carl lewis will be here and mark con dsuelas. >> gretchen: and jo will stick around. >> brian: and mario manningham of giants fame. >> steve: then it is a super tuesday. have a great monday bill: got some breaking news and good morning, everyone. a 4.0 earthquake shaking northern california centered eight miles out of san francisco near east richmond heights, northeast of town. no immediate reports of damage or injuries. it is breaking news at the moment. we're working the story and developments on that moment medical terrell. martha: this fox news alert out of iran a former u.s. marine sentenced to death will get a retrial there. a mir hekmadi, convicted in january of being a cia spy, he and the cia both deny charges. for some reason the iran supreme court has ordered

review of this case. last time an american was sentenced to death was during the 1979 islamic revolution. this comes as the backdrop as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu set to meet president obama this morning. topic one of their conversation is iran. more as we get it. bill: meantime we're gearing up for the most critical day on the road to the republican nomination, that being super tuesday. 10 states, 419 delegates on the line and both mitt romney and rick santorum sprinting to the finish. that's where we start on a super monday. martha: love to be running to the finish, right? they're hoping. bill: a little bit of time. hope you had a great weekend everybody. a lot to cover this morning. i'm bill hemmer. martha: good morning, bill, how are you doing? bill: terrific. martha: good morning, i'm martha maccallum. the storylines showing this super tuesday story could indeed live up to its name. no state is more closely watched or more up for grabs in all that than ohio.

bill: romney and santorum running neck-and-neck. a week ago romney behind double digits in ohio. new numbers out through quinnipiac university showing romney taking a slight lead, 34 to 31%. martha: look at the real clear politics average. this one a mix of the polls together, shows the two candidates a statistical tie right now, separated by less than two points. >> we need another kind of brush fire here "from the heartland." we need to have that big victory on tuesday night. >> you know it is bad economics for a nation to consistently borrow more money than it takes in. but for this nation, this prosperous nation year after year, to put together debts of trillions of dollars and pass them on to our kids and their kids i believe is immoral. i will cut spending, i will cap spending and i will balance america's budget.

bill: bob cusack from "the hill", joins us out of washington. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: talk about romney first. what dawes the day or map look like for him? >> the map looks pretty good for romney because going in he had built-in advantages, massachusetts, vermont and virginia and i also think idaho. i think he is heavily favored in those states. he has those states in his pocket. if he can win ohio, whether some of these other states, whether it be alaska, he has the potential to win six, seven, possibly eight states that would be a big night. if he can win those and ohio that he has got it. bill: that would be a major headline for him and his team. what about rick santorum? where does it appear he has the best opportunity here? >> best opportunity, tennessee, oklahoma and that's why he has got to win ohio. his whole argument against romney he can win the battleground states. if he wins and pick off one

somewhere else that would be a pretty good night. because santorum has been dipping in polls recently he has got to win ohio. bill: polls in tennessee showed santorum with a big lead. >> yes. >> but in the last few days looks like romney is closing there as well. as for newt gingrich, does win georgia? >> i think he does. he is predicting that he will win by more than romney won michigan, that was three points. gingrich has to win georgia but doesn't really matter because he is starting to become a regional cab date. he said i will win georgia and win alabama, mississippi. those are southern states. those are his strengths. georgia is must win. where he goes from here as far as being more than a southern candidate i don't know where his future is. if he didn't wouldn't win georgia that will be calls for him to drop out which would help santorum.

bill: bob, thanks for all of that. hear is the delegate count. you need 1144 to lock down the nomination. bob cues act out -- cusack out of washington. martha: romney getting a powerful endorsement from nods of lawmakers. eric cantor officially endorsed romney over the weekend. says he has the best plan to fix the economy. >> mitt romney is the only candidate in the race put forward a pro-growth, pro-jobs plan for the future. the mitt romney is the man for this year. i believe this is a historic election. there is no question about it. the kind of challenges we face. he is the only one in the race who has put forward these kinds of solutions, and i think he can beat barack obama in november. >> strong words from eric cantor. romney and ron paul are the only candidates on the ballot in cantor's home state of virginia. a lot of

about the left saying, you we need to separate church and state. how about the separation of church and state when the state wants to force the church and people who are bee leaves into doing something that they don't want to do? bill: well part of that answer came out of new york's cardinal timothy dolan speaking out against the mandate, warning the white house he has 78 million catholics on his side coming election day. we'll debate the cardinal's political pool and get back to that topic. martha: we'll have full coverage of course of super

tuesday as it gets underway. bill and i will be here to kick it off. special coverage at 6:00 p.m. with special report. megyn kelly will have coverage at 8:00 p.m. get the latest from foxnews.com throughout the day. everything go to our web vooit for the latest headlines. everything you need to know is there. fox news is your election headquarters if you had any doubt of that. bill: we'll see how long of a night it is. martha: that's why you watch and find out. bill: meantime communities across the midwest and south, man they have been devastated trying to pick up the pieces after torednados killed 39 people in five states. heavy snow making cleanup more difficult in parts of indiana. they went from 70 degrease to below freezing. fema and red cross on the ground there as utility crews race to restore power. have a look. >> we don't really realize

what destruction is until you see it. >> we heard things like shingles falling off the roof and things breaking. >> i thought it was over. when i laid down i thanked the lord for my children and my life and a good life. >> chaos. looked like a bomb went off. started swirling. jammed on the brakes. covered my head and laid down underneath the dash. the truck was rockin' and rollin' and i thought it would never quick. bill: what was remarkable how much warning people had and still the strong enough storms to kill 39. governor mitch daniels called a state of emergency in 39 county. martha: that is hart breaking. in kentucky a 15-month-old baby was a symbol of hope for tornado survivors. the babely lost her battle in all this. angel babcock was found alive in a field after a twister killed her parents and two of her siblings on

friday night. she was flown from their home into that field. and then when they found her body they took her to a louisville hospital in critical condition. dros were hoping for the best. they were working so hard to bring that about. yesterday her condition severely deteriorated and her relatives made the excruciating decision to remove the little girl from life-support. >> all of them are gone. no more. i wish they were here. i wish i would have been able to help that morning. >> [inaudible]. >> i miss them so much.

>> awful and shocking to have a whole family in your family gone in the space of one day. this little girl's grandfather says that the family is thankful for the thoughts and prayers that they received and that they are looking to god. all right. there are other communities in tennessee also coming together following these deadly towns. the town of toleco plains sustained so much damage that one congregation was unable to reach their church through all of it. jonathan serrie live in harrison, tennessee, with their side of the story. good morning, jonathan. >> reporter: good morning, martha. that was a big problem, all the fallen trees. you can see they cleared the roadways and that allowed many residents to go in. many residents checking on their homes for the very first time. there is extensive damage in this neighborhood alone. at least 50 houses severely destroyed or suffering deadly damaged. 25 injuries, half a dozen of

them very serious. meteorologists believe this was a powerful ef-3 tornado that came through here. winds as strong as 165 miles an hour. martha? martha: so are the residents getting help there, jonathan? how is moving around and ability to get in there to see what people need? >> reporter: now that the roads are clear a lot of people are going in. individuals as we as established organizations such as red cross and salvation army who in this area have had more experience weathernados than they would have liked. listen. >> salvation army is a part of this community. we're often here while the storm is going through and able to serve immediately afterwards. the irony the salvation army is still serving here in the tennessee valley from the april 2011 storms. >> reporter: in this night night community a lot of cases of individuals helping individuals. martha, back to you. martha: great stories in all of that. jonathan our hearts go out

to all the folks, thank you very much. bill: in the state of kentucky alone, 21d. one viewer in ureport photo. they said they did not have a cellular to seek shelter. he said god was with them as the twister swept through. look at the size of that tornado. if you have pictures of the weather, the damage or aftermath, share them with our viewers. share them at foxnews.com/ foxnews.com/ureport. martha: in the space of 24 hours your life can completely change. their loved once are gone. we're thinking about everybody going through this. bill: we'll take you back there live a little later. breaking news crossing out of the wires in afghanistan. we'll ask homeland committee chairman peter king about that in moment. >> a bit of a jolt you might say to the president's green energy program. announcement, big one from chevy about its electric car the volt. news they may not want to see. bill: you're right about that. could this have been a

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martha: this just crossing the wires. we have more violence to report in afghanistan against a u.s. base. two civilians were killed in what is being called a suicide attack on a u.s. base in afghanistan according to officials there this morning. the taliban is claiming that it carried out this attack on the bagram airfield in revenge for the burning of korans by u.s. troops. this is a story we've seen pretty much every day over the course of the last week. we'll get you more on that as it comes in. bill: in the meantime the attorney general eric holder set to lay out the legal path that he says allows the u.s. to kill its own citizens overseas if they're determined to be a serious

terror threat to america. holder talks five months after a drone attack took out u.s. born radical cleric, anwar al-awlaki, who had a string of links to terrorist attacks, shooting at fort hood in texas and underwear bombing in detroit in christmas 09. congressman peter king, chairman of the homeland security committee here. >> good morning, bill. bill: three topics i want to go through with you. the new in ban began. is this new normal? >> we'll not tolerate this. the president has to make it clear to president cars say there has to be -- karzai better internal controls. if we don't get the support from the afghan government it will be difficult for us to continue the mission. bill: that is relationship that needs to get stronger. eric holder, do you anticipate a problem with the message he will deliver. >> i certainly hope no.

i'm wondering why he is forced to get this speech. this is reflection of the country why we're killing the enemy. i hope he lays out a good case, solid legal case. there is no doubt to me we have the right to do it. i hope doing he doesn't throw in the usual apologies and accuse the bush administration of torture around how they changed things around with the obama administration. no need to equivocate. no need to apologize. we need to continue to do it if we're going to win the war. bill: you're okay with this. >> sure i hope he is down the line makes sure we have absolute right to kill our enemies. bill: 10:00 eastern time here in new york city, you're attending an event that will show support for what the police commissioner initiated here in new york, that is to monitor muslims and muslim-americans living in new york city. you will say it is justified. he will argue in favor of it. give us the logic why. >> i think commissioner kelly and nypd should get a medal what they're doing.

carrying out surveillance in the areas we expect the next terrorist attack to come from. this is not anti-muslim. just like going after the mafia they went to tall-ian american communities. going after the westies he went to the irish-american community. all the muslims are. they have stopped 13 or 14 attacks against new york. terrorism doesn't stop at state lines or city lines. 1993 attack came from new jersey. ray kelley, does everything he does is legal, it is constitutional and "new york times", associated press, are disgracing themselves by this sland russ -- slander russ attacks on the nypd. bill: would you expect to down double down on the policy and would you think that would be a better approach? >> i would support ray kelley doing what has to be done. he has 1,000 police officers working on counterterrorism. new york will never get repaid enough for the work it has done. they have stopped the attacks. as far as carrying out

surveillance it is absolutely essential to follow terror wherever it comes from. bill:. peter king thanks for stopping by the studios. peter king, congressman from new york state. martha has more. >> there is volcanic eruption we're learning about happening in hawaii. the fast-moving lava creating a path of destruction. we'll have latest on that coming up. bill: it could be the achilles' heel of the mitt romney campaign, the massachusetts health care law. an old editorial written by mitt romney, may make defending his record a bit hard to to do. we'll have that coming up in moments. >> what i want to do is transform america into something we wouldn't recognize, but i want to restore america the values and principles that made us the greatest nation in the history of the earth i've worked hard to build my family.

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bill: 23 minutes past the hour. now some headlines. vice president joe biden heading to mexico to meet with the mexico president. biden and calderon talking about economic issues leading to the drug cartels and ongoing violence in that country. lawmakers have a new strategy to get a new transportation bill in congress. the new roads bill is argued as a jobs creator. they say it would bring different jobs but not new jobs. sting training, sting training. swarm of bees causing a 40 minute delay at arizona diamond backs game. out there in the desert. reminded me of the buzz kill, thank you, martha, the buzz kill that this brought on. martha: ha, ha. bill: beware the sting again. martha: more sting analogies coming up. in the meantime another

black eye some would say for the president's green energy program and comes in the form of this. the chevy volt which was billed as the car of the future that you could drive today, has now since its december launch in 2010, they sold 9623 of them. not a whole lot. they are now suspending production and they're laying off 1300 workers until april is the word right now so they can cut costs and try to figure out how to spur demand of this thing that the president has said, he would like to buy one of when he retires. he says that is five years away. joined by fox news host eric bolling who famously drift the volt, with not great success. he joins me now from the newsroom. hey, eric. >> how are you doing, martha? kind of crazy. this thing, this little shuttering of that plant hit one of those friday night document dumps. people were saying wow, really? only couple days prior to that president obama was at a plant saying when i'm done with my next five years, next term i will drive one

of these things. i love it. i'm not sure he will have opportunity unless he buys one now. frankly i'm not sure it will be around in five years. i drove the car. we have a little videotape of it. i -- let me take a step back. gm approached me, you know what? you're tough on green energy, tough on this car. give it a chance. let's talk about it. i don't want to talk, gm. let me have the car for a week. they gave me the car for a week. i test drove it. i charged it every single night, 10 to 12s hours. most nights 12 hours. hear is the problem, the range on the battery is supposed to be 35 miles. that is the total range after 12-hour charge. i got 26 miles because i used heater and radio on and drains it faster. two days in a row right there, i ran out of electric charge in the lincoln tunnel the car had to shift over to gasoline. martha: yeah. >> my other problem, very quickly, i know you want to get to this. they claim to have extended range on the car i drove there, that $46,000 car.

the extended range according to their website, 900 miles. the only way to get 900 miles on a full charge, on a full tank of gas or however their math is, if every, cron, 25 miles or so you plug it in again and recharge it so it never really hits the gas tank. if you were to drive in a straight line and go forward you would get, 25 to 35 electric miles and get the nine gallons of 30 miles. about 250 miles. martha: bottom line people aren't buying them for whatever reason. perhaps some of the reasons. >> expensive car. martha: you can't force people to buy a car that they don't like. you have to sense the demand in the marketplace and then meet it, you know, with the kinds of things they have built so successfully. >> very quickly? it is a great car. it is a fantastic car on gasoline. when you know exactly what your range will be. i'm not trying to trash the volt. i'm not. just making an, make it a fully gas-powered car and

drop the price $20,000 you will sell a lot of them. martha: they're suspending production because they have a tough time selling these. we'll see where it go from there. they will resume they say in april. eric, glad you made it through the tunnel. >> gasoline. martha: i feel your pain, buddy. i'm in the tunnel too. bill: we've seen a different side of mitt romney getting emotional at a forum hosted by governor mike huckabee. we'll show you why. martha: digging through the debris in indiana. look at that school bus! we're going to the hardest hit areas of this storm. this town literally wiped off the map. when we come back. big first st. for the spender who needs a little help saving. for adding "& sons." for the dreamer, planning an early escape. for the mother of the bride.

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mariesville, a much smaller town. almost all the buildings have been damaged in some sort or completely demolished this is the high school, junior high, and grade school of the community of henryville. you can just get an idea just by seeing the images of the damage. a couple of school buses here and the buildings and all the cars that have been destroyed. this tornado happened about 2:50 in the afternoon, right as school was letting out. that caused such big concern for the principal. had to make the decision to do we let the buses take off and let the kids home or better to keep them here. some of the buses went home. all of those kids were safe. there was one bus just at the last minute they realized they had had to get the kids off. they got 12 kids off the bus safely into the building. five minutes later the tornado hit, it knocked the bus all the way across the street into a diner. had any kids would have been on the bus they certainly wouldn't have survived that.

no injuries or fatalities from that. one fatality in the town of henryville. if you go to a town 10 miles that way a same tornado went through there. a family of five was killed. there was one survivor. 14-month-old baby. that baby ended up passing yesterday. certainly big losses all the way around and a lot to grapple with for the community here across southern indiana. martha? martha: you are so right, rick. we've been listening to you speaking to these folks. i saw you speaking to the people who were in that diner as well this morning and you know, i heard you say something this morning about how every time you are on these stories you're just so struck how strong the people are and how incredible their stories are? >> reporter: i can tell you honestly, martha, every time you go into, and i know every town is special and has its own identity, every time the people say the town of henryville we're strong

and we'll rebuild that is in every town i go to, you're absolutely right. you notice all the snow on the ground. two inches of snow overnight. 28 degrees. still very cold and 2600 homes without power. they're facing that as well. they will get through it. martha: they have a lot on their plate including snow and drop in temperatures. rick, thank you so much. we'll watch this throughout the day and our thoughts are with all the folks out there. rick, thank you. bill: new this morning, we have new polling numbers from our colleagues at foxnewslatino.com. they show mitt romney leading the republican pack for president among latino voters but 31% say they're still undecided. ron paul second at 13, gingrich at 12 and rick santorum trailing with just 9% in the polling. we have the israel ortega, heritage foundation head of

polling for spanish language media. thanks for joining me here. quick glance at the numbers tell you what? >> for republicans this is very discouraging. the fact republicans will have a tough climb to hill next few months to make their case their party deserves to get their support. the fact that the president has the power of incumbency, it reflects the poll. bill: the thing that strikes me the 31% undecided. that mirrors a lot of states we found through the primary and caucus battles. here we go now. who would you vote for today, obama versus romney. look at that. romney at 14%. obama, santorum? santorum, 14%. >> yeah. bill: obama-gingrich, gingrich at 14%. what is up with that? >> look, i think the interesting thing about this poll is that the, economy, unemployment are also very important issues for hispanics. i think if republicans make the case to show you who the president really failed on

that front, the fact that hispanic unemployment rate is in double digits, if they frame that discussion on those tomorrows i think you can see that beginning to narrow. bill: i want to show another thing here. this is a question that was asked among latinos. among the people who voted for john mccain four years ago, obama versus romney, these are just mccain voters now, obama gets them by a nudge. he also does it over santorum and over newt gingrich. these were mccain voters and obama is splitting them in half. why? >> yeah, i think the power of incumbency, the fact that the president is the president. the fact that the president and frank list his team have been out there and continue to go out there and make the case. that is why you continue to see the president having support among hispanics. i think that will narrow. i think as discussion continues to go into education, into health care, i think repribl cans -- republicans has a chance to be competitive. bill: there will be a lot of talk in the summer who the

vice-presidential nominee will be. it is parlor game in our business. to would you vote for republican if latino was on the ticket? 33% say more likely. a little more than half say no difference. then we should ask who that person should be? senator marco rubio, 24%. and governor suzanna martinez out of new mexico, 18%. analyze that israel. >> if republicans were to do that that would obviously create a lot of momentum and a lot of excitement but i don't think republicans should think simply putting a hispanic on the vice-presidential ticket that will translate into votes. republicans will have to present the candidates. for a lot of folks, suzanna martinez and marco rubio are unknown. republicans will have to make the case until the election. bill: israel, a interesting analysis and the numbers tell us the story too. >> thank you. bill: here we are first week in march. thank you for your time. >> thank you, bill. bill: for full results check

out foxnewslatino.com. much more analysis on the election and other issues concerning the hispanic community. foxnewslatino.com. we have some more numbers that tell you where this group of voters and this group of americans how they're feeling and what they are thinking about on the issues and people fighting it out. martha: mother nature's fury is being also felt in hawaii right now. fast-moving lava is cutting a path of destruction. look at that. we've got unbelievable video of this. that is coming up. bill: crazy stuff. looks like a movie, huh? martha: it does. bill: he is a outspoken new cardinal calling on catholics to take the freedom of religion battle to the ballot box in 2012. will they line up behind him? fair and balanced debate with a terrific panel on that next

bill: fast-moving lava insin rates a home in hawaii. this is on the big island in hawaii.

the molten lava oozing from the kilauea volcano and burning the house in the ground. last remaining house in a subdivision on the big island. owner survived. after this he says he has no plans to return. >> i was putting in the last window when it started in 83, first day of '83. big glow up behind us. and, this is the second house i've had in this subdivision. so i've been on this mountain about 40 years. i think it is about the end of it. i don't think anybody would be living up here anymore. bill: who can argue with that? thompson says his last neighbor's house, the last home besides his that was standing, was destroyed four years ago. so he is out of there too. on the big island. martha: it is a movie. well a very prominent voice, the most prominent voice in the catholic church in the united states is ramping up his rhetoric in the battle

with the obama administration over the contraception issue. here is cardinal timothy dolan. watch. >> i ask who is trying to impose what on who? we're not trying to impose our teaching on anybody. we're simply saying don't impose your teaching upon us and make us do as a church what we find unconscionable to do. martha: cardinal dolan is calling on catholics to take on quote, freedom of religion battle come 201. joined by kirsten powers, "daily beast" columnist and rich lowery, editor of "the national review." both are fox news contributors. good to have you here. >> hello, martha. martha: you guys are both political analysts and thinkers and i want to take this from that perspective. this is a wise issue to be taking on right now? let me go to rich lowery on this. look what happened over the weekend on rush limbaugh. is it helping or hurting the conservative cause right now? >> i think republicans have been losing rather

decisively the first round. i think it will be a long fight. certainly better to have someone like cardinal dolan out this instead of risch limbaugh. he is a major media phenomenon. likeable in all the new york papers when he ascended cardinal, hoisting a cold beer afterward to celebrate. he can define the issue rightly should be defined. so much matters whether you're defining whether women should have access to contraception which everyone basically agrees with or whether it is a religious liberty issue and whether the church should violate its own conscience. dolan is the person to define it in the way of religious liberty. martha: first is stin, i can -- kirsten, i can say something about my family and that is okay but if you do it, watch out, right? if cardinal dolan can sort of pull catholics together, look we have our own difference on this issue, we all know that, right?

don't let anybody from the outside tell you what you should do. that could be, you know, politically potent. >> i think if he could frame it as a religious liberty about issue and convince people that catholic church's religious liberty has been afringed upon yes it would be powerful issue because polls don't think you should infringe on religious liberty. however i think that is very difficult to do in the current environment which republicans repeatedly been stepping into it with various things liberals have been able to turn around to their advantage and say that there is a war on women. and rush limbaugh did a lot of damage on that front obviously. and so i think that will be very difficult. i also think that catholics who will be persuaded by this tend to already vote republican. i don't know that catholics that aren't republican voters are necessarily going to be persuaded by that. there is danger of course for obama, independent voters could be persuaded but i still think this is an overall framed by liberals and will be very hard to change that frame.

martha: i think, you're right on, those are great points but i am also intrigued by what you brought up, rich. the catholic church has not had a charismatic figure like cardinal dolan in a very long time in this country in terms of somebody getting a lot of attention, who may be able to sort of sway people to some extent. he also, he basically is calling for people to be registered. he said let's register people to vote at parishes. he is making a very political statement, the likes of which we haven't really seen in a long time. i'm just curious what the impact will be, rich? >> if the church is really serious about following through on this, potentially a very powerful force. we haven't seen the church mobilize anything since 1990s. freedom of choice act. bill in congress initially very popular to federalize the right to abortion. you had the church and knights of columbus really going after that hard. if they do the same thing here they could have a major effect on the ground. that's why, smarter republicans didn't want a vote on this quickly.

harry reid forced it in the senate. they wanted church to be out there making its case which would have in retrospect would be a much wiser move. martha: let's look at one more piece of sound. we have to go on the other end of this but i want to play that. >> our urgency now is the church being forced to obey something we can't. so there is your compromise. simply drop the restrictions, the widen the exemptions and say government doesn't define an exemption. the churches themselves set their exemptions. they went need to tell them what they should do and that will be fine. martha: talking how the church is defined. whether or not a church is same as hospital, institution. that is the issue that the cardinal is addressing there but, you know, when you look at the big picture on this, 9%, obama won the catholic vote quite handily back in '08. i think we have those numbers right there against john mccain. kirsten, do you see this group vulnerable in the independent vote right now? >> look, i think people

ultimately will vote on the economy. if they think obama will be the one who will keep the economy in trajectory it is on turning around, it is hard to believe that many people who otherwise voted for obama will switch their vote on this issue. i really think that, the people most persuadable on this already vote republican. so i'm not saying that, it is not a minor issue but it is hard to picture a campaign, entire election swinging on this. martha: thank you so such. we'll leave it with kirsten's last thought. rich, thank you. see you soon. bill: won't be the last thought we hear on that. martha: no, i don't think so. bill: eric holder will be about to hear it from nine state attorneys general from the white house and what they want on that. martha: new warnings from newt gingrich about the danger of high gas prices. why he says the pain at pump he believes crater the economy. bill: also, first make sure you can take us with you when you can leave the house today, that is martha and bill. go to our website,

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martha: a raining brush fire shutting down part of a highway in florida, affecting two miles of u.s. 17 in volusia county. officials say lightning strikes may have started fire. look at that. the fire is now 60% contained but it is still extremely volatile. >> heavy fuel. there was a lot of underbrush. if it does jump we'll have to get with the florida railroad and possibly close the railroad down for the night. and there are some homes to that side. martha: those folks have a lot of experience with that kind of thing. they are on it.

fortunately nobody has been injured in that fire. bill: illegal immigrants getting tags breaks from the federal government, receiving refund checks costing you billions of dollars. william la. >> necessary live from l.a. most people thought illegal workers are not elgible for breaks in the tax code. what is going on, william? >> reporter: well the inspector general, bill, told congress this loopholes entitles two million families living here illegally, not just to pay zero income taxes but to get cash back. washington however refuses to change it. illegal immigrants can't work in the u.s. lawfully nor can they get a social security number yet uncle sam is giving them billions, up to $1,000 for every child. >> in addition to the fact you owe nothing to the irs at the end of the year the irs is actually going to send you money back. >> reporter: undocumented workers are generally not eligible for tax credits in 1996 congress failed to prohibit their use of the

child tax credit. today it pays legal immigrants $4.2 a year, up 400% from just five years ago. >> we all benefit by this small, relatively small amount of money, helping these families and helping them get up and out of poverty. >> reporter: the credit is worth about $1800 a year per family. 85% are latino, earning about $12 an hour. >> no family is going to pick up from mexico or central america and come all the way up here, try to get across the border for this small tax break. isn't going to happen. >> reporter: but a treasury audit says differently. quote, the payment of federal fund through this tax benefit appears to provide additional incentive for aliens to enter, reside and work in the united states without authorization which contradicts federal law and policy to remove such incentives. >> you're having people who are working here illegally, taking jobs that should be in the hands of american workers who desperately need

them right now. >> reporter: so last month,. bill:, republicans tried to eliminate this to pay for the payroll tax deduction. senator reid however said the tax credit is working fine and to eliminate it would hurt children and low-income families. bill: stay on it. let us know where there is movement. william la jeunesse. live in l.a. thank you, william. martha? martha: there is a very big meeting this morning at the white house with iran and its nuclear program hanging in the balance. we'll have live details. we'll see how they will work all this at the white house too which will be very interesting this time around. bill: think about this one. a pharmacist mixing a fluor ride pills with chemotherapy medication. what you need to know the next time you fill a prescription but with advair, i'm breathing better so now i can take the lead on a science adventure. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both

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martha: a fox news alert. good morning, san francisco. boy, they woke up to a quake on the west coast today. a magnitude 4.0 was, how that one registered. the earthquake shook the san francisco bay area. no injuries reported there.

the tremor said to be a shallow one so it felt stronger than it apparently it was, so that is good news. it was nine miles north of the metro area. looks like that is not the big one in california. but they're always concerned about that. in washington we're awaiting the much anticipated meeting between president obama and israel any prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the action to stop iran's nuclear program is the single most important issue on the table for these two men right now when they sit down. that is how we start a brand new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. hope you had a great weekend. we have a busy monday. there is tough talk from the white house in recent days. the president made it clear that military force is indeed an option. martha: the commander-in-chief saying quote, he does not bluff. >> i have said that when it comes to preventing iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon i will take no options off the table and i mean what i say. [applause]

martha: wendell goler is live at the white house as we get ready for this very important meeting this morning. so what's the president's goal in these talks according to the folks at white house, wendell? >> reporter: martha, the president is trying to convince the israeli government that there is still time for diplomatic pressure, for sanctions to convince iran to give up its nuclear weapons program. he sent three separate high level delegations to israel last month saying it is not time yet for military action. he told this country's largest pro-israel organization that this issue is not off the table. >> we prefer to settle this issue diplomaticly. having said that, iran's leaders should have no doubt about the resolve of the united states. [applause] just as they should not doubt israel's sovereign right to make its own decisions about what is required to meet its security needs. [applause]

>> reporter: impact of president says all this talk of war is driving up oil prices which actually softens the impact of sanctions, martha. martha: there were a lot of tensions, wendell, that surrounded the last meeting between netanyahu and president obama at the white house. it was, it was a very tense scene. so now that he is heading back there again, what is the prime minister looking for in this situation from the president? >> reporter: well he is set to be looking for the president to set out the red lines if iran crosses them would lead to u.s. military action or see if the red lines are the same for the u.s. as they are for israel. now, you're right, last time these two leaders talked there were differences over talks, israeli talks with the palestinian over settlement construction t made for a cold meeting last year. they may be closer together on the iran issue. republican senator lindsey graham suggests there shouldn't be any arm-twisting today. >> sanctions could work. have not worked yet but

there will come a point in time where they will lose control of their destiny militarily. they will not let that happen and acknowledge it and say that is okay with us. >> reporter: prime minister netanyahu yesterday said that the president's assertion that israel should defend itself by itself is the most important thing he said, martha. martha: thank you. we'll be watching that very closely. wendell goler at the white house. bill: super monday we're calling this right, martha? martha: super monday, bill. bill: tomorrow is super tuesday and the first hour tomorrow night your poll closing show you some of the critical states. at 7:00 here, keep an eye on georgia and virginia also. at 7:30 there is big one in the nation's heartland, ohio. 8:00, oklahoma and tennessee. in tennessee specifically now, go back four years ago to the primary and caucus that occurred on super tuesday in tennessee and guess who was the winner? did you remember that

mike huckabee beat john mccain by two points and mitt romney, decent showing at 24% but a third place showing there. in tennessee lately here is what the latest numbers show. rick santorum with a four-point edge over mitt romney. that is the latest rasmussen report survey that came out earlier. average all the polling together, and santorum appears to have comfortable lead. others contend the lead is shrinking and the race in tennessee is getting a lot tighter. hence the reason why romney was in tennessee in the last 24 hours. live in nashville is chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. how much of the candidates have voters in tennessee seen with the other states getting attention? mike, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, bill. former speaker of the house newt gingrich making a push in georgia and here in tennessee will spend much of the day flying around the state trying to make a last minute push in the volunteer state. mitt romney as you mentioned was here yesterday and paid

trib beauty -- tribute to a legendary figure in the volunteer state. >> davey crockett. remember the song? born in mountaintop in tennessee, raised in the woods. he killed a bear when he was only three. davie, davey crockett. yeah. >> reporter: rig san diego was in memphis yesterday. enjoyed a little memphis, legendary memphis barbecue. had ribs and barbecued nachos and spent some time visiting a couple of catholic churches to reach out and get last minute support from those critical voters, bill. bill: king of the wild frontier. thanks, mike. martha: you watched davey crockett, right? bill: sure. i had the hat with little a can trail. martha: they were glad he didn't sing that time. but he did a good job reright canning that -- reciting. >> every word. martha: intro from davey crockett. ron paul is setting his sights in totally different

area. white north of alaska. that one of the states up for grabs on super tuesday. he has been running a campaign centering around smaller caucus states like alaska and focusing on foreign policy and the economy. take a look. >> these past 10 years have been a disaster for a lot of people. we have not had economic growth. we'd had 30 million new people in this country last 10 years but essentially no new productive jobs. we have some wealth but it is based on debt. martha: so far paul is the only candidate to visit alaska. bill: mitt romney, got a bit choked up at an answer to a question in a forum in ohio over the weekend. this is well ming ton, ohio, discussing military veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice. mike huckabee hosted that forum. we'll talk to the former governor of arkansas to get his reaction how gingrich and santorum and romney specifically did. martha: very interesting moment. we'll show everybody that.

that is coming up. the death toll in america's heartland from a wall of tornados has risen to 39 after the sole survivor of an indiana family, a toddler, was taken off of life-support. just one of the many heart-breaking stories we have scene over the -- seen over the course of this weekend. more than half of the 39 deaths stretched across five states are in kentucky. a monster twister left the town of west liberty, the county seat of morgan county virtually unrecognizeable. kentucky's governor can barely contain his disbelief as he looks at the level of destruction in his state. watch. >> i saw it yesterday was the worst i've seen. it was total devastation in west liberty where i went first in morgan county. it look like a bomb had been dropped in the middle of town. martha: that is unbelievable. mike tobin live from west leb birth this morning.

good morning, mike. >> reporter: good morning, martha. i just had a conversation with the mayor out here and asked him instead of tell me what has been destroyed, tell me if anything made it? he said nothing. there isn't a business out here. very few homes that didn't have windows smashed out, the doors torn off. the roof torn off from overhead. right now these people are facing this herculean task of getting the debris out of this town. all of it complicated by the new snowfall that just came in overnight. all of it complicated by the fact they have to do it while their hearts are breaking. >> i'm still shocked, numb. i realize this, i realized it several times already, it comes and you have to get bang on your feet and move on. let the emotions and tears fall and go back to --. >> reporter: now you talk about that, that little girl, 14 month old angel babcock

who had become a simple of hope after she was torn away from her family and was found surviving. she had shown some signs of life for a while. her eyes were moving. ultimately those signs of life stopped. the hospital got permission from the extended family to take her off life-support. as predicted she didn't make it very long after they took her off life-support. her injuries were so severe. that is a story of heart break. what we found is a story of uplifting, this tight-knit community is pitching in to such an extent, the mayor says there are so be people that want them to help rebuild in west liberty, he is having difficulty coordinating all the people that want to help. martha? martha: mike, look at that scene behind you. it is unbelievable. they have so much work ahead of them. we wish them all the best. thank you very much. mike tobin. bill: so strange to see snow sitting on top of that. martha: on top of everything else, right? bill: number of tornados we're seeing so far this year challenging the near record in 20 vessel.

-- 2011. 120 reported in january and february alone. 50 more than the year before. unconfirmed, though, 130 tornados touching down in the span through march. that number could rise as rescuers continue to dig through all the demolished homes. martha: such a crazy winter, right? we had no snow at all. then the tornados come through earlier than ever and dump snow on top of that. just unbelievable weather pattern that we're seeing. so here's another story we'll bring you in a moment. nine state attorneys general, blasting the obama administrationing calling them the biggest quote, set of law breakers in our lifetime. what is that all about? republican senate leader john barosso will explain that and what they're up to. bill: national average of gas is too high. the rent is too damn high. martha: remember him, the

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>> the reason the people are feeling the pain at the pump and the high gasoline prices, a lot of that has to deal with rules and regulations that go well beyond the original intent of any laws. the epa are forcing things that are forcing up the cost of energy. martha: you've got a couple laid

out there, and he has -- they have a big list of things, what can they really do to change any of that? >> they'll take things to the supreme court. the president's so-called recess appointments, the czars that aren't approved by congress. the president's efforts to try to regulate the internet. there are consequences of the action -f of this administration that impact people at home. the healthcare law, you ask people do you believe under this law that the cost of your own care is going to go up. every hand goes up. do you think the quality and availability of your care is going to go down? every hand goes up. that's why this law is more unpopular today than it was pa passed. nancy pelosi said first have you to pass it before you find out what is in it. the more people find out what is in it the more unpopular it becomes. i'm looking forward to a supreme court ruling later this year

that says you don't have to go into people's homes and tell they they have to by a government-approved product. martha: it will come right smack? the middle of the presidential election, if it doesn't go your way, i know you'd like to see it deemed unconstitutional. if it goes the president's way it could be a big feather in his cap, it could add to the momentum he already has in the polls in this election. >> i go he to the senate floor with a doctor's second opinion about the healthcare you law and the problems with this law. the democrats never come to the floor to defend it, the president doesn't defend it. they know how unpopular it is. if the supreme court rules in the president's favor it will become even more unpopular and people are going to be more bothered by it and i think it actually will hurt the president if they rule that way. if they rule the other way i think it would be good for america because this healthcare law is bad for patients, bad for the providers, the nurses and

doctors who take care of those patients. i'm concerned it will bankrupt the country. martha: we'll see where it goes. always good to have you in studio with us in new york. thank you for stopping by. bill: newt gingrich warning that rising gas prices will cause pain at more than just the pump. will gas prices crater the economy? one brave little girl rescues her sisters after her mother has a medical emergency, and their mother was behind the wheel at the time. >> her car broke down and my mother is sick. the tire is broken. i called my dad. 

martha: 22 past the hour and police in wisconsin are launching an extensive search for a missing college student, 21-year-old eric duffy was last seen leaving a bar early saturday morning. and europe's most active volcano is at the again. you have hawaii and italy erupting at the same time. this is mount etna, spewing wash over sicly. former saints defensive coordinator gregg willams meeting with nfl officials today following the bombshell revelations that he was running a bounty pool rewarding players for injuring specific opponents. i don't think you're supposed to do that. bill: no you're not. that will be a big story. it starts with the saints and could be going to other teams. we are yet to hear from the commissioner on this. he will talk about it at some point too. martha: he's a tough guy that commissioner, he doesn't mess around. bill: presidential candidate

newt gingrich predicting dark days ahead if gas prices rise even more. current average gallon of regular unleaded $3.77 up about seven cents from a week ago, up 30-cents from a month ago. the former speaker saying the current trend must be stopped. >> the price of gasoline is becoming a genuine crisis for many american families. if it continues to go higher it will crater the economy by august. people have will no discretionary income. bill: steven moore senior economic writer "wall street journal." is gingrich right on that. >> he's spot on, bill. i'd love to pay $3.77 a gallon. in northern virginia we are paying up to $4.09 a gallon. we are seeing a pain in the pump. bill: i think that point is important. a lot of people think about the story and think about california and new york state. you're talking northern virginia. >> right. we've trao digs tpha

traditionally paid higher prices than other states. it creeps up every week. newt is right, most middle class families today are living paycheck to paycheck and they don't have a lot of discretionary income. when they have to spend more on gasoline, bill it reverberates throughout the economy. at walmart they say every time the gas prices go up we see a decline in our sales at walmart for diapers and clothing and so on. because energy is an input in everything we produce in this country it means that prices of other things rise. for example if you've been to the grocery store lately, bill you know that grocery prices are starting to rise, and that is in part because of higher energy prices. we are seeing creeping inflation right now. bill: creeping inflation. you used to pay more than 4 bucks in virginia. you believe if gas goes to $5 a gallon it will do what to our economy? >> well, first of all the economy has really been picking

up in the last few months as we've seen in the jobs reports, and th and the stock market is manufacturing and doing very well. the one real negative in the economy is the higher energy prices. if you look at past, you remember the 1970s, bill, what kept tanking the economy in the 70s were the very high oil and gas prices. i do think if we see $5 gasoline we could potentially see a double-dip recession. i don't want to be to -- bill: $5 is pretty much the national mark to you. democrats are blaming wall street today. are they right? >> that is silliness. they always blame the speculators. they are trying to determine what the price is going to be in the future. i really think if i wanted to point to one culprit here i think it's our national energy policy under president obama that has been very whos hostile for drilling for oil and gas. we have a boom going on in this

country with respect to our access to oil and gas in this country. the obama administration has been very restrictive. think about alaska, bill. alaska is an incredible reservoir of oil that for the last 25 years we haven't been able to get it. as the price of oil and gas goes up it makes the case much stronger for doing domestic drilling. bill: sorry you have to pay so much for gas. i think on the weekends really americans feel it. that's the time when they take the family around and very need to get to every event they need to cover. filling up that gas tank is a shot in the budget. >> it's the soccer moms that have to pay it and they are the swing voters. bill: thank you, steve. we'll talk to you soon. martha: some critics say that mitt romney hasn't shown empathy with average americans on the campaign trail. but then this happened. >> this week president obama's administration again cut his benefits. sir, will you look me in the eye and tell me he'll be taken care

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bill: breaking news, president

obama will hold a news conference tomorrow with the white house press core some time tomorrow, tuesday afternoon, as you know is super tuesday as well. we'll be covering both. an interesting timing decision by the white house. news conference tomorrow. the meeting with benjamin netanyahu takes place in about, oh, eight or ten minutes from now. you know what topic a is for both of them, iran and its nuclear ambition. we'll get to that in a moment with the ambassador. martha: one state is standing out a bit from the rest really in the battle that will take place tomorrow on super tuesday as we call it. mitt romney and rick santorum focused heavily on the battleground of ohio. one of the ten states where the voters will head to the polls tomorrow for super tuesday. right now the sue candidates are deaden in the buckeye state. what a huge indicator this may be for how things go from here. carl cameron joins me live from zainesville, ohio. is the shift to romney that we

had seen a bit in terms of momentum is it continuing, carl on the ground in ohio? that's the big question. >> reporter: it is. ohio is the big battleground for super tuesday. georgia has the bigot delegate person, newt gingrich is favored there. this is a swing state in the general election and it is very, very important, symbolically, and practically. the latest quinnipiac poll shows for the first time in weeks mitt romney has inched, inched into a lead in ohio. a week ago mitt romney was down by ten points, that is now a reversal. he leads within the margin of error. it is still a virtual tie but it is a significant jump and it comes now while national polls now in the "real clear politics" poll he's up double digits. super tuesday is a national campaign, ten states voting. for rick santorum he's come up a little bit short, he doesn't have delegates available, east

ineligible for 18 of the 66 up in ohio tomorrow. and though he knows it's ultimately a delegate quest he says they are not so important right now. listen. >> we are not this big behemoth of an organization that can spend endless amounts of money to get on ballots that early on in the campaign. there with a couple that we had trouble with, one was virginia, one here is ohio. like i said we are on the state-wide ballot and on the vast majority of the congressional district. i think the number of delegates here is pretty inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. we need to do well here in ohio. >> reporter: in all likelihood he will do well. he will get delegates. he could win the popular vote. rick santorum has been leading here for much of the web. only today, literally on the eve of the super tuesday actual contest in ohio does mitt romney inch ahead in the polls. he has more money and momentum. rick santorum has strong support with conservatives and selfdescribed tea partyers.

it looks like it will be the same in the buckeye state tomorrow. martha: duking it out until the yes last minute and getting everything out there they can. bill: an emotional moment for mitt romney over the weekend in a presidential forum in wilmington, ohio. this was a question now from the father whose son suffered a brain injury in iraq. >> this week president obama's administration, again, cut his benefits. sir, will you look me in the eye and tell me he'll be taken care of? the va today is a nightmare, just a nightmare to deal through, to try to get any service out of. tbi victims when they come home they wait six months for their first check. again, pwhraoes please, sir, please. >> we need to recognize that those who serve this country in our uniform have a special place in our hearts. and we have to care for them. and the american people feel

that. no question in my mind but they recognize that we have a huge obligation to those who served our country. bill: his answered continued from there. mike huckabee the former governor of scans i arkansas is back home in little rock. you chose the vacated dhl plant in wilmington, ohio that has been ravaged by the economy for this over the weekend. how do you think mitt romney handled that. >> this governor romney had given a cold and stilted answer and said, well let me tell you the four points of my va reform plan, i think his campaign could have effectively ended, because what people are looking for is not somebody who can solve every problem, but someone who at least has some sense of connection with the people who had the problem. this was assem tphal moment in the romney campaign. the biggest criticism is that he's unable to connect with voters, he doesn't show that level of emotion, and visceral

interest in the people who he's talking about. well he did the other night. i mean you could feel it in the room. i was sitting there, it was palpable and a very pow irfull moment and i havpowerful moment, and i thought he handled it mas masterfully. bill: i thought that was effective. >> this you listen to the full answer that he gave, it was that even the very cadance of his speech was different than the romney we've seen in most of the debates and town halls. steven hayes from the weekly standard after said he thought it was the most significant moment for mitt romney not just in the evening but in the entire campaign. i did think that it was one of the high water marks to sort of show that mitt romney can relax, he can show a keen interest.

and you could see the glisten in his eye. i've had people who emailed me and said, i was in the tank for romney. i haven't taken a position and i haven't on any of these candidates. i'm going to call it as i see it and i tell you it was a very powerful and substantial moment for mitt romney. bill: just to be clear you have not endorsed. >> i have not endorsed any of them. i know all these guys. i like awful them. i'm not inch tkoergs, i'm maintaining endorsing. i'm maintaining a level of objectivity. if anybody i probably have more at odds with mitt romney based on four years ago. that was then. i'm looking at this point who is the best guy to defeat barack obama. i think think of them have great qualities. i don't think we have bad candidates. i thought we had great candidates, newt gingrich, rick santorum both had great nights the other night. ron paul chose not to participate and so he was not there and not included, but it wasn't because he wasn't asked, he was. bill: a news item i saw over the

weekend, is it true that these three men, rick santorum, romney and gingrich talked at the end of that forum on stage or off stage about coalescing? what is the truth on that, governor. >> i didn't hear that conversation. they did have an informal chat among themselves. i wasn't privileg privy to it. we were doing the wrap-up. if it indeed happened that would be an interesting thing. bill: what is your sense in ohio, which way it goes tomorrow? >> i think the race is very tight. the momentum is in romney. rick santorum has a very solid level of support there, so it could go either way, but if the trend continues over the weekend that we started to see with romney sort of bringing people together as people are saying, okay, look if he's going to win let's go ahead and get behind him, that's what i think is starting to happen.

although i think this race is far from over. i wouldn't count newt gingrich out. i still think people are making a big mistake when they think that newt is finished. he's season before his resilience. he had a great night at our forum the other night and i just don't think newt's anywhere near the finish line. bill: interesting. he's spent a lot of time in georgia, we'll see how that goes and whether he has contrails in tennessee and oklahoma. thank you. every saturday and sunday 8:00 eastern time on the fox news channel. check him out he's the governor. martha: so interesting the huckabee forums. a great contribution to the whole pr-s sefplts minute whole process. president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu face to tpaoeus a face-to-face as tensions with iran meet a boiling point. last time they met it didn't go so well.

we will talk to an israeli ambassador. he says it is the most important meeting between these two nations in more than 60 years. bill: mom goes into diabetic shock behind the wheel and the actions of her ten-year-old daughter may have saved her life and the lives of her two sisters in that car. >> the car gets out of control, and she gets out of control, and she starts driving on the wrong side of the road.

bill: she was faced with a life and death decision when her mother went into diabetic shock behind the pwhaoel. the van veering out of control heading to the wrong direction with three children inside. a ten-year-old acting fast and using her mother's phone to call 911.

bill: and officer near the scene was able jump inside the van and stop it. the city gave the little girl a certificate for her her heroism. martha: a major meeting between president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. both countries say that they are ready to do what it takes to crush iran's growing nuclear ambitions, but they do have at times different opinions about what exactly that will take. i am joined by ambassador dan gillerman that says this meeting today is the most important meeting between the two allies in more than 60 years. a former israeli ambassador to the u.n. and a fox news contributor. good to have you higher today. why do you think it's the most important in such a longtime? >> well, you know, i was very privileged to spend many hours over the last weekend with

president perez, i spent many hours with him at blair house. i felt the weight of responsibility and the burden upon his shoulders, and, you know, he's been serving israel for 65 years and worked with the founder of our nation, and i really feel that this meeting today is the most important meeting taking place between and israeli leader and american leader since the establishment of the state of israel, since the first president of israel convinced harry truman to recognize israel. at that time it was about the kraoe aeufgs israel. this time it's about the existence of israel. that is a huge difference. i really think what hangs in the balance is the very existence of israel and of civilization as we know it because iran is a threat not just to israel, it is a threat to every country in the world, to the arab countries, to the european countries and

indeed to the u.s. and the rest of the world. martha: that is a very strong statement about what could happen today. what is your understanding about what prime minister benjamin netanyahu will ask for? we've heard so much about these red lines, and it feels like the administration is resisting, sort of putting down those markers for iran, in terms of what they must do to get to the negotiating phase of all of this. what are the red lines? what will be insisted upon, do you think? >> well, martha, i was at the apac conference sitting in the front row sitting next to president perez and listening to president obama. it was a very, very good speech. i hope it was more a policy speech than a campaign speech. i was there exactly four years ago the morning after the night in which president obama was declared as the actual nominee and he made a very, very strong speech and very, very committing statements about his commitment

to israel, which unfortunately later did not materialize into real action. and it was president obama who actually said yesterday, don't judge me by my words, judge me by my deeds. i think when prime minister benjamin netanyahu today will want to hear from president obama is what deeds he's planning, what action he's planning, not what words he's going to say, and not how long he's going to talk to iran, but when the red line with this clock ticking towards this mad, lunatic, fundamentalist regime aeu raoeurg a nuclear bomb and become ago threat to the world, when will action be taken, where we talked the talk and now it's time to walk the walk. i think this is the prime minister expects to hear from the president. the clock is ticking, time is running out. iran is racing tw-rdz a bomb.

we don't have much time for diplomacy or action. sanctions. i think prime minister benjamin netanyahu wants to hear when will it be too late. martha: your words are powerful sir. we thank you for being here today. always good to sigh you. >> thank you, martha it's good to be with you. bill: we'll let you know what happens in the meeting. so many parents want to know how this happens. a pharmacy giving kids a powerful cancer drug inch seed of harmless fluoride pills. how do you prevent this from happening? the doctor is in the house next. >> i am shocked, i can't believe it. it makes me very nervous. it reminds you you need to check every single one of your prescriptions. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement

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bill: now to a story stirring a lot of outrage and worry among many parents. a cvs pharmacy in new jersey mistakingly giving kids a powerful cancer drug instead of fluoride. it went undetected for two months, maybe longer. kathleen london is a family practice physician and an assistant professor and attending physician at new york presbyterian hospital. good morning to you. simple human error? >> i think it's simple human error. the pills look similar. fluoride has a flavoring to make it taste about. tamoxifen does not. it tastes disgusting. bill: if i get a prescription for some sort of medication and it's not the pill i'm used to, i'm not taking it. >> here is the problem. we have a lot of gentlema of

generics. if you've never been on it you don't know what it's supposed to look like. if you have been on a medication and it looks different, ask. it may be the correct prescription and it may not. all pills have an den an identity fire on them. the generics all of them have it on it. one of the issues that i have is the insurers are forcing people more and more to use mail away pharm pharmacies as a cost saving measure. i've had patients get the wrong dose. they have a three-month supply. i'm a fan of the small independent pharmacies. there is somebody accountable and to talk toment some of the bigger pharmacies rotate people around. bill: you have to do it through mail you're saying.

>> correct is that. bill: that opens the door for the possibility of more mistakes. >> there are mistakes that can happen at every level. we had fewer of these with the small independents than we do with the larger chains and the mail aways has been my experience as a physician. bill: you say all drugs have identifiers on them. >> all drugs and capsules have an identity fire on them. that can be looked up. your tpharpl ma sis ca pharmacist can look it up. bill: try to stick to an independent pharmaist? >> that's my recommendation, any time you can. once you're stable on a medication, you know what it looks like, whatever the mail aways aren't as bad. you'll be able to look and see. bill: the kids in new jersey, anything wrong with them. >> no adverse events reported. it's an anti-estrogen. the good news on that is these

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