jon scott, thank you so much.frost, thank you to you as well and that happily we believe concludes the drama in the sky on this monday afternoon. so we will love on to other news and bring you an update from st. louis to the extent there is another one. well, there are new attacks right now on a supreme court justice after antonin scalia turned some heads with his comments on the voting rights law. this is the law that makes certain states with a history of discrimination have to go to the doj. go to the feds and ask for permission before they change their laws. well, he made some comments on the bench that have gotten people fired up. why a leading black lawmaker says scalia's position can be summed up in two words, white and proud. that's next. [ male announcer ] hunt...farm...or trail... polaris has what you wan legdary atvs led by the powerful sportsman 850 ho. value-minded side-by-sides featuring the new ranger 800 midsize. and full-size workhorses including the all-new, class-leading, 60-horsepower, ranger x

i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> i believe that israel is rooted not just in history and tradition, but also in a simple and profound idea. the idea that people deserve to be free in a land of their own. the palestinian people's right to self-determination, their right to justice must be recognized. put yourself in their shoes and look at the world through their eyes. it is not fair that a palestinian child cannot grow up in a state of their own. . >> jon: president obama speaking to a primarily jewish audience in jerusalem on thursday, be a major trip to the middle east which had some critics in the media asking, why is he there? so, jim, let's get your answer on that. is it part of the charm offensive overseas? >> and netanyahu that should be a tougher sell. it should have happened in the first term and various reasons they didn't. and now they're doing it now. not that they offer, but checking off the box. a moment between the president and netanyahu. and a strange transplant of the american to the west bank of israel. it's syria, egypt, iran and the media is havin

i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. now. >> high drama at the supreme court. nine justices taking on a central issue of american life, gay marriage. today the court wrestled with profound questions, what is a family, what is the purpose of marriage? >> today the supreme court began two days of hearings on one of the most contentious issues of our time. for the first time the court is considering whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. >> the u.s. supreme court today took on the right to marry one of the same sex. they're taking on two cases over two days and with anything the court touches, anything can happen. it's up to the ruling of the nine justices. public opinion has been changing fast on this subject. it's moved quickly in the past few years. >> today the supreme court took up the prop 8 case, a ban on same-sex marriage in california although a ruling is not expected for some time, one justice suggested the court could dismiss the case with no ruling at all. >> jon: well, it was one of the biggest stories this week in the media. t

i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. now. >> these cuts are not smart, they'll hurt our economy and cost us jobs. and congress can turn them off at any time, as soon as both sides are willing to compromise. it's unnecessary. and in a time when too many of ours friends and neighbors are still looking for work, it's inexcusable. hundreds of thousands of americans who serve their country, border patrol agents, fbi agents, civilians who work for the defense department, will see their wages cut and their hours reduced. >> jon: remember that? the president pushing the doom and gloom scenario over the sequester and as we have discussed on this program, the media pretty much parroted the white house hype. the hysteria never came, the planes and trains running, and lights are on. sewage is not flowing on the streets as far as we are aware, but the media seem to have changed their tune. the washington times, obama poll numbers take a post-sequester dive. "the washington post," did obama cry wolf on sequester? u.s. news and world r

the american conservative magazine, and ellen ratner, bureau chief of talk radio news service, i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. president obama on friday, a surprise appearance in front of the white house press corps, after his meeting with congressional leaders over the sequestration. it ended a week of more doom and gloom forecasts. mr. obama claims will be a result of the automatic spending cuts, the theme parroted by the press, members of congress and members of the president's cabinet. >> well, some of this stuff happens earlier, some happens this fall and what it does, it creates tremendous instability and there are literally teachers now who are getting pink slips, notices that can't come back this fall. >> jon: well, that statement was totally wrong. in fact, "the washington post" gave the education secretary four pinochios for the phony claim. jim, the media has been pushing the doom and gloom theme all week. we heard about, let's see, obamageddon and barack-alypse. and friday came and went and the world is still turning. >> actually i think the white house had the tem

kansas city, certainly something we need to watch for and perhaps another coastal storm next week, jon scott. jon: look they had that drought in the middle of the country, they are still not caught up. >> reporter: absolutely right. this will translate to a break up of some of that drought. and don't forget to spring ahead on sunday, we lewd an hour. jon: thanks for the reminder but -- i like my long weekends not short weekend. >> reporter: we will have more daylight and spring will come. jon: all right, okay you've told me. janice dean thank you. jenna: a funeral is underway for convenient swal venezuela president hugo chavez. we'll tell you what is not going to happen when the ceremony is every. a waitress cards a patron and gets handed her own i.d. how that happened and what she did next. [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've bought ragu for years. [ thinking ] wonder what other questionable choices i've made? i choose date number 2! whooo! [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. helps provide many with, day and ni

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jon: i'm jon scott.nited states pwaoeg up our defense systems after growing threats from north korea. the pentagon is resuming implementation of the missile defense shield it stopped in 2009, days after the north threatened a preemptive nuclear strike against the u.s. some lawmakers say the deployment of 14 additional intercepters never should have been canceled and has wasted hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live for us now in washington. mike, what have we learned about the action the u.s. is taking in response to those north korean krets? >> reporter: good morning, fox news has learned the pentagon is set to deploy 14 additional ground-base interest centers at missile silos in alaskan california according to congressional sources and u.s. officials. that would bring the total to 44. undersecretary of defense for policy james miller hinted at the decision in a speech to the atlantic council on tuesday saying the public announcements are t

jon: i'm jon scott.ma said the sequester cuts would never happen, but obviously they did. now the white house says there is no need to talk of a government shut down. but there won't be any money for the government to spend unless house republicans and senate democrats can workout a deal by the 27th of march. bret baier is the anchor of special report. he joins us now. everything i'm hearing, bret, is that they feel they will get this one solved in time, are they? >> well, jon, that is what the president signaled on friday at his news conference, that's what republicans are saying now, but there is still a long way to go until we get to march 27th, which is the deadline for the continuing resolution, that's the funding for the government. there are talks ongoing, and it i seems like the talks are going well. you're right, there is no bulging on the republican side when it comes to increasing taxes. you've heard house speaker john boehner saying the president got his tax increase on the debt ceiling deal,

jon: i'm jon scott. north korea's military is vowing to tear unthe 1953 ceasefire agreement that ended the korean war as the u.s. and china consider toughest sanctions to punish them for their see rent nuclear test. steve centanni is live in washington. what are the plans against north korea? >> reporter: jon, this new round ever restrictions would go after north korea's finances and tighten cargo inch stpebgss and blacklist more companies and individuals. the u.s. will present a draft resolution to the security council today. this comes in the wake of the latest test last month and missile launches. it does include positive input from china which finally appears to be growing more impatient with hits neighbor. kim jong un has been mostly confrontational with the u.s. except for his meeting with dennis rodman last week. >> we have urged the north korean leadership to head president obama's call to choose the path of peace and come into compliance witnesses international obligations. north korea's actions

i'm jon scott. see you again next week. >>. >> gregg: hello, welcome to america's news headquarters. >> heather: happy easter weekend to you. topping the news airport operators are asking the faa to shut down 149 air traffic control torches fearing that it could put passengers in danger. >> how do you look at it? you couldn't have hiv? >> gregg: outrage after thousands of families could be facing serious health risks amid allegations of unsanitary conditions at the oral surgeon's office. we'll explain what is going on here. >> heather: and the defense department denies a key request from fort hood attack survivors and family members. wait until you hear the reason why. >> gregg: first, a fox news alert. north korea ratcheting up tensions worldwide declaring it's entered a war with south korea and willing to attack the united states without any prior notice. this topping a week of bizarre news and harsh rhetoric. the state controlled media releasing these images of kim jong un and top generals pourin

i'm jon scott. we'll see you next week for another edition of fox news watch. >>> hello, i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> heather: topping the news this hour, taliban claiming responsibility for a bomb blast. as defense secretary hagel makes his first visit to afghanistan. >> gregg: forced budget cuts are having a big impact at the white house or at least for folks hoping to visit there. >> heather: and ben bernanke keeping interest rates low, but who is that helping? could we be looking at new economic bubble and what does that mean for those of us on main street? >> extreme weather alert for i, a coastal catastrophe has more than a dozen ocean front homes are completely destroyed by a series of crashing waves. look at this. all caused by a powerful winter storm that swept through much of the country this week. david lee miller is live with the later on this. >> recent storm that has slammed the midwest wasn't supposed to be a big problem for new england but were they w

i'm jon scott. jenna: i'm jenna lee.cf is canceling classes just hours after evacuating a dorm where a student was found dead, forcing 500 students out of that building. right now police say it appears the man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. phil keating live in miami, with more on this, phil? >> reporter: hi, jenna. no class is happening on the ucf campus this morning the ucf campus sits on the eastern side of the orlando metro area and all of this started, this very deadly incident shortly after midnight. first there was alarm in tower one. that is seven-story residential hall. as police and fire arriving to the scene they reports of a man with a gun. when they got to the man's room they confirmed the uc "f" student apparently was dead, shot himself to death. inside the room they found a handgun, rifle and improvised explosive devices in a book bag which fbi and bomb experts are dealing with. >> we have 500 students in tower one, ucf main campus. we have a university of 60,000. this is significant impact to the

jon: i'm jon scott. investigators are to figure out what caused a mortar shell to go off as it was being loaded. the tragic accident happening at a base in hawthorne, nevada monday night sending shrapnel into troops that were there from camp lejeune, north carolina. officials say the pentagon is halting the use of the weapons until investigators can determine they can be used safely. national security correspondent jennifer griffin live at the pentagon for us now. anything more we know, general about how the marines were killed? >> reporter: what we know that the 60-millimeter mortar exploded inside the tube. they're looking was it a fuse issue? was it a lot issue? was there an issue of double loading? officially the marines have not released the names pending notification of next of kin of those who were killed but the grandfather of marines corporal josh taylor, confirmed this 21-year-old ohio native was the one of the ones killed. he joined the marines after graduating high school in 2010. he wanted t

i'm jon scott. jenna: we always like it when it's our display, not other people's. jon: that's a very good thing. jenna: one of our big stories today, everybody, i'm jenna lee, the united states sending two stealth bombers on a mission to south korea. the nuclear capable spirit b-2 bombers dropped off munitions on a south korean island range before returning to missouri. it's not clear if they have been used know past drills, this is the first time the pentagon has announced their use. the military show of force follows multiple threats from north korea. we talked about them, including threats of a nuclear strike on washington and on seoul. the north saying yesterday there is no need for communication in a situation where a war may break out at any moment. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the passenger with more on this. jennifer why? why now? why is the united states projecting this show of force now? >> reporter: in essence, jenna it's in response to recent north korean statements as you mentioned and action. the b-2 bomber is a stealth a

jon: i'm jon scott. two and a half weeks ago this member of osama bin laden's inner family family pled not guilty to plotting to kill americans. the obama administration's push to conduct trials on american soil is controversial. some lawmakers want to know if the case cost us a chance to learn more about al-qaida and iran. khaoeufpb tell generals correspondent catherine herridge live with more on that from washington. >> reporter: good morning. in a very direct letter to mr. obama the chairman of four congressional committees with oversight intelligence, foreign affairs, the military says they have grave thoughts about rushing osama bin laden's brother-in-law to a criminal court for trial rants interrogating him. he maintained a close relationship with osama bin laden and after 9/11 fled to iran and the four committee chairman believe he has information about al-qaida's relationship with iran, its evolving strategy and capability. the letter says the failure to provide an adequate mechanism for the unit

jon: i'm jon scott. secretary kerry finishing his middle east trip after a surprise trip to iraq of the he had a special sit-down with afghan president hamid karzai. it was his sixth time in afghanistan since president obama took office. his first as secretary of state. it comes at a krur time as the u.s. brings troops home turning more and more responsibility for security to the afghan government. chief washington correspondent james rosen joins me live now. james, bring us up to date. >> reporter: good morning. every leader between u.s. leaders and hamid karzai seems to be fraught with tension and this one is no different. aides say secretary kerry's talks will not dwell on the karzai's allegations that the u.s. and taliban are conspiring to weaken the afghan nation. rather they will discuss security concerns as the u.s. and nato mission in afghanistan winds down over the next 29 months and the need for transparency and fairness in the upcoming elections. for the first time in 12 years hamid karzai wil

good morning, i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee.enator rand paul making some headlines today, now supporting a pathway to citizenship for the nation's estimated 31 million illegals -- 11 million illegals. it's a significant policy move, but the possible 2016 white house candidate also makes it clear that his plan does come with conditions. >> if you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in america, then we will find a place for you. in order to bring conservatives to this cause, however, those who work for reform must understand that a real solution must insure that our borders are secure. we must also treat those who are here already with understanding and compassion without also unduly rewarding them for coming illegally. jenna: carl cameron is live in washington with more. so, carl, a lot of different plans floating around out there. i'm sure viewers have heard quite a few of them. how is this different from the other plans on the hill? >> reporter: in a couple of ways, and you were sort of talking about rand paul, a tea par

jon: i'm jon scott.g now," the manhunt for the killer of a prominent colorado prison official could be over after a high-speed chase and a shootout on a texas highway that played out like a scene from a movie. police saying the suspect, who shot at them at speeds topping 100 miles an hour, did not want to be taken alive, and they now say that suspect who was on lotter has died from his injuries. he was out on parole from a colorado prison. police say he was driving a car with colorado plates similar to a vehicle spotted outside the home of colorado's prison chief, tom clements, just before he was gunned down on his doorstep. alicia acuna live from denver. what are authorities saying this morning about this investigation, alicia? >> reporter: well, jon, the denver police department is actually tweeting that they believe that they have a link between colorado and texas suspect evan ebel. on twitter they're saying through forensic work and other investigating that they are confident that ebel is the suspect

good morning i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody. i'm jenna lee. north korea reportedly responding to those drills by scrapping the nearly 60-year-old armistice that ended the korean war. have this think about it like a truce. it is not a peace treaty. it is more of a truce. north korea says it will launch a nuclear attack as well on the united states. full of lots of words this morning. the latest threat from a nation growing more enraged at the west. days after new u.n. sanctions were put in place for north korea doing a nuclear test. in seoul, some from both sides demonstrated weapons the joint exercises. others in favor of the south protesting the north's aggression and nuclear program. steve centanni live from washington as it develops. steve? >> reporter: there have been no open hostilities, at least not yet. the rhetoric is definitely heating up. the north koreans are more threatening and more bellicose at any time since they launched an attack against a south korean island in 2010. the south koreans blame the north for an attack on a warshi

jon: and i'm jon scott.he speaker's list of c pack looking like a who's who of possible presidential contenders. chief political correspondent carl cameron live from the gaylord national resort in maryland. is this what you might call the first cattle call of the republican race 2016, carl? >> reporter: it'll do until the next one comes along, jon. there's an awful lot of press here, and they're talking about somewhere in the neighborhood of 2-3,000 people to gather and talk about conservative issues and to look at these 2016 candidate, and there are a bun of of them -- bunch of them who are staying they will think about it and they are pretty good names including jeb bush, marco rubio, the u.s. senator from florida who is deep involved with immigration reform right now. rand paul, the senator from kentucky who lit up the country with his filibuster the other day, and there's a host of others that will be speaking throughout the course of the weekend, essentially talking about the future of the party. not ne

thanks to our panel and i'm jon scott. thanks for joining us. keep it right here on fox news channel see you next week for another edition of fox news watch >>. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> i'm arthel nevil. >> the senate passing itself on the back after approving the first budget in four years, is washington celebrating as to? >> and president obama is warning of an extremist threat in syria and the syrian government could be using chemical weapons against its own people. >> extreme weather bearing down. as a massive and potentially dangerous weather system hits. we'll show you where it is headed. >> terry: first a milestone for the health law. >> remember this, president obama signing the giant piece of legislation into law back in 2010 but any birthday celebrations may be kept low key because the law seems as controversial as ever. now there are new signs that political fight over it could be heating up yet again. molly henneberg is live in washington with more. >> dueling opinions on the impact of o

i'm jon scott. supporters on both side of an emotional issue are out in full force. look at the line outside the supreme court. on the docket today the constitutionality of the defense of marriage act which president clinton signed into law in 1996. it defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman for the sake of more than 1100 federal laws, including things likess skate taxes, social security survivor benefits and health benefits for federal employees. that means as the law stand now married same-sex couples are not entitled to those benefits. this follows yesterday's landmark hearing over proposition 8. california's voter approved ban on same-sex marriages. elizabeth pran bring us up to date from washington. >> reporter: on one hand you have the obama administration's lawyers as well as the plaintiff's attorneys arguing on behalf of the -- excuse me against the defense of marriage act saying it is unconstitutional. she says that herself, her former couple as well as the gay couples are being denied equal protection under the law. they are arguing the governmen

bill: what is happening jon scott standing by. rnings out there of a massive cyber attack if you use online banking. we'll tell you what you need to know, plus a patient collapses at a retirement home and a nursery fuses to give cpr. now the woman is deed and the facility is defending the nurse's actions. we'll discuss the legal fallout sure to come. march coming in like a lion, forget spring. another winter wallop is on the way. we'll tell you where all on "happening now." see you in about 11 minutes. bill: see you in 1 minutes. 11 minutes. there was tragedy for the family of a florida man, swallowed whole by a sin sing sinkhole. >> my two-year-old daughter keeps asking, where is jeff? let's go get jeff. let's dig jeff out of the hole. mommy and dadee let' daddy let's go home. and i have no home to go to. hey, our salads. [ bop ] [ bop ] [ bop ] you can do that all you want, i don't like v8 juice. [ male announcer ] how about v8 v-fusion. a full serving of vegetables, a full serving of fruit. but what you taste is the fruit. so ev

bill: jon scott standing by about 3 minutes away. how you doing jon, good morning to you. you are too, buy. is a big deal taking shape that would bring monumental change to our nation's immigration laws? should we pass new legislation when we can't seem to secure the border? byron york weighses in on this. secretary of state john kerry makes a surprise trip to afghanistan after a surprise trip to iraq. what does the u.s. get out of his efforts? lots of news today out of syria as the civil war there continues to rage on. is the united states getting more involved? the late night wars, the musical chairs happening in after-hours television. is nbc repeating the same mistake they made in the ann curry debacle? we'll talk about it with our news watch panel "happening now." bill: good deal. see you in ten minutes. there was a mystery of potentially deadly consequences. a vial containing a deadly virus has gone missing at a secure research facility. the threat that could pose in what moment. a major storm is rolling east already hitting the midwest really hard, who is the crossh

bill: jon scott is coming up momentarily. there he is. just a few feet away.ew minutes, we will hear from the president of israel and president obama. we are going into the ten-year anniversary was shock and on. what lessons have we learned? there is goodness good news for the grand old party. tracking the threat from space. some are wondering right now that our only option is prayer. we will get into it all on newsroom." for colds. it's not for pain. it's just for sleep. because sleep is a beautiful thing™. ♪ zzzquil™. the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil®. by the armful? by the barrelful? e carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. campbell's. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us

i'm jon scott. this is a live look at our nation's capitol. snow is blanketing the white house as it began a bit earlier. the massive storm slamming the central part of the u.s. now it is hitting the east aiming straight for cities like washington and boston. there are major concerns about icy roads and possible power outages. doug mcelway is live where the snow is coming down. >> reporter: it's been coming down rile intensely for the better part of the morning here. it's really not sticking to the ground all that much. it's pretty watch out here, probably about 35, 34 degrees. the road chemicals worked rile, really well hat that temperature so it's not sticking to the page or thoroughfares. the last time we had a major snowstorm in the mark ton-metropolitan area that was january of 2011. that was only five or six inches in the city property. on that occasion they did not shut everything down. it turned out to be a truly nightmarish rush out in the evening time for a city which has the worst traffic in the nation right now. on that particular

i'm jon scott. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett and welcome to a brand-new hour. >> heather: i'm heatherers happy easter. north korea vows today that nuclear weapons are close to the nation's life and won't be trade forward billions of dollars. more on the tension on the owner peninsula. >> gregg: mark kelly, gabrielle giffords's husband, speaking out on fox news sunday, why he and nra are in agreement about a key way to move forward and prevent tragedies such as that what happened to his wife. >> heather: and pope francis celebrates the first easter mass offering a message of peace on this world on this day holiest day in christianity. >> gregg: new details on the texas district attorney and his wife who were both gunned down last night. the d.a. and his wife were found dead inside of their home. two months after one of his assistant d.a.s was shot and killed and investigators want to know the killings are linked. rim levanthol has the latest from the new york city newsroom. >> reporter: texas authorities are very tight-lipped during a news conference confirming the d.a. and wife were s

bill: jon scott standing by eleven minutes away how are you doing. jon: i am doing well.ts more revenue, republicans want more federal spending. are we getting closer to the so-called grand bargain? an indication on sunday shows that positions are softening. is the president's charm offensive paying dividends? and why is he suddenly reaching out. we'll talk about it with bret baier, plus the revealing interview that roll call just did with speaker of the house john boehner, david drucker joins us with that. north korea's new threats. the ugly become and forth with afghanistan. the middle east as a breeding ground for disease. and get this. mummies with heart disease. it's all happening now, or a few centuries ago. bill: you'll need four hours or that, jon. not what you want to see in your driveway, a massive sinkhole force ago family out of their home and -pt threat i the threat is not over, not by a long shot. >> it's pretty upsetting to see your driveway start to fall into a hole. >> they said, oh you should be safe unless you here creeking or you smell sewage, or the d

. >> that's jon scott money. >> i wish. >> "america live" starts now. >> fox news alert on a story developing in iowa. a powerful newspaper under attack today after it publishes an interactive map identifying more than 100 plus schools that have zero security and they thought this would be a good thing to share, telling everyone which school districts had no full-time police officer or security guard at them. parents and critics questioning the decision by the des moines register, blfg blfg-- believing it might provide a handdy guide to those wanting to harm school districts. the map, we have provided to show the dots in black, trust me, if you look at the original map posted you would see red dots and green dots and one tells you which schools have security and one tells you which ones don't. and then you can click on the done and get a close-up description of the name of the school district that has no security and an explicit listing that they have no full-time guards. i mean, can you believe this? parents in iowa were outraged saying why are you broadcasting to the state the fact that my

bill: jon scott standing by, "happening now" rolls our way what is going on. of those meet innings a longtime when they emerge from the white house we hope to update our viewers. it is sequestration nation and we will continue the conversation, the very latest on all the political fall automatic as we countdown to the midnight deadlines before the across the board spending cuts are supposed to take effect. jodi arias is exhibiting some wild emotional extremes as we continues on the stand trying to convince a jury the killing of her boyfriend was self-defense. we'll talk with a psychiatrist about what it means for her case. have you heard about a billionaire's plan to finance the first manned mission to mars? could it work? we'll ask a form nasa astronaut coming up on "happening now." bill: i want to meet the volunteers for that. jon: i bet there are a lot of them. bill: swinging like you've never seen before, swinging he said. we'll talk to the man who shot this. martha: oh. oh, my. [ male announcer ] how do you make america's favorite recipes? just begin with

bill: jon scott standing by. "happening now" rolling your way. what are you cooking up? from now. we actually have good news on the economic front to tell you about. one day after a new record for the dow. good numbers on factory orders again giving markets a lift. fallout from the death of hugo chavez, the twisted says the sequester is being used for politics in this country, plus is president obama reaching across the aisle? and is taking calcium bad for your heart? we'll get into that, the wicked weather and raoepblg gis regis phlibin joins us live. a packed show. bill: the white house canceling tours, but guess who says we are open. stop on by, america. bill: the white house stopping all tors fo tours for visitors, blaming it on sequester. >> perhaps by avoiding furloughing all of these federal employees we will be able to get the democrats and republicans across america, people who don't even have a party, because they are just americans, they'll be able to get their tour of the white house and all it will cost is one or two golf trips less. bill: jonah goldberg edit

bill: jon scott standing by.on "happening now" start ago whole new week. what you cook up. jon: senator lindsey graham accused the obama administration of keeping survivors quiet on what happened the night our diplomatic mission in benghazi came under attack. new calls to launch an investigation into the claims. bret baier weighs in with us. a man who gained international infamy after duping his wife and friends into thinking he was a rockefeller due back in court for a murder many years ago. a man who says the wright brothers were not the first to fly in a poeurd craft. powered. they were beaten by two years. and they going to show us the proof. it's history rewritten and it's on "happening now." bill: see you in a couple of minutes. there is double trouble between the u.s. and iran this brand-new destroyer only part of the problem as warnings ever the regime's nuclear program haoeupts. heats up. [ male announcer ] zzzquil™ sleep-aid. it's not for colds. it's not for pain. it's just for sleep. because sleep is a

thanks to our panel and i'm jon scott. thanks for joining us. keep it right here on fox news channel see you next week for another edition of fox news watch >>. >> heather: hello. i'm heather childers and welcome to brand-new hour. >> i'm rick folbaum in for gregg jarrett. spring wiped out by another major snowstorm that headed east. janice dean. >> heather: and nra holding firm on the universal background checks even though that polls most americans support it. we'll take a fair and balanced look at that at the debate. >> it's been a wild week in college basketball. upsets and what could become a record-breaking n.b.a. winning streak. that is straight ahead. >> rick: let's begin with the financial alert. last ditch effort in cyprus to reach a balanceout deal that might save banks from collapse and only hours before wall street opens for business. they are watching for a financial disaster that could throw another monkey wrench into the world recovery and possibly hert everybody. greg palkot is streaming live from cyprus. >> the economic state o

bill: we are standing by for jon scott who is standing by for "happening now." morning. jon: good morning, bill. the supreme court hearing oral arguments right now in yet another same-sex marriage case. the outcome in these landmark cases could reshape society and american politics as we know it. karl rove joins us with that. plus, north korea dials up the belligerence meter once again cutting off a key military hotline to south korea, warning that war could break out at any moment. ambassador bolton weighs in with his thoughts. defense lawyers in the jodi arias murder trial attack the victim again this time throwing travis alexander's family into the mix. will this strategy save her life or backfire big time. we have a legal panel to join us. it is all "happening now." bill: amazing that trial is still going on. jon: it's a long one. bill: see you at the too much the hour. a mysterious death on a cruise ship. an ongoing investigation on a luxury liner we'll tell you what that is about. run a red light, get a ticket. lawmakse traffic cameras for something entire

bill: jon scott's waiting in the wings here, standing by for "happening now" is rolling our way. jon? good morning. jon: good morning to you, bill. president obama wrapping up a three-day mideast visit today with a joint news conference in jordan. we're still digesting the news on iran, syria and the palestinian question. mark dubielewicz and paul gigot are here with their thoughts. plus, the growing power of women in the senate. what it means to your money. obamacare turns three years old, will americans ever fall in love, and will that program deliver on costs? plus, new evidence the media long love affair with the white house may be at an end. we'll talk about it. "happening now." bill: good deal. thank you, jon, top of the hour here. so a group of lawmakers talking about the american pastor being held in a no tour yous iranian prison. why lawmakers are saying that washington is too slow to respond. been waiting for the price of mattresses to fall? then hurry, sleep train's beautyrest and posturepedic closeout sale ends sunday. save up to 40% on closeout sets from beautyrest a

good morning, i'm jon scott. jenna: we are all in it together. jon: yes we are. jenna: at this point. i'm jenna leave. as you might already know the president is meeting with top congressional leadership this morning at the white house in a final, final effort to stave off what's been coming for more than a year, the sequester cuts which congress passed and the president signed into law in 2011 because they were supposed to be so painful that they would never happen. well, now the cuts begin to kick in by midnight tonight unless some type of 11th hour deal westbound reached. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live in washington preparing for a long day ahead. mike, what sort of expectation should we have with this meeting? will they come up with a last-minute magical compromise. >> reporter: republicans have told me they think it's a photo op. mitch mcconnell said quote i'm happy to discuss other ideas to keep our commitment to reducing washington spending at today's minute. there will be no last-minute back room deal and absolutely no agreement to

. >> this happens to jon scott every day. >> almost. have a great weekend, thanks for joining us. >> "america live" starts right n now. >> megyn: fox news alert now, the white house decision to cancel tours of the people's house all in the the name of budget cuts. welcome to "america live" everyone, i'm alisyn camerota in for megyn kelly. as the last of the white house tours wrap up today, journalist and savvy researchers are beginning to lift the veil on just what is is in the white house budget. this comes as a group of iowa school children become a national sensation. they're begging the administration to reconsider its ban on white house tours. let's listen. >> the white house is our house. please let us visit. >> well, those 6th graders from waverly, iowa hoped to visit the white house next week, but the white house maintains, that they, as well as all others who plan to visit after today, cannot be accommodated. meanwhile, a closer look at the numbers finds the national park's yearly budget for the white house visitor center is mo

jon scott coming up now on "happening now." elected. otherwise it will fall to us. like you we are awaiting the results of that papal conclave, the cardinals locked away in vatican city, another opportunity for results during our two hours today. we are live in rome. plus the low down on organizing for action, why that advocacy group is getting some blistering criticism. have you heard about that? and the new access of evil, why the u.s. needs to worry about north korea, iran and syria, plus the dirty little secret of green cars, some amazing statistics, coming up "happening now." bill: the clock will start in 11 minutes. there we go. jon: we'll look for that smoke. bill: a breaking story about the -- well the fight over spending cuts in washington, the agencies that claim they were told to make it as painful as possible. what gives there? an a stunning number of federal employees oh big money in unpaid taxes. how much money and who is the biggest deliquent, you're about to find out. hello? the words are going this way-there's

good morning to you i'm jon scott. jenna: i'm jenna lee. it started during our hours yesterday and then it koepbtd, and continued, and continued. kentucky senator rand paul speaking for nearly 13 hours blocking the nomination of the president's choice to head the cia john bren afpblt the senator's main goal to bring attention to the obama administration's drone policy or lack there on certain issues that he wants the administration to respond to. what he says is the administration is refusing to rule out the possibility of drone strikes being used on u.s. citizens within our borders. he went into it like this. >> i rise today to begin to filibuster john brennan's nomination for the cia. i will speak until i can no longer speak. i will speak as long as it takes until the alarm is sounded from coast to coast that our constitution is important, that your rights to trial by jury are precious, that no american should be killed by a drone on american soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found to be guilty by a court.

bill: jon scott standing by on this holy friday, happy easter to you, jon what is going on.r weekend to you as well, bill. there is more sabre rattling from the north korean as again as thousands gather to shout death to american eupl pearl lists. kim jong un says he's pointing missiles at the u.s. is he all bark and no bite or should we be worried. the dow and s&p hitting new highs. marty time on wall street, what about main street? ben stein joins us. we'll ask him about the fundamentals of the u.s. economy. it's been quite a week in the debate over gay marriage, two major cases before the supreme court, so how did the mainstream media do covering the story? we'll weigh in with our news watch panel ahead "happening now." bill: looking forward to hearing from ben stein with that s&p up there. is he going to say run for the hills or get all in? jon: it's always hard to get something joyful out of ben stein. i'm sure he'll have something to say. bill: one of the hottest shows on television, the season finale hits on easter sunday and one of the stars of the bible miniseries w

jon: and i'm jon scott. two rockets fired from gaza striking southern israel this morning.'t cause much damage, no deaths reported, but the rockets serve as a reminder that the president is visiting a country still very much under fire. israeli president sharn perez shows us there is a reality beyond the vision of piece. meanwhile, in the west bank president obama met with president ab pass this morning and -- abbas this morning and stressed his commitment to the formation of a palestinian state. in a speech to jerusalem today, he addressed the all-important issue of iran's rogue nuclear program. >> i've made the position of the united states of america clear: iran must not get a nuclear weapon. this is not a danger that can be contained, and as president i've said all options are on the table for achieving our objectives. america will do what we must to prevent a nuclear-armed iran. [applause] jon: but iran has a very different message. iran's supreme leader warning today if iran is attacked, it will strike back and destroy israeli cities. chief white house correspondent e

good morning to you i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. north korea today ramping up its rhetoric again and reportedly readying its military. the leader there kim jong un says his rockets are ready to quote settle accounts with the united states. this comes one day after a powerful military message from us to them the pentagon sending two nuclear-capable stealth bombers on a fly over right around the korean peninsula to make sure they saw it. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with more on this continuing to develop story. so, jennifer, what is north korea specifically planning to do? what are they saying? >> reporter: well it's difficult to say, jenna, but right now kim jong un is backing himself into a corner and the pentagon is very worried that he may put himself in a position that if he doesn't do something he will lose face. shortly after midnight local time last night north korean state television reported that kim jong un signed orders to put the nation's rockets on combat ready status. the direct threat to the u.s. in the wa

bill: jon scott rolls your way in 12 minutes but now he is with us. how are you doing, jon?nd it's friday, bill. how about this. a bipartisan push in the senate to get something done, that is pretty rare, main here they want to build the keystone pipeline. we will talk to the two principles about what they hope to accomplish. also if you could ask the president's spokesman anything you wanted, what would you ask? we'll find out when jenna speaks to jay carney. also, big speakers up today at the cpac conference. we'll keep an eye on that. more of that bizarre videotape of jodi arias alone in an interview room. why does neither side intend to introduce it in court. our legal panel on that. 40 years of the ten most wanted list, a look back at what it's accomplished for the fbi, coming up. bill: see you, jon. nice job on the bike by the way. jon: thank you. bill: have a good weekend. jon: you too. bill: there are no tours at the white house. we are getting word of an event that will happen for members of congress and their families. cue the easter bunny. they'll tell you what th

rick: i'm rick folbaum in for jon scott. paul ryan releasing a blueprint to balance the bulge net ten years. they plan to do it by repealing obama care. cutting domestic programs like medicaid and avoiding tax hikes. we are awaiting the democratic counter proposal as the national debt skyrockets past $16.5 trillion. new questions about how serious the president rile is about reducing the deficit which seems to be shaping up as as a battle over revenue as opposed to cuts. karl rove is with us. good to have you here. we sit here as the president heeds to capitol hill to talk to republicans. i want to ask you about something that was posted on the national journal's website. quoting an unnamed senior white house official saying this is a joke the meeting between the president and republicans. we are wasting the president's time and ours. i hope that all of you in the media are happy because we are doing this for you. >> yeah, well if this is represent itch of the white house attitude this is a mistake. this shows how insincere

. >> jon: of course in florida the dog claimed he was standing his ground. a dog shot a man and got off scott free. i guess it was a purr-fect. no. that doesn't. >> the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is it a good guy with a gun. >> jon: so if we extrapolate to this case, i can only assume that the only way to stop a bad dog with a gun is a good dog with a gun. who is a good boy? [laughter] but even that won't completely solve this issue. >> cooking breakfast proves very dangerous for a florida woman. she decided to preheat a friend's oven on monday so she could make waffles. little did she know the friend was keeping gun ammo in the stove. whit heated up it exploded spraying the woman with bullets and casing fragments. believe it or not, she wasn't seriously injured. [ laughter ] >> jon: who in their right mind using their oven to make waffles? [laughter] why wouldn't you use your waffle iron? [laughter] and if you are going to use your oven to make waffles, wouldn't you check to see if the oven was loaded? [laughter] folks, it's clear this problem sought of control. laugh rav --