want to do these things, i shouldn't say normal, you just don't know who wants to do these things, assuming that what they say is correct. that is what is troubling. >> absolutely shocked. one of the most exciting things here is to see a squirrel cross the street. jon: at no time was anyone in any danger says the feds because they had the suspect under surveillance. let's talk with michael balboni a former homeland security adviser for new york state. you said there is good news and bad news to this arrest, yes they got the guy but it takes a present amount of man-hours just to keep a guy like this under surveillance. >> that is really the story here. we are ten years after 9/11, we are really suffering from security fatigue, threat fatigue. though, certainly the threats have shifted to a domestic threat, in this case a united states citizen, who has all the intention and the malice to try to perpetrate these attacks, this is one individual who has now worked with f.b.i. officials in a sting operation. this takes a lot of surveillance, it takes a lot of man power, and the question becomes, how long can you sustain this? how long can you keep finding these people and who is out there that we don't know? jon: i was reading a little bit about his background. no criminal backed to speak of according to police except for a high school prank that went a little too far. how does a guy like that grow up in this country and apparently by reading the internet become inspired to commit jihad? >> this is what we're seeing unfortunately more and more of, inspired but not instructed individuals who suddenly decide, the light switch goes on for them and they decide they are going to take active steps and participation. this is really a problem for law enforcement security officials. how do you pick these guys up? on the good side, of course, is if you have not had the military training, if you've not gone to pakistan or north africa and actually learned how to do these things like the 9/11 hijackers thaepb your trade craft is really substandard and you're much more susceptible to being found and stopped. jon: he was supposedly going to use these model aircrafts. they have a wingspan of maybe five, six feet. he was supposedly planning to use them to try to fly into the dome of the capitol building, fly into the pentagon and use high-powered explosives, c-4 or something like that to detonate bombs. is that even realistic? >> no, if you take a look obviously at the damage that was done during the 9/11 attacks on the passenger you realize how much force and power you have to have in order to bring down part of that building. certainly if thise this plot were to gone forward could he have caused tremendous fear and trepidation? sure. what was chilling was his desire to set up a sniper ambush. if you attack the building as people were leaning in panic, to take them out as they came out that is chilling and that possibly could be effective. we saw that in mumbai, india a couple years ago when they used explosives and what they call active shooters to take out civilians. that more and more has become a concern for law enforcement, security officials that that is going to be the method of choice for the folks who want to attack us. jon: we have stopped another. let's hope we can stop the next one. michael babaloni. >> thanks, jon. jenna: there you see it fox news is america's election headquarters. happening now a major battle is on over the calendar for the republican primaries. florida and south carolina in a dual over dates, all over when republican voters get to choose whom they want to run for president in 2012. south carolina was going to announce when their primary would be held, but they are waiting. apparently they are waiting to hear from florida first. what is up with all of this? carl cameron is live in boston with hopefully an explanation, carl? what is going o >> reporter: it's a primary standoff and it's all about who gets to go first and who gets to have the influence that goes with being an early voting state. there is tremendous remember amount at stake here, there is the money to advertising, the access to influence and potentially the next president. the interaction with the national political organizations that all descend on their states, so it really matters and there is history of voting early and determining in some fashion who the ultimate nominee will be. the south carolina republican party chairman is holding a news conference in this hour in which he will complain mightily on behalf of the four early states, iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, and deaf. the and nevada. they are the states granted authority to vote first by the democratic national committee and the republican national committee. and they insist on having a cushion with no one behind hem. florida has decided it will violate the republican national committee's proposed calendar and want to vote as early as january 31 of next year. the rnc put together a calendar that would have them go much later. the sunshine state wants more influence and wants to go fifth. florida will announce it will hold its first primary on the 31st of january. it will take call the states and force them to vote earlier in the process. they wanted to make the process more orderly and take longer into later in the year. the early states have been granted permission to go first and florida is the and tag tph*euthe antagonist. they are so fro frustrated. they said they'll wait for florida to make their statement and then complain. jenna: we had a little audio issue there carl. it's interesting to hear that. the point you make about money being a factor here is always an important one to be in mind. while we are talking about 2012, i have to do it, hate to do it but have to talk about chris christie here, every time he slams the door shut on if he's going to run for president somebody is trying to pry that door back open, carl, what do you make of it? >> reporter: the new jersey governor is very popular in republican politics. they show a big assent by herman cain, and a drop by rick perry. they are looking for a common-sense type of conservative with more of an outside reputation. mr. christie gets a lot of attraction. he has said repeatedly and pointed his supporters to look at the video matchups of all of his denials where he says he's not going to run. there are those around him that say he listens to our encourage -plts, so the door must be open. on tussle make some sort of a definitive statement again that he won't run probably within a week or ten days. jenna: just real quick here, carl, georgia's gop primary is set for march 6th. not one of the battling states you mentioned. we want to tell our viewers when something like that comes in. carl cameron, thank you very much. always nice to see you, sir. >> thanks, jenna. jon: fox news alert we are going to take you now to illinois where rest kaoeurs are desperately scrambling to free a man who is apparently trapped in a grain silo. don't know how he got in there. these situations can be very serious. grain is a lot like quick sand if you fall into it in certain circumstances and it can actually suffocate you even if your head is up above the level of the grain because the pressure of the heavy seeds simply compresses the chest to the point where you simply cannot breathe. they are trying to get him out of there. we will keep you updated as to how he got in there and let's hope they get him out. fox news alert now for you as well. the house just passed a short-term spending measure. congress okayed the measure by voice vote, so there is no formal voting tally to report. the president must now sign the bill to keep the government from closing tomorrow night. this latest chapter in the budget battle adding to pessimism over whether the super committee with come up with some kind of a long term deal. who best to ask about that than mike emanuel our man on capitol hill. set the stage for us. what is happening in the house. >> reporter: as you mentioned the voice vote just happened. the show is called "happening now," it just happened now. crisis averted for the moment. we know when the house comes back on tuesday they will take up the bipartisan deal that passed the senate the other night to fund the government through november the 18th. but when you consider this. they were fighting over just a small amount of money, .04% of the federal spending, so that does lead to some pessimism about future heavy lifting when it comes to fiscal matters between now and the 2012 election, jon. as you mentioned the measure will go to president obama's desk. he will sign it to keep the government open from tomorrow night through tuesday. on tuesday when the full house returns they will take up that longer-term spending measure to get us through november the 18th. jon: this latest fight in congress was over an amount of money that really represents a small fraction of federal spending. so how is the super committee supposed to be able to go behind closed doors and come to an agreement on making real serious cuts? >> reporter: the bipartisan super committee, 12 members, six republicans, six democrats, six from the house, six from the senate has tremendous pressure on it. you've got all types of constituencies saying, don't raise taxes, don't touch defense spending, don't touch entitlements. everything has a reurb list of things that you don't touch or should touch. that is the context of the talks. we've heard people suggesting while they're cutting $1.5 trillion maybe they should go big, 4 trillion or $5 trillion. if you think how difficult it's been just a fight over several billion dollars in the most recent battle here on capitol hill the pressure just gets bigger and bigger for this group of 12 lawmakers. we talked to former speaker of the house dennis haster and he said they are expected to fight over money matters take a listen. >> the house of responsibility has responsible for taxes and for sending, so that people can throw the bumps out if they want to. we need that type of democracy. >> reporter: bottom line crisis averted for now the battle continues next tuesday. jon. jon: thanks, mike. jenna: from washington d.c. we take you out to indiana, new developments in the murders of five people there. police are questioning a career criminal, they describe now as a person of interest in the case. harris faulkner is at the breaking news desk. it looks like there might be a little bit of a break in the case, harris. >> reporter: what we're watching right now is that the sheriff is trying to calm everybody's nerves in franklin county, indiana in saying he feels that this was not a random bit of violence. he says that is important for the community to know that they are safe. this has sent shock waves through the community. you are looking at 46-year-old david isom. he was picked up tuesday evening after an investigation into an unrelated case. in the middle of interviewing this man they found some things that led them to believe they should search his home. that is 25 miles away from where the killings had happened. when they got to the scene the indiana police say they feel like they got some information that could link him to the five killings. it was a family of four and a neighbor who were killed. shock waves in that community, franklin county. you've got the tip line there, if anybody can be of any more assistance. they want to make sure they've got even all of the people who may have been involved in this. just one bright light in all of this. in our reporting we had said there was a 4-year-old little child in that home that did get away. we know now that child is in fact safe. this has been a horrific thing that happened. they have a suspect, they call it a break in the case right now picked up on unrelated charges, back to you. jenna: we look forward to talking to the sergeant ahead of that case later in the show. jon: she spent four years in an italian prison for a crime she said she didn't commitment a huge decision could free american amanda knox. should she feel hopeful? the circumstances that could make-or-break her case. jenna: are the this incredible scene. a dramatic shootout caught on police dash.com. you'll see the high-speed case that started it all next. 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[gunfire] >> shots fired, shots fired, shots fired. jon: the suspect eventually died, a grand jury finding none of the officers committed any wrongdoing. jenna: new concerns, a deadly listeria outbreak is getting much worse today. already you have 15 people dead, the fda blaming contaminated canteloupe. now there are new fears that more people could be getting sick weeks from now. we'll explain why. more dramatic testimony in the trial of michael jackson's doctor just about to get underway. today jackson's bodyguard testifying about the moment michael died. >> paris was on the ground bald up crying, and prince he was -- he was standing there, he just had a real shock -- just slowly crying type of look on thinks face. >> what was conrad murray doing. >> he appeared to be administering cpr. he appeared very nervous. >> had conrad murray asked you and berth tow alvarez if you new cpr. >> yes. jenna: that's one of the things we learned, the children were there watching all this. judge jeanine shapiro joins us live with her take on the case next. jon: i stepped away from my ann position to come into the acquisition here at fox channel where we bring ph hundreds of satellite feeds from all around the world. take a look at remote 269, still working to get out that man who was trapped in a grain silo. they have sent in a rescue, a medivac helicopter. let's hope they are close to getting him out. these are live pictures from that scene. over here on ra meet 293 tropical storm ophelia regained tropical storm status after crossing some of the islands. it is expected to possibly glance bermuda might affect canada but not expected to hit the united states. on remote 249 that is outside the trial of dr.~conrad murray, michael jackson's physician. he is on trial fo for manslaughter in connection with the death of the king of pop. aur man adam housley is there. >> at this trial today we'll have the second full day where the prosecution will be able to layout their entire case. day one we had the opening statements from both sides. yesterday real it first day the prosecution had the chance to put out their witnesses and their strongest witness of the day by most amounts was michael amir williams. he was michael jackson's personal assistant for a longtime. he testified at one point that as jackson was in the hospital pronounced dead that dr.~conrad murray wanted to be taken back to the home to get some cream he said which basically michael jackson wouldn't want the public to know about. williams believed, at least in his testimony elicited by the prosecution. that was conrad murray's way of going back to hide some drugs that he gave michael jackson in the months he had been treating him. >> we were making small talk about how horrible this is. both of us was tearing, and he asked -- he said that there is some cream in michael's room, or house -- i believe room, that he wouldn't want the world to know about, and he requested that i or someone give him a right back to the house to get it so the world you know wouldn't know about the cream. >> reporter: during cross-examination the defense team asked michael amir williams, you're telling us this story now, how come at the time when you were interviewed by the police department on a number of occasions you never brought this up before? how come all of a sudden this is coming up now trying to call into question that testimony. we also heard part of his testimony about michael jackson's children, all three of them being near the room or in the room when michael jackson was there lifeless and how one was bald up crying and another one was basically yelling out his father's name. that may be a set up, jon, for the oldest child to come testify in the courtroom e. is on the witness list that. could happen. as i give it back to you today the big witness here is michael jackson's bodyguard that is expected to testify that it took conrad murray 30 minutes to call 911. jon: thanks. jenna: a little bit more on this case with judge jeanine piro. what is the sense of your case right now. >> my sense is it's not going very well for the defendant. this is a voluntary manslaughter. the issue is whether or not conrad murray was basically criminally negligent in not exercising the caution and care this a doctor would have