it's not the only storm threat we're watching, though. jon: first we are america's election headquarters. conservative stars taking center stage in the nation's capitol, christine o'donnell just won featured speaker at the values voters summit making her debut on the national stage after that upset victory in the primary this week. james rosen is live for us in washington with a look. james. >> reporter: jon, good afternoon. the mood here at the values voters summit where you can see congresswoman michelle bachmann over my shoulder is upbeat more than a year ago, heady with the enthusiasm of the tea party movement, with the trends seen in tuesday's primaries and the prospects of gop takebacks in the house and senate. the bell of the ball, christine o'donnell won't be speaking until 3:00 p.m. eastern time, but a number of politicians who have been stalking iowa and the 2012 presidential nomination for the gop are making their presence felt, governor huckabee spoke this morning and also an individual who endorsed christine o'donnell, senator jim demint of south carolina, exulted on the stage here that the gop establishment isn't too happy with him right now, he said that the tea party movement has ensured that the ballots in november won't be featuring just the least worst choice. >> i don't know if the media is going to help us communicate this, but none of us want the government to push our religion. don't want that. they just messed -- they'd just mess that up, too. [laughter] >> but what has happened in their effort to purge religion from government is that they've also purged the values, and the principles derived from biblical faith. >> reporter: also expected to speak here today, mitt romney, rick santorum and tim palenty via video. jenna: let's stay with politics. florida governor charlie crist may have explaining to do, the republican party finding the gand former chair of the state gop took family vacations on the party's dime. one item, both men taking their families to disneyworld last year, costing the party more than $13,000. the party chairman, jim grier, facing state felony charges as a result of his spending. crist, though, bolting from the gop to run for the u.s. senate as an independent is facing off november 2nd against marco rubio and kendrick meek. jon: fox news is your election headquarters across all platforms. you can get breaking news, 24 hours a day, as we count down to the midterm elections. log on to foxnews.com/aehq, america's election head areas. it's your front row to politics. jenna: you know something is coming when you see that, right? hurricane igor is swirling through the particular and taking aim at bermuda, could hit the island late sunday or maybe even early monday morning. igor is now a huge category three storm, the government of bermuda posting a hurricane watch for that island. meteorologist janice dean joins us and j.d., that's not the only extreme weather we've seen over the last few hours, huh? >> are you talking about what happened in new york city? jenna: that was scary! >> reporter: we're not used to storms like that, guys, so if you hear a lot of new new yorkers complaining about trees and power lines down, it's because we don't normally see things like that. some people are talking about a tornado moving through the area. this is brooklyn, new york, 100-mile per hour winds, moving through statin island, brooklyn, queens, trees down, power lines down, roofs off homes, extensive damage and this all happened during rush hour. i was on the long island railroad, they actually stopped the train and it went right back to penn station, so my wonderful husband actually had to come pick me up, it took us 3 1/2 hours to get back home. but i mean, these people that suffered damage and we had unfortunately one fatality, the pictures are just amazing. of course, we are talking about hurricane season as well. three hurricanes, the last time that happened was 12 years ago. a very rare occurrence. i want to start off with karl, though, just about to make landfall, 25 miles away from veracruz and laguna verdes is the only mexican nuclear power plant and largest electricity generator in the country, so this storm is going to move over that region, and unfortunately, we have a big population across veracruz, category three storm making landfall within the next hour or so, hurricane igor, category #, we're worried about this because it's going make a bee line possibly as a category three, probably a category two storm but jenna and jon, we're going to be talking about a storm that could impact bermuda for as long as 36 to even 42 hours of at least tropical storm force winds. they are going to be dealing with potentially major damage across that island. so there's the cone, that cone of uncertainty still a major storm as it crosses over bermuda sometime this weekend. so really concerned for this region. the last time they got hit hard by a hurricane was back in 2003. just want to go back to new york real quick. i just want to show you the radar again. we're not used to these storms that moved through the region last night around the rush hour. look at that. look at that line. that squall line that pushes through new york, and then you know, the damage, 74-mile per hour gusts, unfatality, a woman pulled off the freeway and a tree fell on her car. unbelievable damage and hopefully you won't see any more injuries or fatalities today across the new york city area. jenna: let's hope so, j.d. thank you very much for that and we'll stay updated on those hurricanes. in the meantime, jon, a lot of weather happening around the world. jon: that's for sure. it was pretty terrifying. i was in the car last night when that thing rolled through. we appreciate it when our viewers help us cover the news by sending in their own videos and photos. take a look at this picture taken by one of our makeup artists, anita was home in queens when the storm hit, she snapped these great photos of the incredible mess left behind and as much as we appreciate getting images like these, we ask you to remember to put safety first, do not put yourself in danger just to get a picture. if you have something you would like to share with our view e. do it two ways, e-mail it to foxnews.com or log on to our home page and click on the you report link to upload your pictures. jenna: now to another top story today. five men are under arrest, accused in a plot against the pope. police in london are reviewing security after making their move in a very early morning raid, taking down five men, reportedly of arabic origin. despite this the vatican says the pope won't be changing his schedule. we have a live report on this developing story just ahead. jon: britain's intelligence agency warns al-qaeda still poses a real threat in that country. agents at m.i.-5 now worry extremists in somalia and yemen are focusing on new targets, including the 2012 olympic games. greg palkot has more live from london. who has the u.k. identified as key threats to security here? >> reporter: a couple of suspects that we've been following, too, jon, the message coming from london is that al-qaeda remains a threat, but it might be shifting its geographical base. we've been hearing it from washington officials. we've been reporting on it. this comes now from the head of mi-5, the equivalent to the fbi agency in the u.k., a guy named jonathan evans, doesn't speak out often but when he does we listen. he says al-qaeda remains active in that border area between afghanistan and pakistan but the bigger worry now is shifting over to africa, the arabian peninsula. the biggest worry he says is somalia, where al-shabaab is active. they are fighting a war there. also, committing terror acts in the region. evans says a significant number of u.k. residents are active with al-shabaab. a number of -- a number put at over 100 in his words, it is only a matter of time until we see terror on the streets of the u.k. coming from this group, specifically, as you noted, jon, the big worry, the 2012 olympics coming up here, a lot of security efforts already being laid on for that. again, this is something that we've been hearing from u.s. officials, somali americans also active with the al-shabaab group and blow back, that is terror coming back to america, a concern as well. jon onand yemen, mii-5 is looking closely at yemen? >> concern number two is yemen and he eannounce ated that clearly in his speech as well. he also talks about a fellow that we have been tracking very closely, that's anwar al-awlaki, the u.s.-born, now yemen-based radical cleric. his concern, and the group that he's associated with, al-qaeda in the ribban peninsula, his concern, that the message, the internet message coming from awlaki could be picked up by u.k. resident who is in his words could act alone without training and mount an attack on the u.k. if this sounds familiar, again, the u.s. is right there. we've been seeing that happening in the united states, probably the most spectacular, awlaki and yemen-linked terror attack or attempted terror attack, last year, christmas day bombing, detroit. jon: greg palkot, thank you. jenna: the united nations is a home away from home to diplomats all over the world but now the new york city headquarters reportedly could be more vulnerable than ever to a terror attack. david lee miller is at the u.n. with exclusive details on this. david. >> reporter: jenna, despite a 1.8b, with a billion dollars, gut renovation that's now underway at the united nations, new york city officials say not enough is being done to address the issue of security. u.n. officials say they are aware of the problem and are doing what is necessary and coming up, i'll have all the details. jenna. jenna: back to you shortly, david lee miller. also very brave or awfully foolish. take a look at this. daredevil surfers take the biggest waves in the world, to ride them on souped up boards. what it takes to surf an 80-foot wave, with the power to sink a ship. you won't want to miss this. we have it coming up. jenna: "happening now", we have brand new video into fox news of a big rig crash on a freeway in ontario, california. take a look at this. the truck overturning, spilling 32,000 pounds of frozen food on the road. also the relief well is now in place in the gulf of mexico. crews will now begin to plug the blownout oil well for good, possibly by sunday. also out in california, hundreds of california residents are returning to their homes after a forest fire in the southern sierra nevada, where more than 8000 acres are burned. the fire is 65 percent contained. jon: the united nations new york headquarters is undergoing a massive billion dollars renovation. fox news.com, breaking the story that the u.n. is short on security, leaving that building and its diplomats wide open to possible attack. david lee miller is live at the u.n. for us right now. who is putting the pressure on the u.n. over security here, david? >> reporter: jon, it is new york city that is applying the pressure here. don't forget if anything happens at the united nations, if there is a security problem, a terror attack, the new york city police and firemen would be among the first responders and the city says despite this $1.8 billion, with a b, renovation, gut renovation that is going on, not enough is being done to improve security here. the city of new york told fox in an e-mail and i quote, the up has not adopted the city's recommendations for the headquarters campus, add thank the city is not satisfied with the u.n.'s response to date, and they're talking essentially about all four sides of this complex that have specific concerns here. the two areas, let's take a look at a graphic, this shows the south side of the complex and here you can see it ends at grand street highway that passes within yards of the u.n. facilities, also, this same highway travels underneath the u.n. property. and these two issues are of great concern for the city of new york. we talked with a former nypd criminal intel head, head of the intel unit here in new york city, and he did concede after talking with us, it's a 60 year old structure, it's always going to have some vulnerabilities >> you're never going to make this building 100 percent safe, no matter what you do. what you want to do is you want to increase the level of security that you have there, make it as unattractive a target as possible. >> reporter: and what john carters was talking about, specifically, jon, the threat of some type of a car bomb, that's because the u.n., built in an urban environment, has essentially a very, very small perimeter. jon. jon: any reaction from the u.n. yet? >> reporter: well, we talked to the united nations, we talked to the head of u.n. security, and he told us yes, the u.n. has been in meetings with the city of new york, as well as the state department, because after all, it is the united states that is a host country here and this is taking place but he did say much of the city's frustration has to do with the fact that the progress is taking place at a very slow pace. here's what he said: >> i think the city would be happier if we were moving faster. i think the city was a little dissatisfied with the fact that we were doing a lot of engineering studies that took a lot of time to try to figure out what some of our vulnerabilities were. >> reporter: and one thing greg star said in that interview was the u.n., jon, is an international organization, and because it is an interat -- international organization, it cannot be compelled to do whatever new york city demands, both the state and federal government, but he also strels dollars there is a great level of cooperation and things are moving forward. if you'd like more information on this story, best place to go, foxnews.com, it's a foxnews.com exclusive, and on the website, there are far greater details. jon: you'd think they'd want to do whatever it takes to keep themselves safer. david lee miller. >> reporter: it comes down to a difference of opinion about what is required to make the buildings safer, the u.n. has one perspective, the city has another, they have to reach some accommodation. jon: thank you. jenna: up next, a truly shocking story, a young woman's face horribly burned, she says a stranger threw acid at her in a random attack and spoke to the media shortly after that. >> i can't -- what she did to me, wrecked my life, you know, that was -- that's not fair. i can't like not do the things i love to do, for the rest of my life. jenna: now in a strange twist, police say she made the whole thing up, she did it to herself. we're going to talk to one of the reporters who start -- started investigate wh-g he realized her story wasn't adding up. exercise, a sensible diet? forget it. now you can freeze your fat off. that's right! freeze your fat. does it really work? is it safe? the cold, hard facts and maybe some more bad puns, coming up next. jon: "happening now" around the globe in the top box, mexico braces for a hit from hurricane karl. it is now a major category three storm, 120-mile an hour winds. and forecasters say karl could become even stronger. ph the middle box, authorities ramping up security across afghanistan, ahead of parliamentary elections tomorrow. police setting up extra checkpoints searching for homicide bombers. jennifer griffin just back from afghanian, she shares her case next hour. ile bottom box a royal flyer, after months of training prince william graduates today as a fully qualified search and rescue helicopter pilot for the british air force. jenna: well, it's the acid attack that never happened. a washington state woman who said a stranger threw acid in her face, now admitting to police and the rest of us it was all a lie. pictures, beth they shoerer with burns to her face made headlines all over the world. we certainly covered it on "happening now". how could you not? cops got a search warrant after elements of her story didn't add up, confess to go what police found in her home. >> it kept cascading, a domino effect until we felt we had the information we needed to go in with a search warrant and confirm what we were concerned about. jenna: with us on the phone, a reporter who had a doubt all along, mark griffith of the vancouver voice. mark, if you had a hunch that something was wrong here, why? >> reporter: well, most of the people in the community originally reacted with empathy and appropriately so. thankfully we live in a world that's not so cynical that we question her statement but there were oddities from the beginning, from the fact that she was claiming to -- the sunday glasses that she allegedly bought at downtown vancouver it doesn't have too many places to buy sunday glasses that the hour, everybody goes to bed early and again, what i said repeatedly with the story, the -- what was had not other face did not match the acid attack. there was none on her lips, her hair, her neck. the inconsistencies added up to something that people were really worried about and it was worth questioning and it's crucial, because the spots, her face wasn't splashed with acid like she said. her whole story was false. that was a crucial component jenna: it did takeas while to kind of get past the initial shock of this story, just imagining this happening to someone. did it seem like the press, the journalists in the area, caught on quicker than the investigators? >> no. and again, at this time, the vancouver police were very professional and not releasing details. i doubt i calm up with anything that they didn't realize quickly on. i mean, vancouver police tend to be highly professional and highly effective units. the lead officer in this case, i've never personally met him but his reputation in the community is that he's a very effective old school, thorough, relentless seeker of the truth, so he's exactly the person you'd want on the case if -- and if you -- if you're a victim and exactly the person you wouldn't want if you're trying to pull a fraud. jenna: talk about that going into her house and searching for items there and that confirmed for them that she was lying. do you know anything about what they found? >> no. i deliberately wasn't there, and i deliberately wasn't at the press conference yesterday, because i wanted to avoid the controversy of me asking the questions over the last week and conflicting with the press release, because as it stands right now, yes, we now know the fate, but now the community has to go through this period of shock, disbelief and feeling of betrayal and that process needs to be allowed to happen. i mean, a lot of the community members do feel betrayed, especially members of the african-american community in vancouver who were wrongfully profiled, stalked and accused and bethany did a lot of damage with this lie. jenna: certainly a lot more to this story, mark. we patient you joining us and telling us about your experience with it. mark is a reporter for the vancouver voice and one of the first ones that kind of caught on to the fact that this story was not adding up. of course, some of the questions that remain are why did she do this. we're going to be talking to dr. keith ablow coming up and maybe get an explanation about why someone would choose to do something like this and hopefully get you some answers as well. jon. jon: strange is an understatement in that story. a big economic issue weighs on democrats this election season. the bush tax cuts, now a major flashpoint among voters, and the obama administration. well, now dozens of members of congress are breaking ranks with the white house. we will talk to one of those democrats who says keep those tax cuts in place. plus remember that scene from the perfect storm, showing the andrea gale wiped out by a monster wave? 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