and all of "the independents" wishing you a kind of night that only a puppet can give you. amef a powerful snowstorm to dump more than a foot of snow on eastern sboard, blizzard-like conditionsnarling traffic already, causing flights, tin delays and cancellations, tonight, former governor of virginia and his wife indicted on federal corruption charges, i am lou dobbs. good evening. second pole very vortex of the new year hitting the easoast

hard with blizzard-like conditions from washington, d.c. to boston with heavy winds and subzero temperatures to hit the reunion overnight, and last to wednesday. snow emergencies have been declared in new york, new jersey, delaware, connecticut and pennsylvania, federal government closed for business today with washington d.c. directly in the storm's path, travel at this hour is crawling or a stand still, 7,000 flights delayed and 4 thow 4,000 cancel, amtrak shifting to a modified schedule between washington, and boston, telling all east coast customers to expect quote, a reduced frequency of trains, the cost of this polar vortex could be immense. they measure the cost of first one. at about dollars 5 billion. and cost coming from los

employee productivity, rising energy bills and overall decline in consumer spending because of the weather. not good news with the worst of this storm still ahead of us and fox news meteorologist janice is in the extreme weather center for us, i expected to see you out there in the snow. braving the elements, there you are looking all warm and comfortable in extreme weather center. >> i luck out today, look at new york right now, weave snowfall rates of an inch to an inch an hour. times square. an inch to 2 an hour, i got an unofficial report of close to a foot of snow just outside of new york area, right now we're in

now casting, we're surpassing our forecast, totals, because we're seeing heavier banding, and see where you see deep the shades of purple here in new york city area that is where we're seeing indications of very heavy snow, see in philadelphia and washington, d.c., these areas have several hours to go of heavy snow, now we're moving in long island, you could receive upwards of 14 inches coast alarcon coal, connecticut, and massachusets, and rhode island, lou. lou: what do you cal that? what casting? >> now casting, that is, is you know we're forecasters we predict, the amount of snow, but in thecasion lik this where we have a strengthening system, i low offshore, we're now seeing snowfall totals -- when you see them of an inch or 2 an hour

that indicates a stronger storm, that is bringing heavier snowfall totals that areas we didn't forecast that much snow for. we're into a now casting situation, lou, tomorrow morning we will probably see a lot of areas with a foot to a foot and a half maybe even two feet of snow, that is the term we use for forecast we're doing on the fly so to speak. to be quite honest with you. but the wind trusts, any of snow right now is blown around, blizzard like continues on lie, coastal massachusets, parts off coastal new jersey, central new jersey you could also he hit the jackpot of 14 inches, we might bust those up tonight with the now cast, looking at forecast radar, 8:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m., 6 to 12 hours, by 2:00 a.m., still snow flying in long island, up

to massachusets. and even coastal new jersey. several hours to go. and some of the heavier bands could bring 1 to 2 inches an hour, that will stack the snow totals impressively. one reason we're doing now casting is because we have a intensifying low pressure area that is over a relatively warmer water pattern, called gulfstream. we're seeing explosive energy with this storm. and that is why the snowfall totals are stacking up s much. here is what we're predicts right now, but. snow totals could change, 10 to 14 around coastal new jersey. certainly long island. and coastal connecticut, rhode island, massachusets with those wins, it will be dangerous if not impossible to travel over the next 6 to 12 hours. lou: how high will some gusts be. >> in upwards 50 to 6 50 to 60 ,

that dark are said is 60 to 70-mile an hour winds, tonight hugging coastline, blizzard conditions on coastal areas, and we didn't talk about windchill, right? will feel between minus 10 to minutminus 30 during the daytimn some forecasted areas. lou: so bundle up. >> oh, my gosh, you really can't be out, you have that snow for kids to play in, they have to stay indoors. >> well, oh, no. maybe the little ones will do a little. >> snow angels. lou: you got it. >> then they come inside. lou: thank you, janice, cold, windy and snow, well things heating up for former virginia governor mcdon'tald, he and his wife have been indicted on federal corruption chaes for allegedly accepts gifts, vacations and lones from a

businessman, seeking special treatment from the state of virginia. 14 count indictment including confirstacey wire fraud, and other charges, former governor left office this month after serving 4 years. >> overseas russian security on the hunt, for two mor so-called black widow suspects. who officials believe may be planning to bomb this week's olympic t to everyone relay -- torch relay, three women have been dispatched to attk city, sometimes between tonight and thursday, today's developments under cutting russian claims they have a ring of steel around sochi with more than 40,000 police, and security officers to protect "the visitor"s, president obama talked with his russian counterpart, by phone today, white house said that united states has offered its full assistance in helping security

at sochi olympics that includes two of our navy ships that are heading to the black sea to be on stand by should an evacuation of americans be required. and possibility of russia using pentagon equipment. >> a senior defense official tolding fox news they have learned a lot of lessons from benghazi, ongoi terrorist threats discourag some. about 3,000 tickets remain ub sold 2 1/2 weeks before the opens ceremony. >> syrian and international dell frats started arriving -- delegates started arrives in switzerland today ahead of peace talks, both russia and iran blasted a decision by u.n. secretarsecretary-general to inn to the talks, and then rescind this invitation, fighting in syria has killed more than

130,000 people, and left millions of people refugs. >> a new report compiled bye there3international war crime prosecutor claims that rahim is behind. >> and turning now to iran. flexing its mil military missil, state television reports two of the warships are on their way to the atlantic, what i their navy's first ever mission to the region. the iranian warships respectly tasked with securing shipping routes and 13ining training soms on board. >> we have it all covered for you, fox news middle east and terrorism expertd walid phares will join us, to talk about the sochi tests andyrian peace

talks. >> and also, forget healthcare.gov. a more interesting web site to assess in one western state that is much worse, a story you will find the very government like, legal analyst alease we'll with a new book out. on wall street today, stocks finished mixed dow lost 44, s&p gaining 5, nazdaq rose 28, and pimco ceo el-erian resigned from the firm. he oversaw bond fund with bill crosgross will remain on the international executive committee of the parent company allianz. former treasury secretary geithner reportedly warning

standard & poor's that firm would be held accountable for its 2011 decision to downgrade the credit rating of the united states retaliation? the statement coming from chairman of parent compa mcbramcgraw-hill, brought againt s&p over ratings practices over the -- well before the reported exchange took place. a spokesman for geithner denied he threatened any retaliation against s&p, we'll find out what happens in court. the ceo of target calling on retailers to adopt chip-based credit card technology to better protect their customers following targets security breach, they pulled a plug on the program that used those chips for that reason in 2004. citing slow check out speeds, well, we're going to have more on that story, and be sure to listen to my financial report 3

times a day on the sal salem rao network coast-to-coast. >> obamacare web site, healthcare.gov is a disaster beyond doubt, but oregon's web site, oregon onceouted as a model of progressive health care reform is a story on to itself, john fund with the sorry tale next. [ male announcer ] e new new york is open.

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lou: new report that obamacare web site is so messed up it could bankrupt insurance companies and cripple the health care law itself, documents released to justify a new bid contract with the firm to cgi,

which was fired as late contractor the web site they messed up dodg administration officials say problems with the web site put the entire health industry at risk. wow that sounds like a winne. and if t problems are not fixed by mid march it will result in financial harm to the government, and healthy care reform program is jeopardized. that's all? health care officials in oregon may pull the plug on that ate's messed up web site, 23,000 choose an insurance plan but officials have not figured out how many have paid. joining us now, john fund, you wrote terrific. article on oregon with a more messed up deal than federal government. >> hard to do, hard to believe. lou: the guy who is supposed on

run it, left after health -- >> for health reasons. lou: not for the -- well perhaps it was in light of the you know concern forhe health of oregon. this is a disaster, now oregon, what is the problem in oregon? >> well they designed a system that was gng to use new oracle software, thereatest sim in the world, they hired an outside company to monitor it. lou: maybe they did not spend enough money. >> they spent0 hundreds of millions, a few moneys ago the outside company said this is not going to work, they tried to stop payment on t oside contractor's money they said shut up, you are slowing down progress. lou: unbelieveable. i wonder, you see a pattern he here. bureaucracy of the federal government is not smart enough to manager contractors they got.

that is the bottom line, the politically, the administration officials are political dull bulbs who could not manage the bureaucracy. >> by the way the feds went to oregon said you are doing fine. lou: like they would know. they go to a contractor with a questionable history. >> i agree with obama administration on onehing, obamacare is not going away completely, i tell you why. >> we have enough real questions at issue, what in the world is this outfit going to do? are they socking the entire health care industry into a black hole. >> they are so frightened of the politics they will paper over, cover-up, tamp down delay everything. lou: we're not going to let

them. >> what ishat 2014 the election is about. lou: that is what about good reporting is about now, everyone knows this is a mess, people are hurting, a president who lead lied for 4 years about it a administration that gained system, and two-bid contracts. it about time someone including the republican party one would think, or democratic party to degree it has integrity would joining and find out why the worl we can't have a government that works. >> we'll have to be angry enough to turn out and vote. lou: you have to go vote, we're in trouble. because, we're 9 months away from election, republican party is on hat hiatus. >> i think as small business owners shed employees off their health plans, some small busine owners realize they can no longer cover people, more people get dumped on the

exchanges, thaleanger level, and heat on the politicians is going up. >>o you see anger out this. >> i see fear that soon will be transformed to anger. lou: we'll take john fund's view on that. >> that i what my focus groups tell me. lou: i am glad they are there on that, you knowt least, we might have focus in washington. john fund thank you. >> thank you. lou: we'll see you back here in just moments john with the a-team, sustained -- sustained ready are we hope you will join us as we continue, we're coming back with more. g news from a city that never fails to inspire, washington tc. i amoing to try to collect myself as i think about that hope and change we have visiting us. stay with us. lou: peace talks on syria are underway. an more talk that assad must

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lou: john fund and i were talking about reaction to h what has been a dismal failure of the obamacare, nothing about obamacare is going the way we were promised. i doubt it will go the way that even theost informed among the democratic leadership thoht. it w about a year ago this republican national committee put out a report about the election of 2012. all that went wrong then. and that presidential election. but so much went wrong with that report, was hundred pages long. it was what they call the report that caught a lot of people's attention, the republican leadership decided to call it the autopsy. that has a final ring to it. i warned them not to use autopsy. i didn't think it sounded right. but as i mention in my new book,

"upheaval," perhaps that was a mistake a more bid one, not fatal. here is what i said in audio book version of "upheaval." >> they even referred to report as the autopsy. publicly. time and time again, the autopsy basicallyoncluded that the republican party was not enough like the democratic party and their failed in the election. if the g.o.p. brines similar analystal skills into -- it this career's elections their post elect report this year will be entitled autopsy 2. lou: so where is the republican leadership before the 2014 midterm elections? where are they? have we got the ground game going? is there a big turn out assured, does reince priebus have all those lessons learned from 2012?

about letting the same people try to win elections even if theyust keep losing. did we stop the usual suspects from reaching out to the same big donors to stir the honey pot, principlely for themselves. here is the same old same old -- of the leadership, gallup poll shows 32% of americans have a favorable machin opinion of thel righg.o.p.right now, how far hay come since 2012, that compared to 43%, approval right after the big loss in november election of 12. thing are astonishly getting worse. republican leaders are not leading. so let me say just gently, they are hiding, they are running from the reality they have

created. through not one, but two presidential elections cycles, and this will be a further test of your capacity to tolerate leadership that does not lead and electioneers who don't win elections, they areot leading they are pandering and becoming more g.o.p.-like than they were, poll after poll. and next up we stil tell you aba deindustrial that seems almost -- betrayal that seems almost issue that master to members of the republican party. can you imagine, that president obama whose leadership has opinion so weak, so pitiful is in better shape than the lowell loyal opposition, the republican party, which seemingly cannot learn from its mistakes. tomorrow they open their winter meetings. in order to allow republican members to attend the annual

march for life. and the republican party is using abortion to spokenthusiasm among -- to spokenthusiasm among its base. i am sure you caught irony that rnc, its publication will be. i am pro-life but i am also pro american, as i discuss in the book, "upheaval," republicans must understand tt wedge issues such as abortion, and gay marriage, set it aside for the good of the party, try to win an election, it would be easy enough to say that republican leader is consigning a party to defeat, but as i make clear in this book, it is you and me responsible, we're permitting the so-called leaders to make

the same mistakes over and over, and put money in their packet. that is part of the rson i wrote the book, it is for thinking people, please pick up an audio book kof copy of "uphe" it is everywhere. that makes me very happy, we have a lot of work to do, we're coming to the point where if we don't get to work, there may not be any work, if you get my meaning. i'm giving out a copy of "upheaval" to everyone that writes in and has their comes read, danny said, could you pleaseive a copy of your book "upheaval" to all of senators and congressmen so they will have individuals on how to fix our country. being done, and howard in lorado, maybe we should not be so hard on obama after all. the on knowly time he is honest on is when he said, don't anything. well, and kevin, tweeted us

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lou: the a-team is joining us, back with us. columnist tom fund, and folks news contrac contributor judy m, and e ee we'll wheel. >> your take. >> even the weather is against chris christie. i rarely quote donald trump, he is one e-mail away from utter political catastrophy. >> if these investigations. one other e-mail, one memo, wore more pern who comes forward, and says i was bullied, i was badgered. lou: is it fair to say we don't have any co corroboration of thr

zimmer. we also don't have -- we do have that is evidence saying that they didn't do that. she said that, previously they had not in anyway intimidated her. >> that is why investigations have to go forward. the idea on funding is silly that brought in money to new jersey i'm talking about advertisers now they are investigating saying did he misuse those funds, i saw those they were good advertisements, he was in them but not promoting himself. lou: why did they bring it u now. >> i live in hoboken, i know the mayor, he is a pretty good mayor, we have seen a lot of money on hurricane katrina. if they were -- hurricane sandy,

if they were withholding something. lou: but if the government is bullying deal. >> this is a he said-she said thing. lou: my point there is no corroboration. is there a good thing they are converging the investitions? making it just one. >> i hope it will be a cheaper thing, otherwise the cost of these is just huge, it adds up and fess wh guess who pays for . lou: carl lewis is even ticked off. there will be people crawling out of the woodworks. >> the scandal should be called get christie. >> a truism about investigations in general. lou: said the investigator. >> when you start off think about impeachment of president clinton, it started not with monica lewinsky and linda tripp

just jumped in. you look at other stuff travelgate and whitewater. lou: nat saying, basically, he is urging the impeachment of the president of the united states, he says this is worse than nixon, a abuse o power. this is strong stuff. >> that is not surprising, because look at the clective judgment. lou: a made a mistake. >> the left hates obama now almost as much as the right..@ when he said he is the most un-american president, what does he mean, he was born in kenya, i don't know where he is going with this. >> he does not respect the bill of rights.

>> but that is not impeachable. >> yes, i know. >> i love it. >> if you want tois am impeach e president you can do it. lou: i don't think aon wants to, obamacare, they had all sorts of problem with their contracting and defense department, here they go, again, what is this administration doing? seriously? there is no judgment, there seems to be no sense of history they can't even follow the law. what is going on. >> judy, a b sigh. >> i am letting john fund the expert on this taka it away. >> they are in panic mode, they are not telling us the numbers that show how obamacare working, they are awful, most people who

are signed up already have insurance, they are in panic mode, you do desperate things, that means you reinvent obamacare every day while changing it. >> and 36 states are filing suit, and supreme court looking at two different obamacare cas cases. pro choice, and -- lou: this appears to be an alba troalbatross around the presides neck, from when he cannot escape, he is dancing in a small snappy pattern from one issue to the next. >> this is his acome blu blue . >> there will come a time when privately the president wishes that john roberts spared him this and voted obamacare

unconstitutional. lou: i think that is a great point, i think that point has been reached some time ago, we'll be --down fund, judy miller, and we'll look at her new book. >> up next. u.s. pledges to help russia as they negotiate a peace for syria. it gets kocs complicated, dr. wd phares sorts it out for us. next. [ male announcer ] e new new york is open.

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lou: our next guest is outraged about iran's regime, and how it continues to take advantage of the united states.

joining us now, fox news middle east and terrorism analyst dr. walid phares, his new book, the lost spring. will be published in march. we lookorward to that. good to have you here, let's start with -i am sorry. don't mean to laugh. these are serious issues, but we worry about u.s. being taken advantage of by a country so much smaller in every respect, it is almost befuddling to think that u.s cannot get a fair break from a small primitive country that we should easily be able to handle. what is going on? >> really unfortunate that the so-called deal between administration and the iranian regime with backing o many powers that deal, at the end of the day, and the iranian regime is proud about it, they talk about. is to their advantage.

they are saying, quote, we out maneuvered the u.s., we took advantage, that is not going to be a win for us. >> well, jt because they say it is not a win for us, does not make it so, as much as they say is -- well not so. but, the advantage they may have received here, what do you see as expression of that advantage? what is evidence they have out maneuvered obama administration and john kerry? >> it is very simple, lou. the arab world or move realizes that iran, number one is still in syria, backing syria, by the way, which opened file of us inviting iran to geneva while has forces in syria still backing hezbollah, and still in iraq, still threatening saudi arabia, berape, an bahrain, andn yem enyemen, and stillaunching g

range missiles. soso, they will do all of that they will continue to expand, and more important, which concerns me, they receive billions of dollars, billions from us. >> 4. to billion, another hundred billion in the world. in spread t frozen iranian asseh they now have access. but money you talk about 4.2 is being shipped directly to them. >> we cannot do anything about it once it is transferred, we cannot tell them what not to do, what to do. so i am leader of iran, and regime, i reinvest it money, i will support hezbollah. and i will maintain more influence in the state.

before making a concession. lou: i get a kick out of secretary kerry and president rouhani, it reminds me of walking int a car dealership, talking with a car salesman, he goes back and forth with sales manager. ideal is never to talk to the person who can do more than ta. reality is that, the government our government does not have a clear outcome in mind that it is articulate to the american people, or has chosen not to. >> look, i think they do know what they want to see, the negotiations have been there for two years issue not over mete, they know that regime has promised a few things they will bring them probably by early summer. then break that news to the public and try to win midterm elections, the iranian regim is

oughout maneuvering them, promig regime he will deliver, but on the ground he will not, in the summer you will hear speeches about winning the peace, it will not be a reality. lou: did obama administration forget that iranian forces directly attacked u.s. troops in iraq, and supported the anti-american forces in the field in iraq? that they have been a sponsor of terrorism, they teaten still israel, and they approach this as if it was a meetingal at home depot, and you know it was conform to you know, neighborhood zoning codes. i don't get it. >> lou, i assume that our government is getting real information, real facts, our government should know that. they are not getting is that information they are getting from the analysts from the advisors, mostly from those who

negotiated and negotiate now, with the iran let's hav the iras will change, that is the problem they believe the regime has done that, but it will change. lou: dr. walid phares thank you for your insight and perspective. >> thank you. lou: thank you. and reminder pick up my new book "upheaval" on-line in bookstores, take a minute to check us out on twitter, follow us on lou dobbs news. links to everything on loudobbs.com, and listen to me three times a day, my lou dobbs financial report on salem radio network. lis wiehl with a return with a [ intercom ] drivers, to your marks. go! [ male announc ] it's chaos out there. but the m-class sees in your blind spot...

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lou: as promised we are back with our new thriller that is entitled snapshot. based on real events. a photograph at the see in the upper right-hand corner of the cover, taken by her father during the 1965 civil rights smart. a terrific book and i have begun this book and it is enthralling. that day, what started all of this? >> the march was peaceful. but some of thpictures that he gave me, through the kennedy era

and all of that, they handed me these photos and i just look at this picture of these two little girls, one white and one black and there is no - they don't notice the total that total behind them. this is in fort worth texas. >> in the real book i do find her interesting. i would love to find this little girl all grown up and, you know, putting the snapshot in the picture out there that w will find each other after all of these years. and that was really an amazing moment with those two little girls at that march.

some, i create a whole story. lou: that story is aout race in this country and i think everyone would like to know what you think about where we are in terms of race. we have heard from the president. he thinks that race has softened his popularity. >> when i look at 1965, we are in a completely different world as far as race relations go. people that are still driving. and as far as i know it is true of all of america. i know that there is an obligatory thing.

>> and i wouldn't be friends with people that would have those kinds of attitudes. >> so what do you think when the president has been elected twice? he talks about race. >> it is almost purple. when you look at that picture and you think about what was really going on in the 1960s in the deep south, that was trouble and people were getting upset. lou: people put their lives on the line every single day to achieve great things. and i just find it amazing that some will try to take on the mantle of the heroic stature of those leaders of that time. >> those were the days of the worst kind of racism in the world. and that is not the truth anymore. lou: the book is called

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