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questions how long the republican nomination fight will last after super tuesday showdown. mitt romney win six super tuesday contests but could not deliver a knockout punch. in the bellwether of ohio, romney squeaks out a victory over rick santorum. santorum the winner in three states. newt gingrich takes georgia, the state he represented in congress. a breakthrough victory continues to elude congressman ron paul. but overall strategy of picking up delegates pays off. >> here is look at delegate county right now. romney leads the pack. his campaign says based on math, no other candidate can overtake him for the number of delegates needed to secure the nomination. that is their map. we'll ask carl cameron, what his map is. he is chief political correspondent. he is in boston covering the romney camp. carl carl, does that ad up? >> reporter: that is a little bit exaggerated. romney says it is not too late for him to be defeated. that is why last night was a big deal for him. they hoped to win half the states. they got six. alaska was a bit of a surprise late at night or early this morning. romney now charges forward with more than 2 1/2 times the delegates of rick santorum and four times what newt gingrich has. super tuesday was the single biggest day of available delegates. there will be no other single day on the campaign trail as large as this. romney knows, no matter how well he is succeeds he will not likely get full creditor for it. the narrative is the frontrunner will be criticized publicly all the way to convention and beyond if in fact he wins the nomination. he seems to know that and showed it last night. >> tomorrow we wake up and start again. the next day we'll do the same. and so we'll go day by day, step by step, door by door, heart to heart. there will be good days. there will be bad days. always long hours. never enough time to get everything done. but on november 6th we're going to stand united not only having won an election but having save ad future. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: in that sound bite he ended up on an up note but you can tell in the initial remarks aware rick santorum and newt gingrich aren't going away even those his campaign aides are making a point mathematically. they had a chance to do serious damage and romney came out with the bigger prizes. jenna: talk about rick santorum if we can and pull the delegate count back up on the screen so we show where the delegates are. talk to us a bit about rick santorum carl. we see him delegates, 176. than he cast himself as that overachieving underdog and overtake romney? >> reporter: he has already shown the ability to do that in number of key states. it was very close in eye owe hoe. it was close in mesh gan. it was close in iowa, that rick santorum was not awarded win he actually got. now the terrain gets more favorable towards mr. santorum. they're heading down south, kansas, alabama and mississippi. santorum will put a million dollars of ads on the air in alabama and another million in mississippi trying to make the case he can be the conservative nominee or conservative alternative to mitt romney and defeat romney but he has been arguing now very, very openly that a gingrich to get out. santorum's aids and prosantorum super pac are saying time for newt to bail because if gingrich did get out of the way an sore -- santorum would collect a lot of conservative votes and that might be enough to for somebody to beat mitt romney. jenna: we made the executive decision that one carl is not enough. we have more with carl cameron as well as somebody else. jon: carl will stick around's we talk to another carl, super tuesday, reinforcing the belief to the road to the gop nomination in august may be a long and bumpy ride for the presumptive front-runner especially when you factor in upcoming contests in the south. so far mitt romney is struggling to connect with voters in that region and particularly with evangelicals. today a "politico" story making a case what yesterday's outcome reveals. here is how it reads in part. all of romney's flaws were on full display tuesday as he failed to wrap up the gop nomination on an evening when it was within his grasp. romney still likely to be the gop nominee but super tuesday demonstrated again getting to pam pa will -- tampa will prove costlier and longer than he and his advisors had hoped. this predictment has republicans increasingly anxious and obama's high command feeling down right gleeful. fox news contributor, karl rove is former chief advisor and chief of staff to president george w. bush. he joins us now. carl, what about this? anything making president obama's people happy ought to make republicans down right unhappy. what about this ongoing contest on the way to tampa? >> let's be a little careful about the purple prose from "politico" about the nature of the contest. let's put this in perspective. you flashed up the numbers about. last night, mitt romney picked up 216 delegates. an absolute majority of the 394 that thus have been awarded. another 20 some odd delegates yet to be aportioned. rick santorum got 84. newt gingrich got 72. ron paul got 22. that brings the contest today where 54% of the delegates are in the romney camp. 21% santorum. 18% gingrich, 6% in paul. now the reason they're split up like this is because so many of these contests are proportional. very few of them are winner-take-all at statewide level or congressional district level t will be thus through the end of march. and so nobody is going to be able to get a big lead on anybody. so what we ought to take away from last night is how extraordinary it was that an absolute majority of the delegates ended up in the pocket of mitt romney. now this, the party rules will dictate a long contest, these proportional contests. take, for example, i know you have a graphic there on oklahoma which was won by rick santorum last night. second place was mitt romney. third place was newt gingrich. look at that they split the delegates 14, 13, 13. that is going to be the case next week in all likelihood in mississippi and alabama, no matter who comes in first in mississippi and alabama we'll have a very narrow split of those 90 delegates. i wouldn't be surprised to see like 34, 35 in somebody's camp and 30 in somebody's camp or 29 and 28 in somebody else's camp split up very closely and several hundred delegate lead thus far of mitt romney will be a big obstacle to overcome. jon: are you saying give mitt romney his due, he won last night? >> look he won the most. he won the most contest tests. he won the most delegates. took six of 10 contests. won the most delegates. took over half of delegates, 56% of the them i think and he got most votes. got absolute majority of the all the votes cast last night but the party rules are such because we have these proportional splits in places like tennessee and alabama and mississippi and oklahoma and georgia, that fewer contests like ohio where it is winner-take-all in essence at congressional district level we're likely to see this slow steady progress to the nomination. there are a heck of a lot more proportional contest this is time around than i had to endure in 2000 when george w. bush was running for president, for example, carl cameron as you pointed out, carl cameron, the south has the upcoming contests where santorum has been doing pretty well. in fact romney's people thought he was closing in on tennessee and lost it last night by nine points or something? >> reporter: yeah i think the actual race to win in alabama and mississippi and kansas probably isn't going to be as interesting as the race between newt gingrich and rick santorum regardless of how they actually come in the run-down. this is going to be a battle between the two of them to prove that they have power to continue going forward. santorum absolutely, not with standing the fact he got beat 6-3 in terms of actual states last night, santorum does get some energy out of last night. clearly ohio and tennessee battles show he has some staying power. the conflict between santorum and gingrich who gets out first may be informed more by what happens in alabama and mississippi. it will be a real knife fight between the two of them. rhetoric is already out there. they both want the other guy to drop out recognizing it will be difficult if not impossible to beat romney with two candidates splitting the conservative vote in the republican party. jon: all right. so, karl rove, if this thing goes on and you have a, you know, three or four-way race and everybody beating up on each other, ultimately, if mitt romney gets the nomination, republicans will get behind him, aren't they? >> sure. jon: hardcore conservatives will not be voting for barack obama. >> sure. i was talking to a rather sage observer of poll tucks this morning who had interesting point to take. the conversation after this a all over between the nominee and obama about obama will be entirely different than the conversation we've had here today. there is a lot of wisdom in that. you're right, does anybody think in the general election, tennessee, oklahoma, mississippi, or alabama will be difficulty if mitt romney is the nominee? i don't think so. i think there will be momentum to get obama out will be so powerful it will be a terrific adhesive to the republican party no matter who wins the nomination. jon: karl rove and carl cameron. thank you both. jenna: carl cameron used that expression, a knife fight between mitt romney and rick santorum. we forget about newt gingrich as well. we saw dell gats from oklahoma. former house speaker won his home state of georgia. gingrich had 47% of the vote there. he says it is only the first chapter. >> let me be very clear. i believe that i am the one can dated -- candidate who has the ability to debate barack obama decisively. [cheering] jenna: that's what he says. john roberts live in atlanta with more on all this. john, what is the way forward for speaker gingrich? >> reporter: he has to fend off the long knives coming at him from the santorum campaign. super pac, santorum's super pac saying you shouldn't win anything other than your home state and get out and stop being a drag on santorum's candidacy. santorum's media advisor trying to convince newt gingrich's unbound delegates to throw their support behind rick santorum. gingrich's spokesman saying hey, stop selling a pipe-dream when it comes to rick santorum. would newt gingrich eventually get out. i put that question to he had rollins, he said not likely even if he doesn't have any chance to become the nominee. here is rollins. >> newt will not drop out. no one tells newt to quit. never will be a quitter. he talks about being tortoise. unfortunately the tortoise may get run over by a truck before all said and done. >> reporter: he certainly got run over by a santorum truck in oklahoma and tennessee. gingrich wanted those badly. he is focus on competitions ahead. kansas, caucuses there. and mississippi and alabama. gingrich wants to take those and believes he can. yesterday he was in huntsville, alabama. on super tuesday was looking ahead. over at nasa center space camp saying he would like to see more debates before the competitions next tuesday. here is what gingrich said. >> i think the people of alabama and the people of mississippi deserve to see the candidates without the advertising, without all of the various experts, with out all the consultants. >> reporter: in fact, at that speech he said that last night during his victory speech he was going to challenge romney and santorum to a debate but somehow that slipped his mind. he didn't mention that last night. when you look too at the way santorum won in tennessee and oklahoma, getting not only very conservative voters but conservatives as well, that could really play well in mississippi and alabama. looks like gingrich will have competition there, some real competition over these next few days, jenna. jenna: gingrich has the great debate coaches in his grandchildren. he wants to play to his strength as he puts it. thank you so much, john roberts, continuing to follow newt gingrich as well. jon: let's talk a little bit about rick santorum. he made the case to go one-on-one against mitt romney in the race for the republican nomination. eventually hopes against president obama for the white house. so now, former senator santorum is looking ahead to the next round of contests. he says he likes what he sees. could that be enough to keep him fighting all the way to the convention? jenna: some say yes. we'll see. what is exactly is behind the rise in gas prices? there there is a whole bunch of different reasons. lawmakers aring looking for answers. what we're seeing about a price hike hitting all americans. jon: strong wind in las vegas causing big problems for thousands of people. the latest developments from that city. ♪ sweetie i think you need a little extra fiber in your diet. carol. fiber makes me sad. oh common. and how can you talk to me about fiber while you are eating a candy bar? you enjoy that. i am. 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doesn't seem, ed rollins, there is sound bite on our air and john roberts has used. ed rollins, he will be run over by a truck before he gets out of this race. what really forces newt gingrich out? is it rick santorum? >> well, listen, let's talk about next week. alabama and mississippi. part of gingrich's rationale is he is the southern candidate. he is the conservative candidate. what if santorum, santorum to a certain degree exploded that last night with victories in oklahoma and tennessee. what if he were to go down to alabama and mississippi and kansas and beat gingrich? that would weaken gingrich's argument ant rationale for staying in. you just look at michigan and look at ohio and look at iowa. if newt gingrich weren't in the races, i'm not saying gingrich should get out. he has got his own path but santorum's point of view, if newt gingrich weren't in there, santorum probably wins all three pretty easily that is a huge issue for rick santorum and really job one. he has got to get a one-on-one race against mitt romney. jenna: it will be interesting to watch. we're seeing that in the north-south divide as well as you look at super tuesday. real quick, chris, you said that santorum and newt gingrich have their own pasts. i'm curious about your paths, chris. i'm noticing something coming up late night with you and karl rove and joe trippi. got bandannas one night. last night and pizza, are these hunting caps. what is really going on after dark after the washington, d.c. bureau? >> usually in the last hour of our coverage, and this is a good reason to stay up to the very end of our fox news special coverage. but look i call these guys the space cowboys. the great clint eastwood movie about the old guys that come in and save the day. tripi, rove and are the space cowboys. so we wear our bandannas and wear our ranch hunting hats. all this stuff is so fancy. what do people do on election nights? they sit around with pizza and eat the pizza. they sit around with ranch hats. we're bringing a little reality to fox news election coverage. jenna: we're getting hook. that's why they're playing music, chris. see you on sunday. >> you bet. jenna: we'll be back with more "happening now." to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by reducing our footprint and respecting wildlife. america's natural gas... domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives... that's smarter power today. when i'm on the night shift. when they have more energy than i do. when i don't feel like working out. when there isn't enough of me to go around. ♪ when i have school. and work. every morning. it's faster and easier than coffee. every afternoon when that 2:30 feeling hits. -every day. -every day. every day is a 5-hour energy day. 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[ male announcer ] up to 5 weeks of comfortable shaves with one proglide cartridge. great things start with gillette. jenna: "happening now", here's what your paying at the pulp today. according to aaa the national average for a gallon of regular is $3.76. that is down less than a penny from yesterday but still down. ending a streak that began nearly a month ago. the current price is up 25 cents from last year and at historic highs for this time period of the year. right now lawmakers on capitol hill are taking up this issue. the house energy and commerce committee is hearing testimony right now from leading scholars, business, and oil executives and our chief national correspondent jim angle is tracking this live for us. jim? >> reporter: hello, jenna. the president is arguing he is following all of the above strategy. oil and gas as well as renewables and suggested yesterday in his news conference the president would be crazy not to especially in an election year. >> do you think the president of the united states going into re-election wants gas prices to go up higher? is that, is that, is there anybody here who think that makes a lot of sense. >> president may try to take credit for production gains that are entirely the work of others but more to the point is the fact that production is up on private lands, and down on federal lands. the property the president and interior secretary actually manage. >> reporter: now with consumers hurting and strain of high gas prices threatening the recovery, congress is holding a hearing today to mention that point back and forth. analysts say the increase in domestic drilling in recent years wasn't because of the president but in spite of him. they point to all the gains coming on private lands over which the president and administration have no control. the head of the american petroleum institute notices on federal land where the president has control, production in the gulf of mexico is down 30%. lease sales in the rocky mountains on federal lands is down 70%. within analyst compares the president taking credit for increased production to a popular movie. a man named mr. green from american enterprise institute says he is pulling what i call, a ferris bueller. he see as parade going by. he jumped on a float and singing real loud and claiming credit for the parade. so the president and democrats argue that more drilling and more supply would have no impact on the price. other analysts argue world demand is soaring at a time of tight supplies, so that any increase in supplies could only help. jenna. jenna: jim, thank you so much are thank you for the movie sound bite. sounding just ad good hearing it from you. >> reporter: thank you. jon: life is like a box of chocolates, right? rising gas price as central issue on the presidential campaign trail. take a listen. >> as you know the prices for gasoline, food and clothing and health care go up but paychecks stay the same if they're lucky. >> any of you who have friends anywhere in the country, if you can e-mail them, if you can post on facebook, something as newt equals 2.50 a gallon gasoline. >> when you're pumping gas next time and see the number go from dollars with two columns to that third column and see that zero come up, think of zero for 0 or obama. >> the number one reason for the price of gasoline so going up the value of your dollar is going down. that will push all prices up. jon: joining us for a fair and balanced debate, fox news political analyst juan williams and mary katharine ham of "the daily caller". also a fox news contributor. mary catherine, can gas buyers, motorists take the price of gas and lay their complaints about it at the white house door? >> well i think it is tricky to know exactly who is at fault. just as silly to blame entirely oil companies and blame entirely the president as democrats were very generous in doing with bush back in those days and republicans apt to do with obama. it is complicated situation. the argument you can make, barack obama is not helping situation. the keystone is no-brainer for people struggling with gas prices looking like this is a way you can help with our actual allies and perhaps doesn't happen right this moment but something can happen in the future. and they look at that, go, what? they hear secretary chu testifying hey, not really our policy to help bring gas prices down. it is our policy to wean you off of oil. these are things republican nominees and candidates have not been great bringing onto the campaign trail and communicating to people. barack obama is vulnerable on this and should be making hay with it. jon: juan, the president shut down drilling in the gulf after the deepwater horizon. he has, can canned at least for now the keystone pipeline. can he have it both ways? can he say that he isn't responsible for increase in gas prices and yet he has done some things that have clearly reduced amount of oil available in this country? >> i don't think there, jon, there is any way that he is responsible. if you look at it, keystone is one of the, you know, variables but not as if anybody is arguing that if you put keystone online there would be immediate reduction in the price of gas in this country. in fact even the trans, people who want to build the pipeline acknowledge most of that fuel, or oil supply would be shipped overseas to satisfy increasing demand in china. so, what we have is a global market. it is very difficult, a lot of the kind of slogan earing we're hearing on the campaign trail specifically from newt gingrich with signs at his victory speech at 2.50 is an appeal to create an issue they can tap into so visceral for everybody who has to pump gas and see prices going up and is frustrated. is it a political issue in terms of having impact and people being upset? yes. is it something you can say american politicians control and not oil industry executives? i don't think that is a rational thing to say. jon: mary catherine, isn't it something, as people spend more money on gas they have less to spend at wal-mart, target and places like that. that will hurt the economy and that will be resonating come election day. >> it clearly matters. cuts down on the economic recovery as we move forward. barack obama said it would be silly for me to want prices go up but he does have his energy secretary testifying they're not trying to bring prices down. that is not the policy of administration. the policy is get americans off oil. that is mistake that is vulnerability and people should talk about on the trail. juan says this will not solve problem immediately. nobody is arguing that. democrats always say it won't solve problem immediatelies we shouldn't do nothing about it f you had done anwr people saying wouldn't help for 10 years, 10 years from then would be now and would help solve the problem. some of the gas is up price will go overseas because we live in a global economy but because we didn't do keystone, canadians are meeting with chinese officials, our allies meeting with chinese officials because they want to oh load that oil somewhere and we've guaranteed it he is going there now instead of coming to us. >> let me just say to mary catherine, we have higher domestic out put of oil and natural gas than 10 years ago. we increased output. not to barack obama's credit i think we were hearing from republicans that is exactly right. it is not the case we have somehow slacked off in terms of domestic production of energy. the idea that the secretary is testifying about the need for alternative energy and reducing american dependence on middle eastern oil, oil from iran, hats off. that is a good thing. not to say we should drive up prices but yes, america should be looking for alternatives and i think any president who is prudent would be advising just that. jon: juan williams -- >> alternatives fuels cost $60 billion to gn and $10,000 credits to anybody buy as volt and maybe catches fire in testing. jon: mary catharine ham and juan williams. thanks. >> you're welcome. >> juan mentioned iran talking about energy prices there is concern about iran with a nuclear weapon. our next guest says there is a connection we're missing. how china is helping iran. gordon chang will walk us through that coming up. for more than a decade he was football, he was football in indian n now quarterback peyton manning and the indianapolis colts could be parting ways. what will happen to the future hall-of-famer? 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isn't that a question we should be asking? my next guest says china is playing a major role, helping iran to develop an arsenal of missiles capable of hitting the united states. joining me now, gordon chang, foreign affairs correspondent at the daily. gordon, how does china figure in here? >> well, looks like china has been selling iran its df-31 missile which has a range of 4300 miles. which is just about enough to reach alaska. these reports are consistent with things we know to be true that chinese enterprises have been sourcing materials and components for iran's nuclear and missile programs and also that china, despite repeated american pleas, allowed north korea to use the beijing airport to transfer missiles to iran. by now the evidence against china is overwhelming. jenna: let's talk about what is in it for china. we talk about what could happen if there is a nuclear arms race in the middle east but also just unstable middle east. china as well as the united states depends upon the middle east. iran, saudi arabia for oil. why would china want to arm iran? why would they want to add more instability to the region? >> they shouldn't but there are a couple of things they're looking at. one of them if china is able to get iran on side, on its side, therefore sort of undermines russia's presence. of course there is a lot of rivalry between moskow and beijing. because if they get the atomic ayatollahs on their side they also get a lot of oil and gas. you know the more relationships they have with governments in the middle east, the more those governments are not going to help the people in china's province who want to be free of beijing. there is lot of incentive for beijing not only to send missile technology but also nuclear weapons technology to iran. jenna: there is a lot of different dynamics at plays a you mentioned, gordon. one of the things we've been talking a lot about are these sanctions and we know that china is not completely on board when it comes to sanctioning iran. you mentioned that the united states brought this up with china. their sales it iran but there is really no consequence to china continuing business. what should we do as a nation? how do we engage china on this issue? >> well, because we want to engage china to bring it into the international system we haven't been criticizing china, especially in public. you know, we have sort of seen china as the partner to help us stop iran but china is not the partner. it is not part of the solution. unfortunately looks like it is in fact the problem. so in order to really deal weather ran, we also have to deal with its sponsor which is china now. jenna: and so does that mean sanction china? >> that may very welcome to it because the sanctions that were put in place at the end of the last year in the defense appropriations bill, they kick in on july 1st. these are the sanctions on the iranian financial central bank. and you know, we may have to give waivers to china because china deals with the iranian financial institutions. this is going to be a very big political issue come the beginning of july. jenna: it will be an issue of political courage, that's for sure to really enforce that. not give waivers if that is indeed the course we want to go on. thank you, gordon. we'll have you back with more to talk about it. >> thank you. jon: two police officers rescue a man from a burning car. they are now being hailed as heroes. that whole thing caught on tape. their heroic story and the incredible video coming up. 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[ malannouncer ] for the road ahead, the a-new subaru impreza. ♪ experience love that lasts. jon: fox news alert. we are seconds away from what could be the end of an era in professional football. you're looking live there in the hoosiers state. the indianapolis colts about to hold a news conference at which it is expected that they are going to announce that they are going to part company with that man right now, right there, superstar quarterback, peyton manning, the four-time mvp winner, the historic backbone of the namibia colts, expected to announce they have participated ways. let's listen in. >> good afternoon. well, we're here to announce the conclusion of peyton's playing career with the colts. we are here very much as well to honor all the incredible memories and incredible things that he's done for the franchise, for the city, for the state in the history of sports through the last century, there's been a handful of hall a fame great players that have done incredible things for franchises. i know that this parallels the handful of people through time that has meant so much to the franchise. i know u know, i, you know, in my heart and the hearts of our fans it's unparalleled for the colts. and it's a difficult day here of shared pain between peyton, myself, the fans, everyone. i think, you know, in that vein as well the 18 jersey will never be worn again by a colt on the field. and this process has been a long, difficult process. i know peyton and i have had numerous conversations over the months, and we always kept trying to come back to the circumstances that were before us. and we tried to put each other in each other's shoes and try to realize what the situation was for the franchise, what it was for peyton. and in the end those circumstances were too difficult to overcome, and circumstances that dictated to us, to the franchise, that really were un unavoidable. it's really something that as we're going forward and rebuilding a team with salary cap problems, and peyton is on the mend, to try to resume his career, we both wanted to be together. you know, it's been very difficult and just tearing at our hearts to try to look at the situation and find the best solution. and i think peyton has been completely unselfish in terms of looking at what the franchise -- where it was at and where we are at at this point, and i tried to put myself in peyton's situation as well, and, you know, in the end before we ever got into any specifics, it's never been about money, it's never been about those type of things. it's really to be blessed here today to have gone through the experiences we have together as an owner, and having peyton as a friend and a player, and all the things that we've been through, it's an incredible blessing. as difficult as this day is, it's made difficult because of the greatness and the thins peyton has done fothings peyton has done for our city, our state and our franchise. and there will be no other peyton manning. i mean that is something that is in a special place in a special time over the last decade and a half, we've been so blessed to have him. and u know, the good times we've had together, the laughs we've shared together, you know, growing up together in the organization, you know, when a 37-year-old owner met a 22-year-old player coming out of tennessee, and the dreams that we had, and experienced, are just beyond my imagination. and as difficult as this is, i know that our journey together hasn't ended, it's really just begun. and i look down the road and see the many decades going forward that we'll share together, and how he's always part of the horseshoe. and it's something where, you know, i can't thank him enough. i think when i look back and reflect on everything that's happened, you know, whenever we went on the road the circus was coming into town. and peyton was the ringleader. and the memories that we have, and the great people we've been blessed to be around, i'll always treasure. and i just want to turn it over to peyton now to say a few more words. >> thank you, jim. i sure have loved playing football for the indianapolis colts. for 14 wonderful years the only professional football i've known is colts football. our team won a lot of games here. i've played with so many great teammates here, and i've been part of a great organization here, an organization and an owner who i respect and continue to respect. i've been a colt for almost all of my adult life. but i guess in life, and in sports we all know that nothing lasts forever. times change, circumstances change, and that's the reality of playing in the nfl. jim and i have spoken extensively about where we are today, and our conversations have led both of us to recognize that our circumstances make it best for us to take this next step. this has not been easy for jim, and it certainly has not been easy for me. jim, along with bill pollian drafted me 14 years ago. jim and i have always been close, and we made a lot of great memories together. he's always been good to me, and jim, i will be forever grateful. this town, and this team means so much to me. it truly has been an honor to play in indianapolis. i do love it here. i love the fans, and i will always enjoyed having played for such a great team. i will leave the colts with nothing but good thoughts and gratitude to jim, the organization, my teammates, the media, and especially the fans. i haven't thought yet about where you'll play, but i have thought a lot about where i've been, and i've truly been blessed, i've been blessed to play here, i've been blessed to be in the nfl, and as i go i go with just a few words left to say, a few words i want to address to colts fans everywhere. thank you very much from the bottom of my heart. i true lie hav truly have enjoyed being your quarterback, thank you. >> if there are any questions we'll take a few now. [inaudible question] >> jim and i have been talking for a longtime. we've really had some great conversations. we've enjoyed kind of going down memory lane together about some of the great moments we've had here during our time together for 14 years, and that's really what this has been about for me this time is that reflection of so many great memories and how grateful i am to jim and the team, and just how awesome it's been for this time. so we've covered all sorts of scenarios, and like you said, these circumstances are not the way either of us wish they were. that's the reality. that's how it got to this point. i don't necessarily think there was a decisive point. there were good healthy points, long talks over the phone, that's how we got here. >> it's hard to believe after 14 seasons, 11 playoff appearances, two super bowl appearances and one championship but peyton manning will no longer be the quarterback of the indianapolis colts. they didn't get into a lot of the details there, but here is how i understand it works. peyton had just signed in july a $90 million contract. if he were to stay with the team, as of tomorrow they owed him a $28 million bonus. 28million bucks. but he didn't play it down last season. the colts went 2-14, and they got as a result the first pick in the nfl tkrafplt i draft. it is likely that they will pick andrew luck as first draft. thinthey had to play peyton manning a lot of money. his doctors think he can play football again. they are parting on good terms but it's over in indianapolis for peyton manning. >> reporter: nfl fans around the country are saying peyton can come play with us. stories we are following over the next 60 minutes take a look up here. a couple of police officers, they are heros even though they don't say that they are. we'll tell you what they did to get them honored. also take a look at this father right here, he is charged with disrupting his daughter's hockey game. what did he do? you will not believe it. and a major brush fire in the phoenix area. and the desperate efforts underway to save people's homes right now. the very latest stories you'll only see here on the second hour of "happening now" right now. jon: and rick kicked off the second hour here. i'm jon scott, along with jenna. the violence in syria is escalating. the top defense chiefs are testifying on capitol hill debating u.s. involvement in that country. jenna: lawmakers call forearming the rebels. we heard strong words from senator mccain this week so far, and jennifer griffin has been following the story live at the pentagon with more on how its developing this week. >> reporter: hi, jenna. it is the second day in a row that there have been extensive debates on capitol hill about whether the u.s. military should intervene in syria. the pros and cons of military action to overthrow the bashar al-assad. senator john mccain has been leading the charge. >> what doesn't make sense is to take unilateral action at this point. as secretary of defense before i recommend that we put our sons and daughters in uniform in harm's way i've got to make very sure that we know what the mission is. i've got to make very sure that we know whether we can achieve that mission, at what price, and whether or not it will make matters better or worse. jenna: that was defense secretary leon panetta in response to senator john mccain asking how many more have to die, 10,000 more? 20,000 more? secretary panetta warned against the u.s. taking unilateral action. he said there are no simple answers, but left open the possibility of u.s. military action. senator mccain tried to shame secretary panetta into acting by making comparisons to bosnia when secretary panetta served in the clinton administration and decided act. the chairman of the joint chiefs general martin tkepl pea warned about how serious terrain is more complicated than that of libya. >> they have approximately 5 times more air -- more sophisticated air defense systems than existed in libya covering one fifth of the terrain. all of their defenses are on the western border, which is their population center. five times the air defense of libya covering one fifth of the ka rain. >> reporter: general dempsey warns that syria has one hundred times the amount of chemical weapons in it's stockpiles. one hundred times more than libya, and secretary panetta warned that we don't know enough about the opposition, the u.s. intel reports on the syrian opposition are not clear, and that arming the opposition at this point in time, they are very concerned that those arms could end up in the hands of hezbollah. jenna: that is a key point, jennifer. thank you so much. jennifer griffin at pentagon. jon: the super tuesday voting is over, the dust has settled, and not one of these republican candidates is showing any sign of dropping out. how each of them now changes strategies, and why that could reshape this race. plus, he's accused of driving drunk and causing an accident that killed a 23-year-old man, then adopting his girlfriend to try to safeguard his fortune. guess what, today is a big day for millionaire polo mogul john goodmam. rick keeping an eye on breaking news for us. >> reporter: politics on the pole for you today at foxnews.com. the happening now home page if you scroll down you'll see the question that we're asking it has to do with newt gingrich. and should he drop out of the race and perhaps help get some more votes over to rick santorum, some of the conservative voters? 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>> i think that's up to the candidate. they need to make their own an appraisal of whether they have a path forward and how they get there from here. i feel like a lot of other republicans that we are aoeg tkpw-r to gewe are eager to get past the magazine flying of ou magnifying of our views. the super packs expound the effect of the calendar and the delegate proportional low indication, it's a slog. i think it's up to the candidates to make their own decisions in that regard and i respect those decisions. jon: mitt romney won. it was a tough slog, and it was tight in ohio especially, but he won the most delegates yesterday. >> he did, and the most votes, and i think that, you know, he has cemented his status as the frontrunner. i think he is the likely nominee. but, again, he's going to be tested by fire here in this primary process, and i think at the end of the day governor romney, who i think is likely, or rick santorum, or newt gingrich or ron paul, whoever emerges as our republican party nominee will be stronger for having gone through this very tough, difficult primary process. jon: former rnc head and former counselor to president george w. bush. ed gillespie thank you. jenna: he was talking about whether or not there is still room for a late entry in the republican presidential race. that is still a question out there. a new rasmussen poll out reveals that voters are really thinking about that. scott rasmussen will join us ahead. we also have this. amazing video of men risking their lives to save another. we have the full story next. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? 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especially if they light on fire. a new rasmussen poll showing a lot of voters remain unsatisfied with the current drop of republican candidates running for president. 43% of those polled think it would be better for the g.o.p. if a new, a brand-new candidate jumped into the race. 34% say the four candidates running are the best openings for the republican party. scott rasmussen is president of rasmussen.com. tell us how these figure in when we look at it a couple of months ago or a couple of other race. >> reporter: only 34% said it would be good for somebody new to jump in. there's been a 9 point inch kraoefplts it didn't come from republicans. 32% of republican voters say it would be nice if somebody new jumped in. the other -ts say the existing candidates are just fine. when you went back to january only 33% of republicans were looking for somebody new. there is still some dissatisfaction with the field. they look at the candidate and they like a little bit of candidate a and a little bit of candidate b, no one quite has the whole package yet. my suspicion is when a nominee is selected almost all republicans will unite if not for a candidate then against press. jenna: have you noticed this trend that at march before the november election that there are still kind of these numbers we are seeing asking for another candidate. i know you say they haven't changed much. i'm curious how it compares to other races. >> reporter: it's hard to do much of a comparison. it's only been in recent years we've been this far into the process in march. when ronald reagan ran he was just getting started in new hampshire at this point in time. we see something very similar to the situation the democrats had in 2008. there were a lot of concerns, a lot of hillary clinton supporters were unhappy with barack obama as the leader. and they were saying we are not sure we can support him in the general election. when all was said and done they came around and supported the democratic nominee. jenna: as you mentioned that is an interesting race to look at if we're looking for a model. it's tough to make the comparisons as you so rightly point out. >> reporter: i think it's really important to note, while there are similarities in both cases there was a presumptive frontrunner in the democratic case the presumptive frontrunner hillary clinton was behind at this time. mitt romney is still ahead. there is a different dynamic than four years ago. jenna: as we look ahead at some of the races in the south that will be interesting to see how the frontrunner status stays or changes. as we've been hearing from the reporters for the last hour or so, we're still calling mitt romney the frontrunner at this time when we look at the delegates. you also asked some questions about the economy as well. these are just fresh off the press as you just released these at noon eastern time. there are a few very interesting questions you asked, this one really caught our eye. do you occurs, you were asking the people that you polled, wealthy, upper middle class, middle class or poor. you can see here that six out of ten of those responding say that they consider themselves middle class. now we talk about the middle class and how that figures into the election, just them us how you see these numbers as you're watching them come in, scott. >> reporter: the first thing to recognize is that everybody wants to put a dollar figure around what is the middle class, and that is not the way people see themselves. in fact among people who who earn more than $100,000 a year 45% of them think they are middle class. there are even 1% who earn more than $100,000 a year who classify themselves as poor. something is going on here with regard to hair attitudes and the way they see people around them. in almost all of the survey data there is a concern among people who either fit the definition or consider themselves middle class that the politicians aren't connecting with them, that something is missing. this is a group that barack obama struggled with four years ago in his primary against hillary clinton. it's a group that mitt romney is struggling with in his prime rare recompetition against rick santorum, newt gingrich and ron paul. and it's possible we'll have two candidates, neither of whom really connect with that 59% who say they are the middle class. jenna: that's interesting. a moving definition for what defines the middle class, but still tough identifying with that group as well when we look at the candidates. scott, thank you so much. we appreciate the first look at the polls. look forward to having you back. thank you. jon: president obama is raising questions about what is causing gas prices to hit the roof. he's taken it one step further with a task force. this isn't the first time easy pointed such a team. so will it work this time? also, an about face from iran, that nation agrees to sit down for six party talks. so does this mean iran is caving in to world pressure about its nuclear ambitions? or is this just part of iran's dance to buy time before israel possibly mounts a military strike? 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jenna: rick, thank you so much. we'll continue to watch that story. meantime we'll turn to another big story for us today. iran is ready to resume nuclear talks amid tougher sanctions and threats of military action but western nations suspect that iran's offer of diplomacy could be nothing more than another effort to buy more time. a top security advisor to israel's prime minister says without a real, a quote, real military alternative, iran is unlikely to give up its nuclear program. ambassador dan gillerman is former israeli ambassador to the u.n. and also a fox news contributor. nice to have you with us back in the states todays as you visit l.a. great to have you. >> good to be with you, jenna, thank you. jenna: i will turn to the associated press where that security advisor i just quoted was talking about this real military alternative. i realized just moments before we went on the air you could take it in a few different ways. we took it without a real military alternative, a threat, iran will continue to develop its nuclear program. i wonder if he met without a military alternative themselves because we know they do not have a big military they will continue down this path. how do you see the comments from the security advisor? >> well i think it very clearly means that the iranians must believe that there is a military alternative and that the u.s. is serious when it says that all options are off the table and israel is capable of carrying out a military strike if all else fails. i think one of the problems we have is that so far the iranians are really thinking that we are bluffing. i don't think they believe that the u.s. is serious. you know you were talking about the elections before, jenna and, you know, this president, president obama, was elected on a platform of yes, we can. all the iranians have been hearing over the last months is, no, we can't. the sirians are heard, no, we won't. i think it's time that america dispels that perception of weakness and hesitancy and make it very clear to that rogue regime in tehran that if they do not stop this quest for nuclear weapons there will be military action which will make sure this crazy country and mad regime never at tans that capability to destroy civilization as we know it. >> the question then becomes back to, how do you do that? mitt romney, you mentioned the elections, had an op-ed piece in the "washington post" just yesterday and he advocated getting our aircraft carriers to the gulf yet again and putting them there, positioning them there on purpose to send a message. when you talk about a real military threat, what does that look like? >> well, i think a real military threat, the emphasis is on real. it is on the iranians believing that it can be done and will be done if all else fails. and i believe that what happened at the meeting between the president and the prime minister of israel just a couple of days ago in washington is the that those red lines of when this will happen will, were actually very well-defined. i believe that the president now understands that israel will not accept, and not condone a nuclear iran. we can not trust if anyone else but ourselves and if the u.s. will not show the resolve to do it, we will. you know, for the u.s., this is foreign policy. for us this is a life insurance policy. and i would much rather have the u.s. criticize israel's foreign policy than pay israel's premium for life insurance policy. i would much rather they criticized the living israel than consoled a dying israel. we can not afford to wait much longer. the moment of no return is very near and therefore i also am not that excited about the prospect of talks. i can not understand the great excitement in washington about the iranians all of a sudden saying, let's talk. these are people quilling and butchering people and terrorizing the world and bombing in thailand and georgia and india and syria and the rest of the world and all of sudden we're willing to talk and the secretary of state is jumping for joy and guess who is coming for dinner, the iranians? jenna: we had a contrarian view and iranian born journalist joined us talking about diplomacy and talking about real military threats. he was criticizing the attempt there is no real attempt at diplomacy because in his opinion we offered nothing in the negotiations. the only thing we come to the table with we do not bomb iran if they do not pursue nuclear weapons. i do not have time to play that sound bite but what do you agree about his criticism? >> i'm sorry to disagree with him. the europeans and u.s. have offered iran time and time again some generous and tempting offers. the iranians are masters for playing for time. what we're actually witnessing is iran trying to get more and more and give less and less and not stop its quest. and the same happened with pakistan and the same happened with north korea and the same will happen with iran. there will be talks and one day we will wake up to a horrible, ugly, brutal and cynical world, even more than the one we live in today where thousands are dying in syria and nobody does anything about it. and we'll have a nuclear iran and that will be a world none of us wants to live in. it will be a horrible, ugly, cruel world in which the most dangerous country in the world, that is already the master of terror, will have the capability, not just to launch missiles but make dirty bombs available to rogue regimes and terror organizations. that is a world you, jenna, and i, and no one else really wants to live in. and that's why the united states has to make it clear to iran, that they must stop. further talks will just make the iranians play the clock, waste time and one day we'll wake up to nuclear iran. for us it will be too late. therefore we will have to act before to make sure this does not happen. jenna: ambassador gillerman, always wish we had more time. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you, jenna, let's hope that vision he is talking about there doesn't come true. a fast-moving wildfire burning out west. what firefighters are trying to do to get this one under droll as high winds are making their jobs tough and very dangerous. that's next. when you have tough pain, do you want fast relief? 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