>>shepard: how much? >>guest: pretty good if he does well in south carolina and moves to florida where he has great organization and he has a lot of money which you need in florida. paul is not somebody who is selectable or electable and santorum has not shown the fire when he came in tied in iowa he did not capitalize on it to date. >>shepard: enjoy the day. all right. the accusations against the captain of the wrecked cruise ship in italy just keep getting more incredible. now we learn he never even called the coast guard. in fact, folks on the shore called him worried about the ship. the response "it is a black out, there is in news keep moving along." there he is, poised to discover plum amazins, the amazing alternative to raisins and cranberries with more fiber, less sugar, and a way better glycemic index. he's clearly enjoying one of the planet's most amazing superfruits. hey, keep it down mate, you'll wake the kids. plum amazins. new, from sunsweet. when you walk 10,000 steps a day, it's the same a

>>shepard: the eye looks great. congratulations. >>shepard: feeling better. and now, an expert on weapons of mass destruction working in the executive director in the international council if live sentences, a nonprofit organization. nice to see you. this is a led of it, right? >>guest: well, certainly we have to take anything we hear from iran with a large dose of salt. but, getting inspecters on the ground can provide some useful information of what is going on and provide us with useful context for the scientists so long as we do not expect too much or believe that we are getting too full a story from what the inspecters can see. >>jonathan: isn't this another case of them clearly playing for time? they let the inspecters in and to one site and probably do not let them see what they want to see and we are back at square one. >>guest: certainly sit not what you need to get a full picture of the entire nuclear program, you would have to go to all 9 sites and stipulate that you want to go to sites that the iranians hat no declared. and getting into one site d

>>shepard: randy? >>randy: here i go and i am going to go, anyone can sue anyone for information, sure they can say that jetblue messed up because of the pilot. but you actually have to prove it. because, unless these people can show that jetblue knew or they should have 15, or didn't do something to find out that this guy could go postal, then jetblue has no viability. >>shepard: go on. >>randy: that is the bottom line. you want did go after the pilot? he did it. not just blue. budget blue has the deep pockets and everyone thinks they do not want the negative publicity and they will write a check. that is not our system of justice. >>shepard: i would like more space seat for the rest of my life. >>arthur: will they look at, bottom line, look at all the records? his history in if there is a history, that this guy was on the edge, or any indication, he worked too many hours straight without the present breaks, anything to give them a bit of evidence that jetblue messed up --. >>shepard: those accusation

>>shepard: thank you. we are learning new dailies of the trained terrorists said to be waiting to carry out orders on western targets. officials tell the associated press the man from norway converted to islam and turned toes extremism and traveled to yemen learning ropes with al qaeda militants and the background reportedly lets him blend in easily and travel with few restrictions. and the fox correspondent jonathan hunt will tell us more on this. do officials have any clue where he is? >>jonathan: one of those european security officials says that they believe this man is still at this point in yemen but they are not 100 percent sure and if he is, they believe he could be about to travel to whatever his target may be any day now. and here is the problem, he is said to be if his mid-30's, he has in -- no immigrant background, a clean passport, no criminal record, not even a parking ticket in the words of one of those security officials. that makes him very, very hard to spot. >> profiling does not work be

"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

>>shepard: go on. >>guest: maybe for 2016 but it makes sense for john kerry to come here and talk about foreign policy, an important night to talk about foreign policy but we know that the issue of this election is jobs and the economy and the current president has failed to make things better for the american people. they will talk about foreign policy tonight we will talk about that and the fact that the multilateral approach is leading from hide and it made america weaker and diminished our view from other foreign countries. >>shepard: it feels like the party is, you have love the talking points on issue after issue and this is one them. >>guest: not on this. come on. we are out of iraq. we are winding down in afghanistan. osama bin laden is dead. for the first time since 1952, romney, the nominee, did not, he did not mention our troops or did he talk about the wars. >>shepard: were you surprised that? >>guest: the first time since 1952 a republican nominee has not done that and the first time that

>>shepard: i am >>shepard: -- shepard smith at the bottom of the hour. and a judge is considering revoking george week the family members testified they had little money to help with bond and the judge, as a result, set bond at $150,000 far less than the $1 million which the prosecution was seeking. but the judge did not know at time that donations had been pouring in to a website that the shooter created for his own defense. george zimmerman's lawyer said today he just found out about it, too. >> at time he was before you, there was about $150,000 or so, available for whatever purposes. the family members represented they had no money when in truth they really did. i don't know if they did it intentionally or what so i submit there is a change in circumstance regarding bond. i ask the course to consider possibly raising the bond. >>shepard: the judge has yet to decide. and now, steve, george zimmerman is out and free. is there, what is the likely hood in your estimatemation -- estimation could change? >>reporter: the bond could go up. the martin family

>>shepard: tweet it out. president obama will deliver the acceptance speech on thursday night down the road from here at the stadium where the panthers play, a huge place holding 70,000 people. the problem is, there is not a roof. football is a game meant to be played outdoors, end of state, period. but not so good for speeches. we should go to the local meteorologist from fox charlotte. it has been a gully washer. >>guest: it has. a pile moisture across north carolina and south carolina including uptown where you are right now. that is expected to start to shift to the east as we get into thursday. however, some of the lingering moisture will be trapped at surface. i will show you an inhouse computer model we have, on thursday afternoon at 2:00, the area where you are is marked, and you can see potential for shower activity. later in the afternoon, the chances diminish and by 6:00, we are looking at 30 percent or 20 percent chance of coverage of showers or thunderstorms across our area. it is really not goin

>>shepard: i like the lochness idea. >>megyn: let's go with it. civil "serpent," shepard smith. >>shepard: the news begins anew, on "studio b" opening statements today in the murder trial of this guy. he was a although cross player at the university of virginia and the prosecution said there was a love triangle. this is the ex-girlfriend and they say he killed her. and they tell us, now, they have the mails to prove it. the details of that and the defense has another story. the legal panel will debate that. and reports of new blood shed on streets of syria. worse every day and the leaders of russia are warning "do not get involved." if you could get your caffeine fix in a puff of air? for real. i will she it to you. we will look at the new product and the possible health concerns unless breaking news changes everything. on "studio b" today. but first from fox at 3:00 in new york. stunner: santorum sweep adding another twist not path to the republican nomination. governor romney's frontrunner status took a hit as she -- he shrugged off the losses. and now governor romney still lo

>>shepard: of course not. it is like every drug sting, they chop all the marijuana plants down and there are no suspects. >>guest: to be honest, in the t.s.a., they do a relatively thankless job. and high profile. >>shepard: and now you put your hands above your led and they are like, well are you wearing a watch, and they are saying, it is sensing something. i am saying just look, it is my arm. >>guest: when you have an incident like this, what point is it, the people, they go crazy when they think about t.s.a. because of the incon season conference they believe it causes and you have a situation --. >>shepard: they believe it causes in ex-i have been victims of this before, and i am a big fan of profiling, that is the way to make this efficient but i can see why when something like this happens the t.s.a. is under the spotlight and some of it is unjust. again, it is an important agency doing the best they can and it is bad apples everywhere. >>randy: so give up your civil rights or you have no u.s. rights be

>>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: baby hairs? >>megyn: your hair falls out after you have a baby and it grows back and you have spikey hair. >>shepard: my babies were clearly more cooperative. >>megyn: this is a big opening to the show. >>shepard: have a great day. the news begins anew, on "studio b," a huge day for the president and the future of his health care overhaul. some of the supreme court conservative justices today questions the constitutionality of the requirement that citizens must buy health insurance or pay a penalty. we get a live report ahead. at least two people are dead in wildfires that destroyed a dozen homes. and forced hundreds to leave the area. put the phone away. pore pay a price. okay, airlines you have come out with another way to charge us money. this plan to fine passengers tens throughs for talking on the cell phone and causing a delay. thank you, airlines. that's all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b" and there is break news now conflicting reports on what forced the

>>shepard: nice to see you. more ahead on the protests gaining stream in the arab world and across north after can with an impact in politics in the united states in an enormous way. that is next. i'm so glad you called. thank you. we're not in london, are we? no. why? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled your old card. great. thank you. in addition to us monitoring your accounts for unusual activity, you could also set up free account alerts. okay. [ female announcer ] at wells fargo we're working around the clock to help protect your money and financial information. here's your temporary card. welcome back. how was london? [ female announcer ] wells fargo. together we'll go far. i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many [ female announcer ] wells fargo. different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have

>>shepard: tell us the details. >>jonathan: what you will have rather than the computer system that chooses the top two you have a playoff system, the top four teams would will go in the playoffs will be decided by a selection competent. obvious obviously, the devil is in the details, who is on the selection committee, not that any of this matters for the rebels, as we talked about. >> whatever playoff system there is, it will not matter. >> sorry, probably not for a while but the second will be well represented i am sure. >>shepard: peter is clearly going to hell. that is unfortunate. >>jonathan: i guess i will follow. >>shepard: we have had a good recruiting year and we have a whole new organization, and no one wants to mess this thing when they get it right but more importantly at the moment i know that conference championships will be given some degree of consideration as will the schedule. so what looks as if, and we are talking about the s.e.c., we will go this, some of the s.e.c. schools will not go on the ro

>>shepard: but, mr. secretary, this has been a proxy war among the states you mentioned including saudi arabia and the rest. >>guest: sure. u.a.e., turkeys, all the countries in the region are new supplying the resistance with weapons. >>shepard: at our direction? >>guest: not according to our direction. they feel very strongly about this that the syrian government has acted in a way that is not corn siftent with international norms and they are supplying those weapons with the resistance. the united states is starting to get more involved in terms of sharing intelligence, providing communications gear, et cetera, but, very reluctant to talk about taking military action and putting marines on the ground. we have to be very careful about that because this has a tendency, it could, of throwing a blame it to the tinderbox because you have iran, lebanon involved, russia would be involved, and jordan. you have to be careful what the united states does other than raising high the roof beam of criticism toward

>>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: mystery solved, or is it? tonight, what we know about the ticket holders. >> all three winners work multiple jobs. >> and where then does she fit in? plus, all systems go in north korea. the communist regime announcing it's ready for rocket launch. so, is this just a space mission or cover for a missile test? tonight, the white house with a strong warning. and -- >> -- everyone was asking questions. oh, what happened? what did you do, jeremy? >> shepard: he grabbed the wheel when the bus driver had a heart attack. >> his eyes were bulling and he was twitching in the chair. glent, to the 13-year-old hero who saved everybody on the bus. but, first from fox this tuesday night, rick santorum is out, and mitt romney is apparently on his way to wrapping up the republic nomination. our delegate counters say it's now mathematically improbable for anybody to beat him. but rick santorum certainly made it interesting. he came out of nowhere from the single dittle digits to win 11 states. he was vowing to fight all the wa

>>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

>>shepard: i am shepard smith. this is "studio b" at the bottom of the hour in charlotte, north carolina. crews are tearing down the stage at the football stadium. organizers say the threat of severe wet tomorrow forced them to move the move indoors. he will be here, inside this building on the main convention stage. it has the protection of a roof but about 50,000 fewer seats than the stadium. that means some folk whose had tickets to see the speech need to make other plans. >> this is television. that is where i will be, parked in front after television. >>shepard: the president will hold a huge conference call to speak with disappointed ticketholders. we could see in improvement in the nasty weather that everyone here has endured during the start of the convention. our meteorologist is back in the severe storm center. we had severe storms yesterday, let me tell you. somewhere, there is a pile of about 30,000 umbrellas because wherever you go they take your umbrella. >>guest: i don't think it is a bad idea that t

>>shepard: stickers? >> they have warning stickers and they have to take it seriously, handle her in court however they handle her, put stickers up and take measures and get it out of the headlines. >>shepard: where would you begin trying to eat the sandwich? >> i would begin at the deli. >>shepard: the lettuce is up here and the tomato and cheese. you have to decon stuck the sand win to make it worthwhile thing, the 31/30 sandwich. >>guest: what the jets will have to for with their offense. >>shepard: this is the ole miss score and this was the florida gators score, 31-30. and now the dow, why don't we? the dow has fallen to 3130. no, the down is up in a biiiig way today, good grief! what in the world is going on down there? >>randy: tebow market. >>shepard: quick commercial >>shepard: quick commercial break and we are back. i wanna show you something... it's my shocked face. [ gasps ] [ male announcer ] get a retirement plan that works... at e-trade. and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard."

>>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: why 36 hours? you have to figure he will order to do things such as get more helicopters, more bombing of people, more pictures and he does not want that and concern of the chemical weapons. will the soldiers use them? >>guest: well they use them? will he use them? everyone knows that is as the administration has warned syria, a red line, even for the russians that would be tough. the foreign minister of russia has said this is a decisive moment in the unfolding of this drama. and the russians are key here. what they decide to do, what they decide to temperature -- tell assad could determine their actions. >>shepard: your the russians against the free world and with damascus and president assad on this matter? >>guest: because syria russia's only dependable arab ally because they have a port in syria. a warm water port. and because the russians don't want the americans or the west to control developments in this critical region. they want to be players. they want to be taken into account, and they

>> shepard: i'm the shepard smith and this is "studio b." it's just past the bottom of the hour and the top of the news. another live look at the dow coming up 75, the uptick after china took steps to boost its economy cutting lending rates. the top banker, benn bernanke, said the fed is prepared to make similar moves to help the u.s. economy but gave no indication of immediate plans. gerri willis, how is today's news moving the markets? >> we have improvement but that's good because we had such a rally yesterday. so that's a good thing. also positive news, ben bernanke saying he's expecting the economy to expand, not contract. and he says if the economy gets in trouble, he'll be there. he didn't say i'm coming in with stimulus, which is what the market wanted to see but spain is still struggling, just slashing the rating on spain. >> shepard: it's nothing. >> a minus to triple b. when triple b you pay a heck of a lot for your debt. >> shepard: you have a new program, the same program in a new time slot and new home. >> that's correct. a new

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here's shepard smith. >>shepard: thank you, megyn, the news begins anew. on "studio b." a hearse returns whitney's body to the place of her birth. the funeral plans and the investigation and when we might hear a cause of death. and a report says two million dead people are registered to vote not united states. the problems plaguing the elections ahead. and the trial for the accused honeymoon killer started today. the prosecution tells the jury the husband cut off his wife's air supply during a scuba dive but his tone said he has no financial motive whatever to kill his wife. so, what happened? it is all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." but, first from fox at 3:00 in new york, the president again putting the pressure on congress to extend tax cuts that affect the paychecks of 160 million u.s. workers. you will recall lawmakers agree to a temporary extension of the tax break but it is set to expire. according to the president workers pay an additional $40 in taxes per paycheck without the extension. today, house republicans say they are re

>>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

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? >>shepard: good grief. the news begins anew, on "studio b" just in, super tuesday, dust has settled. and romney took most of the delegates home and rick santorum gave him a serious challenge with lots less money and almost no organization. plus the family of a 25-year-old mentally handicapped man who died in a sleep clinic suing that clinic for his death much the legal panel is in on this. and the ipad got an old new one. we have everything you need to know about the new ipad live from the ipad she unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." but first from fox at 3:00, diplomats tell us that satellite images appear iran cleaning up secret nuclear works. this comes amid world-wide skepticism over talks for the nuclear plan and nuclear says it must be ready to act if the talks fell but the national security advisor added that israel is "very happy" iran opened the door and the french say tehran does not seem willing to negotiate. six world powers including the united states this woke agreed t

>>shepard: intense. thank you, jonathan who will be chat about this and other stories at foxnews.com/shep. a lawyer for the u.s. soldier accused of mass murder in afghanistan is now questioning the evidence in the case. and that lawyer says he will travel to afghanistan to investigate for himself. his coastline is the army staff sergeant bales accused of gunning down innocent civilians in the attack last week but the lawyer say there is no confession or forensic evidence to prove the case. jennifer griffin with the news live at the pentagon. defense officials are pushing back against the lawyer's version of events. >> what is frustrating many pentagon officials is that this civilian lawyer is being able to set the agenda. he is being able to paint a picture of would this staff sergeant is. he is being able to selectively release details, many of them unconfirmed. he said his client reacted to seeing the leg of a fellow soldier blown off by a roadside bomb. then the lawyer said, actually, he did not see i

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

>>shepard: thank you, dan. we expected to have with us a guest who went to high school with this man and said they were planning to go shooting a couple of days ago but he found the new guns he bought he had resold and the friend didn't have any idea why and could not believe this happened. the friend was scheduled to be with us by phone and we talked earlier b he cannot join us at the moment. instead we are bringing in a witness to the shooting who heard the gunman say "i am the shooter." where were you when it went down? >>guest: i was upstairs where he entered macy's working, putting back the clothes and ready to make my break. i turned around and the salvation army guy i met said there is a gunman coming and i turned around and there you know it, there he was. >>shepard: describe how he looked. >>guest: about average height, average male height, probably, like, you know, skinny, slender man, slender male with dark brown hair with a mask. looked like he had on a vest but i heard it was just some time of a bl

shepard? >>shepard: the news begins anew, on "studio b" today newt gingrich says the 2012 presidential race is like nothing he has seen. anyway, that is just one reason why he says she not dropping out even though he said mississippi and alabama are "it must wins." and rick santorum on damage control in puerto rico. and the last time this woman saw her son was eight years ago. just a baby. and now, cops say they found the son allow. eight years later. we will tell you where he has been. plus, a man's battle with at&t over limits on his unlimited plan. we were planning to do this yesterday but breaking news changed everything so we will talk about it today unless breaking news changing everything on "studio b" but, first, from fox at 3:00 in new york city, two major set backs in the united states mission in afghanistan, the afghan president karzai called on all american and for that matter all foreign forces to pull out of the villages and return to bases. now. that came as the taliban and anno

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>>shepard: seriously? a high school in northeast ohio suspended a student because his hair is growing too long, but he is growing it out for a charity "lobs of organization," making wigs for kids who do not have hair because they have a disease or cancer parents. he made it clear this was for a good cause. according to the school rules you cannot just grow your hair past your shirt collar. >> i want to give them a chance to live a normal life, a chance to be happy. >> unfortunately, we were asked, is he in violation or not and he is obviously in violation of the dress code. >> worse, it is a two day inschool suspension so he doesn't even get to stay at home were the student said he only needed to grow his hair one more inch to donate it. >>shepard: i don't understand if girls can grow their hair long boys can't. it is 2012, people, wake up. and before we call it a day a woman in south carolina has a lot of faith in the u.s. postal service. insert your joke. rather than turning in the $100,000 winning ticke

>>shepard: you too. numbers number today on "studio b," the not threw a major curve battle in immigration and it could have huge implications for november. the president's move to stop deporting certain illegals immigrants. the secret service hooker scandal in colombia was just one of the hundreds of accusations against agents the past decade. details of a just-released report. cut your grass? or pay a big fine. it's the battle over one town's efforts to crackdown on overgrown lawns. but is it a little bit too much? that's all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." all first from fox at 3:00 in new york city, president obama has ordered his administration to stop deporting hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the united states as children, went to school, never broke the law, never did anything. and he is doing it without the approval of congress. >> effective immediately, the department of homeland security is taking steps to lit the shadow of deportation o

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: thank you. the price of oil fell again for the 6 the day in a row and that hasn't happened in two years. the cost of a barrel of crude ended below $97. the price now is up a few cents. gas prices follow oil prices and aaa reports the average cost of a gallon of regular dropped 18 cents from last month. gerri willis is with us. why is oil down? >>gerri: i was one of those people who said that, but the demand is low. that is because the economies are slow. what is going on in europe, and china is slowing down, and the united states has been slowed. my is up. opec is producing more than they have produced. non-opec countries are producing oil, more than they ever produced so we have a lot of supply, demand is diminishing, so prices go down. >>shepard: and so now we have more money for other stuff? >>gerri: and it helps small businesses and all businesses if prices go down but consumers have, for every penny increase in the price of gas, there is $1 billion lost in consumer spending so it is more mo

shepard? >>shepard: on "studio b" iran and israeli officials continuing to threaten each other over their important nuclear issue and the price of oil and gas continues to skyrocket. now a major world financial group is preparing to ban iran's banks from doing business. the story continues. breaking news in the case of the accused honeymoon murderer. the prosecution has now rested. the defense is going. early the victim's father took the stand and the judge threw out much of his testimony. and a new look at one of the worst disasters to hit our nation's space program and one little girl's place in history. that's all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. >> but first from fox at 3:00 in new york city, president obama says there is no quick fix to stop the rising gas prices. >> we cannot just drill our way to lower prices but we need a sustained all of the above strategy to develop every available source of american energy. yes, oil and gas, but, also, wind and solar. and nuclear. and

>>shepard: three guys and a pitcher. thank you, ed, maybe the president will take a trip over he always follows it. and now cell phones and privacy, according to a new government report, law enforcement agencies across the country asked the major us cell phone carriers to turn over everything from wiretaps, even text messages, and the exact locations where folks use their phones. and it has been happening more than anyone might have thought. more than a million times last year alone. the companies include at&t, sprint, t-mobile, and verizon, and some of them report a 15 percent jump in this data request compared to 2010. in some cases, investigators asked for a so-called data dump, information on every kind of user and even if some of the folks were not suspects in a crime, at all. the chief fox correspondent is back in new york city with more on this privacy rights and how activists are raising serious red flags. >>jonathan: everyone is concerned because the number of requests is growing so fast. 15 percent more in 2011

>>shepard: crazy? friends rush with some develops and one hit as hard onject and that was the helmet of the man. trace with the news from the west coast newsroom. 20 minutes under the snow, that seems like a long time. >>trace: can you imagine? and the man who led that search-and-rescue for his buddy is trained as a search-and-rescue expert and he knows the clock in this case is very much the enemy because if you are able to carve out an air pocket under 10' of snow that is still very, very little air. listen, new, to the man today on fox talking how he thinks his buddy survived. >>guest: he is smart kid, he grabbed the snowmobile because he knows the snowmobile is more likely to be on top as he enters the slide. so, he grabbed on to the snowmobile with one arm and shoved his hand up under the mask, the hole -- helmet to prevent the snow from coming in. >>trace: the weight of the snow was on him and he had an air pocket and they pulled him out he was alive but he was fully conscious. >>shepard: what tr

>>shepard: we need the help. and defense secretary panetta weighing in on the issue of whether the united states is supplying any sort of weapons to the rebel groups. >>jonathan: the russians have evidence that some of the rebel groups in syria are using american-made stinger surface-to-air missiles and defense secretary panetta has no knowledge whatever of the u.s. providing any sort of weapons like that, in fact, any weapons at all. the u.s. did supply those stinger mills to afghanistan back in the early 1980's when the afghans everyone fighting the soviets and they turned the war this but officials have said, again and again and again in this conflict, the only aid they are giving to the remember olds is of the nonlethal variety >>shepard: a judge resentence add would be bomber to harsher 37-year prison sentence for the so-called millennium plot. this is the guy that was caught with a truck full of explosives in 1999 planning to blow up lax. today, this is after a court found two previous sentences were too la

>>shepard: thank you. israel's leaders have been warning they could launch an attack soon on iran's nuclear program and now the same leaders say they are ready for whatever iran could throw back at them. well get the details on the escalation of war of words and a mom says her son was legitimately sick and he missed a big test at school, a standardized test that everyone takes. but the teachers forced him to wear a sign around his neck. [ female announcer ] want to spend less and retire with more? then don't get nickle and dimed by highost investments and annoying account fees. at e-trade, our free easy-to-use online tools and experienced retirement specialists can help you build a personalized plan. and with our no annual fee iras and a wide range of low cost investments, you can execute the plan you want at a low cost. so meet with us, or go to etrade.com for a great retirement plan with low cost investments. ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could'

>>shepard: no doubt. you talk about air conditioning, it is labor day weekend, and you may think "fall," if you live in the northeast of the united states, fall is two months away down here. tomorrow, they hope for a little sunshine, some by saturday, certainly, with highs in the mid-90's, and humidity-feels like temperature, around 110. more than 600,000 people in the state of louisiana have no power. the troubles here are just going. the waters are not yet receding. hopefully the clouds will go away. it has not stopped raining for as long as i can physically remember. >> licks next. what a horrible set of circumstances for the republicans in tampa sharing the spotlight which is terrible storm. we will get to shannon on a very big night for mitt romney, the night he will introduce himself to much of the country. in fact, we will go do carl cameron for that, first. carl cameron will be up with us next as we approach the bottom of the hour on special "studio b" live from slidell, louisiana. helps defend ag

shepard? >> shepard: i mentioned europe's leaders. he advice for them. >> he advised them to carefully balance their budget cuts. they said the eurozone's banking systems makes finding the right balance more complicated in the u.s. and it's certainly complicated enough here. he has been pushing european leaders to focus more on short-term economic growth but that would require strong economies like germany to make politically unpopular loans to weaker ones like greece and spain. mr. obama says europe's slowdown is already affecting our economy in a european recession could make our recovery much worse. today's hope for a plan of action from the europeans at the summit of the world's 20 richest nations later this month in mexico, couple of days after greece decides whether or not to ditch the euro. shepard? >> shepard: the president's news conference came after a rough economic week by some measures. one week ago, the labor department released a tough jobs report that showed unemployment rate h

>>shepard: true. ed with this enormous budget crisis and the enormous debt that republicans are complaining about, why would they want to give money away to the oil companies which are making so much money? >>guest: good question. what they say on the republican side is the president has been committed to lowering gas prices and in an election year he would never support raising gasoline prices but there is a recent study by the congressional research service that says if you end the tax subsidies it will increase taxes obviously on the industry and it will likely raise gas prices. >> somehow they thought doing this would set up a political wind for them which i don't understand. i cannot imagine anyone giving them any high five's for not lowering gas prices. but, anyway, that was obviously the plan. >>reporter: the bickering continues. the tax breaks continue. and so do the high gas prices with aaa saying the national average went up 20 consecutive days. >>shepard: politics, fascinating game. and now

>>shepard: thank you. all as middle east tensions rise by the day, and they are rising, pentagon officials say the united states sailors had to open fire on a boat in the persian gulf. so what led to that? what does it mean? we will get into that. and a major international group says the syrian uprising is, in fact, a civil war. gee, do you think? do you think it's a civil war? really? wow! [ male announcer ] don't miss red lobster's four course seafood feast, st $14.99. start with soup, salad ancheddar bay biscuits then choose one of 7 entrees plus dessert! four perfect courses, just $14.99. come into red lobster and sea food differently. get on e-trade. set up a real plan. frank! oh wow, you didn't win? i wanna show you something... it's my shocked face. [ gasps ] [ male announcer ] get a retirement plan that works... at e-trade. >>shepard: sailors an board a ship in the persian shot and killed a person and hurt three others on a small boat in the persian gulf. the sailors boarded the navy ship and warne