something certainly it is a successful project. you re right, they re all working together. a small community of scientists have been focused on antarctica. for years i ve been following it myself for years. i find it incredibly fascinating hopefully . arthel: why do you find it so fascinating? doledest place on earth. life that has never seen sunlight before. the magnitude of the project. this one s only a hole that is a mile deep but, or i m sorry, a half mile deep. but the other holes were even deeper than that to get to these ice cores. it is fascinating. it is fascinate nating because it is not easy to get down there. quick question before i leave, how many microscopes did you have as a child? only one or two. arthel: thank you, jeremy cap plan. jon? jon: inaugurations fill americans with a sense of pride. some critics say the mainstream media coverage of the big event crossed a line. a fair and balanced look at that controversy. plus a former nfl cheerleader convicted of
saying, well when hour a senator you vote for different things than when you re president. really it was just a protest vote, and it was meaningless, and, you know, again that does look, look, that was an absurd response. that is just not true. you have to be held accountable for your votes and your actions, and we held president bush accountable, and president obama can say i ve had a change in heart, and then give the reasons, but don t belittle your vote. jon: i want to turn your attention to another topic that is in the news, the wall street journal talked about this the other day, the fact that twitter has become such a presence in mainstream media coverage, almost anybody can get their opinions out there by sending a tweet to, you know, some of the big four networks, and occasionally here on fox we use twitter. is that a dangerous thing,
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jenna: just before noon here on the east coast, brand new stories this hour. more reaction to the big debate as the candidates hit the trail very hard. our news watch panel breaks down the mainstream media coverage of what most are calling a win for governor romney. we ll see. also, new reports of suspects in custody for the murders of our ambassador in libya and three other americans after the fbi finally gets on the ground in benghazi but stays less than a day there. we ll talk about that. and filling up the car, much pricier in some parts of this country. why insane gas prices are forcing some station owners to simply shut off the pumps all coming up on happening now. well, president obama hitting the campaign trail today in two swing states. welcome to the second hour of happening now, i m jenna lee. jon: i m jon scott. the president ending his week with a positive economic report as the unemployment rate drops to the lowest level since he took office. he is now on his wa