on. always nice to see you. jon: hey, you need an id to walk into the justice department build anything washington, but the top guy who works there, attorney general eric holder, says it is a threat to americans civil rights to ask them for id before they can vote. the national review s rich lowry on what he thinks holder is missing here. also key primaries down south that could reshape the republican presidential race. we will talk with representatives from the three major campaigns next. we re from the country, and we like it that way.
and there s another primary coming up about a week and a half from now in louisiana, and if he were to win those states from south carolina to louisiana, he would have sort of a regional block there, and we do start getting into considerations of an open convention despite what governor romney said yesterday. there won t be a nominee until we get to tampa at the end of august, the question is, will somebody have enough delegates before we get there, or will the convention decide who the nominee is? jon: paul west there in washington for tribune newspapers. thank you. thanks, jon. jenna: well, new instability is rocking the middle east today. israel taking on a wave of militant attacks on its southern border raising concerns of a possible preemptive strike against iran s suspected nuclear weapons program but also what happens if, indeed, that strike doesn t go forward. doug mckelway s live in washington with a closer look. reporter: hi, jenna.
washington, i m a political appointee. i don t like a statute in austin, texas, that is not authorized under the constitution. the problems with the statute that lets him do it. the problem is not with exercise of his judgment. jon: judge, i don t want to doubt your hypothetical. you say it could be a problem down the road but we are having a problem with voter fraud right now. i don t know, it is a tradeoff. pleasure, jon. jon: judge napolitano, we ll argue in your office after this. jenna: you should ask for his i.d.. jon: is that the real judge? jenna: we re not sure. jon: i will ask him to laugh. jenna: you will talk to rich lowery later next hour. jon: that s right. jenna: if you have any feedback, e-mail us, foxnews.com. mitt romney, newt gingrich, rick santorum all hoping for key trick veries there victories. we have a live report on the southern showdown, coming up.
the long term. reporter: in the 2008 campaign mr. obama often noted that gasoline prices were double what they were when george w. bush took office. now, gasoline prices fell sharply during the recession but ironically the recovery is one of the things pushing them back up again. jenna. jenna: more on the story throughout the day today. wendell, thank you. jon: right now the new york city police department is getting some support from a very unlikely source. as the controversy intensifies over the nypd monitoring of islamic communities in the northeast, one muslim journalist is defending the decision. our chief tell intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live in washington with more on that. reporter: jon, good morning. a new poll released by quinnipiac college, voters most are reporting shows support also from unexpected quarter. we re using religion as a cover. this is koran from saudi arabia. reporter: 46-year-old
loss of innocent life. the killing of innocent civilians is outrageous and it is unacceptable. it is not who we are as a country and it does not represent our military. for that reason i directed the pentagon to make sure we spare no effort in conducting a full investigation. i can assure the american people and the afghan people that we will follow the facts wherever they lead us and we will make sure that anybody who was involved is held fully accountable with the full force of the law. yesterday i met with general allen and ambassador crocker who are here in washington and i have extraordinary confidence in them and in the many americans who are serving in afghanistan and who have made extraordinary sacrifices to be there. today i ll be meeting with prime minister cameron who