"studio b" with shepard smith so stay tuned. >>shepard: i want to see him do that again. if he paid for those rackets he would not do that. i had a good morning on the court. see you later, megyn. the news begins anew. the italian cruiseship disaster is getting worse. did the crew at first down play this thing and delay all the rescue operations? we have a new phone call that suggests exactly that. also, evidence of a revolt at the netflix? a new class action lawsuit is underway demanding answers to the recent business practices. and markey mark, you are not supposed to call him that anymore, but he is mark wahlberg now, or something, but you heard about the 9/11 comments, right? it is apology time. that is all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." but first from fox at 3:00 in new york and major shakeup in the republican race for the presidency. starting with the texas governor rick perry's decision to drop out of the running. >> i have contemplated the future of the campaign i have come to the conclusion there is no viable path forward for m

>>megyn: thanks for watching, everyone, time now for shepard smith and i am just going to, shepard? >>shepard: the news begins anew on "studio b." rick santorum pockets $1 million overnight and some of the g.o.p. candidates are scrambling for cash. we are live in new hampshire with new numbers on how the candidates are doing. and american teenager ran away from home. 14. and ends up in colombia. her grandmother says the feds deported her. but she is an american citizen. and can a drug sniffing dogs nose be too good? we will tell you of a case that, really, could change the way police investigate drug crimes across our nation. that's all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." from fox at 3:00 in new york city, president obama making an unprecedented appearance at the pentagon press room over reshaping the military. he says armed forces will be scaled down but still prepared for all threats. >> our military will be leaner but the world must know the united states and going to maintain our military superiority with flexible and agile armed forces ready for t

>>shepard: two weeks. one missed her application day for high school and she cannot get into high school she wanted to go to a13-year-old. >>randy: sometimes the collateral damage is bad. >>shepard: don't they say, here is what really happened, everyone needs to know handing a prescription to someone else is really bad, 13-year-old child, but you didn't mean any harm so, this time, but if anybody does this, it is very serious. isn't this what, maybe, was caused a learning moment, not an expulsion moment? >>randy: only because something really bad didn't happen and there is a fine line between a learning moment and a nightmare. >>arthur: common sense. shep, if i am on the board of supervisors who supervise this school, i would question this prince pam's judgment. he is using horrible judgment. >>shepard: randy? >>randy: thank god it wasn't worse than what happens now, the next time. >>shepard: more to come. a lot has happened not ten days since the newt gingrich dramatic win in south carolina's primary. and

>>shepard: i don't think so. >>guest: newt's problem was early in the debate he was the matterrest guy on stage and he did great but he was not running a campaign. and, so when he started coming up in the polls to put the campaign on the ground together quickly because iowa is not just about popularity but about organization. without the organization you are in trouble here. the negative ads have been huge against newt. >>shepard: was there a bastardization, be honest, at the love the candidates were on book tours. >>guest: absolutely. i asked him in my studio. >>shepard: did he admit him? >>guest: he said he was running for president. but i asked him about it. i'm not selling a book, by the way. >>shepard: can we get past that? you erupting for president, run for president the >>guest: it is important but the process here in iowa in particular is going to weed those people out and it does, that is part of what we do here. so, yes, i don't think you will ever get rid of it, plus, if they have to come through iowa

"studio b" with shepard smith starts right now. >>shepard: thanks so much. the news begins anew. on "studio b" this martin luther king monday. all eyes on south carolina tonight. as the g.o.p. hopefuls for president prepare for tonight's debate on fox news. they, have one fewer candidates tonight. one drops out. the latest on huntsman's plan. obese children: no doubt it is an epidemic. but is tracking our kids the best way do combat the problem? have you been to a gas station not last few days? we will look at what is fueling this john jump. that's all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." >> but first from fox at 3:00 in new york city, a monster cruise ship is still slowly sinking into the sea with more than a dozen people believed to be inside and, really negotiation way did know whether they are alive or dead. officials say at least two americans are among the missing, the minnesota couple was on bore the luxury ship when it ran aground and overturned on friday night off the coast of italy. but fining any possible survivors means navigating hall wa

>>shepard: thanks so much. deadly storms in the south, flattening hopes and flipping cars and unbelievable scene we will show you. the roads are littered with debris with a live report from deep in the south of dixie. plus, iran is now doubling down on their threats to cut one of the busiest oil passages off after the united states and the european union have new put more pressure on tehran's nuclear program. >> new audio from the italian cruise ship disaster. plus, new detail on the captain who said he tripped into a lifeboat. that all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." >> but, first from fox at 3:00, everything has changed in politics. after three presidential contests and they different winners, it is off to florida where the outcome could be crucial. this weekend, the former house speaker newt gingrich pulled a come-from-behind win in south carolina and he has gained the lead new in florida. so, his chief rival is stepping up the attacks. >> the speaker was the only speaker i

>>shepard: hang on. breaking news now on fox, rick perry, rick santorum and huntsman will not be on the ballot in the state of virginia. that is confirmed by fox. chris, that is stunning. >>chris: i am hearing this along with you. obviously, they had not submitted enough signatures to get on the ballot and they tried to do a lawsuit and they have been turned down. it is obviously a big state and to not be on the ballot is embarrassing for newt gingrich because this is where he lives and he made an effort to get on the ballot. >>shepard: speaking of real effort he has been beating the dog out of mitt romney with the campaign ads and now he is subjecting in south carolina. solidly in second place and some polls show him tied. >>chris: i don't know if you can tie it together but there is a bounce for gingrich in south carolina. and it is interesting, all the more reason why he is not going to make the super pac drop the attacks. he said if there is anything inaccurate in the super pac ads take it out but he

shepard smith is next. >> shepard: the news begins anew on "studio b." congresswoman bachmann is out. governor perry taking a timeout and mitt romney gets a key endorsement. a look at new hampshire today. president obama makes a controversial appointment to a new federal agency. republicans say the president is overstepping his authority. we're live at the white house with that. a police officer uses a $132 speeding ticket to track down the woman in the car and ask her for a date. so now she's suing and in a big way. the lawyers, arthur and randy, are here. that's all ahead unless breaking news changes everything on "studio b." >>> fox news is america's election headquarters. first in new york, the republican race fort presidency looks different than it did only 24 hours ago as the candidates turned their attention from iowa to new hampshire. governor romney got a major endorsement following his narrow win in the caucuses. >> i'm really here for one reason, and one reason only, to make sure that we make mitt romney the next president of the united states

>>shepard: she has a point. i mean, you could write about what i say and what you thing i feel but you can't know what i feel, only i know that. and this is all politics anyway. >>guest: i have great sympathy for the first lady. i happen to know the author, she is a great reporter and she picked up these comments not because she invented them from other people who are telling her how someone feels, i have similar experience in books about former first lady, go friend of mine, hillary clinton, just as unfair but i would not blame the reporter, the reporter reports. people may be getting but it is inappropriate. michelle obama is a great representation of and representative of rebound and she is very effective and i can see how she would be wounded by some of this but she shouldn't be, this is part of washington and she ought to stay on message the way she does so well. >>shepard: if the president had the first lady's poll number he would be if high cotton. >>guest: look, i am worried about, i'm going to support,

thank you for watching, everybody, here is shepard smith. >>shepard: thank you, megyn. today brand newly released audio recordings of the cruiseship captain from the night the ship went down and what he said to officials as they accused him of abandoningship. and wikileaks going dark, rather, wikipedia, along with estimated 7,000 others dark for 24 hours in protest of a pair of bills before the congress. why online editors say the internet is in danger. >> word of a new confidence in president obama's handling of the economy. we will tell you how that could affect re-election bids all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." >> first from fox at 3:00 in new york city the republican presidential contender mitt romney today fundraising in south carolina as he looks to strengthen his lead in the first-in-the-south primary amid new polls that show the former mass governor in a dead heat among registered voters in a matchup with president obama. that is important because some voters say electability is the only reason they are voting for governor mi

and that's the fox watch across america. >> shepard: i'm shepard smith. this is "the fox report." it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. mitt romney's campaign now confirms he does in fact have personal money in the cayman islands. abc news broke the story today but the campaign insists he is not dodging taxes at all and i quote "the romneys' investments in funds established in the cayman islands are taxed in the same way they would be if those funds were established in the united states." well, some of mitt romney's rivals have been calling on him to release his tax returns and do it now. tonight, one of his supporters says he agrees. >> what i would say to governor romney is if you have tax returns to put out, you know, you should put them out. put them out sooner rather than later because it's always better in my view to have complete disclosure and spespecially whe you're the frontrunner. >> shepard: mitt romney says he's following tradition by waiting until april to release his tax returns. he gave us a preview of sorts yesterday

>>shepard: really close. the captain is facing all kinds of charges including manslaughter and abandoning ships with thousands of passengers on board. trace is following this. trace, this captain, he just won't shut up. >>trace: you talk about charges against him and abandoning ship charge he could face up to 12 years and the prosecutor the use his own words because he keeps changing his story. the day after the disaster he told italian tv "we were the last to leave the ship," and then in court he changed the story saying we did leave but it was accident am, i was trying to get people into the boats in an orderly fashion and suddenly it was a 60 percent or 70 percent angle i trip and ended up in a boat and i was in a lifeboat but the lawyer has changed the story yet again. listen. >> he has always been in front of the ship giving information and answering the questions on the phone. >>trace: did you hear that? on the rocks. not on the lifeboat. by the way, the captain says the rocks that tore the ship open, w

shepard? >> shepard: jennifer griffin at the washington newsroom tonight away from her usual post at the pentagon. jennifer, thank you. first attention republic caucus goers in iowa. i know you are watching. have you but a few more hours to think about this thing and then you need to make up your minds. the analysts say there is an enormous number of you uncommitted voters and you could make all the difference this year. live update from the campaign trail and we will check in on the obama operation in the hawkeye state. the president doesn't have an opponent tomorrow obviously in tomorrow's caucuses. his campaign seems already looking ahead to november. four years ago this was an open race for both parties. in fact, it was the first presidential election since 1952 without an incumbent president or vice president on the ballot. this is a big caucus tomorrow. and this is a special edition of "the fox report" live from des moines, iowa. it's the bottom of the hour and the top of the news. that'

shepard? >> shepard: eric shawn live in noblesville, indiana. eric, thank you. the defense secretary leon panetta is now reenforcing his warning about iran's nuclear program and how quickly he believes the iranians could actually build a bomb. >> if they decided to do it, it would probably take them about a year to be able to produce a bomb and then possibly another 1 to 2 years in order to put it on a deliverable vehicle of some sort in order to deliver that weapon. >> shepard: secretary panetta warns the u.s. will take whatever steps necessary to keep iran from developing a nuke. whether the iranians are actually moving forward with nuclear technology, we know they are trying to advance other weapon systems. for example, today iranian state television reported scientists have developed laser guided artillery shells to more accurately hit moving targets. the chief fox report correspondent jonathan hunt is in tonight with this story. and the military option, it sounds like from hearing from secretary panetta 60 minutes last night is still very much on the table.

>>shepard: okay. now, as far as the attack on romney i suppose the president's camp would have a lot of am mission there for those at least those conservatives who might in the end have him as their only nod? >>guest: well, that is what they would do. the president ironically, and the republic primary the republicans are saying mitt romney is not conservative enough but you will have democrats saying he is so conservative here is what he did, ran to the right, beholden to the right wing and they use that same tact. it will be attack, attack, attack. >>shepard: like the republican s are doing in every political cycle. >>guest: but we have a president with a record, that is the difference. three years ago there was in report, an inexperienced short-term senator and not a lot to run against so that was a problem and it would have been easier running against >>governor huckabee: -- running against hillary clinton. >>shepard: you can find good, osama bin laden thing was good. right? >>guest: and that was c

>> shepard: fascinating. thanks. greta van susteren will speak with both newt gingrich and santorum tonight that's "on the record" 10:00 eastern, 9:00 in ooxford here on fox news channel. well, a cruise ship employee is now defending the captain of the luxury liner that smacked into a reef off italy's coast, and this story just got turned up a notch as well. this particular woman says she was not on duty at the time of the crash but she tells reporters the captain did a great thing. he saved over 3,000 lives. and that's a quote. in fact, more than 4200 people were on board the costa concordia when it ran aground friday night. at least 11 people now confirmed dead. 20 more people still listed as missing. since that crash, divers have been searching the ship for any signs of life or death, for that matter. and now there are accusations that those on the ship delayed telling authorities just how bad the situation really was in the first minutes after the crash. italian media dug up a recording that is said to be from ab

[explosion] >> shepard: and hunting for survivors. now, as rescue teams work, new recordings show the coast guard's fury at the captain. >> they were totally incompetent. >> i knew that i couldn't rely on the crew, nobody else. >> shepard: tonight, unfolding details about the crisis on the cruise ship. mitt romney taking aim at president obama. >> he said if i can't get this economy turned around in three years i will be looking at a one-term proposition. we are here to collect. >> shepard: a powerful democrat fires back at all the candidates. >> this crowd that they have there is not exactly what you would call the first string of the republic party. >> shepard: tonight, the gloves come off. plus, trapped in the ice. tonight the risky mission to get fuel to a frozen american city. but first from fox this tuesday night, dramatic new evidence of what the captain of that cruise ship did after his luxury liner slammed into a reef. the costa concordia ran aground friday night off the coast of italy. and recordings from the italian port au

>>shepard: i am sure. we will want for you on the fox business network for coverage of the "state of the union" address, beginning at 9:00 eastern. coming up the deputy chief of staff from the white house will be here to talk about the president's speech and i will explain how in the world anybody can have a vegetable lasagna appetizer that does not include pasta. and make it delicious and memorable. and something you will want to know. that is next. >>shepard: now the break news of lasagna to update you, today at lunch at the white house, fresh market vegetable "lasagna," which is in quotes on the menu, with a plum tomato to sauce, and the definition of land san i -- land -- lasagna, large flat noodles, pasta, cheese, meat. this was squared about this size, probably no bigger than that, and pieces of vegetables with be. ts twigs and berry, some in the north would call it let us, and we call it twigs and berries in the south, and a sauce. that was a good salad. so good and it went great with the wine, and

for a body in motion. >> shepard: i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. live tonight from capitol hill. millions of americans who work hard and play by the rules every day deserve a government and financial system that does the same. and excerpt from the president's state of the union address scheduled for later tonight. right now the president is -- after the president is finished, the indiana republic governor mitch daniels is scheduled to deliver the g.o.p. response. so why mitch daniels? not too long ago a number of influential conservatives were pushing him to run for president in this election. the governor said he considered doing so but decided against it reportedly poor personal reasons. is he still very popular among many on othe conservative wing of the republic party. his approval rating among the highest in all the nation. and with the u.s. economy still sputtering, analysts say indiana's economy is doing better than those of most other states. mike emanuel is here. his familiar post

>>shepard: you read that stuff? >>megyn: they are so mean. >>shepard: i gave it purpose in 2008. >>megyn: this barb has it in for me. >>megyn: i just had the roots done, barb. >>shepard: the news begins anew, but not for barb and in syria activists claim the security forces killed 50 including women and children with a live report coming up. and, mitt romney is getting the upper hand in florida and this guy not so much. we have the newest poll results and we hear the 9-1-1 call from the night paramedics rushed to demi moore's house and took her to the hospital. all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." but first from fox at 3:00 in new york, two teenagers accused of planning a columbine style massacre at the high school north of salt lake, to hurt as many as people was the goal and steal a plane for the get away. >> they did significant enough that it is alarming. extremely alarming. alarming what was 9 intent and the goal of the knowing yen. >> the cops arrested the teens, conspiracy to commit mass destruction. they pulled the boys out of class on we

i am making the way for shepard. >>shepard: and a changing board on republican fight for florida. and what about reports that rick santorum is dropping out? you her from him in the last hour. we will hear from him again. and the president and the arizona governor brewer have very different takes on immigration. but what sparked this exchange? upon the president's arrival in phoenix? and why the governor says she felt a little threatened. but somebody claimed a winning multimillion dollar lottery ticket but officials may not pay up. that's all ahead. unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." but, first, from fox at 3:00 in new york, the son of a united states cabinet member is trapped in egypt and reportedly facing charges that could send him to jail for up to five years. we told officials barred sam lahood from leaving as part of a crackdown on advocacy groups. he is director of the international republican institute egypt's program, he and sell other americans are on a no exit list accused of managing and working for an unregistered organization. a top u.s. sta

: i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. it's a virtual dead heat in florida. according to the latest polls, mitt romney now leads newt gingrich by two points in a new "time" magazine survey that goes along with cnn. just a week ago mitt romney was up by more than 20 points. rick santorum and ron paul way behind. in fact, congressman paul had no events today anywhere in florida. here is where the other candidates were campaigning. 50 delegates up for grabs and in florida it's winner take all the delegates. look at this. more than a third of likely voters across the nation say it would be good for the g.o.p. if another candidate gets into the race. but almost as many say it would be bad for the party. that's according to an automated rasmussen phone survey. as for the candidates, we do have the frontrunners went at it today over immigration. carl cammeron is live in cocoa, florida along the space coast. a lot of talk today, carl, about this ide

. >> shepard: it is the law. kris thanks very much. the united states government and the taliban have finally agreed upon something. unfortunately shared outrage over the video of u.s. marines who appear in that video to be urinating on dead taliban fighters. it is unclear to us at this hour how the video ended up online. the "new york times" newspaper is reporting that it is from sometime between march and september of last year. fox news has decided not to show it for reasons you can understand, i'm sure. the afghan president harmid karzai has also condemned this video, which is really just the latest black eye for the military in america's longest ever war. and today the secretary of state hillary clinton seemed angry. >> anyone, anyone found to have participated or known about it, having engaged in such conduct must be held fully accountable. >> shepard: the u.s. military reports it is now investigating. so far we are told two of the marines have been identified. but what what it means for upcoming u.s. talib

shepard, back to you. >> shepard: very good. those mod der rats will play a big rode in november, too. >> you bet. >> shepard: a race for the high stakes race for runner-up. why a second place finish tonight could make all the difference in the world. plus, now we know what new hampshire voters say matters most this election season. chris wallace, playboy's own is here live. as we cover the primaries, the first in the nation from college in manchester. i'm shep smith journalists of fox news on this fox report. yoo-hoo. hello. it's water from the drinking fountain at the mall. [ male announcer ] great tasting tap water can come from any faucet anywhere. the brita bottle with the filter inside. what's going on? we ordered a gift oine and we really need to do something with it... i'm just not sure what... what is it? oh just return it. returning gifts is easier than ever with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. plus i can pick it up for free. perfe

. >> shepard: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, thank you. officials have now identified the bodies of three german passengers pulled from that capsized cruise ship in illustrationly. divers have now found 16 victims in the wreckage they tell us. they are still looking for 16 others still officially missing. after nearly two weeks. officials say it would take a miracle to find anyone alive. meantime, representatives of the ship's operator met to discuss a payout to surviving passengers who were not hurt. they say the offer would consider the cost of the ticket and any personal items left on board. no word yet on how much that would be. these are some new pictures from that disaster. more than 4,000 people were on board the cruise ship when it hit a rock and tipped over. the captain faces charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. about $2 million worth of cocaine turned up today, of all places, at the united nations headquarters in new york city. officials say the u.n.'s mail center intercepted a pair of packages contai

here is shepard smith. >>shepard: thank you, the news begins anew, on "studio b" today, the house minority leader nancy pelosi is going after newt gingrich saying he will never be president. she suggesting she knows something about american's newt that the rest of us do in the know. he reacts to the foam -- former house speaker. all google is set to change the privacy policy so we can collect and combine all sorts of information about users. what did that mean for us? >> congresswoman gabrielle giffords walking on to a nearly silent house floor to formally resign a year after being shot in the head. the emotional reaction is ahead. unless breaking news changes everything. on "studio b." but, first from fox at 3:00 in new york, the president delivered the "state of the union" address we now know an elite team of american commandos was wrapping up a daring mission in which that team rescued two hostages from an armed gang of kidnappers half a world away. the former, here are the former how damages, an america

shepard, back to you. >> shepard: steve harrigan, thanks. there is evidence tonight that a country already in deep crisis is descending now into chaos. this video is said to show an area in homs, syria that government forces have now destroyed. syrian troops have been cracking down on protesters for months. so far at least 5,000 people have died. [explosion] >> shepard: today a french journalist and at least six civilians were reported killed in homes during a government sanctioned trip. one witness says attackers threw grenades at the group. if this report is true, it would be the first instance of a western journalist dying in this uprising. arab league observers have been inside the country to keep an eye on the government and see whether troops are stopping the violence. one former worker tells the al jazeera network what many already suspected. their mission, the entire mission is a farce. as far as for the syrian president bashar assad, he made what was supposedly a surprise appearance before thousands of supporters in the capital of d

shepard? >> shepard: steve harrigan live in south florida tonight. steve, thank you. and now word of a fox urgent and word of several elementary school students suspected of overdosing on medicine. our affiliate fox 10 for phoenix is reporting this happened just west of that city in tempe, arizona. they are reporting that an eighth grade girl brought some sort of medicine to school and passed the pills out to classmates. we don't know yet what the pills were. they say two students got sick and up to four needed treatment. we're told they were released to their parents and did not need to go to hospitals. and a fox news extreme weather alert. folks from the midwest to new england are finally feeling winter. the season's first big snow storm stretching from michigan to main. some could see more than a foot of snow before it's all over. that may not seem like much to most people here in winters, it's a very big change from one of the warmest seasons in recent memory. officials blame the icy roads for three deaths and blinding snow has led to hundreds of car crashes. just

>>shepard: greg? >> this would be better for obama later in the campaign and i cannot see, i relative -- relish the day president obama will, dig mitt romney on jobs. he has not created private sector jobs since being president or before he was president the >>shepard: thank you both, gentleman. scandal at a florida high school. officials are filing criminal damages against a former school principal for hypnotizing students. before two of the students killed themselves. >>shepard: a high school principal in florida us uses hypnosis on two students who killed themselves. the cops have not linked the hypnosis sessions to the deaths but the prosecutor claims the principal violated criminal health care laws. our fox station in tampa bay, fox 13 for the area reports that the principal hypnotized 70 students since 2006 and many in one on when sessions and says he did it to help students with their test taking skills and experts and he claims parents and other students were frequently in the room with him. t

obama now, shepard? >> shepard: side item, there is now an interesting picture on the white house web site, wendell. >> shot of the president, former president george h.w. bush and mr. bush's son jeb, the former governor of florida talking today here at the -- in the oval office. mr. bush, the former president here for the annual alfalfa club dinner which is tomorrow night. the president will attend that as well. they also met about a year ago at the last alfalfa club dinner. that dinner the toughest ticket in town, shepard. the exclusive alfalfa club ironically formed 99 years ago to celebrate the birthday of confederate general robert e. lee. >> shepard: wendell goler at the white house. thank you. controversy over florida's new voting law two days before they head to polls there. came to tampa to hold a hearing on the things it will suppress turnout between young, minority and low income who tend to vote democratic. reduces the number of days for early voting. also adds new requirements for groups who

>>shepard: you think heel win iowa? >>guest: he could. >>shepard: you thing heel? >>guest: i think he will. >>shepard: sounded weird at the time but not now. the polls are shifting sin the interview so does that prediction still stand? former member of the reagan administration, former campaign manager for the presidential hopeful michele bachmann, and mike huckabee back in the day and a fox news political analyst and always tells the truth. i like that part best. does he win, ed? >>guest: it is down do him and romney. he has the emotional, committed voter and romney has the intellectual who think he could be the strongest candidate against obama. santorum has momentum moving were but i don't think he has the organization of the first two so i would not be surprised if either did. obviously, paul's people are totally committed and he can bring some democrats and independents over who want to create a little chaos and support him and that could be the difference. you tell me in iowa who is turning out and i will tell you who will win. >>shepard: your assessment of m

>> well, thank you, shepard. within the last hour i spoke with a senior yemeni official who has been briefed on the security situation. he says the takeover took everyone by surprise, quote: the situation all over the country is chaotic, he said, the yemeni government as a whole is losing control of the opposition and those loyal to president are arguing and bickering while the country burns. fighters with rocket propelled grenades and rifles pushed into several points over the weekend and raising al qaeda's black banner over the city's mosque. the prison breaks have been game change gears in the past. in the past a long time aid to usama bin laden was freed and became the leader of al qaeda in yemen. a really transient point between the capital and south where u.s. officials tell fox al qaeda and yemen has been trying to create a safe haven kind of like we saw in afghanistan, shepard. >> shepard: now word that another american is in the mix here? >> that's right. fox news was able to obtain this bulletin from th

back to you. >> shepard: beautiful thing. hemmer and the billboard along with martha maccallum along with the entrance polls. those are interesting. i got a sneak peek coming up 27 minutes from now as bret baier and megyn kelly kick off the coverage of the 2012 iowa caucuses. democrats in iowa are caucusing as well. there is just one candidate. you know him. as bill mentioned president obama's 2008 iowa caucus win helped propel him to the democratic nomination and ultimately obviously the presidency. earlier today on "studio b" the florida congresswoman and debbie wasser isman schultz told us her party is ready for round 2. >> we will be ready tomorrow when all the republic candidates shut their offices down ant go on to the next states to hit the ground running, run an effective grass roots campaign. win iowa again for the president and on to november 5th. >> shepard: they have to get doo some work to get it done. half of iowans approve of the president's job performance according to nbc news and marist cleaning -- college p

shep. >> shepard: ed, thanks. a suspected car thief leads police on a high-speed chase and they say the driver was never supposed to have been behind the wheel. it's our top story on a fox trip across america. ohio. it happened in the neighborhood west of cleveland. officers there say they spotted a stolen car, but the driver sped off and later crashed into some parked cars. police say the teen then took off running, but cops caught him and arrested him. the thing is, they say he shouldn't have been driving in the first place. >> he had no driver's license. driving too fast. >> shepard: he's facing charges of driving without a license. >>> georgia. an atlanta neighborhood shuts down after a gas and water main break. the double disaster forcing at least 80 people out of the area. part of a road still closed as crews work to repair the pipes. >>> kentucky. nearly 1,000 convicted criminals leaving prison. a new early release program let's inmates serve the last six months of their sentence on the outside with parole

. >> shepard: why are we playing nice here? >> and he, romney, ahead by 20 points in the polls, you've got to try to take him down and they spent more time, santorum and gingrich and paul fighting with each other who was going to come in second, than who was in the lead. not today, so much, they went after him. >> gingrich, is he the attacker in chief or sidekick or running for president or what is he doing? >> i think the answer is yes, he's running for president, but also is an attacker and some has gotten personal. >> shepard: and genuinely gotten personal. >> i don't quite know why. what's happened the negative ads for the super pacs and took him down in iowa and you know, what did he think was going to happen. this is politics and he didn't object to super pacs when the supreme court saithat in citizen's united they were legal and neither did anybody else, i don't know what he's whining about. >> whining, the word they're using about the president and i've been somewhat surprised they haven't spent more time attacking the

and now shepard smith. >>shepard: the news begins anew, like from our newsroom in manchester, presidential candidate newt gingrich admits positive campaigning doesn't always work. really? this is the revelation to newt gingrich? come on. how will that change the campaign going forward? guess. he will be like here to explain it. and the g.o.p. candidates taking aim at the frontrunner mitt romney. could his own words help their causes? a live report next. and a former u.s. marine facing execution now in iran. what officials there say he did. and how they are responding in washington, dc. that's all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b" but first from fox at 3:00 in new hampshire the president is set to aunited states no the resignation of william daley. the president will speak momentarily. according to the administration folks the budget director is set to step in and take his place. ed henry is live from the white house. i am getting some information about how this went down. giv

. >> shepard: is there the thought that today's attacks is a warm-up for the tonight's debate. >> the debates is where newt gingrich shines and mitt romney has been rehearsing attacks the last several days and the principal complaint has been that mr. gingrich has not been willing to give up the taxes, the information about the contract with freddie mac he was paid 1.6 million dollars over seven years and here is a sampling of what romney has been saying. >> let's make sure that we understand, what was the work product that he was providing to freddie mac. >> now, we're going to find out. it's now ease toy find and fox news learned that the gingrich campaign has in fact released the contracts. the 2006 contract as one of mr. gingrich's enterprises had with freddie mac. it's been posted on a web page for the center for health transformation and that's one of mr. gingrich's former entities, it was a 2006 contract and there have been others, but this is one, this is the company that mr. gingrich separated himself when he formally declared his presidential campaign in may of last year and

for the journalists of fox news, i'm shepard smith. analysis and opinion begins now on america's choice for news and information. this is fox news channel. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight: >> all of this is wiped away by romney's totally phony history which he that nikely continues to repeat. >> bill: newt gingrich not giving up. despite polls showing him falling far behind governor romney in florida. county speaker upset the frontrunner tomorrow? brit hume will make a prediction. >> we are focused on not just florida but the rest of the states. we are doing great. >> bill: rick santorum 3-year-old daughter remains in intensive care putting the candidate in a very tough personal position. senator santorum will be here. leave the area. you may be arrested. [explosions] >> bill: is the last stand for the occupy wall street movement? even the left is turning against these people. juan and mary katharine with analysis. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning

>>shepard: thank you, congressman. mitt romney choosing to ignore the foam speaker and, instead, keep his eye on the present president. >> president took the reigns of general motor and chrysler and closed fact tries and laid off thousands and thousands to save the business, and we also have had an occasion to do things that are tough to try and send a business. >>neil: is it a good strategy? my guest says so far so good. >>guest: one of the stronger arguments he has made pointing out the president had to do this in the past but i am not sure making the equivalent is the right way because in the end what did president obama do and he ran capital investment firm with our taxpayer money and did it badly and is in the habit of investing in struggling companies or companies that have never shown potential to succeed with money that is not his, that is not private, that is taxpayer money, and he gets very few jobs created and usually jobs lost with g.m. and solyndra. and no run for investors which would be the shareholders,

>>shepard: thank you very much, many new year. well, with better news for jobs today is herman cain worried that is going to help the president keep his job tomorrow? herman is here. [ male annouer ] juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for unsurpassed fru and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion. could've had a v8. >>neil: and the chevrolet volt sales are not on fire ... g.m. is recalling every single one. and now we have the fiery details. >>reporter: g.m. says if you own a volt take it to the dealer because they have a fix to better protect the batteries which caught fire after crash tests. 8,000 volts are on the road and 4,400 in the lot for sale and the retears fall under a service campaign similar to a safety recall but this allows g. to avoid the bad publicity after three volt batteries caught fire following side impact crash tests done by federal safety regulators last year. and this fix involves dealers adding steel to a plate that protects the volt battery spreading the force of

i'm jon scott in for shepard smith. this is "the fox report." it's it's going down to the wire in south carolina. even tonight on primary eve, some voters say they still have not made up their minds. check this out. undecided was actually beating rick perry with 6% before he got out of race yesterday. that's according to an automated rasmussen survey. dead heat at the top, analysts say the folks on the fence could make a big difference. jon roberts live in charleston, south carolina, now. john? >> jon, 6% of people who say they haven't made up their minds and a whole lot more than that said they could change their minds. all of this chaos in the campaign in the last few days has created uncertainty in the undecided and leaning voters. one woman said she went to the polling precinct the other day to cast early ballot. she went into the booth and couldn't pull the trigger. another woman i talked to said she loved newt gingrich's debate. she is afraid he will implode. some people haven't heard enough about the issues they want to hear about. take f

trace is here for shepard. >>trace: the news begins anew. on "studio b." the race is on in south carolina. but mitt romney is not longer looking at the rest of the pack in the rather view mirror. which candidate has caught up? a growing disaster off the coast of italy, the shipwrecked cruiseliner could sink and spill hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil. star wars in california, filmmaker george lucas battling protesters other plans to build a massive new studio. will the force be with him? that is all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. >> but, first, from fox at 3:00 the ever-changing race for the republican presidential nomination has shifted yet again. former house speaker newt gingrich surging in on the polls on the final day of campaigning before the south carolina primary. public policy polling has him in first place now. six points ahead of former governor mitt romney, congressman ron paul and former senator santorum tide for third. the real clear politics average of all the polls shows a tight race at top, with speaker gingrich and g

. >>> i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. republican presidential hopeful rick santorum perhaps risking his newfound wave of popularity with some strong words about the future of social security. words that could very well alienate the elderly voters who come out in droves. today the former pennsylvania senator called for immediate cuts to that program instead of phased reductions that most of his rivals have now suggested. the statements come on the heels of a new rasmussen reports poll that shows rick santorum has surged to second place nationally. as you can see, he only trails mitt romney. it's the first time he's polled above 6% nationally. but the real clear politics average of all the candidates shows him with 9.4%. mitt romney leads that poll as well. however, rick santorum appears to be catching up where it counts. fundraising his campaign claims he's raked in 2 million bucks in two days. not bad. mike emmanuel is in washington with more. mike, santorum is taking heat on the campaign tra

the new deal didn't work. >> shepard: you live in los angeles, correct? >> yes, i do. >> bill: there is no way on earth that barack obama is not going to win los angeles county and california. no matter what you say. can you go door to door. >> no way on earth. >> bill: you can vote for him no matter what you say no matter what warning comes, they will vote for him. >> you are right. >> bill: why? >> because i think it's largely interest group and ethnic politics. he has a very powerful hold among certain ethnic groups and they will not let him down. so, he will win by a huge amount. voters in this country in the last presidential election was very heavily ethnic. it will be heavily ethnic. i predict he will win by a huge amount no matter hot republic nominee is. >> bill: in new york where we are right now it's going to win. it doesn't matter if you run right down sixth avenue right now like paul revere on a horse screaming the debt, they are still going to vote for barack obama in this state, correct? >> i'm not so sure. this debt situation and the real

i'm shepard smith in new york. "the o'reilly factor" is coming up right about now. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight: >> the idea that i'm anti-immigrant is repulsive. don't use a term like that. >> bill: mitt romney going after newt gingrich big time last night in the debate. did he score or did the speaker counter punch effectively? [bell ringing] >> bill: dick morris with the score card. >> we discovered to our shock governor romney owns shares of both fannie mae and freddie mac. >> you have checked your own investments? you also have investment in mutual funds that also invest in fannie mae and freddie mac. >> bill: money may be weighing down the republic candidates. lou dobbs on whether questionable investments will sink the g.o.p. in november. >> you went after pretty hard and heavy my dear friend papa bear bill o'reilly. okay? [ laughter ] you attacked him in an interview. >> i didn't really attack him. >> bill: she really did attack me. now she is not telling the truth on national television. we

. >> shepard: i >> it has the potential to do a lot of damage but i find it dismaying that it's hard enough for conservatives to defend capitalism in this climate. you don't need newt gingerich, rick perry going out sounding like it's outrageous to fire people or streamline a company. >> what about the super pac candidate, the firewall. you heard newt gingerich talking about pretty extensively what the super pac would do, about bain capital. where is the wall between a candidate and the super pac? it's hard to know. mitt romney did the same thick thing. he had a nodding acquaints about what his super pac was saying abouting in. these are among the things we have to find out and ultimately will be litigated. i agree with jonah on the nature of the attacks. if you're a conservative and depressed about the presidential race and think the field hasn't been strong and you see people come up and go down, this has to be the nay dear of the election season. you have three con actives in it as much as to stop mitt romney as anything else. you can'teel sympathy for mitt romney. he's placed fas

coverage spinning beginning at 6:00 permit eastern time, brett baier is ang corresponding and then shepard smith taking over the fox reported, 7:00 p.m. eastern time and then brett is back with megyn kelly with election special only right here on the fox news channel. >> heather: remembering the victims of the bloody shooting rampage in tucson, arizona. a memorial service begins in less than an hour honoring the six people killed and 13 others wounded by a lone gunman one year ago today. one survivor attending some of the events, gabrielle giffords as she went to work that day to meet the people that she represents. but in a moment her life and the lives of so many others changed forever. casey stegall is live for us. casey stegall has the latest. >> reporter: good to see you. it started out like any other crisp january morning here in tucson. some people were at the complex to go grocery shopping. others were here to attend that congress on your corner event. then a little after 10:00 in the morning, gunfire erupting in the parking lot where i'm standing, 19 people were shot and six died.

. >> shep: i'm shepard smith and this is studio "b". time for top of the news from manchester, new hampshire. folks are voting as we speak across the state, don't take them for granite. the voters may be unaware how much the candidates have received so far. the numbers are staggering. >> supreme court has ruled that super packs can raise unlimited amounts of cash to take over the election system in america. they can help the candidate of their choice or tear the dhiand of their choice but one rule that he can't work on the campaign and talk to the candidate. that has allowed the groups to spend $18 million so far on this election season. folks in south carolina are getting ready. we are learning that a super pack gingrich's campaign will air 43 hadn't $4 million. they could probably put two commercials on at once. >> mid mit romney super pack, will spend 3 middle of its own cash. jobth hunted has more details. how do these super packs ruin everything? >> reporter: any individual, any corporation or union can give as much money as they w

that's it for "studio b" with shepard smith. i'll be back for the "fox report" tonight. two days of dow to far in the new year, each a positive day. speaking of positive, your man cavuto is up next. >> the people of iowa spoke with a very clear voice. so i have decided to stand aside. >> neil: bye-bye bachmann, hello rick. the texas governor says he's in. the former pennsylvania senator is going all out. welcome, everybody, i'm neil cavuto. rick santorum ready to go mano-a-mano with mitt romney. santorum's poll numbers in south carolina look better and a chance for a nasty ad war look good, or should i say bad. aides for santorum say he's about to find out what happens to those who soar. rick perry ace rise reversed when ron paul tied him to al gore. romney pounded his ties to freddie mac. what do you think, buddy? >> neil, i think he's going to go after earmarks, something that santorum got hit on but no one noticed because santorum was in the single digits. earmarks, government spending. >> neil: bob, you're an encyclopedia. you have defended the earmark process in the

. >> shepard:. >> that was from the tonight show, and not us. t