stay warm out there because there is another arctic freeze coming after this system >> hits keep coming in 2014. >> and you will be watching the football. >> have a great weekend. >> happening now starts now. >> we start with the fox news alert. the impact of the deadly storm felt all over the northeast today. travel in and out of the region in boston has come to a halt. grounding flights coast to coast. whipping wind and dangerously cold temperatures are a huge cause of concern. we have everything you need to know coming up in a live report. but first breaking news on today's top headlines. >> the search is on for a mental

patient who escaped and is accused of murdering his step-father and mother. and facebook is being accused of selling private messages. and can a snapshot of your dna prevent future illness? what is scientist found out. that is all happening on happening now. >> first a massive snow storm whipping through the midwest and northwest packing a huge punch. hope you are staying warm. i am john scott. >> and i am jenna lee. boston suffered seeing the worst of the snow with more than two feet fall overnight. bone chilling temperatures are settling in now. grounding thousands of flights

as well all across the country. mol molly line is live in boston. >> reporter: there was a family struggling on the sidewalk and that is what we have seeing in boston. they worked to clean the sidewalks but this is part of the reason why schools were canceled: things are nasty. but they are looking up. the sun is out and the snow is winding down. at logan airport things are taking off slowly and things slowly grounding. one woman trying to get back to florida had a frustrating night. >> up at 5 a.m. and couldn't fly

out at 11 a.m. so had to take the bus. arrived at noon and they kept delaying the flight. we sat on the tarmac for four and a half hours and brought us back and said it was canceled >> what was going through your mind? >> very angry. >> understandable a lot of folks were upset with this situation. and thousands of flights were delayed. and logan airport is hoping to get flights out this afternoon. another concern is at noon there is another high tide. this the last big one they are worried about from this storm.

after that things will turn to cleanup. they are starting to see the pavement and getting things back to normal. >> the weather is the big story but we are following the obamacare news. they are asking the supreme court to not extend the extension for the non-catholic groups. this comes off sonia sotomayor blocked the mandate hours before it took affect. they are saying it violates religious believes. the justice sonia sotomayor or the entire supreme court must decide to keep the injunction in place while the lawsuit proceeds in lower court.

>> iran could shift the power of weapons and asia is bullying their neighbors. 2014 is starting off with global disorder we have not seen in years. a recent column reporter says politicians spend most of their time plotting how to get power and figure out how to lead once they are in power. obama has proved rookie leads will not work in the world we have now. they are going to have to elect a big league president if they want to stay big league. the man who wrote those words joins me now. you are not a fan of leading from behind? >> i don't think america can

afford to lead from behind. we have kept the peace because the united states because willing to engage and lead. that doesn't mean we have to be engaged militarily in shooting war but we have to be the lead power. and obama decided we would pbe one of the guys and we would use institutions to solve the middle east. >> what do you see with that? >> like at iraq. the war ended but the president pulled all of the troops out and al qaeda announced they have taken over two cities in northern iraq. they are on the move there. they are attracting al qaeda

fighters from all over the region. and now you have a situation where refugees are filling into jordan. >> and the palestine and israeli issue is going on. is that worse now than it was ten years ago? >> i have not of this as the bermuda triangle and everyone has to weigh in and try to solve it. most of the time they fail. the situation is there is 93 reason to expect a solution to the problem. the israeli will want the united

states to support them at some point so they cannot afford to separate themselves. >> talk about the russian president. >> well, he is a bully and he is trying to pull people back into his spear. in china, they have been doing the same thing with japan and down in the south china sea extending their claim it the water while the united states has pulled back from asia. the white house sent the vice president and the john kerry to

assure them we are engaged. where is the united states they were saying and we had to reassure them we would be present there in asia. we have problems all over the world that could draw the united states into them. >> you are saying there is a vacuum of american leadership you are saying? >> there is a vacuum while you have the problems in asia and the middle east and lack of leadership in europe. >> the deputy editor of the wall street journal. thank you. >> another new story. new information about the nsa. the fugitive linker is reporting

documents revealing the agency is working on a super computer that could type every type of encryption code. when we talk about this super computer it is a quantum computer? >> it could break through barriers and reveal medical to banking information from all over the world. >> sounds complicated. what is the ultimate purpose of this? how would it be used? >> it is all part of quantum

technology so supporting the nsa's core mission of keeping an advantage on the war of terror. details about this program called penetrating hard target is part of a $79 million program. this is one of many links the former leader of the nsa says. >> edward snowden gave the information to others and they will roll them out according to their own needs. >> reporter: this time of computer technology is at least five years away if not more. >> and using it on enemies is one thing, but using it on american citizens is another.

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>> a fox news alert. we want to go to chicago where we are watching the developments of a warehouse fire. the degree is one degree below 0 and wind chill is 14 below 0. it is unclear if the weather is impacting the firefighters

efforts. the roof collapsed at the warehouse that is near railroad tracks. this is bringing us tool to the big story of the weather out there. >> police in northern california arrest a man who they say killed a catholic police. the man had been arrested several times before the father was killed. he was found dead new years day and died after what was called a violent struggle. in south carolina police on the hunt for an escaped mental patient. jason mark carter was held there after being accused of killing his mother and step-father and

living with the body. and carry olson was last seen getting gas on december 28 and hasn't been seen since. >> it turns out one of the ice breaker ships that helped in the rescue of the antarctica ship may need rescuing of its own. amy is live in london with more. >> reporter: it was the chinese ice breaker, the snow dragon that brought along the helicopter that rescued the tourist and researchers. that maybe stuck in the ice itself. it had not been able to get through the ice but hung back

waiting for the weather to clear enough to deploy the helicopter. it is stuck now and going to try to give itself a big push. but in the meantime the australian icebreaker is now on standby. we are hearing from the passengers. >> i was relieved for the people under my care. i was pleased with having extracted from that situation and i am a bit tired. >> the researchers had been studying global warming and there has been a lot of talk

with the tractors saying there is not global warming if you are stuck in ice. but they were saying the ice was old ice that broke free from the tip of antarctica. the rescue operation was expensive, complicated because it isn't all ever, but the ship did have insurance -- over -- >> thank you, amy. >> you know the conversations you were having online and thought they were private? facebook is being sued accused of selling your personal messages. and the winter wollop is continuing to make a mess for millions of many americans. more on airport delays and other delays across the country. delays across the country. at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons

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>> on the day of the big winter a lot of people are not going to work but you cannot not answer the call if you are a firefighter. this is fire on the west side of chicago. they are dumping water but the temperature is 1 below 0. and you can tell from the smoke coming off of there there is a pretty significant wind blowing there. those firefighters are dealing with frigid temperatures and water flying through the air. they are doing a good job of it. no word of injuries so far.

every day most of us send or receive e-mails and now facebook is being sued accused of selling private e-mails to advertisers. we have the legal panel. so it isn't sending a regular message on facebook. if i said to john how is the weather today. but if i sent him a message and included a website the class action lawsuit says they are scooping that up for information. facebook says they are without merit. how do you see the case? >> how private is something on

internet? i agree with facebook. there are lots of protected relationships. your talking to your friend on facebook is not one of them. and i don't know if by private facebook means your information isn't going to be made publically made available or if it means you have some privacy. anybody woo puts things online should expect their information isn't private. >> but facebook does call it private messages and cold this service as a private way to communicate. and yuf -- you have to -- agree there are terms of limits.

so what wins? >> do they say they will use all of your information to market? no. facebook was made up for people to get together. not to sell anything. now they are in business. their stock is bad. they are trying to sell. why should we bear the brunt? unless you tell us what it is going to be i am not going to assume that. facebook was a way to communicate with a cousin in another country. i will not expect they will use my information. >> what do you think about that, ester? when i e-mail you i believe i will e-mailing you. i don't assume others are reading the e-mail. does regina have a point? >> it is clear that facebook is a company and a corporation that wants to make money.

>> it just became a profit company. >> for years you didn't have to pay. >> but facebook has a right to make money and as the consumer -- >> let everybody know they are making money. don't hide it. >> regina, this is a broader question. and it is technical but facebook and google are saying in google case's we scan your information. we don't read your e-mail and that is how on google you see articles that relate to you. facebook says the same thing. interestingly the nsa says the same thing -- they have computers that scan thing. are we at a point where the law hasn't caught up and the scanning is legal? >> of course because this is

new. facebook ends this and never ever put itself out as a marketing website. it was a way for friends to connect. it just recently went for stock. this wasn't a for-profit. people are comfortable thinking they are protected but you are not. facebook shouldn't be doing that without disclosure. and you want to stay, you stay. you don't want to, you get out. >> that is the question for google. a judge is going to decide if scanning is snooping or if scanning is different and doesn't violate state laws. >> you can use any words. it the same thing.

>> i think what it says in the google case a judge has written they didn't live up to their user agreement. i think we will see tighter language going forward so people know what they are signing up to. i don't buy the argument that you think social media is private. >> you may not buy it but facebook put themselves out that way. that is what facebook said. connect with friend not media or marketing advisors. connect with friends. unless we say that is enough it is going to keep going. >> it is the choice of the consumer and that makes it different than the nsa. it is interesting to see how different companies we work with use the information we are using

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jon: right now a quick look what is still to come this hour of "happening now." the first major winter blast of 2014 disrupting travel on the east coast. canceling more than a thousand flights nationwide. we will have latest on storm impact. the utah doctor convicted of murdering his wife is now asking for a new trial. we'll tell you why. what can your dna tell you about your health and what problems you might face in the future? we'll look at commercial dna testing and medical benefits it could hold. jenna: back to the weather now. the new year's first winter storm creating chaos for millions of people from the midwest to the northeast and the snow is still coming down in someplaces the biggest concern is the dangerously cold temperatures out there that are

probably going to continue. fox news meteorologist maria molina will know more about those temperatures and what is going on with this storm. maria? >> hi, jenna. that's right we do have very cold temperatures in place across the northeast. if you live in the northeast you will notice temperatures warm up later in the weekend. we'll have another storm that will be producing just areas of rain but behind that next storm we could look at some of the coldest temperatures we've seen so far this winter across parts of the midwest and the northeast. we'll have more on that later on. i want to show you the snow totals from the storm system because they are quite impressive. parts of long island picking up a foot of snow. more than nine inches in portions of connecticut and up into massachusetts. massachusetts is really the state hardest hit by the storm system in terms of snowfall accumulation. you can see boston, 14.6 inches of snow. that number may go up a little more. most of the snow is really over with. just north of boston, that is where totals are close to two

feet. in boxford, 28 inches of snow recorded from the storm system. incredible stuff. it's a weak-moving clipper system across the midwest. it intensified with another storm system out here across the northeast, producing incredible snowfall accumulations in southern new england. look at radar, much quieter now at this hour. just lingering snow showers in parts of eastern long island and eastern parts of massachusetts. the wind will continue to be an issue throughout the day. look at current wind gusts gusting over 20 miles an hour at times across the new york city area. busting over 40 miles-an-hour in places like nantucket. eastern parts of massachusetts you're dealing with very strong wind gusts. they were over 50 miles an hour in the overnight hours. the combination of cold air mass and wind is producing dangerously cold windchill temperatures. 10 below zero in boston. 27 below zero in burlington, vermont. so you do have a concern for

frostbite. jenna, i want to show you this next some system because as we head into saturday and sunday another storm will move into portions of the midwest producing even more snow and dangerously cold temperatures. chicago is one city i'm very concerned about, bus by monday, the high temperature, 10 below zero. factor in the wind, we'll have big concerns out here. likely we'll see widespread windchill advisories and warnings in effect across the midwest and northeast. back to you. jenna: not over yet. >> thanks. jon: we're talking about your privacy online a bit earlier. now this, the editorial boards of two major newspapers are calling on u.s. to pardon nsa leaker edward snowden. "the new york times" and the u.k.'s gaapian both saying that the american fugitive should be granted clemency. the times is saying quote, mr. snowden is living in russia on the run from american charges of espionage and theft and he faces the prospect of spending the rest of his life looking

over his shoulder. considering the enormous value of information he has revealed and abuses he has exposed, mr. snowden deserves better than a life of permanent, exile, fear and flight. what do you think about that? let's talk about it with judith miller, pulitzer prize winning investigative reporter and author. kirsten powers, columnist for "the daily beast." both are fox news contributors. kirsten, i start with you, as i understand it you agree with what the newspapers have to say. you think edward snowden ought to be exonerated here? >> absolutely. i think he, if it wasn't for him we wouldn't know so much we now know about the government surveillance program. and if the obama administration had been transparent the way that they said that they would be, that obama promised he would be, then edward snowden wouldn't have had to release all of this information. and i think he has done a public service and i don't think he should be punished for it. i think he should be absolutely given clemency. he shouldn't have to live his whole life on the run. jon: judy, what do you think?

welcome this guy back home, throw him a tickertape parade down sixth avenue in new york? >> no, i don't think so, jon. i'm in between the kind of hero and traitor camps. there are people like kirsten who say, look, two out of three judges, federal district court judges have now said that this program that he called attention to is unconstitutional. the third disagreed. so he can be regard the as a whistle-blower. on the other hand, i don't think this country wants to be rewarding that kind of precedent. having bradley manning now in jail for rest of his life or edward snowden decide that they, know enough to release classified information. he released 1.7 million documents, without anyone's authorization. this country can't have that occurring without some penalties. but i want him back, so i would like to kind of do a kind of deal with him that would discourage others but still

punishing him a little. i have to admit, kirsten is right, he did start a debate that was long overdue. jon: kirsten, some think he may have done us a service what he released about nsa spying. as judy points out, there are millions and millions of documents and perhaps methods yet to be released that could prove quite harmful to national security, don't you think? isn't that possible? >> according to the, yeah, that is the claim that the government makes. remember all the false claims the government made about this program, frankly lies they have told about this program, even in front of congress where you have james clapper lying to congress and having to admit he lied to congress about collection of metadata. you had keith alexander from nsa had lying about, claiming that 54 plots were broken up. turned out more like maybe 2. so i would take what the government says about this with a grain of salt. this is not the best way to have

the information released. the bought needs to be more transparent. if the government is not going to be transparent then thank you, edward snowden. he has done it in very responsible manner, frankly. i don't think he has thrown information out willy-nilly, despite all accusations made against him, false accusations made against him when he initially started releasing this information, that he was some crazy narcissist, whatever. i think this person really sacrificed his life for to reveal this information. jon: well, at same time, judy, he signed a pledge before joining the contractor and nsa, saying, signing a pledge i wouldn't release that information. >> absolutely. people who have been true whistle-blowers like daniel ellsberg who released pentagon paper to my old paper, "the new york times." he did not go to china. he didn't go to china. >> he defended snowden. this is completely different environment than it rused to be. >> i'm well aware of that. >> thomas drake another went through normal channels and got,

ended up having his house raided by the fbi. this is a farce, the idea there is normal, you're going to go to congress? really they have been really helpful. i think he has done the best he can do. >> wait, a minute. congress is talking about oversight now. that is snowden's contribution. we don't need to end the programs but make them legal and establish better oversight. and snowden, thanks to him, we are having this debate but we can not have this as a precedent, precedence or there will be no no country secrets this country can keep. jon: for the record, the administration is not talking about any clemency or pardon for edward snowden at least at this point, at least not publicly. as we learned there are a lost secrets out there. >> right. jon: kirsten powers, judy miller. thank you both. >> thank you. jenna: he was convicted of murdering his wife but a utah doctor is asking to go free days before his sentencing which could be life in prison. new developments in the case of

martin macneil coming up. first storm of 2014 making a mess of air travel in this country. we're live at lax next.

jon: a major winter storm out there disrupting travel plans for millions across the u.s. especially after the holidays. there are still hundreds of flight cancellations and delays nationwide because of this storm. the airports most affected in the hard-hit northeast, leaving a lot of travelers still trying to get home from holiday celebrations. they are stranded. will carr is streaming live from los angeles international airport. i guess the delays have echoed all the way out there, huh, will? >> reporter: that's right, jon. all morning people have come up to us and asked us, what is going on with the travel and the truth is, we don't have the snow

here in los angeles but there have been very long lines and passengers definitely felt the impact all across the country. take the boston area. logan international was shut down overnight after parts of boston had more than two feet of snow. in new york, jfk shut down for several hours this morning. evidently one runway is back open now. but the combination of the snow, the ice, the poor visibility, have really had a huge impact. according to flightaware.com, there have been more than 2000 cancellations, almost as many delays all across the country today, leaving passengers stranded and frustrated. >> i have no idea when we get out of here. just canceled and said we're supposed to fly this morning and got canceled again and now we're supposed to fly at 3:20. we're just waiting for the call that tells us it is canceled again. >> reporter: we've seen passengers with those same fears checking cell phones all

throughout the morning. there is domino effect that starts in the northeast and spreads across the rest of the country. jon, something to keep in mind, here in los angeles there is the national championship game for college football on monday night. thousands will try to fly into l.a. this weekend and airlines asking people to either check online or call to see if your flight has either been canceled or delayed. jon, back to you. jon: will carr, joining from us los angeles. will, thank you. jenna: a utah doctor convicted of murdering his wife wants to go free. new developments in the case of martin macneil just days before he is scheduled to be sentenced. and what can we really learn about our health and future health from our dna? lots of companies say they can give you the results, a crystal ball if you will. up next a woman made amazing discoveries comparing genetic tests. it will surprise you

jon: former utah doctor facing life in prison for the murder of his wife is now seeking a new trial. lawyers for martin macneil argue evidence shows inmates who testified their client told them he killed his wife were lying so they could get lighter sentences, however jurors, who found macneil guilty in november, said they didn't find the inmates trustworthy so they basically ignored their testimony. you might remember macneil was accused pressuring his wife into plastic surgery, drugging her with medication afterwards and letting her drown in their bathtub. prosecutors said he wanted to start a new life with his mistress. the appeal is scheduled for next week. jenna: we have our own unique genetic makeup. one woman decided to find out what clues her dna hold to help her avoid potential illnesses in

that run in her family, like breast cancer and hard disease. karen submitted information to three different companies to learn not only what she could about her health but how good are these tests really which is a good question. she published her findings in the "new york times" which we read and appreciate it and working on masters in bio ethics at columbia university. so you're busy. >> yes, very busy. jenna: tell us a little bit about your experiment. because a lot of us think, for example, breast cancer runs in my family. i wonder what genetic testing should i do? how did you approach this? >> i was curious to see if i could rely on these kind of test results. i read a study on journal, genetics in medicine. this was a stud which various studies didn't ales awe guy on same people's results. so i thought, hey i would try to see what they say about me. jenna: what did you find? >> i found quite a few dizzy

discrepancies in my test results. i wasn't surprised given my expectations. i wanted people to know going into this not to take the as a result results at face value. jenna: give us example of discrepancys. >> 23 and me, miest risk of diseases were for sore crisis and rheumatoid arthritis, double of average risk for woman of european ethnicity like me. another company said my two lowest risk disease were psoriasis and resume to it arthritis at one or 2% risk. jenna: i spoke with 23 and me. talked to them about this article. one of the things they pointed out this is very new science and different companies use different formulas how they look at your genetic traits. most think it is our beans, has to be the same and give same results but different companies use different studies as a way to interpret the information. >> right. jenna: so what should consumers know about that then? can you really trust the

results? >> i think it is very early stage in genetic testing for health risks for consumers to trust these kind of results but i do want to say for your viewer not all diseases are the same. for example, breast cancer does have a very well-established mutation that if you do have the brac can mutation you have a much higher risk. that is very well-known. i don't want viewers all together to dismiss genetic testing. but for most common diseases there is no well-known mutation that will highly up your risk. it is difficult to understand what these tests are going to tell you. >> so how did the information, i know you got different results. how did it affect you personally? have you made any changes? has it changed the way you feel about your health? >> you know i think the most important thing what i reported in my article, what experts told me, look at your family think of the. for me that is coronary heart disease. i know that will be my biggest risk. even one of the tests said i had above average risk for that.

so i will keep going to the gym and eating well, taking good care of myself. that is pretty much all i can do. jenna: that sound like a good formula. i was interested in the last quote in your article by dr. kaplan who take as look at these issues. if you want to spend money wisely to protect your health, you have a few hundred dollars, buy a scale, stand on it and act accordingly. >> that is exactly right that is what i plan to do. jenna: these companies seem to say, it is new, there are some good things can come to it. so we're at beginning of it, aren't we. >> we are. jenna: maybe future we'll buy the tests at drugstores. >> genome sequencing has come down. it was multimillion dollars. it is now $3,000. it wit be cheaper. once consumers access that after affordable rate. we'll see major leaps in reliability of tests. >> makes a decision whether or not we'll take those tests. >> true. jenna: good to see you. fascinating report. appreciate it.

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jon: high noon on the east coast, and we begin with a fox extreme weather alert. millions from the midwest to the northeast digging out after a powerful winter storm dropping nearly two feet of snow in new england, temporarily shutting down major highways, closing schools and forcing airlines to cancel thousands of flights nationwide. icy roads also blamed for at least nine deaths thus far. a major problem? high winds and dangerously cold temperatures. laura ingle is out in it braving the elements live in freeport on new york's long island. how you holding up there? >> reporter: hi, jon. well, right now it is 14 degrees with a feels-line temperature

of -- like temperature of -4, so it's pretty chilly out here. but as you can see, the sun is out, and the roads are looking pretty clear. i'm going to give you a live look at the nautical mile a famous section here in freeport on long island. you can see a guy up there shoveling snow off his balcony, snowplows getting the snow out of the way, and snow removal has been the name of the game out here on long island where some areas saw as much as 11 inches of snow which has been coming down all morning long, then being whipped around with gusts of up to 35 miles an hour sometimes. blizzard warnings until 1:00 local eastern. we want to also give you a live look right now in new york city. our qrv, it's a silver vehicle, looks like a tank, it's the quick response vehicle. we've been checking out some of the images coming off of that. we've been seeing people snow sledding -- it's not all bad, some people really enjoying the

snow today along with shoveling, and we also can see coverage has been significant in new york city, 6-11 inches throughout the new york area. all public schools were closed today along with school closures all up and down the east coast. the roads have been one of the biggest dangers, governor andrew cuomo shutting down three major highways into the morning, but as new york mayor bill de blasio points out, we are far from being in the clear. >> even though the snow has ended, the travel conditions are obviously still very, very difficult. so i want to pick up where we were yesterday. i want to say that the most important thing that people should not be on the roads today if there's any way they can help it. >> reporter: and there have been two reported deaths in new york state from accidents, two separate accidents we need to report. also the three new york area airports have all reported significant delays, hundreds of them and cancellations, jfk

suspended all flights at one point but has since resumed getting planes back in the air. the port authority of new york/new jersey has been using major heavy equipment to thaw out, including these giant melters they've got that can liquefy 500 tons of snow an hour and use snowplows that go 40 miles an hour. back here live in freeport, the sun is out, a lot of people trying to get back to normal before the weekend comes. jon: enjoy the rest of your balmy day out there. >> reporter: thank you. i will do so. jon: good job, thanks. jenna: big developments on our top stories and breaking news this hour. jon: obamacare coverage now kicking in, and as enrollees head to their. doctors, they could face some surprises. we'll have a preview of the possibilities. plus, he has no green card, but this undocumented immigrant can now practice law in california. we'll tell you about that. and cheerios, they are a

changing. it's all "happening now." jenna: a fox news alert over a legal roadblock involving obamacare. welcome to a few hour of "happening now," hope you're off to a great friday, i'm jenna lee. jon: and i'm jon scott. the government asking the supreme court not to allow a temporary exemption from a controversial part of the law. at issue right now, the birth control mandate. that's the requirement that some religious groups must provide contraceptive coverage to employees. on tuesday night supreme court justice sonia sotomayor temporarily blocked the mandate on behalf of a denver group that said it violates their religious beliefs. the justice gave the government until 10 a.m. eastern today to respond, and the administration did so. jenna: let's pick up there. senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler is traveling with the president who's on vacation in hawaii, much nicer than the east coast. wendell, how are you? >> reporter: well, jenna, i'm just fine, and so is the weather

here. the government argues for-period of time company -- profit companies cannot claim -- essentially, the nonprofits exempt themselves and the government pays for the coverage, but a catholic group based in baltimore and denver says that's not a solution at all since they still wind up enabling contraceptive services to the women that work for them. here's a lawyer for the group. >> they say, listen, we've been a catholic organization for 175 years. we're nuns. everybody who sees us knows that we're nuns, and we can't turn around and start disrespecting life at its earliest phases for participating in the provision of drugs and devices that can take innocent human rife. life. >> reporter: supreme court justice sotomayor has granted the sisters a temporary stay, now she or the full court must decide to issue an injunction while the case works to

eventually the supreme court. this morning the u.s. solicitor general filed a brief that said in part, quote: >> r eporter: the government argues that the goal of contraception is both to prevent unwanted pregnancies and to foster healthier pregnancies when they're wanted. in a 2009 speech at notre dame, the president called for what he called a sensible conscience clause that honors those who disagree with abortion. but a lawyer for the sisters now accuses the government of bullying the group into violating its religious principles. jenna? jenna: the story will continue, wendell. thank you. jon: so over the next weeks and months, a lot of people will be finding out how obamacare really works. sarah cliff covers health care

issues for "the washington post" and other publications. she just wrote a preview, saying: >> r eporter: the woman who wrote those words joins us now. what lies ahead, sarah? a lot of confusion, it sounds like. >> i think so, and i think we're moving into a new phase of the obamacare debate where we spent three months debating enrollment numbers and who signed up, now we're going to learn if people are happy with it. and i think you're going to find some people who are very happy, people who are going to the doctor for the first time and excited about that, and you'll also find some people who are unhappy with their coverage, who can't get an appointment or find

that their co-pays are really high. and we're going to see who falls into each camp and how people feel about this coverage that they're going to be paying a monthly premium to access. jon: i've heard it described, and i want to get your take on this, is that the people who are going to be the happiest are the people who have not had health care or access to health care in the past and are finding that their premiums get pretty well subsidized or even free through medicaid. you know, their health care. the folks who are kind of in the middle, maybe middle class folks who have had their previous policies canceled and now have to rebuy them under obamacare, they might be less than pleased. is that generally accurate? >> i think that's something we'll learn in the coming months, and i think, you know, you're right, jon, that folks who are lower income are essentially getting access to free or very heavily-subsidized health care. and one thing we'll watch there is whether doctors are interested in accepting that health care. we know right now that about one

in three doctors in the united states does not accept medicaid as a form of coverage, and that could create some access problems for the lowest income folks who are enrolling on that public program. for those who are paying more for their coverage, we're going to watch, you know, are they happy with what they're paying, if they're paying upwards of $400 or $500 a month, we're going to be looking to see if they like the doctors they have access to or if they feel line it's not worth the premium they're paying. jon: one of the phenomenal that obamacare, as i understand it, was supposed to restrict was the fact that people who didn't have insurance coverage in the past, you know, if they got sick, they would just run to the emergency room of their local hospital. hospitals are required to treat everybody who walks through the doors. they'd get treated in the er which is kind of inefficient and expensive. obamacare was designed to put an end to that, but you say that there actually are going to be more er visits as a result of obamacare. can you explain that? >> right. there was a pretty

groundbreaking study that came out yesterday from researchers who have been following oregon's medicaid expansion which, for a number of reasons, has been a really good one to look atf pree affordable care act will look like. and they found when people gained medicare there, they used the emergency room 40% more than when they were uninsured. and that does push back against the claim that is the affordable care act will reduce emergency visits. now, we don't know if everyone will look exactly like oregon, if some people will have reductions, bigger increases, but this study is definitely a real blow to people who had thought all these people gaining medicaid coverage would start going to their primary care doctors instead. of. john: well, obamacare is here. again, thanks for coming in and sharing with us some of the expected results. we'll keep an eye on it, sarah kliff. jenna: secretary of state kerry is in the middle east right now, and he's not getting a warm

reception this time. palestinian demonstrators protesting secretary kerry's efforts to advance peace talks with israel, calling him a coward and telling him to go home. in the meantime, in israel around 300 protesters gathered around his hotel and demanded the release of an israeli spy from an american prison. this is his tenth trip out there. we'll keep you posted as things progress, if they do. serious new concerns about an al-qaeda resurgence in iraq as a w5e6 of violence not seen in years grips the country. the latest details and a live report just ahead and what that means for us as well. plus, a heartwarming tribute to a racing legend fighting for his life after a freak accident off the track. ♪ ♪ [ sneezes ]

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jon: "happening now," a touching trio race car driver michael schumacher on his 45th birthday, fans gathering outside the french hospital where the seven-time formula one champion is in a medically-induced coma. [speaking french] >> translator: today is michael's birthday, and we're here to tell him, go, michael. once you join ferrari, you'll be in the hearts of true fans like us forever. that's why we're here, to wish him a happy birthday and tell him, go, michael, because he must make it. jon: schumacher suffered serious head injuries in a skiing stent in the french alps -- accident. his manager says recent brain scans show small signs of improvement. jenna: serious new concerns over al-qaeda's resurgence in iraq after a wave of recent violence by the group stoking fears the country is spiraling into the kind of bloodshed that gripped iraq before the troop

surge. catherine herridge is live in washington with more on in this. >> reporter: thank you, jenna. two of the most important cities in iraq where the bulk of u.s. lives were lost in the war are now at risk of falling to al-qaeda extremists. after four days of fighting, militants carrying the black flag synonymous with al-qaeda released extremists from jail and is occupied mosques where they are broadcasting a call to join the jihad in syria. this area has remained the center of sunni extremism since u.s. troops withdrew in 2011, and the violence has come to a head with the state department confirming the situation on the ground is concerning to the obama white house. >> particularly because of the civil war in syria have taken advantage of the security situation to perpetrate terrorist attacks. that's certainly what we've seen in iraq, we've seen it in lebanon. it's a thing we're concerned about. i think it's not as simple as saying al-qaeda. each of these groups is a little bit different, and that's important when r because when

you're trying to figure out how to combat them, it actually matters. >> reporter: what's central to understanding the stakes at play is that the violence in iraq is being carried out under the same banner of the hard line jihadists who are operating in neighboring syria under the islamic state of iraq and syria also known as the isi suggestion -- i suggestion is. -- isis. >>al sirri is a core al-qaeda member and has done so since the 19920s. todd he's ayman al-zawahiri's representative. >> reporter: just this week the u.n. released a new assessment that violence this iraq killed nearly 8,000 civilians last year, the highest death toll in years, jenna. jenna: catherine herridge live in d.c., a story we'll continue to watch. thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. jon: some bad news for baseball

fans in the grand rapids area, a massive fire burning right now at a minor league ballpark in western michigan. you can see the heavy black smoke and flames from the sweepts area at the fifth third ballpark near grand rapids. no reports of any injuries. that state is home to the western michigan white cats, they are the class a affiliate of the detroit tigers. once again, firefighters have their hands full trying to knock this one down in very frigid weather. we'll keep you updated. an undocumented immigrant turned attorney. the landmark decision that could usher in a new era of opportunity for undocumented workers. and vladimir putin hitting the slopes in sochi, skiing the mountains that soon host the winter olympics. we'll tell you how that went, coming up. ♪ ♪ mr. big stuff, tell me, who do you think you are? ♪ [ bottle ] okay, listen up!

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jon: sergio garcia has lived in the . illegally for two decades and now he can practice law. the california supreme court granted his license unanimously yesterday. in the latest in a string of victories for undocumented workers. mike emanuel, our chief congressional correspondent, is in washington with details on this case. >> reporter: jon, the california supreme court ruled this undocumented immigrant shall receive a law license while awaiting aprawfl for his -- approval for his green card application. he is 36 years old and was brought to the united states by his family when he was 17 months old. he went back to mexico at age 9

and illegally returned to the u.s. at age 17. he worked at a grocery store attending community college, worked as a paralegal, and he passed the bar exam. he says he hopes this will help others in similar circumstances. >> as you know, what california does a lot of people follow, and i know florida is facing the same issue, new york's facing the same issue, and i really think they were both waiting on us to act. >> reporter: california governor jerry brown allowed garcia and other illegals to practice law and said back in october, quote: while washington waffles on immigration, california's forging ahead, i'm not waiting. this follows more than a dozen states offering driver's licenses to people in this country illegally. and the ever-growing number of states providing illegals in-state college tuition. some on the front lines of the immigration issue are outraged. >> there are more and more jurisdictions, although largely in california and a few other states, that are refusing to cooperate with the immigration service to make sure that

illegal immigrants who are arrested for, say, drunk driving or wife beating aren't deported. so there's a broad push to erase the difference between legal and illegal immigration and this illegal alien lawyer is just the latest example. >> reporter: this comes as there will be a push this year to do at least components of immigration reform in the house of representatives. it is not clear what impact this case and others may have on that effort. jon? jon: it is a fascinating and controversial case. we have more on it now, mike emanuel, thank you. jenna: as sergio said in that piece, that california really can set a pretties dealt, and he say -- precedent, and he hopes his case will open doors for others. ether panich and regina is joining us as well. regina, a basic question, is sergio breaking the law by being in this country as an

undocumented immigrant? >> yes. and being an undocumented immigrant, illegal and a law degree doesn't mesh. how come he couldn't become a citizen in the two decades he was here? why? i mean, you can't have an illegal alien as somebody undocumented who committed a crime to come here and never fixed that, and now he wants to dispense law advice. seriously? that's what we're doing? should not be allowed. jenna: ether, apparently according to the l.a. times search owe has been waiting -- sergio has been waiting on a green card since 1995, that's when the federal government accepted the petition that his father had applied her film. many some cases what we're seeing here, the state is at odds with the federal government, it seems, on this. so what is, what is right? he's been waiting since 1995. >> right. and i don't understand why people are trying to cast the sins of the father who may have

brought him here illegally onto the son. he was a child when he was brought here, he has done everything that he could to live the american dream, to get educated. all that time, 19 years he has waited for permission. what should he have done in the meantime? he's been working, he's been studying. he was granted the right to do so, and now he wants to help others. jenna: but with legally, esther, is he still here illegally? is he still breaking the law by being here? having done all those things, and you could give any individual credit for doing all those things, is he still breaking the law? >> the california supreme court actually ruled on this and said his mere presence in this country as an undocumented immigrant is not grounds to not admit him, it is not a violation of what we call moral they were tuesday. so they're saying, no, it's really not a problem for him to exist and live in the state of california. now, the issue is going to be in this case that nobody can hire

him. he is not allowed to be -- >> exactly. can't work. >> but he can, he can work for himself just like i work for myself and just like regina works for herself. so, regina, it is possible -- >> let me tell you something, i got a green card. i came from canada. it doesn't take 20 years. i got a green card and i became a citizen, and i became a lawyer. how come i can do it and this guy can't do it? why? it's ridiculous. [inaudible conversations] jenna: regina, let me ask you what esther brought up, california did make a law that gave him a law license. to esther's point, he can't necessarily practice in federal courts and there's limitations, obviously, to his employment, but is this a broader conversation about how federal ask state laws are really at odds when it comes to immigration, and that needs to be fixed? >> listen, we've got enough people here that we need to take care of and need jobs.

the last thing we need is people coming in undocumented. and like i said, i came from canada, i got a green card, i became a citizen, i became a lawyer. that's how you do it. what is the point of letting this guy practice when he's illegal? so he can go to his country and -- [inaudible] our laws? it's ridiculous. jenna: let me ask -- >> you know what? i'm surprised. jenna: go ahead. >> i'm surprised that somebody who sees how hard it become a citizen, i don't know if you did this -- >> it's not hard, esther! it took me five years, what's so hard? >> he's been waiting 19. >> give me a break! i came here -- jenna: okay. >> helping other people who want to do the same thing you did. >> please. if he wanted to, he would have done it. that is an compute excuse. that is an excuse. jenna: as of right now the law says senate state of california that deck in the state of california he can have the license. it'll be interesting to see. >> he should go to mexico and practice. that's where he belongs. jenna: obviously, a heated

topic. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. jon: it was controversial, as i said. the federal government getting involved now in the case of a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead. the latest in the fight to keep jahi mcmath on lotter. life support. plus, the original cheerios losing one of its ingredients. the company that makes the famous cereal saying it is removing genetically-modified organisms because of consumer demand. will it make a difference?

♪ ♪ jenna: well, "happening now," the federal government getting involved this the case of jahi mcmath, the 13-year-old girl who was declared brain dead after surgery. the hospital wants to take her off life support, but her family fighting to keep her alive. our adam houseley's live from oakland, california, with more. adam? >> reporter: yeah, jenna. we actually have some new information, we're being told this morning the family's raised nearly $44,000 for any procedure that might take place. to move jahi from here to new york would cost about $200,000, so they've raised nearly 44,000 of that. that's assuming nothing would be donated as far as medical services. meantime, you mentioned the hearing that's taking place, there's actually two things today. one is a hearing in superior

court where the family is, actually, trying to get the hospital to be forced to put a feeding tube into jahi because she's gnat had no nutrition since -- had no nutrition which means her body eventually would die from lack of nutrition. that's going to happen today as well as this meeting is taking place with a federal judge that has ordered this meeting to try to get both sides to come to the table and come to some sort of agreement because tuesday at 5:00 is when the order would basically go away and the hospital would theoretically be allowed to turn off the tube that provides the air that's keeping jahi's body that they say is deceased, the family says is still alive. they're willing to work with the family, but there's certain things that have to take place. >> if someone steps forward, we will do everything in our power as long as it's legally and medically correct to turn this body over. >> reporter: and that's where the problem is. the family says that one thing is happening, and they give us one storyline, the hospital says another.

the family, of course, has been in touch with the facility on long island, they have acknowledged that they would take jahi's body. meantime, there's been other talk about a possible pediatrician involved because there would be some medical procedures necessary. the hospital says as of yesterday afternoon nobody has spoken to them, and they need to have a plan in place before this is to go forward. that meeting is taking place at 11:00 local time, not too long from now here in oakland with a federal judge to try to get both sides to come to agreement before this would eventually come to the courthouse again tuesday at 5:00. so, of course, we'll keep you updated on all the latest, and the latest information we have is the family's raised about $44,000 on jahi's behalf. jenna? jenna: adam, thank you. jon: the story is getting lots of media attention, obviously, but hers is not the only case. yoel remember terry schiavo, her family now trying to help the mcmaths. schiavo collapsed at home back in 1990.

she was in a coma for years. her parents spent years fighting to keep her alive, but in 2005 her husband had her feeding tube removed despite the parents' objections. another story that got a lot of coverage just this past june, then-10-year-old sarah american hand was dying of cystic fibrosis. she needed a lung transplant to live. her parents launched a campaign to change the state law. it blocked a child under the age of 12 from receiving adult organs. well, the parents won, and sarah got a new set of adult lungs. she is said to be doing well now. there's also alexis shapiro, at only 12 years old, she weighs nearly 200 pounds. her doctor says gastric bypass surgery would save her life. the family's insurance company won't pay for it since she's under 18, so her family set up a crowd funding page. so far they've raised more than enough money for the operation though they are still fighting with the insurance company to try to get coverage.

let's talk about the role the media play in these high profile medical cases. howard kurtz is fox news media analyst and has been looking all of them. howard, it is so interesting and so sad, i guess, when some of these life and death cases that involve very private decisions wind up being played out in the public forum. is that helpful? >> the keyword there is private, jon. there's a heavy degree of exploitation, i have to say, in the coverage of many of these cases. these are essentially private and personal battles between families and hospitals or doctors. they're very sad, and because they are tear jerkers and especially when children are involved, it makes it great fodder for cable news with constant need for updates, and it turns into this whole national melodrama. jon: well, and sometimes you don't know necessarily all of the information. i mean, the hospital says one thing in the case of jahi mcmath, her family or her lawyer, you know, the family's

lawyer will come out and say something completely different. how are the media, how are the viewers supposed to sort it out? >> it is difficult to sort it out, and, you know, anybody watching the case of jahi mcmath who has a heart has to be torn by the hospital saying, look, unfortunately, this girl is brain dead, and the mother is saying, no, there's some hope for recovery, don't lift her off of life support. but whether this is, you know, at some point the repetition, i've seen this girl's picture on television, you know, 150 times this week, at some point the mere repetition, the sheer volume, i think, becomes fodder for media coverage. you mentioned one of the other cases, this girl sarah who's able to get an adult donor for lung transplant, i think the media can lay a useful role by increasing visibility where a life can be saved. jon: yeah. sometimes the media have been helpful, sometimes, well, it is very intrusive. it's hard to know sometimes exactly how we in the media should behave.

howard kurtz, thank you. >> thanks, jon. jon: media buzz airs sunday at 11 a.m., 5 p.m. eastern right here on fox news channel. jenna: the massive winter storm impacting millions across the midwest and northeast causing major headaches for travelers and prompting one state to take drastic measures. we've got fox team coverage coming up next. plus, mother nature putting on an amazing light show. we'll tell you where just ahead.

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jon: a fox extreme weather alert now, that massive winter storm hitting the eastern third of the country coming at a really bad time, leaving folks returning home from the holidays stranded nationwide at airports. and get this, minnesota's a governor, well, they know something about cold in minnesota, mark dayton is canceling classes this coming monday because of the frigid weather, the high there expected

to reach -14. that's the high. team fox coverage, jonathan serrie in atlanta at one of the nation's busiest airports, first though let's go to janice dean in the fox extreme weather center. >> reporter: it's just not fun anymore, jon scott. jon: you don't think so? >> reporter: no, the kids can't play out in the snow because it's too cold outside. 76 days until spring, can't wait. the current temperatures across the midwest here, yes, still single digits, teens and with the wind chill it's dangerously cold, and it's going to continue to be cold especially into monday where we could set record low temperatures across the midwest. it's going to continue, and then it's all going to move eastward. the storm for the northeast is gone, we still have some blustery conditions, and it's still very cold across the northeast, this is our next weather maker. we're going to be watching this this weekend, could bring 6-12 inches of snow across the midwest and mainly a rainmaker

for the northeast, but it's still going to cause some major problems for travelers on the weekend. people are trying to get ohm from the holidays. so as you can see, this is our next storm system. behind it, again, some of the coldest air of the season. we keep telling you that, we keep outdoing that. we have blizzard watches and warnings for effect for this next system across the northern plains, and the winter weather advisories are starting to be posted. it just continues, jon scott. i think i'm just going to have to continue to sleep my office over the weekend finish. jon: how long did you say until spring? >> reporter: 76 days and counting. jon: okay. ill put that on the -- i'll put that on the calendar. jenna: bitter cold causing heart ache for not only the kids, but also for frustrated travelers as airports nationwide cancel flights and some briefly shut down due to the storm. >> we came back in here, and they tried to rebook us, but they've rebooked me for tomorrow

morning at 6:16, but they're going to get me out of here today. they're going to get me out of here today, that's it. >> what do you think about this winter travel? >> horrible. never do it again. never. never, never. no. jenna: i think she means it. jonathan serrie's live at atlanta's hartsfield-jackson airport. we've all been in those situations, and you can understand the frustration for some passengers. >> reporter: oh, absolutely, jenna. in fact, the skies over atlanta today are clear, but because of the foul weather up north, that's having a direct impact here at the world's busiest airport. many flights to and from the northeast are delayed, some of them canceled. there are also delays on flights to and from the midwest, and that's having a ripple effect on flights to some places where the weather is perfectly fine. take a listen. >> we are going home to san diego from florida thinking that we were good to go because we're traveling from warm weather to warm weather. got to atlanta and found out that our stewardess was stuck on

a chicago flight and that we were ultimately delayed and delayed until they finally canceled us. last night. >> reporter: the family was able to get on a flight to san diego today, but some of their fellow passengers are having to wait until monday. right now you're looking at a live shot from atrium where stranded passengers often come to pass the time. fortunately, these cases represent a fraction of all the flights in and out of hartsfield-jackson airport today, in general, lines at the ticket counters and security are relatively light, and as we come back to my live shot, you can see the line this ticket counter here pretty much -- jenna: well, unfortunately, it rooks like despite the clear skies over atlanta, we had a few technical issues there at the airport. overall, i think we got the point, right? bad weather, long lines, tough travel. hope any smoother skies ahead. [laughter] jon: if you're going to the airport, bring your patience,

right? jenna: and a really good book. jon: speaking of cold, russian president vladimir putin is paying a visit to sochi, the host of next month's winter olympics. true to form, mr. putin even strapped on a pair of skis and hit the slopes. not to olympic ski run, but a nearby resort for non-olympians. jenna: like a bunny hill? j. jon: he momentum want to 'em -- he doesn't want to embarrass himself. jenna: that looks like a nice little run. i shouldn't be so judgmental anyways. [laughter] just when you thought your privacy couldn't be compromised any further, think again. the nsa's reportedly developing a supercomputer that can decrypt any code. we'll bring you a full report in the next hour. and cheerios, they're a favorite, right, jon? jon: uh-huh. jenna: come on, everybody loves cheerios. what is the cereal maker taking out of its original recipe?

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jenna: well, your cheerios will soon be missing something, but that might be okay with you. just wait and see. general mills will stop using genetically-modified organisms, gfos, because of customer demand. according to the fda, they've been in our food supply for about 20 years. cotton, corn, soybeans are the most commonly genetically-engineered crops in the united states, certainly not the only ones, but the most common. and genetically engineered ingredients are found in more than 70% of foods sold in grocery stores. is this a marketing ploy by general mills because they can?

dr. phillip is an attending physician at winthrop university hospital and joins us with more. wait a minute, you don't even like cheerios, right? >> in the u.k., we're fans of cocoa puffs, not cheerios. cheerios are out. jenna: all right. this wouldn't necessarily bring you to cheerios, but what do you think about this move? should we not be eating things that are genetically modified if we can avoid it? >> it's a very interesting and controversial subject. the science behind genetically-modified foods has been around for over 60 years, and we had the delayed ripening tomato over 20 years ago, and that was yes -- fda approved. it still scares people. they're concerned about the safety and environmental aspects and economic aspects as well. jenna: so as a doctor, what do you think about that concern? is it legitimate concern? should we be avoiding hem? >> well, it's a great question,

and there's been broad scientific evidence that there are no health risks comparing genetically modified foods versus conventional foods. this has been looked at extensively in medical research. people are worried about the long-term effects, but genetically modified foods, the typical ones, these are the cash crops, corn in particular. over 90% of foods be, you know? this is a very, very common food process. jenna: in your professional opinion, do we have enough research? because it is the long-term effects that folks are worried about. if we really have only been eating these for 20 years since as far back as 40, but that's what we're really looking at is this time span, do we really know enough to make an informed judgment? >> well, i think we do. and, obviously, this research is going on continuously. people are very concerned about the dangers of, you know, in the environment these foods often result in protection against herbicides and resistance. but a lot of research is being done, and at the moment there's no evidence to say these foods are bad. in fact, there was quite a lot

of concern even a few weeks ago when they announced we were going to have genetically modified apples where there was delayed browning. and people, you know, understandably are concerned about this. the cheerios story has actually been driven by consumer demand. and these may cost a lot more because genetically-modified crops are more -- jenna: and you actually pointed out there is an economic question to it and whether or not we could have a food supply that would feed all the people that need to be fed if we did not use genetically modified crops right now, and that's a big question. probably a bigger topic. >> it's a huge question. if you're a cheerio fan, this only applies to the original cheerio. it does not apply to apple cinnamon -- jenna: or honey nut. we have fans in our studio. [laughter] you say cheerio in a different way, right? >> how do you say it? jenna: you say cheerio like an expression, right? >> we do. good-bye. adios. [laughter] jenna: great to see you.

jon, genetically modified cheerios, what do you think? >> we haven't even talked about the sugar in cheerios. jenna: i guess that could be a bigger topic, right? sugar more concerning than -- >> stick with the fresh fruit. jon: honey nut cheerios are number one. jenna: fresh fruit, no cereal. jon: thanks, jenna. he rose to fame on "american idol," then released a number offal womens -- albums, appeared on tv and even performed on broadway. he also wrote a book. now clay aiken may be looking at a new job, this time in washington. [ female announcer ] who are we? we are thinkers. the job jugglers. the up all-nhts. and the ones who turn ideas into action. we've made our passions our life's work. we strive for the moments where we can s, "i did it!" ♪ we are entrepreneurs who started it all...

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