and good morning to you from the fox news room and good morning to you jenna lee. jenna: good morning to you jon scott. glad you're with us, ebb. we have brand new details about the treasure trove of bin laden's hideout, senior intel officers say it's enough to fill a library, a small college library, in fact, calling it the most significant amount of intelligence they've ever gotten in the war on terror. all this as we learn more about the final tape the al-qaeda leader made just before his death. steve centanni has more on this. steve. >> reporter: intelligence officials are working around the clock as we speak analyzing that treasure droaive of -- trove of drel intense seized at bin laden's compound. among the items were videotapes showing osama bin laden -- usama bin laden huddled on the floor, under a blanket, watching himself on tv. bin laden was killed one week ago in a bold commando raid ordered by the president after intense deliberations. >> my number one concern was if i send them in, can i get them out. and a lot of the discussion we had during the course of planning was how do we make sure there's backup, how do we make sure that there's redundancy built into the plan so that we had the best chance of getting our guys out. >> reporter: now, president obama also said on "60 minutes" he knew it was risky, sending in the navy seals but that was the only way he could be sure bin laden was identified. well, the president's widely praised for taking that decisive action. he's also being criticized for taking interrogation intek neeks -- techniques off the table that some say helps lead to bin laden. one of the critics is former cia director michael hayden. >> they allows us to gain information, to gain intelligence that would not have been available to us in any other waivment that's just a simple fact. honest men can differ as to whether or not they're comfortable with the techniques we used and that's a fair debate but you don't get to say that the techniques didn't work. >> reporter: and finally, pakistani officials still denying that they knew bin laden was in their country, although president obama says there must have been some kind of pakistani support network for the al-qaeda leader, jenna. jenna: a lot more to the story, steve, thank you very much. steve centanni in d.c. today. jon: for now now on the massive amount of evidence offered from bin laden's compound and how useful it could prove to be we're joined by scott carp terks former deputy assistant secretary of state of the bureau of near easten affairs. they've got a ton of material to go through, they described the contents as being roughly the size of a small college library. how do they do that quickly, because time is of the eevens, right? >> it's very difficult to do quickly with so much information but they're going to looking to be exploit the documentation in three main ways. essentially, to assess in what stages of development various operational plans are. and that, obviously, is the most urgent task, to move through that information as quickly as possible, to ascertain what plans are operational. there are lots of plans that they'll find that have been drawn up, but are they in actual development and deployment. the second thing they're going to look for is the data that will help them understand the organization better. in 2007, when the united states captured a cache of documents in singar in iraq, it helped them understand more about the organization, how they recruited, we learned, for instance, that most suicide bombers came from outside of iraq, and we found that 20 percent of them, in fact, came from libya, which was part and parcel of our deliberations over whether to go into that country. so those sorts of ways in which they'll look to exploit. and finally, they'll look to exploit for strategic communications purposes. i mean, already the release of the tapes, for instance, were designed in my view to show that usama bin laden was weak, he was vain, he was tired and cold, so there are many ways to exploit the documents. jon: some interesting propaganda warfare going on there. here is this, you know, supposedly mighty leader of al-qaeda, huddled under a blanket, apparently cold and watching himself on tv, and a guy who we also find out would dye his beard i guess to appear younger and more vigorous when he goes on television to exhort his followers to go kill themselves, huh? >> that's exactly right. we saw the same thing with saddam hussein as he crawled out from his little hole, his dark beard and the grayness of it, showing that these men are vain, and have an interest in demonstrating strength, even as they tend to be very weak and cowardly in some respects. i remember when we captured the letter from swrar cowie to bin laden -- zarkowie to bin laden, he was under pressure and felt that time was not on their side, so i think it's important that these aspects of the documents also be used to best advantage. jon: so how do we handle the relationship with pakistan? things are about as bad as they've ever been right now, or so it would seem. we need the pakistanis if we're going to continue to fight this war in afghanistan. we need them for a lot of other things as well. what would you advise the president? >> this is one of the most complicated relationships we have. but i think that there's an opportunity in the current set of circumstances which is the pakistanis are deeply embarrassed by this. and there is a struggle within the pakistani elite. there are those who sympathize with the taliban, with usama bin laden, and with al-qaeda's ideology, but there are those who are fighting to rid pakistan of this menace. it's in our interest to exploit this opportunity, to say to them look, there are already people, the american people are not interested in continuing to provide support for pakistan, if there's not clear evidence that you have chosen to fight hard in the war on terrorism and to do more in cooperation with us to isolate it. they have an opportunity and the -- in the call by the president to have an active investigation into how it is at all possible that he could have been so -- living so close to their military academy, their war college, and so i think that we have to create benchmarks for them, but i also strongly believe, as you say, that we do need pakistan. so we have to find a way to move forward with this relationship. jon: scott carpenter, who is working now at the washington institute to help arab governments fight extremism, scott, thank you very much. >> thank you. jenna: fox news extreme weather alert from memphis, sens -- tennessee, the rising waters are threatening homes along the mississippi river and the city's mayor says residents are running out of time. the river is already at near record levels and is now expected to crest a little later on today. jonathan serrie is live in memphis with more details on this. jonathan. >> reporter: jenna, you can see the mississippi behind me, and those brown buoys over there, they were installed to warn ships not to come into shallow water because much of this here was land before. this water, right here, underneath it is a cobblestone parking lot, just to give you an indication of how high the water is. look at those utility poles just sticking up in the water. and then that part that you see there, off in the distance, is mud island park. you can see the water is cutting through just the middle of the park. you used to be able to walk from the main section of the park, the concession area, to that little hill with the flags on top of it, now the hill with the flagging is its own island and just a few trees in between, completely surrounded by water. as we pan over here, this is riverside drive, and you can see that the water is actually beginning to creep over this wall, and you have several inches here and down there, several feet of water covering the intersection of riverside drive and beal. now, when you look at what's going on throughout the city of memphis and shelby county, authorities are predicting that as many as 3000 homes and businesses may be impacted as this river begins to crest, which they expect will take place sometime overnight tonight. as many as six schools may be impacted. also public safety today is identified -- has identified an additional 243 properties likely to be affected. as we speak, they're literally going door to door, house to house, in some cases going back to houses they've already visited, handing out pamphlets, talking to residents, and underscoring the importance that they get out of these low lying areas. jenna and jon, back to you. jenna: jonathan, the flood waters, it's so big. where are the people going, how are they getting away from the water? >> reporter: they have set up shelters at three churches, about 300 residents are staying at shelters, those evacuated, others have family and friends in the community. but if need be, they're prepared to open again more shelters to accommodate the additional residents that they anticipate will be evacuated as the flood waters continue to rise. jenna: such a tough time for so many families. jonathan -- jonathan, thank you very much, we'll be with you throughout the day in mem sis. >> certainly. jon: jury selection is just beginning in the casey anthony murder trial, three years after her daughter kailee died in florida. what the judge says potential jurors will have to do if they are selected to hear this case. and in southern afghanistan, a major taliban assault turns into a major test for that country's security forces. now nato weighs in on how well they've done. in the meantime, you can get more on today's hottest stories, go to our website, check out foxnews.com, click on the most read tab. we have the latest details for you, right there. jon: right now in florida, jury selection is underway in the casey anthony trial, the 25-year-old pleading not guilty to first degree murder and other charges in connection with the death of her then-2-year-old daughter kailee, if convicted, casey could face the death penalty. phil keating brings us the latest from miami. phil. >> reporter: jon, it's been almost three years since the casey and kailee anthony case turned into a daily televised soap opera in the streets of orlando and now finally the jury is getting picked in this death penalty murder case. because of massive pretrial publicity in the orlando area, unprecedented in the state of florida, according to the judge, the jurors will be coming from the tampa bay area, about 100 miles to the west. right now, you can see that the jury selection is going on here, that is jose baez, that was lead attorney for casey anthony and the 25-year-old for much of the past hour, seen wiping her nose and crying throughout much of the case. the jury selection is expected to take weeks and the jurors will be taken to orlando, sequestered in a hotel. >> [inaudible] >> jon: it appears that we have lost our link to miami where phil keating was telling us about the jury selection underway in the casey anthony murder trial. it is going to be one of the big legal events in florida this year, obviously, that trial garnered international attention, the case, the investigation, into the death of little kaylee anthony, garnered international attention. six hundred journalists have requested credentials in the courtroom to be there for that trial. obviously they're going to be doing that on a video feed because you can't put that many people in an ordiry florida courtroom. jenna: tough to believe it's three years. jon joond that little girl would be six if they were shil alive -- if she were still alive. we'll get back to phil keating when we get that connection reestablished. jenna: new information in the war on afghanistan, nato now reporting a taliban assault on kandahar has end ed with all the insurgents captured and killed, nato calls this two-day battle a key test for afghan security forces as u.s. troops played a supporting role in this operation. conor powell is streaming live from kabul. conor. >> reporter: jen yarks u.s. and afghan and nato officials are encouraged by the way the 506 ga -- afghan security forces performed over this two-day battle. on saturday, nearly 60 or so taliban fighters stormed kandahar city, the largest city in southern afghanistan, taking over several buildings, launching wave of suicide attacks on checkpoints. this is a city accustomed to violence but some accounts this is the heaviest fighting kandahar has seen. this was a large attack on kandahar city that lasted two days and according to u.s. officials the attack is over and afghan security forces have captured or killed 60 or so taliban fight theirs launched this attack and according to u.s. officials this was done with very little u.s. and international support, so american officials are very encouraged by this performance by the afghan security forces, but there are some concerns about this. just two weeks or so ago, nearly 500 taliban fighters escaped from a prison in kandahar, run by afghan security forces. they were able to dig a quarter mile tunnel into this prison. these fighters escaped, and according to american and afghan officials, many of these fighters that launched this attack on kandahar city, they were people who escaped from this taliban prison, from this large afghan prison that they were taliban fighters. these were the people who attacked kandahar city. on one hand afghan security forces performed rather well in dealing with this attack in kandahar city but on another hand, two weeks ago, nearly 500 taliban fighters escaped, they launched this attack, so there are keel rerns about how well afghan security forces are able to perform day in and day out in afghanistan, jenna. jenna: interesting point, create your own problem and solve your own problem, that's a tough cycle to go to as we head into more fighting. conor, powell, streaming live from afghanistan today. jon: oil is up again today, but how about a little good news for once? gas prices are actually down. why? and what it could mean for the future, especially the summer driving season. also, a terror plot targeting the nation's rail systems. evidence from usama bin laden's hideout suggests it may have been in the planning stages. what lawmakers want to do now to make sure that those who travel by rail stay safe we're live with that story. jenna: here's a-- here's a business alert. it may be hard to notice that gas prices did indeed drop overnight. the national goj for a -- average for a gallon of unleaded is 3.96, thanks a a selloff in the oil market last week. that's why we're seeing that drop. plenty of drivers are paying far more and still seeing your gas prices go up. will gas prices drop significantly before summer driving season? fox business network's ashley webster is live at a new york city gas station. some analysts say a drop of nearly 50 cents as early as june? why would that happen? >> reporter: yeah, well, those are the glass half full people, jenna. other analysts will tell you you know what, oil prices will continue to move up because the fundamentals driving these prices higher are still there. we have a weak dollar, although it has gotten a little stronger, but a weak dollar means it costs more to buy a barrel of crude oil. then, of course, you have the unrest in the middle east and north africa, you have people speculating, putting more money into oil, leaving the prices -- believing the prices will indeed go higher and global demand, china and india, two countries for example where oil demand as their economy grow continues to be pretty high. put all that together as we head towards memorial day and the big driving season, there are those that say yes, prices will drop, but others will say you know what? very unlikely. and we'll have to wait and see. i can tell you, though, jen yarks here's this midtown gas station, it was 4.26 for a gallon of regular, and in the last ten minutes, my oh my, it's plummeted to 4.23! so a bright spot perhaps. jenna: you actually saw them move the number on the board there ashley? >> i wonder whether it was for our benefit. we actually go is go from 4.26 to 4.23 but the national average is 3.96, so the poor drivers in manhattan, still paying a premium. jenna: as we're talking about these analysts, the nameless analysts that talk about the oil markets, one of the things that they're saying could cause a drop, as you mentioned -- mentioned ashley is a big drop in oil prices and late last week we saw a huge drop, the biggest in 2 1/2 years, oil trading below $100 a barrel. why did that happen? >> well, a number of reasons but i think there was profit taking, people getting out of oil once it reached a certain level and we saw unemployment levels, the unplaiment right, the number of people finding jobs went up, the unemployment rate itself was up to 9 percent and there are concerns the economy continues to struggle and therefore oil demand will go down. we also had issues in europe with greece, rumors that greece wanted to get out of the euro and there were concerns that could affect oil demand as the economy in europe continues to struggle because of their debt problems. so put all that together, we did see a slight drop. right now, it's still around $100 a barrel, jenna, although we should be happy that it's not what it was back in 2008 when it hit nearly $150 a barrel. let's hope we don't see a repeat of that. jenna: that's good perspective. we're having viewers ask if you could go to their local gas station and stand outside so it comes down a little bit! it's a trick. you never know! >> i'm expensive, but i'll go anywhere! jenna: ashley webster, well spoken there! thank you very much, ashley. jon: call it the ashley webster effect! jenna: i like that! >> jon: some new details about the life usama bin laden was living before his death at the hands of those navy seals. have you seen these picture pictures? a haggard usama, watching himself on tv! and guess what products he seemed to have a taste for? a hint? they're all american-made. why do so many terrorists who profess to hate american culture seem to love our consumer goods? plus, arizona, taking a new approach to building its border fence. this new plan could be coming to a computer near you. we'll explain, coming up. jon: welcome back to "happening now", i'm jon scott. in our fox news acquisitions room, where we bring in the satellite feeds from all around the world. take a look at this, on remote 270, that's the mighty, muddy mississippi which is causing so much havoc for folks in tennessee right now. record flooding there. hundreds of families in memphis, forced out of their homes. if you take a look at the national satellite map, this is not good news. that's more rain falling, or at least headed toward that area, and looking at some of the flooding maps along the mississippi river. that's what our maria molina is keeping an eye on in the fox weather center. maria. >> reporter: jon, we are keeping a close eye on the mississippi river. the big problem with all of this flooding that's been occuring over the past several weeks is the amount of rainfall that we have seen from some of these storm systems that have just continuously moved over the same area, so between april 22nd to about may second, we saw some areas across the mississippi valley and parts of the ohio valley seeing up to 21 inches of rain. so that caused all kinds of problems across areas like cairo in the north, we've been keeping a close eye on that area, and all of this water needs time to slow downstream so we're seeing problems now in memphis, mississippi, where we are expecting the mississippi river to crest at about 48 feet and that water will continue flowing downstream until may. vehiclesberg, one area that's see thank major flooding across the region, they're expected to rise at about 55.6 feet by the end of the week, record stage, 56.2. so we are looking at very close call here and actually expected that river to crest as we head into may 19. some areas of louisiana won't see the river crest until about may 21 t or 22nd, so this is a long event here. one sort of good news that we can keep an eye on, basically we're not really expecting any additional rainfall, so at least for the next four days, conditions should stay generally quiet and dry, allow thank water to continue to flow southward. going from flooding to drought, west texas and new mexico have been experiencing that very dangerous wildfire conditions, so we're seeing drought and very hot temperatures, upper 90s today, jon, so this is not good for the wildfire conditions. we're actually expecting it to be elevated as we head into tomorrow. jon: what about wind? are they going to get any wind? >> 60 miles per hour, sustained between 30-40. jon: that's bad news. maria molina, fox weather center, thanks. jenna: a fox news alert for you now, growing tensions between the u.s. and pakistan, something we've been watching very closely. now, pakistan's media, reporting the name of a man they say is the cia station chief in islamabad, this move coming about a week after the u.s. raid resulting in the death of usama bin laden. the report by the way later turning out to be false, and pakistani intelligence sources are denying any involvement in the story. but as we mentioned, there's certainly a lot of tension right now. dominic dinatale is streaming live from islamabad, pakistan and we're hearing some of the chants and yells behind you. you have a major proprotest going on just behind you. what can you tell us about that? >> yeah, that's right. the shia minority are concerned over the violation of sovereignty, basically, with america across the border with pakistan, they didn't have the pakistani commission and they see that as a sign of weakness in the pakistani government in allowing them to do that and say we don't feel safe as the government allows the forces on our soil. if the americans can do it, who else can do it and can the militants take advantage of the fact that they aren't in charge of sovereignty so they're ranting and raving and threatening to riot unless the city puts spotlights and street lights on to the protests so they can see what's going on at the moment. it's an example of the instability that's beginning to grow in pakistan as a result of the killing of usama bin laden, and letting u.s. naturallyceives on the oil here. we're hearing from the pakistani prime minister, a rebuttal, shaking off any responsibility they might have for the fact that usama bin laden was on the ground here for 5 1/2 years, saying to blame pakistan and the security forces, saying that, in fact, pakistan could have been in, as he said, cahoots with al-qaeda in allowing him to stay here for so very long. he was saying he will not allow particularly the cia to accuse pakistan of the shortcomings of allowing usama bin laden to be here that long and may a veiled threat of potential military retaliation if america were to send helicopters across again on another raid if they found another target here, jenna. back to you. jenna: dominic, really quick here, i know you've been in pakistan for several months. when you talk about the growing hostility, just how do you feel? how are you and your team -- do you feel safe? >> reporter: in islamabad, there's a false sense of security. it's got checkpoints everywhere. it's really when you step outside the city to do the news gathering you need to do. a couple of months ago we went to the taliban face to face, and you suddenly realize in places like that, you're really not safe and there are genuine western haters. i was at a rally yesterday with some islamic fundamentalists who were protesting against the government and america and they were coming up to me and facing off, shouting in my face, we hate america, we hate america, get out, get out, so you get a sense of genuine hostility and it would be very easy to find yourselves in circumstances where you're under physical danger if not mortal danger so increasingly we get the feeling there is heightening -- heightened antiwesternism and at some point i think some westerners are going to find themselves forced out of islamabad. hopefully not us. jenna: thank you for your reporting, we appreciate it very much. back to dominic throughout the day on fox news. jon: as he was just telling us, even in the islamic world, there is acceptance of the notion finally that usama bin laden is dead, but he speaks from beyond the grave. we are awaiting the release of an audio message, the late terror leader apparently recorded shortly before his death. it could come at any moment. we're getting a preview of what we might hear from usama bin laden. catherine herridge has that live from washington. catherine. >> reporter: let's get to that in a moment. a short time ago i had a conversation with a u.s. official who shed more light on what the cia and this multi-agency task force is doing with the data that was recovered from the compound about a week ago. what they told me is that in addition to the computer materials and also the documents, they're looking specifically for forensic evidence and dna evidence that my shed light on usama bin laden's content within pakistan. let's take a look at some of the video released over the weekend, because i want to point out a couple of elements that the cia and others are looking at right now. you recall the picture of bin laden, you'll see him there on the lower right hand side n. front of an armoir, this is an example of the type of investigation they're doing right now, trying to determine what type of wood that is, whether this is local, whether it comes from another country, whether it was shipped in, so with details like that, also his clothing, is it local or did it come from somewhere else and this would paint a picture of his support network within pakistan. as for this eminent release of an audiotape from usama bin laden, there's a report from the atf that a tape has been released, officials are looking to verify whether this was a tape in the pipeline or whether this may simply be a tape that's been rereleased that's been out there for a while. what they told me is that they fully anticipated that bin laden's supporters would try and step up or accelerate the release of this tape and what certainly has people's attention was the reports out this morning, is that it does apparently make mention to umar farouk ab arks the man who tried to launch the underwear bombing in christmas 2009 from that al-qaeda affiliate in yemen, that's important because it would be the second reference to this al-qaeda affiliate in yemen that we've seen from the al-qaeda coronet work. we had a statement investigationly from zawahiri which praised the network and also the american there, anwar al-awlaki, now this reference from usama bin laden apparently to the underwear bomber, and what you see is the al-qaeda core leadership sort of tipping their hat to this group in yemen which has launched more successful attempted attacks against the united states than the coronet work itself in the last 18 months, jon. jon: catherine herridge, i guess the good news is that with all of that information out there, the bad guys have to wonder what bin laden had in his possession and do we now have it. >> reporter: i think that what you're seeing right now, if i could add a couple of points, is that very cleverly, the u.s. government over the weekend began releasing this video clips and these are video clips that denigrate usama bin laden in a public way. three of the five clips show what i would call bin laden blood pressurrers with his videotape, trying to practice lines, rehearse the lines, in one note, there was a technical problem with the lighting, so he appears to be very much a diminished figure, so that certainly seems to be the thrust of the u.s. government in releasing some of this material so far. jon: interesting stuff. catherine herridge in d.c., thanks. >> you're welcome. jenna: bin laden blood pressurers, huh? that's a new phrase, keep that one, right? we're going to continue along the vein of national security but from a different angle. we have new information on arizona's plans to build a fence along the border with mexico. the state now saying it may go ahead with the fence, whether the feds think it's necessary or not, and it will use internet donations and prison labor to get that project started. governor jan brewer just signing a bill, launch ago website to raise funds and the marketing pitch, get this, could include offering sponsorships for contributors, certificates, saying the person helped build the arizona wall. jon -- i don't know, jon. could it be like a ballpark, you can see a court sign on part of the fence there? jon: this 100 feet donated by -- >> jenna: jon scott! jon: interesting stuff. there is a disturbing look at a new tool that illegal immigrants are using as they try to cross the border. smugglers are helping to prevent enforcement agents from finding them by tracking border patrol agent the and sending text messages out on how to avoid the patrol. the technology is causing some serious new problems in keeping our borders security. with us now, t.j. bonner, former president of the national border control council, he was a border patrol agent for 32 years. and he knows well what these coyotes are doing. i gather what the idea is, with very high powered binoculars they keep an eye on border patrol agents and as a group is coming across the border they send them text messages about how to avoid detection? >> right. it's pretty much the difference between a printed out map, say, from map quest, and a real-time gps that gives you construction and traffic updates. you have somebody monitoring the border patrol, and calling out, hey, left, the border patrol is off to the right. jon: it's the kind of thing -- i mean, are they using the gps phones,the coordinates, and that? is it getting that technical? >> not that sophisticated that we have discovered yet, but it's probably only a matter of time. jon: why can't u.s. authorities -- i mean, if they know this is going on, why can't they do some cell phone jamming or something like that to prevent it? >> you know, i'm not sure that that technology really exists, and why would we punish the vast majority of law-abiding citizens just to go after the few criminals who are using technology for bad purpose? >> so what's the answer? jon: well, the border patrol has always had to deal with smugglers guiding people across. and using less sophisticated means to try and outwit the border patrol, so i don't know that this is something that's going to give them that much of an edge. if we have enough resources down there in the border patrol, and we clearly don't, we could handle this problem as well as all of the other problems associated with the smuggling of people and contraband. jon: more agents, more towers, that kind of thing? observation towers? >> agents are the most important thing. if you don't have the boots on the ground, you can have all the technology in the world to spot people, but you need someone there to actually bring them to justice. and that takes a tremendous amount of resources. and the border patrol doesn't have that. another very helpful thing would be to go after the employers who hire illegal aliens with impunity. that would discourage people from crossing in the first place. jon: t.j. bonner, with the national border patrol council, t.j., thank you. >> thank you. jenna: well, calls for a no ride list now anid new terror concerns on our trains and what al-qaeda may be planning, this as the transportation secretary made an announcement about our railways. we're live with that story just ahead. jon: a fox news alert here, u.s. safety regulators are investigating a fuel tank problem in one of the most popular vehicles really in this entire country. path i ann brown has the latest from the breaking news desk. >> reporter: that's right, jenna. if you own a ford pickup truck, listen up, u.s. safety regulators are investigating the top selling vehicle in the united states. it's the f150 they're looking at. a fuel tank problem could affect more than 2.7 million of them. the national highway traffic safety administration says on its website that the steel straps that hold up the gas tank can russ and break and that could possibly cause a fuel spill and fire. the agency says it's looking into f150s from model years 1997-2001. the nhsa says there are 243 reports of the tanks falling and causing two fires. luckily no injuries so far have been reported. the agency began looking at this problem last year when it got 32 complaints. ford says it's cooperating with the investigation, and that anyone with concerns should contact their dealer. jenna. jenna: certainly a lot of our ford drivers paying attention to that. path i ann, thank you very much. >> thank you. jon: this just in. a major announcement from the transportation secretary, ray la hood, about our nation's railways. it comes amid terror concerns about the u.s. rail system. after evidence, taken from usama bin laden's hideout suggests al-qaeda may have been looking at an attack on the rail system. it's all prompting a call for a no-ride list in this country. >> we should be comparing amtrak man followeds -- manifolds the same we we compare airline mani followeds and not let anyone who might be near that list buy a ticket. jon: is it possible? rick leventhal is live in new york city with a look. rick. >> reporter: well, it's not happening today or tomorrow but you heard senator chuck schumer calling for this no ride list similar to the no fly list saying it wouldn't than hard to implement. when you buy an amtrak ticket, you have to give a name. senator schumer says when you board that train you should have to shoat a photo i.d. and that name should be checked not just against the passenger list but also this list of known or suspected terrorists, and if there's a match, that person should not be allowed to board the train. here's more from the senator >> am trarks unlike our commuter rail, unlike our subway the, does have a manifold of everybody that rides amtrak, they check your name as you walk down, so it doesn't seem to me that difficult to do and i've discussed it with secretary la hood and others in amtrak and we're going to work as hard as we can to get this done as quickly as possible. >> reporter: meanwhile, at a news conference here at penn station this morning, transportation secretary ray la hood announcing a huge new investment in high-speed rail. some $2 billion that florida turned down to improve the rail system in that state, now being reinvested in the northeast corridor and other states. fifteen states in all, 22 high-speed rail projects across the northeast and the midwest. nearly $800 million of it in the northeast corridor. they talked about increasing speeds, from 135-160 miles per hour, reducing power failures, upgrading trains, upgrading rails, reducing bottlenecks. i believe that the secretary, ray la hood, has more to say about that here: >> once built t. will spur economic development along its corridors, and over the long run, it will restore america's economic competitiveness by compliment -- complementing our airports and highways with world class railways. >> reporter: i also asked the secretary about this call for a no ride list and whether trains were safe. he said the trains were safe, that he rode the train from washington to new york last night, will ton to -- will continue to ride it but says they're looking at t. congress is looking at it and working with amtrak to improve security. jon: rick leventhal at penn station, thank you. jenna: stunning insight into the secret life of usama bin laden. we have new details on his favorite american brands, and what the strange items discovered at his secret compound reveal about the terrorist leader. that's just ahead. jenna: new details today about how usama bin laden was living in that compound in pakistan. videos released by the u.s. government show him watching himself on television, appearing hunch and tired, his beard changes color and despite his hatred of america we learned he's partial to famous american brands like coke and pepsi. so make sense of this, jared brochner is joining us via skype. not to be flip about this but usama bin laden obviously hates americans. >> sure. jenna: why does he like our products, then? why is he partial towards them? >> well, one thing that's not clear, it's -- is it him necessarily interested in the products or kids watching satellite tv and seeing the advertisements, his wives, so he can't escape the reality of the fact that he lives in a globalized world, even when he's hiding away in this terrorist compound. jenna: we've heard it's not just him. let's say for example he's not drinking the coke or the pepsi, we've heard from the department of defense spokesman that said even in gitmo some of the interrogators used mcdonald's hamburgers and subway sandwiches and dvds of the deadliest catch and harry potter as items to get these guys talk, these are the items the jihadists like. so how do you explain the contradiction of hating america so much but liking the products? >> it's such a paradox. the fact is they live in the same world, they're humans, and this is something that al-qaeda publicly had talked about, about how they have to reject these brands and these products but privately, we know from all sorts of arrests and seeing what's inside of their safe houses, that they are actually a very hypocritical organization, they can't live up to the ideology because it's too stringent, too strict, so in fact -- go ahead. jenna: sorry to interrupt. when we talk about fight thank ideology, we've heard politicians talk about that, how do you fight an ideology that's so contradictory as you point out? >> i think the best way, and this is something i've advocated for a long time, is just to release as much information about them as possible. they're their own worst enemies, they are the biggest hypocrites in this. so they spend the money on prostitutes, they enjoy these western brands that they rage against, i mean, there are so many things that you could do to humiliate them simply by turning the mirror back on their own actions and their statements and we haven't done enough of that. jenna: that's interesting. we'll see if we start doing it with some of these videos. thank you, jared, appreciate it. jon: there is a plan in the works to try to cut america's decifit. the bipartisan gang of six. they're senators, and they're working on 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pakistan. hello i'm jon scott. jenna: i'm jenna lee. pakistan's prime minister is warning america against future raids targeting terrorists inside their country and rejecting the notion that the pakistani government had anything to do with hiding the world's most wanted terrorist, or that the security forces could have found bin laden years ago. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon following this closely for us as the story continues to develop. what is pakistan saying today. >> reporter: i just learned that admiral mike mullen the chairman of the joint's chief had his conversation with his counterpart, the head of the army there. that is the first time he had spoken to him since may 1st when he called him two times to alert him that the raid had gone down and that the president would be speaking about the raid. he had not spoken to him since then. over the weekend he did place a call and i'm hearing that he did not raise during that call the return of the helicopter tail that we've told people about which is still in pakista in pai possession. he did raise concerns about some of the protests taking place in pakistan and the mood in the country and he expressed that they are very antiamerican in nature. the prime minister of pakistan has been speaking today, he spoke to the pakistani parliament and he issued a veiled threat. if there were any more unilateral actions by the u.s. military in pakistan he said that they would respond in-kind. it was really for domestic consumption, it was for pakistanis who are feeling somewhat humiliated and embarrassed, many pakistanis are questioning whether their army and intelligence service were either involved, complicit or in competent. let me read from prime minister ghalani's statement to the parliament and the nation today. he said quote, let no one draw any wrong conclusions any attack against pakistan's assets weather overt or covert will find a matching response. no one should under estimate the resolve and capability of our nation and warmed forces to defend our sacred homeland. this is somewhat surprising coming from the prime minister of pakistan days after the u.s. carried out this dramatic raid, but it's clearly designed for public consumption in pakistan for an embarrassed public that is calling, frankly, on it's army and intelligence services, saying that many people should resign because bin laden had hr-pb hiding there fohiding the. jenna: jennifer griffin thank you. jon: we are going details on the tense moments lead hr-g up to the raid. president obama put the chances at only 55-45 of finding the world's most wanted man inside that compound. odds that divided his national security team about whether it was wore the while to send u.s. forces on a mission deep inside pakistan. mike emanuel live at the white house with more details. >> reporter: it's fascinating you can understand the heart burn there in the white house situation room as the raid was unfolding, knowing if it went well it would obviously be huge news for the unit united statesf america and our allies around the world. if it went poorly you might look at a situation, where jimmy carter trying to release the hostages there iran in the late 70s. here is what the president had to say to 60 minutes. >> they did an extraordinary job with just the slenderrist of bits of information to piece this all together. at the end of the day this was still a 55-45 situation. i mean we could not say definitively that bin laden was there. had he not been there, then there would have been some significant consequences. >> reporter: in other words, how do you explain to the pakistani government that you went in there if it happened to be some wealthy person's home and not osama bin laden, you go breaking down the doors and all of a sudden you find he's not there. so the consequences were serious, and you can understand why there was some discussion internally about whether or not to go forward, jon. jon: what about, you know, the pakistani officials and what they knew about bin laden's whereabouts, very delicate matter in washington. >> reporter: absolutely. you've heard the president, his national security adviser on fox news sunday yesterday being delicate in their phrasing, saying essentially, you know, that it's in the interest of the pakistanis to know who might have been helping bin laden. u.s. officials have been careful to say that the pakistanis have paid a very dear price in terms of fighting terrorism. they need to know essentially who they can trust and who they cannot trust. you're also dealing with an ally in a part of the world where if you don't like the government you kill the leader and you start over, and so they do not want to diminish the pakistani leadership and at the same time they are asking for answers, jon. jon: mike emanuel at the white house with very thorny questions still being asked. mike, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. jon: president obama's inner circle voiced some doubts about the plan to raid bin laden's compound. if you want to learn more about the mission you can go to foxnews.com, some fascinating reading about what was going on inside the white house situation room that night. jenna: let's turn to the economy now. capitol hill the so-called gang of six are working out final details of a blueprint to shrink the deficit in this country. the bi-partisan group of senators are supposedly hammering out a plan to cut spending, and we could, we hear see some final deals as soon as this web. and that could get rile interesting. bret baier anchors special report and he's with us now. it's been a goldilocks complex with this gang of six. they've been hot one minute, cold the next, will they get it right this week. >> reporter: we are hearing it will not be this week it does not look like that. there have been setbacks and splits in the gang of six. senator coburn had an emergency he had to loaf for in oklahoma, he is expected back tomorrow. he was out a couple of days last week. senator conrad has problems with the way things are k-g. he's going to unveil his own budget this week. as far as the gang of six and what they'll put forward, we are not expecting it this week. we are hearing from our producers on capitol hill there is a split in both the process whether to put out one bill or two bills, and the actual policy, and we don't know the specific differences of where everyone stands on the policy, but you're basically dealing with the framework coming off of the president's bi-partisan deficit debt commission and many of the ideas that came out of that. jenna: a lot of our viewers say, enough with the panels, and the commissions, and the gang of six, or ten or 12 or whatever. why are these panels, why specifically is this gang of six so important for this conversation to happen on deficit? can it happen any ways? >> reporter: right, well the bi-partisan commission was designed to provide the president, really, some options and a blueprint for going forward. now when he unveiled in his speech what the administration is saying, they took very little in the overall substance from that commission. the hope was that the gang of six could bridge the difference between the administration and representative paul ryan's plan, and perhaps come to some consensus of actually moving forward with something substantive. and there is still a hope that that could happen. the conversations are continuing. but it doesn't look like this week, and it looks like there are still some splits. jenna: still some splits, okay. we won't expect that announcement to come. one of the things we are watching for is how this sets the conversation not only for the debate over the debt ceiling and what not but for 2012 as well. wear hearing about a few movements, i want to ask you about two potential candidates, newt gingrich. what are we hearing about about his run for the white house. >> reporter: we are hearing it's going to happen and he's going to make the announcement wednesday on facebook and twitter in a bow to social media. all indications are he is in. he's scheduled to sit down with sean hannity that night and make a big speech on friday. we think he made all the moves despite the fact he pulled out of last week's debate. a lot of people thought he would want to tap into south carolina and the possible support there. all indications is it's a go for them. jenna: we saw john huntsman in south carolina a few days after the debate. you had your hands full with the potential candidates that you were dealing with that night. john huntsman coming in a few days later to do a commencement speech. he's not as familiar a name as newt gingrich. what is your thought about him and how he could change the dynamic of the early race so far. >> reporter: what stands about this weekend's trip is you talk to people in south carolina who watched him speak, who met with him privately and some of them said he looks very presidential and sound very presidential. you're right he's not a guy who is familiar to a lot of people, but as the former ambassador to china under president obama it's an interesting dynamic, and one in which could cause him some problems in a primary, republican primary. that said, he's also interesting on a number of different fronts. he's more money, he is a former head of state, the former governor of utah, and easy tract euf to a number of people. it will be interesting. all indications are he is heading towards a run as well. so a field that looked like it was separating looks like it's going to add some names pretty soon, probably within the next few weeks. jenna: add some names, the elbow goes out, everybody kind of gets a little, well more emotional maybe is the right word. >> reporter: maybe so. jenna: maybe, we should look for some fireworks. brett thank you very much. tonight 6:00pm special report. eastern time don't miss it. jon: it will be interesting as these candidates make their announcements. there is a security scare, a series of them really to tell you about over the weekend. several flights, airports across the country. did you hear about all these? we are tracking new details alternate the breaking news desk. plus, fears that the mississippi river could crest sooner than expected in memphis. could the water get any worse than the pictures you see there? what is being done now to prepare the city for near record flooding. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle -- 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got revigor. what's revigor? it's the amino acid metabolite, hmb to help rebuild muscle and strength naturally lost over time. 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identified, and a male flight attendant tackled the man and two passengers helped wrestle him to the cabin floor. the two passengers were a see tired secret service agent and a retired police officer. it was a boeing 737 carrying 152 passengers. american airlines flight 1561 landed safely in san francisco at 9:10 last night. the man was taken into police custody. he is charged with interfering with a flight crew, which is a federal offense. although he carried a yemen passport, sergeant rodriguez says it is not clear if his nationality is yemeni. police say the man has no known ties to terrorism. it has not been ruled out. no motive has been established. during the scuffle the suspect was bruised and checked at a hospital before he was taken to san ma that i owe county jail. no one else on the plane was hurt. the plane continued operating without changing its security level. jon as you mentioned this was the third disturbance in u.s. air space only yesterday. a continental airlines flight from houston to chicago was diverted to st. louis after an illinois man tried to open a plane door during the flight. no charges filed in that one. a delta airlines flight from detroit to san diego landed in albuquerque, new mexico because of a security scare. authorities found no suspicious devices on that plane after the diversion. that'see according to an f.b.i. spokesman. a very dramatic day in the sky this mother's day. jon: thank you. jenna: extreme weather alert for you now as we continue to watch the developing situation around the mississippi river. the mississippi river rising to near record levels and we are seeing whole neighborhoods in memphis, tennessee already underwater. peel a band dong their homes heading to higher ground while they still can. we are hearing reports that the river could crest a little later on today. this is threatening to hit levels not seen since the great depression. take a look at the pictures, they show the devastating floods back in 1937. this is the comparison that is being made with some of the water that we're seeing today, as it seems right now that history is about to repeat itself. shay ryan is live in our fox extreme weather center with more. it gives you an order, doesn't it shay of just what we've looking at here. >> reporter: exactly, right now it is forecast to be the second highest crest, that just slightly below the 1937 crest, but again it could actually go a little bit higher than that. we just have to continue to watch it. it is expected to crest later this evening and then will gradually fall later this week. it's not going to be a steep dekhraoeup. in fact with more rain occurring today upstream as well as more rain expected later this week i think it's likely that we'll continue to see problems in memphis and further south as we continue through the coming not just days but potentially weeks. take a look here at the flood advisories, it's the dark green tones where we have warnings, it's the light green where we have watches. the majority of the areas along the mississippi river are under warnings. now part of the issue here again is what's happening upstream. you can see as we take a look, memphis is where the focus is right now but the focus will start shifting further south in the coming days and like i mentioned possibly the coming weeks. we have more rainfall occurring over the mississippi river right now just to the north of tpeplz and then we've even got it further to the north. again all of this water is going to continue coming downstream with more rain on the way later this week. jenna: amazing to see all that rain not too far away from tex texas. texas has an incredible drought right now. a lot of weather action across this country. thank you so much for the update. jon: so many people had been hoping for a rebound in the housing market but apparently not going to happen. home values tumbling to disturbing new levels this week. what you need to know even if you're not 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[ male announcer ] for powerful pain relief, use bayer aspirin. and coming soon. bayer advanced aspirin. re-invented for faster pain relief. re-invented it's true. you never forgetyour fi. jenna: new questions today about pakistan. the prime minister shooting down the idea that pakistan was either complicit in hiding bin laden or simply incompetent in tracking him down. there are so many questions that remain. including why the pakistani media is broadcasting the name of a man they say is the cia's islamabad's station chief. whether or not that name is true the question we're asking today is why is this happening and what is going to be the state of our cia operations moving forward in pakistan. joining is now is a former cia analyst, lisa curtis, a senior fellow at the heritage foundation. it's great to have you with us with your backed in the cia and you've worked in embassies in pakistan as well. is this a game changer as far as how the cia will operate in pakistan going forward? >> i think the fact that pakistan has apparently released the name of the cia station chief, and by the defiant tone that we saw the pakistani prime minister take in his remarks before parliament just a few hours ago shows that rather than providing explanation, or trying to asuage about possible come police tee in harboring bin laden, they are digging in their heels, upping the anteand they are looking to show themselves also as the aeu grieved party here. that is not going to doe down well with u.s. lawmakers who are already calling to withhold aid. jenna: let's talk about aid in a second, lisa. what about the people in the country. how safe are they when you have the media revealing the name. the associated press says the name is not true. that being the hostile state inside the country right now. >> that is the question whether this is the actual name of the cia station chief. fit is certainly his life would be in danger. he could not probably move from the compound, but also i think the question here is as the u.s. contemplates how it moves forward and whether it withholds aid this shows that pakistan also has its own par gang chips. for instance it could just start kicking out cia operatives working in pakistan. of course we rely on that access to pakistan to collect information, to track down terrorists and we simply would not have been able to do the bin laden operation without those operatives in place. jenna: let's return to the bargaining chips. you mentioned the u.s. aid, what is our play as far as the aid goes from here on out? >> i think rather than cutting off aid all together it would be correct for the u.s. to withhold future aid and tell pakistan that any future aid disperse -pltsz will reldisbursements der further assistance. tracking dow town future terror. the architect of the 9/11 attacks was able to reside in a military town for six years, we simply need pakistan to demonstrate that it's making changes within its intelligence organization and that we can expect to see more cooperation in the future. jenna: some of the questions that our viewers have is why even invest the energy. after what we've seen over the last several years and pakistan being sort of a partner and sort of not the question of trusting should be completely broken at this point. would you say we are at a point where maybe we just stop everything we've been doing over the last several years and start over completely? >> well i think the loss of trust is obvious, and it's understandable that the american public is asking these questions. but i think we have to remember a few things. one is that so long as we have u.s. troops in afghanistan 50% of our logistical supplies to those troops goes through pakistan, that is a reality we need to accept. the second one i already mentioned, we rely on our intelligence operatives in pakistan to be able to track down terrorists. thirdly and probably most importantly is the u.s. has a high interest in seeing that pakistan nuclear weapons stay out of the hands of terrorists and our engagement with pakistan does allow us to cooperate in enhancing the safety and security of those nuclear weapons. and if we completely cut relations we lose our ability to influence that situation at all, and that certainly is not in the u.s. interest. jenna: one final question here, there's been a lot said about the women and the children that were taken from the compound in pakistan and whether or not we're going to have access to them. how big of a deal is it to whether or not we have access to those women and children? >> reporter: i think it is information. the u.s. is asking access. there is probably a lot of information that they could provide us that would help us track down other terrorists, prevent other terrorist activities, and, again, i think pakistan is now using these women as a bargaining chip. it's not providing the u.s. immediate access, but it likely will down the line. so it's simply using the fact that he has these women in its possession as a bargaining chip with the u.s. jenna: it seems a lot of bargaining chips to pay attention to in this very complicated relationship. thank you so much for your expertise today, we appreciate it very much. >> thank you. jon: you might have heard the president say over the weekend that his peoe, his team in the white house thought there was only maybe a 55% chance of success of getting bin laden when he launched that raid. there is sure to be all kinds of questions about that at the white house. jay carney the president's spokesman about to step to that podium. when he does so we'll take you there live. in the meantime osama bin laden is dead and gone, but the group he founded lives on. so now there is an opening in the top spot of al-qaida. we're going to take a closer look at who might be the next leader of that terror group. >> i made the decision to make a crash landing near his airplane so i could get him out of the plane. i'm really glad to talk about what the medal means because it is a symbol of the united states fighting man. we know why we're here. ♪ to design the future of flight, inside and out. ♪ to build tomorrow's technology in amazing ways. ♪ and reshape the science of aerospace -- forever. 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the state, therefore, must step in. we'll keep you updated. jenna: the death of osama bin laden creating a major leadership void for al-qaida. the intelligence community is trying to determine who takes over now. doug ma cal way is taking a look at this question, live for us in washington. doug, the speculation about who is going to relays osama bin laden we are a week into it. what is the latest. >> reporter: the most obvious candidate to assume the mantle of leader of al-qaida is ayman al-zawahri. it would require him to assume the leadership position. the acquisition of that intelligence trove from the bin laden compound means that he should wisely lay low. >> it's the largest cashe of intelligence got even from a senior terrorist that we know of. secondly to give you the sense of a size, it's the size of a small college library. it will be need to be translated, assessed and reviewed and we are in the process of doing that. >> reporter: he nicess another obstacle. he is unpopular among many factions of al-qaida. jenna: if we take him out of the picture is there a runner-up, other likely contenders. >> reporter: no one that really stands out. some believe that the american born cleric anwar al-awlaki and operates out of yemen and last week narrowly escaped a drone attack in yemen could be the successor to osama bin laden. >> anwar al-awlaki would fit that bill. he's fluent in english and arabic. his arabic, the way heee nuns yates words is very reminiscent of osama bin laden. >> reporter: apparently he is a very, very charismatic among other arabics. there are ten other people who could assume the mantle of the al-qaida organization. experts say it may continue to function in effect as several distinct units, some use the analogy of a cancer to describe what al-qaida is and what it well may be in the future that it will ma ta metastasize. jenna: scary to see but an important story to watch. doug, thank you so much. jon: turning from terror to the turmoil in the middle east, syria is intensifying a crackdown against protestors as more protesters break out in the streets and the simila symboliss huge. protesters tackling a stat you'll of the president's brother. leland vittert is live in jerusalem keeping an eye on it all. >> reporter: the syrian protesters are turning to facebook and asking the outside world to come and help them. they are saying that is the only way to stop the syrian government which appearance willing to stop at nothing in order to keep power. human rights groups say at least 600 people have died. we have seen video of tanks rolling through cities. another video shows a tphaoeuper's bullet taking down a wounded man as he tried to reach safety, presumably a government sniper bullet. today armed groups of security men went door to door kicking down doors and trying to arrest people, countless numbers of people have been injured in this. president assad is trying to desperately hold onto power here. his family has been in power for some 40 years in that country. the question right now is how much longer can he hold on as he has kicked most journalists out. there are very little ways to get information out of there. most of the video we are seeing is amateur video and the protesters are simply demanding some type of help from the outside world. in egypt there was also a lot of violence over the weekend. this time the sectarian violence, that the world was worried about after the egyptian revolution, muslim gangs burned down one of the largest christian churches there in the capitol of cairo. the christians responded throwing rocks and beating up a number of muslims on sunday, then today, monday, they staged sit in protests at the state tv building there in egypt demanding better protection from the army. the army in egypt has its hands full, not only is it dealing with sectarian violence between the muslims and christians. they injured 12 people overt weekend. they are prying trying to prepare for elections. come september the fear among the western world is in september the egyptian population will vote in the muslim brotherhood, which is by far the most organized party in egypt. you have a real chance of the rad today hraoeuzed egypt. with it being the largest in the country that is a scary situation. jon: something they are keeping a lows eye on in israel where you're reporting on right now. thanks. jenna: everyone keeps talking about the economic recovery, right? home prices are down dramatically in the last quarter. what is behind the drop? how low can they go? we'll talk a little bit more about that. an unlikely looking gang of criminals on the loose in michigan how police say they mad hatters stole hundreds of thousands of dollars. jon: what? jenna: that's straight ahead. jon: fox news alert compton, california is a town that's had its crime problems. now there is another one, a school is on lockdown. ascott elementary school becaue of a shooting nearby. live pictures coming to us from kttv. we are told a hispanic male was shot twice, once in the back, once in the leg. it's believed that he was tagging at the time, using spray paint to sort of mark territory, that's a common activity among gang members, and the victim is known to police as a member of what's called the 38th street gang. nonlife-threatening injuries, already hospitalized police say, but the ascott elementary school is in lockdown because of this shooting not far away. the investigation continues. we'll keep you updated. jenna: cops in the detroit area hot on the trail of the madhatters, a team of older women with interesting head wear and fast as well. patti ann has the story. >> reporter: police in metro detroit say a bizarre looking group of women are guilty of more than fashion crimes. police say they've pickpocketted up to $500,000 from shoppers while wearing disstrapbgting hats. the women allegedly use the stolen checks and credit cards to get money from banks and merchandise from retailers. police have dubbed these women the mad hat ters. they focus on female shoppers, they steal their purses and wallets while they are left unattended in strollers and shopping carts according to the police department. the appearance of the perpetrators appears to be helping them. first of all they are older. surveillance photos show five or six culprits ranging from middle age to elderly. one person said one of them could be in their 70s. there are beach hats and fancy headgear. it doesn't occur to people this a granny in a hat is a cold-hearted clerk. they have been involved in a string of larcenies in four counties over the past years. according to the detroit news police believe the women are acting together because the ones stealing the credit cards caught on security cameras are different from the ones who later use them. the other thing tying them together is the bizarre headgear. the first incident occurred a year ago, the most recent was reportedly last week. one financial institution alone lost nearly $200,000. detroit be ware of the women in the crazy hats. jenna: sounds like good advice. jon. jon: major news on housing today and it's not necessarily good. so many americans have so much of their net worth invested in the real estate that they own, houses and so forth. and that real estate is worth less these days. shabani joshi joins me. zillow who keeps track of values, the report is not good from them. >> the most highly valued investment property we have is in fact our home and it continues to go down in value. what is remarkable is that the government propped up the housing market with soever $22 billion in the last couple of years and that really isn't help home prices. here is what zillow came out with this morning. unfortunately the average home price in the united states has declined 8% from a year ago, and they predict that they are going to continue to fall by about a percent a month. right now we are also seeing home prices peeking back in 2006 when the average price was $240,000, right now they have come down to about $170,000, and unfortunately the pain is not behind us, jon. they expect that the housing market will bottom in 2012. so more downward decline expected. jon: because there are a lot of foreclosures that the banks own that they have to get rid of. as long as they are willing to take pennies on the dollar the rest of us have no value in our property. >> it's a vicious cycle out there. 1.5 million are deliquent or behind on payments. we expect a lot more of the inventory to come into the market. that is going to continue to bring down home prices. all the home experts say until we get that out of our system and out of the home market system we will not see home prices continue to move in any other direction unfortunately. jon: what a mess. fox best network, thank you. jenna: we are going to take our viewers back out to los angeles. a live picture we were showing you earlier that we say was in compton is actually in a different area of los angeles, because what we're watching live on our screen right now is a suspicious package report. we have reports that the los angeles bomb squad is on the scene at the blue line rail system, and that there is an evacuation going underway, including an evacuation of an elderly residential facility. there is new information being added in our fox news urgents at this time. we are looking at what we believe to be the bomb squad getting out of that truck right there as they continue to investigate a call. it seems that they got the call an hour ago around the blue line station in long beach, california. more on this developing story as we get it. more right after the break. 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everyone knows mr. cleland stopped being a neutral analyst years ago and is now paid by microsoft and at&t to criticize google full time. while mr. cleland would not name his clients when we asked him if he was paid by at&t and others, he says the antiprivacy concerns he races have merits. steven levy wrote his own book about google says while privacy is a concern google works to handle information responsibly. he says the don't be evil motto is not just a catch phrase. >> you can disagree with some of the things they do and you can say boy that seems sort of selfinterested, and as you pursued that path. because it's a big company. and it plays hard. but by and large i don't think it's just an empty expression of google. >> reporter: the company does a list of privacy principles if you go to the website you can read all about that and they do promise that they handle all the information of the users responsibly. jon, some folks have been raising speculation that maybe it should be regulated like a public utility, like the electric company because it's so widespread. jon: so much of what they do, most of us have absolutely no idea about, unbelievable. eric shawn, thank you. jenna: here is fox news alert the white house press briefing just underway today. that is the press secretary jay carney. let's go ahead and take a listen. >> we are in consultation with the pakistani government at many levels about the matter you raised. osama bin laden's wives and some of the other materials that may have been collected by the pakistanis after the commando team left. and we'll continue those conversations. we believe that it is very important to maintain. ♪ eggland's best eggs. -the best in nutrition... -just got better. even better nutrition -- high in vitamins d, e and b12. a good source of vitamin b2. plus omega threes. and 25% less saturated fat than ordinary eggs. but there's one important ingredient that hasn't changed. -better taste. -better taste. -better taste. -mmmm... 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