for nearly 1,000 homes. >>> researchers report that deepwater horizon oil spill caused a lot of damage to coral formations. scientists spotted one coral colony covered in what they call black couple seven miles from the scene of that gusher. >>> president obama caught in an awkward open mike moment. >> this is my election. after my election i have more flexibility. i understand you. i transmit this information to vladimir and i stand with you. >> the president is trying to make light of that moment but his republican rivals are not laughing. >> the highest court in the land will be getting to the heart of the health care reform debate. starts about five hours from now. are you ready. >> bring it on. >> bring it. hundreds of protesters outside the supreme court yesterday. for and against the president's health care overhaul. we're going into day two, folks. it all gets down at 10:00 a.m. eastern but today's big issue is really the core of the issue, can th

i'm here in jefferson county because this is the most populist county in the united states. about 20% of the vote will come into this particular county. i'm actually standing outside where we're going to later on see the cars and trucks drive up to this loading dock with the actual ballots. they're going to come in from the 177 precincts from around this county, ashleigh, and they're going to -- right now that doesn't look like much, but behind that door there is actually a vault and that is where the ballots are going to go in and through there is where they're going to be tabulating the results for this very, very important counting of jefferson county here. you talk to mitt romney's people and they admit they have to really run up the votes here. this tends to be a more affluent county where i am, and they need the voters to count up big, but we heard that turnout is pretty low in this county, at least so far today. ashleigh? >> ip thoug thought you were go tell me on that loading dock were the 47 delegates. is it 47 for alabama? >> exactly. 47 for today. >> dana, i can't

jefferson county, oops we have to turn the teleprompter off. bring it up. your memory is good.> where huckabee cleaned up. anywhere that is urban, romney is going to do well. suburban, the vote is split. whoever wins north alabama, this is the bible belt of alabama. there's a lot of people that think the whole state is the bible belt. >> evangelicals there. >> this is where james won the primaries in '94 and '98. this is where riley was governor in 2002 and 2006. franklin, colbert, jackson. >> across that stretch? >> correct. down here, again, demographically, the gulf coast of alabama looks like the gulf coast of south carolina. looks like hilton head. >> it was a romney area. >> right. mobile county, baldwin county is where romney should do well. what's interesting is 77% of the vote four years ago was evangelical. huckabee won by four points. romney is only getting a quarter of that vote. what may save him is the votes being split by two candidates. they are both getting a third of it. the irony is romney wants it candidates to go away eventually but he needs them both. >> t

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's and early 1980's, i served as the judge executive for jefferson county. what that is, madam chair, is from new york, it's like the county executive of the county. it was in this capacity that i first met and got to know john raven. john earned his bachelor's degree in macon, georgia. john managed the company's group home for kids and was one of the first in town to identify the growing crisis of child abduction and sexual exploitation. working in those foster homes, john saw the problem firsthand and saw what local police and social services were not seeing. he saw that information between social service workers and law enforcement wasn't being shared as it should have been. he realized a lot more could be done. so john, along with a friend and fellow social worker, keri rice, approached ernie allen, who at the time was the director of the louisville county crime division. ernie is now known as the director and c.e.o. of the national center for missing and exploited children, which he helped build alongside john. but way back then the issue of missing and

he shot two by standers in front of the jefferson county courthouse and hit his ex-wife and daughter. >> 16 years after his daughter's murder the father speaks out about putting children on display. she was killed in 1996 after appearing in a christmas parade. her father suggest putting her in the public eye may have contributed to her killing. the prosecutors cleared the parents and her death remains an unsolved mystery. >> starting monday at four of the nation's biggest airports the tsa will allow people 35 years or older to leave their shoes and light outer wear on. they've complained about embarrassing screenings. >> this warm weather may want to make you kick back with a nice glass of wine but the heat is causing problems for the local wineries. they're budding too early leaving them as a vulnurable to frost. i think they might drink less because they're not stuck inside. >> people are drinking chilled wine more to cool down. wine coolers, i assume. let's take a look at the weather. more warm weather on the way. 66 now and the barometer rising. humidity low. temperatures around r

some of those showers into morgan county, now berkeley and jefferson county, too. and this whole system will continue off toward the east over the next couple hours. so expect those showers to be near frederick. maybe down toward leesburg and blue mont over the next couple hours. you may want to take the umbrellas if you're thinking about heading out and about. here is that one, that strongest storm right around winchester. once again i don't see any lightning just yet at least crowd the ground but you may hear thunder if there is lightning overhead around 81 and over toward route 7 too. heads up for that. warm temperatures? yes. we've seen them across the region and will see them tomorrow and probably through the rest of the week. something else? scattered shower activity tomorrow. we'll really call it isolated on your tuesday. wednesday, maybe a slight chance of some shower activity late in the afternoon but once again most of us should stay on the dry side. this is not going to be a big rain event. this is just going to be a shower here and a shower there. most

burning outside of denver. 27 homes have been destroyed by that fire that began burning monday in jefferson county. hundreds of firefighters from several different states are working to build fire lines. no word yet on when that six square-mile fire will be contained. >> cleanup underway in the bay area after yesterday's heavy rains and strong wind. in marin county a tree came crashing through this home in fairfax. a large oak destroyed a portion of the house and crush one car. >> i heard a sound that was like a jet airplane. i said " what was that? ". maybe a check going by, then i thought it was an earthquake. >> people were in the home at the time but luckily no one was hurt so bad is good to hear. >> we are not out of the woods yet, more rain on its way. >> that was an impressive storm system for this time of year. we have been waiting all winter long to get the storms in here and we're finally seeing the rain showing up in the area. things are settling down a little bit of what a storm it was. up to 5 in. of rain along the mountain tops. hi def doppler radar, it is quiet. we may not be done f

he's the director of emergency management in louisville, jefferson county.ou're seeing. >> what we're seeing is a lot of reports from southern indiana. we're in a very uncomfortable position. we're watching a storm track here, knowing full well that we're next and not knowing exactly what's going to happen to us once it gets here. but we can see from the reports in indiana, henryville, they've had some tornadic activity of some kind, so that's what we're to expect. we're just bracing now for this storm to be hitting us in the next 30 minutes or less. >> so you are part of the waiting game here. we were talking to the storm t chaser and he told us they two tornadoes were passing northwest of louisville and there was going to be a second batch of storms. as you sit and wait, what kind of information for people who actually have power, what information would you like to relay to them? >> obviously we hope they heeded some of our earlier warnings to make sure they have a safe play in the home. the more walls they choose, the better off they would be. a basement

. >>> new video that gives you a firsthand look at how dangerous the wild fire in jefferson county colorado is. listen to this man as he drives the children trying to get them to a safe place. >> where's mom? what you stopping for. >> you can see the smoke and flames and you can hear the panic in the voices. two people have died, one woman is missing since that fire started. now it started as a controlled burn before it spread and got out of control. >> to a developing story. 17-year-old isaiah simmons died in 2007. he was attending the bollingbrook school in carroll county. no criminal charges were filed in the death and involves five counselors at the school restraining him. news is not sitting well with his family and sherrie johnson has all new reaction from his mom. >> reporter: care rail county prosecutors dropped -- carroll county prosecutors dropped reckless endangerment charges in the death of 17-year-old isaiah simmons. he died in 2007. he was sent to the now closed bollingbrook school in carroll county because he was found responsible for a robbery. the counselors were charged in

there is a shooting at the courthouse in jefferson county. we know four people have been shot, one confirmed fatality. three were shot in the parking lot of the courthouse and another person was shot somehow in the basement of that courthouse. the courthouse is now on lockdown, and the shooter is now reportedly in a building that appears to be directly across the street from the courthouse, and he is holding hostages. the police say he is armed with a rifle. they did not say what type of rifle or how many hostages are actually inside that building. as you might imagine as kriv makes their way to the courthouse so are swat teams and all other responders. as soon as they arrive and we get more information we'll bring you details on this hostage situation unfolding in southern texas. megyn: trace gallagher, thank you. >> next tuesday is election day. next tuesday a lot of you will go to the polls and stand there in the polling place and make a decision. i think when you make that decision it might be well if you would ask yourself, are you bette

. >>> one family captured their dramatic escape on video as flames engulfed their jefferson county neighborhood. two of their neighbors did not make it out. didn't survive. and one of them is still missing. and as we report, they feel fortunate to be alive. >> that is very ominous looking out there. >> reporter: as danger burned closer, neighbors had a hard time getting answers. >> when i was first smelling smoke, i called. i called and i called again. 911. emergency dispatch said there was nothing. >> reporter: kim olsen and her husband knew something was wrong. >> we told the kids to get a bag together and we started getting ourselves ready. >> reporter: by the time the emergency call came. >> we just got out of there. >> reporter: they found themselves driving through a tunnel of flames. >> daddy. >> you're going to be fine. >> where is mom? what are you stopping for. >> the voice on the video is caleb calming his sister. >> i didn't know if i was going to live. >> reporter: but the 13-year-old held it together. >> i knew chaos wouldn't solve anything so i tried to stay calm. >> we're here.

jefferson county. and this was a close call. i mean, not many roads out. pretty rural area. can see how many people were taking off. you hear the little girl's voice. she was very concerned. and very dry. they didn't get a lot of snow out there in colorado. little kids were petrified but they made it out safe. >> they're out safe. that's the good news. >> there was one fatality with that fire. that was two days ago. the fire is only 15% contained. so it's still burning pretty much out of control and going where it wants. as far as the west, this is where all the bad weather is right now. horrible storm system on the coastline of oregon. damaging winds up to 60 miles per hour. a lot of heavy rain. been a miserable march. very cold. very much like winter. they are still getting a lot of snow in the high elevations. thunderstorms north of kansas city. light rain around st. louis. later today, we're going to get round two of thunderstorms. we could see some isolated tornadoes out there through areas north of kansas city and south of there. also omaha watch out for strong storms

in fact, check out this amazing home video from one family in jefferson county. it was captured in their car, while speeding away from their burning home. look how close they are to that fire? dan springer, live in colorado with more on all of this, dan? >> yeah, jenna, you mentioned two people killed in this fire. we don't know the cause of death yet but we do know it is an elderly couple in their late 70s. one body was found inside their home in the fire area, and one body outside. there is also one woman missing from the fire area. the fire is at zero containment today but that should change later on because weather conditions have improved. the winds are much lighter. the fire did not grow much yesterday. it is about 4500 acres but the property loss is substantial with 23 homes damaged or destroyed. 2500 homes have been evacuated. and another 6500 have been put on evacuation notice. the firefight is ramping up today. the national guard has been activated. 455 firefighters, two air tankers and four helicopters dropping fire retardant. yesterday it was about pr

as for the shooter, she remains in the jefferson county scale. no bond has been set.quite deliberate or bell ledge rent he made including making threatening statements about the judge presiding over his case. reporting from beaumont, i'm angel san juan. jenna: thanks to our affiliate for. jon: that is a awful story. shoots his daughter and runs her over with a truck? unbelievable. let's talk about iran. it is turning up pressure on israel and the united states as tensions increase over the islamic republic's suspected nuclear weapons program. what is the u.s. doing to prepare for possible confrontation? coming up how our military is getting prepared. >>> plus on the campaign trail former pennsylvania senator rick santorum celebrating two more wins this week, sparking new questions whether we could be headed for a brokered republican convention. a fair and balanced debate coming up next. jenna: back to our fox news alert and some news today that the sanctions are getting tougher against iran. adam shapiro from the fox business network is joining us live from the fox bu

the flames consumed a handful of homes in jefferson county just west of denver monday night. fire quickly grew to more than 3,000 acres. according to the sheriff's office, 128 homes have been evacua evacuated. other fires burning further west in the northern part of the state. dry, windy weather making battling those blazes even more difficult. >> that is scary. it is 4:47 right now. dry not our problem out here. christina loren says the rain is flowing in. >> which is good news for the drought woes. we've got a nice, nice rainy pattern all week long just about. we're going to see those showers. and today looks like the biggest washout of the week. so keep that in mind. if you do want to get outdoors, you're going to have better options as we head through tomorrow and the remainder. and even this weekend looks better that today. winds out of the east/southeast, and these winds are going to strengthen throughout the day today as they storm system moves onshore. right now, it's just starting to push onshore, and take a look at where the bulk of the moisture is headed. but we ar

a wild fire swept through jefferson county colorado. 911 operators were flooded with calls asking for help and we have new video on one family trying to escape the flames. >> where's mom? what you stopping for? >> the fire was started by a prescribed burn and high winds gusts blue embers into the unburned portions of the forest and you see at least two people died when the home burned to the ground. >>> a much lighter note, university of arkansas has come up with a pretty neat way to educate students about earthquake safety. look at this. it is a 3-d mural on the floor of the university hall. the painting is part of the great central u.s. shakeout. so a neat way to let people know about what's going on. that's pretty cool. >> that's awesome looking. it's to do a double take. i like that a lot. the weather for today, we are dealing with mainly clear skies as of now. we will be seeing plenty of sunshine as we go into time. but the big story this morning is it's mild but temperatures are going to go downhill. so before you leave the house, make sure to take the jacket because you could b

fast-moving wildfires burned at least five homes and is threatening other homes west of denver in jefferson county. officials did find one person dead. they are trying to determine what caused that person's death. one fire has grown to more than 3,000 acres. sheriff's deputies evacuated more than 900 homes. other fires are burning across the state. >>> today the parents of trayvon martin will be on capitol hill for a hearing on hate crimes and racial profiling. tracy martin and sabrina fulton are not scheduled to testify at the hearing, but the family attorney, benjamin crump, is slated to speak. the hearing is meant to examine the role of the federal government in hate crime cases and will discuss stand your ground laws. george zimmerman, who shot and killed martin, is currently protected by a so-called stand your ground law because he says he acted in self-defense. friends of zimmerman in a report confirmed by police seem to support the claim. the report says that zimmerman was walking away from martin when the teenager was attacked from behind -- rather, when the teen attacked him from behind.

morgan acts to risk just like they did in jefferson county alabama you know they sell these like sewer bonds that don't work and then the towns erupted these huge geysers of fecal matter and jamie dimon says look i'm a success i created cars are people matter but keeping morgan's business plans are the success of belsen the fecal matter that i created selling these poor mr produce absolute toxic drugs that we could build off of the taxpayer for call up well even in the title of that headline here you see magic circle and what's the key ingredient to magic is of course a distraction and that is genie diamond doing opening his kimono people are grossed out they don't want to see the inner workings of how the sausage of a toxic derivative is made what they find out is that he's a financial benefit that's making a market means he's the buyer and the seller goldman sachs or the guy or and the seller they manipulate the market because they're buying and selling to create a fake price that fake prices propaganda that's used to engineer social change and political change oh let's invade iran l