so tell your doctor when planning surgery. certain genetic factors and some medicines, such as prilosec, may affect how plavix works. tell your doctor all the medicines you take, including aspirin, especially if you ve had a stroke. if fever, unexplained weakness or confusion develops, tell your doctor promptly. these may be signs of ttp, a rare but potentially life-threatening condition, reported sometimes less than 2 weeks after starting plavix. other rare but serious side effects may occur. shepard: top stories are coming up. first, the emmy award winner actor alec baldwin said to be out of a new york city hospital this evening after what his spokesman called a misunderstanding. citing an unnamed source the associated press baldwin s daughter called after midnight claiming he threatened to take pills after argument. at first we thought we had taken them. a spokesman for 30 rock released
hypotheticals. gibbs confirms that the president did order a top-down review of what happened on the 25th and the days after to ensure that the best practices are being followed. shep. shepard: catherine herridge with the politics from washington tonight. catherine, thank you. you are welcome. shepard: we are always, every day, every moment on the job hunt but fewer americans are on the job hunt last week and the white house is now predicting officially hundreds of thousands more will soon be going back to work. the a labor department reports first-time unemployment claims dropped to 440,000. the lowest level in a month. it s a plunge of more than 40,000, almost three times more than economists were predicting. and now the white house is releasing a report claiming the country will create almost 100,000 jobs every month this year. some republicans, as you might imagine, calling that propaganda. our senior white house correspondent major garrett is live there tonight. even almos
a polish television station says nearby power cables are hanging too low for vehicles to get underneath safely. the town s mayor says it will be open soon. israel: archaeologists say they have discovered the remains of a street in jerusalem that s 1500 years old. it s 14 feet below current street level. archaeologists say nearby construction work allowed them to dig down there. it s believed that street was once the main entrance to the city, linking important religious and cultural sites. united kingdom. combine biking and scuba diving and you get this. this, an underwater exercise bike. the london school of diving built the thing. designers say it s the world s first. now holding a contest to see how fast riders can do a mile on it. one woman says it wasn t easy. very tired right now having completed the mile. maybe it will help their waist lines. and that s a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. i m shepard smith.
shepard: in recent years former president clinton has worked on a number of humanitarian causes with former george h.w. bush. the two have raised money together for causes including the 2004 asian tsunami and then hurricane katrina. in a statement today, former president bush 41 said we have been in touch with president clinton s staff and, of course, barbara and i wish him a speedy and full recovery. now, much more ahead on bill clinton s health. but, first, protests erupt in iran. the opposition leader against the government there. the opposition leader s wife reportedly beaten by security forces. [chanting] shepard: protests in the street and security forces on the move. we have the amateur video from the ground. [chanting] shepard: and as tensions rise in tehran, the iranian president makes a startling new claim about his country s uranium program. tonight, mahmoud ahmadinejad goes nuclear.