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bill: i see a trend happening here, the deal in berlin, this one, too. martha: that's what happens when the economy heads south, hit the casino. "happening now" straight ahead, see you tomorrow. jane: good morning, everybody, i'm jane skinner. gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for jon scott. jane: in the top box, the president is home after going to afghanistan, he brought a stern message for president karzai. will it have an effect. gregg: developing news on nine suspects tied to a militia group, they have been charged with plotting to kill police officers. who else, the feds are now looking for. jane: on the bottom, janice is watching live picture, hearing reports of a possible tornado in south florida at this hour. there is nasty weather elsewhere. we'll get to her in a moment. these are live pictures of our newsroom where all the breaking news is coming in. we start this hour, though, with a massacre in moscow. investigators suspect a familiar enemy in a pair of deadly subway bombings right in the heart of the russian capitol. investigators say two women, two female suicide bombers, possibly linked to chechan rebels detonated explosives during this morning's rush hour. at least 38 people are dead. dana lewis is in moscow. update us if you will. >> reporter: jane, i want to show you lubyanka square. this is the scene of the first explosion, that's the head of the federal security service, the successor to the kgb. over here in the main square, there are three entrances to the moscow metro stations and dennis can pan over and show you the entrances. they were flooded with people today, emergency vehicles, hundreds of people. early this morning, just before 8:00 in the morning, pandemonium here after a blast went off in the second car as the metro just pulled in, as the subway just pulled into the station. people were getting in and off the train when the explosion occurred. they are saying there was about 6 pounds of explosives set off by a female suicide bomber, and then about 42 minutes later, at another moscow metro, it's four stops from here on the same line in a place called park kultury. a third car set up another explosion. authorities are saying they have video surveillance cameras on some of these platforms, and they saw the two women being escorted by two more women. they are searching for them. prime minister putin spoke out today, saying they're going to track down these terrorists, they're going to find them and destroy them, to use tough talk, and jane, he'd better use tough talk, because russians are rattled by these attacks that continue to occur. remember, we had the ntse train in november between moscow and st. petersburg that was hit, 30 people were killed, chechan terrorists claimed responsibility for that one, and today the federal security service, the head of the fsb, came out today and he says it looks like all of the trails, the clues, are pointing in the same direction, and that ongoing conflict with chechnya, chechen rebels, chechen terrorists who in the last month have said they will bring the war to the center of russia, to the cities of moscow, and it looks like they started that today. back to you. jane: these pictures are terrifying. we're going to be talking about this moreover the next couple of hours. dana lewis is in moscow and will update us as the news comes. gregg: president obama condemning the attacks in moscow, saying the american people, and this is a quote, stand united with russians in opposition to violent extremism. major garrett, live at the white house now with more. major, what else is the administration saying? >> not much else right now, gregg. it was a rude arrival for president obama, he put out a statement under his name at 640 tonight time eastern time, he was still flying back to washington, d.c. from his surprise trip to afghanistan. obviously the president was briefed on this aboard air force one, put out is that statement. i've asked the white house to see if the president has had conversations with president medvedev, no word on that, but clearly the president is disturbed by this event in russia. it casts a bit of a pall over what was a celebratory atmosphere friday at the white house because the white house was celebrating the announcement of the arms control reduction agreement made with the russians and preparing for an event april 8th in prague, in the czech republic, to sign that treaty with the russians. all this violence in moscow, clearly casting a pall not only over what's happening in moscow but the general seb bratory used in the u.s.-russian relations. this doesn't undermine those relations but it's a clear reminder of what russia has to deal with with the internal strife in the city of moscow today. gregg: major, what was the purpose of the surprise trip to afghanistan, why not, and what does the president hope to accomplish? >> a couple of things. first of all, the president had been meaning to get to afghanistan sometime this spring, but weather and the overall conditions on the ground militarily didn't provide all the best opportunities until just now. also, on the trip to australia and indonesia was canceled, it opened up a space, but clearly the president wanted a face-to-face encounter with hamid karzai and inviting president karzai here to washington on may 12th, clearly there is some catching up going on of that relationship. the president knows with his surge in afghanistan the future of afghanistan and the success of that surge followed on by improved governance in afghanistan depends in some measure on improvements in the governance put together by now in a second term hamid karzai, so face to face meeting, the first the president has had in afghanistan since he became president, get a sense from the troops on the ground how they're doing, he met with some of them, had a pep rally at baghram air force base, all those things, part of the president's agenda, but a very quik trip, and back now at washington at work in the white house. gregg: always good for the commander in chief to be talking to the troops. major garrett, live at the white house, thanks. jane: we want to get to the severe weather we're watching along the eastern seaboard, a couple of minutes ago, a report of a tornado in broward county, florida, you're looking at that now, rots of nine tornadoes over the weekend in parts of the southeast, that same system is dumping rain on the northeast. janice, a lot going on. >> reporter: es-- yes, jane skinner, so prepare your home. we could see incredible amounts of flooding across the northeast because of this system and gusty winds, reminiscent of the storm just two weeks ago. let's take a look at our storm reports, most of the tornado reports coming out of north carolina. i believe we have video from the area where 150-mile swath of land was affected by severe weather here in north carolina, reporting damage to homes, property, several injuries also reported, several tornadoes through the area. of course, the national weather service will go out and assess the damage but structural damage, certainly several residences reportedly destroyed, trees down, and of course, power outages, all coming from north carolina. and of course, we've got damage coming in from parts of south florida, all part of the same system. unfortunately, that's wreaking havoc across the eastern seaboard. let's take a look at this, this is our potential severe weather for south florida, a tornado watch has been lifted but we could still see the report of tornadoes throughout the day, especially for south florida and the keys. we'll keep an eye on that. then we have a front system moving eastward and a coastal low that's going to develop and bring incredible amounts of rain over areas already saturated from storms, as well as snow melts. so there's your precipitation accumulation from the del mar, the virginia area, all the way up to new england, 2-3 inches possible, isolated areas, jane, 5-6 inches of rain. so the next several days, we'll be watching this region very carefully. if you get tornado warnings, you'll be the first to know. back to you. jane: we'll check back with you in a bit. jon: in -- gregg: in other news, a frantic effort in northern china to rescue more than 150 coal miners trapped in a flooded mine shaft. the accident, happening while workers were digging a brand new mine, and they suddenly broke into an old network of water-filled shafts. more than 100 men managed to escape. one of those workers, describing a rush of water like a tidal wave. china is known for hazardous conditions in its mine system, even though it recently ramped up its safety standards. north korea, accusing south korea of engaging in psychological warfare by letting journalists into the de militarized zone. the north saying the south is violating the armstas that stopped the korean war half a century ago, today's statement making no mention of south korea's naval ship that sank over the weekend. the cause of the sinking wee maintenance unclear. the search continues for more than 40 missing sailors. the united states and south korea both say there is no evidence suggesting north korea was involved in saturday's incident. jane: well, just days after delivering crucial yes votes on health care reform, congressman bart stupak and others are asking the house to show them the money. we'll explain what that means. plus, nine people, said to have ties to a militia group in this country have just this morning been charged in a plot to kill police officers. we're going to have more on exactly what was going on here. you can get a head start on this story, foxnews.com/u.s. jane: right now we're learning new details about a series of fbi raids in the midwest. we're told that nine people have been charged for allegedly plotting to kill police officers. david lee miller is on this for us. i understand you have gotten the copy of the indictment here. what are you learning? >> that's right, jane, i started to read the indictment and shy mention the defendant, seven defendants, seven of the nine who have been indicted were in court this past hour and here now is what the government is alleging here, they say this christian militia group that called itself the huterre was planning to kill local police officers, someone in law enforcement, then they say at the funeral of that law enforcement officer they were planning a mass ambush to kill as many other officers as possible, and beyond that now, the indictment alleges the group had other sinister plans. i'm going to read briefly from one of the pages in the indictment. it says huterre members would retreat to several rally points where they would wage war against the government and be prepared to defend in depth with trip wire and detonated antipersonnel ied devices, ambushes and prepare fighting positions. it is believed by the huterre this would serve as a catalyst for a more widespread uprising against the u.s. bottom. so again, jane, we're talking about a total of nine defendants here, what they were planning is potentially horrific. jane: wow. some of the them you said have already been in court this morning. what happened? >> that's right. seven of them have been in report this morning in the eastern district of michigan, we are told they were shackled, this according to local media reports, and this they asked to get a court-appointed attorney. there was no plea offer, this was an initial court appearance is what we understand, but they are each facing very serious charges. this is a 5-count indictment, the charges,cy dishous conspiracy, attempted use of weapons of mass destruction, teaching usage of explosive materials and violence. what did especially disturbing, law enforcement apparently had this group under surveillance as far back as august of 2008, but for reasons that they did not elaborate on in detail, they believe that in the mex few days, sometime in the month of april, this group was allegedly going to carry out some type of massacre targeting law enforcement who they viewed as some type of sinister brotherhood that had to be destroyed. jane: what else do we know about this group? >> well, one of the big questions that we're still trying to get the answer to is just how large is the hutaree. the government documents, jane, mention a total of nine defendants, and what struck me, looking at the court papers here, is that of the total of nine defendants, four of them come from the same family. the group's leader is identified as a fellow named david stone, age 45, he had the make name, this according again to the indictment of captain hutare. , also indicted is his wife tina, his son, david stone, jr. and also joshua stone, another son, age 21, and very quickly, jane, i should point out that his son, joshua, is still on the loose, he is the only defendant here still afugitive. the fbi saying armed and dangerous. anyone with information about the whereabouts of joshua stone, contact the fbi. here now, that number, 313- 965-2323. jane? jane: david, let us know if you hear anything else, thanks. gregg: in the top box, new york city's transit system is on alert, after deadly bombings in moscow sub sways this morning, security now beefed up on the big apple's trains and subways. in the middle box the u.s. treasury is selling its stake in citigroup it acquired in the massive bailout. the bank received seven -- the government received 7 billion in shares in exchange for 25 billion taxpayer dollars given to the bank. in the the bottom box the u.s. government releasing a new report on consumer spending this morning, consumers boosting spending slightly last month, the government saying it is a sign the economic recovery is moving at a decent pace. jane: political earmarks, nothing new in this country but when they come about a -- with a $5 billion price tag you might wonder what's going on. a day after representative bart stupak and others in the house decided to deliver the yes votes on health care reform, they asked for more than $4.7 billion in earmarks. molly henneberg is looking at this, she's in d.c. what do we know? >> reporter: hi jane. the health care vote was on sunday march 21st and the sunlight foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit government watchdog group took a look at the earmark requests put in by democratic congressman bart stupak and ten other prolife democrats who ended up voting for the bill and those requests were submitted the next day, as was required. the requests totaled $4.7 billion for all 11 lawmakers and the sunlight foundation wants to track these requests to see if lawmakers were rewarded for their yes votes. >> we do know that there was pressure put on members, we do know that around the health care bill, there have been a lot of different deals made. we know that in congress, that one of the ways that leadership does try to influence members is through earmarks, and so this just seemed to us to be a good thing to follow. >> reporter: alison says the sunlight foundation will watch the appropriations bill that comes out in june or july to see how many of these earmarks are actually approved. jane: what has been the reaction from stupak? >> well, they flatly deny any suggestion that there's a relationship between the congressmen's vote and the earmarks. a statement from a spokesperson for congressman stupak says, quote, the congressman's vote for health care has no connection to annual appropriations requests. appropriations requests were submitted on monday, march 22nd, because that's the deadline of the appropriations committee. that's according to a spokeswoman for bart stupak, whose office also says the earmarks are in line with what the congressman had put if for previous years. jane the sunlight foundation says it's also going to be looking at republican earmarks? >> yes, house republicans says they're not requesting any earmarks for the next fiscal year but alison says the sunlight foundation will be looking at. gop senators to see if they appear to be putting in earmark requests for their house colleagues. jane? jane: molly henneberg in d.c., thank you. gregg: we have breaking news out of pennsylvania, a 12-year-old accused of killing his father's girlfriend. we'll work on that story. president obama announcing 15 recess appointees while congress is on break, one in particular, sparking a huge controversy. >> before i let you know, senator graham, are you concerned about the recess appointments from president obama? >> yes, it's going to make problems worse. >> how so? >> can i say something? well, becker is a guy who wants card check by regulation and at the end of the day, they're really pushing for it here rather than trying to bring us together. >> becker is a union lawyer, and his appointment has angered a lot of folks. we'll tell you about that, coming up. gregg: breaking news out of pennsylvania, a judge ruling the murder of a woman by a 12-year-old boy will be treated as a homicide. >> >> reporter: the judge got the case more than two weeks ago and here's the deal, 12-year-old jordan brown was 11 when he stood accused of killing his father's fiance, who was pregnant with a little boy at the time. they both died. he faces two counts of criminal homicide in the death of that 26-year-old pregnant mom. what the judge is saying is yes, he heard the argument, a defense psychologist made, that an adolescent's brain does not control impulses in a mature way but he also heard a psychiatrist for the prosecution arguing that the boy was likely to be not rehabilitated in juvenile court. if he went to juvy, he'd get out at 21. now he faces this as an adult and could be found guilty of anything or convicted of anything from involuntary manslaughter to first degree murder and could face life in prison. that's right, 12-year-old organ brown could face life in prison if convicted in the death of that pregnant mom and her unborn child. back to you. gregg: harris faulkner, thank you very much. jane: the white house is defending the president's decision to fill key administration posts while congress is out on spring break. the president made 15 of what are called recess appointments. republicans are now slamming the president's decision to ignore what has been bipartisan opposition to one nominee in particular, that's union attorney craig becker, he was appointed to the national labor relations board. here's white house senior adviser david axelrod. take a listen. >> republicans wrote him and said please don't don't do a recess appointment with craig burger to the national labor relations board, they think that he is a union plant, if you will, they think that he will do check card, they think he is bad for this board, yet the first thing the president did, of course, was do that recess appointment. is that necessary? >> he made a series of recess appointments because, candy, we are in a position where the republican party has taken a position where they're going to try and slow and block progress on all fronts. jane for the other side, mike eastman is here, in large of the -- in charge of labor policy for the chamber of commerce. some have called this appointment a payoff to union bosses on behalf of the president. what's your beef with craig becker and why should an every day american like myself care? >> craig becker has written prolifically about the national labor relations act, the law he be charged with enforcing. his views are clearly outside the mainstream and we're very worried about that. top of the concerns i would think is the use of card check in union organizing campaigns. right now, if an employer and a union do card check, the employees have the right to be notified about it and have 45 days in which to petition for an election. we're worried that that case could be overturned, along with many others. jane: the concerns really have been that he would advocate taking the employer out of the process in so many plays. i want to tell our viewers what this support has been from the teachers union, randy widengarden, who runs it, she says the appointments in general signal what she called the long overdue shift whereby workers and not just bosses will receive equal consideration in crucial matters such as labor disputes and electricals. how do you respond? >> yeah, that's clearly -- it clearly is a very different shift in philosophy. we would say, look, employers do have a role in the union organizing campaign, and often they're the only ones that have the ability to refute rhetoric and simple mistruths that are spread during the campaign. think of a political election. right now, we have two sides that can share their point of view. the way the unions would like it, they'd just like to have their side unrebutted. jane let's play a little more for our viewers of what david axelrod had to say. ultimately his message was the democrats did this maw the republicans made him do this. >> in the bush administration, there were five appointees on the floor of the senate who had not been approved. that president made 15 recess apoims. we have 77 appointees, who have not gotten a vote because they've been held up by the republican party. some of them are in very sensitive positions, in treasury, in department of homeland security, and on boards like the labor relations board that -- where there are a huge number of vacancies. jane: mike, doesn't david have a point there? three of the five seats on this crucial board, the labor relations board, have gone vacant for more than a year now. craig becker's appointment has been sitting there for almost a year. >> right, and i guess my response to that would be mr. becker is the only nominee that's this controversial, the other two nominees, mr. pierce, who was also resees-appointed and mr. hayes, the senate took no action on, are noncontroversial. there are a lot of different ways to get a quorum on this board and get it up and running, but we strongly disagree with the recess appointment of mr. becker. jane: when they say it was bipartisan opposition in the senate, only two democratic senators were opposed. >> ben nelson and branch lincoln, that's correct, but you need 60 votes to move a nomination in the senate and they didn't have 60. jane: mike eastman is with the chamber of commerce, laying out his opposition to this. thank you. >> thank you. gregg: president obama enjoying one of the best weeks of his presidency, signing health care agreement into law, signing a treaty with russia, then making a trip to afghanistan, rallying troops and telling president karzai to step up and make progress. >> as i told president karzai today, the united states is a partner, but our intent is to make sure that the afghans have the capacity to provide for their own security. gregg: will success in this war help define the obama presidency? lieutenant colonel tony schafer has served there and he'll be joining us in a moment with his insights, coming up next. gregg bottom of the hour, "happening now", what's happening in the top box, strained relations between the united states and israel. mike tobin is live in jerusalem. >> reporter: gregg, frorts all over the world are quoting unnamed sources saying the obama administration is considering abstaining when it usually steps in with veto power in the u.n. and protect israel from harsh and critical resolutions, unless israel complies with the desires of the white house. one israeli minister said all of this pressure the obama administration is bringing on the netanyahu government only serves to embolden islamic radicals. back to you in new york. gregg: good news for the dow, stocks are up today. sandra smith is live on the floor of the new york stock exchange. >> reporter: good news indeed, gregg, we're up again today, the dow has rallied four straight weeks, we'll see if we can do it again this week. we're up about 57 points in the dow, adding to some earlier gains, the leading gainer in the dow right now, aerospace giant boeing on some news that it completed a very key test in its new 787 dreamliner. other than that, gold and oil, also higher, pushing up gold and mining stocks. also, positive start on wall street, gregg. gregg the list of gitmo detainees suspected of returning to terror on their release is growing. diane macedo has that story. >> reporter: before his december release, abdul hasif was released at 10:30, now officials say he's back home in afghanistan and working for the taliban, the pentagon says it makes him the latest addition to a greeg list, saying about 20 percent of released detainees are returning to terror. that's nearly double the estimate from last year. theories on fixing the problem vary dramatically depending upon who you ask. go to foxnews.com for both sides of that debate and more info on the former prisoners. gregg: mike, sandra, diane, thank you. jane: more on afghanistan now, nato is blaming mechanical problems for a helicopter crash in the southern province, fortunately, nobody was kid. this all happened -- was killed. let's get to connor powell, live on the phone from kabul. it sounds like the two presidents when they met, president obama delivered a pretty tough message. >> reporter: for most of the past year, the tension between president obama and president karzai has really been building. it's not been a technically warm and friendly relationship. when president obama was here meeting with president karzai yesterday, the message he delivered was to continue to clean up corruption and to try to make the government moreo toe tackle the drugs productiono the drug production problem prevalent throughout afghanistan. it was a stern message from president obama, that he paid and engaged to president karzai, but president obama did say that president karzai and his government are making progress and he is pleased with the effort of the afghan government and hopes that he continues seeing progress made. and president obama comments that -- commented that as long as the afghan government was encouraging improvements to corruption, the u.s. will have support there. jane: the president's visited with the troops. how was he received? >> well, it was a very warm reception. he spent about two hours or so the baghram air force base in kabul and when he landed there, there was a large reception with several hundred american soldiers and marines and there was a loud cheer and they seemed to be on edge listening to the presentation, listening to the conversation and speech and president obama took time to praise their efforts but also time to lay out why they were there in afghanistan and why they're here and why there needs to be an effort in afghanistan for the next year, reminding not only the soldiers and troops there, but also the american and international public that afghanistan was used as a base for attacking the united states on 9/11, so it was a dual message for president obama, jane. jane: connor, thanks. gregg: more on of a. let's bring in lieutenant colonel tony schafer, he's with the center for advanced studies. colonel, good to see you. >> you too. gregg: it sounds like president obama took his counterpart to the wood shed yesterday with a bit of a scolding over corruption and drug trafficking. what's your take? >> i think it's absolutely necessary. we have to remember, gregg, president karzai's men in -- has been in power since 2002 essentially in some form. he's had a lot of time to get things together, he was ostensibly known as the mayor of kabul, which is never good when you're the president of a country, being seen as a mayor. i think it was long overdue. especially when you look at the sacrifice being made by american forces today, the first three-months of this year, having record casualties. the clear hold bill strategy, which is the way general mcchrystal implements the counterinsurgency, it's no doubt in anyone's mind we can do the clearer portion of the mission. we just went through and did a good operation in marjah, we will have a much more difficult challenge with kandahar, but the idea is will the karzai government be there for the whole bill, especially the bill piece. that's the question. gregg: the surge worked in iraq primarily not just because of america's troops but our ability to train a very willing partny, the iraqi military and police force there. do you think the afghans are up to it? >> look, we've got a challenge, a very big uphill challenge in that for a number of reasons. first, literacy rate. in iraq, you had a reasonable number of folks who have been through a school system, who understand basic math, basic language, reading and writing. you don't have that in afghanistan. so you're taking people who have basically nothing more than a first grade education and trying to put them into a military organization, which requires them to think, do, and serve. and it's a very difficult challenge. that's something you wouldn't have to face in iraq. next, we're talking about cultures which are very different than iraq, we're talking about a tenth century, very tribal mentality that has not taken well to a centralized government or centralized control. so these are things which go beyond our ability to actually influence quickly. gregg: do you suspect our timetable for withdrawal in afghanistan may in the end prove premature? >> i think that any time you try to tie our objectives to a timetable, you're creating problems which are going to bite you in the end. i've heard the undersecretary of defense for policy talk about this and there still seems to be a disconnect. she interviewed last week and she talked about the fact that no, no, the timeline is kind of a benchmark to looking at things, the white house is going continuing to say no, no, it's time to pull out. we need to focus on our objectives and create realistic ones. i agree completely with president obama on that, clear objectives. but we have to do is also is understand the uphill battle we face in afghanistan is completely different than iraq, so with that in mind, you've got to take a step back and consider the fact that we're probably going to be in a state of persistent conflict, and this is to say not necessarily a full blown war but persistent conflict, helping the afghan people establish order, establish economic reform, for well into, you know, i would say the next decade. it's not realistic to think we can walk away next year. gregg: lieutenant colonel tony schafer, as always, thank you. >> thank you. jane: president obama seems to be riding high after pushing through health care reform. what is next on his ambitions agenda? can he keep up the momentum jane: coming up new in our next hour, developments in the sinking of a south korean naval ship as crews are scouring the water for dozens of missing sailors. was it an accident, or north korean sabotage? mitt romney is selling his new book, hitting the all-important states in the run for the white house. book tour or campaign run-through? >> look out arrived petty, the new race car that doesn't need a driver, high tech hot wheels burning rubber. we'll show you next. gregg: president obama is plowing ahead with his agenda now and what a difference a week makes. last week, you'll recall, he was pleading with democrats, get off the fence, support my health care bill. fast forward to yesterday, the president stealing the show -- steals the show with a surprise visit to afghanistan. what hurdles will our commander in chief try to tackle or jump over next, is he -- ce keep up the momentum? a.b. stoddard joins us with insight from the hill. in between all of that, a substantial nuclear arms reduction treaty with russia. does he have omentum as some people are calling it? >> he's had an excellent week, after a very difficult few months. but i think whether or not president obama feels he has momentum and has it, those are different things and whether or not he has it is debatableful the uptick he saw in public approval overhealth care that you saw in the polls the day that it passed and a couple days following is now back down to where it is, the country is split over this, even some opponents have the upper hand in some of those polls. he did have a good week, you know, it was right for him to continue a p.r. blitz on health care, very lucky timing on an arms agreement with russia, the surprise at kabul, to remind americans, by the way, where his public approval rating remains high, the issue where he's most supported is on the issue of his handling of afghanistan. but as he looks down the barrel of the rest of the congressional and legislative season, he is going to try to unite his party, a very exhausted party, behind financial services regulation and then there are other contentious issues on the table like immigration and climate change legislation, and he has a very challenging few months ahead. gregg: republicans seem intent on pushing the notion of repeal, and i read your most recent column in which you suggest that's a mistake. in fact let me quote you. why lie to voters about repeal? obama would veto any attempt to do so, which means repeal would require republicans to return to complete control of washington, and why return to gop cannibalism? good point. what do you suggest? >> well, i think that they should back the efforts by the attorneys general who are trying to argue this in the courts, stay united on a message against the mandate, if that's what they believe in, and they do, but don't play political gimmicks as you head into an election season where you have the backs of the republican party, independents are moving towards republican, obama won them and it was recent, and an ind -- andent true swing voters don't like political gains. squabbling with each other over repeal and replace or just partial repeal or replace, it's a mixed message. i think they need to stay on message about the substantive bill, the parts they oppose, but not promise them that if they take back the majorities in the congress they can deliver that to the voters because they can't. gregg: one wonders whether it's a problem for him. i looked at the new "washington post" poll, a majority, 57 percent, oppose changes to the health care system, the white house announced on friday, i was really surprised at the language of how they announced this thing, they essentially said the president is going to be hitting the road to try to sell the american public on health care. isn't that backwards? >> he has to. he spent more than a year trying to sell health care reform. he and his party could not do so. they failed to sell health care reform. they're trying to repackage it now in the rear view mirror, and they're going to have to, in order to fend off losses in the mid-term election. americans remain very divided over this, and there are obviously very appealing provisions that kick in very soon, but i think that the president is smart to stay on the road and keep selling health care or the republicans are going to have be ut -- going to have the upper hand. >> there was a column that said democrats are losing millions of white males. it could lead to a landslide for republicans in november. do you see evidence of that? >> absolutely. if you crawl inside any of thee polls you see not only that white male voter is disillusioned, disenchanted with the democratic party, but also look at the senior voters, the turnout reliably, loyally, religiously in mid-term elections, they are angry, and they're scared about this health care reform. the obama surge voters who pushed him over the top, african-american voters, young voters i. they're not going to come out in the midterm election. if you look at white males and seniors together, that's advantage republican. gregg: a.b. stoddard, associate editor for the hill, thank you very much, a.b. >> thanks gregg. jane: we continue to watch what's happening in the weather this hour, possible tornado touching down in broward county which is in southern florida and take a look at this, this is surveillance video from a body shop in orleans park, this body shop is going to have more work to do as the rains touch down there. janice is watching it as well. jane: gregg is a very healthy eater. researchers offered up bacon, cheesecake, a ding dong here and there, the fat brats could not get enough of this stuff! we'll explain. gregg well, there's a hearing today on the dirty dodger divorce. how's that for illitration? the wife of dodgers owner frank mccourt is fighting to get her first class lifestyle back. jamie mccourt says she's running out of cash, since she was fired as the team's ceo, this is a picture of the couple, by by the way, in their happier days, mrs. mccourt says jet setting around the world in designer clothing and makeup artists, stylists, hair, all costs a load of dough and she says i think about a million bucks will do. a month! so we wanted to know what you think. what would you do with 1 million buckeroos a month? e-mail us, "happening now", foxnews.com or post your comment on our blog, fox news.happening now. she's only got 4 million in savings. jane: and gregg, you know my problem would be i'd spent a -- spend a lot of that million on chocolate and high fat, high schedulingar foods. there's a new study out there these actually affect the brain potentially the same way drugs like cocaine and heroin do, that they overload our pleasure centers and make them almost impossible to resist. mr. marc siegl is from our a team and he's here to explain. i want to put up on the screen for everybody, this was done, this study, so we'll talk about if we can translate it to human, but here's the first three groups of rats, the first one, a healthy diet, second received high calorie foods for one hour a day. rats in the third group had healthy meals, but they were given unlimited access to the junk food, and guess what, the rats in the third group developed a preference for the junk and they quickly became obese. that doesn't surprise me. >> jane, it's not just that. it's that they became highly addicted to the junk. they became zoned in. they were impervious to all other sounds, they tried shocking these rats, they wouldn't even pay attention to that, all they cared about was craves that junk food. they wouldn't eat regular rat food, just the junk food. why is that? because the brain makes dope mean, an enzyme in the brain that causes us to feel satisfied but the receptor for that was blocked in these rats and that's not only true for this high junk food, it's true for opiates and heroin and cocaine, so, therefore, what the study found, and this is a hugely imornt result, is that there's a combination of a problem that exists both with overeating and with drug addiction. it's very, very similar. that's what's very disturbing here. jane: we're talking about sugar and fat, so potentially, could there be a treatment for this with something you would use for a drug addiction? >> i think that that's true. i think what happens is the receptor gets blocked, and then your brain is not making the same normal happy hormones it makes. it starts to look for it elsewhere, and you get to the point where it's almost like a combination like on a trade mill where you have to eat more and more. it doesn't work as well so, so in other words the same high fat food that worked yesterday won't work today, you need two or three or four of the combination. so actually a disciplinary treatment, some kind of being in withdrawal from this, almost like a rehab from thiso. >> jane: i was going to say, chocolate rehab, right? >> the study does give a caveat, it says look, rats are not humans, we don't know exactly what, but i've seen jon scott with the cinnamon buns and i think we should try this out. >> i think he would point the finger at me. if i'm off the air for six weeks, you'll know where i am. >> in chocolate -- in clock lato in chocolate? the problem is it becomes a severe addiction. remember, in one -- one in three adults in the united states are obese and almost half of adults are overweight. this is a huge epidemic leading to many diseases i treat every day, including diabetes and heart disease. this is a very serious matter and to find out it's actually an addiction is very important for medical science. jane: that's very serious in my house because i get really nasty. i'm not kidding, nasty when i don't have it. dr. marc siegl, thank you very much, good stuff. gregg: you look terrific, doing whatever you're doing! jane: thank you! gregg: fox news is on the job hunt in philadelphia where the unemployment rate was 9 percent in january. it increased almost 2 percent in the last year alone. but the city of brotherly love is taking a unique approach to helping kids get -- people get jobs, they call it philly works growing neighborhood jobs. and the mayor actually launched the program in january. seasonal part-time workers are learning new skills and they're taking courses that will hopefully help them get full-time jobs eventually. the program is slated to last one four-months and serve more than 100 people. rick leventhal is live in philadelphia. rick, who is this program targeting? >> reporter: gregg, it's mostly people who are already working part-time, many in city programs. they are motivated with good people skills, but may be lacking some basics or fallen on hard times. so philly works puts them to work, cleaning through-ways in the city, clearing out vacant lots, doing greening, planting trees and beautifying the city's neighborhoods and in the meantime, they're doing 180 hours in the clam, brushing up on literacy questions, building resumes over a six-month stretch so they can prepare for the next wrung on the employment ladder. gregg: great program, rick leventhal, live in philadelphia, thanks. jane: we're keeping our eye this hour on the terror bombings in moscow, at least 38 people 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and his family. no harm came to any of them, but, obviously, the department of justice taking this quite seriously. he is 33 years old, norman laboon of philadelphia, pennsylvania. if convicted, he's looking at roughly 15 years behind bars. also "happening now," new details on a string of fbi raids in three midwestern states. jane: agents have charged nine hebbs of a mill cha group in michigan with a plot to kill police officers in this country. eight suspects have been arrested, the ninth is a 21-year-old named joshua stone still on the loose at this hour. seven of the suspects appeared in court this morning. the fbi captured two members in ohio and indiana, the rest in michigan. greg greg the antigovernment group is based in michigan's lenawee county. jeff lanza joins us from kansas city, missouri. what do you make of this? >> well, this is a very alarming case. there's only really two reasons why a case like this comes to fruition, they're usually very long-term informations, and one -- investigations, and one reason would be the investigation is complete, and they've got enough evidence to charge several people which would result in arrests. the second reason is they may get to a point where there's a danger to citizens, and it appears from reading the indictment that they were at that point. maybe the investigation was still ongoing, but they thesed to make these arrests because there was a danger to some citizens in the area. gregg: yeah. after the april 19, 1995, bombing of the more rah federal building in oklahoma city, several books came out warning about militias, and one expert said at the time militias, and this is a quote, are a ticking time bomb composed of paranoid lunatics. a lot of the predictions did not come true back then, but here we are now in this event. how prevalent are these militias, how dangerous are theysome. >> well, you know, people tend to think our risks of terrorism come from some far-off land where terrorist groups are located and headquartered, but they don't realize we have dangerous terrorist groups inside the united states, and we saw that, of course, in 1995 we saw an individual and a group of people involved in the oklahoma city bombing. but what we're seeing here is very alarming because you have, and if the allegations are true in this case, you have a targeted attempt to kill law enforcement officers, and that they were going to use the funeral of these law enforcement officers as an ambush to kill more law enforcement officers. with these type of cases, you always look and try to read between the lines and see is it the type of thing where they were just talking and then the fbi got involved in an undercover capacity and tried to give them in order to catch them in the act gave them the means by which they could commit the act. many this case, however, it looks like they were ready to take action. gregg: you spent many, many years with the fbi, how much time and effort does the fbi expend in tracking these militia groups? >> well, counterterrorism is the fbi's number one priority. and, again, people think of counterterrorism as al-qaeda and other terrorist groups that have their bases in foreign countries, but they don't know there's several militia groups inside the united states, not all terrorist organizations but some do espouse that -- greg imreg what's their beef? >> well, where do we begin? the list is long. i mean, they're generally antigovernment, they don't like what's happening, they don't like the laws restricting them, they don't think they have enough freedom, and they think law enforcement in many cases and government officials are the root cause of this. gregg: are they, as the quote suggests, paranoid lunatics? >> well, you know, there's a certain level of out of the realm of ordinary with these individuals, there's no doubt about it that there's some paranoia. you know, and it ranges, you know, from fairly somewhat normal people that get sucked into these groups to people that are just outright nuts. gregg: and is there a particular region of the country where they exist more than othersesome. >> well, the midwest has been, generally speaking, has been a region where you see a lo lot of militia groups that do's suppose these type of things that we're talking about, but all over the country, there's some in the northeast portion of the country, there's some in the far west force of the united states -- portion of the united states and the northwest portion, and people generally don't notice until you see vents like this happening. gregg: we do have a tip line, by the way, because there is a fugitive still outstanding. there's the number, 313-965-23 323. joshua stone who is really the son, as i understand it, of the founder of this group is still at large. jeff, many thanks. >> you're welcome. jane: well, at this hour russia is blaming chechen rebels for deadly terror attacks on the moscow subways this morning. two female homicide bombers blew themselves up at the height of the morning rush, at least 38 people killed by bombs set to be filled with iron bars and bolts to inflict maximum damage. the first explosion hit about 8 this morning right below the headquarters of russia's fsb which is the successor to the kgb. subway systems here in the united states this morning are on alert. we're going to be delving into that in a couple minutes. gregg: south korea's defense minister saying a north korean mine may have caused a navy ship to sink on friday. the united states is getting involved now sending four ships to help search for 46 south korean sailors believed still trapped onboard. the south korean navy initially said there was no indication of north korean involvement even though the blast occurred in the waters very close to north korea. jane: new developments coming out of the white house at this hour after president obama's surprise visit to afghanistan telling the troops there that winning is crucial to crushing terrorists. the trip comes just as a new report shows that troop deaths roughly doubled in the first three months of this year compared to the first period in 2009. wendall going toker, what was the message that the president brought to the troops? >> reporter: the president told the servicemen and women that success in afghanistan is essential to the nation's security allowing the taliban and al-qaeda to rebuild would put mesh lives at -- american lives at stake. he aimed to boost morale in servicemen and women who have just recently completed a mission in helmand province and about to head into kandahar. the president got to bagram air force base late at night, after 11:00. addressed the troops and later than that was able to socialize with some of them. watching a bit of the ncaa elite eight basketball game. mr. obama has twice increased troop strength in afghanistan, that's the reason that and the increased military action for the increased casualties on the u.s. side. when the last of the servicemen and women arrived later this year, it'll be nearly 100,000 u.s. forces in afghanistan, national security adviser general james jones says the success this summer will largely determine whether the u.s. is able to keep to its timeline and begin withdrawing troops in 2011. jane: what about the timing of this visit? >> reporter: well, in a sense it was largely, it was well overdue. it is the president's first visit to afghanistan as commander in chief delayed in part by domestic concerns, the push for health care reform, the battle over how best to rebuild the economy, how best to stimulate job growth, but also by actions in afghanistan. folks here really didn't want to reward afghan president hamid be around psi after the -- karzai after the corruption in the election. told karzai he needs to root out corruption, get rid of some of the war lords he has appointed and replace them with officials who can deliver a better life for the afghan people. here's a bit of what he had to say in a one-on-one meeting with hamid karzai. >> we also want to continue to make progress on -- [inaudible] process of insuring that agricultural production, energy production, good governance, rule of law, anticorruption efforts -- >> reporter: the president also pushed karzai to stop opium poppy cultivation which accounts for something like 90% of the world's heroin. jane? jane: wendall goler at the white house, thanks. gregg: let's get to some breaking news in the state of florida. the national weather service lifting a tornado watch for all of south florida, but the area is still on high alert after reports of tornadoes tearing through the region. take a look at this videotape from broward county, florida. strong storms slamming the region right now. we're also keeping our eyes on a major system hitting the northeast bringing with it the potential for major flooding from new jersey all the way north to new england. let's go to janice dean live in the fox extreme weather center. >> yeah, it could be a repeat of what we saw two weeks ago across the northeast. you can see the showers and thunderstorms still pushing across south florida, that tornado watch has been allowed to expire. we don't have any tornado warnings, but we still could see the potential for severe weather, so we're going to keep an eye on south florida. some of these cells we could see rotation, so keeping an eye on that. mid atlantic also seeing some heavy rain up towards the northeast. we've got a coastal storm off the carolinas that's going to bring not only heavy rain, but winds in excess of 30, even 50 miles per hour over the next several days, so the northeast is bracing for 3-5 inches of more rain on top of saturated ground and winds of up to 50 miles per hour. so anywhere from dell mar v.a. up to new england on high alert for the potential of more flooding. we saw the video of all the flooding in jersey as well as philadelphia up towards new york, power outages and the potential for more winds. that scenario could play out yet again throughout the next 24-48 hours, so watching the northeast carefully, and if we get any more warnings, we will let you know across the eastern sea board. gregg: i'm looking out the window, and it's looking nasty. >> hope you've got the galoshes, my friend. gregg: i forgot 'em. i'm in trouble. [laughter] janice dean, thank you very much. we know a lot of you are multitasking on your computers, your blackberries -- jane: you talking to me? [laughter] gregg: yeah, i'm looking at you and talking about you. check out foxnews.com/weather, just enter your own zip code and get the weather forecast for your hometown, up your street, in your home. jane: russia is blaming rebels in this attack on the subway system, as we told you. some security experts say this looks like it may have been the work of a group of women known as the black widows. who are they? what is their goal here? we're also going to take a closer look at what's being done here in the united states to protect our mass transit system. we'll be back in just a moment.  we're with you when you're saving for your dreams. when you want a bank that travels with you. with you when you're ready for the next move. 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>> well, that's a really good point. chechnya is a problem of russia -- province of russia, there's a well-orchestrated campaign of terror behind that. people probably remember the school in russia that was taken over by terrorists, a horrible scene there. now, having said that, if you go into these terrorist chat rooms, there's lots of discussion on this, videos and that kind of stuff, so there is this kind of islamist groups that claim this as their own, but this is really a separatist group and, you know, al-qaeda, for example, they may talk about this, they may have some things on their web site and video, but they're not directing this campaign. other than kind of giving it moral support, there's no linkages there. jane: we talked about a couple of the major transit systems in this country are beefing up what they call a heightened security presence. very, very difficult, though, to prevent this kind of thing from happening, i would assume. >> yeah. on the one hand you understand it's an abundance of caution, you always worry about copy cats, but the odds that what happened in russia would be linked to something here would be almost nonexistent, and more importantly, you can't protect america -- excuse me -- by trying to, you know, guard maas transsate -- mass transit sites. there's just too many of them. the right answer is get the terrorists before they get that. the question for russia is, how come they didn't uncover this plot? for us why would somebody like the christmas bomber who came into detroit, why didn't we nail him before he got here? jane: james, thanks. >> thank you. gregg: mitt romney is pack on the road, steve brown is catching up with him in a state key to another possible run for the white house. hi, steve. >> reporter: hi there, gregg. yes, the former governor of massachusetts is also answering questions about health care reform massachusetts style. we'll have more on that story coming up in three minutes. sometimes i have no choice but to eat on the run... and to eat whatever happens to be around. heavy greasy food that's hard on my diet... and my digestive system. so i eat activia light every day. activia light, with bifidus regularis is clinically proven to help regulate your digestive system. mmmm. the new taste is better than ever. and with only 70 calories activia light helps make it easier to watch my weight. it helps me feel good and look good too! ♪ activia! gregg: as republicans promised a run on repealing the new health care law, critics are taking a broader view of the obama administration's agenda citing changes to the student loan and mortgage industries as well as plans for new regulations on wall street and big banks as an expansion of government's role. chief washington correspondent jim angle is live in our d.c. bureau with more. jim, you've been kind of taking the temperature of the american public, what's the average joe or jane -- not this jane -- saying about all of h? >> reporter: well, there are a lot of average joes and janes -- jane: thanks a lot. >> reporter: it depends on who you talk to. [laughter] jane: i will take that personally, jim angle. >> reporter: that wasn't aimed at you, jane skinner. thanks, gregg, for getting me in trouble. greg greg you're on your own, pal. >> reporter: you'll see people holding signs expressing concerns about the government's role in the economy, but a new fox news opinion dynamics poll shows it to be a wide spread concern. in polling this month, for instance, 78% of responsibilities -- respondents say the federal government is bigger and more costly than ever before. 80% of independents believe that and even 65% of democrats. the poll also asked whether the government has become too big and is restricting freedoms or whether people are comfortable with the size and role of the federal government. 65% say it has become too big. less than half that, 30%, say it has not, 84 president of republicans feel that way and even three-fourths of independents, but only 43% of democrats think government is too big while 51% are comfortable with its size. gregg: it's a big controversy, obviously, and that has led to shall we say a robust debate between supporters and critics of the administration. tell us a bit more about that. >> reporter: well, that's, yeah, that's right, gregg. and opinion from political analysts breaks down about like the poll did with one side arguing that the obama administration sees every problem as an opportunity to expand government. listen to this. >> there is, you know, a shocking laundry list of interventions by this, by this administration and this congress into the economy. from health care, the auto industry, from the banking sector to, you know, health care and what we see in that enormous expansion. >> i think obama believes that government needs to have a bigger role in the economy. he thinks that that's better for america. >> reporter: but defenders of the administration say it was necessity brought on by economic problems one after another that demanded federal action to avoid prolonged suffering. listen. >> no. the goal is not to exercise control over the economy, the goal is to help people who don't have jobs, are in danger of losing their homes and can't have access, don't have access to health care. >> it looks like we have an activist government, it looks like we have a government that's expanding. it's, its impact upon american life. but the truth is that we have a lot of big problems right now. especially in the economic area. so and that's why it's required. >> reporter: so this is a long-standing argument in american politics,. gregg, how much should the government do, and when do you let the free market sort itself out and when does government jump in to direct that process? gregg: jim angle live in washington, thanks very much. jane: mitt romney is a small group of republican front runners in the 2012 presidential race. he's also an author, and he's on a book tour that just happens to take him through some states that would be crucial to getting him the nomination. steve brown is in des moines, iowa, where we expect to see the governor arrive at any moment. he's been very critical of this health care reform bill, but isn't the measure he pushed for in massachusetts similar? >> reporter: a lot of folks would say it's very similar or call it a semiplait for the federal system, and that's going to become something of a challenge for governor romney if he, indeed, decides to run for the white house in 2012 is explaining the differences of that because a lot of people see the similarities, particularly with the individual mandates. and even republicans here in this state who like the governor, like his track record on business and business development, they say that that's going to have to get squared away at some point along the line. so his actual experience with health care in massachusetts which was viewed as a strength in 2008 may actually be a weakness in 2010. jane: is there reason to believe he will run? >> reporter: well, a recent poll might provide some encouragement. the claire's research group put together a poll of potential 2012 presidential candidates, polled over a thousand registered voters and mitt romney was right at the top. 29%, 19% for sarah palin, the former governor of alaska, former arkansas governor rounding out the trio of former governors, mike huckabee comes in at 18%. yeah, there's reason to believe it. i mean, he's got money, could self-fund or partially self-fund, could stake himself to, you know, a healthy spot financially and he does have a serious number of backers, number of followers within republican ranks, but this health care thing he's going to have to square that away with republicans and conservatives if he hopes to land that. jane: steve, romney came up short in '08, of course, in the iowa caucuses. does that hurt him, help him? how does he view that? >> reporter: well, here's the beautiful thing about that. he did spend a lot of money and did come up short, so that's the negative part, but he's very familiar here in iowa, so he won't have to spend theory as much to become familiar, he's already a known quantity here. and he will not have the burden of expectation that mike huckabee would have. he won here, the expectation would be that he will win again, so he's got the highest expectation. romney a little bit less. yeah, he did spend a lot of money and come up short, but he has a benefit this go round at least if you talk to some folks in republican circumstances in the state of iowa. jane: steve's in des moines, thanks. gregg: breaking news out of juarez, mexico, the mexican army has detained a suspect in the killing of three individuals with ties to the u.s. consulate in juarez. harris faulkner's working on that story, we'll get more details for you in a moment. americans may blame wall street, but just how far should the u.s. government go in regulating the big banks and what will it mean for you the next time you happen to need a loan or maybe a credit card? did you hear about this one, the nasty high-stakes divorce between the owners of the l.a. dodgers? why the mrs. said she needs $1 million a month to just scrape by. which got jane wondering -- [laughter] what would you do with a million dollars a month? jane: very funny. gregg: e-mail us at "happening now" at foxnews.com or go to our blog, foxnews.com/"happening now." jane: and here's what tom just wrote, he would buy a whole lot of condos in vegas, a private jet, and he'd pay our ceo to let him have his own weekend show on fox, so watch out. gregg: steve wants a job, all right. jane we'll be right back. ♪ we love getting our outback dirty. becaus seems like the dirtier it gets, the more it shines. the subaru outback®. motor trend's 2010 sport/utility of the year®. 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>> absolutely, gregg. and i think that's the big problem with this debate is the obama administration wants to have you believe that anyone who has any question about some of the proposals they have and wants to make them work better is opposed to reform. and that's really taking this debate and shading it in a direction that is not going to get something done. if the obama administration is serious about getting it done, they should take some of the legitimate criticism about the proposal they put up last year and work with republicans and others to come up with a bipartisan solution that will really work. gregg: adam, what's your take on it? chris dodd's legislation, barney frank, the white house all working together on this, what's your take? it's not perfect probably, but it's gotta help. >> not even close to perfect, of course, and it will help if it does only two things. one, the consumer protection strength under the fed will help consumers in the future by empowering the fed to look out for abuses and simply changing the capital requirements for banks. in other words, forcing them not to have more debt than they can handle will help stave off another crisis. i would point out this is completely different from health care reform. republicans in the senate in particular have been actively involved in crafting this legislation. now, right now they're on the outside, but they've been on the inside for quite a while, and i think they'll come back. gregg: wall street, taylor, executives are saying that, you know, the changes that the democrats are seeking could actually exacerbate the problem. do you agree? >> yeah, i do, in several areas. the consumer protection financial agency doesn't make sense to have a whole new government bureaucracy created that is not working hand in hand with the regulators that exist now and that are trying to insure safety and soundness of financial institutions. it's like having two set of refs on the field, and that's a recipe for trouble. there are other areas where the bill that senator dodd has proposed, while significantly improved from what the administration originally came up with, would potentially create the possibility of the taxpayers having to bear the burden of future bailouts, and that kind of thing needs to be fixed. that's really what we're talking about in this legislation and debate. senator shelby, senator corker, senator gregg in the senate are working very hard with senator dodd who i think is approaching this in a thoughtful manner, and the administration, i think, up to this point has tended to be sort of a distraction from that process, and it's been complicating efforts to get that done by trying to pull -- gregg: i had a conference recently with the head of a regional bank who was fearful it would stifle competition and hurt consumers. what say you, adam? >> banks are never going to like this kind of regulation, and i think a very valid point is the concern that it will make it harder for banks to lend, small banks and big banks. and nonbanks. and the only thing i can say to that is they didn't cosuch a -- do such a good job of lending over the last ten years. they lent a lot but not particularly responsibly. as far as the sports metaphor, it's a good one. in addition to the refs on the field, we're going to have some refs watching from the sky box being able to see the bigger picture, and that might help. gregg: you know, the biggest ref of all is the sec, and didn't the ponzi schemes recently prove they're just not up to the task, adam? >> yeah. the sec has performed horribly, it's supposed to be about investor protection. instead it's kind of about helping the securities industry function well. the sec hasn't worked well at all. we don't need new legislation to fix the sec, we just need to fix the sec. but they've dropped the ball. gregg: taylor, adam, thank you. >> thank you. jane: republicans who want to be florida's next senator are hoping for a bump in the polls after a debate they had on fox news sunday with chris wallace. governor charlie crist trying to stop the momentum of marco rubio. shannon ream -- bream is looking at this for us, this was their first nationally-televised debate. >> reporter: you're right. and it's setting up an interesting choice for gop voters, the establishment candidate, the one who's gotten the big endorsements from the gop, governor crist. on the other side, a very conservative challenger, marco rubio, who is getting a lot more attention from groups like the tea parties. the governor's been talking about rubio's expenses, he's got some serious questions, here's what he says. >> he set up about a $600,000 slush fund which he utilized for, ostensibly, political purposes but has been shown lately it's been used to fix his mini van, get haircuts, employ family members that are not what a political committee are supposed to do. in fact, out of the $600,000 raised, only $4,000 went to candidates to try to improve their chances to be elected to office. that's not what people want. >> reporter: rubio says everything's been accounted for. he wishes it had been done differently and better, but he says everything's on the up and up. jane: there's also questions about who's more republican. >> reporter: yeah. this is interesting because, you know, governor crist did appear with president obama, and he backed the stimulus package that $787 billion package that came out last year. there were only three republicans in the senate here on capitol hill who voted for it, but governor crist said if he'd been in the senate, he would have been number four. here's how his challenger responded to that. >> how does spending $787 billion of money we don't have, money we're borrowing from chinese and japanese investors, money that my children and their generation are going to have to work their whole life to pay the interest and principle on, how does that make sense for florida or our country? >> reporter: the governor says, listen, this was more about me being concerned about what was best for the people of florida, the unemployment, the economic situation, it's more about that than playing politics. jane: shannon bream in d.c. for us, thanks. gregg: part robot, part human. it could be the car of the future, and claudia cowan is catching a ride. she's got the story from palo alto, california. claudia? >> reporter: hey, gregg, that's right. it's a prototype audi race car that can go 130 miles per hour without anybody driving it. it is a wild ride in the name of science, so buckle up because you're coming along right after this break. who need assistance getting around their homes. there is a medicare benefit that may qualify you for a new power chair or scooter at little or no cost to you. imagine... one scooter or power chair that could improve your mobility and your life. one medicare benefit that, with private insurance, may entitle you to pay little to nothing to own it. one company that can make it all happen ... your power chair will be paid in full. the scooter store. hi i'm doug harrison. we're experts at getting you the power chair or scooter you need. in fact, if we qualify you for medicare reimbursement and medicare denies your claim, we'll give you your new power chair or scooter free. i didn't pay a penny out of pocket for my power chair. with help from the scooter store, medicare and my insurance covered it all. call the scooter store for free information today. it's got many faces. ugh, my heartburn won't quit -- keeps coming back. and don't even bring up... ...that bad taste in my throat. yuck! and that belching... ...so nasty. excuse me! sound familiar? 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>> that's just fine. >> reporter: you can actually feel the car making critical decisions, accelerating through the straightaway, figuring out when to brake to take the turn as fast as possible and making corrections to stay stable. >> in conditions where, for example, you're hitting a patch of ice or things where really you don't expect to hit all the time, you want the car to really know how to handle this those conditions. what we want to do ultimate ri is to drive up pike's peak, and there you have a huge challenge because if you veer there a lane, you have a drop of 10 or 11,000 feet. so we want to be sure that we can go up that safely and quickly. >> reporter: many more test runs ahead before the team takes this car out to pike's peak for that test run in september, but this kind of race car research could transform the way we drive, gregg, by eventually let or our cars drive us. gregg: claudia, don't go with 'em on the pike's peak thing, okay? it's crossing the line just a little bit. >> reporter: it was fun. gregg: you're very brave, thanks. jane: just a week until the opening game, the l.a. dodgers have got divorce drama playing out today in a courtroom in california. it's between the owner, frank mccourt, and his wife. they're getting divorced after 30 years, and she's asking a judge today for spousal support to the tune of a million dollars a month. ♪ if you're taking 8 extra-strength tylenol... a day on the days that you have arthritis pain, you could end up taking 4 times the number... of pills compared to aleve. choose aleve and you could start taking fewer pills. just 2 aleve have the strength... to relieve arthritis pain all day. but, to get the most out of every style, you need hair that's full and thick. new head & shoulders hair endurance for men is designed to help restore your scalp's health... for hair that's fuller and thicker looking -- guaranteed. jane: on now to the dodger divorce. frank and jamie mccourt, he fired his wife as ceo of the team. she made $2 million in that job. today they'll be in a california courtroom. a judge will decide whether mrs. mccourt should receive a million dollars a month to live on in spousal support. here they are in happier times. they've been married for 30 years. tmz.com caught up with mrs. mccourt this weekend outside of dodgers stadium. she wasn't allowed past security. >> frank advised you to pick up your stuff, you show up and they're not letting you in? >> that's what i'm hearing. >> do you have important stuff in there? >> i think all the work is important. jane: maurice kuttner is a divorce attorney, among his clients cynthia rodriguez, ex-wife of alex rodriguez. i thought in the state of california you just split everything up, you do it 50/50. what's going on here? >> whatever's been acquired, jane, during the marriage is going to be 50/50 at the end of the case, but there's temporary support which is the money that's paid by one spouse or the other to the other to maintain them between the time the divorce is filed and the time the divorce is finished. jane: and maintaining a lifestyle is basically what she's asking the judge for today saying she's used to five-star hotels and jet setting around, eating at top restaurants, she has a hairstylist, a make-up artist. if you were the judge, what would you say? >> if i were the judge, i would follow california law which i understand in talking to some of my colleagues out there this morning requires that the spouse seeking alimony be supported in the lifestyle that was established during the marriage including all of the items that you've enumerated. jane: but her husband's lawyers say we signed an agreement. we signed a marital agreement, and i got the team, the husband did. she got the seven homes which are worth $65 million. that should be enough to keep her in style. >> and she is going to say, i'm sure, when she gets into the courtroom today but during the marriage my husband provided certain funds to maintain those homes because if they're worth $65 million and there's seven of them, there's mortgage payments, and i understand from the court file that there are certain mortgage payments. and, of course, you have taxes, insurance and staff for each of those homes, and she would be entitled to temporary alimony until the court decides who's going to end up with which property. jane: you know, the dodgers' fans say we don't really care, we just want these two to settle it. what we want to know is what's going to happen to our team. what could happen to the dodgers? >> well, i think at the end of the day the dodgers are going to belong to one party or the other, and perhaps as in florida, i think the california court will value the dodgers, and the party or spouse that's going to own them is going to owe the other spouse half of that value. jane: and that's a lot of value. >> that's a lot of value, and there'll be appraisals, and one party is going to end up with the money, and the other party's going to end up with the team. jane: wow. maurice kuttner, good to see you. he's an attorney who is worked a lot of high-profile cases. we'll continue to follow it. >> thank you for having me, jane. jane earlier we asked you as viewers if you were getting a million a month, what would you spend it on? bob from tennessee says i could start small businesses that would grow food and goods for our elderly. joe says i'd pay off my mortgage, pay for college for my grandkids, help st. jude's children's hospital, pay for president obama to quit smoking, and then i'd help the wounded warrior project and families of those who died defending our country. greg greg great idea. okay, on our blog chance wrote the following, if i was making a million per month, i would run for congress on a platform of 100% honesty. gee, that'd be a novelty. 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