we are reaching out to the coast guard, where is this. what is the extent of this fire if there is one that they are investigating, so we ll have more breaking news out of louisiana in a moment. jon: while the violence in the middle east is dominating the headlines right now there is other major news overseas. china picks a new leader as the obama administration increasingly turns its attention to asia. we ll discuss what the u.s. can expect from the new man in charge in china. plus, imagine surviving this crash, a mother and daughter lucky to be alive after a collision with a hit-and-run driver. thanks to a very quick reaction. we have the videotape showing how they made it out. also, with the fiscal cliff looming and a second obama administration ahead, what questions do you have on the economy? ben stein comes to the hot seat today to answer your questions. send them to us via twitter at happening now or at jenna fnc.
one of its platforms caught fire. the fire, we understand, from a coast guard captain we spoke to, it is apparently out. you might remember in the deep water horizon fire the that led to the bp oil spill. i burned for a couple of days until the rig melted and collapse and then the wheels started spewing into the gulf. this does not appear to be as serious of a situation. however there is word that there are workers that are missing at this point. we are told that the fire is out. a couple of crew members in the gulf are missing. jenna: right now, a suspected operative of hezbollah has not been a allowed to walk free. he was accused of killing five
it comes up in reports two being dead. can you confirm any of that for us? four individuals have been flown to west jefferson hospital for injuries. you know, we have gotten conflicting reports about two dead, about two missing. and so we re really not sure until we get confirmation on the facts of that. until that happens the coast guard has launched a search-and-rescue effort around that platform the we have two boats on scene as well as fixed-wing aircraft. there are a number of other vessels helping. jenna: captain, don t have to tell you when we hear about this we think about the bp oil spill. we think about the deepwater horizon incident. this is not in the same area. can you tell us a little bit the area this is in and how that affects your mission right now? sure. this is a very different incident than the one occurred several years ago. this is in shallow water. this on a platform affixed to the seafloor. at the time of the fire it had not been producing oil. it had not be
of the pentagon budget, when tax rates automatically go up for just about every single american. but the devil will be in the details. there isn t a lot of time to get a deal done. we ll continue to monitor that for you here on fox and let you know how it proceeds. jenna: more breaking news now. new reports suggest there are two people missing in the oil platform fire we told you about at the beginning of our show. this is just breaking. we have a coast guard captain on the phone. captain, what can you tell us about the fire. good morning. about 9:00 this morning the coast guard received a report on a platform about 20 miles south of grand isle, louisiana. the report we had 28 people were onboard. after the fire occurred commercial helicopters evacuated individuals on the platform to a nearby platform. we re still working on full accountability for the people that were there. jenna: we have heard reports of four being flown to the hospital and two being missing or as you know, when
from the gaza strip. its population is about the size of dallas, texas with around 1.2 million people. the surrounding area, though, if you look at the suburbs, we are talking about 3.3 million people and that is nearly half the size of the entire israeli population. so far the rockets have only reached the outskirts of this area, but a direct strike on tel-aviv would mark the first time gaza rockets have reached the city and that would mark a significant escalation. more on that as we get it. in the meantime we have more breaking news for you now out of the gulf here stateside. the coast guard has said that it is now investigating a fire at an oil-drilling platform off the coast of louisiana. an owe a parish official says the rig is not drilling at a deepwater site like we saw, for example with the bp incidents. obviously the coast guard is giving this plenty of attention.