>> reporter: jon, this is not exactly exploding a nuclear bomb tu it is certainly a step down the road that the united states, israel and the west hope sanctions would prevent iran from taking. three things happened today: number one, this new fuel rod, and it's important, because it was made by the iranians with iranian nuclear material and a big part of the sanction evident here was to keep iran from getting nuclear material. clearly that no longer is an issue. in fact the iranians used it as such a big deal they presented it to the president there in a gift box with a bow on the top. second thing, new centrifuges installed in one of iran's nuclear plants. that's what actually turns nuclear material into weapons-grade material. you might remember, a couple of months ago, a number of iranian cent centrifuges were destroyed by that computer virus that iran blamed israel and the united states for. the centrifuges are supposed to be at least immune from that computer virus. so clearly iran is saying we are moving down the road with our nuclear program. the third thing here is they said they are going to cut off oil to six european countries which had opposed its nuclear program. that's a little bit like iran saying okay, if you're not going to play nice with me, i'm going to take my marbles and go home. but it's also a very thinly veiled threat against the world because iran is a huge oil exporter, therefore, they have the ability to control oil prices, at least a little bit, and they also have threatened before to close the straits of hormuz, which would have a big impact on oil prices worldwide. so this is iran saying we are going to continue to be defiant. you can look at this in two ways here. either iran is trying to put more chips on the table so they can negotiate a little bit more with the west, if it ever comes to that, or to continue to gamble an analogy, doubling down, if you will, as they say, saying we are going to continue down this path, we are going to be very public about it, we are going to be very vocal about it, and that has a sense to it, especially when you view it in the past couple of days here with those two days of explosions, targeting israeli embassies around the world, in three different countries, for which iran is now being blamed. jon, back to you. jon: very tense times in that part of the world. leland vitter, thank you for watching it for us. jon: president obama's contraception compromise coming under fire on capitol hill. good morning to you, i'm jon scott. jenna: hi everybody, i'm jenna lee, we're here in the fox news room and "happening now", jon just mentioned that compromise, other people are calling it an accommodation. either way t. requires health insurance companies to pay for contraceptives, and it's not sitting well with many religious groups, including catholic organizations. they say it violates their religious beliefs. i don't know jon health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is testifying before the senate finance committee for the first time now since defending that mandate in an op-ed article. jenna: we have a live look there. chief washington correspond ent james rosen. >> reporter: at issue is this ruling, first announced by the hhs secretary in january, mandating all employers provide free contraception to women. when catholic affiliated charities, hospitals and schools objected saying that would violate the dock rial opposition to birth certificate, the senate comp missed past friday which mandated the contraception you paid for by the insurance companies. the bishops object to female contraception being a mandated part of the health care, regardless of who pays for it and has begun enlisting every longelicals and other religious groups to show opposition to the rule. the bishop's took issue with this statement on monday by white house press secretary jay carney. >> i would simply note with regard to the bishops they never supported health care reform to begin with. >> reporter: long before the current battle, said bishop stephen blair, stockton chair of the conference committee on justice and human development, the catholic church was persistently and advocating for the overdue national priority. in the recent health care debate, the bishop a dollars they called affordable health care an injureient national priority and moral imperative. also mobilizing for the culture war is a group narow prochoice america, spending $250,000 in radio ads in four battle ground states. >> we scored an important victory when the president stood up for our health care and guaranteed insurance coverage of birth control at no cost. he's making sure women of all faiths, no matter where they work, can get contraceptive coverage. >> reporter: this impasse is likely to continue. just as white house chief of staff jakon lew told fox news sunday host chris wallace this post weekend, the obama administration is not revising this policy further. jon and jenna. jenna: we'll continue to watch that testimony today. thank you very much, james rosen. jon: we just heard from leland vitter giving us disturbing information on advance necessary iran's nuclear program. as we are now learning, president obama has ordered a reduction of our own arsenal, some say by as much as 80 percent, from 5000 warheads to as few as 300. that number would put us roughly equal with china's nuclear arsenal and leave russia as the world's nuclear powerhouse. steve centanni joins us live from the pentagon. steve, exactly what are we talking about here? >> reporter: well, no decision has been made yet, jon. i need to stress that. but a range of options has been floated. the pentagon was asked to come up with a different permanentiation of how many nuclear weapons we could have under three different options to be presented to the president. now right now, the u.s. has about 5000 nuclear weapons and the president has long aimed to cut that arsenal. this latest proposal includes one option, the most extreme reduction that would cut the nukes to about 300, which is about the same as china, and much, much less than russia, which has about -- has about 6000 nuclear weapons. a u.s. official told fox news the idea of cutting 80 percent of the nuclear arsenal unilaterally is being throatedo floated right now to test the outer limits of what is possible. nothing has been submitted to the president yet. so the idea is out there. no decision is made yet, jon. jon: and again, this is being considered now because the president wants to get folks in washington thinking? orioo what's this about? >> it's long been one of the goals of the president. it does come at a time when there are heightened tensions around the world, and so some say it's not the best time. but certainly, it's been the president's goal all along. he said in prague in 2009 that we need a world without nuclear weapons. those are his words. it appears now he's trying to move in that direction, and he asked the department of defense for a possible rangoo a range of possible options that will be submitted to him but he hasn't seen yet. all this was classified until just yesterday when it was finally leaked as part of this apparent administration trial balloon, so now it's been reported and now it's out there. today we have the secretary of defense leon panetta on capitol hill answering questions along with the chairman of the joint chiefs and we expect this will come up, jon. jon: interesting timing on that leak. steve centanni, thank you. jenna: were movement in the up and down presidential race. new poll numbers coming in, showing another shift and one that affects the president's reelection campaign. juan williams is here to break down the numbers. jon: also, some disturbing developments in a bizarre double murder. where police say the motive was a facebook defriending, what investigators found in one of the suspect's home. jenna: also, this big story. a warning from the 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try smart balance fat free milk. it's what you'd expect from the folks at smart balance. jon: brand new poll numbers just in, showing president obama out in front of the entire republican presidential field, according to a new national poll. in a potential general election matchup mr. obama leads mitt romney 48-42 percent, he leads rick santorum 49-41 percent. the president leads ron paul 50-39 percent, and leads newt gingrich, 54-36 percent the results apparently due in large part to now voter optimism about the economy. comparing those numbers with the real clear politics average of national polls, still pretty similar result, mr. obama leads mitt romney 48-43 percent, tops ron paul and newt gingrich by double digit the as -- dujts as well. here to break down the numbers, fox news political analyst juan williams. juan, is it all about the economy, is that what is leading the president's number to pick upwards? >> absolutely jon. you know, you can look inside the poll and you see that independent voters in particular have shifted. about a month ago in the same poll, cbs-"new york times" poll, you had independent voters favoring romney and romney equal or even with president obama. now, those independent voters have swayed towards the president and that's the basis for the president's surge to a lead, that six-point lead ahead of romney, eight points ahead of santorum. jon: the white house supposedly is loving watching this republican race that has mitt romney, rick santorum and to a less er extent, paul and gingrich torn apart by negative advertising. is that at play here? >> it is. it's a large sense as republicans as indicated in the polls that they're not happy with this deal. you have 60 percent of republicans saying they'd like more choices, they'd like to have morality tiffs in terms of candidates on the field. but you know, i'll tell you something that really leaped out at me, jon, when we come back to the you raised at the very top, the economy that, in fact, right now, when the republican voters are asked, who do you have more confidence in to deal with economic issues, it's equal between romney and santorum, and in fact, if you ask who is going to do a better job of representing the middle class, and helping the middle class, santorum outpolls romney. so if it's a matter of romney saying i am the guy to run against obama because i can fix the con america's i'll look out for your interests, that argument is getting weaker by the moment. jon: well, and republican voters apparently like rick santorum in general, at least at the moment. again, these things change, as you said, by the day or by the week. but in that poll of likely republican voters, santorum leads 30 percent to mitt romney's 27 percent. you see ron paul and newt gingrich down there, 12 and 10 percent, that's according to a cbs news poll. what explains this sudden rick santorum surge? >> well, i think that obviously he had the big wins in those three races earlier in the month, but i think that, also, newt gingrich has slid off the field, and so now, the whole notion of who is the antiromney or the alternative to mitt romney has coalesced around rick santorum and again, when you ask people who represents your values best, conservative voters, they don't have any doubt about it, they say that person is rick santorum. so at the moment, his family values, the fact that they don't seem as a flipflop or a -- or as inconsistent on conservative issues has made him a champion. the question is whether he is last. as you say, these things change from moment to moment and again, something that jumps out in the polls, more than half the voters say they don't really know rick santorum so mitt romney and his campaign is going to have a big opportunity to define santorum for people coming to the table and looking at santorum for the first time and define him in negative ways. jon: just a couple of weeks ago, mitt romney was ahead of president obama substantially by something like nine points in the polls, that has turned around, reversed itself, about a 17-point swing. who would the white house prefer to run against, mitt romney or rick santorum? >> oh, i think that they would prefer santorum. you know, it's not by a lot, but i think that's what they've been thinking all along, all their campaign planning has been based on the idea that mitt romney is the inevitable nominee, and even today, if you were to ask them to place a bet, they'd bet on romney. but as we are looking at these numbers, jon, we're watching a republican race that is still in flux. this is not a settled deal. yes, romney has the lead in delegates, yes, romney has the lead in money, but clearly, the republican voters, the people who make the choices, are saying hold on, buddy, we're still looking at this deal. jon: and obviously, that is brought to light in that cbs poll we just talked about that has rick santorum on top. juan williams, thank you. >> have a good day, jon. jon: you too. jenna: we brought you this story last friday when it broke and now there are new developments in a double murder that may have been sparred -- sparked by a facebook de tells friending. >> reporter: the story gets more biz yafer as we learn about what police found at the home of one of the suspect, marvin potter, jr. had enough weapon toss arm a pretty good-sized police department, about 80 or so handguns recovered from his house, and police say not one of them is thought to be the actual murder weapon. this is a case out of rural tennessee, potter and another guy, jamie lynn kerge, accused of killing a man and woman, shooting them in the head and slitting the throat of the male victim, the eight month old baby was found in the female victim's arms, not hurt. prosecutors say the murders were pay back after the couple defriended potter's daughter on facebook. that's when you say now longer want to be in touch with someone through the website. as crazy as it sounds other people have committed acts of violence on the same thing, in iowa, one set a garage on fire and in texas, a man is accuse -- accused of hitting his wife. so much for using the website to see what your high school girls friends are up to! jenna: i'm going to have to check into that. there was an eight month old baby? >> the baby is okay, the baby was in the arms of the mother when unfortunately she was one of the murder victims. jenna: what a horrible story. rick, thank you. jon: so what's next for the troubled nation of greece? days of riots, threats to the default that could collapse the country's economy. what comes next and what it could mean for the u.s.' struggling economy? jon: we call it the acquisitions room here at fox news channel, where we bring in satellite feeds by the hundreds from all over the country, all over the world. let's take a look at remote 266, there is kathleen sebelius, the health and human services secretary, set to testify in front the senate finance committee right now about that birth control compromise that the administration has tried to reach. is it going to satisfy the senators? we'll find out. we'll keep an eye on that one. on remote 261, there's a look the a the capitol dome. we had heard that there was going to be some kind of agreement between democrats and republicans on the payroll tax cuts. but now, there could be a fly in the ointment. you'll want to stay tuned to hear about that. and on remote 293, well, it looks like it's pretty much all rain in the south right now. but that weather system could get dangerous later today as things heat up, bringing the possibility of hail, high winds, and possibly even tornadoes. keep an ear on your weather radio and keep it tuned to fox news channel for the latest. jenna: good advice, jon. there are new developments concerning iran today. u.s. officials are telling fox news the islamic republic may be involved in this week's attacks on israeli targets in several different countries, including this one, this coordinated bombing attack in bangkok, thailand. catherine herridge has been working this story since it broke. catherine, what do we know? >> >> reporter: thank you jenna and good morning. security forces tell fox news there's an intense debate within the u.s. intelligence community as to whether the rash of attacks this week show iran is feeling the pressure of new sanctions or whether the strikes are tied to the death of hezbollah's military commander. four-months ago we broke news of the death in syria, he was not only the leader of hezbollah but behind the beirut barracks bomb thank killed 350 people, most american servicemen. hezbollah has vowed revenge for that strike. separately a counterterrorism source says the goal is to provide forensic evidence to prove iranian involvement. the state department says this week's attacks, and this is significant, are not a series of unrepresented events. >> the point is that it is not an accident that we are now drawing connections, that we are concerned, all right? that we are concerned, that there has been a recent aggressive fight, in use of terror as a weapon. >> so you are drawing a connection. >> we are concerned about the recent spikes in incidents. >> the alliance for homeland security and fbi says there is no specific correct from hezbollah inside the united states now and no change to either department's security posture. they are also standing behind an intelligence bulletin from february 8th that was written before israeli embassy personnel were targeted, and it reads in part, quote, we remain concerned iran would consider attacks in the united states given last year's foiled plot to allegedly assassinate the ambassador to the united states. this morning a former intelligence official told fox it would be standard practice for the israelis to ramp up security at high profile targets such as the embassies but this morning a spokesman for the israeli embassy in washington would not comment on security matters, jenna. jenna: catherine real quick in your reporting, if they do connect the dots, do see that iran or hezbollah, or behind the attacks, have they suggested what we're going to do about it? >> >> reporter: they've not suggested that but if you look at the series of events over the last couple of weeks really the intel comeent haws started to lay that foundation. when we had the global threat hearing, james clapper said specifically there had been a change in the calculus in iran, especially with the religious leader, that they would be more willing to launch attacks against the united states in retaliation to strike on their nuclear program or pressure because of sanctions, so if you look at the choreography, if you will, over the last few weeks, it seems to be la