martha: president obama says that budget cuts will mean fire tsa agents agent the airport as part of the sequester issue. we understand that the agency made a deal right before that sequester, $50 million contract

for new uniforms. so they may not be there but they will have some fancy new duds. bill: if they are. we'll see you on the radio. martha: coming up on the radio with brian. "happening now" starts right now. bye, everybody. jon: right now brand-new stories and breaking news. jenna: more changes at the white house following those automatic spending cuts. what the administration is canceling now to save money and what one republican says should happen instead. also after more than two weeks of testimony a woman on trial for the murder of her boyfriend is getting hit with more questions, but this time those questions are from the jury. we'll tell you about it. plus, the legend, regis, do you really need his last name? you all know regis, right? he's here to talk about his new talk show, new talk show and regis, it's all "happening now." right now millions of americans are bracing for a dangerous winter storm. hi, everybody, glad you're with

us. i'm jenna lee. jon: get the blankets and stay warm. i'm jon scott. this is a live look at our nation's capitol. snow is blanketing the white house as it began a bit earlier. the massive storm slamming the central part of the u.s. now it is hitting the east aiming straight for cities like washington and boston. there are major concerns about icy roads and possible power outages. doug mcelway is live where the snow is coming down. >> reporter: it's been coming down rile intensely for the better part of the morning here. it's really not sticking to the ground all that much. it's pretty watch out here, probably about 35, 34 degrees. the road chemicals worked rile, really well hat that temperature so it's not sticking to the page or thoroughfares. the last time we had a major snowstorm in the mark ton-metropolitan area that was january of 2011.

that was only five or six inches in the city property. on that occasion they did not shut everything down. it turned out to be a truly nightmarish rush out in the evening time for a city which has the worst traffic in the nation right now. on that particular date it took people who normally had a commute time of say a half hour or hour up to 12 hours to get home. people were getting home at dawn after their evening commute. the federal government does not want to see a repeat of that, that's why they shut down the government this morning, and the schools pretty much across the area as well. the big concern here pretty much is the fact that the snow is very, very thick, very heavy, very wet and the wind is expected to pick up as the day progresses here. we could have the potential for a lot of power outages, jon. jon: doug mcelway in virginia. stay bundled up. jenna: a way from the elements

to dealing with more elements of their own, new developments in the effort to avoid a government shut down. we are live on capitol hill where the house is getting ready to vote on the continuing resolution, a multibillion-dollar measure that would insure the government remains open past march, while also allowing the sequester to stay in place. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is nice and warm inside that capitol. mike, tell us a little bit about the vote today, what does it mean as far as funding the government past march? >> reporter: jenna, it's $982 billion. the significance of sequester is that since that is now law it lowers the amount to continue funding the government, the continuing resolution from the end of march until the end of september. now republicans in the house are also seeking to do some finessing, if you will to try and help the pentagon with funding that has been ham pwerd bhampered by sequester. here is speaker of the house

john boehner ahead of the debate. >> the house our goal is to cut spending, not to shut down the government. that's why we are going to cr this week and we would hope that the senate would take this bill up and move it quickly. the president on friday agreed that there is no reason to get into some debate about shutting down the government. it's just not a smart thing to do. >> reporter: they are having debate at this hour on the house floor. we expect if all things go as scheduled to have a vote in the next two to two and a half hours or so, and then it will be onto the senate, jenna. jenna: what about the senate? any drama -- i guess that is a loaded question. any drama expected on the senate side regarding the cr, the continuing resolution. >> reporter: the senate may want to finesse a little bit of the domestic spending programs. the house is worried about some of the defense stuff, the senate may be worried about some of the domestic programs. at this point it sounds like everybody wants to get this done

ahead of time by march 27th. here is the senate majority leader offering a swipe. >> what remains to be seen is whether this move apparently away from a crisis is true low a shift in strategy from the republicans or just a short break from extremism. >> reporter: everybody i've talked to up here on capitol hill seems to recognize that there is limited reward in fighting to the death, if you will, on the continuing resolution. they are going to save that fight for the budget, but again nobody is saying it is done until it is absolutely done, and so there's cautious optimism that they will get this done ahead of march 27th. jenna. jenna: maybe it' it should snow in d.c. more often. it's adding a little more motivation, together necessary. >> reporter: absolutely. jenna: mike emanuel live on capitol hill. thank you. jon: there is still new fallout from the sequester cuts, it comes after the white house

announced it will stop giving tours to the public because of the sequester-forced spending cuts. now there is a new idea on how to save money with one republican representative suggesting the president cancel his golf trips instead. congressman louie gomert of texas even wants to make it illegal for the president to use any tax dollars for commuting to his golf trips until the white house resumes giving public tours. joining us now with his take on this. charlie hurt, columnist for the washington times. so starting this weekend, charlie, we understand you can't take a tour of the white house because under sequester they just don't have the staff to make sure that everything is staff and secure. >> yeah and meanwhile, last we've heard the white house's chief ka big grapher that makes a hundred thousand dollars a year is still on staff. that is secure. i'm sure all the disappointed i

have it toers will be very glad t visitors will be very glad to know. this decision by the white house is very petty. worse than that is the idea that president obama would look at the situation and not see plenty of room to cut in the federal government. in fact he himself has said many times, you know, on the campaign trail that the federal government could stand to have cuts. and the notion that he can't find these cuts, but he can turn around and close the white house to the public is -- i think it's shocking and i would actually argue is probably the beginning of him kind of jumping the shark on all this. jon: we know that he famously went down to florida in air force one, hundreds of thousands of dollars just flying that big plane, but there is more to it than that. you've got to send the secret service, you've got to sweep the resort. a golf trip for the president, like he took with tiger woods is a multi-million dollar proposition, isn't it?

>> it absolutely is. in fact just going -- taking a quick trip to andrews air force base, which is where he generally does most of his golfing, just a trip like that is a vastly expensive operation, because you have -- as you mention you have the secret service, you have a massive detail, emergency detail that goes with him. there are helicopters at the ready, if he doesn't actually take a helicopter to get there, which he often does. and i don't think -- i don't think anybody is begrudging that, you know, obviously all americans want our president to be very safe, but the point is, that we make accommodations for that, why are we not making accommodations to keep the white house open? why are we not making accommodations to continue to make the federal government work in the ways that it does work as opposed to this bizarre mission that the administration is on right now to make americans feel pain from sequester. they want people to feel the pain here, and it makes no

sense. jon: john boehner the speaker of the house said we on the house side understood sequester was coming and we have made preparations for it, we are keeping the capitol open for thunder showers tours, toopen for showers. too bad you people at the white house continue do the same. >> the people on capitol hill tried to give the president the authority, the broad authority to rejigger all the sequester cuts throughout every department of his administration so that they would hurt lesson the ground, and not only did he refuse to sign it he vowed to veto it if it ever actually reached him. i can't help but think that at some point president obama's very, very good fortune in politics runs out if he continues to behave like this. jon: has he like fonzi jumped the shark? we'll put that question on our web page. charlie hurt. jenna: that's what is coming

up? jon: when you have regis in the show what happens do you need. jenna: anything could happen in the next two hours. thank you for that. bringing us back down to earth a fox business alert. we are watching live street today. this is a live look at the dow where your money is trading. this after the dow closed at a record high yesterday and appears to be moving higher today. nicole is live with us on the floor of the new york stock exchange with more. >> reporter: this is obviously great news for the people who are along this market. if you have 401k's, ira's you're celebrating, remember back in 2009 when the markets dropped down to 6500. here we are back again breaking through our records in 2007. we are seeing obviously leaders, things like ibm tacked on nearly a thousand points since the bear market low. american express and home depot have had big gains on the dow in percentage terms since our bear market low.

as far as today what are we seeing, still up arrows, if we closed right here right now it would be another record all time closing high. you're seeing a lot of names on the dow doing well. hewlett-packard. big lots is gaining on great sale numbers. back to you. jenna: thank you. jon: a much beloved actress refeels some devastating news. valerie harper announces she has terminal cancer, the details on her condition ahead. and he is often called the hardest working man in television, regis philbin who hosted "live" for decade before stepping down about a year ago. you have miss him, don't you? wepl hwell he has a new gig. >> right now i want to happen. jon: come on in and happen. jenna: "happening now." >> "happening now." can you believe it? jonny, nice to see you. ♪

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jenna: welcome back. regis philbin, and i don't think you need his last name, right. can we just say regis, is there another regis around? it's kind of like madonna. he left live a year ago. everyone knew the man who hold the guinness book title for spending the most time in front of a tv camera. probably won't be able to stay away for too, too long. he's back working with us. sort of, i mean sort of. he's joining fox sports one the new national sports network set to debut this summer. >> thank you so much for inviting me. we have to keep this special. this isn't fox cable or live fox network, this is a brand-new network. fox sports one. jenna: number one. >> there could be two and three as the years go by.

sports is so big now. if you look at the ratings it's always at the top. jenna: why sports, regis, why? >> i've always been a sports fan. i love sports i ream i do. and on my own show i used to talk about it here and now and the women i worked with said, not again. kathy lease, all these gals. gelman doesn't follow sports, but i couldn't help but talk about it because i rile -- i loved it. anyway this is right down my alley. jon: it's going to be one of the biggest rollouts ever in cable history this show. >> fox is really into it. i tell you i went to the up front yesterday, you know, and i listened to david hill, and all the execs talking about it. jon: up front for the viewer that's where the networks trot out big stars and say this is what you'll see, you'll see regis philbin on our air. >> exactly. i'm sitting around with how we long and jimmie johnson. and michael strahan, all the

guys up there. it was fun. jenna: this is the hard-hitting part of the interview, regis, is your whole return to fox tphoerts reallsports really getting back at michael strahan for taking your spot next to kelly. >> i wasn't even anticipating this. there was a meeting between one of your top execs and an old producer about mine who had an idea about a talk show once a phorbg the more we talked the more it occurred to this fell lashes eric shanks is his name that maybe i would have a position or be a good fit on the new fox sports one. so that's how it all started, and i never anticipated going become to sports. the very first job i did was in san diego, california doing a little sports for the news, you know, the 6:00 news. but other than that, this is it. jon: there is a little bit of notre dame in that tie, isn't

there? >> blue and gold? just the gold today, not after that alabama game. jenna: what is the new show going to be about? >> sports. jenna: sports, come on. it's about sports. jon: i done have to explain sports to jenna. >> you're a sportsman too i get. jenna: yeah. >> what is your favorite team. jenna: i can't call favorites. my father paid for the vikings, rams and falcons. >> what was his name. jenna: his name is bob lee. he played in super bowl iv that was a few years ago. >> what position did he play? jenna: a quarterback and a kicker. jon: he's a potential guest for you. jenna: i have to watch, i have to figure out what you're going to talk about. >> super bowl 4 roam row. jenna: what can we expect? >> it's going to be a panel of people, and we are going to have some fun in addition to the sports. you know, if you bring in somebody like george tphraopbe

clooney, we'll talk about george and the new movie, then we'll talk about sports. what is george's team? what is it right now, is it the cincinnati reds or go for the dodgers out in l.a. who were his heros growing up? we'll have a lot of fun along those lines. jon: you'll be adding to your guinness record. >> every day, every day going for 18,000. jenna: why not just relax and retire? >> well, i did but this is too good, it really is, the beginning of something new in television for this company. i want to be a part of it. i really do. jenna: i just got word that i think my father is available in case -- >> now we're going to get stuck with bob lee from super bowl iv. [laughter] jenna: and george clooney. >> they come in together, lee can join us. jenna: i like it. you never know. >> that's right you do never know. jon: it's great to have you in. >> thanks, jon, i'm happy to be here. jenna: can you stay for the next two hours?

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overseas thousands taking to the streets in venezuela over the death of 58-year-old president hugo chavez as the country observes the seven-day mourning period. one of the questions we're asking today, is what does this mean for the united states and our relationship with venezuela. also venezuela's allies going forward. consider some of their recent controversial moves like this, syria, a venezuelan oil tanker has made at least three ports of call there since december of 2011 helping bashar al-assad avoid international sanctions. china has propped up the chavez government with $32 billion in loans over the past several years in evenings change 0 for a steady supply of oil at lower than market value. iran has used $30 billion in so-called economic ventures in venezuela as a means to launder

money and evade sanctions. you can't forget russia, chavez purchased more than $4 billion of arms from that country. and cuba, ha* chavez provided this key ally with two-thirds of its oil worth roughly $5 billion a year. this is a long list of allies for venezuela. the question is what -ps now. john bolton is with us, former ambassador to the u.n., also a fox news contributor. we'll get to some of the chess board moves in a moment. on a very basic level what does the death of haoug and chavez really mean for the average american? >> i think it depends in large part on what happens in venezuela over the coming months and years, but the prospect is with chavez gone that u.s. relations with venezuela can improve, that the situation in the western hemisphere will get much better, that the risks and dangers posed by the castro brothers in cuba will diminish

and that russia and iran in particular will be in very difficult positions given the loss of venezuela as an ally. now i say a lot depend on how this plays out in venezuela first and chavez has it set up with an election coming in just 30 days to try to put his hand-picked successor in on a more permanent basis. but i don't think long term without chavez that chavezmo can succeed. the real question is how soon it begins to collapse. jenna: let's talk a little bit about what we should do. is it inch herpbl inherently quote unquote good for us that he is no longer the leader or we do need to take action to make sure we take advantage of the shift in the country. >> i think there is a lot of potential. we have to wait and see how it plays out. the chavez movement itself is not mon money monolythic.

why he's tapped nicolas maduro it's not for sure that everybody will go along with that. we are probably best advised by staying hands-off and hoping that the opposition can hold together and prevail. if they don't then i think we'll have to look at ways to split the chavez movement from the outside. there will be a lot of venezuelans who in effect are in exile now since chavez has been in power who will try and go back. i think it's one of the reasons why the dynamic favors the collapse of the chavez legacy sooner rather than later. jenna: why is this poe tepbg allepotentially so bad for a country like eye stphrapb. >> in the case of iran you had one indication of their money laundering activities. the iranian embassy in caracas is the largest in the world. they are doing even more in

using venezuela to avoid u.n., u.s. and european sanctions than obviously we know on a public basis. number two, venezuela has the second largest supply of uranuim in the world african today, so for a country like iran that is extremely important, and the iranians have used venezuela as a base to help support terrorist activities in this hemisphere and around the world with hezbollah and others coming in and out of the country. so if all of this is denied iran it's not that they might not be able to find that sort of help elsewhere but it's a aoupblg loss of a base of operations potentially here in the western hemisphere. jenna: we are also seeing the volatility in syria. being that iran many point to as our number one national security threat that can be debatable, but many look at it that way, ambassador just quickly and iran, here are some of their biggest partners at a time again of great upheaval. what kind of opportunity does that give us with iran and

iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon? >> well, this is certainly the last time to remove economic sanctions or even weaken the sanctions as we and the europeans are proposing to them when the pressure is on. the iranians are very determined especially in their support for international terrorism and their nuclear weapons program and i don't think the sanctions have had the bite they should have already. we are in very difficult times here even with the bashar al-assad regime in syria under pressure and chavez dying in venezuela. jenna: you wonder if some of that upheaval actually motivates the iranian regime more rather than detours it, or disrupts it in anyway. ambassador great to see you as always. thank you. >> thank you, jenna. jon: a massive winter storm slamming a large part of the u.s. the central part of the country has already been pelted. now the east coast is feeling the worst. millions are preparing for this monster storm. wear tracking it for you. also, in arizona the jodi arias

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weather alert. millions of americans bracing for winter storm warning. many had experience in the central part of the country and now it has been moving east. federal agencies are shutting down because of the storm and our big concerns about dangerous roads and possible power outages as well. janice dean is with us at the fox extreme weather center. janice: spring is officially two weeks away. there is your silver lining this morning. looking at the snowfall totals come up over 17 inches in rocky bar, virginia. we will definitely see some to foot snowfall totals. the storm just got its act together within the last six to eight hours. a lot of snow west of the washington dc area. you can see along the coast, mainly evening event. as you can see we are kind of fighting with the rain and sleet and we are still going to struggle between the heavy wet

snow, the rain, freezing rain and sleet. we could see snow totals cut back a little bit. having 40 miles to the west and it's all snow. breaking it down for you wednesday into thursday, it just kind of sits on the shore and lingers and brings us 24 to 40 hours of very gusty winds and implement whether all along the coast. coastal flooding is going to be a concern, especially in the areas that got hit by hurricane sandy. those natural barriers are gone. this will be a big concern, power outages where we have the heaviest wet snow. just west of the boston area, over a foot, maybe 2 feet possible for those poor folks in new england who have been hit by storm after storm. really within the last three to four weeks.

jenna: okay we will keep an eye on it. thank you, janice dean. jon: a devastating diagnosis or a tv icon. rick folbaum has more. rick: that's right, valerie harper breaking news to people magazine saying that she found out about her diagnosis back in january. she is a familiar face, playing a few different roles on hit shows. she played rhoda on the old mary tyler moore show, she was so popular that she got a spinoff called rhoda, 52 million people watched the episode where she got married. not too shabby. valerie harper is 73 years old and she tells people that she doesn't think about dying, but about being here now. we sent her and her loved ones of the very best. jon: we sure do, she is tremendous.

thank you, rick. >> do you remember the mandalas with you on that day? dear member choking him? >> yes, the very last time previous to this day. i didn't want him to take advantage of that position again. jenna: that was jodi arias on the stand, talking about the final days and hours before she killed her boyfriend. she has been testifying for 15 days in his murder trial, and it's not over yet. jurors have their own questions for her. lisa has the latest in denver. as far as these questions from the jury, they have quite a few, don't they? reporter: jenna, they have 100 questions for jodi arias. the chances are that not all of

them will be asked. the defense wrapped up its defense by having her details accounted for the last moments of alexander's life. her attorney asked her why she did it. >> after he attacked me, i don't remember the specifics, but i just remember panicking and thinking that he is angry and he came after me and coming after me and he wouldn't stop coming after me. >> did you have any other choice? >> at the moment i did not feel like i did. >> attorneys on both sides will review these questions and then she will take the stand again.

jenna: she's going into detail, but she says she doesn't remember the specifics. what is going on here? be 15 and 16 now. >> that's right, the prosecution has already gone after her on her memory. her attorney had her explain how on one day of testimony she would claim that she didn't recall shooting travis alexander. stabbing him 27 times, and slitting his throat. then on another day, providing detail and reason. yesterday she explained she was putting it together logically from what she knows happened. not so much from what her memories are telling her. she is back on the stand again today. jenna: we will look for that. thank you so much. jon: congressman paul ryan is taking on one of the nation's biggest problems right now, which is medicare. the house budget chairman trying to come up with a new budget plan for next week that would rein in the costs of entitlement

programs and eliminate deficits within 10 years. but a major dilemma is standing in the way. finding consensus on changes to long-standing promises to the public like raising the medicare retirement age, for instance, or enacting massive tax hikes on future generations to pay for those benefits for seniors. jim angle is live in washington with a look at the task ahead. reporter: yes, it is an ugly one, jon. babies who can't count yet have nasty surprise coming when i start working and paying taxes. we will have to cover unfunded promises of some $35 trillion. let's take a listen. >> we are unwilling to cover those costs right now. therefore we are saying to her kids and grandkids that we don't want to pay for, we will have you doing. >> a young person has to realize that a taxes will be increasing

enormously or benefits will be increasing enormously. reporter: how much of the taxes have to go up? the cbo examined the issue and found that the young would face staggering tax increases in decades to come. without changes to benefits, taxes would have to increase by 40% in 2030 and a whopping 86% in 2050, pushing the highest rate up to more than 73%. without additional revenues, it could increase the federal debt to unsupportable levels. many advocates reject any changes to these benefits. >> we represent the view that is held by the vast majority of americans. independents, republicans, democrats. they say absolutely no benefit cuts to social security or medicare or medicaid. reporter: but that is not going to make up the shortfall of more

than $35 trillion. the nation is clearly undergoing a massive shift of resources. to a growing body of seniors, living longer and longer. >> right now for every dollar that we spent on young people, we are spending $4 on senior citizens. reporter: in fact, by the year 2025, entitlement spending will soak up every last tax dollar, leaving no money for any other function of government. so there is a monumental clash coming between the young and old and the longer we wait to fix it, the worse and the harder it will get. jon: it's a train wreck that we can see coming. the question is do we have the courage do something about it? reporter: that's exactly right. jon: thank you. i will run for office. [laughter] jenna: how many people will vote for jon? jenna: a new plan against

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jenna: new reaction to a program that was set up for childhood obesity. public school officials are being criticized for sending home letters about children's weight. the so-called butters are going home with kids after they go under a training process that uses a body mass index to check if they are overweight. the families can opt out of this, but regardless the program is one that passes initiatives since 2005. parents are not super excited about it.

reporter: essentially one of these families is weighing in. they are in fighting shape. as you can see, this kid, look at how active he is. they referred to their son as obese. he won a state wrestling championship over the weekend. a very active kid, and getting this letter will not in any way stop them from him from pursuing his dreams and becoming a professional athlete. >> in your face. i got the obese letter. some of my friends got the letter and got really sad. reporter: initially they laughed the letter off, but then they decided what they perceive to be flawed information that wasn't that funny. it lets parents know if their child is underweight or just

about right. it is just an example of bureaucratic overreach, something. >> we are lucky that he is secure within himself. but once again, not feeling so great about themselves, many of the kids that night. reporter: these letters were essentially costly and unnecessary. but the massachusetts the department of public health weighs in on this. they say their parents and guardians are given the opportunity to weigh th child's measurements by request. now, that policy is not appeasing everyone and some legislation has been filed to stop the quote unquote sat letter. it aims department of public health to collect the body measurements and statistics in

general. jenna: i can't wait to see that kid on the usa. when inactive kid. >> that's right, he's not shy either. [laughter] jon: his mom says he is pretty well adjusted and i would say that is an understatement. jenna: no one else really has a choice, he's going to take you down. [laughter] jon: the gun-control debate heating up especially in the wake of what happened at sandy hook elementary. all of this while gun sales are skyrocketing. on both sides of the national gun debate, are they off target? we will take an in-depth look coming up next new honey bunches of oats greek yogurt and whole grain.

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jenna: this week colorado is moving new gun control measures

along. just one state of many with new gun laws that are being considered right now. a debate on stricter gun control is actually happening on a national level, and the united states, an estimated 70 million americans own guns, that's one out of three of us. last year, or background checks were conducted in any other year in history. background checks in general have surged 54% since the election of president obama president obama and that in part inspired our next guest. with all of the noise on gun control and gun rights, this man decided to go to what he calls the gun guy, a group that he himself belongs to and he joins us now on the set. he is the author of gun guys, road trip. okay so who are they? >> i was surprised. a lot of jews, which surprised me, i'm a jewish liberal democrat and i couldn't believe how many i met. a lot of liberals. and a lot of conservatives but

women, african-american, old fat white guys come as they call themselves,. jenna: what surprises you about that? >> the big surprise was 15,000 miles. i always knew how attractive guns were to shoot and handle. but i had never really thought of that the way that we did a lot of pride at of just owning these guns and managing them safely taking care of them, using them effectively. there was another element that i had never expected and that was it places a tremendous amount of trust in people. some people think that we have too much of owning a guns. but it represent a unique relationship between government and people. we are special that way.

a lot of guys talking about how proud they are to be participating in american history just by being one of the people that is allowed to own a firearm. jenna: one of the things you mentioned is that you thought that this conversation was really divided between party lines. and that is something that you wanted to explore more. after this documentation, are we having the right conversation? >> oh, goodness, no. there are all kinds of things we could do. if we wanted to be safer, there are all kinds of things that have nothing to do with the gun ban. but it would involve including the gun guys in the debate and what we have done now with all this talk is we have driven him out of the debate that they often go into. jenna: do you feel like you are not as well? >> less than sun.

remember, i am a liberal democrat, but i am a gun guy. but it's a pity that the very people who know the guns the best, they are not part of the conversation. jenna: we only have 30 seconds left, but why are they not part of the conversation? >> when i was driving on the contrary, i would meet working guys all the time. would democratic party is the party of the working men and we like guns. they will not listen to the democrats know about anything. climate change, immigration, because of the institutional hostility of guns and i'm always trying to tell people to cool it on the gun control and won't make us safer. and we are doing ourselves a lot of damage. jenna: a very interesting anecdote at the beginning about how you became a gun guy.

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jon: we are in the control room with brand-new stories coming your way over the next 15 minutes, including stories about the people not being able to visit the white house. automatic budget cuts have caused this according to the administration, but some republicans are calling it petty politics. there may be signs of a major winter storm dumping on the capital city. and this donut shop worker knows just how to get rid of a one of the robber. we have the details and all of that as "happening now" starts right now. jon: one of the first and most visible casualties of this

cluster is causing a big controversy. welcome to a brand-new our happening now. jenna: we were thinking about what would come out of this sequestration. >> hello, everybody, i am generally. white house was canceling public tours. people plan far planned far in advance and the white house says it needs close the doors because of staffing reductions caused by sequestration. >> thank you for calling the white house visitors office 24 hour information line. tours are being canceled due to staffing reductions and the tours will be canceled effective march 9, 2013 until further notice. jenna: how speaker john boehner saying in an e-mail, while i am

disappointed, the white house has chosen to comply with sequestration i am please to assure you that the public tours of the united states capitol will continue. alternative spending reductions have been implemented within this to ensure that public tours and others can proceed as they normally would. that is the response from the speaker. critics are wondering why the president would cancel the tours instead of finding another way to make cuts. especially considering this statement made by first lady michele obama. >> this is really what the white house is all about. i say this all the time. it is a place that is steeped in history and also plays where everyone should feel welcome. that is why my husband and i have made it our mission to open up the house to as many people as we can.

jenna: others are wondering about the presidents golf getaways, his outings around the country. like his trip a few weeks ago to plate a game of golf in palm beach, florida. questions about spending in general. previouslpreviousl y standing out in the snow, hopefully we had the money. reporter: let's just talk about the political problem here. republicans say the president tried to exaggerate pressuring them to reach a deficit reduction bill. folks say the federal government is trying to make the best of a bad situation by implementing budget cuts that were never supposed to happen.

each side, of course, looking for political advantage. wear the uniform division of the secret service is covered by the sequester and officials say they are canceling tour starting next week, so they have enough people to cover other security tools around the area, not just the tourists, without incurring overtime. they canceled it today because of the snow we are expecting. they claim to be continuing some tours despite the sequester, how speaker john boehner said that is because they planned for it. but louie gohmert is not satisfied and he wants to ban the president and playing golf until the white house tours resume. >> so the president will not be able to take a golf outing because there are 341 more federal officials to be furloughed to lose their jobs at least temporarily. reporter: of course presidential travel has no impact. meanwhile, mr. obama is treating

a dozen senators to dinner to end the sequester. >> that work remains to be done. the president is interested in working with them to bring about a resolution. we should be able to do it. reporter: with a democrat and republican caucuses, it is the first time that he has met with the republicans on the hill. speak you know indication on the menu for the dinner? [laughter] >> i expect it will not be hot dogs and no one will complain. >> just curious, you mentioned ribeye. i had to ask. thank you so much. thank you for the update. jon: they should pack their own

brown by the punches. the republicans are being invited over for dinner, some of them anyway, there are signs that the president is trying to reach out to republicans to try to come up with a new budget deal. mitch mcconnell says that he welcomes the move. >> i expect the president has talked to various members and i wish he would have done more of that over the years. we have had very limited interaction with the president and he certainly doesn't have to go through me and i'm sure he will and i encourage them to do so. jon: some are wondering whether the willingness to reach out is connected to the recent drop in his polling numbers right after the sequester kicked in. his approval rating is now at 49%, down from a high of 56% shortly after hi inauguration. let's talk talk about it with juan williams, fox news political analyst.

one senior democratic congressional aides said that the president seems to view relations with lawmakers as a chore and not an opportunity. is this the right thing to do, to be inviting some of these republican senators to dinner? >> yes, his mitch mcconnell said, he should have done a long time ago. it's not just republicans, but the entire congressional delegation. oftentimes they feel that they don't make that effort to develop the kind of ties that allow you to drive people and understand what's going on on the hill. he views it as kind of a let them do it and i will make the final decision. in this case, though, i think that what you see with the poll numbers is that the republican argument that the president should have at least accepted this idea of added flexibility so that he could minimize some of the damage being done by the sequester, it is something that

plays well into the democratic base and certainly not playing well with republicans. jon: we know last week that mcconnell said it was the first time that he had spoken to the president in two months since the deal of the midnight deadline on the fiscal cliff. >> that is correct. the president's position was, the deal is still on the table from previous negotiations. what do we have to talk about unless you folks are willing to show the that you want to address the revenue situation and republicans are clear in saying no more revenue. but now i think the president understands that we need to make a deal. they have gone past the sequester deadline and now they are approaching the budget deadline. there is a need to do something

and i think that the whole notion, this is the republican argument, where is the presidential leadership. you can say that republicans are hardheaded, obstinate, but you know what? the president has to demonstrate leadership to the american people and demonstrate that he is trying to make a deal. he can't simply be mr. hardnose. in that case, people will blame them for the problems. jon: we will keep an eye on this as well. juan williams, thank you so much. jenna: on the senate floor, senator rand paul is filibustering the nomination of john brennan. he was nominated to lead the cia. we had senator rand paul on our program last week and he had concerns about this and wants a statement from the administration about the use of drones in this country.

he was trying to force the administration to come out and say that they are not going to use drones now or ever against americans on our soil. we know it has been controversial. but this is something that the senator feels very strongly about, and that is why he wants some sort of policy explanation from this administration. that is why he is filibustering or delaying the potential vote that would pass him through to be the head of the cia. we will keep track of what he has to say and bring any news as it happens, that is what is happening now on the senate floor. outside the locker room, the biggest winter storm of the season. it hammered the midwest and parts of the ohio river valley. pictures there of ohio on your screen, 6 inches of snow. forcing thousands of drivers to navigate through slick roads and

conditions. northern virginia taking a big hit. leaving more than 100,000 homes and businesses without power. our nations capital has turned mostly into rain. federal offices closing in advance of this over what some are referring to as the snows snow is sequester. as congressman issues day in session. it is business as usual. the not so much if you are traveling. hundreds of flights going in and out of reagan national airport canceled and that is where we find steve centanni. reporter: that's right, major travel disruptions in this part of the country because of this heavy winter storm. raining here in the washington dc area. we expect a big hit of five to 8 inches later on tonight when the snow comes back. here in washington, reagan national airport is open.

mostly to the south and the midwest, nothing around here in the northeast, let's take a look at some pictures that we shot. later on today we do expect hundreds of flights that have been canceled, almost everything, although there are a few as i mentioned -- it will get worse a little later. all of this started when the same storm barreled across the midwest. here is an airport spokesman explaining now. >> there will still be residual delays and cancellations as the storm continues to move north and east. it is an interconnected system and its form of this magnitude and they can it can continue well beyond once the storm has stopped. reporter: there have been several cancellations because of

the storm. yesterday there were 1500 flights canceled mostly in and out of chicago. today 1700 flights, mostly at dulles national airport, predicting even more of this tomorrow. it could get worse if this country and there is a lot of snow on the ground. call ahead, check with your airline and make sure if your flight is on schedule or canceled. jon: what you need to know about hezbollah and venezuela and what they plan to do next after the death of hugo chavez. also more on the massive snowstorm that steve centanni was just talking about that is slamming the dc area. a live update straight ahead.

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jon: and extreme weather updated on a powerful winter storm that is making its way up the mid-atlantic. already it has battered parts of the northern plains and a huge swath of the midwest. meteorologist janice dean is alive in the fox news weather center. janice: yes, this is freezing rain and sleet. just hovering around the dc area. that pink that john mentioned is very slippery, just east of the baltimore area. down towards lexington park, that is where we are seeing the mixture. people are being urged to stay indoors today for a snow day. we have topped the snow totals down a little bit, but south and west of the city, that's where we get upwards of a foot.

we think a few inches of slush over the next two days. and higher amounts of wins, 30 miles per hour, 40 miles per hour for the next 24 to 40 hours and it will cause flooding and some storm surge on vulnerable areas along the east coast. jon: you know we will be watching it. thank you, janice dean. jenna: the death of hugo chávez's. he developed some deep ties with iran. he was allowed to have a relationship between venezuela and iran, apparently so close that there was a day of mourning declared because of his death. but there are some differing opinions about how much of a threat hezbollah is now south of the border and what will happen in light of his death.

matthew levitt is director of counterterrorism in middle east policy and he is the author of an upcoming book. a good person to talk about it with. we need to address how active of a threat he could be. what is the truth about hezbollah and venezuela? >> the truth is that it has been true that has what has been there for many years. a small number of those operatives are able to hide in plain sight. we are very aware of this because we have seen connections and multiple cases. we found a few that came in through venezuela and there was a major bust in the philadelphia area where the operatives were

buying and stealing police stations and cell phones and shipping them to venezuela and they were getting passports and returned. one of our concerns is that hezbollah is getting passports passwords that are easy to duplicate and they often come according to some reports, the government has been providing them to the group. jenna: that gives them more freedom to travel to places like america? >> yes, to travel anywhere. we are concerned as they are just to the south. this is an immediate concern to us. jenna: what you think of the death of hugo chávez? that limit their growth and operations? >> on the one hand, they were active in venezuela, hezbollah was. on the flipside, opportunities to expand under his reign. there is an opportunity now without doubt for there to be an opportunity of change. the last election demonstrated there is a large segment of the population that is not enamored

with the bull of aryan revolution. some of the alternative candidates are able to make a stronger stand now that is dominant personality is gone, you could have a situation where the government is no longer tolerant of hezbollah. but that remains to be seen. jenna: we have been talking about tehran and damascus. i only have about 30 seconds here, but is that a connection? is that happening because of hezbollah? is that something else? >> well, the u.s. law enforcement referred to this as terror and we have several instances where people could not just go on and book a flight, there was a list of flights that only certain people could book. jenna: we got through when we tried once. we were told we don't think you can and there are no tickets available. kind of interesting.

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jenna: she's got the coffee, she knows how to use it. she throws the coffee into his face and there you go. she even grabs the whole pot. police are on the look out for the suspect driving away in a white ford explorer and a little bit of a wounded ego. jon: good for her. a major bust for taxpayers in nebraska after the state's governor nixes a controversial plan that would have completely eliminated the state's personal and corporate income taxes. william la jeunesse takes a look at that live from l.a.

>> politically it looked like a no-brainer, close the corporate loopholes and use the money to get rid of nebraska's personal income tax. that was a plan by the governor closing $2.5 billion in tax breaks an exemptions enjoyed by nebraska business, in returnee limb nature the state's 4.5% income tax. >> we compete in a national and global economy today, and to that extent capital is more mobile, talent is more mobile and you have to be compared to compete in that environment. that demands a lower income tax rate. >> reporter: the plan ran into a buzz saw of opposition at the state capitol where lobbyists from churches, hospitals, manufacturers, agriculture they all screamed like like a stuffed pig. they killed the deal to protect their bottom line because they have even void niece tax breaks for a longtime.

>> for farmers and rafpbers it would mean sales tax on seed, irrigation, fuel, machinery, those kind of things. it would have been a huge increase in sales tax. >> reporter: the governor says he will try again next year. here is the take away. we hear a lot about tax reform in washington where the president also says he wants to raise money by closing loopholes. if nebraska is any guide don't fall inch love with th in love with the rhetoric. taxpayers could again get the shortened of the stick. jon: easier said than done tax reform. thanks. jenna: after more than two weeks of testimony a woman on trial for the murder of her ex-boyfriend is getting hit with more questions. this time the questions are coming from the jury. our legal panel on what we can expect coming up. don't forget to take your vice minimums, that's what you hear, right? maybe you should skip them.

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jon: next stop? the jodi arias murder trial. arizona one of three states to allow jurors to pose questions once the state and defense lawyers have finished. airy as could get the death penalty if this jury doesn't like her answers and decides to convict her. she is accused of stabbing

ex-boyfriend travis alexander 27 times, shooting him twice in the nason slashing his throat in a jealous rage in what has been days of dripping testimony. airy as is now claiming self-defense, that after changing her story at least two times. yesterday her lawyer gave her a chance to explain why she could not recall answers to some of the prosecution questions. listen. >> do you have any memories of slashing mr. alexander's throat? >> no. >> when you our asked on cross-examination if you did that, do you recall telling us that you did? >> yes. >> was that a recollection or a logical assumption on your part? >> it was definitely not a recollection, it was just based on the facts that i knew. jon: right now the judge and

lawyers are pouring over more than one hundred questions jury members have submitted. the trial is set to resume later today. let's talk about it with a jury consultant, esther panich a criminal defense attorney and dan shore a former prosecutor. as a former prosecutor, would you want the jury to ask questions? i mean doesn't it suggest that you as a prosecutor haven't entirely done your job if they still have questions to be answer stpherd. >> mos answered? >> most states don't allow this. arizona does. it's not a reflection on the prosecutor. in this case we'll see what they ask. so much of jodi arias' testimony did not relate to the killing of taf reu taf travis alex apb alabama exapbd der. it dealt with their sex life. we'll see what it focuses in on. jon: i'm sure the jury will

learn a great deal from the questions they ask. >> i had a trial here in orlando, a civil trial, and the juror came back and asked a question that kind of blew the mind of everyone in there which really gave insight into what the verdict was going to be. so, what i'm hearing here is that we've got jurors that are a little bit frustrated, they've got a lot of questions, now they are taking control, they are kind of revving up a little bit more, gathering their questions up so they can get some answers. what we find is that those who ask those questions come to a more clear verdict because they have more understanding of the evidence that is before them. jon: esther, a hundred questions. jodi arias has been on the stand for 15 days and still a hundred questions? >> yes. i'm really excited to hear what the questions are, not only will the actual questions give us a clue of what they are thinking, but the tone and tenor of the question will do such as well. are the questions going to be

accusatory or softball. we will know if the jurors start asking questions about jodi's upbringing and maybe some trauma from her past that would give us a clue that they may be interested -- or may be able to accept more of a battered woman syndrome-type defense or self-defense. what may have triggered her that day. if they are accusatory then obviously it's more along the lines that they are going to convict. i think it takes -- as a trial lawyer i don't like the idea of jurors asking questions. i like me being able to respond as a defense attorney to what the prosecutors are asking, and that's it. i don't want the jurors to be asking questions, because it does take control away from the lawyers in the courtroom, and just like susan said, sometimes they come up with things that the lawyers in the case have no idea that that's what -- jon: so there is the take after defense attorney. dan, what about it? do the jury questions give advantage to one side or the other?

>> it doesn't give advantage too one side of the other but it will be interesting. jodi arias admits now that she killed travis alexander and we know she lied about it and a lot of other things. i think it's really clear that she will be convicted and the big question is will she get the death penalty? these questions may give a hint about how jurors are looking at her background as esther suggested and how that will relate to their ultimate decision about whether she gets the death penalty or not. jon: susan she has been on the stand as we noted for 15 days, sometimes, i mean the thinking is that jurors may have just sort of emotionally bonded with her, even though they don't necessarily like her, and they might not want to put her to death as a result. >> well, you know, if you remember with the casey anthony trial we had the state, the defense completely right across from one another. they had to look -- the jury had to look at casey anthony the entire time. so there is that level of likability that starts to build, that rapport building. here is the thing, what i've been hearing in the courtroom is some of the jurors are fed up, they are over and done with it

and ready to make a decision. it can become an irritant after a while. when you're look at someone all the time and seeing their demeanor change from being a little victim and being con den sending back to a victim dane it will be like something doesn't feel right. it may not always work for her. jon: there is, esther the stories change, there are the excuses, the memory lapses, she can't remember what actually happened when he died. i mean, there is an awful lot to this story that the defense is going to have to fight against. >> there are some really bad facts here. but the ultimate goal of the defense attorney, when you have a death penalty case is to save your client's life. a win in this case is the death penalty not being imposed on jodi arias. jon: and potentially jodi goes to prison for live. thank you very much. susan cons sta constantine.

dan shore, esther panich. we will he continue to watch this. jenna: we have details on what can go in your bag at the airport. >> reporter: these are new rules and changes being proposed and already being criticized. the tsa announcing starting next month airline passengers will be allowed to bring small knives on board of their flights and able to bring souvenir, small baseball bats, golf clubs and whiffle ball bats. the bans have been in place since 9/11. box cutters, full blade knives and full size basketball bats are still banned. the flight attendant's union says it will fight the changes. union leaders say it will put flight attendants and passenger at risk and that the union will fight to keep the rules as they are. as for the small knives they have to be retractible blades no

longer than 2.36 inches long and a half-inch wide. as for the golf clubs you won't be able to board with your own set, you have a limit of two clubs that you can bring with you. jenna: which ones do you bring. >> i'll leave that up to your caddy and you. jenna: i brought jam, i forgot it was a liquid i was bringing it as a gift. my jam was not allowed through butt little knives. >> reporter: you can bring a pocket knife. jenna: and you'll check out the hairspray. jon: jenna only need two clubs, a 7 iron and a pu putter. jenna: hole game. that is for minimum too tour golf, that's where i hit my stride knee was the world famous ballet director horribly disfigured in an acid attack. hear who is confess tog this vision act and why. intrigue out of the vatican as the cardinals get ready to choose a new pope, but is

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>> a dancer confess toes a horrific acid attack against a world-famous ballet director. rick has been following the store row for us. we development. >> reporter: you typically think of balance ballerinas as having elegance and grace. but a star dancer says he was the mastermind behind the acid attack on the artistic director of the bolshoi theater. sergei filin had acid thrown in his face back in january. he suffered severe burns to his eyes and face. he told reporters that he thought he knew who was behind the attack on him. authors pw-r and after pictures of fill r-frplt he didn't name whsergei filin. they looked into the dancerafter

learning he had been in contact with an ex-con who police say wound up being the actual attacker. a third person involved in this. police releasing a video of the dancer admitting to planning the attack. police say the motive was personal enmity against the troop leader for not casting his ballerina girlfriend in more prominent rolls. the dancer was a star performing several leading roles for the dance troupe. his dancing days are over. you can bring hairspray on airplanes according to the tsa. jenna: it's small not like a golf-size hairspray, it's the small one still. jon: how much do you need? jenna: i'm just saying, it's hard to get some of the stuff in a little bottle, but a golf club? >> reporter: they sell the travel size toy receipt trees. jenna: there ace lot going on here beneath the surface. thank you for checking it out. jon: right now at the vatican

say goodbye to the daily press briefings from the american cardinals. canceled over concerns of leaks as the cardinals hold secret meetings ahead of the selection to select the next pope. amy kellogg is in rome and joins us now live. amy. >> reporter: there was a sense that too much information was getting out to the press from these meetings. nothing that was too spectacular, just details, and that was enough, because these cardinals have taken a note of secrecy. they've decided now that they will speak with one voice, jon and only after the conclave takes place. it wasn't necessarily just the american cardinals leaking information, in any event this is what is going on now. there is no word on the date of the conclave which of course is what we are all waiting for. the prominent italian newspaper says that st. peters basilica has been booked for the mass that kicks off the conclave on monday. still, no confirmation that in fact the conclave will be happening then.

there was a separate mass today in saint peters for the cardinals, praying for the church. once the conclave does begin each cardinal will take a solemn oath before god before casting his first ballot. >> may the best man win. it really takes on a whole new meaning, because there can be all sorts of politicsing before in one way or the other. but in the end it's them, their conscience in front of god voting for the person they consider the best person. >> the voting will take place in the sis seen chapel. conclave comes from the latin [speaking latin ] it means with a key, locked in. this tradition started in the 13th century when it had taken two years and nine months to elect the pope. the towns people walled up the doors of the meeting place. their only contact with the outside world was through a hole via which food came in and eventually people tore the roof off the building because they thought that would make the electors sufficiently uncomfortable to get on with the job quickly. obviously conditions in the

sistine chapel will be more civilized. but the cardinals will not be able to have any contact with the outside world, no phone calls, no twitter, no internet, none of that, all of them are here now except for the one from vietnam who is expected to arrive tomorrow, jon. jon: i don't think anybody is going to be tearing the roof off the sistine chapel as a result of all this. >> reporter: no way. jon: keep an eye on it, amy kellogg, thank you. jenna: back to washington d.c. right now. we've showed this picture to you at the beginning of the hour. senator rand paul is filibustering the nomination of john brennan to lead the cia, a filibuster is used to delay legislation in the senate. we heard that a vote on john brennan is going to happen tomorrow in the senate. presumably, jon, i guess if senator rand paul continues to talk for the next 24 hours he could dramatically delay the vote e. says he's going to talk as long as possible because he wants a statement from the president, from the administration about their drone policy on u.s. soil.

he's asked for it, he's waited for it and he hasn't received an adequate response. so he's taking to the floor and he's going to keep talking. jon: the old fashioned kind of filibuster tere, just keep going, keep talking. jenna: he's at an hour, exactly an hour right now. we'll keep track of how long he goes from here. jon: all right. jenna: there is apparently a continue verse she over calcium. for years we've heard about the subpoen supplements critical role in preventing osteoporosis. why are more and more doctors telling their patients maybe they should reconsider taking a calcium supplement? we'll tpwaub talk about that next. does this kid look fat to you? right, not so much. he's got that mohawk going on, he's fit. why did his school send a letter home saying he's overweight. the debate over body mass index and whether these letters, quote unquote fat letters for kids are really the way to go. that is next.

jenna: there is a growing healthcare debate now after several doctors issue several new warnings about the risk of taking calcium supplements. once thought to be a very critical weapon in the battle against osteoporosis and other things there are maybe warning signs about that. this doctor is the director of the furshine center for comprehensive medicine. doctors say you have to take your calcium. why is there pause now on that. >> the studies do not completely support the use of high doze calcium supplementation in the thousand to 2,000-milligram range. the studies support the use of calcium that is obtained from food. what we need to do is balance those issues. the other thing that women need to think b and men, because

osteoporosis is a big problem for men too is they need to understand that there are other supplements that also increase the absorption of coliseum. jenna: why there is concerned of taking calcium in pill form. what is the risk potentially for people taking it in that way? >> the problem is, and what the studies seem to suggest is that when you take calcium you can also cause the calcium to precipitate in your arteries and that could increase the risk of blocking your arteries. it's sort of like the cement, you think about there are the bricks and the mortar. the cement in between it can be the calcium. cholesterol causes problems, free radical damage causes problems with the arteries. the calcium may tkphos it hardening the art tees and making them less resilient. jenna: you don't get the same effect if you drink a couple of cups a milk today. you don't get that effect in your arteries.

>> it doesn't seem that is exactly what happens. it's also difficult to get that much calcium from consuming that much milk. there are other problems from drinking that amount of milk and getting that much ca calcium. the good news is that there are other supplements that you can take. vitamin d over a thousand units is shown to be helpful. vitamin k, a supplement people don't realize or look at in terms of osteoporosis. in addition to d and k people can sake supplements like calcium, magnesium, sometimes they come in combination. jenna: a good conversation to have with your doctors. i'd like to get your thoughts on molly line's story last year. the massachusetts school system has been sending letters to parents if their child's bmi, body mass inch diction is too high. they are calling them fat letters. there is a controversy about it. parents don't like hearing that but at the end of the day as a medical professional, is this a good warning? is this something -- >> i think it's a conversation that as a society we need to

have. i don't know if there may be some sensitivity issues about sending letters that might be interpreted as fat letters. you know, body mass index we will i doesn't tell you much more than how tall you are, and how much you weigh and it takes array she owe. there are other ways to determine risk in terms of obesity. obesity means too much fat. what we do is we measure the waist-hip ratio. that is about a good way to tell if your waist is two big you're storing too much fat. jenna: it's not something that the fools should be doing? >> i think the schools have an obligation to notify the parents there may be an increase. but those are things that parents should be talking about with their doctors and also opening up the conversation so they do talk about healthier eating, also in the school, but at home as well. jenna: some good information for us today, doc. always good to have you in the studio, thank you. jon: a spectacular show is dazzling san francisco, a light sculpture brightens the night,

25,000 lights transform the bay bridge from gray to great. look at that. very cool. megyn: