right now a major political upset in massachusetts is reverberating all across the country, the shock waves hitting capitol hill and 1600 pennsylvania avenue hard. moments from now, we will hear from the man at the center of it all, senator-elect scott brown, he replaces the late senator ted kennedy, stepping into a seat that hasn t been held by a republican in more than five decades. he becomes the senate s 41st republican vote. wiping out the democrats supermajority, and putting health care reform very much in jeopardy. until this election, brown was a little-known politician but his campaign attracted high-profile attention, especially in the final days. it all started with me, my truck, and a very few amount of dedicated volunteers. however, it ended with an air force one, making an emergency run to logan. [cheering] jon: all this comes exactly one year to the day after president obama took the oath of office at his historic inauguration but oh how the times have chang
one could well save lives. jon: that s great. jane: that is going to do it for us. the live desk is up next. this is the live desk . trace: great to see you. we are live inside the fox news from because this is where the news began spirit we have the only show that takes you behind the news. this is the national desk. the foreign desk is in constant contact with our bureaus around the globe, and all of that information is sent back here to new york city to the world headquarters of the fox news channel. today we begin with developing news up here in studio j, the big story, the massachusetts senate race between martha coakley and scott brown. voters are choosing who will fill the seat left vacant by the late ted kennedy. the candidates voting earlier today. voter turnout is expected to be heavy given the barrage of national media coverage in recent weeks. this race will also set the tone for november s midterm elections. more than one-third of the senate s 100 seats are
question for kimberly. have a great day. gregg: this is a fox news alert, live pictures, newton, massachusets, voting is underway at this moment, a special election for ted kennedy s u.s. senate seat and democrat martha coakley desperately defending against the late surge from republican scott brown in a race that has put democrats in what the associated press calls a panic. imo good morning, everyone, i m gregg jarrett in america s newsroom , in for bill hemmer. martha: i m martha mccollum in for megyn kelly. martha coakley, casting her ballot and brown is expected to do in the next half hour or so. he surged in the polls over the last week. gregg: shannon bream is in washington, d.c. and shannon, this was supposed to be sort of a gimme for coakley, if i can put it that way. why has this become the political story? reporter: you might have it, gregg, from the moment that democrat martha coakley, the democratic in this race, won the primary, that she was christened to take
lives and in other cases looters. in others, officials either can t or won t stop people digging through buildings to find supplies. when aid shows up, just getting it can be dangerous. people who have gone days without food and clean water are sometimes fighting for whatever scraps are available. the troops in charge of handing out provisions have said they ve tried to keep order with riot guyer and about a tans. the united states military says some relief drops have been orderly with thousands of people waiting patiently. military leader tell me tell us they expect 11,000 troops by the end of today, 4,000 on the ground, 7,000 on shore. former president clinton arrived in port-au-prince a few hours ago with his daughter, chelsea. he s the united nations envoy to haiti. maybe no population is more vulnerable that are the orphans. jonathan hunt found and orphanage where dozens of children are just trying to hang on. there are 26 babies here. many of them, in fact most, were
mass graves. a live look on the left-hand part of your screen. we are now waiting for president obama to speak on the dire situation in and around port-au-prince. the red cross estimates 45-50,000 people could be dead. though nobody can confirm that estimate. we may never know the full scope of the tragedy. as soon as the president steps to the podium we will bring that to you live. first, signs of hope in a desperate situation. brand-new video just going into the news showing an american woman rescued from the rubble of the hotel. spent two days buried beneath the debris. reporters caught up with her moments after her rescue. listen to this. [inaudible] seconds and the building collapsed. there was no warning. it just came, and everything was collapsing. trace: difficult to here with the generators and heavy equipment, but did you hear her? she said, everything just collapsed. families here still trying to get in contact with thousands of other americans in haiti. updates