story. all the best. how about that? how about that? taking your thoughts on it at kelly@foxnews.com. well, we ve got major new developments this hour on a big controversy, one of the top leaders of one of the country s biggest breast cancer groups, the susan g. komen foundation do you remember this dust-up last week? she just quit in a political fight over funding planned parenthood. this is the woman who they say was behind the decision to defund planned parenthood. all the planned parenthood zeroed in on this woman, karen handle. then comen reversed its decision. handle is now out, and she joins me live for her first national cable interview in just a short bit. plus, we are today getting our first look at just how far the drug cartels will go when it comes into bringing drugs into the united states. elevators, tunnels, all hidden 90 feet below ground. wait until you see what else. a long tunnel, six feet high, four feet wide, dug right out of
now, she has been made into a villain in this story by some folks for her pro-life views and agenda. coming up, karen handle will join us live for her first national interview hours after stepping down. we wanted to speak with her last week, we were not able to while she was still with the komen foundation. she has just pulled the plug on that relationship, and she will come on, and we ll have the chance to tell her side of this story. was she really the one behind the decision to yank planned parenthood s funding in the first place? what was the real reason susan g. komen foundation reversed that choice? and why is karen handle now stepping down? that s coming up in just a short time. we also have more now on that breaking news from the top of the hour, a federal appeals court, the ninth circuit court of appeals, declaring that california s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional. this is a constitutional amendment that the voters put in place, and the ninth circuit court of appea
that and coercion that occurred by planned parenthood. megyn: were you amazed by the pushback when komen decided to defund planned parenthood? absolutely. for komen and i m speaking for myself since i did resign this morning. i want to clarify that. i resigned because it was clear that all of this hat gotten to a point where it was ratcheted so high, i was too much of a focal point. susan g. komen for the cure is a truly great organization that has done wonderful things. it has made an extraordinary impact in the fight against breast cancer. i thought i had a responsibility to step aside so they can refocus on their mission. megyn: understood. but there was a lot of pushback. there was tremendous pushback. megyn: they thought you were the person and you had run for office and said you wanted to defund plan the parenthood and
things. but this organization had a right to make what it felt was the best decision for the mission, for the mission. and i think everyone can agree if you have a grant he where there is this kind of controversy, komen was doing its best to move to miew central ground. i was asked to look at options. i looked at it and i did. megyn: it wasn t your idea? you are say? i m saying this is long an issue for komen dealing with the controversies at planned parenthood. megyn: obviously what made a lot of news last week was the pushback by planned parenthood supporters. what did not make as much news but was also a thread was the celebration by many who consider themselves pro life of the decision. have you heard from those people in the wake of your decision today and in the wake of the news that broke last week?
fox news is your election headquarters. keep it here for primary results. for the best context and analysis you can go to foxnews.com/politics/elections. new fallout in the susan g. komen foundation controversy. karen handel has just resigned. this drama started a week ago when susan g. komen decided to cut funding to planned parenthood because that organization was under investigation. it sparked a firestorm and days later it reversed itself. then a high-rankle executive at komen stepped down saying she was dismayed by the flip-flop. karen, let s get to the bottom of this.