down. >> that will make your neighbors happy. thanks for responding. >> i keep mine up until my birthday, january 7. >> next tuesday we'll be celebrating. >> "fox & friends" starts now. we hope you have a good one. >> thursday. tomorrow's friday. yay! good morning. it is thursday, january 2. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. it's 2014. that means it's the year of obamacare. but with abysmal enrollment the administration moves the goal post once again. wait until you hear their latest claims. >> get this. "the new york times" now says they had a reporter on the ground that night of the terrorist attack in benghazi. their reporter was even talking to the attackers. you've got to hear this to believe it. it's coming up. >> a new year, a fresh start even for this guy. >> yes, i have smoked crack cocaine. but, no -- am i an addict?

no. have i tried that? probably in one of my drunken stupors. >> toronto's crack-smoking mayor up for reelection, filing his paper work today. should be interesting paper work. "fox & friends" starts now. >> hi. this is jerry. you're watching "fox & friends" with my pall elisabeth -- pal elisabeth hasselbeck. >> happy new year. >> are your hands still cold from new year's eve? >> just got warm since i came in here. i was in great hands. bill hemmer and i were out there. he showed me the ropes and we had fun. it was a great night. >> there you are with bill hemmer. >> a double selfie. >> hemmer looks cold. you look fine.

>> did you do the underarmor thing? >> i did. he told me to wear body warmers. >> you get them at seven-eleven. when you crack them, after awhile they go numb. >> haven't you heard about in the old days they used to take a baked potato and put it in your pocket? >> is that right? >> no. >> i would have tried anything. >> body warmer? >> who makes this? lewis and clarke? >> way back then. did lewis and clarke have baked potatoes? >> we're not really sure. i think sakajawea brought them with her. >> what about your family? >> good. we were hanging out. we did a little hockey. >> these are your vacation pictures? >> yeah. they're learning how to ice skate which is more than i can say for myself. the boys are there and spent most of the time on

the ice right now. >> they look like they got out of the penalty box. >> mama puts them in the penalty box often. >> fell asleep surprised. he was surprised and he nodded off. >> he said i can't believe it's happening. thing are so good. >> elisabeth is playing hockey. i got warmer, put on the shorts and went to disney. wide world of sports, incredible soccer tournament where they were three in one. they came in third place. there they are in front of the wide world of sports. then i had a chance to go to universal. right there to see a super hero in person right there. he was about to fight off crime but he was able to stay there while he sat there and took a picture with us in mcdonald's. >> brian jr. is there in the back next to his father who's got his hand on his shoulder. also the people at disney world were fantastic as

well. >> which is code that you got free stuff. >> it means we had no problem with tigger. >> my kids live in three different states because of the famous tv correspondent there on screen left had to work on christmas and christmas eve, we went down to washington and virginia. we were all together, which was fantastic and we ate at our favorite place, the liberty tavern. i wish it would have been true, but they always do a night shop. hope you had a fantastic christmas and new year's. it kind of feels like back to school but then again it kind of seems like groundhog day because we've been telling you for the last couple of years once obamacare takes effect it's going to be trouble for a lot of people and a lot of people are realizing that today with the sticker shock that's impacting a lot of middle-class families. a lot people's premiums are

doubling. while they are doubling, the number of people the white house has said will be involved in it is shrinking. >> we heard a long time ago and for a long time that the seven million goal signup was there but look at the numbers here. 4.7 million plans have been canceled. unreal. then 2.1 million plans have been added. so they're giving us that number of 2.1 which seems suspicious to some. but that whole -- remember the seven million, people that actually pay for the program. longtime advisor for president, part his transition team, a white house advisor now, he basically said that seven million was irrelevant, not really there. take a listen. >> well, that was never our target number. that was a target put out by the congressional budget office, and it's become the accepted number. >> kathleen sebelius has said seven million people -- >> that was because it came

from the congressional budget office and become an accepted number. there's no magic to the seven million. what there is magic to is that in the month of million americans signed up for insurance. not because they had to. they didn't face a penalty if they didn't. they signed up because they wanted insurance on january 1. >> there was magic to the seven million number. they had to have seven million people sign up for this thing to work. and if they didn't have that number with a lot of young healthys, the things will go into a death spiral and implode. >> the c.b.o. is gospel if you like what they say. when you don't like what they say, you say that is c.b.o. numbers. >> kathleen sebelius many times said seven million is the magic number. here's the big thing you should look for and everyone will know about. if they sign up for

insurance do they actually have it? i hope you don't get sick if you sign up for it, but if you get sick when you need some type of medication you will find out at that point do you have insurance? there are already major changes saying you just show me that you signed up, don't worry, i'll postpone the payments. >> some people don't know. >> the fulfillment, the back end of the website is not effective by almost all accounts. now in about two separate states they say only 50% of the people have actually made their first payment. >> in the state of iowa they asked 16,000 people to reapply because the paper work wasn't in. >> people on capitol hill were told don't trust the website. call the insurer. some people think they've got insurance today and they actually don't. so beware. over the past weekend "the new york times" had a big article about what really happened in benghazi. david kirkpatrick did this big piece and what it said

was no al qaeda was involved and a video had something to do with it. republicans and democrats on both sides have since said that is simply not true. there were terrorist groups with links to al qaeda there and the video really did not have much to do with it. >> enter al shah rei can't, the name -- al sharia, the name of the group that did the killing. this group has a leader, there are reports by the libyan tribune which does not come to my doorstep but i assume it is the newspaper of libya, and they are looking to confirm it now that the head of ansal al sharia has been captured in tunesia. that would be great news. having said that, if you ask him is he an al qaeda affiliate. he'll say yes. we're not saying al-zawahiri is saying kill him. we already know about the group. anybody with competence knows al sharia takes their

template and continues to have a loose association. >> americans were killed, including ambassador chris stevens and david kirkpatrick contradicts a report that went out earlier in "the new york times" and making so many question what actually happened here. he had this direct tweet saying we had a reporter on the scene that talked to reporterrers during the attack. still invaluable. >> the reporter was of libyan descent and was there and talked about who was at the gate and what they were telling him. the question that comes to mind is if you had a reporter at the scene and you know americans were in danger and you're working for "the new york times." did you have a phone, number one and did you call for help and announce what was happening? >> clearly what they're saying is somebody that works for "the new york times" knows the identity of the people who murdered our americans. that's kind of a headline. have you seen that headline in "the new york times"?

no. you haven't seen it. all we know is no al qaeda involved and that video had something to do with it, according to "the new york times." but it has been widely pooh-poohed since it came out. >> last weekend, here's what really happened on 9/11, with 2012. was it -- on tphepbs what happened on 9/11/2012. the other headline was susan rice, no regrets. >> seems to be a little cleaning going on. you know how you do that cleaning starting january 1. started early. >> we knew "the new york times" had reporters in the area at the time but we didn't know there was anybody there that night when it went down. it would be helpful if that person told the complete story. >> heather nauert always tells the complete story. that's the way she operates. >> good morning, gang. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. i missed you all while you were away. got news to bring you ten

minutes after the hour. moments ago the director of a hospital where former israeli prime minister airline sharon is being -- ariel sharon is being treated says his life is in danger. the 85-year-old has been in a coma for eight years. his family now at his bedside where he's listed in critical condition. we'll watch the story very carefully for you. brand-new video just coming in of a chinese helicopter picking up the first passengers from a russian ship that's been stranded in antarctica. that ship got stuck on christmas eve after a blizzard pushed ice around it, literally freezing that ship in place. there are 52 passengers on board and it will take at least five chopper flights to rescue all of them. the 22 crew members will stay on board until that ice breaks up. >> if you haven't gotten enough of toronto's crack-smoking mayor you may be in luck.

rob ford filing for reelection later today. this is brian's favorite story of the day already. the mayor wrapping up the year by admitting to smoking crack cocaine. his lawyer believes his chances of being reelected on october 26 are excellent. the actor best known for playing will smith's uncle on the tv show the fresh prince of bel air has died. >> i'm not going to punish you, will. >> that's radical uncle phil, but it might work. >> james avery passing away following weeks of complications from heart surgery. alfonso ribera who played his son carlton on the show posted this on twitter. he was a second father to me. i will miss him greatly. james avery was 68 years old. in the meantime we've got a storm blowing in. >> good impact. maria will keep us updated. >> we'll run through every

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three more high-risk detainees set free from gitmo while we were on vacation. what does this mean for our national security because we have a growing trend. how many at gitmo will be

allowed to go free? let's ask former pentagon spokesperson retired commander j.d. gordon. what just happened? >> happy new year. we released three from gitmo. they have been fighting a separatist movement against the chinese government for some time. we released them to slovakia. they were the last three wiggers and could easily go back to terrorism. about 30% of the detainees who left guantanamo have gone back to terrorism. we're talking about leaders of al qaeda, leaders of the taliban. a suicide bomber in iraq who killed 13 people. but here we go, president obama just released 11 detainees in the last month. >> how many are eligible for release and why aren't these being made public? why are we getting word after the fact? >> about 155 detainees are at guantanamo right now. of that number, close to 80 are eligible for release because the obama

administration when they came in, they had a top priority to close guantanamo, let the chips fall where they may. basically the with obama administration cleared basically half the detainees, these include body guards, terrorist financiers and president obama wants to let them go. under the national defense authorization act, unfortunately so many of those tough restrictions to transfer them out have been rescinded. in order for them to not come to the u.s. they are going overseas. >> we do remember the last years of the bush administration, the second term, some of these guys got out. many returned to terror. there was a much different political climate then. the pressure that was on president bush has not been on president obama. what's the difference? >> i think president bush was under a ton of pressure from the international community and human rights groups who, by the way, have been linked to a

qatari financier who has been giving money to priority, that shows the priorities for some of these human rights groups. nor president obama, i think it is self-inflicted. i think president obama thinks you can appease al qaeda. al qaeda wants to destroy this country, kill millions of people here, not just thousands. so president obama has basically made it a priority to close guantanamo, let the chips fall where they may. and i think that's very dangerous for america. >> isn't it amazing, our allies who are putting all this pressure because we aren't living up to american values because we put people who try to kill us in prison, that pressure seems to have evaporated and now it is just coming from the president's frustration because it seems he's been unable to fulfill a campaign promise. thanks so much. we'll continue to watch these men as they get out on our own behalf. straight ahead, she helped terrorist plot to kill americans but now the obama administration giving the lawyer who representedas

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we've got some quick thursday morning headlines for you. the accused boston bombing scammer is suing police for busting him. brandon mateay says cops set him up. he pleaded not guilty in september for allegedly using his dead aunt's name to steal $2 million from a local foundation. he's seeking $100,000 in damages. that's crazy. lawyer lynn stuart

defended terrorists who attacked the world trade center and tried to help them with more attacks reportedly. now the obama administration is giving her a compassionate release. prosecutors say the 74-year-old has terminal cancer and fewer than two years to live. she was sentenced up to ten years for sneaking messages from a terrorist known as the blind sheikh to his followers and is gettingears ea. elisabeth, over to you. >> thank you, steve. a new year, a new set of resolutions and many will be focused on fitness, as you know. but before you step foot into a gym, we're going to debunk some of the exercise myths we've been sticking to. joining us is jonathan baylor author of "the calorie myths." happy new year to you. eat more, exercise more, lose weight and? >> live better. >> we have to do a lot of things the other way. i want to go through myth by myth. exercise myth number one, i can burn more fat if i exercise more? >> that's a myth because

exercise, just like eating, is about quality. when we exercise with higher quality or more resistance, we use more muscle fibers, we get tired faster and we have to exercise less not because we're lazy but simply because we're working our muscles more effectively. >> what about when you're on the treadmill and it says you're in fat-burning mode after so many minutes? >> there's no such thing as fat-burning mode necessarily. what we want to do is cause a fundamental change in our body. rather than try to rip calories out of it. >> cardio is better for burning fat than resistance training? >> absolutely a myth. our body is great at burning fat if we can heal the underlying cause of obesity. cardio doesn't do anything to heal the neurological and hormonal causes of obesity. rather resistance training, interval training actually treats the cause. >> they're getting in there and triggering -- >> a hormonal change as well as reducing inflammation in your brain so your appetite reregulates and you only

eat when you're actually hopbgry and stop when you're full. >> exercise myth number three, in resistance training more is better. why is that a myth? >> it's about quality. you don't want to go to the gym every single day. if you are going to the gym every single day that means you are o you must not -- that means you must not be having an impact on your body because you're not sore every day. >> what if you're seeing results and you do a ton of cardio. are you going to hit the wall where you're not burning fat at that point? >> you may be able to see results just taking less of your time at the gym. it's not that you can't see results by exercising a lot. it's that if you exercise smarter, you may see even better results in less time. >> that sounds good to just about everybody here. you can eat more, you have to exercise less and it's all going to benefit you long term. jonathan is going to be back at us with 8:50 with smart exercising and tips

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♪ ♪ >> darius rucker made a seamless transition from rock n'roll to country music that many people like you didn't think was possible. >> elisabeth hasselbeck made the transition. she was out there less than 48 hours ago shivering to welcome in the brand-new year. >> i love darius rucker by the way. that confetti was huge. the first time i was in times square and it was exceptional. we had a good time, bill hemmer and i. >> the one time they let bill out. here's the problem about new year's eve. they take the people and put them behind bike racks. you literally have to have an extraordinarily large bladder for three hours. >> even longer. >> looks like phaoepl had

had -- people had a good time. as the new year came in here is something you probably did not realize and that is that the u.s. congress and the president have allowed 55 popular tax breaks to go out of business. they sunsetted at midnight on new year's eve. in other words, 55 different tax breaks have gone away, and essentially what we're all winding up with is 55 new tax hikes. a lot of people aren't talking about it. >> the first one here, we have the state sales tax deduction is one example here. you see this didn't make it through. it's going to expire today. this allows you, would allow you, in other words, to deduct state sales tax if your state doesn't have an income tax. >> a lot of people do that. >> 57 million people use this. this is going to anger many, i would assume, and they're hoping maybe this will get reinstated but it's not looking good. >> another one is -- >> that's big because

people were able to deduct money they spent on their own classrooms in the past, teachers were. and now the teachers will not be able to do that. teachers, your taxes just went up. >> the majority of my great friends are in special needs education. this abraham was claimed by more than 3.6 million teachers in 2010. they would go in their pockets and pull out nearly $400 on average for teaching their kids in supplies and now they can't deduct that. >> especially with budget cuts on schools any way. the energy efficiency deductions i'm sure that slipped by the obama administration because they love this. >> it has to do with insulation and green cars. if you have used that in the past, it's gone. also do you use mortgage insurance? do you have to have that? many, many people did that a write-down that allows home buyers that had to get mortgage insurance a deduction. if you claimed that in the past, it's gone.

>> ira distribution to charities also going to expire. people who are required to take minimum distributions from their retirement accounts, this would allow them to contribute to charities, that's going to expire. >> a number of companies who have hired veterans in the past have been able to claim credit, a tax credit for between 6,200 and 9, 600 per veteran. that they hired. that, another tax increase. >> most of these things are either actions or plans that have taken place a long time ago. so people have hired a long time ago. they sort of set the plan, started remodeling their homes, switching their electric units out and now they find out this is going to expire today on long-term plans they made thinking they'll benefit on the other end and they're not. not happy about it. >> happy new year? question mark like ron burgundy would say. 26 minutes before the top of the hour.

heather nauert joins us for this thursday that seems like a monday. >> does feel a little bit like a monday but a short work week for those of us returning from new years. got news now to bring you. former first lady barbara bush hospitalized with pneumonia. doctors at houston medical hospital giving her an excellent prognosis. the 88-year-old has been treated there since monday. hundreds of folks waiting in the snow to buy pot. colorado is now the first state in the nation to allow people over the age of 21 to buy weed for recreational use but there is a pretty big price tag attached to that. some shops charging $400 for an ounce and that's about four times more than street value. almost ten years after the cross was removed from the loss angels county seal there is a fight to bring it back. the older seal has a small cross on it. the new seal is without a

cross. the board of supervisors say the mission is inaccurate without the cross because the building is considered the county's birthplace but the aclu says the cross has no place on a government seal. what do you think of that one? there is a new bachelor in town. clint eastwood's son scott is the most eligible bachelor by town and country magazine. according to the magazine, the 27-year-old's retro he-man cool -- that is what they refer to it -- he's got an attitude like that that sets him apart from many of today's superstars. those are your headlines a this hour. >> we've got that he-man cool. >> what does that mean? what does it mean? >> tough guy. >> a roll-back to his father's generation, i guess. thank you very much, heather. i just checked my twitter feed and maria molina says boston could wind up with 14 inches of snow in the next 24 hours.

>> let's see if she denies it. >> is that the truth, maria? >> 10 to 14 inches of snow possible in boston and surrounding areas. incredible stuff expected here as we head into tonight and tomorrow morning. here's a look at what's going on now because we have a complicated weather pattern set up. we have two storms. one is in place across the midwest producing snow out there. then we have another one that's in place across portions of the southeast just producing rain. both of these are going to be merging later on today off the coast of the northeast and they will be intensifying and we're going to be looking at significant snowfall accumulations. right now winter weather advisory stretching across portions of the midwest up into parts of new england and winter storm warnings in effect in the northeast. this is where we're going to be seeing some of the worst conditions to some of the heavier snowfall accumulations and that in combination with strong winds gusting up to 35 miles per hour will be producing whiteout conditions and dangerous if not impossible travel

conditions across portions of the northeast. areas like new york city could get 6 to 8 inches of snow from the storm system. very tough evening commute as many head home from work tonight and during the overnight hours and into tomorrow morning. by later friday this storm is out of here and we're going to be looking at brighter conditions but it is going to be very cold. take a look at some of these lows for tonight. the actual temperature -- this is not a wind chill. the actual temperature in boston is going to tkrofp tkrofp -- drop to 3 below zero. factor in the wind and we'll be looking at dangerously cold weufrpl -- wind chill temperatures. >> i got a new snow blower for christmas. my last snow blower was my son. the 100th rose bowl, michigan state against stanford. second quarter stanford up

3. a throw picked off, return 40 yards for a touchdown. stanford will go up ten. michigan state university says new year, new touchdown. the 25 yard strike. they win 24-20. the head coach celebrating a huge pay raise. agreed to a new contract that will make him one of the three highest paid coaches in the big ten. number one being ohio state coach. hockey has the winter classic about 15 degrees. toronto maple leafs taking on the detroit red wings at michigan stadium. game tied at 2 at the end of the overtime we go to a shootout. the pluck in for the win and knocking the winning shot. toronto wins that outdoor classic 3-2.

have you ever thought you've seen crazy things in basketball. look at this shot. watch it with me. >> kids, don't try this at home. this is the reunion tower shot. >> yeah! >> it's hard to hit a moving target. texas a & m grads known as dude perfect attempting this near impossible shot by tossing a basketball off the 560 foot reunion tower in dallas. this is not the first crazy shot stunt by dude perfect. >> hats off to the two who caught that. >> in the middle of my soccer turn national i -- tournament i was able to

visit fox 55. ryan and amy, this is a great show. they got that fox attitude. they have a huge hangar over there. they have three separate studios. it is an amazing occurrence. i'm more than a little bit jealous and it's hot there. they could do the show outdoors. >> not like us, especially in the next few days. we'll be freezing. so many people that i know got your book for christmas and the holiday and they are so thrilled. >> i know. people are tweeting out the pictures of them opening them on christmas day. thanks so much for them and it's good to be back talking sports here. >> excellent. 19 minutes before the top of the hour. >> coming up, has skype been hacked? why your personal information has could have been stolen and what it has to do with the president of syria. >> he's one of the best race car drivers ever but today michael shoe --

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welcome back. quick headlines for you now. skype hacked and it may have been in support of syrian president bashar assad. for a time yesterday there was a message on the company's twitter and facebook page accusing the owner of microsoft on spying. the message has been taken down. snapchat was hacked. 4.6 million user names and phone numbers leaked to a data base. you can find out if your account was compromised by going to tpobgz -- "fox & friends".com and clicking the link on our home page. can you imagine? >> retired michael schumacher in a medically induced coma after a ski crash left him with a severe brain injury. >> many say he is alive

today all because he was wearing a helmet. what do you need to know before you hit the slopes that could save your life? >> joining us is the executive editor of outside magazine. good morning. sad news that we heard. everyone certainly taking it in and hoping for the best. in critical condition. we understand michael schumacher is in a medically induced coma. it has everyone wondering what precautions they can take and how we need to up the ante when it comes to safety generally speaking. >> that's right. skiing is inherently a dangerous sport. we talk about it oftentimes only when accidents like this happen so it gets a little bit of a bad rap. if you're a beginner, i tell people get in shape because ski resorts have higher elevations and you run out of breath faster. get your legs stronger. maybe take some lessons. the better your technique, the more fun you'll have if you know how to stop and turn correctly. >> is it true there is one

time of the day when more injuries happen? >> exactly. the other thing is knowing when to call it quits. the most accidents happen 2 to 3 p.m. that is when most people get tired maybe you're losing your form. go into the lodge when you get tired. don't push it. the other thing is keep your speed under control especially when you're skiing in unfamiliar terrain where you might not know what obstacles are around or in crowded areas. sometimes other skiers are just as dangerous as natural hazards. >> let's look at the different helmets. >> what do they offer? >> helmet technology as the nfl increased quite a bit lately, spending a lot of money on research and development. i brought favorite helmets. this is a very interesting helmet because most helmets are designed to shatter upon impact and this one is one of the first helmets out there that can withstand multiple hits. it's made with a softer foam. >> good for kids? >> great for kids.

younger skiers, this helmet can withstand multiple impacts. that is a great helmet. this is from a swedish company called the receptor bug. you can see it's offset. it prevents lacerations from anything from getting in to your helmet. extremely well made. >> how much? >> about 120 bucks. this is about 200 bucks. >> can that one withstand multiple hits? >> this just one. this is from smith called the vantage. it has honeycomb structure in here. while big impacts obviously can hurt your brain, so can slower impacts. this is designed kind of like the bumper on your car. it will start deforming at slower speeds which is critical. for example, michael schumacher apparently was not skiing that quickly when he hit that rock. it doesn't take that much force to get a brain injury, an important thing for people to realize.

>> he was a real good skier and what the really good skiers do for a challenge is they go off the track. >> that's true. >> go off the run. >> skiing actually, more people are wearing helmets which is great. 70% of people are wearing helmets now but we are skiing faster than before. terrain park features have gotten bigger. equipment allows us to go a lot faster. we're skiing faster than ever, flying higher than ever. helmets can only do so much. >> the number one thing is you've got to wear a helmet. it is cool now to wear a helmet. >> it is cool now to wear a helmet. >> thank you. coming up, a controversy is brewing. meet the pub owner who took on starbucks and looks like he's winning. >> she used the audio from the challenger crash in her song and now nasa has something to say to beyonce. stay tuned.

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that is so cool. starbucks is steaming over what it says was a brewery's twist on its signature frappuccino. but when the cease and desist letter made its way to the pub owner, he had quite a response. here now is exit 6 owner jeff britain. he joins us today. good morning, jeff. >> good morning. how are you guys? >> doing okay, although you must have been surprised when you wound up with this letter, this legal looking letter from starbucks that read, quote, it has recently come to starbucks

coffee company's attention that exit 6 pub and brewery is or was using the mark frappuccino in connection with a stout-style beer. how dare you do that, jeff? oh, wait, you didn't. what happened? so they sicked the lawyers on you. you don't even have something called a frappuccino on your menu. >> that's correct. i never did. it was a blend of two different beers. one that i make myself, a vanilla flavored cream and a chocolate coffee stout. when you blended the two together, it had a familiar flavor. >> okay. but you didn't call it frappuccino. i understand just one of your customers on-line, on an app referred to it as frappuccino and starbucks sicked their lawyers on you. >> that's correct. >> that's crazy. what you did next was quite

amazing. what did you do? >> in their letter to me, they said that they expected me to write back to them to give them my word in writing that i was no longer going to use the term, frappuccino. since i never did, but didn't want to risk any further lawsuits, i decided to go ahead and respond to them the only way i knew how. >> and you did. you wrote this: the brewery never thought that our beer drinking customers would have thought that the alcoholic beverage coming out of the tap would actually been coffee from one of the many, many, many stores located a few blocks away. and you sent starbucks then a check for how much and why? >> for $6. as a siphon good faith. i wanted to make sure that they knew i felt just awful about what had happened and just

wanted to make sure that there were no hard feelings and i thought there was probably about $6 profit in the total of three beers that were actually checked in on that app. so i sent mr. schultz a check for $6. >> that's good. he needs the money. what's the moral of the story? >> that's kind of what i thought. maybe just because you can, you don't have to blow hundreds of thousands of dollars on lawyer fees. a phone call would have been fantastic. >> there you go. and the phone call, they could have discovered you don't actually have a frappuccino beach that was something one of your customers said. >> no. that's correct. >> exec out exec 6 brewery if you're in the st. louis area. what's the address? >> 5055 highway n in cottleville, missouri. >> very nice. we thank you very much for joining us to tell us your story and happy new year, sir. >> thank you. same to you. >> great. thanks a latte.

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good morning it's thursday, january 2. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. it's 2014. that means it's the year of obamacare. but is the white house playing a numbers game with your health care? >> beyonce, we have a problem. >> look very carefully at the situation. obviously a major malfunction. >> wow. nasa firing back at the singer for using actual audio from thew song. and happy new year from washington. tax breaks that millions of americans have enjoyed just disappeared. we're going to tell you which

ones because there is a real good chance your taxes just went up. "fox & friends" hour two for this thursday starts right now. >> it's time for "fox & friends" i know yesterday was new year's day, but today seems like groundhog day because it seems like the third monday in about a week. >> it does. tomorrow is the first friday in about a week, it seems like. >> well, although tuesday kind of felt like a friday. last friday felt like a friday. >> think about hasselbeck who worked on tuesday. feels like a saturday. >> i worked tuesday. >> this is sunday to me. >> are you confused yet? we're working on that. >> for the record, heather, steve just yelled at me, caution i didn't check the schedule. you did work tuesday. i apologize. >> i worked monday.

>> that's why i say today seems like another monday 'cause i already had one monday this week and this is the second monday. >> just another manic monday. >> how lyrical of you. >> i wish there would be a song like that. >> you've confused everybody. i'm going to move on. >> it's thursday. >> yeah. it's thursday. good morning to you all. hope you're off to a great day. we have news for you now. moments ago, the director of the hospital where former israeli prime minister ariel sharon is being treated says his life is in change and his family is now at his bedside. the 85-year-old has been in a coma for the past eight years following a stroke that occurred at the height of his political power. he is listed in critical condition. we'll keep watching this story for you. and brand-new video in of a chinese helicopter picking up passengers from a russian ship that's been stranded in antarctica. all 52 passengers have now been rescued and transferred to an australian ice breaker. the ship got stuck on christmas eve after a blizzard pushed the

ice around it, literally freezing that ship in place. the 22 crew members will stay on board until the ice breaks up. ♪ ♪ if you haven't gotten enough of this guy action toronto's crack smoking mayor rob ford, you may northbound luck because he's filing for reelection today. his lawyer says he thinks his chances of being reelected on october 26th are excellent. what do you think about that one? okay. talk about a special delivery here, lorraine and brandon were born in washington, d.c. just two minutes apart. what made it different was different years. lorraine was born at 11:58 p.m. on tuesday. while her brother arrived at 12:00 o'clock a.m. on new year's day.

>> brandon came in right as the new year. it's too much to handle. >> very sweet. the mom and babies are now doing well. and those are your headlines at this hour. >> can't even play on the same little league team. they'll never get along. >> we'll see. >> that's a dismal future you're painting there, brian. maybe. >> maybe this family. >> i'm surprised you haven't talked about their retirement yet. they're one day old! >> why not? >> by the way, regarding the story heather just did, rob ford, toronto's crack smoke mayor running for reelection, send us a twitter or facebook, what would be a great campaign slogan for him? >> what would you put on a t-shirt? >> i think rob the crack smoking mayor. >> everything i'm cracked up to be. i'll crack you up.

i'll knock you over. send us an e-mail of rob ford campaign slogans. we'll pass them along to the ford campaign because sometimes ford doesn't have a better idea. >> i don't see a lot of interns or staffers running to rob ford's reelection. so he might need your help. >> i think our viewers are very funny and they probably have funny suggestion. >> when you don't see us here, we're on facebook sharing rob ford slogans. let's talk about what is going on. we're talking about four years since the passage of obamacare. you're talking about reshaping a $2.75 trillion health care system and it's on the way. like it or not, it's here. 4.7 million americans know it's here because they got their insurance plans canceled because they weren't all it was cracked up to be. over 2 million people evidently signed up on some way, shape or form where they actually have insurance where they have back

end has been the fulfillment has worked, that's another question. >> the 2.1 number has eyebrows being raised based on have they paid? what does enrolled mean? charles krauthammer says wait a second. i think the administration may be playing games with these numbers. listen to his remarks. >> notice if you ever have a number that looks favorable to obamacare, like the 2 million, to immediately announce and it's exact point one. somebody once said a decimal point is an economy mist's way of showing a sense of humor. exactly 2.1. but they have no idea how many are enrolled or they tell us they have no idea and they have no idea how many are the young and the healthies. selective release of information, which is highly suspicious. >> the number of plans involved -- by the way also, we pointed it out, the white house is backing away from the number that we heard a number of times where we need to have about 7 million people enroll in new

plans to make this thing work. the thing about these numbers that are heart breaking is you've got 4.7 million americans' plans that have gone away. that's the number of plans. on each plan, you got one person, you might have a spouse or children. it impacts a lot of people. charles krauthammer is absolutely right. for the administration not to tell us how many people have actually paid for plans in the new year is disingenuous because if you haven't paid, you don't have coverage, unfortunately. >> maybe they don't know or they're not excited about that number in its actuality. charles dives in when he says the young and healthy, which is so important when it comes to paying for this system because the young and healthies would truly subsidize the plans that would end up costing more for those who aren't as healthy without their support, all those premiums are set to skyrocket. >> this is going to need very little analysis. the impact is great on

obamacare. if for some reason free market principles kick in and obamacare soars, people sign up and the president hits his marks. he has a shot at taking the house. but if it continues to wallow -- >> he can take the house? >> i'm saying mid terms. >> you mean the house of representatives? >> i'm saying if somehow it actually gets in gear and it becomes -- >> you're talking about -- >> if it hits gear and obamacare becomes a huge success story, democrats will soar. it doesn't matter what the numbers say, it's how it relates to you. if it continues to struggle and to hear about one waiver after another, the president is going to get walloped like it doesn't matter what the campaign says. >> you know what? it's not going to happen. i'll tell you why. sticker shock. this is only going to work if a number of people sign up, middle class people who have been eliminated. i saw something this morning, 27-year-old man could buy a plan last year for $41 a month.

under the exchanges, the cheapest version he can get now is about $120 a month. so that's a 190% increase. how many people are actually going to say, you know what? i better do that. according to the numbers, we don't know, although we're only at a fraction of the numbers we need to be at. >> there are things we were insured for that we couldn't possibly use. let's talk about my artist that i like to, if i'm looking for a female artist that gives a full entertainment, with barbra streisand near retirement, i had to turn to beyonce. she has come out with this visual album, has 14 songs and 17 videos. but it's one set of lyrics and one set of actualities within that song that's causing a lot of controversy and a lot of angst today. >> certainly. there have been a lot of people that are critical of if. she ended up playing a small clip from the challenger

disaster and -- >> it's the very beginning of the song. >> it opens up. it's the very beginning. you can hear it here. >> looking very carefully at the situation. obviously a major malfunction. >> okay. so that was six seconds of mission control talking about the exact moment when seven americans were killed. the widow of the challenger, dick kobe, june scoby, said she was disappointed they used that. she said the moment included in it is an emotional hard time for the families. we chose to focus on how they lived and how their legacy lives on. and nasa has come out and they are steamed that beyonce would trivialize the death of these seven americans. >> that's right. their press secretary said this

the challenger accident is an important part our history, a tragic reminder that space exploration is risky and never be trivialized. nasa works everyday to honor the legacy of our fallen astronauts as we carry out our mission to reach for new heights and reach the university. >> i saw "gravity" over the weekend. so you know what goes on up there. the song, according to beyonce, said was recorded with sincerest intention to help heal those who lost loved ones and to remind us that the unexpected things happen, so love and appreciate every minute you have. >> yeah. okay. so that's what she said. has there been a burning need for families to cope with something that happened two decades ago? it sounds like creative spin on her part. but still, you wonder what were they thinking to use an actuality from the moment seven people lost their lives? >> do you think she knew this would cause this furor, that we'd be talking about this? >> i would hope not. >> certainly i think if she thought she would lose money or that she would upset anybody, i would think she would never step

into that territory. she's finding out the hard way. what do you think? do you think she went too far with that clip being put in? let us know on facebook, twitter, e-mail. >> that question is up on our facebook page and people are weighing in now. >> the song wasn't even about the challenger or space. it was about a failed relationship. >> yeah. >> dozen minutes after the top of the hour on this thursday that feels like a monday. another gun from the botched fast and furious operation turning up at the scene of a deadly crime again. this time in a popular tourist town. so how many more weapons from fast and furious are out there? we've got a number. >> that's right. and a tractor-trailer loses control, plunging into a frozen lake. how the driver and his dog managed to walk away from this alive. ♪ ♪ [ male annouer ] winter olympian ted ligety cannot take a sick day.

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u.s. investigators have traced another one of the estimated 2,000 weapons from the fast and furious scandal to the scene of yet another deadly shootout outside a tourist town in mexico near the arizona border. >> wow. the shooting left at least five suspected cartel gunmen dead and raising even more questions as to why no one was held accountable for this failed gun running operation in the first place. joining us now is the author of "fast and furious," barak obama's bloodiest scandal, katy.

are you surprised with where we're at today where we hear about these things and there has been no hell to pay for anyone? >> i'm not surprised. this is the same playbook we've seen with this administration with every single problem that we've had that comes out of any department in the administration. we're talking about now 1400 fast and furious guns still missing. as you saw, there was this big shootout known as rocky point to american tourists. i've been on that beach, sandy beach a bunch of times. my family used to go to arizona and we would stay right there. this situation puts a lot of americans at risk. p puts innocent bistanders at risk. luckily in this instance it was only cartel members being killed. but again, it goes to the point when you give bad guys gun, they do bad things with them. >> the atf says atf has accepted responsibility for the mistakes made in the fast and furious investigation. regrettably, firearms related to the fast and furious investigation will likely continue to be recovered at the

future crime scenes. and the statistic you just brought up that there is still 1400 guns out there, this could last for a very long time. >> absolutely. and atf's definition of responsibility has always been a very loose one that they use. a lot of the people who were at the head of fast and furious haven't been fired, not to mention a lot of them are now in higher positions than they were before. and we're talk -- there is not a lot that eric holder will admit, but there is one thing he does admit and that is that we're going to see lots of murders, lots of deaths down the road as a result of this operation. we're talking about hundreds of mexican citizens already killed. we're talking about border patrol agent brian terry here in the united states being killed, and of course, let's not forget that these guns are being used by cartel members against chiefs of police, against public officials, against people like -- just people in public office. it's not like they're just killing each other.

they're going after theseblic oe weapons and they're being very successful. >> unless there is a public outcry, this will go by the board. is there anything legally that could bring this to the surface again? anything congressionally that could bring this out? >> absolutely. so for the past two years, we've been in this court battle with the congress -- the congress has been in a court battle with the department of justice. the department of justice asked for all the lawsuits from the oversight committee to be dismissed. what we're looking at now in the court system and waiter for which we're expected to see a ruling on here in the next couple of months is whether president obama's executive privilege over certain fast and furious documents will stand. if a judge strikes that down, documents will have to be turned over and then there will be lots of information released, which will probably give us more than we already know about the operation and a way to kind of present more information to the public about what happened. >> given the fact that a couple of agents died in it, you would think they would go ahead and reveal it. we'll stand by. >> you would think.

>> all right. thank you very much. happy new year to you. >> happy new year. straight ahead, happy new year from washington. tax breaks that millions of americans used to enjoy disappeared. we'll tell you which ones are gone. >> they could impact you. and with the new year comes new trends, from what you watch to watching what you eat. what is going to be hot in 2014, we've got a prediction coming up next. ♪ ♪ ooh, homemade soup! yeah... [ male announcer ] campbell's homestyle soup with farm grown veggies. just like yours. huh. [ male announcer ] and roasted white meat chicken. just like yours. [ male announcer ] you'll think it's homemade. i love this show. [ male announcer ] try campbell's homestyle soup.

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new year kicking off with a major winter storm. parts of the midwest and northeast bracing for up to a foot of snow.

anita padilla is from fox 32 chicago, joining us with the latest there. i hear it's cold and i see the snow. >> reporter: yeah. we've got the big, fat flakes and they're blowing sideways sometimes. i want to give you a picture of what's going ton right now here on the north side of the city. this is in one of the neighborhoods. you see all that swirling snow? that's what's coming down right now and if you look down at our tire tracks here, all of the tire tracks, all the streets on the side streets in chicago, you have to kind of make your way here in chicago because the plows don't come through side streets until a little later after they focus on the main roads and get those cleared away. it is a challenge for people that are going to be on the roadways today. if you have to fly into o'hare or out of o'hare airport, yesterday there were over 600 cancellations and delays. we expect there will president-elect obama be more coming today. we'll get an updated number in about an hour. at this point, i can tell you if

you have to fly or travel, you want to make sure you call your airline and check ahead because there will be the ripple effect. you know how that goes. make sure you call ahead. very challenging day for folks out there. be very careful on the roadways. reporting live from chicago, anita padilla, back to you. >> you be careful, too. thank you very much. elisabeth? 2014 is here, so what trends can we say good-bye to now that 2013 is over? what should we be on the lookout for and what's next? here with the hot new trends is danny agnew. the web site is awesome. it's very guy friendly. this girl happens to like it. you see what's hot, what's not. you're always posting great things for the guys and they can get an e-mail on it. trends and travel, what will we look at for 2014. >> i think it will be the year that we said good-bye to hotels. b and b has become popular and introduced us to this concept of

renting a home rather than hotel room when traveling. we're seeing for luxury travelers, the emergence of services like one fine stay or home away luxury rentals where you can get these beautiful, really upmarket properties and sort of feel like a local when you travel, 'cause that's sort of the ultimate luxury to not feel like a tourist. >> they're going to homes. instead of your home, somebody else's home? >> right. they have all the amenities of a top notch hotels, the linens and toiletries and 24 hour concierges, to making you feel taken care of. you feel like you've got a home base. it's a search for authenticity a lot of people are look for when they travel. >> what about tech? >> in the world of tech, you're hearing a loft hype around the google glass. as much of old news as it is, it's still a prototype. it's not out to consumers. i think when it fully launches and we start to see the social

ramifications of people using this thing in everyday environments, it will be really interesting. to be able to cook and watch the recipe on a video as you have your hands in the marinade, or to be able to look at a street sign in a foreign country and have it translated immediately into your native language, or to watch cat videos while talking to somebody at work and they'll never even know. >> are you doing that right now? >> i am not. i promise. >> i'm going to put to you a lie detector test. we're talking health. what are we looking at in terms of health in 2014? >> in 2014 i feel like it will be all about gadgets, sort of tracking our health and helping us stay informed about what's going on with our own bodies. the emergence of things like the nike fuel band and others, we're able to gather way more data on ourselves than we ever were before and it all connects to your smart phone. it allows you to sort of make more informed decisions about

your diet or your exercise habits. things that basically let you keep track of your own health rather than having to go to the doctor all the time. it's what we call the quantified man, being able to look at a data set about your own body and then adjust your lifestyle accordingly. i think it will be really interesting. >> you make adjustments. it's interesting. quickly before we go, one more change in science, right? >> basically i just think that in 2014, we're going to be look at a lot more -- really big focus on space. i feel like americans are very inspired again about the concept of exploring space. you've got felix baumgartner sky diving from space. richard branson and his daughters will be the very first space tourists doing virgin galactic in 2014. >> certain controversial even though we got through talking about beyonce. >> exactly. it's very top of mind for a lot of people. i feel like that's really kind

of interesting and inspiring that moving into 2014, we're looking at exploring new frontiers. it's very much evident even in popular culture. you got a lot of films, interstellar coming out. people are really into space. >> we are glad you're here. >> thanks for having me. >> check that out. thanks for all the trends. welcome to 2014. tens of thousands of new laws just went into effect, like cracking down on posting mug shots? what other regulations are now in place? plus, it's every girl's question. how many frogs do i have to kiss in order to find my prince charming? we have that answer for you coming up. ♪ ♪ ( bell rings ) they remind me so much of my grandkids. wish i saw mine more often, but they live so far away. i've been thinking about moving in with my daughter and her family.

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♪ ♪ >> you're looking at times square, new york city. that's where elisabeth's' alternate set is when she's not in the studio, there with another man, bill hemmer. >> we had some fun there. bringing in the new year. >> you did a good job. >> there was so much confetti.

>> where is steve miller these days? some of those -- i think most people are saying between the weather, the fact this is a thursday, even though we're usually back to work on january 2, the average american is saying i'm staying home. >> a lot of people are back at work today and unfortunately, we'll find out shortly from maria, this big blizzard going on all the way from the midwest right through the northeast. boston could wind up with a foot of snow, which means a lot of people will be watching tv. as you watch tv, how many channels do you think will tell you this? with the brand-new year, 55 popular tax breaks that millions of you have been enjoying have gone out the window. >> what are you talking about? >> they're no longer law and instead, they've been allowed to sunset. we're going to give you a list of about half a dozen. take a look at these tax breaks that you've gotten in the past that have gone away, which means your taxes have gone up. >> that's right. talk about giving the cold shoulder to some americans.

55 of those are out there right now that are expiring. this is one of them. state sales tax deduction. another one we talked about for education expense deduction. this is what teachers, go into their pockets, spend $400 on average on their own classrooms just to help out, get extra supplies. they used to be able to deduct that. that expired. >> 3.6 million teachers used it in the past. as for the first one, the state sales tax exemption, 57 million americans have used that in the past. that means you all got a tax hike yesterday. >> if you're looking to take your business from small to mid-size, the deduction there for capital expenses, that's expired. so a ton of people right there are not going to be able to do that or make the decision not to. they thought they were going to get the deduction, they're maybe regretting that choice. >> mortgage insurance, that seems to have dissipated. imagine if they do this nationally, stop giving you deductions on your mortgage, period. that could have huge ripple

effect. >> americans have used that in the past. 4 million americans got tax hikes. also ira distributions to charity. people older than 70 1/2 are required to take distributions from the ira. this allowed them to contribute money directly to charity without counting it as income. impacted a lot of people. those people got a tax hike. >> companies that hire veterans, this is shocking. so many, they are no longer allowed. with this expiration, to deduct there either. the motivation for many. >> yeah. watch throughout the day and over the next couple of weeks, how many other channels are telling you about the 55 tax hikes that went into effect on the 1st of january? >> heather nauert, there is no bill. >> my husband and i were going through things over the weekend, holy cow, we got a lot of tax hikes hitting us. >> you two are speaking again? >> yes. yes. >> it's a new year. >> after you were flirting with all the gals.

>> that's true. >> all right. good morning to you all. hope you're off to a great day. an update. former first lady barbara bush remains hospitalized with pneumonia this morning. doctors at houston methodist hospital giving her an excellent prognosis. the 88-year-old has been there since monday. no word yet on when she will head home. we'll watch this story for you. hundreds of folks waited in the snow to buy pot. colorado is the first place in the world to let people 21 years of age and older to legally buy pot for recreational use. but there is a pretty hefty price tag behind it. some shops are charging $400 for an ounce. that's considered about four times more than street value. it's hard to believe anyone survived this. both the driver and his best friend, his dog, making it out alive. here is what happened. the driver losing control and crashing his semi truck into an ice-covered lake in oregon. he was able to escape through the passenger window and then he crawled onto the ice. emergency crews later spotted

his dog running around on the lake. they pulled him to safety. both are doing just fine, thank goodness for that. how many frogs do you have to kiss before you find your prince charming? >> very funny. what now? i reckon y'all want to kiss? >> kissing would be nice, yes? (scream). >> there is actually a study out about this. it says that the average woman will kiss 15 men, have two long-term relationships, and get her heart broken twice before she meets her knight in shining armor. those are your headlines. >> 15? >> 15 guys you got to kiss before you find a good one. >> yikes. >> what do you think of that? >> sounds better news for the guys. >> lucky for the guys. exactly. >> thank you, heather. >> 15 in one night? >> no, during your life. >> yeah. >> still. >> that's like speed dating. >> you get your heart broken

twice. >> wow. >> all right. it's already damp and it's cold outside and a blizzard is coming. >> yeah. we're going to be seeing blizzard-like conditions here in new york city. let me tell you, it is already very cold out here. one of the big parts of our story here with this storm system is how cold it's going to be. so many people across the northeast are going to be seeing temperatures that they have not seen in years. subzero temperatures are expected as we head into the overnight hours. let's take a look at the radar because right now we actually have two pieces to our storm system. across the midwest, the other across portions of the southeast just producing plain rain out there. that snow stretching across portions of the midwest and already across parts of new england. already early this morning. but it really won't be until tonight and also into tomorrow morning that we're going to be seeing some of the worst conditions. we have winter weather advisories, very widespread. winter storm warnings in effect and also blizzard warnings across long island and also the

cape because you're going to be seeing gusts over 35 miles per hour at times and i wouldn't be surprised in some areas saw sustained winds of 30 miles per hour. 8 to 14 inches possible across most of parts of southern new england. the storm gets out of here as we head into later friday. again, temperatures will be a big part of that story. now let's head over to brian. >> thanks a lot. come inside, please. hold the door for her. new year's day, full of bowl games. 100th rose bowl. in the second quarter, a man wasn't crowded. stanford leading 10-7. cook is pressured. you'll see him throw. returned 40 yards for a touchdown. stanford up by 10. michigan state would not stop. game tied at 17: they win 4-20. spartans head coach got a huge raise. congratulations to him. the nhl's annual outdoor game is

fantastic. this year no exception. they call it the winter classic. this year was the toronto maple leafs against the detroit red wings. look how they take a football stadium and watch the time lapse as they set up michigan stadium to hold 105,000 fans and put a hockey rink right in the middle. isn't that amazing? snow needed to be cleared from the ice to make it perfect. it was real snow and real hockey. game tied at 2. end of ot. time for a shootout. taking the puck from the win and knocks the wind past. toronto wins 3-2. good news over in tampa for lovey smith. he is going to take over as the new head coach there for tampa bay and have a say in all personnel decisions. schiano is gone now. from rutgers, word is he could be going to penn state. >> can you imagine being in that great big stadium trying to see

the little puck? >> i know. it's amazing. it's almost as hard as tv. what was crazy is it was 15 degrees. >> they love it. >> it's cold. it does get cold at hockey. >> imagine we're in the cheap seats. you really can't see anything. >> right. coming up on this thursday, welcome to regulation nation. with the new year come tens of thousands of brand-new laws. peter johnson, jr. is here next with what they're going to mean to you. >> and you might have broken several of them already today. then he's here legally, but wants to be a lawyer. so should he be given a license to practice? you're about to find out.

we have quick headlines for you now. the california supreme court will decide today whether to grant a law license to a man who graduated from law school and passed the bar. the controversial case challenged a 1996 ruling that bars illegal immigrants from receiving professional licenses. and lawyer lin stewart defended the terrorist who attacked the world trade center in 1993 and tried to help him pull out more attacks. she has terminal cancer and has two years to live. there are four years remaining on her sentence. steve? >> thank you. it's a new year. that means a whole new batch of laws on the books. about 40,000 new laws. here to break down a couple of them, fox news legal analyst, peter johnson, jr. >> happy new year.

lot of new laws and if you like shark fin soup, then you're out of luck. shark fins now go for 600 pounds and environmentalists say that it hurts the eco system because tens of millions are killed. now delaware has banned the shark fin trade, along with six or seven other states. >> the environmentals don't like it because they cut off the fin and -- >> and the shark dies. now, colorado, you heard about this. what are they selling in colorado? marijuana. anyone 21 and over for recreational use, about $120 for a quarter ounce. you can buy an ounce if you're a colorado resident. if you're out of state, only a quarter. >> how many joints do you get out of an ounce? >> don't know. >> just curious. >> is that the metric system? i'm not quite sure. in illinois, they're banning drone interference with hunters and fishermen. who would want to send a drone up against hunters and fishermen? they're called pizzas air angel

angels. hunters across the country have shot down these drones that peta has put up in the air. illinois is saying to peta, no more drones in illinois. >> all right. >> back to colorado. 16-year-olds can preregister to vote, steve. >> when they're 18? >> well, yes. so when they go to the dmv to get ready for their junior license or license, they will be registered to vote by the time they turn 18. that's really interesting. hawaii and florida have something like that. in california, listen to this one now, transgender students will be allowed to use bathrooms consistent with gender identity, meaning that if they believe themselves to be a boy, they can go to the boys room. if they believe themselves to be a girl, they can go to the girls room. that is facing some heavy criticism in that state and it may end up on a public ballot. >> really? >> yeah. some signatures going around on that particular issue now.

>> all right. >> in california, now web sites are now going to be required to tell users how they track and share personal information. you go on the internet all the time. we've talked about that. where is that personal information going? now in california, companies that are on the internet are going to have to tell the users how they track their privacy infers. >> all right. >> now, i know we worked hard to pull down your mug shot and my mug shot. now in illinois and oregon, there is a big crackdown. you ever seen this? go on the internet and you see people, just various people have their mug shots posted? >> yeah. >> there is some web sites that will charge you money to take that down. so in those states, they're saying it's going to be illegal to charge for removal. so if you imagine your kid is on vacation somewhere and gets picked up for a speeding infraction, some towns will take their mug shot. but if they plead to a violation, why should the world

think they're somehow criminals? a lot of people have been hurt by that. so those seven or eight laws are coming up of the 40,000 that you mentioned in our new regulation nation, shark fin soup out. pot in in colorado. you have your mug shot taken? you have an easier chance of getting it taken down in a bunch of states. >> of the 40,000 brand-new laws went into effect yesterday. happy new year. ten minutes before the top of the hour. coming up, the "new york times" says we had a reporter on the ground during the terrorist attack in benghazi talking to the attackers. they did? you got to hear this to believe it. and then remember this new mother slammed on social media for posting this photo of her post-pregnancy body? she's back with a big update [ male announcer ] playing in the nfl is tough.

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good morning. it's thursday, january 2. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. it's 2014. that means it's the year of obamacare. but with abysmal enrollment, the administration moves the goal post once again. wait until you hear their latest claims. >> that's so unlike them, too. get this, now the "new york times" says that the newspaper had a reporter on the ground the night of the terrorist attack in benghazi. the reporter even talked to the attackers. you got to hear this to believe it. it's coming up. >> a new year, fresh start. even for this guy. >> yes, i have smoked crack cocaine. do i? am i an addict?

no. have i tried it? probably in one of my drunken stupors. >> that has to be the quote of the year. by the way, what's going on in toronto? you may northbound luck if you haven't gotten enough of toronto's crack smoking mayor. he wants to run for reelection. according to our statisticcation, it's our final hour. >> you're watching "fox & friends." that's a great way to begin your day. thank you, don king. we asked you earlier what rob ford, the crack smoking mayor of toronto's campaign slogan would be. got a lot of them. here is the latest one from john who says i'm running for reelection. put that in your pipe and smoke it. >> that's good. i'd peel that bumper sticker, put that on. >> bumper sticker, t-shirt. >> send us some more because that guy, we don't know how large his campaign staff is, but he could probably use the

creative minds watching right now. >> he's having a good time for sure. >> why isn't he, if wasn't so drunk, he'd remember more of his good times. how many people have gotten drunk and haven't remembered they smoked crack? >> i wond what are his new year's resolution is. >> where do you start? ohm one thing at a time. >> or is it broken already? we don't know. >> heather, you want to talk? >> stop smoking crack. stop getting caught on videotape dancing. stop pushing people around. >> what's left? >> exactly. all right. good morning. hope you've off to a great day. some news from overseas, the director of the hospital where former israeli prime minister ariel sharon is being treated says his life is in danger and that his family is now by his bedside. the 85-year-old has been in a coma for the past eight years following a stroke that he suffered at the height his political power. he's listed in critical condition. we'll keep watching this story carefully for you.

brand-new video just in of a chinese helicopter picking up passengers from that stranded russian ship in antarctica. all 52 passengers have now been rescued and they've been transferred to an australian ice breaker ship. the original ship got stuck on christmas eve after a blizzard pushed ice around it and literally froze that ship into place. the 22 crew members will stay on board the ship until the ice breaks up. the actor best known for playing will smith's uncle on "the fresh prince of bellaire" has died. >> i'm not going to punish you, will. >> that's radical, uncle phil, but it just might work. >> james avery is his name and he passed away following weeks of complications from heart surgery. alfonzo rubier posted this and said, he was a second father to me. i will miss him greatly. james avery was 68 years old. those are your headlines at this

hour. i was watching the snow storm as it rolled in. >> blizzard warnings already posted for long island and cape cod. >> right. >> details coming up shortly. >> governor cuomo, picture an eight-lane highway. they might shut it down to make people use mass transit. they're saying stay home, unless you're a morning show host, they say stay here. did you pack something to stay here? >> i did. i brought a bag. >> really? did you bring something for elisabeth? >> i did. i don't know if she can wear a man's size 42 sport coat. >> my dresses convert to snow suit option. >> she might be wearing it tomorrow. >> it's going to be a "fox & friends" party. >> she's going to wear the same dress, let's wear the same outfits tomorrow. >> no party regarding obamacare. it went into effect yesterday and while the administration is

touting the fact that so many millions of people now have coverage that have never had it before, take a look at the sad statistics. in the run up to january, 4.7 million plans were canceled. meanwhile, they say 2.1 million plans were added. they don't say 2.1 million plans were paid for, so we don't know exactly how many people actually have coverage through the exchanges. we do know that we have heard for at least a year that what needed to happen for this to be a success was 7 million people had to sign up for plans, otherwise it wasn't going to work. it was very clear. 7 million. >> that was the goal so it could be paid for and taken care of. >> the amazing thing is, then they start saying, i never said that. >> you have proof -- do you have anybody saying that? >> we do. >> may be proof of that.

>> i know there is proof and i know i remember hearing it. >> you're saying that somebody from the administration is saying we never said we needed 7 million? >> that's how i remember it. i gave the tape to -- physically gave my vhs tape to gavin and he put it -- did he put it in the player? >> and i had the app to play the tape from that right now. watch. >> well, that was never our target number. that was a target that was put 90 by the congressional budget office and it's become the accepted number. >> kathleen sebelius has said 7 million people. >> but that was because it came from a congressional budget office and become an accepted number. there is no magic to the 7 million. what there is magic to is that in the month of december, a million americans signed up for insurance. not because they had to. they didn't face a penalty if they didn't. they signed up because they wanted insurance on january 1st. >> okay. so. >> not magic.

>> even though the president said many, many times, if you like your plan, you can keep your plan, but that was not true. now they're saying we never said 7 million. kathleen sebelius in december was using the number where we're about halfway to that 7 million. listen to this. this should jog their memory. >> september 5th memo sent to you listed monthly enrollment targets for the exchanges and this memo indicates that your target enrollment number for the end of december is 3.3 million, based on hhs's release this morning, your department is more than 3 million off their target number. isn't that correct? >> through the end of november, that is correct, sir. >> so they needed 3.3 million through the end of december. they wound up, took it to 7 million. they wound up with 2 million. but we don't know how many paid for it. so they missed some target. >> somehow that's a success. the point 1 at the end of the 2 seems good to them. no magic rabbit comes out.

but they're feeling good about it somehow. >> they're going to run out the clock. keep saying things like this until you lose interest. the fact is, with health care, no uncan lose interest because it affects everyone. we hope it doesn't affect you, but it's going to. you or someone in your family. you're going to be your own judge and jury. you might not have noticed, five, six days ago, the "new york times" came out with a report that said a long investigation about what really took place in benghazi. what do we know ahead of time, what took place and what was the reason for the attack? their conclude was not al-qaeda based. many there because they were outraged by this 3-dollar video that was put out essentially backing up susan rice ace story and the people that were attacking, it can't coordinate examined wasn't al-qaeda. >> david kirkpatrick, he put out on twitter that they had a reporter on the scene talking to the attackers during the attack, is what that twitter said. >> think about that. then you can see he's responding to rick grenell, who was a

united nations ambassador's spokesperson during the george w. bush days. it's curious. let's get this straight. now so many months later, so many years later we're finding out the "new york times" actually had somebody there on the ground that night talking to the attackers? in other words, they would know essentially who murdered our four americans. have we really heard them flesh that story out? >> outside of a retweet and a double tweet, no. where has this information been? certainly raising eyebrows there in terms of questions and what happened and why this information was never released and why the clean-up? terms of conflicting information that's been put out earlier. people are outraged. lives were lost. chris stevens gone. yet the information that we receive is now conflicted? >> and for the "new york times" to have a reporter, a libyan reporter working for the "new york times" on site, probably had a phone. probably had a sack phone. that would have been a perfect time to call for help.

did they? maybe they did and maybe that's never been reported. >> yeah. it leads to other chapters of the story. how about this? the best exclusive reporting on the tragic event, why were you using him? why weren't you utilizing him and say we have exclusive coverage from those on the ground? so that's what's going on. also the fact is really aggravating. they say it's not al-qaeda. it's islamic extremist group which declared, which was founded by this guy who might have been captured a couple days ago who said they're a branch of a militant islamist group who said publicly that the group has backing from al-qaeda. >> brian, we've had republicans and democrats both come out since this report and what they have said is there were terrorist links to al-qaeda. lynn westmoreland, republican from the great state of georgia, was on our program a couple of days ago, i believe on monday -- and he said that the "new york times" put this story out simply to lay the groundwork for

hillary clinton to run for president so that when she's running, she's not bothered by benghazi. >> what difference does it make? >> prior to a possible endorsement is what they were suggesting. >> so anyway, turns out "new york times" h a reporter in benghazi that night, we're just finding out about it via tweet. >> coming up straight ahead. >> there are big changes in the housing market. >> beyonce, we have a problem. nasa firing back at the singer for using actual audio from the challenger disaster in her new song. ♪ ♪ at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying "progress-oh!" share your progress-oh! story on progresso.com.

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2014 ringing in some major changes for homeowners and prospective homeowners all across the country. that means bob massi will be busy. he joins me live from las vegas with a look at what's different this year. happy new year, bob. >> happy new year, elisabeth. thank you. >> so what are we looking at here for those who are going to be buying a home, what do they need to know this year? >> well, what we're going to do today is at least give a little idea of sort of some things i want to talk about next year. one of the things is going to be fha effective january 1, has changed their limits insofar as qualifying for loans. what we're going to do in the next few weeks is cover that issue, tell our viewers how that's going to impact their ability to buy, why fha is doing this, and what the ultimate impact will be for the year 2014. >> okay. you always mention a typical homeowner. you've discovered america has several types of typical homeowners. what are they? >> i think the face of the

homeowner has many different faces now. you have those homeowners who are out there that are angered from what happened and now they're eligible to try and go buy a home. you have those homeowners who were not ever a homeowner and they're sitting around saying, now i'm in a position to buy a home and i'm paying for the sins of the past. you have those homeowners who went through loan modifications and really got played around by the lenders or short sales or foreclosed on, rebuilt their credits and they wear another face. and we have the informed homeowner. homeowners never will be able to say that they didn't understand that they have to pay attention to what they do now when they buy a home in the future, from lending to understanding the loan you're getting, to understanding the house you're buying. we're going to cover some of those things as to what you need to look for when you're buying a home in the fewer. >> so relevant and important to those across the country. we love your legal advice. what are we going to know and what do we need to know heading into 2014? what sort of issues are you

going to cover for us? >> one of the things that we talk about on "fox & friends" besides my rebuilding your dreams, day-to-day stuff. although i get a lot of e-mails, i get so many on different subjects, i'm going to be covering day-to-day stuff for everybody next year. never leaving the rebuilding your dreams in real estate, but the by product that from that is very important. i'm working on webinars for "fox & friends" viewers that come in and send e-mails and i can't respond to all of them, where they'll be able to access, through my web site, a free webinars on certain subjects because i don't have the time to cover all of it, but i want to let people know, this is what's going on in your life every day. this is the consequence of things that we do because that's the world we live in. hopefully it will inform our viewers. >> can you give us a top two topics you're going to cover? n i always think that people want to know family law issues. it's sad what's going on in our country with families, but a lot

of e-mails i get is in the area of family law, children's rights, parents' rights, grandparents. i'm going more into that. the other thing is what do you do when you lose somebody you love? how do you set up your estate? how do you do certain things in order to protect yourself? those seem to be two prevailing areas. on the other hand, i'm going to talk about risks when you lease vehicles, what you need to do when buying a leased vehicle. i get a e-mails on this stuff. things that we need to know that have legal consequences when we buy things and do certain things and hopefully that will broaden up the segment for people and also to these webinars, educate our viewers in the future. >> ten years ago i bought a lemon and i could have used you then. thanks so much. we love your advice. love the everyday topics and happy new year. >> thank you. e-mail bob your questions at our web site. look for rebuilding dreams section there.

click on it. former first lady barbara bush is in the hospital. coming up, we have an update on her condition. then this basketball shot, gives a whole new meaning to the term air ball. does he make the basket? stay tuned. ♪ ♪

i have some headlines. , two major cyber attacks impacting millions. sky pack, and it may have been in support of syrian president al assad. for a short time there was a message on the company's twitter and facebook pages including

microsoft of spying for, quote, the government. the message has since been taken down. and snapshot was hacked, too. 4.6 million user names and phone numbers leaked to an on-line database. the group behind it says it hacks snap chat to prove it was still -- it is still -- it still isn't secure. you can find out if your account was compromised, go to www.foxandfriends.com, click on our home page and we will tell you privately. won't tell anybody else. steve? >> all right. thank you. former first lady barbara bush waking up in the hospital this morning, being treated for early signs of pneumonia, it sounds like. dr. mark siegle from the fox news medical a team joins us with an update on her health. so we've heard respiratory. now we're hearing pneumonia. >> early pneumonia or bronchitis. something that usually responds to antibiotics. i heard from jim mcgrath, the family's spokes certain that she's doing extremely well, getting great care, responding

well. and will be very cross with anyone who will make a fuss over her. >> i bet. the statement says mrs. bush is doing great, is receiving fantastic care at methodist and will be very cross at anybody who makes a fuss over her. we should point out that the president of the united states, barak obama, sent her a note, michelle and i send our best wishes to mrs. bush for a speedy recovery. barbara is blessed to have both a loving and supportive family by her side. >> this is what we're expecting is a speedy recovery. a lot of times these things are precautionary. you want to give antibiotics. i would fully expect her to recover soon. >> that's terrific news. let's talk about a case that got a lot of attention over the christmas holiday and that was young lady out in california, went in for a routine tonsillectomy, currently on life support because she had cardiac arrest. currently, according to her doctors, she's brain dead.

now there is a struggle over whether or not she should be taken off of life support. >> steve, this is a hard case to talk about. let's start with this, i haven't seen the mris. i haven't seen the eeg or brain scans. but several u intos, reputable ones, are saying there is no brain activity. no upper brain activity, no brain stem activity. the movements that we may be seeing are spinal coming from the spinal cord. now, that's a definition of death. medical definition of death. that can be reassessed. if that's the case, then it's very hard to make a case for continuing to keep her going. on the other hand, people have different religious beliefs. people say well, i don't want people intervening. i want god to be involved with this. so that's why it gets difficult. from a purely medical point of view, if these things are accurate, and neurologists wouldn't put their reputations on the line like this, this wouldn't be the terry shiavo case where there was some brain activity. if there is no upper written activity, she's not -- brain

activity, she's not going to recover. >> speaking of shiavo, there is a story out that apparently the shiavo foundation is secretly helping this family keep their daughter alive. but you mentioned the movement, and that is i think it was revealed yesterday or the day before, her grandmother, who is a registered nurse, says that she feels that she's able -- the little girl is moving her legs and moving her hands because she hears the family. if you're the family, you want to believer that's true. >> well, and of course, there is a lot of heavy emotions involved with this and i dealt with this every day in my career with patients and patients' families. you have to be compassionate and open to reassessing things. but it doesn't mean that a family member who is a nurse would be objective about this. we have to be totally fair. there is issues with what the role of the hospital is, the hospital is in a very difficult situation here. again, we have to have a definition of what death is and we tend to make it from brain activity. not heart activity these days.

historically it started off with when the heart stopped beating. now it's defined as when there is no brain activity. top neurologists have said that. i'm sympathetic for the family and i have a very strong religious belief on this, but again, there has to be a medical definition here that works. >> it is a terrible case, it started with a tonsillectomy. >> that's a warning about surgery, by the way. be kill because anesthesia does have risks to it. >> there is no such thing as a routine surgery. all right. even though many are done routinely. >> absolute sleuthly. happy new year. >> you as well. 27 after the top of the hour. caught on camera, a store wiped out bay wave of flood water. wait 'til you hear what sent that water rushing in. that's crazy. plus, she used the audio from the challenger crash from nasa in a new song and now the space agency has something to say to beyonce. they're not happy that she's trivializing what happened. ♪

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a lot of people feel this will be a really good year for the economy, 2014. so let's keep our fingers crossed. >> that's right. >> let's talk about beyonce. >> we were talking earlier. nasa responded to beyonce's challenger music video. so she begins the video with the sounds of the challenger explosion. we have a little of that for you. take a listen. >> looking very carefully at the situation. obviously a major malfunction. >> an understatement, a major malfunction. seven americans lost their lives at that moment and either beyonce or the producers or writers inex olympicably decided to put that moment into a song about a failed relationship. it had nothing to do with space travel or anything like that. the widow of the challenger commander, dick scoby says she's disappointed to hear the use of the clip. her quote is, the moment included in this song is an

emotionally difficult one for the challenger families, colleagues and friends. we have always chosen to focus not on how our loved ones were lost, but rather on how they lived and how their legacy lives on today. so there you got the challenger family, at least one of them not happy with beyonce. >> really beautifully stated. the press secretary responded as well. she said the challenger accident is important part of our history, a tragic reminder that space exploration is risky and never be trivialized. >> this is something like from another artist who needs to make their mark on the scene, trying to break into the business is one thing. but she doesn't have a track record of sensationalism. in fact, they went on to try to do some cya. they said the song was record with sincerest intention to help those heal who lost loved ones. the song writers included the

audio in tribute to the unselfish work of the challenger crew. really? in 1986? >> yeah, she's trying to help somebody's family where they passed away over two decades ago. it does seem like creative spin on the part of her publicist. we asked you what you thought about it. we got a whole bunch of tweets and facebook posting. >> barbara says from facebook, she should have cleared it with the families of those who died. so much easier to ask permission than forgiveness. >> read my mind. leah said, i don't buy that. it was a tribute. if it was, she wouldn't have had to plain it was. >> victor said, there are no boundaries that people like beyonce won't cross for self-enrichment. it's a cultural flaw that will never stop. >> i just tonight put her in that category. i think that she is not somebody that does stuff like this. >> oversight? >> again, to counter my own belief, she has so many people around her, the biggest music company in the world, the

hottest artists on the planet, you would think there would be double checks. >> but it's her song. it's her new album that's out. you would think -- she doesn't hear that when she's in the studio necessarily, that part. but before it goes out, she probably heard it and said, what is that? >> we've heard -- >> what is that? >> allude to historical events that were sad and terrible and devastating, but maybe just the sound itself just took it too far. certainly some of our viewers thought so. >> it doesn't even go with the song. >> it has to do with a breakup. >> hard to draw the connection. >> keep the e-mail coming. >> we're going to connect with heather nauert for headlines. >> good morning. 35 minutes after the hour. musharraf has been taken to the hospital. he experienced a heart problem while on his way to hearing in his high treason case. the 70-year-old missed two other hearings following bomb scares. the case could result in the death penalty if he's convicted.

the hearing has been adjourned until monday. hundreds of people waiting in the snow and coming to buy pot. colorado is the first place in the world to let people 21 years of age and older legally buy pot for recreational use. but there is a pretty big price tag to it. some shops are now charging $400 for an ounce and that's about four times more than street value. take a look at this video. raging water destroying a store in venezuela when a tractor pulling a car caused a wave so big that the flood broke through a flood prevention wall. the water causing thousands and thousands of dollars of damages. >> yes, that is real. >> look at that right there. it's real. >> that's heart breaking. >> meanwhile, outside our world headquarters, it is currently 26-degrees. i'm looking out at the thermometer on the bank across the street. >> good eye.

>> we can get that verified by maria molina. >> hi, good morning. it's like in the 20s, but you have to factor in the wind. i have to say, it feels like it's in the teens out here. >> looks like it. >> yeah. really bundle up as you head out. that's the story across most of the northeast. this is kind of warm compared to what it will be like tonight. we'll be seeing actual temperatures in the single digits and then you factor in the wind and those wind chills are going to be below zero. so we will be looking at dangerous conditions throughout the overnight hours tonight. we do have a winter storm. that is developing. one piece of it right now across portions of the midwest. we're seeing some snow coming down across the midwest right now and then farther south, just rain in parts of georgia and the carolinas. but both of these pieces of energy are going to be merging and coming up as we head into tonight and into tomorrow morning. we're going to be seeing some very tough conditions across northeast. we have winter weather advisories stretching from the midwest into the northeast and we do also have winter storm warnings. that's where we have some of the worst conditions that are expected with gusts up to

35 miles per hour, even higher at times. accumulations up to 14 inches in portions of southern new england, new york city, you're looking at accumulations of a half a foot. blizzard warnings in effect for long island and also the cape. a lot of snow and a lot of wind and cold temperatures. be careful, everybody. let's head back inside. >> all right. thanks. you come back inside now. 22 minutes before the top of the hour. what's happening in the bowl world. michigan state, the rose bowl. talking about 100,000 people and a guy and a very high helicopter who decided to shoot that game for us. michigan state was trailing and then they trailed more. with that interception tossed down, michigan state would go down by 10. they would not give up. msu was strong all year and they would come back again. they would tie the game at 17. 25 yards away, the rose bowl goes to msu 24-20. their coach got a huge pay raise. he's revitalized that program. they're once again considering themselves national contendsers. let's talk hockey. they played outdoors.

if any game is built for the cold, it's the game played on ice. maple leafs played against detroit. they turned it into a hockey rink, over 100,000 who showed up for this nhl winter annual events. it was tied in regulation and the red wings and maple leafs would need some shootout time. there you go. there is the winner. toronto wins 3-2 and they get the points. let's talk football. if you haven't seen, this let's talk sports and college sports. look at this crazy basketball shot. watch this and understand it's real. >> kids, don't try this at home. this is the reunion tower shot. ♪ ♪ >> yeah! >> all right. those people are called dude

perfect. they graduated from texas a & m and rather than just wait for the perfect job opportunity, they thought they'd create one. they tossed basketballs off 500-foot reunion towers in dallas. this isn't the first crazy shot by dude perfect. their youtube account has over 2 million subscribers with similar stunts. >> like the administration moving the goal post. >> that's fantastic. >> by the way, george washington, secret six, if you want it signed, go to briankilmeade.com. it goes to a local book store. thanks so much for buying it over christmas. it was pretty cool. >> a lot of people got it. >> we really appreciate it. it's four on the "new york times" list. >> congratulations. a great read. a loft families were getting them as group gifts. >> i saw your read and you had nothing to read. you steal my read and tease and i feel as though we'll be equal. >> if you ask me, is that stealing? >> go ahead. >> should people on welfare be asked to pass a drug test?

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>> isn't that the guy who plays you, brian? >> i think so. >> you can watch that "saturday night live" sketch in china. full episodes of the show are being made available on the internet despite on-line censorship. think that will last if they poke fun at their politicians? stay tuned. and move over, leo. there is a new bachelor in town. clint eastwood's son, scott, is the most eligible bachelor, according to town and country magazine. the 27-year-old so-called retro he man cool attitude sets him apart from many of today's superstars. the magazine writes. brian? >> he's got nothing on bill hem mer. district judge shooting down florida's law requiring drug tests for welfare benefits, saying in her ruling, quote, there is no set of circumstances under which the warrantless suspicionless, drug testing at issue in this case could be constitutionally applied. so is this another win for the entitlement nation or is this

just constitution being the constitution? joining us retama is someone who led the charge for well father -- welfare reform in massachusetts. your reaction to that ruling? >> good morning. i don't agree with the ruling. there are plenty of people that go out there every day, work hard to actually earn a living and they have to be drug tested for the privilege of working and supporting their families. and this is a real problem in our country. we have public assistance programs that are infested with fraud and abuse. one of those forms of fraud and abuse is the trafficking of ebt cards. and just in massachusetts in the past year and a half or less, we have had five major busts of trafficking rings where stores are buying cars from people for 50 cents on the dollar and in some cases, there are drug deals right there to sell people drug

drugs. >> you're seeing a large number of those cases drugs are involved? n yes. we actually had -- we have tim cruz a did d.a. here. i have spoken to him. one of the busts, law enforcement was in the store that was specifically set up to buy these cards and sell people drugs and there were people outside the door saying to the law enforcement officers, gee, are you almost done yet 'cause i need to get in there and i need to sell my card so i can get money for drug. >> incredible. there has got to be something besides word and honor system to make this work. here is one thing beyond reproach. beyond any judge's decision. the food stamp enrollment has virtually doubled. in 2008, you had 28 billion. now 47 billion. so look at these numbers. they -- million. they've doubled so far. we're out of the economic crisis. evidently we're in recovery. how could these numbers continue to grow? the price of food stamps has virtually doubled. how do you get ahold of this?

>> these programs are out of control. we opinion over upwards of $80 billion in this country on the food stamp program. over the years, the application process and oversight has become very lax and we need to get back to where we're verifying people are who they say they are. a lot of this is done on-line and it's very easy to get a license and social security number and just mail it in and say that. that's why when we find people are busted, they often have multiple ebt cards. i think something very important that we need to mention and remember is that children are involved. and a lot of times this money and this food is for children. and when these cards are being trafficked and sold and drugs being bought, children are the ones who are suffering. so we need to be responsible. we need to help people break their addiction from drugs and this is one way to do it. we can actually get them the help they need if we know there is a problem. >> some of the most successful people in our country comes from families that were helped by welfare, single parent families, a lot of situations, it's beyond

reproach, you need it. when they abuse it, it hurts everybody and especially those who need it and the taxpayer that supports it. that's where she's doing this work, over in massachusetts. the awareness is maybe half the battle. thanks. >> thanks. take care. 1 is minutes before we're done. headed back to the gym but aren't sure where to begin? up next, the exercises that will keep you fit in the new year. first let's check in with a guy who just checked in with us, bill hemmer so tight with elisabeth hasselbeck, he felt he had to say hello to her this morning before the show. what about this new bonding? >> we were downright balmy on new year's eve. >> you guys did a great job. >> thank you very much. happy new year to you. she was terrific. thank you for allowing us to borrow her. >> that's it! >> for one evening. >> one more year. next year okay. >> thank you, brian. a rescue mission now to the bottom of the world. a major update on that. biggest storm of the season marching across the country where the blizzard warnings are out today. obamacare challenged yet again. we'll explain why. see you in ten minutes and a

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have you ever walked into a gym and thought, where in the world do i start? how does this machine work? >> that's a feeling shared by many americans who made a new year's resolution to work out. today we're here to help. >> how do you know that, elisabeth? >> i know things. >> jonathan is the author of the calorie myth." congratulations on the book. >> thank you so much. it's a pleasure to be here. >> what is the calorie myth? >> the calorie myth is this idea we need to consciously count calories versus just eating the right quality of food and letting our body take care of that for us. >> what's the right thing that we should be eating? >> the right thing are things we ate for generations, thousands of generations before we had no obesity epidemic.

whole foods you find in nature. >> you have to work out less, but work out differently, right? >> exactly. modern exercise scientists shown we can work an entirely different set of muscle fibers in our body. imagine if you never worked your biceps before. >> why are you looking at me? >> when we exercise smarter, we exercise with more force, but for shorter periods of time. we work more muscle fibers and we get better results. >> let's do one. >> the primary way to do this, and the good news, is you don't need complicated equipment or you don't need to go to the gym. eccentric training. focus on lowering down rather than lifting weight. lowering versus lifting weights. may i show you an ecentric pushup. a lot of people who maybe have tried to do pushups historically haven't been able to because they are a challenging movement. but a lot of us could do the ecentric or lower down. instead of doing a full on pushup, what you could do is just slowly lower yourself down.

>> that kind of happens anyway, right? >> exactly. >> coming up part that's the hard part. >> you can put your knees down, do that portion up. make the up portion easier and the down portion harder. >> hang on. >> just real slow, just real slow for ten seconds, i want you to lower down. and then once you get to this hardest portion of the movement right here, just hold it. just hold it. >> i'm not holding it anymore. >> brilliant. now push yourself up on your knees. keep your knees down. push yourself up. now put your feet back and now lower yourself down. >> while they continue to do this, we're going to step aside. the new book is called "the calorie myth." thank you very much.

>> thank you. >> are you okay? >> no. i'm staying down here for a nap. this is my pushup right there. the time to go to bed yet doing s that it's given me time to reflect on some of life's biggest questions. like, if you could save hundreds on car insurance by making one simple call, why wouldn't you make that call? see, the only thing i can think of is that you can't get any... bars. ah, that's better. it's a beautiful view. i wonder if i can see mt. rushmore from here. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.

a lot of people asking what is going on, what did we do over vacation? elisabeth, for example, you? >> there is a new year's eve with bill hemmer. he took good care of me ringing in 2014. then nothing else. ice skating lessons with the boys. had a good time. >> family time. >> yeah. cutest kids in america. i had a chance to go to the soccer tournament and there we are at the universal at hard rock watching the fireworks. that's my family. and i was also able to coach over the weekend. they were blaming each other. that's an action shot of the celtics playing a michigan team. >> congratulations. >> and your kids went skating? that's sally doocy. we were at rock center for a

long-time family friend's birthday party and there you can see finally i got three kids who live in three different states, so christmas was great 'cause we were all together. >> how fun. >> now we have six seconds. after the show show, maria talks, promise. bill: get ready, a powerful winter storm moving through the midwest and bearing down on the east coast. winter watches and warnings from new york up to boston. we are talk about blizzard conditions and up to a foot of snow in some areas. indiana, ohio and illinois are getting dumped on. the rescue of 50 people stranded in the antarctic continues at this hour.