are necessarily pushing for something specific in their respective states folks say they are showing up at courthouse steps or capitol buildings to support the union members and their demands in wisconsin. jenna: seems a little contagious right now as we watch the developments from coast to coast. we know you have to get down to the capitol. thank you very much. alicia ac u.n. a for us today. jon: the four americans held whose sthapblg by somali pirates murdered before forces could save them. what do we know about what happened. retired u.s. navy captain chuck nash is a fox news military analyst. he used to track smugglers on the high seas and have great sources that know a little bit more about what happened in this particular case. that yacht, the quest, was boarded by pirates, they had the four americans hostage, a navy destroyer was shadowing them
comments spread. jenna: not much clarity from those comments but we have to may attention no matter what. up $5 again today, jon. jon: not good news, that s for sure. in new zealand there are reports of office workers trapped underneath collapsed buildings, rescuers with dogs are racing to the site of that deadly earthquake. we ll get you updated straight ahead.
jon: well, and he said and this speech is still going on, he is legendary for his lengthy speeches, he just gets up there and extemporaneously ad libs for hours on end. that s what he s doing now. he puts fidel castro to shame. when he gets on a rant and i can see him starting up, there was no way to stop him. and his son seems to have inherited a lot of the same character ritzics. i have interviewed him before, i have never seen him like before, where he said he would fight every man, woman, child, for the last bullet because everything is at stake for his family. if they move now, they re going to be in milloes vec s country, people who have killed and slaughtered their own people. they have everything at stake and they re not going to give up. op jon qaddafi saw what happened to saddam when the u.s. decided maybe it might be a good idea to give up my nuclear weapons program. right. jon: at that point the state
daniels in indiana has said that the belief now is that the democrats are fleeing the state so that they don t have to be present for a vote that would give workers in the private sector in indiana, this is not a public sector union fight, this is a private sector union fight, that would give workers the power to opt out of union, the so-called right to work law that is present in 22 other states that is being considered in indiana this year. jon: this seems to me to show an absolute lack of political courage. these people are supposed to be voting on legislation, and rather than vote on it they are just running out of the state and hiding. is that what it is or do you call it clever political ploy. reporter: i can only say this. what is happening in wisconsin right now is that the absence of the 14 democratic senators of whom you spoke earlier, it seems to be backfiring. even among people who agree with their position, the newspaper
for freedom. all of that is fine and we should encourage that. once you open the system up, the downside of that will be increasing criticism of american policy toward israel, our containment of iran toward counter terror, and it s something we ll have to live with. jon: we ll continue to watch it, aaron miller, thank you for your expertise. pleasure. jenna: fox news alert on our politics here at home, republican south dakota senator john thune will not run for president. he made the announcement on his facebook page. he beat then minority leader tom daschle. it doesn t mean he won t keep running for senate. he made a statement with his wife on facebook through his website saying he believes that s where his place should be. we did hear about the retirement of senator jon kyl from arizona. with his retirement that leaves open a leadership shot in the