will not allow foreigners to secure the oil and gas fields in algeria, not a good statement for foreigners who are working there. there is a lot of concern about the security. gregg: thank you, conor. heather: you could visit the doctor online. is this the new trend for the 21st century checkup? gregg: a health care lands barbara walters in the hospital overnight. details on that. heather: some use a controversial fingerprint scanner raising serious concerns about privacy. dominic is live in arizona with that story. yes, the police here in mesa say the scanners are a huge help capturing criminals but some say it is another invasion of our privacy. research suggests cell h
are not good. also, although the data the police capture on the scanner is there, but the temporary data is reminiscent of a police state. the police need to have rules and restrictions on how to use the technology, for example, they should not be able to ask people to voluntarily turn over fingerprints because when an officers and you to voluntarily do something it is never truly voluntarily. one day the police department would like to see a criminal database set up to check regular citizens identity but they add it it is not ready for that. heather: supreme court justice sotomayor making a trip to new york city for a book signing event for the new book my beloved world. this is video just in to fox
heather: welcome back, the algerian government finding 25 bodies at a natural gas plant. this is after the hostage situation involving several americans came to a bloody end with special forces storming the facility. federal investigators testing batteries and chargers to get to the bottom recent problems with boeing 787 dreamliners. the planes have been grounded for passenger safety. in a ceremony with his family watching, president obama has been sworn in for a second four-year term. chief justice of the united states john roberts administered the oath of office in the white house. gregg: politicians to sports heroes, betraying the public trust is a growing phenomenon. now, bringing back our political insiders, john leboutillier and
think will be going to be studying for years to com. heather: brad, what is your take? i think to be memorable, unite america and challenge us but also has to inspire us. let s remember that the president has an opportunity to give a patriotic and visionary speech but followed within two weeks with a state of the union that is going to be road map. what is he going to do the next four years? you won t necessarily hear that tomorrow, but will you hear it within the next two weeks. hopefully that will give us more dimension to the inaugural address and what he hopes to accomplish. heather: we heard the president has two occasions to talk about his presidency moving forward. we are entering a rare moment in history. president obama faces as president clinton and george w.
compromise? reporter: we got a taste of what could pass in both houses today. here is what we could find agreement on. this is a moment we can do something about mental health, information sharing, maybe about background checks and other things but it has to be a plan that could work or the president will not get it done. we do not expect it all to pass but in elements of this that are critical. the president has vowed he will do everything he can to reduce gun related carnage and putting to work the same campaign organization that won him unprecedented turnout in november to now win grass roots support for new restrictions on guns. gregg: thank you, doug, from washington, dc. heather: the inauguration sparking speculation of president obama s second term and his legacy when it is all said and done. many consider president s nominations for the supreme