>> good morning to you. thank you for waking up to us. i am heather nauert. >> thank you for watching fox and friends first. >> while you were sleeping a wild storm system slams the midwest with harsh winds greezing temperatures a-- freezing temperatures and tornadoes. >> ainsley earhardt is here with the details. >> good morning to both of you but not such a good morning for some of these families. the pictures incredible. the four kwar church in arkansas

a pile of rubble. the pastor of that church naturally upset seeing the church the one he helped build destroyed. >> we built this church probably 10 years ago. heartbreaking. just heartbreaking. >> this 13 wheeler flipped on its side. >> all of a sudden i started spinning out of control for a long time. then all of a sudden it stopped. then all i did was pray and asked the lord to not let me die. >> over to missouri check this out lightening striking the gateway arch in st. louis. high winds knocking huge trees into houses in the town of hazelwood. they are looking for damage for

any one who might have been injured or buried underneath. there were no serious injuries. minnesota storms packing heavy snow and ice. there might be no relief in sight unfortunately more snow expected there this morning. it is spring heather and patti ann. >> as the sunrises we will tell you more about the devastation in these states. maria molina is live and she is tracking another round of wild weather. >> the same storm system responsible for 250 reports of severe weather including tornadoes across sections of the middle mississippi valley into the plains is moving ooeb. they were talking about more widespread severe storms. we have thunderstorms and areas of heavy rain from houston texas up to the city of detroit. a large storm system and on the backside of this like ainsley mentioned we have heavy snow

expected anywhere between 8 to 12 inches of snow across central portions of the state of minnesota including cities like minneapolis. keep that in mind through out the day today. it is not a good day for traveling. we have a number of winter storm warnings in effect. where temperatures are hovering around the freezing mark we have the freezing rain coming down and also ice accumulations. an ice storm warning is in effect through the southeastern parts of minnesota talking about slippery roadways so power outages wlbill be a concern out here. sometimes ice can be worse than snow. there's a severe threat width spread across parts of of the ohio valley into the florida panhandle. talking about more tornadoes possible damaging gusts as they head east. heather and patty ann possibly

producing flash flooding. >> it is time for the 5@5:00. a terrifying hostage situation comes to an end with the gunman shot dead. >> there was an explosion there that was set off by a swat team after several hours of negotiations. then they stormed the gunman's home where evidences holding 4 hostages. officers exchanged fire with the sus speblth. one officer was shot in the hand. the gunman called 911 faking a heart attack. 5 firefighters responded but when they arrived he took them hostage let one go to remove the fire truck. >> i kept looking out the win t doe to obviously see what was

going on then you heard it and it was such a relief. >> the gunman was demanding his power cable and cell phone be turned back on. his home was reportedly in foreclosure. >> the american parents accused of kidnapping their own children and sailing off to cuba will make their first court appearance in florida today. joshua and sharon hawkins last year they lost custody after police found them in a louisiana hotel room with their two sons coal and chase. those children were surrounded by weapons and also drugs. the boys will now be and are now back with their grandparents who have legal custody. >> they are warning north korea they have become close to crossg a line. they have two missile launchers on the east coast. pentagon officials confirmed to fox news the missiles have a range of 2500 miles would be

launched any time. >> what is significant about this test they are going to do it from a mobile launch platform something they can move around set up and launch much more quickly than if they have to put it on a launch pad we can see from space. >> the u.s. wants to tone down the rising tensions but kim jong-un's regime is making a difficult. >> he aided the enemy when he leaked classified documents to wikilea wikileaks. they will allow a witness to testify. that witness likely a navy seal will testify that bin laden had documents that manning admits to having leaked. he could face life behind bars if he is convicted of aiding the enemy. >> former president george w. bush has become one of the most successful post presidency fund rarz e. has $500 million raised

for the library. it is at southern methodist university. by comparison bill clinton barely raised $165 million to cover the cost of his presidential library when it opened in 2004. >> that's your 5@5:00. >> president obama final will he releasing the long-awaited budget plan for next year it is coming under serious fire for failing to balance the budget and calling for $1 trillion in new taxes and fees. elizabeth pran is live in washington cwith more. >> good morning. you can expect this to become more of a heated debate this summer. he calling for 300 billion in spending on jobs and public works. 580 billion in new revenue over

the next ten years. >> the president's budget will replace the sequester which was designed to be bad policy for everyone with not just $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction but $1.8 trillions in deficit reduction. in other words it will go further than the sequester. >> it would reduce the value of itemized deductions for families in the top tax bracket. they can only reduce tax bracket to 28 in their income. it would deduct charity mortgage interest and others. the change would bring $500 billion for the next ten years but it wants to adjust medicare including higher premiums for couples making more than 170,000 a year he wants to adjust social security by changing the inflation form ma. that would raise 100 billion over the next ten years.

republicans and paul ryan wants to balance the budget over the next decade he wants to do it would you t-- without the new taxes and wants to repeal the healthcare initiative saying this is moshe of the same. -- more of the same. >> we have a deficit on the horizon. the president proposes a $1 trillion spending increase eclipsed a tax increase. the total deduction in the ten-year budget spending 465 billion is 119 billion. the deficit reduction will start 4 years after he left office. >> raising the federal cigarette tax by $0.94. that would raise 70 billion which he wants to apply to an early childhood education program. >> elizabeth pran, prann you have a lot going on down there.

>> fighters in syria pledged their allegiance to al qaeda. the militant group confirms his group is tied to al qaeda in iraq. he acknowledges receiving assistance and training from al qaeda. >> back here at home texas governor rick perry nominating a judge to take over the role of mike mcclellan. his nomination has to be confirmed by the senate. mcclelland and his wife were shot in their home nearly two weeks ago. no rayses have been made so far. >> the u.s. poets tal service has a plan to cut out saturday mail delivery. congress took action flock the delivery. they are looking at price increases and layoffs to make up for it. >> they lost $50.9 billion last

year. >> facebook and twitter was supposed to bring us closer together. it turns out that may not be the case at all. there's a new study that finds folks on social media are ruder and more likely to hurl face to face slurs. >> after an on-line run in 19 percent admitted to blocking or unfriending someone because of a virtual argument. >> like politics or something like that. >> that leads us to the question of the day is facebook your friend or your foe? shoot us an email at foxfriendsfirst@foxnews.com. we are all on twitter here. >> we try not to get into arguments on it. >> still to come, could your doctor now be able to see your pain literally.

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>> 15 after the hour. here are quick headlines. the operator of the costa concordia cruise ship will pay a $1.4 million fine. the company which is a division of carnival did this to avoid a criminal trial for the shipwreck off the coast of italy that killed 32 people. we all know they can feel pain. researchers say they can see it. for the first time a new study finds brain scans can show the tinsity aof pain and whether or not a drug is relieving it. they conducted four experiments.

they have only been successful with pain felt tlau the skin. bad news for new york city mayor michael bloomberg proposed ban on large sugary drink. a new study says people drink more stowed dau when forced to buy smaller sizes. to increase profits businesses may offer packs of several smaller drinks if larger ones are banned. >> he is the master mained on one of the largest ponzi schemes in history. bernie madoff's victims won't be able to sue the organization that should have stopped him in the first place. we are talking about the regulatory body the fcc. elizabeth is here to explain. those suing not happy about this. >> federal appeals court is not happy. they cannot hold the fcc responsible for failing to expose the ponzi scheme. they received complooifrnts

years this went on for 16 years. fcc employees were disorganized sdmunt kate with one another they allowed credible complaints to go relatively unchecked. the fcc's actions along with the regretable interaction are shielded by rules protecting government employees. madoff pleaded guilty back in 2009 currently serving 150 years in prison. >> shielding government employees i think we all understand that one but government agencies that's a different things especially regulatory bodies. >> the attempt to go after the fcc failed by a second court. >> give us good nis we are expecting lower gas prices in the summer. >> summer driving season peek driving sean prices are going down this year. get ready for a road trip. how low it goes depends on where you live. gas should average 3.63 a gallon this summer. that's below the past two

summers. the reason is simple, lower crude oil prices and accounts for a third of the price drivers bay at the gas bump. today's national average 3.60 a gallon down again since yesterday. 3.92 this time last year. if you live in areas around the gulf coast you should see prices $3 a gallon. >> really. haven't seen that in a while. >> this is the rocky region. little lower there. out in the northeast or california probably going to stay closer to 4. >> as long as it's lower. lauren simonetti fox business network. thank you. if you are handy and you need help finding a job cheryl casone is here with three companies hiring right now. it's gun verses a baseball bat how one store owner refused to back down even after an armed robber shot him. mine was earned in djibouti, africa, 2004.

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>> good morning to you. it is 22 minutes after the hour. tours of the memorial at pearl harbor have been scaled back by the obama administration. the reason they say, the sequester. tours of the uss arizona memorial have been reduced by 12-hours each day. that is the final resting place of more than 1100 sailors and marines who were killed during the attack on pearl harbor. we will keep following that one for you. is age 30 the new 45? researchers say today they are so unhealthy they are 50 years

older than their parents at the very same age. they are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure and bow bees city than the previous generation. >> but they look 15 years younger. >> we are hours away from the weekly jobless report. after 88,000 jobs added more americans are looking for work. here with the top three companies hiring this week cheryl casone. >> after listening to heather i think that generation needs to start eating healthier basically. this is the first company today. they are planning a real neech in the market. they are expanding in colorado, new york, new jersey, southeast. 800 jobs available. they will be opening at 50 new stores. they also have jobs in their headquarters. you can do real estate. the company needs to send

professionals out there to find the real estate and also the finance department. there are corporate jobs and also jobs opening up the store serving the pita's which are much healthier than other items usually. >> if you are handy we have something for those folks. >> a lot of people don't want to fix things at home don't know how to fix things at home. this is a company that sends out handy men to homes, businesses the contract you would sign. but they need these handy men. they can make between 35 and 50,000 dollars. 130 jobs. they are going to be hiring 400 folks through 2013. ann arbor michigan they are expanding san antonio texas, bostonment dallas fort worth, technical service reps setting up the calls and the magazine has been bullish on the company. >> it is called mr. handyman. can women apply? >> maybe they should think about

the title change. >> mr. /miss. doesn't have the same ring. >> a lot of our velt trans are co -- velt trans are opening up stores. this next company helps that person open up the new store whatever it is. it is called e source, entrepreneur's source. they come in and do business crunching, basically. 300 jobs. they have a sister company 100 jobs there. most tlir in the southwest right now but they are hoping to do more. 150 new locations this year. they are looking for veterans. this is one of the companies that is doing a big veteran's hiring initiative. many of the companies are doing the same thing. the jobs report last friday they are showing us it is much more needed. everything at the casone knee

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>> good morning. welcome to "fox & friends first". i am patti ann browne. >> i am heather nauert. extreme weather alert to bring you right now. overnight the midwest was hit with rain, snow and even

twisters. this church in arkansas is now this morning just a pile of rubble. at least four people have have been injured. >> this picture shaped as lightening hit the arch in st. louis. ten that he is of thousands woke up without power. >> straight to maria molina. >> incredible images coming out of those areas. i want to show you where we saw severe weather. it was very widespread. from texas to louisiana even into the new york city area we received reports of either large hail or damaging wind gusts. there were 6 reported tornadoes including places across arkansas and also the st. louis missouri area. as we head into the area extremely warm system as it continues to head eastbound. another big area is heavy rain. houston texas all of the way up

to detroit michigan. widespread area impacted by areas of heavy rain. on the backside we have cold air coming in behind the storm and we have snow, significant snow anywhere from 8-12 inches can fall across minnesota. freezing rain has been another concern. ice storm warning has been in effect across eastern parts of minnesota where you can see half an muinch of ice. dangerous driving conditions out there if you are trying to head out to work be safe on the roadways. travel discouraged out there. severe weather risks parts of ohio valley, tennessee, florida panhandle. you are talking about more tornadoes damaging wind gusts. very cold. 18 degrees is the current temperature in denver 58 in new york city. >> 18 degrees in denver and they have the snow, too. >> incredible.

>> it is time for the 5@5:30. a gunman who held four firefighters hostage inside his georgia home has been shot dead. well that explosion you just heard set off by a swat team after several hours of negotiations. they stormed the gunman's home exchanging firefight with him. the gunman called 911 fake ago heart attack. 5 firefighters responded. he took them hostage only allowing one of them to go to move the fire truck. >> the neighbor wood was blocked off. there were firefighters and a couple of dogs out here. >> the gunman demanded his power

cable and cell phone be turned back on. the home was in foreclosure. >> the fox news reporter has been failed jail time. before james holmes shot up a movie theater in colorado he sent a package to a psychiatrist. that included a notebook full of details about holmes was going to kill people. sounds like something straight out of the sopranos. the manager of the diner in clifton new jersey called for a murder for hire. he said he took too much of the prophet. -- profd to pay 28,000 to have a hit man kill him. >> motivated greed he had

planned in great detail how he would have his uncle tortured robbed and murdered. it's out of a script right in new jersey you are going to meet at the tech tock diner. there you go. said it there right there. the man he hired was actually a under cover cop. a mick storm owner fighting off two armed robbers swings a bat at hip. robbers were able to flee. store owner was shot in the leg during this suggest el but survived. >> (inaudible). >> cops are still looking for two robbers. >> you can get a room on a carnival cruise ship cheaper

than a room at motel 6. they are offering a 4 night trip on the inspiration, it includes stops in key west and cozumel mexico for $38 a night with fees and taxes. the trip would run for two people $454. carnival has not xhinted on the price change injuries yet. that's your 5@5:30. president obama's budget plan for next year calls for more than a trillion dollars in new taxes and fees. that is prompting strong criticism from republicans because it does not balance the budget. doug luzader is live with more for us. >> good morning. can i stake dinner helped play host to a suz ensenators last night. here's the funt fundamental problem we look at the budge the over the next ten years as far as the federal debt is concerned.

the debt sky rocketed over the lathes decade. they argue annual deficit will go down. >> reduce our deficit in a responsible, balanced way. he 3w4r50e6s that's t -- believa smart thing to do. jobs and growth is the betts way of reducing our deficit and making more money in the future. it requires one thinking pig change rnth taxes. so we have a trillion dollar deficit. we have a debt crisis on the horizon and it's spending driven. what does the president propose? $1 trillion spending increase only to be eclipsed a $1.1 trillion tax increase. >> one thing republicans do like here that the president is talking about the proposed change at the cost of living

adjustment for social security benefits. hal already all right put the -- they say seniors will pay a high price and the other problem the cost of living changes the way the tax brackets are figured. even the middle class to see taxes go up. >> doug luzader life in washington. the pot son healthed cox they did something they haven't done in the paths ten nears yao. lathe night i was told to come here. boston said 8 out of the 120 you knead during the playoffs. he will be behind the we'll at a

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there's no such thing as a free lunch may be true. silicon valley companies are known for giving fringe benefits to employees like free lunching and even house cleaning. now the ir is looking into taxes these benefits. they are trying to figure out if they can make employees pay taxes on the free porks. taxpayers are using the perks as a major tax write-off the most

dangerous thing you can do behind the wheel? day dreaming may be far more deadly. the insurance group found that 62 percent of drivers in fatal crashes were lost in thought. that compares with 12 percent using cell phones. uncle sam may have more than their hands in your pocket. the agency says they don't need a warrant to read your e-mails or tweets. diane macedo has more. >> new documents from the irs suggest the agency may be reading e-mails without obtaining a warrant. that's according to the civil liberties union through freedom of information request. the documents showed the irs said the 4th amendment does not protect e-mails because internet users do not have a reasonable

expectation of privacy. the agency reiterated that in the 2010 presentation. keep in mind the electronic communications privacy act says e-mail open or stored on an e-mail provider server for more than 180 days can be obtained without a warrant. the 6th sir accoucircuit court appeals part that was unconstitutional and said the government must obtain a probable cause warrant before having providers turn over messages. the aclu says the irs doesn't seem to be following that decision. it only applys in the 6th circuit and wars against fighting cases intends to challenge the request only because there's a time in the ruling. that information in the e-mails would be stale. the irs manual continues to explain no warrant is required for e-mails restored for more than 180 days.

law americas are making legislation that would update to require for e-mails. the irs has not responded to requests for comments. also submitted request for documents from the fbi and justice department hasn't heard back on that yet. >> it is 46 minutes after the hour. coming up we will tell you about a frightening new study. it's about children's exposure to traffic. parents you want to listen up to this one. if you live near a busy highway could be deadly for your children. a terrifying scene caught on camera. a worker narrowly escapes death as the driver storms right through the store front. brian kill lead. good morning. >> we are not quite done with the show. let me tell you what we have coming up. we talked to the author between the koreas.

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>> it's 10 minutes to the top of the hour. here are quick headlines. live near lots of traffic? it might be hurting your child's health. researchers from california found kids in more polluted areas are at greater risk for

certain types of childhood cancers. one risk went up 17 percent. they have related traffic related pollution to asthma and allergies. people are paying higher percentage of income on housing before the market crisis. on average a home costs 3 times the average income. the heist percentages are in california cities, the median price there more than 7 times the median income. time to enter the fox. what happened on american idol? >> probably some of the best performances delivered by candice glover who sang a love song one of the worst brought to you by lazaro who sang close to you.

♪ ♪ however far away however long i stay ♪ >> you don't hear it very often where they say this is one of the best performances. >> randy jackson said it was one of the best performances ever. mariah carey got so into it she got up and sprinkled glitter on her. >> and the other contestant they are saying no, no, that's horrible. i am speechless. >> he's the last man standing. some are saying he will be going home. >> talk about shining in the spotlight. he has a new sear res coming out. >> this is behind the man of steel opening up this summer. it is called da vinci demons. the untold story lee nard doe da

vinci. we caught up with the actor who plays him. >> it is a very old wise man would be based on the portrait. the only portrait of him that exists before he became that man. we are showing how leonardo became the man that created the things knowns for. >> what kind of reception is he getting? >> it is getting a good reception. he has a big big future ahead of him. >> this is a new one called celebrity crime. >> justin bieber, selena gomez,

costing police $10 a pop, it could have dangerous -- >> because somebody could not get the help they need. >> they are unable to trace it. they are using outdated -- they have outdated software. >> michael, thank you so much. always great to have you. we will be watching idol. look for all of the latest celebrity buzz check out michael on twitter. what happens when a lobster, banana walk into a room. these two men find themselves on the good, bad and the ugly. stick around for that. last chance to answer the question of the day. we talked to you about a survey that facebook makes people mean. do you think it is your friend or foe?

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>> two minutes till the top. before you leave the house, here's what's happening today. the american parents accused of kidnapping their kids and selling off to cuba will be in court today. they face charges of kidnapping, child neglect and interfering with child custody. >> at 8:30 this morning weekly job numbers will be released. last week, 335,000 first-time unemployment claims were filed. >> the world's best golfers get down to business with the start of the masters. tiger woods looking to win his first green jacket since 2005 while bubba watson tries to defend his crown. >> two minutes before the hour. we look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. a pair of ducklings rescued from a storm drain in california. look at this. both are now in rehabilitation and will be released back into the wild. next the bad, a lobster and

banana rob a college campus. it is no joke. you can see the accused crooks dressed up in their costumes. they are accused of stealing art from the university of north carolina student center. who wants to steal college art? all right. the ugly, an out-of-control s.u.v. drives through a liquor store in florida. the store worker was safe but another man died. >> time for this brew on your question of the day responses. we told you about a new study that find more relationships are being ruined because of people's insulting posts on facebook and twitter. >> we wanted to know is facebook your friend or is it your foe? here's what some of you said. brian from florida said i think it can be healthy to have a place to speak our minds. if you can't take the heat get out of the virtual networking kitchen. tony from new jersey said i have found facebook can enhance a f