room you just knew right away that was it. >> they're expected to arrive at their new home just in time for thanksgiving. and fired up about the white house talking about obama care. >> i'm johnson scott in for shepherd smith. new reports that guantanamo bay flipped prisoners and sent them back home. ahead, the story of the gitmo government agents. and do company vs. to pay for birth control. and why black friday deals may be worse than they look. what you need to know before you start shopping. we begin with millions and millions of americans in the path of a monster weather mess and mother nature's timing

couldn't be any worse. as we all enter the peak of thanksgiving travel. a deadly storm is hammering the country with rain, snow, and ice. officials say it killed more than a dozen people, most of them in texas. and where it is too warm for snow, there is a threat of violent weather as the storm streams to the east. even if you're not in the bath, there is a good chance you will feel it's effects. airport delays could back up travel from coast to coast. the number of people planning to fly this thanksgiving is at a five year high. let's take a look at the crowded skies across the country. airls added extra flights for this busy travel week. many folks are trying to outrun the storm. some say they're just about fed up with the delays. others are trying to make the

best of it. >> our flight was leaving at 10:00. we gave ourselves three hours to get here, we sat in traffic for four hours. >> snow days, no school. i love snowball fights. >> and the way the weather is shaping up, looks like that girl will have plenty of reasons to be thankful. we have live coverage with chief meteorologist rick, who has the forecast. we'll start with steve who is at reagan national airport. how is it there? >> fairly calm as you see behind me at reagan national airport. there is bad weather on the way and already hitting part of the u.s. let's look at pictures we shot earlier. everything was running fairly smoothly, but this holiday season, this television, we have a perfect storm of fewer

flights, more passengers, and higher fairs. that is a recipe for frustration. many arrivals have been delayed, departures still on time supposedly, but that could change as we have a domino effect later in the day. the flight that's arrive late or get canceled, they could not take off as scheduled. cancellations,le 7 so far across the u.s. today because of the storm. we had 1312 cancel nationwide since sunday spop this week, so far, more than 1,000 flights cancels and more bad weather. it is raining right now. we could get heavy rain tonight and tomorrow here and snow to the northeast as well. >> before they go to grandmas house, what do folks need to know? >> get to the airport very early. there could be long security lines and a lot of crowds. a lot of people will be trying to travel. call your airline first and find out what the situation is.

if you're flight is delayed or canceled, you need to know that. you also need to know that some of the fees have been waived on the major airlines because they're trying to get you on the airlines one day earlier to avoid the big rush on wednesday so they waived the change fees. you can go ahead and change your day without a $100 or $200 fee. the best advice probably comes from this travel industry expert. >> stay calm and get to the airport early. normally we say two hours, but with this weather, i would say closer to three hours getting to the airport early, check before you leave, and just stay calm. >> and that stay calm part may come in very, very handy, john? >> thank you, it's not just the snow giving folks headaches. in warmer states to the south, there are big fears of flooding and tornadoes. team fox coverage with rick in the extreme weather center.

what will be warmer to the north will also be at risk for flooding. i want to show you a couple things. look here in texas. we have snow in texas, the cold air, an upper level disturbance. tornado concerns also as you just mentioned it expires at 5:00 here. a brand new one was just issued and it goes down through central florida and that's in effect until 10:00 p.m. tonight. now you go in towards the northern side of this and we have been very cold the last few days. the cold air is in place, we're starting this out with snow here across parts of pennsylvania and towards upstate new york. it's a much warmer system. take a look through time here you notice these temperatures rising. so by tomorrow morning, it is 57 degrees in new york and 52 in boston. so we're all rain here and very heavy rain, two to three inches

of it. back behind this, pittsburgh, wednesday, parts of north georgia looking at the snow because the cold air comes in behind it. this is completely done by the time we get towards thursday morning. if you can travel by road, hold off until thursday if you can. everything will be fine. tomorrow is the rough day. here is this yellow color here if is about two to three inches of rain accumulating. we'll see possibly three to six inches of snow across the central appalachians. and very heavy rain all along the coast, the i-95 corridor, and significant know back towards buffalo and pittsburgh. 12 to 18 inches of snow. but these guys are accustomed to snow. they have the equipment and they're more use todd this than we are across some of the big cities. we'll see big delays all of the way through tomorrow.

some people might not get out until thursday. >> clearly millions will be affected by this system. the biggest cities on the east coast are all in the bulls eye. >> absolutely and you have that ripple effect from all of those flights that initiate on the east coast that are not able to get to the west. behind us, everybody in the earn two thirds of the country, the western two thirds are hooking spectacular. >> all right, everybody take it easy out there. rick, thank you. the supreme court today agrees to consider objections to part of balm care. the contraception mandate. some business owners have sued over the mandate claims some forms on contraception violate their religious beliefs. how are those employers reacting right now? >> they're very happy to finally get their day in the higher court. i talked to an attorney who has

been representing hobby lobby, the key employer in these channels. here is what he told me. >> this is a family business. the green family and their family businesses always said they want to run them according to biblical principals. i don't think they should tell americans they give up a fundamental freedom because they decide to open a family business and pursue a dream. >> they will combine the hobby lobby challenge with another employer that is challenging the man dane. david is representing the second employer. a government that forces any business to parties pace in immoral acts -- >> we'll hear the case in march or april and a decision by june. >> what about the white house, any response? >> they're sounding very

confident. it is interesting here. the administration joined hobby lobby and asked the court to take the case. they want it to be settled. here is what the white house said. the health care law puts women and families in control of their health care by providing carefree of charge. the president believe that's no one, including the government or for profit organizations should be able to dictate those decisions to women. i talked to berry lynn, he supports the mandate, here is what he said. >> if every company in the country has the right to exempt itself from a low you don't like, you no longer have society you anarchy. >> he said essentially corporations and businesses themselves can't have a religious conscious. we'll see what supreme court has to say. they will ultimately have the final world. >> fascinating case, thanks.

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>> who is your daddy now? >> just like his characters in mr. and mrs. smith, one of hollywoods directors says he lived a double life as a spy. he is reportedly worth more than $4 billion. chances are you have seen a few of his movies like "heat," and "devils advocate." an areospace executive was arrested that worked for his company. now just that, he claims he was a big time arms dealer brokering dealing worth hundreds of millions of dollars. milchan says it it was hard to overcome his image. we're live in los angeles,

william, how did he get involved in all of this? >> he was recruited as a spy to help set up the country's nuclear program. but he also loved film, so what a great cover story. he could travel the world, scouting locations, looking for investors and contracts. he is anni israeli jew that cam to america and produced bill films. at the same time he was helping obtain materials for nuclear testing in south africa, and the commissions he made made him rich. a double life for which he has no apologies. >> translator: i should have said [ bleep ] you know what? i did it for my country and i'm

proud of it. >> forbes says that milchan who was married to a model and now a tennis pro, he is worth about $4 billion. john? >> how is all of this going down in israel? >> his name first surfaced about two years ago in a book. so only last night really did the general public kind of learn about this whole thing. apparently some in hollywood like robert deniro expected it. they say he was instrumental, he should be honored as a patriot and the unofficial treasure as israel's espenoage.

>> sidney was my expert. in areospace, planes, all kinds of things. many things he said no. many things he said yes. >> so the u.s. has very strict laws on the export of weapons and military technology. he did work with the cia on some missions, so they knew who this guy what -- was and what he was doing. it's very likely they knew exactly what he was up to. it is unbliekly he will be expedited. >> can't wait for the sequel. thank you. are you one of millions of

americans planning on getting up early to go shopping on black friday? a lot of those door buster deals may be nothing but smoke and mirrors.

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we are now learning about the arsenal of weapons that george zimmerman had on him at the time of his arrest. cops found five guns and more than 100 rounds of ammunition. he had a 12-gauge shotgun, an ar-15 rifle, and three handguns. he pleaded not guilty and he is free on bond. of course a jury acquitted zimmerman on shooting charges for the death of the unarmed

teenager trayvon martin. we're just a few days away from black friday. but many of those holiday discounts are a dirty trick. it's part of a plan where they raise prices earlier in the year and lower them for the sale. and it's working. almost 90 million people shops last black friday. analysts say they expect a record 97 million people to shop this black friday. sarah murray is here, a reporter for "wall street journal live." so is it a scam? >> let's just say you're not getting the deal you think you're getting. a lot of that discount is priced in ahead of time. it's not like retailers are suddenly taking a big hit to their profit because they're marking something down 40% for

you. >> so in order to legally advertise $100. >> they only plan to sell a handful of tweters for $100. the plan is to mark it down and sell the bulk of them at a big discount. >> for a lot of these sweaters, they maybe pay $15 or $30. >> is that widespread at all of the stores? >> we really saw this trend take off when you saw the proliferation of stores like forever 21 and h&m, fast and cheap fashion. this is pretty widespread. look at jc penney for example,

when they stopped discounting, they took a hit. >> you would think they we would be angrier about it, but we look to look at a sticker and say oh, it's 50% off. >> so how can you score a real deal on black friday? >> there are a couple things you can do. first, we should know the black friday deals not as good as they look. if you get an app like amazon price check, you can look and see what you're shopping for is on amazon and see if it's a good deal. download store apps, a lot of times they give you discounts earlier than the public. >> a very short shopping time period this year. what if you wait later in the season? >> are you likely to get better deals?

>> it is possible particularly if you're looking at higher end merchandise. they won't necessarily do big mark downs for black friday, but they might say it really isn't flying off of the shelves like we planned and you might see more discounts on luxury goods. >> yeah, we all know that usually the stores have a pretty long return window around the holidays. >> sarah murray from the wall street journal live. thank you. fox news confirmed that bombers flew into air space. and we're learning of a second program that sends suspected terrorists back to their home countries as double agents. a live report on that, next.

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>> lawyering for a former football coach say the charges against him are unsupported. a judge convicted two football players of last year's attack. investigators say it happened after a party has his hot. strafic text messages, photos, and video related of the rain turned up on social media. fox news says that some agents at guantanamo bay turned prisoners the other way and sent them home to kill terrorists. they had private kichs, showers,

tvs, beds with real mattresses and we're live in washington with more details, what else do we know? >> the program is classified, the bush administration never provided hard number on the deta detainees at guantanamo because some were part of a cia program and they left the camp under the radar. the ap today posting this satellite image showing where the cia ran it's operation from a small facility a few hundred yards from the main administrative offices. it was highly conpartmentalized and there was skeptics at the time. >> some of the decisions to turn

some of the prisoners were controversial. they did not final it to be all that promising and some did find them to be useful. >> the number was very small, and we have done interviews at those officers. little did we know that the cia bungalows were just about 200 yards away. that is basically how it works. everything is hiding in plain sight. >> so did this program actually work? >> well, the program really had some mixed reviews and mixed success. one recruit was reported to be a canadian and a member of the coder family who is described as royalty. this is his brother who was found guilty a few years ago and he is now in an alberta, canada prison. he was recruited by the have, ia and a former spokesman for the

guantanamo camp says it was part of the bush administration's overall intelligence gathering strategy. >> i think looking at him in the context of history, it helped keep america safe. i think president bush did a good job focusing on intelligence. i think one of the reasons we see al qaeda resurge today is because president obama is not focused on that intelligence. >> we spoke with a number of sourc sources privately today, and they said it made sense that they were not considering this or trying this and that the american people should be disappointed they were not at least that creative. >> interesting. katherine, thank you. >> tom isen a retired airforce general and a fox news analyst. the initial reporting on this came from the associated press. they say they had a dozen current or former officials talking to them about it. does this sound completely

plausible to you? >> well, john, it does sound plausible. it also sounds like it might be a calculated leak. we have found this cia under this administration has not been leaking nearly as much as under the bush administration, but it sounds very plausible. it was a small program and i believe they knew it was risky, but why not try it. the number of people in the early days were not necessarily the real hard core radical islamists. they picked a few out and figured they could try this program but you still had to be a pretty bad guy to be sent to gitmo. >> yeah, but in the early days some of them got through. in the bulk of the bush administration, they were released back into their home countries and they had about a third that have gone back to radical islam.

it may be they're thinking of releasing a lot more and a they want to put a little doubt or stink on them. >> right, because nothing like letting the world know that you recruited double agents, and then sending them back to their home countries, and seeing what seeds of discourse they might be able to sew. >> correct. >> so the first year it was open as a processing center for prisoners taken from the battlefield, there was quite a few people to choose from. >> it could be that there this is a calculated leak. i'm a little suspicious when you get this my former cia people talking. they're also saying that in some cases, al qaeda came pretty close to discovering that some

of them had been turned into double agents. >> that's true, that's what the report was. that would not surprise me either. >> all right, general, stick around. fox news confirmed that two b-52 bombers flew over a disputed island chain between china and japan without notifying the chinese government. a senior u.s. defense official says the unarmed planes flew over the senkaku islands last night as part of a training exercise. the u.s. calls it international airspace. the pentagon said they would ignore questions for american pilots to identify themselves. so general, what's going on here? the chinese put out this increased air defense zone where

the senkaku island that's are between japan and china, that's what's going on here right now and we did the exact right thing. we should not ask the japanese to have to send planes down there. the u.s. has been overflying that area for a long time and this new -- it is not really acceptable, and all of the unmanned high flying drone that's fly up to korea, i just bring them by every day they're up there, just overfly them to let the chinese know that we do not accept that air defense identification zone. >> so by putting them on a map does not accomplish what they want, namely calling them their own. >> precisely. >> we do not want to be intimidated by that. >> all right, and the games go on in that part of the world.

general tom, thank you. >> the white house is threatening to pull all u.s. troops out of afghanistan after next year if hamm mid karzai does not sign a security agreement. susan rice met with karzai yesterday in kabul, but he is threatening to back down. >> we have no choice, we are compelled my necessity, not preference, to plan for the prospect that we will not be able to keep our troops here. >> karzai says afghanistan's next president can make the decision after elections in april. but thousands of dignitaries overwhelm dpli approve the agreement and urged him to sign it this year. the u.s. is pushing him to sign by the end of december. the man who survive ad brutal home invasion six years ago is welcoming home a baby boy. back in 2007, two men broke into

dr. william petit's home. they held him hostage, rained and murdered his wife, and set the house on fire for his daughters to die. he remarried last year, and we now learned his wife has given birth to their son. they reportedly named him william. one of the white house gate crashers is getting remarried. they're tieing the knot, and now you have an opportunity to crash their wedding. that is next.

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he got hurt practicing a zipline accident. no word on what happened exactly, but his attorney says an investigation is pending. >> one of the white house gate crashers and her rock star lover are getting married, and your invited. that's right, former real housewife of dc, and kneel schon want you to watch them get married on live tv. her and her husband at the time crashed a state dinner at the white house. they had hiccups in their relationship after that. two years ago the husband reported that someone kidnapped his wife. it turns off she just ran off with journey's ax man. you can watch it on pay per view

television for about $15. it doesn't all go to them, a portion of the money will go to a charity for typhoon victims in the philippines. i guess a subtle little wedding is not what they want, huh? >> you know call me old fashioned, john, but i thought when you were getting married the idea was to have a wedding before god, your family, and friends to set you up for success. i think what is so crazy about this is who has the thought let's get married, and by the way, and let's make some money while we're doing it. >> i can't think of anyone else who has done a pay per view wedding. it is among the first? >> this is the first, and suspect that these has beens are dieing to get out in front of kim kardashian and kanye west. they're the only other people on

the planet that i can think of that would want to monetize what is supposed to be the most important day of your marriage. i have a theory, i think the more time and money that you invest in the wedding, the less likely that your marriage is going to succeed. >> what about just selling photos to "people" magazine for $1 million. >> and what about them donating money, did you notice they didn't say what the percentage would be? >> right, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the weddings. will anyone want to watch this? >> the scariest part about this, it's a free country, maybe they'll make a lot of money, who knows. you're free to watch it. i think the scariest part, is i think people will tune in. notice the price, $14.95. i'm expecting and predicting right now that her x husband

will now up and there will be a fight that breaks out on live television. >> wouldn't that be something to watch? instead of marching down the aisle, it will beey's "who is crying now." >> i think he has enough money to pay for a wedding, don't you? >> i think so, i wonder if they will invite pay per view ticketholders to send them gifts. >> maybe you can text in a donation for them as part of the event. who knows. >> please, so much for an intimate little wedding. mel robins, thank you. a giant ski resort is closer to opening, first, there is no snow, and second it is in north korea. they could start test runs on

the slopes soon. it took thousands of soldiers shaving in freezing conditions to get it built. it will be open to foreigners and locals. there are fewer than 6,000 people who can ski in north korea. that's hot of a population of some 24 million. means just one fifth of one percent of people know how to ski. one official says the nation's leader hopes the resort will improve people's lives. apparently he thinks it will help more than stopping his ruthless executions or finding food for his starving people. folks in new jersey are spending extra time and likely extra money on the computer today. it is day one of internet gambling in the garden state. not everybody is on board with that. that's next.

just in we're following breaking news, not far off of the south florida coast, officials with the u.s. coast guard says dozens of people are dead where a ship capsized. it is just in to fox news from the radar. the ship was packed with migrants. it started taking on water and people frantically tried to hold on. officials now say around 30 people are dead. coast guard crews were able to rescue some of them by pulling them into a rescue chopper. >> a live look now at dreamworks studios. we're monitoring his comments, we'll let you know if anything

important happens. if you watch the whole thing it's streaming live on foxnews.com. gamblers in new jersey can now place their bets only. six casinos now offer internet gambling statewide. officials tested 13 websites, technology, and security. officials say more than 10,000 people signed up to play. new jersey joins delaware and nevada as the only states that allow online gambling. they say trs the largest legal market in the u.s. analysts say it could boost the struggling casino industry. in just seven years profits dropped more than $2 billion. rick, are there any protections in place to protect compulsive gamblers. >> regulators will tell you they're safer online than in

casin casinos. on these regulated online internet sites, you have to register, give them a lot of personal physician, and you're being closely tracked and monitored according to the state. if they find any disturbing patterns, they say that will step in, stop a player, and offer assistant. >> in the internet world everything you do we have a record of and we keep that record for ten years. so you're not anonymous. you think you are, but you're really not. >> and new jersey has eight million residents, so this has a potential to be very huge indeed. >> how does it work? >> well, you have to be in state to play first of all. you don't have to be a resident, but you have to be physically within the borders of the state to log in. that was the biggest challenge they tell us during the test phase.

people hiving within 15 miles of the stateline had a hard time accessing the site. they say the glitches are being fixed, and they're looking at revenue up to $1.8 billion a year for the casinos participating and more states likely to follow. >> i think regulated gaming, coming back into the united states, is a transformative moment in history. it's something that poker players have been looking forward to for a long time and the industry has been looking forward to for a long time. >> and in case you're wondering, california, pennsylvania, and illinois could be next to legalize their own versions of online gambling, john. >> thanks. a piece of movie history sold for $4 million here in new york city. it's one of the original maltese

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a week in a storm drain is alive thanks to one very dedicated teacher. >> mom kept a close eye on the rescue operation in dallas right night. the teacher said she first heard the puppy barking nine days earlier. yesterday the teacher heard more barking and called animal control. as much as ten workers used a camera and a trap full of food to rescue the puppy. it was cold and hungry, but otherwise okay. on this day in 1963, america celebrating thanksgiving for the first time as an official national holiday. of course the tradition began long before that, president washington issued a proclamation setting a day aside for thanksgiving, but there was no official date. it was president lincoln that said it would be the last

thursday in november. your world starts now, the rain has arrived in new york city. ♪ the rain, john, and the champagne, you'll have to break it out. it is not new years eve, it is nasdaq 4,000 everywhere. when the tech boom was about to go bust but we didn't know it. back then it was a puppet helping to drive stocks higher. this time it's companies like apple, google, and amazon leading a tech surge that most thoughted that been put to bed. amazon is better than