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coming up. >> we begin with this fox news alert. a new attack on western troops in afghanistan. it comes as a fresh wave of anti-americanism there pose as a new deadly threat to our forces. a homicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a nato convoy in kandahar. at least seven people injured including four soldiers. nato is not yet identifying the nationals of victims. this after escalation of violence after u.s. troops accidentally burning core rans they said prisoners used to pass jihadist notes. president obama apologized the mistake. that has not erased or eased the murderous things there. two soldiers were murdered at the hands of afghans that work alongside them. a senior report says afghan cleric says the u.s. apologies for the koran burning quote, can never be accepted. newt gingrich went "on the record" with greta van susteren slamming the white house response. >> you have a karzai regime not apologized for killing of young americans by afghan soldiers. i think is a total mess. i think the president has embarrassed america by apologizing and you will notice that the united nations his apology is taken as proof of guilt. they're talking about the need to punish the americans. this is a total outrage. these korans had been defaced by radical islamists who were using them to ship messages out of the prison. if anything the president should have said he hopes every cleric in afghanistan will condemn those who would deface the koran. we are giving into to religious fanatics using this as an excuse to kill americans. i think it is a terrible thing for president to have done. jon: national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live for us in washington. so, jennifer, will these attacks by afghans on their american advisors change in any way the u.s. strategy in afghanistan? >> reporter: he will well, jon, defense secretary leon panetta is in fort campbell, kentucky addressing troops about to deploy to afghanistan. tension remains very high and trust at an all-time low you can imagine after killing more u.s. troops by afghan troops. the defense secretary said strategy of training afghan troops so the u.s. can leave will not change. >> let me be clear. the brutal attacks we've seen over the last few days on our troops will not change and will not alter our commitment to get this job done. >> reporter: pentagon spokesman george little pushed back hard yesterday at queries from reporters saying, and this is a quote, the wheels on the bus are not coming off. he was refering to the president's strategy in afghanistan. jon: so what about attacks on american trainers. has the numbers spiked as a result of koran burning? or roughly the same as previous years? >> reporter: well it is very interesting, since 2007 afghan security forces turned their guns on american and european partners 61 times, killing 70 troops and injuring over 100. 12 nato troops have been murdered by afghan troops this year alone. these acts of betrayal accounted for 20% of all troops deaths in afghanistan in 2012. the six american deaths in the last two weeks are apparently revenge killings for the koran burning incident but it is not the first time the afghans have turned on their nato trainers. u.s. trainers have now returned to at least one afghan ministry since the brutal killing at the interior ministry last weekend but they are not saying which ministry for obvious security reasons, jon. jon: what a mess. jennifer griffin, live in washington, thank you, jennifer. jenna: back here at home, more storms on the way, threatening places already devastated by the week's tornados. the storm prediction center issuing a high-risk alert stretching from nashville to louisville. kimbeling city, missouri, recovering from reese storms and harrisburg, illinois, one of hardest hit places. six people were killed in that town. meteorologist janice dean says, today is the day we vili have to pay attention? >> reporter: absolutely. the hard-hit areas. already we're starting to see this storm developing ahead of the big event that will really happen in the late afternoon and the evening hours. already tornado watches in effect for parts of missouri and illinois, indiana, again, this is the hard-hit region we saw the tornados earlier this week. then we have another tornado watch for parts of northern al many ba, in through tennessee. that is where we have active tornado warnings. this tornado warnings north of huntsville, damage reported to houses and high school according to the national weather service and trained weather spotters as well as law enforcement officials. we head northward portions of tennessee, east of cooksville, another tornado warning. this is doppler radar indicated. we're seeing signatures we see typically with these cells on doppler radar. already starting to see some very real damaging storms from this storm system and it is going to continue throughout the afternoon and evening. all of those ingredients are coming together. we see the white shaded area, not often, one or two or three times a year. the storm prediction center thinks all ingredients will come together for a long-lived, potentially destructive tornadic event. as we head throughout the afternoon. we have the warm moist air. very powerful jet stream to add punch to the atmosphere and trigger with the low and cold front moving eastward. i want to show you the temperatures, we say warm unstable air mass. we certainly have it. a lot of moisture feeding in from the gulf of mexico. 79 in new orleans. 36 in kansas city. the clash of two air masses coming together for a classic tornado outbreak that will be long-lasting. a look at future radar, again, late this afternoon or this evening we could see the long-lasting potentially destructive tornados. you need to know what you will do when the sirens go off. we could see the sirens, hear the sirens within next several minutes in areas where i mentioned where we have the tornado watches in effect? where are you going to be? are you going to be in the basement? are you going in the tub with a mattress on top? you need to know what you need to do now. you don't have a lot of advanced warning. we'll bring you latest in watches and warnings. very active day ahead. i can't stress that enough. jenna: very great advice, janice. thanks for the updates and we'll bring those to our viewers. >> thank you. jon: we'll be watching the possibility of tornados but fox news is also your election headquarters. right now, it is the final stop before super tuesday. washington state holds caucuses tomorrow. the state allows any registered voter to participate. recent indications point to another showdown between mitt romney and rick santorum for the top spot. and today there's a new poll out from the bellwether state of ohio. ohio is arguably most coveted of all the 10 super tuesday contests. the "quinnipiac poll" shows rick santorum with a slight lead over mitt romney. but you factor in the margin of error for this poll and it is virtually a dead-heat, 35-31. "real clear politics" average of all the polls in ohio shows santorum ahead by a wider margin. let's talk about it with bob cusack, the managing editor of "the hill." we talked about it yesterday with another guest, bob but why is ohio considered such a critical state? >> well, it has the second most delegates compared to the other super tuesday states. obviously it is a ball he will ground state. if republicans are to win the white house they will have to win ohio. that is a big surprise. all in all, santorum definitely needs a win tomorrow. he needs to grab the momentum. he lost some losing those two states this week. very important day for santorum. he needs to change the equation going into soup other tuesday. jon: ohio has a pretty good record picking the person who eventually will go on to be president. >> yes. jon: santorum did well, surprisingly well in michigan but mitt romney did hold out for the victory there, and the indications are, aren't they, that santorum's surge has been somewhat blunted of late? >> it has. a lot of people have been surprised he hasn't talked more about economic issues because he has been talking about social conservative issues and social conservative clearly favor him. i think when you look at super tuesday, who will do better newt gingrich or rick santorum? because the equation for this race, as far as mitt romney being frontrunner, probably won't change until one of them south of the race. santorum looks pretty good in some states whether oklahoma or tennessee. romney has a base where he will do well in massachusetts, vermont and in virginia where santorum and gingrich are not even on the ballot. it will come down to who has the most wins. if santorum can win three or four states and gingrich only ones one, there would be pressure on gingrich to drop out and make it more of a one-on-one matchup. of course ron paul will be in the race for a long time. jon: what about the overall effect of super tuesday? sometimes it is one of those days where the event awl winner is determined and everybody else pretty much heads to the exits? is that a possibility? >> it is a possibility. i think only for romney but if you look at polls in these super tuesday states, it is going to be difficult for him to sweep certainly. that is probably not going to happen. because he has had some trouble in the southern states. so, i think if he were to win seven, eight of the 10, then you could say, well this race is effectively over. i think he could be the winner on super tuesday but getting the seven or eight states is going to be difficult. romney of course is helped by the fact that gingrich and santorum are going to split votes and clearly, i think romney is going to be the favorite going in but whether he comes out as father out of that race, if he has a disappointing night, only wins three states and santorum wins four or five, this whole thing could change again. jon: bob cusack, managing editor of the i'll watching politics for us. >> thanks, jon. jenna: stark warning for president on iran. the president is saying he is not bluffing when he warns that iran getting nuclear weapons is unacceptable. what does that mean? senator joe lieberman on the way forward. he will join us in less than three minutes. jon: we don't have to tell you gas prices are soaring but maybe this will take the sting out of starting your engine. a car you don't even have to drive for real. you just sit there and the thing goes by itself. when will this be available at a dealer near you? we have some answers coming up. 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>> great question and unfortunately the consequence is nothing except to make us skeptical about events that move the price of world oil and therefore affect the price of gasoline at the pump. so much of this is just sheer speculation and schoolgy. and -- psychology and can happen on a rumor that was not based in fact that apparently started yesterday. the most effective thing we can do in response to that kind of attempt by iran to manipulate the price of gasoline here is to be very skeptical when iran says anything like that and obviously to be, to think about what iran's power would be with a nuclear weapon to affect the world oil markets and the price we pay for oil and gas here in america. jenna: that's why i bring it up because it gave us such a small preview, doesn't it, how one rumor can affect gas prices in the future for us by this country. one of the things oil traders will be watching the meeting between the president and the prime minister. the reports are in the market if it doesn't go well we could see oil prices go up even more because of tension in the middle east. the question becomes though, why should israel trust us when there seems to be such is a trust deficit mean these two men? >> right. jenna: especially we're publicly doubting what their strategy might be when it comes to iran. >> this is a very important meeting coming up between president obama and prime minister netanyahu and there's a lot riding on it, for a lot of people in the world. and then it will affect global oil prices not only now but in the future because it all goes to, will the u.s. and israel work together to stop iran from having a nuclear weapon. i thought this interview that president obama gave to atlantic magazine was a very important interview, a strong interview and not accidentally before the meeting with prime minister netanyahu because when the president says it is unacceptable for iran to have a nuclear weapon and then he says, i'm not bluffing, that not only sends a very important message of strength and determination to the fanatics who runner ran and but also send as message of reassurance to the israelis. and, hopefully that's part of the spirit of unity that will come out of this meeting over the weekend or on monday between the president and the prime minister. nobody gains from the u.s. and israel having space between us on the question of iran's nuclear program except for the extremists who runner ran today. jenna: on that there is an election in iran today and i know you have a pending resolution that addresses that. we saw an election in 2009 where the people of iran hit the streets. they were protesting the regime. our administration chose not to get involved in the way that some critics say that we should have gotten involved to support the people on the streets. now if the people hit the streets again, to protest this reg people, should they be confident that the united states will back them? >> well, let me say first, that i am one of those 6 people who feel the obama administration made a serious mistake in june of 2009 in not immediately coming to the side of the protesters, the people of iran, protesting against the grotesquely unfair elections that were stolen by the regime in iran that year. this year the opposition basically in iran has chosen not to be involved and so the vote i think will be lower. there is no question that this election is a sham election. it is not fair. all you got to know is that the leaders of the two opposition parties in iran are under house arrest and that more than half of the candidates who applied, or about half of the candidates who applied to run for the iranian parliament were disqualified by the government because they weren't found to be acceptable. not because they weren't qualified. they were not found to be acceptable politically. i don't know, we could expect protests from the people in this election but if they come i hope it gives the administration and all of us here a second chance to stand with the people of iran. i'm convinced that the regime in power in tehran does not have the support anywhere near the majority of the iranian people. they want freedom just like the people of the rest of the middle east. ironic while freedom is moving through countries like egypt, tunisia, libya and extraordinarily brave resistance in syria to the assad government, that people of iran continue to be repressed by a brutal dictatorship. they're not on the side of history. ultimately the people will throw the fanatics out in iran. jenna: suggesting really where the arab spring started, more of a persian spring in iran. >> yeah. jenna: the question comes did we miss an opportunity that would have alleviated pressure on oil prices? >> i believe we did miss a big opportunity and it will come again. that's why i think it is so important we come to the side of the opposition in syria. syria is the only ally that iran has in the arab world, in the whole middle east and if it, if assad goes that is good for us and bad for iran. jenna: we look forward to having you back on, senator. always nice to have you. thank you so much. >> thanks, jenna. jenna: more "happening now" coming up. you know when i grow up, i'm going to own my own restaurant. i want to be a volunteer firefighter. when i grow up, i want to write a novel. i want to go on a road trip. when i grow up, i'm going to go there. i want to fix up old houses. 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[ female announcer ] discover what's next in your life. g this free travel bag when you join at aarp.org/jointoday. jenna: anyone else wishing for football season? i know we have a little while to go. jon: yeah, when does it start? jenna: kind of gets you started. this is different story that we're focusing on. this is, video from florida state university. the seminoles, the mascot there. after some controversy they were able to keep the name and compete in the ncaa there is different story for another team. the university of north dakota. let's show the logo for them. they go by the name of fighting sioux. ncaa say the logo and name are hostile to native americans. the teams for this university risk forfeiting postseason games, playoffs if this logo is displayed by athletes, cheerleaders or band or if they keep the name in general. lis wiehl fox news legal analyst. we have a mark igarsh defense attorney around former prosecutor. before we get started we have to pick this part of the story. the state legislature in north dakota made illegal for the team to drop that name. they want that team or university to keep that name. >> right. jenna: but the ncaa says hey, our league, our rules. who is right? >> ncaa is not right here. the legislature passed that law. they have a statewide referendum coming up. let the voters decide. we're not talking about the wimpy or loser sue. we're talking about the fighting sioux. fighting irish, take that away too? everyone in north dakota wants the fighting sioux. not just florida, by the way. utah, michigan and florida. many states the ncaa okay there to use indians? cleveland indians? ant atlanta braves? come on. >> we showed video, seminoles, they were able to keep the name because of agreement with the tribe. the tribe says we'll allow you to keep it. does that change things here? in north dakota, one sioux tribe says it is okay and another tribe says it is not? >> i thoroughly disagree with my dear friend lis on this one. in 2005 seminoles were able to keep the name because the seminoles signed off on it. in this case they don't. they find it to be abhorrent and hostile. the law allows the ncaa to do whatever they like under these circumstances. they have asked north dakota to take that away. if they don't, their penalties i think are appropriate. >> then overreach, mark. that is complete overreach by the ncaa to be able to say if you don't go by our dictates, you students, forget about politics of this, students, athletes, working so hard on the line for maybe a championship here, they have to forfeit a game? what kind of message is that sending to students that is wrong. >> please. here's the message. the message is we won't tolerate racism. that is what this is. and it is unfortunate that the kids won't get to play. >> unfortunate? >> you have kids. i have kids. they don't listen. they grow to bed when david letterman take as stage if they wanted to. so in order to get them to go to bed sometimes you have to come up with significant threats to get them to comply. you look draconian in doing so but they comply when you do it that is it what is going on here. >> mark, you have many people in north dakota, native americans, who want it, like it, think it is a tribute. it is an honor to be the fighting sioux. jenna: mark, let me engage on contrarian point. totally hear what you're saying and a lot of people agree with you. this doesn't feel right. we want to be sensitive to the tribes and their wishes. i was doing research on the sioux, right? we don't talk about native americans that much. again it is con theirian but i wonder in the effort to protect, right, and to protect the native americans we make them further irrelevant by just not allowing any of their names anywhere because of racism? >> i can thoroughly appreciate what you're saying. i can appreciate lis thinking it is not racist. ultimately it is not up to you. they have decided that it is. they met with the ncaa and they decided that it is. that it is racist. they wouldn't go through this if they didn't think it was. so the decision has been made. the ncaa has the legal right then to set these rules. there is no precedent or law that lis can point to that precludes them to. >> there is referendum up in june in the state of north dakota. don't you think the referendum should be voted on that the voters of north dakota whether or not they want the logo? >> lis we would still have separate bathrooms for african-americans if we let majority to decide. jenna: the supreme court did not take up the case or ruled that the kansas city chiefs could stay. that is allowed. supreme court is allowing that. the ncaa isn't allowing this. does that feel right? the supreme court says okay in one circumstance and league says it is not in another? >> the supreme court is merely saying the nfl can allow that logo and name to be used. ncaa is saying we don't think it is appropriate. we want to do something about it. they want to take a stand against racism. they're allowed to do so. >> jenna is right. supreme court saying nfl go forward if it ever got there how can the supreme court say nnfl can do it but ncaa doesn't. jenna: i was a college athlete. you work hard at end of the year not to be able to play. at the same time, mark -- >> let's hope they comply. jenna: mark, you make a good point other schools removed the logo or changed a few things and they were able to play and students were. thank you both. we'll continue to watch the issue. appreciate it. >> thanks, jenna, we will of course elect a president in november but the balance of power on capitol hill hangs in the balance. big surprise this is week have democrats gleeful. we'll tell you more what they are and what they mean. plus, politics at the pump. another election year and another round of the blame game. fingers pointing over the rising price of driving your car. is it good strategy or a cynical recipe for self-destruction? 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[ male announcer ] tempur-pedic brand owners are more satisfied than owners of any traditional mattress brand. ♪ it's the perfect time to save up to $300 on select mattress sets. tempur-pedic. the most highly recommended bed in america. jon: think way back to the elections of 2010. the democrats lost the house of representatives but kept a slim majority in the senate. so what could republican olympia snowe's retirement as a senator do to republican hopes to win that chamber back in november? here's the current balance of power in the senate. democrats hold 51 seats. republicans 47. independents hold two. let's ask mike emanuel chief congressional correspondent i should say live out of washington. mike? >> reporter: jon, good morning. for republicans retire of olympia snowe of maine make taking back harder. three-term reincumbent was. that will make it challenging for gop to hold onto the seat. snowe complained publicly about dysfunction and polarization of senate. several of her senate colleagues offered this reaction. >> tragedy here. is that, everybody i know comes to the united states senate comes to get something done. and, and that is the real reason they come here yet people are sort of pulled apart by this process and end up, and sort of warring camps. >> i very much respect her decision but somewhere in all this mess there is a pony and we, we just need to find that pony but this ought to be a wake-up call to the congress. when you're at 10% approval rating, you get there together. >> reporter: 30 three senate -- 33 senate seats are in play. 23 held by democrats. 10 held by republicans. ten are open and analysts say that should favor republicans. with maine open that should favor democrats or help them. larry sabato from university of virginia said the democrats have edge in maine filling open seat. suggests senate looks headed for very close division one way or the other, perhaps 51-49 or 50-50. jon: bob kerr ri running again in nebraska makes their prospect holding that seat brighter. >> reporter: interesting times. jon: mike emanuel, thank you. jenna: monday the president and the israeli prime minister will meet in the white house to talk about iran's nuclear threat. he says he supports ire israel but will urge netanyahu not to attack iran's nuclear facilities. in an interview the president says it is unacceptable for irran to have a nuclear weapon and both israel and iran to know it is important what we say. as president of the united states i don't bluff. this is a big story. iran is a big story. at stake is not only our own national secure, the security of the mideast region and economy and rising gas prices on the forefront right now because of all these issues. we decided to sit down with a panel of experts. many you will recognize to dig deeper into why a nuclear iran matters. >> what is the true threat iran poses to our country? >> i don't it is right to say iran made a nuclear weapons decision. that is not what our national intelligence community said. national intelligence finding consistent for years, iran made a capability decision but not yet made a decision for a weapon. >> that totally phony issue. >> that is not. >> historically there is huge difference between countries that are -- >> look, a nuclear weapon is like baking a cake. you need ingredients. you need the pan and you need the recipe. what is iran doing? it has ingredients. it is enriching uranium. making the pan which is missile to deliver it. and has recipe and blueprint gotten largely from pakistan. all this stuff is on the counter. have they decided to make the cake? no. but once they have got all the ingredients, once they got the recipe. >> historically that is not what happened. historically 30 countries started toward the path of nuclear weapons and stopped. >> how would iran act differently if it was no going to build nuclear weapons than now? >> how would they act differently? i think more or less the same. agree they want to maximize political influence in the region. they consider themselves top dog. they look down on the arabs and they continue to do that the intelligence community is crystal clear on this they have not made this critical decision. >> we're splitting hairs here. i side with kt on this i talked with leaders of intelligence community about it and they're accurate what they're saying. they have brought the capabilities together to make a nuclear weapon. they have to, they have to get from 20% high grade uranium to closer 90% to be able to put it together. given the fact they're at 20 they can go to 90 a lot faster. that is what has israelis so spooked because they're not sure how much time there really is left. our intel analysts and israeli intel analysts sit side by side to look at intel. only other country we do that is the united kingdom. it is interesting because policymakers come to different conclusions from the same data. so our guys will say it is a year to two years out. u.s. policymakers go immediately to the outside of that number. israeli policymakers go immediately to the inside of that number and say we're running out of time. we have less than a year. that's kind of where we are because even the intel analysts have been wrong in the past, twice in the last 10 years. jenna: final question. you wake up tomorrow morning and there is announcement out of iran that they have nuclear weapons, they have the capability and they're putting it together. the jim, what do we do? >> if they already have a working nuclear weapon, you know, first of all --. jenna: firing it off. sighing video. >> they're testing it. >> they're testing it well -- >> world over. >> again i don't think they're suicidal. record of iranian behavior is not to commit suicide. i think it is a bad day but i think that is the first thing the president does, get on the phone, call allies in the region. we've got our back. you talk to israel. you, but, you know, do you really want to attack them once they have a nuclear weapon? jenna: general keane? >> i don't think we ever get to that point. if military option was credible option i think our intelligence -- big issue they have to have a system to deliver it. we have pretty good visibility what is happening there. we still have the means to do that if, if our policymakers were truly intent on doing that. and i, that option would still remain for us as far as i'm concerned. >> i don't think we ever get to that point. i think israel will make the calculation. they have a lot more to lose than we do. they live in the neighborhood. they have a narrower window of opportunity. i think israel makes a decision they will not be masada again and they go. jenna: ambassador? >> i don't think we get to the point either because of what kt said or jack said. one thing the president said, all options on the table you can assume not only are all options on the table we developed means to be able to exercise that those options. jenna: ambassador roth echoing president in that atlantic interview. a lot of different points of view. we'll hear a lot more from the panel on iran's nuclear threat coming up in the next hour. jon: wow, fascinating stuff. we're getting more tornado warnings almost by the minute. storms threatening areas still recovering from killer tornados earlier this week. if you live anywhere in that colored zone, keep an eye out and ear on the radio. we'll bring you the latest. i take insulin, so i test... a lot. do you test with this? freestyle lite test strips? they need just a third the blood of onetouch ultra. wow! and the unique zipwik tab targets the blood and pulls it in. that'll make testing easy. and you can get these strips for a $15 monthly co-pay simply by joining the freestyle promise program. and i think i know exactly where those savings will go. call or click and join for free. test easy. jon: president obama shifting the focus to oil companies as he continues to face criticism over rising gas prices in this country. right now the national average is $3.74 a gallon for unleaded regular. that is up more than 30 cents from this time last year. speaking yesterday in new hampshire the president accused his critics of using skyrocketing prices for political gain. >> i know this is hard to believe but some politicians are seeing higher gas prices as a political opportunity. you're shocked, i know. but it's true. right in the middle of an election year. who would have thought. so recently the lead in one news story said, and i'm quoting here, gasoline prices are on the rise and republicans are licking their chops. jon: paul gigot, editorial page editor of "the wall street journal" the president is shocked, shocked to find that economics play a role in what people are thinking about the president. >> remember 2008, in the summer when we had the big run-up in gasoline prices. jon: yeah. >> there was candidate challenger for president who mentioned that once or twice during the campaign. jon: that would be then senator awe barack obama. >> senator obama. sure politicians will use every bit of economic evidence to make their argument for or against their candidacy. so that's a red herring. jon: there's a look at the prices that we've seen spike between march of '08 and july of '08. and we're seeing the same kind of thing now. you know, the president has talked a lot about, you know, how he said george bush's economic policies got us into the unemployment situation we're in and so forth. why are gas prices not his responsibility or, at least to be factored into what people think? >> well, he has a point. presidents can't wave a wand and say, ah, please, oil prices fall. he has said you can't drill --. jon: he said you can't drill your way out of this problem. >> there are a lot of things going into the price of oil. there is supply demand around the world. there is tension in the middle east. there is monetary policy. we trade oil in dollars. if the dollar falls oil prices tend to go up. there is also domestic supply and global supply. if you add the supply, if you drill, baby drill, you can increase supply and that can help over time. so you can drill your way out of it in part. jon: all right. paul gigot, it's an interesting question. i'm sure you will be talking about it more. >> we do. jon: don'ts miss paul this weekend. tune in tomorrow. he hosts the "journal editorial report". always an excellent panel, 2:00 p.m. eastern time. jenna: nasa is coming out of a new report detailing thousands of computer security incidents. one of those incidents sparking a an ongoing investigation at a lab responsible for some of our most advanced space exploration programs. probably not a coincidence. harris faulkner has more on this. >> reporter: you can say, jenna, hackers are hitting us in space. nasa now saying chinese hackers gained all functional droll over a very important space laboratory in pasadena, california. we're now learning there have been more than 5,000 security breaches in 2010 and 2011 alone. maybe the worst of it though, a breach at the jet propulsion lab in passadena. it is considered the nerve center of the entire series of space exploration projects. jpl will launch and monitor the mission to put the curiosity rover on surface of mars. here is picture of that. the lab handles big communications network that supports the international space station and operates the deep space network that is series of complex antennas on several continents that monitors outer space and earth. nasa being pretty much mum about the extent of hacking but they are confirming the breach affected thousands of computers and theft of unknown amount of sensitive data. the space agency is trying to upgrade its security networks. we do know this, the cyber attacks involved chinese-based internet addresses which they're trying to track and trace. back to you. jenna: interesting, harris. thank you. >> reporter: sure. jon: a manhunt for a buy police say is armed with three automatic weapons. they say he was driving an armored truck when he killed his partner and took off with more than $2 million. plus the car of the future that doesn't need a driver? is that safe? how it works, next. jon: a fox news alert. we are getting reports already of extensive damage in madison county, alabama, where it appears that a tornado has touched down. again the confirmation comes later from the national weather service but what folks are seeing with their own eyes is usually pretty clear. 17,000 customers without power in the area near huntsville. tornadoes reported in at least two alabama counties within the last few minutes. a new storm system is threatening regions of the midwest and south that have been battered by storms earlier in the week. the national weather service is calling this a pds. that is particularly dangerous situation. they have drawn a line that extend basically 50 miles south of cape giradeau, missouri, to 25 miles north of danville, illinois. they say in a 90-mile swath of either side of that line you see there in that box, people should be on the lookout for tornados. really anywhere in that colored area that you see on your screen right now, you could be seeing tornadic activity and hail possibly up to 2 1/2 inches in diameter. a hail stone like that can kill you if it hits you in the head. we'll have janice up next hour to bring you more information. jenna: well, are you a back seat driver? because you might find the next story a little interesting. what about a car so technically or, technically advanced that it doesn't need a driver? google is trying to make it a reality. i don't know, can you sit there and let the car drive or would you tell the car how to drive? >> reporter: my 5-year-old loves this she has quite the social life and of course she can't drive. it is serious for lawmakers who are concerned about it. they want to regulate it. it is brand new. in five states lawmakers writing bills regarding self-driving cars. here it is google's self-driving car. a retrofitted toyota prius. it has a spinning scanner a laser scanner on top. it has been on the road already logging hundreds of thousands of miles. look, it stops for pedestrians. that's helpful. google says the cars reach 15 times faster or react 15 times faster than human driver. questions are being raised who is at fault if the car is caught speeding? what happens at yellow light where there is decision to be made? you have option to slow down and stop or keep moving. google says so far only one of the cars was involved in the accident. the company says in that particular case it was human error. there have been no incidents as a result of self-driving mode. back to you guys. jenna: i think i would be sitting there like this, bracing. i would be more nervous in that car than driving my own. >> reporter: i would be sleeping. jenna: see, spoken like a woman with a 5-year-old, right? you couse that little extra sleep. that's for sure. harris, thank you very much. we'll see what our viewers think about that, jon. jon: he likes autopilot when i fly but on the ground i like to be behind the wheel in control. jenna: i think you were that type of guy. jon: we're keeping eye over very dangerous situation over a wide swath of south and east right now. tornados reported on the ground already this morning near huntsville, alabama. a couple, i should say 17,000 people already without power. we'll get you an update in the next hour of "happening now" coming up. jon a fox news alert on a frightening day n. alabama, local media outlets saying several holmes destroyed, ambulances on their way to neighborhoods in huntsville this, as folks in america's heartland are picking up after killer tornadoes laid waste to towns and neighborhoods early they are week. mike tobin is live from harrisburg, illinois, a town that lost six residents in a powerful twister the other night. what's going on there mike? >> reporter: a lot of people are getting ready and a lot of people are fearful. i'm standing next to a storm ditch, what people should be eyeballing in last resort in the instance that a funnel cloud is spotted. i want to give you a warning of the tornado sirens. pardon the bumping of the camera. that's one of the sirens that's supposed to warn people of the event a tornado it spotted. it was knocked out by the last tornado. crews are trying to get the word out in person, driving through neighborhoods, trying to get the word out with local television and radios. as the funnel clouds blew up the transformers, the radio and tv doesn't work. the debris is going to be worse in harrisburg because the debris is already prone up. you can see the force of the tornado embedded this in the ground, then all the obvious concerns, becauseis loaded with nails an sharp edges, you can see the strip mall that took the direct hit, absolutely destroyed this place. off in the distance is the apartment building that was flattened, where six people were killed here locally. the emergency crews have been going through these neighborhoods, particularly where the homes are in tact, warning people to get a shelter plan in place. some people are working frantically to get tarps on the roofs to protect what remains of their homes. problem with the tarps, if you only get rain, if you only get hail, it will do some work. if another tornado comes through here, if severe winds come through here, it won't do any good, so you have a lot of nerveous anticipation in hairsisberg, people hoping this is only a tornado warning. jon: obviously you've got to have some power to get the sirens going, the alerts going. people are really, really having a problem there, nt they? >> >> reporter: they r a lot of nervous anticipation right now. people were kind of glad yesterday when the word came out that it would probably be cold rain turning to snow, now we woke up this morning and they said no, indeed you're under another tornado watch, we're hearing information that tornadoes are touching down other places. that's a concern. jon: then a rain storm when your roof is damaged, that's bad news. mike tobin, thank you. jenna: a top story, we're watching a few developing stories as well, a montana underway for an armoured guard security guard, police believe he shot and killed his partner and disappeared with $2 million. >> concerns that nuclear weapons could sprout like mushrooms in the middle east if iran gets a bomb. we'll talk about that. >> plus the hunting grounds of serial killer jeffrey damner. -- dahmer. as you can imagine it's sparking quite the backlash. more on that straight ahead. we turn to politics. hi everybody i'm jenna lee. i don't know jon i'm scon jon scott. it is a busy day on the campaign trail as voters prepare to head to the 308s -- to the polls on supertuesday, more than 400 delegates are up for grabs and voters are paying attention to ohio. it could play a pitch oleat -- pitch on theual role in the general election. carl cameron, i guess there's a new quinnipiac poll out that shows rick santorum has momentum, huh? >> reporter: ah, well actually it shows mitt romney might be catching up a little bit in the wake of his michigan and arizona wins. the real clear politics advantage we should tell you shows that santorum is up by more than five points in ohio but this really is likely to be perhaps the most consequential battle between santorum and mitt romney yet. and it suggests, the quinnipiac poll does, that in fact romney is closing the gap. right now santorum still leads 35-31, but the lead is shrinking, santorum was up by a slightly larger margin in the quinnipiac poll two weeks ago. rick santorum has been campaigning as the true conservative against mitt romney and he leads with conservatives 40-27 over mitt romney, a double digit gap and among self-described tea party voters, santorum leads 42-25. that is particularly significant. it shows that the base core conservative part of the republican party in ohio favors santorum fairly heavily. but among moderate republican voters, romney comes roaring back big, 46-26 percent. it is now a question of whether or not romney can close the gap further and take a lead by tuesday with the weekend now upon us. most of the candidates are spread out across the country. rick santorum is in chilicoth, ohio, romney showing up in cleveland shortly. we're on 71, the interstate, on our way there in our qrrv vehicle, jenna. we've been making as many miles as we can in the buckeye state. there is little doubt in the ten contests that take place next week, with georgia, the one with the largest delegate purse, almost certain to go to newt gingrich, the state where he began his political career, ohio becomes the most symbolic and most contested battle ground and it's very clear this is going right down to the wire, that quinnipiac poll says one third of buckeye state voters in the primary are likely to change their minds between now and tuesday. that was not the case in michigan. there were a very small number of undecided voters and that was mitt romney's home turf. if anything, ohio is closer to santorum's turf. it's close to pennsylvania, this is a heavily union state and he'll be playing the favorite nephew status, saying come from pennsylvania, particularly the coal country, he can identify with coal voters in eastern ohio. >> jon: carl cameron coming from the quick response quick, and yes, he does have a human driver! hug --o he is not behind the wheel. jenna: very good. jon: good interstates in ohio. jenna: very good. oil prices jumped nearly 5 percent yesterday following an unconfirmed report from iran of a major pipeline explosion in saudi arabia. now, a denial by the sad a-- saudis, since the price has backed out a little bit but it shows how middle east tensions have everyone walking a type rope. steve moore of the "wall street journal," steve, when this report hit, it was not immediately dismissed as rumor, but it wasn't from a reliable source. and look what it did to the market. what does this tell us about the days that we're living in here? >> reporter: great point, jenna. the price spiked up to $110 a barrel. we've been at 100-105 level for a long time. by the way as you know, jenna, $105 for a barrel of oil, that's an historic high and if people want to understand why they're paying $4 a gallon for gasoline it's because that high price per barrel. now, what's happening in the middle east is clearly the driver of these high gasoline prices, and you know, all of this turmoil and all these high tensions right now translate to the american family directly in terms of these high gas prices. general jen steve, it's one report t. wasn't even credible, and look what it did. what should we expect if something more serious happens? >> well, this is the important question. if this really flares up into some kind of military strike, then, jenna, i would say that -- i wouldn't put out of the realm of possibility people facing $5 a gallon gasoline by the end of the month or sometime in april. we're very vulnerable to attacks, and disruptions in supply in the middle east. and any time that happens, as we saw it today, you see a shootup in the supply of oil and that translates into lower gas prices, and the thing that's very frustrating to me, jenna, is that i don't think we need to be so vulnerable to this middle east stuff, oil. i just got back from a two-day fact finding mission in north dakota, which as you know has the lowest unemployment rate in the country, it is an incredibly oil-rich state, it has more oil than saudi arabia has oil because of the new tracking -- fracking process and the real tragedy is we're not developing enough of our own resources so we're not vulnerable to what happens in countries like iran. jenna: the critics say, though, listen, if we have it we're not going to be able to get it quickly enough to affect oil prices in the next 6-12 monthings, it's going -- month, it's going to take several years, so in the meantime as we wait for us to figure that out, and we look forward to your article on the fact finding mission, what is its take on the economy, will this throw the economy off the rails of recovery? >> first of all, i tear my hair out when i hear people say that and you're echoing what critics say, gee, drilling is going to take one year, two years, three years, but it should be 30 years we're drilling for that oil and it comes back to haunt us that we're not. your question is a good one, what impact would $4, $5 gasoline have object the economy, which we're going to get a good unemployment number next week, i think it puts a damp, cold blanket on the economy, it's a tax on the consumer every time the oil price and gas price goes up, so it's the one real black mark on the economy is the higher energy prices. jenna: stuart weitzman, the shoe designer, i don't know how update you are on shoes but he told me the higher oil prices affects the price of shoes, it affects the rubber on the sole and everything else. so many things are affected by higher oil price, not just gasoline. >> by the way, also things like restaurant sales and things like that, because jenna, if people have to pay $75 or so to fill up their gas tank, that's less money they have for going to restaurants. i thought -- i talked to people at walmart, they say they can track the diaper sales next week based on the gasoline price today. so it really reverberates throughout the economy every time that gas price goes up in a negative way. jenna: ste moore, thank you very much. >> here's three words: drill, drill, drill! >> jen steve moore, we can have you back, you can debate someone that says no, no, no, because you know that voice is out there! thank you. >> thank you. jon: fox news alert. we're trying to keep you apprised of this tornado situation that's really covering is wide swath of the south and even the eastern part of the country right now. we're getting reports of extensive damage in parts of alabama, a state corrections official in limestone county, northern alabama, says a state prison, the limestone state prison, was actually hit. no word yet on any damage or injuries there. let's listen in right now to whnt in huntsville, alabama, there on the story: >> that's not live video but that was video from shane hayes. if you're watching earlier, we told him to pull off the road before he got to meridianville and what we see is probably the wall cloud. but one of the problems with looking at tornadoes in the south, chasing them, is that a lot of times they're rapt in rain and there's not good contrast between the tornado and the environment around it, around the base of the clouds. everything is dark like that when it's rain-wrapped so it can be very difficult to see. but most likely what you're seeing, especially -- and aaron keyed over this -- pop me over it, we'll do tv magic here -- what you're seeing here on the edge of it is the rain curtain coming around the cyclone and if we were able to speed that up, see what he's zooming in on? that's not actually the tornado, that's rain wrapping around the outside of the tornado which would have been the parkway from that vantage point. you can see how there's -- there, i pop in. so sheets of rain, wrapping around what was probably a tornado, crossing the parkway, maybe as much as 1 mile north of this location. because of the pour contrast, we weren't able to see it from his vintage point but we -- vant vantage point but some of the pictures we're getting in, we're able to see them on the laptop, it looks like this could have been an ef2, maybe an ef3 tornado. we'll know when the weather service gets out and does that. we're not in the business of surveying the storm, but based on the preliminary damage pictures it could be up in that territory. that's a pretty significant tornado. again, the threat of severe weather has temporarily calmed down, for most of north alabama and southern, middle tennessee. southeast tennessee, the chattanooga territory, if you're traveling 59 towards chattanooga, highway 64, interstate 24 into the chattanooga area, there are rough storms, give it 30 minutes to get past chattanooga before you start head thank direction. if you need to travel on the scholls, rustleville, leeten, lawrence county, morgan county, things are okay now. we do expect another eruption of showers and thunderstorms later on this afternoon. right now, 1:13, and we're just kind of flying along here, and determining what had happened this morning with our knews crews and still watching the weather throughout the after that, so since we don't have any other active tornado warnings, let's go to michelle stark at the news desk for an update on what we have seen so far. >> jason, we'll reset and give people an overview of where we're at this morning. we know there's significant damage in limestone county and madison county. we have our crews on the scene, you've seen the live images coming in but we'll continue to update you as we get the latest numbers. jon: because those are the faces you're not accustomed to seeing on fox news channel, we want to tell you we have been listening live to whnt, channel 19 in huntsville, alabama, where it is believed that a tornado has touched down earlier today. also a tornado reported in the northern alabama county of limestone, where we're told that the limestone correctional facility a. a prison, got raked by another tornado. a prison spokesman is confirming that, but no word yet on damage or injuries. the good news, obviously is prisoners are solidly built, the bad news is the folks inside them, the inmate, don't have -- indates, don't have a place to go if that building starts getting torn apart and again, we're not saying that happened, we just know from a prison spokesman that the prison was hit by a tornado. again, no reports yet of damage or injuries at the limestone state prison, limestone correctional facility in northern alabama. that system is still on the move, folks in that particularly dangerous area should keep an eye on the sky and an ear on the weather radio. all right, let's get back to politics for a bit. questioning the conventional wisdom about the race for the white house, many pundits, even some prominent conservatives, are saying the presidential election is for all purposes done. they believe that an improving economy and bitter republican infighting is ensuring another four years for president obama. but our next guest says not so fast. stephen hayes is senior writer for the weekly standard. also a fox news contributor. so the reports of the death of any republican are greatly exaggerated? >> if i can use that analogy, that old mark twain saying. but you say it's a little too early to write off the republican contenders. >> yeah, it sure is. look it, i say this as somebody who thinks that the field overall is fairly weak, i mean, there were other people who could have run and perhaps done a better job, been a better election candidate but the field is what it is and i think there are several reasons the election is far from over this long out. first, you have the fact that republicans are now spending their time largely attacking one another, or at least that's what journalists are paying attention to. what's reported in the papers every day, not that it critiques president obama because they've been making those for quite some time but they are attacks against one another, the attacks ads are against one another. at some point when republicans have a nominee they're going to be trading those attacks on president obama and requiring journalists to place more scrutiny on the president's record. i think that will be an advantage for republicans. >> jon: let's take a look at the real clear politics national averages of polls that pit president obama against in this case mitt romney. there the president leads 49 percent to a little over 44 percent. again, these are averages of a number of polls. if you look at rick santorum's positioning against the president, it's actually not so bad, 49.3 to 44.3. so a lot of folks who say rick santorum can't possibly beat barack obama are going to have to look seriously at those numbers. >> yeah, i think that's right. look it, it's entirely possible either of the republican candidates could beat barack obama. the president has the advantages of an incumbent, he's got an economy that seems to be recovering, but there are also things down the road that don't bode so well for him. certainly gas prices, as we were talking about with steve moore a minute ago, you've got broader economic indicators, people think that this most recent quarter that showed 3 percent growth, economic growth, is likely to come back down to eartho slow down a little bit. you've got a lot of things that can happen between now and then, to say nothing of possible war in iran, european debt situation. there are a number of things that will change that and change those numbers again and again and again before november. jon: and interesting, you know, the president's budget proposal is higher taxes for -- proposes higher taxes for the oil companies. if he were successful in imposing those, what happens to gas prices steven? >> i think they go up. there are a number of reasons that gas prices are a good issue for republicans, in part because of what president obama was arguing as a candidate back before he was running, well, new permitting, that doesn't do us much good right now, that won't take effect for five or ten years. well now we're in that time frame, where doing things back then would have helped. i mean, then you've got this quote from energy secretary stephen chu, which is we need to raise gas prices back in 2008. republicans are going to use that again and again and again until november. jon: all right. so it's not over yet. we'll keep an eye on it. >> definitely not over. jon: steven hayes, thank you. >> thanks jon. jenna: we have breaking news for you, it's not clear if this was a building that collapsed or something else. they're calling it a trench collapse, it's in harlem and apparently someone was trapped in this collapsing building or trench or whatever it happens to be. harris faulkner has been working this story, she says that she believes the man who got esrude -- rescued in good condition. as we learn more we will bring you those updates. >> in the meantime, the nfl and concussion, another former player is joining many more in suing the league over the reported head injuries, the light exposure for the nfl, and could this change the game of football as we know it. our legal panel weighs in next. plus, just how safe are america's security systems from cyber attacks? 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[ female announcer ] discover what's next in your life. g this free travel bag when you join at aarp.org/jointoday. jon: the former head of the national security agency, as well as the cia, has a warning out about a powerful computer virus used to successfully attack iran's nuclear program. now, no one has claimed responsibility for that cyber attack, but retired scwn michael hayden spoke to "60 minutes" comparing its use to a conventional bomb which is destroyed on impact. he says america should be concerned that once a virus like that one is out there its victims can repurpose the code and use it against other enemies, including us. >> we have entered into a new phase of conflict in which we use a cyber weapon to create physical destruction. jon: he's talking about the stuck-ned virus. you can see the rest of the interview on "60 minutes" this coming sunday. jenna: the nfl is facing new accusations of negligence, fraud, and conspiracy in its handling of players' head injuries. former dallas cowboys linemark michael myers is suing the league over concussions he says caused a string of medical problems, everything that memory loss to headaches and a lot more than that. this is just one of more than three dozen lawsuits against the nfl, representing more than 700 players right now. we're going to bring in criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor joey jackson and prosecuting attorney andrew smiley. we have to figure out if these people have a case. joey, this case, the one with michael myers, centers around this one committee that many fans may not know about that the nfl had, it started in 1994, it's the mild traumatic brain injury committee, and this suit alleges that this committee concealed medical evidence and misrepresented facts about brain or head injuries and because of that the nfl is really responsible for these players suffering these injuries and not knowing enough to properly know what their health risk is. do you think they have a case here? >> i think it's going to be a significant challenge, jenna. here's why. number one, when you're a football player, you assume the risk of that dangerous behavior, just like many other jobs which happen to be quite dangerous. there are police officers, walking the streets every day and they may be subjected to violent gun battles. there are firefighters who are running into buildings that are on fire and they could perish as a result of that. when you're a football player and you put on the uniform, you have to know that it will be a dangerous activity, and you may be injured as a result of that activity. i mean, i also hasten to add that football players are paid significantly more than firefighters, the analogy i used, and police officers, and so therefore, these football players do what we will do, and the second hurdle is contributor negligence. i don't think anybody needs a committee of doctors or experts, or anyone else, to suggest to you that head injuries are traumatic, and certainly, if i'm a football player and i don't want to suit up and go back into the game it's my prerogative to say to and not go out there but they're concerned about their name, their image, their reputation and endorsements. jenna: there's a lot of money at stake for the league and teams, and they do wear helmet, we know that, they put on a helmet because there's a chance you could really get hurt and at the same time, this committee was headed up by a reum tologist, a guy that knows about joints, not brain injuries, so does the league have a problem there? >> they do. that's why the case has merit. the players assume the risk when they get on the field, they assume the risk of concussion or getting hurt. what they don't assume a risk of is by continuing to play, by having the league and league's doctors say yeah, you have a concussion but you can get right back in and play, that they're exposing themselves to permanent brain injury that's going to have devastating and life threatening effects, and that's what the evidence has revealed, that while players are routinely, we've all seen them take their -- get back on the field the scientific evidence shows that highly dangerous, by doing that it's causing further damage. jenna: the smelling salts are given by the trainers on the sidelines, so why is the league then responsible not, not the team, not the trainers? >> because the league enforces -- enforces the rules of play, and the league knew at the time that's what the case alleges, that you shouldn't be sending the players back in, that they need time to recover and to heal, and that the league turns a blind eye. in fact, this committee handed out pamphlets to the teams, to the players, saying it's okay, you know, you can have a concussion, you can go back in and play the same day, there's no evidence that that's linked to any permanent injury. when the scientific information was quite to the contrary. that's the basis of this claim, that the players were relying upon the league to say hey, it's okay, and they were being tough, they were being paid, the fans want to see them, but here's what the -- >> here's the problem. the problem is when we speak to the issue of science we know there are contrary opinions and therefore in any proceeding, in any day that i go to court there will be one expert for the other side of course that says one thing and then the expert for me who's going to say something quite the opposite. jenna: joey, why would the league put fourth pamphlet, with the allegation that they concealed information if they had no liability to cover? >> it's a factual question as to whether or not they were concealing or covering up or relying on information they thought was thoughtful, accurate and they thought was significant to the players, and i think a jury ultimately will have to make that determination if the case even gets that far, because after all, this is football, not table tennis. you're going to get hurt. jenna: a final thought, and i want to share something with bot of you. my father actually played in the nfl, and he played for the rams, falcons and the vikings and he played for 14 years in the league and i'm not going to mention the years because i respect my father, and i'm not sure he wants to reveal that. he's in good condition. he got hit a lot but he's in good condition. some of his teammates are not. so then andrew do you explain the discrepancy when it comes to these concussions? is it only the guys injured that can file the lawsuits or do all the players somehow have a right to get in here? >> you have to prove your damages, so obviously it's the injured players that are primarily the ones. as far as the other players, it will go to issues of monetary and steps to be taken. here's the thing, is that the medical evidence, and to go to joey's point of conflicting experts, what the league did, they put together this group of doctors and the head of this group is not a doctor that specialized in head injury, in neurology and brain scientist but a rheumatologist that specializes in pain in the joints, and with all the lead be experts in the 2350e8d, neurologists, head injury experts are saying to the contrary, and they're blowing it off, and that's the basis of the lawsuit. >> no matter who heads the committee you're a functional person and what you do is you assemble great minds, like any other leader was. you can't be an expert in everything, but what you should do is assemble a group of people in the know. but they did -- >> jenna: that is the question, the question of the case. we appreciate you coming on to talk about it. the injuries are serious. it's something we'll fop. i do have a statement from the nfl because we wanted to get their side on it. the nfl says it's long made player safety a priority and continues to do so, any allegation that the nfl intentionally sought to mislead players has no merit and stands in contrast to the advancement of science and understanding of treatment of concussion. that coming from the nfl today. and concussions are a big, big issue today. twenty years ago it was an injury but it wasn't at the same level, the same information we had. >> that's why the current commissioner has instituted those rules against helmet hit, helmet to helmet contact, that kind of thing. they're really concerned about it now. students are back in class today at chardon high school after those three teenagers were killed, two others wounded in a horrific school shooting on monday. what students and teachers are doing as they try to get their lives back to normal. plus, targeting religion on the campaign trail, why the mainstream media turns a blind eye to growing attacks on the candidates and their religion. we'll weigh in with our news watch panel, coming up. # laura ] maine is known for its lighthouses, rocky shore, and most importantly, its lobster. it's the tastiest, the sweetest, the freshest. nobody can ever get enough [ male announcer ] it's lobsterfest at red lobster, the one time of year you can savor 12 exciting lobster entrees like lobster lover's dream or new maine lobster and shrimp trio. 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>> we haven't seen these kind of attacks on religion in a longtime in this country, and since mr. santorum seems to be highlighting the social issues in his own campaign commentators apparently feel that it's fair game to go after what they perceive as the hypocrisy of the positions that he's taken, and even questioning the te tennenent of his faith. i think it's inappropriate, uncalled for and there has been some backlash even though many in the mainstream media don't seem to be paying attention. jon: a khr-t umis khropl umist had a line about, stick that in your magic underwear. he did apologize for that. doesn't that show the general disstain that many in the media feel for religious people? >> it was actually a tweet. and i think there is a distinction to be made between someone writing a column and a tweet. jon: it was a tweet. i stand corrected. jenna: at the same time i feel like people do get a little too up in arms about this kind of stuff. another one was joan walsh from salon had made a reference to babtizing the dead, which is something that is controversial with more moneys more mormons. the other one was the huffington post. i didn't find them to be that big of a deal. i'm a christian, if people make fun of christians, i can handle it. sometimes it gets blown-out of proportion of the i understand the case that people make, which is no one would do this about islam, and, you know, and i think that that is a fair point, that -- at the same time i would say if a -- there was a presidential contender who was muslim, i don't think the people are complaining about this that would say it is out of bounds. jon: that is a huge point, judith. it seems like christianity, or -- you can take swipes at rick santorum, you can take swipes at mitt romney because their religions are fair game, but you can't say anything untoward about muslims. >> as we've seen from the whole flap this week over the nypd and its alleged surveillance of mainstream muslims, i mean, which of course the nypd has denied. look, religion is always going to be controversial, and it's always, should be off bounds. and i don't care whether it's a tweet or a column, it shouldn't happen. it's just not anything that we should highlight when we're dealing with the kinds of problems that the nation is facing. the economy, the trouble overseas, but more than that i think i'd like to be able to say, we've come a long way from the days of jfk, when his religion, his catholicism was an issue. i'm not sure we v. i any the mormons may be the new catholics and muslims may be, you know, above reproach because we can't criticize anything about their faith. look, i think religion should be off the table, period. jon: and it is -- well kirsten let's get your take. jfk had to reassure the nation that he would govern as a president, that he would not be taking orders from the pope. i don't suppose that that is an issue today. have we come that far in this issue? >> well, see i just disagree that it should be taken off the table -fpblt i don'. i don't think you should ridicule people's positions. i'm sure i have done it and need to apologize for it. jon: to the rest of the huffington post. >> but the thing is, i don't think it should be taken off the table. and i don't think islam should be taken off the table and are there are issues around the mormon church. mitt romney is a leader in the mormon church. i don't like the idea that we have to be so pc that we can't discuss something that is so central to people's lives. i'm a christian, i expect people to have questions and criticisms about that. what i think is the most important thin is when the media covers religion and seriously forget the joking they often do it in such a bigoted may, in an uninformed way and i think that is a much more serious issue. jon: sounds like a better reason to just leave it out. >> yes, i think -- we're not talking about discussing we're talking about making fun of which is exactly what these three instances that you discussed were doing. those three columnists were doing that, and it's inappropriate, and i think most of us ought to say that. jon: all right. the panel has a lot more to say on this week's hottest topics. judy and kreur kirsten thank u. i'll be hosting news watch, runs 2:30pm eastern time. jenna: stopping iran before it can develop a nuclear weapon. we've heard this a lot. the president calls the idea of a nuclear iran unacceptable. how do we achieve the goal of making sure that they don't get that weapon? 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