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want to show our power, we want to show that we are the guard of the region and the straight o the strain of hormu. jon: what should we make of iran a growing to meet with u.n. inspectors jennifer. >> reporter: on the one hand they are projecting themselves military, sending two destroyers through the suez canal, parking them in a syrian port to show support for the bashar al-assad regime and apparently laying down the gauntlet to israel. expanding operations at the fardo underground nuclear facility buried deep within the mountains. at the same time sending a letter to secretary of state hillary clinton and others that they are ready to negotiate and allowing the inspectors in. there appears to be an elaborate game of bluffing and stalling at the same time, jon. jon: what about the pentagon? i know they are concerned that israel might launch a preemptive strike on iran's nuclear facilities. what are they saying to you there. >> reporter: on the one hand they are sending one after another to try to get them not to strike. tom done done lan donalan was there. general dempsey was there as well. it was curious to see how he described this. >> we are of the opinion that the iranian regime is a rational actorment it's for that reason i think we think the current path we are on is the most prudent path at this point. >> reporter: what the pentagon leadership as well as the intel community and white house is trying to convince israel is that they think that iran will act ration until lee. they think there is more time. they are trying to convince israel not to take matters into their own hands, and but at the same time we know that they are planning at central command in case israel does strike. there is a belief that the u.s. military will likely get dragged in because the israeli military may not be able to finish the job against the nuclear sites. they are spread out all over iran. the u.s. military is actively planning in case they get dragged into a potential strike against iran's nuclear facilities. jon: a very tense winter and spring in that corner of the world. thank you. jenna: a lot more to talk about. let's bring in michael sying, the director of the washington institute for near east policy. let's take a big step back. if all the world is a stage what act are we are in this conflict? are we still in previews, gone through the first act, in intermission? where would you place us in the conflict. >> it seems as though we are approaching some sort of final act here, although it may be still some months away. you know, undoubtedly there is a lot going on here and there is a feeling as though things are building to a head. i think that the backdrop of all of this is that iran is feeling a great deal of pressure. they are feeling the bite from the oil and financial sanctions they've seen recently. they see the news as well and understand that perhaps israel will conduct a military attack. that i think is why you see the provocative moves. the bombings around the world in the past couple of days. the movement of ships in the sue is canal. they had a submarine in the red sea, also a message to israel. jenna: bring it down then to our level, if you will. the level of the american people. we talk a lot about what officials are doing in washington and israel and iran and otherwise, but what does this really mean for us the american people? what should we prepare for? >> look, there are these u.n. inspectors in iran and i think we have to see how this goes. i don't have a lot of optimism and i don't think many people have optimism that iran suddenly will be ready to deal on its nuclear program, but it's important to test this. they are under new pressure, there are military threats and perhaps now iran's calculus will have changed. the likelihood is that that won't happen and then there will have to be more pressure and perhaps we'll see what israel does. i think we have to be plea paired for any contingency, that perhaps israel will strike in the coming months or years, but we also have to be prepared to continue to add pressure to iran to try to get them to come to the negotiating table. jenna: it's interesting to hear, and jennifer griffin just mentioned the interview with the joints chief's chairman. i'd like to play part of it for you when it comes to talking about the inspections and what to inspect. let's take a listen. >> you think that it's still unclear, that they are moving on a path for nuclear technology but whether or n they news to make a nuclear weapon is unclear? >> it is. i believe it is unclear. and on that basis i think it would be premature to exclusively decide that the time for a military option was upon us. i think that the economic sanctions, and the international cooperation that we've been able to gather around sanctions is beginning to have an effect. i think our diplomacy is having an effect and our preparedness. jenna: it is interesting, michael, the inspectors when they went back in in november they said if the ald experimen alleged experiments were happening there is no question iran is developing a tphoubg l nuclear weapon. why are they so debating whether or not iran is attempting to do this? >> i think that it is a little bit misleading the way that that was put in that interview, because i think what general dempsey is saying is we don't know that iran has made that decision to actually put together the components for a nuclear weapon. but there is no doubt, jenna, that they are developing all of those components so if one day they decide to, you know what, let's put this together and actually have a bomb they've got all the pieces in place. jenna: why wouldn't they decide to do that? if you had all the pieces to put a nuclear weapon, why wouldn't you put it together to make one? >> i think there is a tactical question. there is not much difference from our point of view whether they have the pieces sitting there in the room not put together or whether they actually put them together. how long are we going to give them to develop all these pieces? what is the consequences for them going to be if they have the pieces sitting there latent but not put together? and how much trust does israel really have that the obama administration is prepared to use that military option the president talked about to prevent them from actually getting to that point? jenna: just a quick final question. how do you think the conversation would change even globally if we stop talking about it in such a way that the united states is fearful of being dragged into a conflict, and simply we're talking about it in the way of the united states backs its ally israel in whatever they decide. >> i think it's vital that we make that change, that is an excellent point waoefplt nee point. we need to keep our focus square low on iran's nuclear program. we can't forget the problem is iran's nuclear program. we need to send a message to the iranians and to the world that we are determined to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon. that means we'll stand with our allies and against the iranian regime and what they are doing here. jenna: always nice to have you. thank you again for joining us. we always look forward to having you back. >> thanks, jenna. jon: iran halting oil shipments to the u.k. and france, all of this tying into gas prices here in the u.s. that you are soaring right now. the national average more than $3.50 a gallon, up 40-cents from a year ago. this situation is much worse in parts of california where people are shelling out nearly 5 bucks a gallon. >> it's weird seeing the prices dip as you go in middle america and then just skyrocket as soon as you get out towards the coast. >> we are going to cut out of here and find another gas station, maybe go hit the mall or something and take advantage of that savings. >> it's a precious disappearing resource. we need it desperately. we're going to run out of it. the only way to to make people stop using so much is to raise the price. jon: david asmand is with the fox business network. he's taken a look at the issues. the highest prices for this time of year, david? >> you ain't seen nothing yet in the terms of where those gas prices could go. some people are talking about $4.50 if all the bad things that jenna was talking about happen with iran. let's take a worst case scenario first of all. if in fact push comes to shove the israelis attack iran and iran blocks the straight of h hormuz, 35% of all oil passes through that straigh. that could mean easily we could have prices of 4.50, $5 nationwide for a gallon of gas at election time. that is not like lie to happen for one simple reason. iran is not that stupid. they may be crazy but they are not dumb. they need to sell their oil. they realize if they couldn't sell their oil they would go bankrupt think won't be able to buy anything, let alone a nuclear bomb. war is bad for business. all out war is bad for business. that's as true in iran as the united states. rumors of war are good for keeping the prices of oil high. they are stoking the flames of the rumors of war in order to keep nerves at a high level and that keeps oil prices high and that boils down to the price of gas at the pump. jon: typically in this country the demand rises as the summer season arrives and that is another factor going into this. >> many people don't realize that in 2011 the united states became a net exporter of fuels. that is we take a lot of the oil that we import and don't use it for gas in the united states. we turn right around annex por and export the jet fuels to places like china india, europe. the fact is we are sending more gas overseas because they pay more. you may have heard of gas prices in europe at 5, 6, 7, $8 a gallon. if u.s. oil companies have the chance of selling gas here at $4 a gallon or selling it over in europe at $8 a gallon they'll do the latter. that's what they've begun to do. fuel is america's number one export. this hasn't happened in 60 years. it's a very strange turn of events. that has to be factored into the price of fuel at the pump as well. jon: thank you, david. we'll be talking with our fox news watch panel about the way the media has covered this spike in gas prices. are they being fair in the way blame is assessed here? are they assessing blame at all? that is coming up. jenna: we'll look forward to that. this will be a big issue on the campaign trail as well, foreign policy. mitt romney is feeling the heat as rick santorum leads the back in a crucial primary in romney's home state of michigan. what will a romney loss in michigan mean for his race for the white house. we'll take a closer look at that next. jon: also income and equality. it's a hot political topic these days especially when it comes to taxes. are the nation's wealthiest really paying their fair share? surprising information ahead. jenna: you know, jon thousands of people visit niagara falls every year and look overt edge there. one man will actually walk across the falls on a tight rope from new york to canada. and canadian officials just gave him a free raining to do that. he's the only one that can do it for the next 20 years. we'll be talking to him. he's from the famous flying valinda family. and we'll be talking to him live. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? 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[ engine revs ] the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. see your lexus dealer. jon: the republican presidential candidates are battling hard with a little more than a week to go until crucial primaries in mitch gone and arizona. it might be make-or-break time for mitt romney. the former massachusetts governor now in a must-win situation in his home state of michigan. take a look at this. according to the "real clear politics" average of statewide polls in michigan rick santorum leads mitt romney by 6 points, followed by ron paul at 11.2%, newt gingrich trailing the field with 9.8%. here now roll call traffic writer david truck ir. is it possible that mitt romney could actually lose the state where his father was governor? >> yeah, it's very possible. you've seen the polls. we've seen that mitt romney has a problem closing the deal even after really big victories in key states and santorum is on a roll right now. it will depend on what the campaign looks like between now and next week on tuesday. what happens this week in the debate, and also rick santorum is enduring a will the more scrutiny now about his current and past writings and votes in congress. there is plenty of stuff to mine there, it's a matter of how voters react to it and whether it sinks in or not. jon: if you look at the history of this race mitt romney has generally been the frontrunner and the challengers have come, some some peaked above romney's numbers but they've always fallen back down. is that a likely prospect for santorum here? >> it's a possible prospect. i think it depends on the scrutiny, how rick santorum responds. clearly he's connecting with conservative, and very conservative g.o.p. primary voters in states throughout the midwest and even in arizona we've seen and up tick in his polling. he's got an appeal there. there is the other side of rick santorum which sometimes can be a little bit perceived as harsh and d derisive and scolding if you will. he doesn't poll as well with women as romney does. it depends how it plays out and he responds to it. this is definitely a real race. definitely romney has the money and the organizational advantage. will that be enough? we'll find out. jon: it could be said that his campaign may have thought that they sort of had michigan in the bank and they could spend their resources and their time elsewhere, if they go back to michigan, you know, spend some time and spend some money there, he could pull this thing out. >> well, they may have thought that earlier on. i think there is a chance that the romney campaign may have thought that afte after vanquishing, gingrich and perry that voters would think that romney was the best and strongest candidate and wouldn't keep turning to somebody else. that clearly has not been the case. romney's challenge is using his background as somebody who grew up in michigan and his father was governor there and well liked and mixing it with what he has to offer today. many voters don't remember his father as governor. they may not have been aeu lived, thealive. they may not have lived there. this may help him with seniors that live there. but for everybody else they may look at him as the former massachusetts governor. we saw a poll that he was leading the field of republican candidates at 64%. he grew up there and made his life in massachusetts. while losing michigan would be a big blow because of the similar bow lies eupl romney doesn't have some of the advantages as if he had been governor there and if he had currently been living there. jon: it will be a fascinating race to walk and we'll be doing here on america's election headquarters. david, thank you skwraoeut is . jenna: it is a alabama county where dozens of people died last year. it's heading into another storm season with no shelters. why it's taking so long to get help and what the county is going to do about it. the first american to orbit the earth joining nasa in celebrating 50 years since the historic mission. a look back at our nation's achievements in space since then. we have that just ahead. when you have diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's new glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have 6 grams of sugars. with 15 grams of protein to help manage hunger... look who's getting smart about her weight. [ male announcer ] new glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. jenna: there are charges the nation's wealthiest just simply aren't paying their fair share of taxes. apparently irs data tells a different story. jim angle as more on that. >> reporter: you might ask the same questions politicians do, what is a fair share, a phrase that has become a political mantra for president obama. >> we need to change our tax code so that people like me and an awful lot of members of congress pay our fair share of taxes. [applause] >> reporter: so what is fair? the president doesn't talk about it. as it turns out for half the working population fair means paying almost no income taxes at all. >> the top 10% income easterne earners pay about 70% of federal income taxes. the bottom 50% of tax filers, they pay almost no federal income tax, they pay about 3% of federal income taxes. >> reporter: not only that, but many of those who pay no taxes actually get money back from the government, because some tax write offs allow refunds even to those who pay no tax. the irs actually sends out a hundred billion dollars a year in checks to those who pay nothing in taxes. about half of americans get some form of direct subsidy, but another analyst argues the system is tilted even more toward the middle class and below because they pay little or nothing for all services the federal government provides. >> right now 70% of americans take more out of the tax system than they put into it according to the tax foundation. that is something that should really alarm a lot of americans. >> reporter: simply by benefitting from government services whose cost far exceed what they pay in taxes. one poll shows that 66% think everyone should pay some income tax, which is clearly not the case. when the president talks about fairness he's arguing the wealthy should pay more, not that everyone should pay something. jenna. jenna: jim angle live for us in d.c., thank you. >> reporter: you bet. jon: have you seen the riots in greece? that country waits to hear about a multibillion-dollar bail out package, but they are still unhappy. will the rescue plan be enough to stop the financial turmoil, and the riots in the streets? and could this kind of thing happen in the u.s.? we are live with a look. 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>> reporter: well, jenna, you know if greece were in the hospital it would definitely be in the intensive care unit, no doubt about that today. really, greece is in the hands right now of the european officials. the other members of the euro zone meeting, finance ministers and bankers. this the second bail out for greece to the tune of $170 billion, and that is not all. at the same time greece is also going to have to get about a 100 billion-dollar break from private creditors, both of those things are necessary in order for greece not to default on loans next month, so back to the hospital analogy basically intensive care, very old, on oxygen, not getting out of the hospital any time soon. jenna: as far as treatment, let's talk about the money that is flowing into greece or could be flowing into greece in some of the debt deals. if that is happening why are there so many protests in the streets there? >> reporter: the money comes at a cost. no such thing as a free lunch or free money either. essentially what the europeans are asking greece to do in order to get that money is put in needed reforms, very painful reforms. that's why the protestors have been out there. we've seen this today, yesterday, last week not really intense with so much places torched and we're probably going to see more of it as well. greece is really having to bite the bullet here. i wouldn't say they've had a good life but they've had a bloated state with a lot of spending, good pensions. people had jobs, they may not have been getting rich but they felt safe and secure, they felt that their future and pensions were secure. that is no longer the case. at this point everything is up for grabs. and people are trying to fight for their rights, jenna. jenna: we mentioned that, we've been talking about this for a year-plus at this point. if we remember last year what happened in europe really derailed, or at least affected the recovery here in the united states as well. there are different opinions on exactly how much it did. so is there an end in sight this time around, greg? does there seem to be some sort of definitive answer, whether or not greece survives in its current sa state, whether it stays part of the euro zone, is it near a resolution? >> reporter: it's probably a 50-50 call on that. it seems that a lot of people think that greece will exit. there was no plan for an exit and that is the problem. people are saying greece is one of the smaller countries, it could exit the euro and everything could remain okay. that could be wishful thinking. certainly if greece does exit it will have an affect on european the global economy. jenna: what does that mean for italy, portugal, spain, a lot of big questions ahead. greg burke for us in rome for us today. thank you so much. jon: and we think we've got problems. a storm-prone area of alabama is battling red tape to build shelters for its residents. 31 people died in a rash of tornadoes in decalb county last april. sources say the county has the money and the new fema approved shelters but people are still facing another storm season with nowhere to go in the event of another big storm. john roberts live from our atlanta bureau now. what is the hold up, john? >> reporter: gee, you know you would think, jon that in a case like this when lives are at stake here and public safety is at stake that the state would be doing anything it could to get these shelters in as opposed to throwing up bureaucratic road blocks so they can't get built. let's roll pictures of what happened april 27th in places across the state of alabama. 31 people as you say died in decalb county. they only had one community shelter for people to hide in. a year before that storm they tried to get in six shelters. red tape held up the bidding process. finally when they had a bid awarded back in december of last year a lawsuit was filed, there were nor problems with who had jurisdiction over the installation of these shelters and that bidding process, as of last week, now has to go back to square one. the county emergency manager, anthony cliff ton is just about at his wits end here. he's been trying for two years to get the storm shelters in. at the end of this month he's got to send all of these things out to bid yet again and says that they probably won't get them in in time for the storm season. ricky hargrove is the chairman of the commission. listen to what he says. >> the best word i can use is frustrating. it's difficult for me to look citizens of the county in the face and say we don't have the storm shelter ready for the storm system because of red tape in montgomery. >> reporter: that was actually anthony clifton. he says it's unconscionable that it's gone on so long without the storm shelters being put in. jon: what is the state doing, anything to move the logjam? >> reporter: you know at the highest levels, the attorney general's office, and the governor's office not much seems to be going on except proclamations being issued that seem to put more bureaucrat ic hurdles in the way. they are clearly frustrated by the red tape and the turf battles between the different agencies that say they have a dog in this fight. they want to get the shelters in as soon as possible but they say they have to be installed properly so that they hold up in a storm. >> i think the worst thing we could do is get in a hurry and try to eliminate the need for some of this regulation and then end up having some of our citizens die as a result of that. and that is something we can't have. >> reporter: but here is the catch in all of this. and you're looking at the storm shelter here in mapleville. this one survived a direct hit from a tornado back in january. thousands of these shelters, kh-l like this have been installed across alabama. one of them survived an f-5 strike last april 27th, in phil campbell, that is the strongest tornado that you can have on the scale, an f-5 and it came through it with flying colors. they've all been installed with no problem up until now. jon, it all steams a little strange that poor dekalb county is having so much trouble putting in a storm shelter that is widely in use across the state. they can't understand why. jon: especially when they are ready to go. unbelievable. jenna: folks in the south we know you are dealing with tough winter there. we are talking about slick roads, white out conditions and thousands of you without power. we have an up for the minute forecast for you coming up in a moment. a seeing trip in washington state goes terribly wrong. the latest details on a deadly avalanche, next. 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[ male announcer ] ducati knows it's better for xerox to manage their global publications. so they can focus on building amazinbikes. with xerox, you're read for real business. jon: new next hour, fears the violence in syria could spiral into an all out civil war. is anything being done to stop it? we are live with the story. also, the university of virginia lacrosse murder trial is wrapping up. jurors heard an ear full about the brutal killing, but now they have to wait days before they can begin deliberating. why? and punishing your kids in public by forcing them to wear signs, telling the world what they did wrong, does this do more harm than good? a psychologist weighs in on it coming up. jenna: and next, that young man doesn't look very happy. jon: no he does not. jenna: the question is, is it good parenting or not? jon: a little chain in the public square. jenna: we'll see. nasa is celebrating 50 years since the historic flight of friendship 7. former senator and astronaut john glenn piloted the spacecraft in 1962. i became the first america to orbit the earth. in the half century since then nasa has racked up a long list of achieve -plts including building a working laboratory in space. phil keating is live from the ken die space center with the story. >> reporter: the soviets beat the united states into orbit but ten months later john glenn became a national hero. here at the rocket garden inside the kennedy space center's visitor's complex this is where a lot of photographs are i can taken today. it is a momentous day. these are all the rockets of different sizes and shapes that were launched in the 60s and 70s. and the tall silver one with the black capsule, that little capsule is what john glenn road in and everybody who was alive 50 years ago remembered exactly how it sounded as we equalized the space race. >> and so now we have to contract with the russians, unseemly though it may be for the world's greatest space faring nation, and because of the recession we haven't had money to reverse that shuttle decision that was made back in 04. i think it's too bad. >> reporter: that is reality right now. nasa announcing just recently it hopes to do a test flight of the o'ryan zap saoul that would be eventually the six astronaut replacement to the space shuttle. joining me now is elaine deshane from ross chester new hampshire who was 16 years old the day you gathered around the television, tell us what it was like. >> it was amazing for a 16-year-old young woman going to a private catholic high school. in those days there were no till viciouses in the classrooms. so we had them all brought in. they were brought into each individual class so we could all have our little special time, and i don't think there was much said. i think everyone was just in like -- it was -- it was fantastic. >> reporter: absolutely incredible. and the national obsession what's norm must. it was like everybody could tell you exactly where they were on that day for years and years, yeah? >> of course, of course, just like you said with jack kennedy. >> reporter: do you regret the fact that the ambition nationally speaking here for the space program seems to have declined a bit since the cold war years? >> i do. i do. i think it's very important to continue the space technology, and it's just natural, that's how we're going to improve the future. >> reporter: thank you so much for joining us. today in columbus, ohio, of course that is the buckeye state and that is john glenn's home state where he later became a u.s. senator. he's having a 1:30 program, part of a two-day program on the campus of ohio state. if you can't get enough of the former senator and astronaut john glenn who truly is not only a national hero, he is the only person on this planet today who can say 50 years ago today i orbited planet earth. back to you. jenna: it's pretty cool, right? we all can't say that. 50 years maybe we could say we were on tv, it doesn't really add up, does it. jon: no. jenna: we will celebrate with you down there. thank you so much. phil keating in florida. jon: so much was unknown about space flight when he took off. what a hero. we are getting new information about a deadly avalanche in washington state. it happened nor a popular resort in the cascades 80 miles north of seattle. three expert skiers killed in that massive slide. a fourth managed to survive thanks to a new high-tech airbag. >> at one point after the avalanche they are all buried in the snow. they manage to dig themselves out of the snow. at that point they realize that three of them are in distress, three of the skiers are in distress. they begin cpr, at the same point they are calling 911 to try to get help to them. the skiers began cpr on three males, unfortunately it was not successful and those three skiers died at the scene. jon: what a sad story. adam housley joins us live with an update from los angeles. >> reporter: this happened about noon yesterday at the stevens pass ski resort area 80 miles or so north and east of seattle, a very popular place for people in the northeast to go skiing. it had some significant snow in recent days. we'll talk about that if a moment. what happened yesterday about noon or so, eight specifically were together. they broke up in two groups of four. after they did that someone yelled out avalanche and the snow started coming down inch golfing four of them. they sr-r skiing out of bounds outside the ski resort area the avalanche apparently set off by a skier or there's been some reports maybe a van that was driving nearby in a roadway that was above them set this off. took them down about a quarter or mile or so through a little tunnel area. officials say what they did, they did get significant snowfall and there was a high avalanche warning in effect that these people knew about. >> they did have a large amount of snow last night, 21-inch necessary this area, and the northeast avalanche center forecasted this area to be a very high avalanche danger. those skiers were aware of that, and did have equipment, you know, avalanches happen. they took that risk. >> reporter: at three of them, three men died of that risk. the fourth person that was swept up for a female. she is a professional skier, she writes for espn.com. she survived because she heard one of her friends scream avalanche, before she went down that slope and was caught up in the snow she deployed an airbag, an avalanche safety device like this one. we have a picture to give you an idea of what it looks like. she said it saved her life. she felt like she was going through a snow washing machine. she was tossed and thrown between trees all the way down a quarter mile. but this bag she believes kept her head just above the snow and her hands just above the snow so when thee came to rest another skier helped dig her out. they quickly found the other skiers where they were located because they had beacons but they didn't have the same device as she did. they dug the three men out, performed cpr but it was too late. we are being told that the avalanche warnings in the northwest right now are significant. it's been a very light snow year, jon, but the snow has comrie sent lee and there is not a lot of base, jon, which really leads to these avalanches. jon: you have to be so careful in those out of bounds areas. adam housley. thank you. jenna: big changes this year when it comes to filing your taxes. what the government is now doing, and some helpful tip tips we should all know. we'll have that straight ahead for you. we don't recommend trying this at home. maybe we can can have jon scott give it a whirl. a daredevil teetering hundreds of feet in the air. the very brave nick wallenda is here to talk about it. wait until you hear what he has in store, pretty exciting stuff, just ahead. jenna: brand-new details on a plane crash in colorado. health they arheather childress has the story. >> reporter: two people died in that plane crash, the pilot and a mother of three. the crash itself happened yesterday afternoon apparently during a heavy snowstorm in hayden northwest of denver, colorado, a hundred miles. others were injured in the crash. they are expected to recover from their injuries. the pilot who also we said died has not yet been identified. the twin-engine cessna 414 crashed about 300 yards from the airport's fire station, but it remained up right. it didn't catch fire either. it's not yet known if maybe poor visibility during the snowstorm caused the pilot to attempt to land the plane sort of the runway. investigators from the national transportation safety board are on the way to the site to assess the situation and hopefully we'll get more answers for you. jenna: we'll look forward to that. thank you. jon: "happening now," legendary daredevil. jenna: it's hard enough to say regardless of what he actually does. jon: i'm just thinking about what he's going to do and i'm all tongue-tied. nick wallenda is on top of the world after getting the green light to do the unthinkable. he will walk an 1800-foot tightrope stretched across niagara falls, a 160-foot george below the falls, the entire stunt to be televised live on television, nick says it's a dream come true. jenna: i don't know? he's joining us live with a preview of this stunt. when is is going to take place, nick. >> it will take place some time in summer. we just got permission this wednesday. we are working on the details. it will happen by the end of september. jenna: let's get to the why. why do you want to do this. nick? >> you know, that is an easy question. my family has been doing this for over 200 years. our family dates back to the 1780s, and been walking wires for a longtime, i actually started walking wire when i was two years old. by the age of four i was walking on my own. at 13 i was performing in front of an audience. since then i've broke six world records. my grandfather said life is on the wire and everything else is just waiting. jon: the hard part was getting the government approval. >> a hundred percent right on. the walking is what we do. i've only walked on the ground a yearlong err than i've walked on the wire. walking the wire is where i feel comfort anal. people often ask, are you scared when you're on the wire? no i'm extremely calm. it's the planning up to it that is uncomfortable. jenna: you have three children, are they going to follow in your footsteps. >> they all can walk the wire. in our backyard they all walk on the wire. my best friend broke the world record with us in japan for the eight-person pyramid. all three of them can walk the wire. we'll see what the future hodes. if they want to they have my blessing, if they want to go to college they have my blessing there as well. jenna: that sounds like a good dad and a good daredevil there too. it's a good combination. i bet your kids really appreciate their father for what he does and we appreciate you as well. >> it's funny when they see me do long walks often, i'll look down because i pay attention to what they are doing, and they'll be playing their ds. jenna: i guess some things never change. jon: all that midst coming up from the falls, that wire will be wet. that will be something to watch. jenna: we will all be watching, nick. thank you for joining us again. >> thank you for having me on. jenna: from one daredevil to another, check this out a record-breaking ski jump, it's a really big deal was the skier can't even walk. we're going to talk to him about this incredible feat in a brand-new hour of "happening now" that is just ahead. eeeeeee! whee! whee! wheeeeeeeee! ah heads up. wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the new geico app today. jon: a fox news alert, president obama says he will meet with israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu at the white house on march fifth, interesting timing because of all of the concerns over iran's nuclear program and the possibility of an israeli strike ahead of that time. of course, the president and prime minister have not had the best of relations during mr. obama's time in office. we'll see what comes of this meeting. but it has just been set for early march. >> jenna: that's certainly one of the big stories, u.n. nuclear inspectors arrive for key talks amid growing concerns of an israeli air strike and what that might or might not accomplish. we're glad you're with us everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. the u.s. and u.k. are calling on israel to hold off on any plans for an attack, warning it would destabilize the entire region. jenna: that's the message so far, the logistics of hitting multiple target at a great distance would be a difficult high risk undertaking, according to the reports just out this morning. jon: the military experts have been taking a look at it saying it could take at least 100 fighter planes, including bombers, fighter, refuelling tankers and awax, electronic and command and control planes. jenna: it sounds like a lot to take in. ambassador john bolton is a former ambassador to the u.n. and fox news contributor. ambassador, bring this news together for us. you have officials speaking out about how they really are discouraging israel from making a move, you have a front page story in the "new york times" that's questioning israel's ability to do so and now we have a meeting scheduled with bin gentleman min netanyahu at the white house. what's happening behind the scene here? >> well, i think the obama administration sees increasingly that its private pressure on israel not to use military force is failing and that pressure has been very intense for the last three years, make no mistake about it. if you look at panetta's statement that is israel could attack in the april-june period, you look at the comments by the foreign signature and the leaks about israel's capability, now they're putting applicable pressure on israel, which is an incredibly weak signal to tehran to see that the united states is doing this to its own allies. look, nobody knows better than israel now hard this is and why they've wanted the united states to undertake the strike. they can see there's zero chance the obama administration will do it, israel is determined not to have another holocaust. they'll do what they need to do. jenna: go back to that point about public pressure and how the way you see it is the administration is putting pressure on israel not to make a move. what happened if there were the complete opposite message? i want to entertain so we see what the stakes are like. what if they stop talking about iran and said simply, we back our ally and leave it there, how would it change things? >> well, i think the administration feels increasingly desperate that israel is going to do what it takes to protect itself and the stake phos israel are incredibly high. you know, talking about how hard it is for israel to accomplish the task doesn't change the consequences from the israeli point of view if iran gets nuclear weapons. it may be hard, but if you're looking at a second holocaust, a nuclear holocaust if iran gets that capability, as hard as it is, the israelis may still decide to do it. jenna: why do you think we avoid talking about this in such terms, of a nuclear holocaust? we hear it sometimes on the campaign trail, we don't really hear it from our own leaders, whether here or overseas and why do you think we avoid it? >> because i think the obama administration, i think the president himself fears the consequences of an israeli attack more than it fears the consequences of an iranian nuclear weapon. i think the administration's plan b is very clear, they think they can detain and deter a nuclear iran. i think that's delusional and in any event it doesn't stop with iran but i think that's where the administration is. they are more -- they are spending more time trying to prevent an israeli strike than they are dealing seriously with the iranian nuclear weapons threat. jenna: this is a very high profile interview, joint chief dempsey was speaking with cnn the other day and i'd like to play the interview and get your reaction after this. just listen: >> do you think that the israelis understand that the united states is counseling them not to strike and do you think that they will be deterred from striking in the near future? >> well, i'm confident that they understand our concerns that they strike at this time would be destabilizing and wouldn't achieve their long term objectives. but i mean, i also understand that israel has national interests that are unique to them, and of course, they consider iran to be an existential threat in a way that we have not concluded that iran is an existential threat. >> jenna: let's go that that -- to that comment that we have not concluded that iran is an existential threat. what do you is this the difference between israel looks at iran and how we look at iran and is iran an existential threat? >> iran is not an existential threat to the united states in the way that the soviet union was during the cold war, when an exchange of nuclear salvos between the two of us could have ended civilization as we know it. no, iran does not and will not in anything like the foreseeable future pose that kind of threat to the united states. but israel is a tiny country. and a very small number of nuclear weapons can incinerate it. so from israel's point of view it is an existential threat, if you think that tel aviv can be reduced to ashes. that's why their concern about stability in the middle east after an attack on iran's program is note high on their priority list and i don't think the obama administration has figured that out yet. jenna: in a few weeks we'll be at that march date where there's the meeting at the white house with the prime minister, right after the iranian elections, by the way, march second. what do you think needs to be accomplished in that meeting and could this be a real changing point from our conversation when it comes to iran, israel and the united states? >> prime minister obama and prime minister netanyahu have not had the best of relationships, netanyahu is scheduled here for the apa -- apac conference. it provides a critical time to exchange points of view. i think the message from obama over and over again is going to be don't strike and i think netanyahu's response is going to be we're going to protect our people, we're going to protect our innocent civilians, we're going to do what's necessary whether you help us or not. jenna: ambassador bolton, always nice to having you, sir, look forward to having you back. >> thank you. jon: well, have you filled up your car lately? you know gas prices are on the rise, the cost of oil today surging to $105 a barrel. that's not going to help. now the obama administration is saying it's doing everything to increase domestic production but is that really the case? william la jeunesse is in live in huntington. >> reporter: it's not and critics say that the policy should be renamed to some of the above, because it does not permit oiling drilling off the pacific -- pacific, atlantic or most of alaska. as was pushed by the president in a democratically controlled congress four years ago when gas prices hit $4 a gallon. the question is, will this president be forced to make a similar compromise. >> it's not a real solution. >> reporter: in 2008 candidate obama ridiculed oil drilling. >> it won't drop prices in this administration or the next administration. >> with gas prices doubling since his election, president obama now sounds like president bush. >> we need to take action to expand domestic oil production. >> american oil production is the highest that it's been in eight years. >> reporter: critics say the president is taking credit he doesn't deserve, since new oil wells take 5-15 years to come online and most u.s. production gains have come off private, not federal, lands. >> that's really why you're seeing an increase in production. it doesn't have anything to do with government. >> democrat don boren says -- dan boren says the president's rhetoric is not reflected in policy. >> over the last three years, we've opened millions of new acres for oil and gas exploration. >> reporter: but he's also closed millions of acres. in 2009 and '10 the u.s. issued the fewest on shore lease necessary decades. >> i'm directing my administration to open more than 75 percent of our potential off shore oil and gas resources. >> but compare. bush opened the atlantic, pacific and most of alaska to drilling. obama closed all those areas. >> there was a lot of talk about opening up new areas, but it's been just that, it's merely talk. >> reporter: now, last week, house republicans did approve a bill that would expand off shore drilling and drilling, jon, in about 3 percent of the arctic national wildlife reserve, that is considered dead in the senate, but as worldwide and u.s. demand is expected to increase when the economy recovers, the president could be forced to make some type of compromise with congress. back to you. jon: interesting report. william la jeunesse in california, thanks. jenna: well, some new fears that violence in syria could lead to an all out civil war, the army is sending scores of reinforcement, scores of rebel strong holds. this after a gunman allegedly staged a guerilla-style ambush, killing two senior government officials. dominic di-natale joins us from nearby lebanon. dominic. >> reporter: there are columns of reinforcements, including tanks, lead to go homs now. activists say they believe the army is preparing to storm the rebel-held neighborhoods, including the baba in the west. they are very much dug in, residents in the area saying they are willing to fight until the very last person. but then again, the government is saying that as well. of course, this is turning into -- >> [inaudible] >> to exactly what happened in libya where rebels held up against government forces and then fighting went for weeks on end and ultimately that led to the fall of the qaddafi regime. the [inaudible] >> we have no way of independently verifying the numbers from the syrian government, they have a ban on foreign media going in. mr. are plumes of black smoke rising over the city, as that shelling continues to level more and more buildings. elsewhere in the country, we're hearing that the last government forces in the north now, perhaps to find the opposition there is actually getting a better grip. some have told reporters they haven't seen the government surge in areas for months, so parts of the country are now falling into opposition hands. the biggest one is the opposition has no coordinated command. so in terms of a national uprising, it's very much somewhere off, jenna. jenna: dominic di-natale, thank you. jon: we are less than nine months away from the president election this november. so why are republican leaders raising concerns about the field of candidates trying to run against the president? bret baier is next with some thoughts on that. plus, a south carolina executive, mysteriously disappears. coming up, details on who he is, and the search to find him. flush jenna: well, right now a look at crime stories we're watching, including this one in ohio. ohio police finding the remains of a missing girl in the home of an accused rapist, 14-year-old nicole coffer, her accused glen fryer killed himself in 2002, the remains were found as the home was being demolished, the mom always said she had a sense her daughter never left that home. >> in south south carolina, a search for a missing executives, the head of the california hospitality association, last seen in his office on saturday. his family, though, has not heard from him since then. and the jury in the murder trial of a former university of virginia lacrosse player, expected to begin deliberating the case on wednesday, due to the holiday and also a scheduling issue in the court. george huguely is accused of fatally beating his ex-girlfriend yeardley love back in 2010. jon well, the republican race for the nomination is well along, but some gop leaders are reportedly raising concerns all over again that mitt romney and the other three candidates running for the white house won't beat president obama in november. why the worry so late in the ghaim and are there really any realistic alternatives? bret baier is anchor of "special report". this has been sort of whispered ever since the field was a dozen candidates or more bret. why is it still going snon. >> jon, i think there is a perceived weakness in the frontrunners going back and forth and the concern about the general election, as you mentioned. i think the michigan question, whether mitt romney can win his native state, it's not really his home state because he haven't lived there in many years but where he was born and his father was governor, there is additional pressure there, and if he can't win there, there's concern within the party. however, it's still a long shot, a real long shot, that anyone else gets in this race. there are a lot of filing deadlines that happen in mid march. while there are still about 67 percent of the delegates on the table after supertuesday, it's still believed that because of the proportional system that's in place this time, that one of the people in the race currently will eventually get the nomination. jon: well, one of the people who is often talked about as a potential last minute candidate is indiana governor mitch daniels, he of course gave the republican response to the president's state of the union and supposedly got all kinds of positive praise for the job that he did there. obviously, he's a smart guy, has done well as governor in indiana. but he has said he doesn't want to put his family through the rig evers of a -- rigors of a race. i mean, if these candidates are will to go run, it would seem like they would have stepped forward before now. >> right. and you know, indiana officials are saying the whispers have become shouts and the knocks on the doors have become pounding, and then after governor daniels' response to the state of the union address, there were handwritten letters from around the country, urging him to get n so far the answer is still no. and the answer is still a resounding no from governor chris christie who's backing mitt romney and a no from paul ryan, the wisconsin republican congressman who said it's too late this weekend, he said, i think. adding i think. i do think that because of the proportional system which, again, was set up by republican leaders, many of them with ties or at least associations to the romney campaign, so that someone couldn't just win a lot out of the box and then close it up, as john mccain did in 2008. so you could plod along and come in second, a lot of places, and still end up with the -- with enough delegates by the time the convention rolls around. there's still a chance, though, a contested convention would mean the candidates would not get the needed delegates by the time a convention rolled around. jon: it would give you a heck of a lot to talk about on "special report", wouldn't it? >> still does! >> jon: bret baier, thank you. be sure to tune in from inside the beltway, bret hosts "special report" each and every week night, 6:00 p.m. eastern time. jenna: i'm curious how you feel about this as a parent, this next story, coming up. the power of humiliation, how powerful a tool is it when it comes to disciplines your child? we're going to look at a few recent stories, parents forcing kids to wear signs on the streets, state whag they've done wrong. this one stole, apparently, from a parent. does this change behavior, is this something that works? we'll talk about it coming up next. plus shaming an ex-lover online, is it okay to call someone who lies and 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colette last month, the connecticut attorney who sued two ex-girlfriends for postings they put on the internet that -- well, they internet exactly good reviews of his relationship with him, liars, cheaters are us.com is a site that allows people to anonymously post reviews of people that they have dated in order to warn their future lovers about their cheating ways. well, colette had several reviews written about him about them calling him manipulating, a great liar, and even some telling women to run far away. >> my wife and i, we had problems with homeowners selling our house. >> colette said the posts were having a negative effect on his life, even causing him a lose legal clients and home loan but the court disagreed, finding in favor of the two ex-girl friends represented by gloria allred, her argument, this is free speech, the women have a right to speak out and warn others. allred say her clients have planned a news conference later today and jon i know you'll be waiting for that. we'll bring it to you. jon: and one of the ex-girlfriends was a roller derby queen. that's why we had those picture necessary there. >> jim croce sang that song! heather, thank you. jenna: don't mess with the women! you stop there, you don't have anything to worry about. jon: hell hath no fury. >> reporter: that is the theme. you want to teach your children the difference between right and wrong but is public humiliation the way to do it? some parents punish their kids by forcing them to stand out in public and advertise what they did wrong, that girl from memphis, she stole from her mother and had to hold a sign that said i steal from my family. and now, whether we should criticize this or applaud it, doc, what do you think? >> we certainly shouldn't applaud it. these are parents who are probably extremely frustrated and feel they need to teach their children a lesson and i'm all for that, but sometimes this can be overkill. we know that sometimes kids act out because they're being miss sheafous but -- mischiefous, but are you making whatever that issue is much worse by shaming a childlike that publicly. jenna: the young man we're on the screen did not get a good gpa, it's wroin the sign about how he's basically failing out of school and to your point, the parents said listen, i can't get into my child that education is important. so i'm going to make them stand on the corner. same thing with the girl that stole. she had been stealing from her mom repeatedly and finally took the mother's atm and she said that's it, i'm going to -- i'm not going to call the cops, i'm going to make you stand on the corner. which is worse, someone that let's the child fail or this? >> parenting is a parent's hoariest job, it's the hardest thing other than marriage and sometimes we don't do either of those things well. that's a segment for another time. jenna: that's true. >> the point is this, as parents we have to find better ways to study -- to raise our children. to find a way to get through to them, an intelligent way that you're role modeling ways to find intelligent resolutions. jenna: you're at your wit's end and done everything, you think, what's the next snep. >> the next step is a child in therapy, and think about it, it's not just because i have to buy my kid a new pair of shoes. it's not about me. the bottom line is a child that will steal from her mother, eight, nine, ten times, tell me, this is a child who has a behavior issue, there's something deeper going on with that child as far as their psychology. that child needs attention. so shaming them, if it doesn't work, it's even more proof that you have to try to find another way to solve that problem. jenna: i'm sure anyone that wants to call dr. gardere for free, he'll take that call! doctor, will there are people in these communities, when they saw the child standing on the corner with the sign turned the child's parents in to the department of children and family in that area. is that a step you -- i mean, should the parents be reprimanded, should the child be taken away? you never know when you turn over authorities what's going to happen. >> it's interesting that happened in those counties f that had happened in new york city, child welfare would step in because this is extreme parenting and where there's smoke there may be fire. i don't think the children should be taken away from their parents, perhaps the parents shouldn't be reprimanded, but the parents need attention. the parents, we need to sit down with them and work with them around better ways of parenting their children. understanding that they are completely frustrated. we really get that. jenna: final question, does it work for -- doesn't work for children but what about cheating boyfriends? i'm just looking at jon and -- >> i don't know if that works! >> jenna: i'm just wondering. >> that individual ended up -- jon is a good man, i've known him for many years, so he doesn't need to be shamed into anything. jenna: he surely does not, i was not infer thank at all! i'm just saying -- he's the only other guy on the set! >> i've done the therapy on jon! you know, when it comes to shaming your lover out in public, i think that speaks more to the person who is shaming their lover. you know, sour grape, everyone just needs to just move on. learn from your must takes and get a better relationship. >> i'm looking at heather. heather and i are like uh-huh. we'll see! >> don't join the -- >> roller derby, rolling over her lover, don't do that! >> jenna: thank you, as always. jon. jon: all right. let's talk about tax season, shall we! >> tips on getting your return started early this year. and plus, sky high gas prices, a hot topic on the campaign trail, but what about in the media? coming up, a fair and balanced debate on whether the president is getting a pass on his handling of the issue. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle -- 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can 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[ major nutrition ] ensure. nutrition in charge! jenna: this is just about as popular as tbawg cheaters and liars, talking about taxes, snriet. >> jon: love taxes. thank you for reminding me! >> jenna: got to make up the last segment with jon scott! what you need to know about filing your tax return, that's what we talk about next, this year, the government rolling out new changes making it more important to get started on your taxes early. rich edison joins from us the fox business network. no rest for the weary on this, what should we watch out for. >> new tax forms and standards depending upon how you earn your money and keep it. for the first time in two years there's also no additional making work pay tax credits on federal tax returns, it's expired. if you have money overseas, officials have just written a sweep of new rules to inform the government where you have and where you have it, if you have investment incomes and losses there's a new form for that, also, if you took advantage of the home buyer tax credit you're supposed to stay in that home for at least three years, so if you moved or sold it, you owe that tax credit back to the government, jenna. jenna: need a cheat sheet on that. rich, we'll talk later about that. what about this payroll tax cut extension, that just passed congress. what does that mean for the year ahead or even the taxes that we're going to do come april? >> right. well, if you known your own birks you've already had to adjust over the past year because of the lower payroll tax rate. if not, that payroll tax cut should already be in your paycheck. there's nothing special taxpayers have to include on their income tax returns because of it, still, taxpayers should always be on the lookout for changes because congress is always changing the tax code and next year could mean some of the most significant changes in more than a decade. >> if this tax cut works, it's rooted to 2012, so i don't think we're going to have big changes with tax rates or itemize dollars deductions for 2012. 2013 is going to be the big year of uncertainty. >> reporter: and that's almost every income tax rate. we do have some positive news this year. you have two more days to submit your tax returns. april 15th is a sunday. the 16th is a holiday here in washington, d.c. and so federal taxes are due april 17th. still doesn't mean you should wait, jenna. jenna: are your taxes done rich, are you one of those people? >> my taxes are done, but that is entirely the creature of my wife. i had nothing to do with that. jenna: well said, well put, rich. thank you very much, rich edison, who has his taxes done already. jon? >> jon: don't scrks please. don't ask. two more days of misery. higher gas prices becoming a political issue on the campaign trail, the republican candidates are using it in a new line of attacks, but are the media giving president obama a pass on his handling of the issue? karl rove says yes, they are >> we won't hear much about it from the media which is the other thing we should touch on here, which is remember, bush was pounded because the media was willing to make it an issue and he was pounded about a, quote, jobless recovery at 5 percent unemployment because the media was willing to make it an issue and let's be honest about it, the media is complicit with the president now. jon: jim pinkerton, writer for the conservative magazine, has thoughts on that, alan coomes of the alan coomes show is here as well to give us the other side of the issue. jim, what about it, 37 months into president obama's term, gas prices are up roughly 90 percent, 37 months into president bush's term gas prices went up about 15 percent. are they getting equal treatment on the issue? >> well, actually, i don't think so. i think that karl rove said it well, the template there is the democrats don't want to talk about gas prices, and they'd much rather talk about rick santorum and contraception, and oddly enough, the media are going along, for example, today's "washington post" has three, count them, three articles about rick santorum and contraception, then it has an article denouncing fracking, one alternative to create lower energy prices, and then another article dealing with the iran-israel crisis which could explode oil prices even higher but oddly enough, no articles about gas prices themselves. very interesting. jon: why al snan. >> the conservatives love to make this an issue when the economy is getting better and it's not the liberal media that's making the conversation about social issues. it's the republicans would rather talk about social issues because the economy is getting better. why is it the media's fault when it's not talked about during the obama administration but when it's talked about during the bush administration it's no longer the media's fault? there's a double standard here. it's talked about by the opposition party regardless of who's in office and it's not a president's job to raise lower gas prices. it's done by speculators, by the world market. we all know the president can't control gas prices. it's a phony issue. >> maybe i can help al inhere. >> please help me, jim. >> you're welcome. look, it was the media jumping all over a dumb joke by foster frize, not running for president and trying to tie that around santorum's neck which it's been doing for a week. >> it's not the media's fault he said something stupid. >> and santorum told charlie rose on cbs news, i want to talk about jaws and the economy and charlie rose said that's nice, let me ask you another question about contraception. >> what rick santorum talks about theology and obama's theology and being wrong thee allege and -- theology and saying i'm talking about the radicallists, that's not the media, it's talking about what santorum talked about. jon: allen, it's an editorial decision. i think what jim is tbawg is the editors are looking at the foster frieze joke versus the spiking gas prices which are up quite a bit and they're saying we would rather cover this remark. >> the media should be coming how good the economy is doing. you want to talk about how the media is doing, how about the job growth, the fact that for people are filing for unemployment, how about the fact that the numbers are better, the stock market is going up, highest numbers in four years? we could say the media should be covering that equally and that would be the story about what's going on economically. >> alan, the media cover -- abc news, for example, leads with a proobama economic story every night. >> if the economy is good, that's proobama. >> no, it's pro the united states. >> why is it not important to cover that the economy is getting better? >> unemployment was three points below that, the media were talking about a jobless recovery, unemployment is twice as high as it was under bush and now the media are attributing -- >> all we heard about for years was how bad the economy. that didn't lack for coverage that the economy was not doing well. now that the economy is doing well the conservatives would rather focus on noneconomic issues and focus on the issues rick santorum is talking about. jon job -- jon: but there are also headlines during the bush administration is about -- about how his cronies were gouging the public. >> you can't blame the president, i don't care who the president is or the party, the president cannot control gas prices. you know that, jim, everybody knows that. >> i know that, but it wasn't assigned that way burg the -- during bush administration. >> it's always the media's fault when it's a democratic president. when it's a republican president, it's somehow the fault of the liberals. >> alan, you're -- >> it's a double standard. >> the issue is not obama, it's the media. as jon said, the media are just choosing not to talk about gas prices. >> and when the media covers the economy, you say it's a pro obama media when they simply cover we're doing better. is it a pro obama media? no, it's a pro news media. >> when oil prices spiked $140 a barrel under president obama -- under president bush, three or four years, when gas prices went above $4 a gallon, that was the lead story every day back then under president bush. trying to hurt mccain. now the gas prices are 3.5 or higher, everybody agrees on that, the media don't talk about it. it's a double standard. >> i don't know what media you're reading. i see it on the internet, all these sites, the republicans are pushing this, they want to make this the big issue because they don't have anything to run on. they want to push their political agenda. jon: we're going to wrap it up there. alan, thank you, jim pinkerton, thank you. news watch is a story i cover, we cover media coverage. don't miss it, 2:30 eastern every saturday. jenna: in mexico, a drug cartel killed members of a rival gang and break out of jail. more about what happened there. plus, a scare for the history books and coming up, we're we're going to talk about an inspirational accomplishment and how he did it without the use of his legs, that's an incredible story coming up on "happening now". i have copd. if you have it, you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms... by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free. spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers f sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells, you get hives, vision changes or eye pain, or problems passing urine. other side effects include dry mouth and constipation. nothing can revee copd. spirivhelps me brthe better. does breathing with copd weigh you down? ask your doctor if spiriva can help. jon: a riot in a mexican prison leaves at least 44 inmates dead. the killings, part of an ongoing feud between rival drug gangs there. police are questioning prison guards to try to figure out if they had a hand in the violence. some inmates are believed to have escaped. local officials say the prison was operating at near double capacity at the time. jenna: in the meantime a medical trend that could have a big impact on the health of your heart. laura ingle is here to tell us what's driving that change and what it means for all of us. hi laura. >> reporter: it's a weakened economy combined with dwindling insurance payouts and rising costs which has driven a growing number of cardiologists to pack up their stethoscopes and leave their practices behind to operate as hospital employees, a trend that continues to grow. >> cardiologists are feeling the brunt of a health care system they say is in cardiac arrest. >> so much of our time was being devoted to worrying paying the bills and worrying running our small business, rather than worrying our patients. >> reporter: according to the american college of cardiology, more than half of all cardiology practices in the u.s. have recently made major cuts to their budget or shut their doors altogether. with 40 percent choosing instead to work for a hospital. a switch physicians say increases quality of care. >> we don't want to be driven to do more procedures to make more money. that's clearly a negative. we want to be incentivized for ultimate -- to ultimately provide good care for the patient. >> how you doing? >> >> reporter: the acpt claims more uninsured americans, cuts to medicare reimbursement and an aging population have made private practice unsustainable but the changes will need to be closely monitored. >> there is a little concern that when a physician is employed by a nonphysician entity that they are no longer the unfettered advocate of the patient necessarily, they're working for a boss. >> reporter: and while patients may worry they won't have the same lelings relationships they used to have with their doctors experts we've spoken with say this trend is not going to be -- not going to go away soon and the hospital of the future will be a place to go where you're not just sick but also where you have to go when you're well. jenna. jenna: interesting story, thanks. jon: a champion skier accomplishes what no one has ever managed to do before. take a look at this. wow! why the young man who performed this stunt is getting worldwide attention. he is no ordinary athlete. we'll be talking to him in three minutes. 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>> yes, for sure. we even started a little more elementary, into a foam pit, which is like a gymnastics center, and we found that was the starting point. it was superintimidating for me until i started to do it and realized that was such a perfect next step, taking baby steps, and once i was mastering it on to the air bag and literally 100 percent consistency on that air bag we knew it was time, as soon as the weather would permit, to bring it on to snow and that was a couple weeks ago so it's been really exciting. >> and we can't stop watching the video because it's so cool to see you fly through the air that way. i love what you mentioned, you can deal with being paralyzed but not with being paralyzed by fear. and we were talking about the death of sarah burke, and jon is a great skier, and i'm not, and people feel apprehensive about the sport, especially when they see the injury, and so what do you say to someone like me, who think i don't know about this sport now. >> it was a wonderful skier, and i was blessed to have known her and been part of her life. that's what i liked her best, an amazing human being, and what people need to know is her accident was one in a million, it could happen at a children's office, it was one of those -- chiropractor's office. she was one of the greatest people i've known. it was tragic. but there are so many ways to enjoy the sport, and just to get out there and enjoy the fresh air of the mountains, it relieves so much of the stress that the world can bring. i say do it. jon: jenna is right. i've been skiing since i was a kid and i've had my share of injuries but i've always gone back to it, but i have to say i haven't been hurt as badly as you were, and i read where you said to your parents, hey, i think i'm going to flip again and they said maybe not? >> no, they shuddered at the idea because my parents do, they don't ski at awvment i'm the only person in my family that flies down the mountain for fun, and they didn't comprehend it. they saw, you know, a sport like you did, jenna lee, that has hazards to it for sear and has risk involved and they were like whoa, you've got to be crazy to talk about that but now that they've seen the proguess i've gone through -- progression, the steps to go back, they couldn't be more proud, they love it. they're my biggest fans, you snow. >> jenna: josh, i think i'm getting inspired, i'm going to get up there on the ski, that's what i'm going to do. i got to ask you, what's next for you? so you do the backflip. what's next? you're working on something else, i bet. >> yeah, no, that's a superpositive question, jenna lee. i think part of me still wants to explore the free ride side of the ski and take it to new areas, and that could be back country, big mountains. i still love the ski race. i'll on the canadian triathlon ski team and that is a pretty good program for me. i get to go fast and travel the world with the team and last but not least, i think where i want to put most of my energy is live it, love it.org and this foundation is about empowering through adventure and basically we target kids and kids with spinal cord injuries that have some sort of paralysis and try to give them adventure in their life and give them that experience of movement that they might have not thought was possible. jenna: josh, we are huge fans and i think all of our viewers are. you've won us over completely. so great video but we loved talking to you. we will put that on the website, live it, love it.org. >> thank you very much for having me. >> thank you very much for having me, it was a real pleasure, guys, thanks. jenna: -- jon: we'll be right back. 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