Literally growing more violent by the hour. how the u.s. is reacting as the crackdown on the rebels intensifis. this is serious, serious stuff. martha: back home to politics, the final four battling it out but romney get the what he needed last night to gain the frontrunner status? karl rove will join us in a few minutes. we ll get a take what happened last night. we must not allow iran to have a nuclear weapon. if they do the world changes america will be at risk and some day nuclear weaponry will be used. if i m president that will not happen. if we reelect barack obama, it will happen. [applause] vegetable nutrition? [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could ve had a v8.
Detailed after that. martha: all right. well, mitt romney throwing some very harsh predictions around at last night debate saying the country is on the brink of nuclear war with iran and reelecting president obama, he believes, would guarantee that. listen to this: we must not allow iran to have a nuclear weapon. if they do, the world changes. america will be at risk. and someday, nuclear weaponry will be used. if i m president, that will not happen. if we reelect barack obama, it will happen. [applause] martha: very stark terms in defining that. joining me now from jerusalem is former arkansas governor mike huckabee, host of huckabee here at fnc, governor, good to have you with us from jerusalem this morning. welcome. thank you very much, martha, it s great to be here. it s a very interesting time to northbound israel with this iranian situation looming so large over this nation and its people. martha: no doubt. and i know that you ve met
Quickly. look, one thing you can know and that is if we reelect barack obama, iran will have a nuclear weapon. if we elect mitt romney, if you elect me as the next president they will not have a nuclear weapon. jenna: how can we 100% guarantee iran will never have a nuclear weapon? what is the best way? it is a harsh decision somebody has to make because right now the odds on end result is that iran will get nuclear weapons unless somebody uses military force to break their program. there is simply no doubt about it. i think the biggest risk right now is that iran can look at the calendar too. they see we have got elections coming up and i think they would rather have a weak obama administration in office when they get their nuclear capacity. so if anything, i think it means that iran speeds up its program. and that in turn brings into play the possibility that israel, looking at exactly the same reality, will make its own decision one way or
Do. this comes after months of violent protests and crackdowns in syria. funeral services are being held today for one of boxing s great, great champions. smokin joe frazier the first man to knock out muhammad ali being laid to rest in philadelphia. ali is expected to attend. frazier was 67 years old. gregg: pretty strong words from presidential candidate mitt romney on american foreign policy and iran s nuclear ambitions. the latest republican debate romney telling the audience he s the guy who can stop tehran from getting nukes. take a listen? if we reelect barack obama iran will have a nuclear weapon. if we elect mitt romney, if you elect me as president they will not as a result a nuclear weapon. gregg: joining us fox news security analyst, kt mcfarland that is what romney said. the president seemed to respond. take a listen to this.
Lawmakers warns that stakes are high. the iranians have been developing a nuclear weapon and the whole region will want a nuclear weapon and march the road down to armageddon. he says he will support military action if necessary. and a key g.o.p. debate, the candidates criticized president obama s approach with iran. look, one thing you can know, if we reelect barack obama, iran will have a nuclear weapon. and if we elect mitt romney, if you elect me as the next president, they will not have a nuclear weapon. romney supports military action against iran as a last resort and ron paul and herman cain both oppose it. harris: thank you. this coming into the news room in a raw form and working to put this together to bring it to you. there s breaking news in the penn state sex abuse investigation. we know of eight little boys involved in that over a 15 year period allegedly abused by an assistant coach.