>> looks like it will be snowing tonight throughout the new york city area and the northeast, which means tomorrow elisabeth will bring a coffee pot. >> that's right. >> so we'll be back here tomorrow. stay tuned for the after the show show and catch me on radio 9 to noon. bye. bill: all right, good morning. fox news alert. the hunt is on for three suspected suicide bombers ahead of the winter games and there are fears one of the so-called black widows could be already on the ground within the olympic area in sochi, re start. i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom" on a tuesday. martha: good morning, bill. good morning, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. russian president vladmir putin is vowed to keep the olympics safe with a so-called ring of steel. but the 22-year-old widow of an islamic militant may already be inside that area. her face is placerred on wanted posters all around sochi. congressman peter king says even

if the games are kept safe that is not the only target. >> the main olympic site will probably be safe. the fact is there are other olympic venues outside of sochi, without going into details are vulnerable. bill: jonathan hunt live in the newsroom picking up the story pro here. there is a search for the widows. >> reporter: bill, this search seems to be expanding. one of the women that the russian security services are looking for is 22-year-old rusana morova. that is not her. she is the woman in the pink garb we're showing. these are two others on the loose. these groups represented by these women have shown that they are ruthless efficient. remember just last month they carried out the twin suicide bombings in volgograd. that was the attack at the train station there.

take a look at this video. the olympic torch, just today arriving via that very same train station in volgograd. now one of the concerns here obviously is while they put this so-called ring of steel around the olympics themselves there are other softer targets as congressman peter king was talking about. one of those might be the olympic torch rally as it passes through various cities on its way to sochi during this week. that is one of the concerns. that the other so-called black widow that is they are now looking for and whose faces are also up on these wanted posters may target the crowds around the olympic torch procession. so this really is, as you rightly said, bill, an extremely urgent search for these women right now. bill: what king was telling us yesterday afternoon on hq was about all the soft targets. you can keep the games safe but it's a big country. the u.s. military is getting

ready for possible scenarios that could turn out not so well. what are they? >> that is the u.s. military's role, to prepare for the worst if you like. they are now doing that. the russians as we were explaining yesterday have the lead naturally in all the security around sochi itself, around the olympic games but u.s. military is going to put assets into the region. in particular look at the black sea just right next to sochi there, take a look at this map. we got a quote from the pentagon which reads, air and naval assets to include two navy ships in the black sea will be available if requested for all manner of contingencies in support of and in consultation with the russian government. that is a very clear reference to one of the issues we were talking about right here yesterday, bill, that the russians will decide if and when any american security services

of any description can get on to russian territory. they have not been good in terms of cooperation as congressman king also told you. so there are a lot of questions about what would happen if the worse does happen and u.s. citizens are in trouble in socialchy. so a lot to be worked out on the ground here. bill: jonathan, thank you, it will get a lot of attention leading up here, in our newsroom now. martha. martha: russian president vladmir putin saying he will do whatever it takes to the keep the sochi games safe and that might be a pretty tall order for i am had the area around sochi in the larger geographic area has seen more than 1500 attacks since 2010, largely related to chechen rebel activity in that broader area. russian authorities are deploying close to 100,000 security personnel for these games. that is more than 40,000 police officers are also expected to be on duty. the bill for all the security is

expected to hit $3 billion. bill: these terror concerns and a host of other issues taking a big toll on olympic ticket sales. organizers say 70% of tickets sold so far with three weeks before the start of the games. 300,000 tickets remain unsold. russian officials say they expect strong last-minute demand. before we were talking about on the air look at grandstand for all the events and tell you what is happening people and how safe they feel out based on turnout. martha: it is very remote. when you look at the map. it is not like having the olympics in lake placid or place easy to get to and people are comfortable or familiar with. even before this started happening i think they were worried about. bill: games begin on february 2nd. martha: so a big winter blast, get ready, folks, slamming the midwest. chicago hit with a lot of lake-effect snow. now some bitter cold is moving into the area as this major

winter storm takes aim over in our direction. snow is starting to fall. you can see the pretty white coating outside of our offices. we're not too far from where you're looking right now. it is supposed to get pretty messy here in midtown manhattan as the afternoon wears on. breaking this morning out of washington, federal government taking a snow day. didn't show up today. a little snow, they go screaming for the hills, shutting down offices because of weather. peter doocy, our intrepid reporter, showed up for work. how much of d.c. shut down today? you're a jersey boy, you're pretty tough. >> reporter: i'm tough, martha. most everything shut down except for the supreme court. that's it. there won't be any activity behind me at the capitol or any agencies because all federal offices as you said in the area are closed. only emergency employees are being told they need to come in. everybody else now has a four-day weekend following yesterday's holiday or being told to telework.

the streets of d.c. now are deserted because everything in in town revolves around the federal government. buses and trains are running for now. commuters are being warned that might not be the case when it is time to go home. our nation's treasures inside the smithsonian because museums will be open on time but they say they might close early. one international attraction can not be seen today, the panda cub, bao bao who made the debut this weekend because the national museum is closed. >> i would like to see her. i have one idea, snow boots. >> reporter: i've got mine on. martha: midwest they have had a tough time out there. how is that looking today? >> reporter: martha, they gaat half a foot of lake-effect snow. parts of chicago were getting two inches an hour. that is all heading this way, so is bitterly cold air. parts of illinois barely in the

double digits in temperature. by the time the system makes its way to d.c., there will be a lot of high wind. high wind brings windchills. national weathering service says the windchill could dip 5 to 15 degrees below zero. that's cold. martha: that is not much fun. bill: that is bao bao? martha: bao bao. bill: that is cute. flight cancellations almost 1700 across the country by flightaware. close to 100 at laguardia and close to 150 in philadelphia. the storm's path likely to push number of canceled and delayed flights much higher as the day goes on. we'll keep you alerted. four people dead after industrial explosions in two different states. one dead after a steel furnace exploded in oklahoma. two people dead there the second at an animal feed plant in omaha, collapsing and bursting in the flames.

people there described hearing a loud noise and hearing a fireball seconds before the building came down. >> it was crazy. i just turned on my phone. turned on my phone to see visibility, because it was pitch black. fire on the, i thought the building was on fire and everything, so i tried to get to another exit. bill: both accidents are being investigated. officials say the omaha company has been fined at least twice for safety violations. that goes back with record of 12 years back to 2000 two. martha: emboldened iran is rattling sabres once again a day after the nuclear deal went into effect. tehran sends warships now into the atlantic ocean. ambassador john bolton on what that could mean. bill: also president obama in the interview suggesting race may be partly to blame for his falling poll numbers. what does bill o'reilly have to say about that? why he says the president may want to check a little bit of history. martha: chris christie, big day

for him today, set to be sworn in for his second term. the inauguration today for the new jersey governor as his administration is trying to handle all of the scandals that bubbled up over the past couple weeks. america's mayor, rudy giuliani, joins us this morning. he tells us why he thinks christie is setting the right example in the crisis management and what the white house, rudy giuliani could learn from it. >> unlike chris christie held press conference, handled all questions, held people accountable and fired them. no press conference, no answering questions, complete cover-up and nobody is health accountable for the deaths of four brave americans.

martha: there's an intense search underway for a gunman behind a campus shooting in pennsylvania. happened late last night at widener university outside of philadelphia. the police say the schuss speck shot a male student sitting in the school's parking lot in what appears to be a targeted attack

the injured student is in critical but stable condition we can report this morning of meanwhile a campus lockdown has now been lifted. kids are going back to school now to resume their schedule this morning. bill: got breaking news overnight on iran. yet again that country said to be on the move yet again. state tv saying two of its warships are on the way to atlantic for the navy's first-ever mission there. want to bring in john bolton, former ambassador to the united nations and fox news contributor in l.a. mr. ambassador, welcome to you out there in california. >> hello, bill. bill: what we believe iran is up to on the southwestern coast of iran. navy's fifth fleet just across the persian gulf in the straight of hormuz, that choke point that is talked about for so long, such a source of contention of oil route between iran and iraq and saudi arabia. the idea is to go back through the suez canal out into the mediterranean. advance it one time. that is not really new.

several months ago iran parked warships off the coast of syria. now it wants to take the ships out through the mediterranean into the atlantic ocean. mr. ambassador, why are they doing this now? they must feel really good with all this attention? >> well, they certainly do and they have reason to feel good as the november agreement from geneva on the iranian nuclear program takes effect that agreement represents a significant victory for iran. they made temporary, easily-reversible concessions on their nuclear program. they have broken through the western regime of international sanctions and sending of these two warships is a political signal to the united states, to the other countries in the region, that iran feels good and is trying to project power. i think this is something that, that we should take very careful note of. they do not feel constrained by us or now bit international sanctions. bill: so it's your sense we're

actually giving them a platform? that's enabled them to feel this way. remember in 2012, they said they want to put ships off the eastern coast of the united states. >> yeah, what the, what the iranian military is trying to do is send a political signal they are not confined to the persian gulf. that they can roam at large as you pointed out with the earlier missions through the suez canal into the eastern mediterranean and now more broadly. think ahead just a few years as iran's ballistic missile capabilities develop, as it makes further progress on its nuclear program, mating nuclear warheads on to those ballistic missiles, put on ships into the atlantic close to the united states. they are showing they can threaten us, threaten our allies around the world really on global basis. in fact not just in the middle east but worldwide. bill: there is another issue regarding iran. you pick up newspaper today it is unbelievable. iran is in the mix in all these major international stories

today. the story is here that the u.s. did not want the iranians to be at this peace negotiation table at the war in syria and now the iranians have been disinvited. what do you see there? >> well on the surface this is a horrible mistake by the united nations and u.n. is secretary-general ban ki-moon who invited the iranians reportedly against america's wishes. i will say this i don't think we know the whole story yet. i don't think ban ki-moon who i have known over 20 years, one of the world's most cautious diplomats would have extended an invitation to iran unless he thought he had american approval. while the u.n. clearly made a mistake i think the u.s. is in the mix too. secretary of state kerry said a few weeks ago, maybe iran can participate in this next round of syria talks. i think it is an indication that the administration is tilted very heavily toward iran. i think that is a huge mistake from the u.s. perspective. i think iranian negotiators have taken us to the cleaners

repeatedly. i think while the surface mistake here is the u.n.'s, i think the u.s. is implicated in this mistake. bill: back up just a little bit. if we're to believe that something had to happen or change within the relationship. you're saying originally the u.s. government wanted iran to be a party to this. then in the past 24 hours we said forget it, we don't want you there. what changed? >> i think the explanation is clear that the syrian opposition said we're not going to any peace negotiation where the iranians are involved, the saudis probably said the same thing. now today you have the russians attacking the u.n. for withdrawing the invitation. this is a mess and one of the reasons it's a mess that the united states under president obama and secretary kerry have in syria for three years. they have said repeatedly, secretary of state clinton did as well, that we had common interest with russia with stability in syria. that has always been wrong.

russia's interest is keeping assad in power around they have been very successful at it. bill: through all of this iran field emboldened. give you last word on here, but they really have a different sense of themselves through all of this. they have pushed that way on to the world stage and they have that platform now? >> iran's power is growing in the region and worldwide. america's is declining. bill: ambassador bolton, thank you, from los angeles today. where it is early. appreciate the time. john bolton, thanks. >> thank you, bill. martha: here is something that got everybody talking after sunday night's championship game between the seattle seahawks and the san francisco 49ers. >> final play, take me through it. >> well i'm the best corner in the game. when you try me with a sorry receiver like crabtree, that is the result you're going to get! don't you ever talk about me! martha: whoa. seahawks quarterback richard sherman went off on a fellow player after at the interview

after the player shoved him after the game. what sherman is now saying what happened there. bill: president obama approval ratings with eye-popping remarks about race in america. what he said and how bill o'reilly reacted to that. >> the truth is that the race factor in america is not an overwhelming problem anymore. mr. obama won two elections and although his standing among white americans is now in decline, that is primarily because of the economy and obamacare. it has little to do with race. progress-oh! [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying "progress-oh!" share your progress-oh! story on progresso.com.

bill: terrible scene here in new york city. a truck carrying concrete smashing into a home killing the driver. witnesses say it looked like the driver loss control, slamming into several park cars and crashing into a house. >> something hit my house and it

sounded like an earthquake or a bomb or something like that. very loud. >> what we heard since we've been out here that he hit like eight cars while he was coming. bill: the cause of that crash being investigated. people inside the home, thankfully they were not hurt. martha: president obama taking some heat this morning over some remarks that he made about race. the president is being accused of quote, using the race card during an interview with the new yorker after claiming that his low approval ratings are sometimes distorted by how some americans respond to his race. bill o'reilly making the, this the subject of his talking points memo last night. here's what he said. >> president obama and race that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. the president gave an interview to the "new yorker" magazine, liberal publication generally supportive of his administration. in the interview, president obama talked about race. there is no doubt that some folks really dislike me because they don't like the idea of a

black president. the flip side of it is there are some black folks and maybe some white folks who really like me and give me the benefit of the doubt precisely because i'm a black president. that assessment, 100% correct. to his credit barack obama has not used race in his request for power. as a mixed race individual the president knows how difficult that circumstance can be but he has not addressed it in any substantial way. again that is to his credit because as president he represents all americans. the president has written books that deal with his life and challenges but in the public arena mr. obama has been cautious and responsible on the race issue. that has angered some on the far left and some race hustlers who want mr. obama to be more proactive in promoting african-american policies. cornel west for example, has excoriated the president for not being more sensitive to black issues. i believe dr. wes who teaches at princeton is misguided. the truth is the race factor in

america is not an overwhelming problem anymore much. mr. obama won two elections. although his standing among white americans is now in decline that's primarily because of the economy and obamacare. it has to do with race. upon his inauguration in 2009, barack obama had a nearly 70% approval rating, very high for any politic shun. that proves the usa made dramatic improvement notice race arena. that is no question about it. finally talking points believe that minority americans, do, do have a much tougher time succeeding in the marketplace generally speaking than affluent whites for example. it comes down to something that is accessible in america, education and personal responsibility much. black americans should understand that if they study and work hard, they will likely succeed in this country. and that's the message about race. that all good and honest people should be promoting. martha: there you have it. that was bill o'reilly last

night. we'll have a fair and balanced debate on the president's comments and whether or not they're a fair assessment what is really going on and the other issue here, bill, it was presidented in the "the "new yorker"" piece as why his approval numbers have declined. many point out the obvious that the president's race hasn't changed when the numbers were 70%. whether or not it should have any connection at all why the numbers are declining. bill: the president, is half black, is half white. he written about this a lot. it is part of his mind set and given it a lot of consideration. more to come. debate, next hour, name and town. name and town. martha: name and town? bill: you ever heard "the o'reilly factor." name and town, name and town. right on. there are new developments now -- right on. on an american missionary locked up in north korea. why there could be new hope for kenneth bae and his family today

coming up. martha: plus chris christie sworn in for a second term today but new numbers will show his camp may not have much to celebrate. rudy giuliani joins us live with his reaction coming up next

bill: there is a desperate matter now for an american in north korea. the obama administration said to be sending a special envoy to pongyang to try to secure the release of this american missionary held there, kenneth bae. he has been captive more than a

year. william la jeunesse is on that story in los angeles and what is new today, william? good morning. >> reporter: bill, north korea is one of the few country that is the u.s. has no diplomatic relations. right now we communicate only through the swedish embassy or the u.n. in new york. monday the obama administration again offered to send special envoy to robert king to north korea to secure bae's release. they canceled the trip because the u.s. participated in south korean military drills. they then insisted u.s. cancel similar operation this is winter. the u.s. is hopeful. they allowed bae to meet with reporters on monday. he has been in custody 15 months convicted of crimes against the state after caught trying to set up christian missionary in north korea. bae admitted monday, bill, can committed a serious crime against north korea.

it does not abuse human rights. you can assume that statement is not made willingly but key to his release. bill: what is his family saying william? >> reporter: he was born in south korea. he moved to the u.s. as teenager. he is 44. has three kids in the u.s. but spent seven years in china. he preached anticommunist, pro-christian again dan in china and south korea. got 15 years hard labor when he was caught red-handed preaching christianity in north korea. our family sincerely apologizes on kenneth's behalf. he acknowledged his crimes and apologized. he served 15 months of his sentence and faces chronic health problems. we humbly ask for your mercy in the release of my brother. bae has diabetes and high blood pressure. his family wants him released on humanitarian ground. we'll see if this development happens. bill: william la jeunesse. when there are developments come on back.

out of l.a. martha: new jersey governor chris christie set to be sworn in for his second term just hours from now. today is his inauguration day but breaking moments ago, crossing the wires, they announced the celebration of the inauguration has now been canceled because of extreme weather hitting the area. christie's camp may not be in the mood to party. new polls show the recent scandals have been hitting him hard. take a look at some of these numbers. this is the "usa today" "pew research poll." so these are national numbers on governor christie. 34% now have an unfavorable opinion of governor christie. that is double what it was a year ago. interestingly, it has declined the most among people who previously had no opinion. so those who are just getting to know the governor through this news perhaps have decided that they're not in favor. so let's get into this a bit. joining us live is former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. mayor, good morning to you. good to have you with us today.

>> good morning, martha. martha: what do you make of those numbers, sir? >> obviously his numbers are going to take a hit. the press coverage has been relentless. i never seen anything quite like this for an incident that has certain amount of gravity, no question about it but it has been made into watergate or some kind of a nuclear device that's goesed or the amount of coverage is almost unprecedented. i expected it. he was the frontrunner before. he was the only republican who in any poll was leading hillary clinton. and i think they're trying, i think democratic establishment are trying to take him out early and clearly a democratic, organized effort, a partisan effort to take him out. you've got debbie wasserman-schultz showing up here in florida in front of fund-raisers like a protester. like she is some kind of a protester. we've got the guy running the investigation in new jersey, i

think it is wisniewski, who announces before the investigation begins that chris christie is lying. and he is running the investigation. martha: yeah. >> have you ever heard of anything so absurd? martha: you have been very outspoken wanting him to step down and we spoke about that a little bit here yesterday. what did you think about the sort of second wave of this, the hoboken mayor saying funds, she was told she wouldn't get money she wanted if she didn't move forward with real estate deal and lieutenant governor came out yesterday and said never happened? >> i look at in my old light as trial lawyer, seems to me the lieutenant governor winds because prior contradictory statement by the mayor. mayor zimmer about a month, month 1/2 ago, announced that she had a very good relationship with governor christie. when she was originally confronted with the allegations just a few days before she said there was no connection between fund and, and endorsement. then all of a sudden the big democratic offensive and, we got a bunch of them jumping

on the bandwagon trying to get some attention and we have wisniewski trying to run a, run an investigation that he certainly shouldn't be running if he already decided that the man who is responsible is not telling the truth. martha: the governor gave an interview with yahoo! news and i want to look at a quote of his from that interview and get your thoughts on this. so i'm going to learn from this. i can't tell you what it is i'm going to learn yet. he goes on to say but i'm intent on learning from this. do you think, it seems like this will go you one way or the other, either ultimately strengthens him and makes changes based on this experience, right? or, it goes the other way and he becomes, you know the governor of new jersey and that's that. >> i in part wrote a book about this called, leadership. every leader fails, whether it is winston churchill or ronald reagan or, i can give you great examples of tremendous failure and the question is, this is a great deal of wisdom attached to

this, when you fail it either shrinks you or it, you grow from it. i found, i learned more from my failures than from my successes. so let's hope that happens with chris. i think it will because the reality is he is telling the truth here. mistakes were made. he will learn how to be more discerning about people around him. he will learn how to hold them even more accountable. although he held them more accountable than president obama has ever done or secretary of state clinton has ever done. they have people in benghazi where it led to the death of human beings, of brave americans. they have yet to answer questions about it. they have yet to hold anyone accountable. the press seems to ignore that. so reality i think he learned a lot already and already given us a pretty good object lesson what happens when things go wrong. if he should become president, or anybody else, things will go wrong over four years. what we want to know is, how can this manhandle it? and he has a chance now to

demonstrate to us how he can handle it. so far that part of it, he has been doing very well. martha: some people say the inauguration cancellation is sort of a bit of a gift. they had a dinner they canceled tonight. support wasn't as strong as it was. in part because it is a second inauguration and tends to be not as big of a deal as the first or is it really reflective of donor support for this governor? >> i think it probably has more the weather than anything else. the people who support chris christie, i met with a group of them last night here in florida who saw a number of his events and said he was superb at the events in florida. his presentation was terrific. they come away with more enthusiasm. when someone gets attacked like you support, there is more enthusiasm for him. i doubt that is the issue. i think weather is the issue. i remember the reagan second inaugural was largely canceled and moved indoors because of terrible weather. had they gone ahead of it in terrible weather on

ellis island, could be whole another scandal. who knows, the democratic, they would open up another investigation. martha: governor, you're in the right spot today. i know you love new york but florida looks pretty warm. you have a big snowstorm heading here. thank you so much. we'll talk to you soon. >> good luck. always a pleasure. bill: what do you think at home is your opinion, your opinion about chris christie changed? send us a tweet @billhemmer, @marthamaccallum. we'll read some of your responses throughout the show today. talk to us on twitter weill we're on the air. seattle seahawks quarterback richard sherman speaking out after his tirade after beating the 49ers last night. here is sherman right after the game. this is what has got everybody talking. >> final play. take me through it. >> i'm the best corner the game! when you try me with a sorry receiver like crabtree! that is the result you will get. don't ever talk about me! >> who was talking about you? >> crabtree. i will stand up for you real

quick! bill: that is epic. really great stuff. sherman is coming out with a opinion piece on a sports blog. this is part of what he writes. quote, a lot of what i said to erin andrews was adrenaline talking and some of that was michael crabtree. to those who would call me a thug or worse because i show passion on a football field, don't judge a person's character what they do between the lines. judge a man what he does off the field what he does for his community, what he does for his family, end quote. adrenaline pumping, end of game, 70,000 people. the guy went to stanford. was a wide receiver converted to defensive back. he's a tough, tough guy and will be the center of focus here in new york over the next two weeks for the game. martha: came off quite differently in the after comments than he did in that moment. he will get a lot of attention during the super bowl, no doubt about that. we have a shocking story to tell you about, what one woman did to confront an alleged abuser after a lifetime of suffering. this is quite a story.

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did not pan out. millions have struggled to sign up on the federal exchange and trying to get out of obamacare we're now finding out can be a nightmare into itself. a woman in missouri trying to close her account saying that she endured this for six weeks. bounced from operator to operator. sitting on hotlines, blasting out emails. finally getting into her car, driving 100 miles to her insurance company to straighten things out. that woman is leslie hill. she is with me to talk about this. leslie, good morning to you. what an ordeal this is. >> good morning to you. bill: your story is a little complicated. i will try to make it simple for the audience. if i get anything wrong, let me know. you're high-risk. preexisting condition. >> yes. bill: the pool in the state of missouri was closed so you were basically boxed out. and blue cross-blue shield canceled your plan. you went on to the exchange. you signed up for obama care. and that is when the troubles really started to begin. because then you found out that blue cross did have a plan that was actually better than you were getting on obamacare.

and if that is accurate, what happened next? >> the only thing that i would correct about that is that blue cross-blue shield handled the high-risk pool and so, it was actually canceled through the missouri high-risk pool that blue cross-blue shield. bill: i appreciate that clarification. so you're on the exchange. you're trying to get rid of it. and what happens, leslie? >> i thought it would be fairly simple. i, first of all i called blue cross-blue shield. they informed me that they couldn't cancel my existing federal exchange policy. that i would have to do that through the exchange. i thought, no problem. i got on, waited and waited. got sound, high volume of calls, high volume of calls. did that for quite a while, until i finally got a person i could speak with. that person informed me i need

the to contact the carrier blue cross, blue shield to cancel my obamacare policy. blue cross-blue shield said when i called them said i needed to cancel it through the exchange. that is where the bouncing around happened. i would take segments out of my day and try to call and get things -- real interesting thing is on the exchange there is a button that says, terminate but when you go to that button it, doesn't work. and it takes you to a page that says, under construction. and i think, don't build another layer on your house when your foundation is in a sinkhole. they're creating more pages on their website but they don't have a simple terminate button. bill: in meantime your account was withdrawn $950. you paid for obamacare, a policy you're trying to terminate. >> i now paid. bill: now you have that mess to

deal with. you get in your car drive what, kansas city, 100 miles from your home? >> i drove to kansas city because finally an operator with, on the federal exchange, a navigator told me that i, that a special department could cancel my policy and i asked for the name of the department. i asked for their phone number and i asked to be transferred and he told me that he was not allowed to give me that information. bill: oh, my gosh. so, i just want our audience to know your settled with insurance now, you're covered and back with a private plan but what have you learned about the obamacare now after going through this experience, leslie? >> i learned that you do have options and for all the people who are going to get their grandfathered clauses, programs policies canceled this year, go to a broker, go to a private insurance company. you do not have to apply for

obamacare if you don't need a subsidy. i learned too there is very little organization and very little solutions speaking things that the navigators can do. they read from a script. bill: that is what they're telling you. did you get your money back? >> i need to activate a specialist team and then you go to another person and that persons says i need to activate a specialist team. that person says you need to call back on the number. and there is only one number. when i go to blue cross-blue shield i really thought that they would have a back door number. you know, i thought a company that was doing business with them would be allowed but marketing people have to go through the exact same number as everybody else. bill: i'm almost out of time, rather. did you get your money back, the $950? you did? >> no. that will -- bill: no. >> that covered me through january. my pomsy with obamacare runs

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that i felt throughout my whole head. the blistering and the rash was moving down towards my eye. the doctors at the emergency room recommended that i have it checked out by an eye doctor. there was concern about my eyesight. when i had shingles the music stopped. martha: get ready for this. this is a stunning story out of southern california now after a 28-year-old woman confronts a teacher that she says abused her as a child and posts their telephone conversation on youtube. much watch this. >> why did you do that? why, i was only actually years old when i met you? you realize that you brainwashed me and you manipulated me? and that what you did was wrong?

>> yes. and i regret it. martha: this video has gone viral. it has been seen by nearly 300,000 people since it was post adam housley is live in los angeles. so, adam, how did this all come about? >> reporter: yeah, power of the internet, right? this woman, 28 years old, wants to only by jamie. she says when she was in middle school, her middle school basketball coach sexually assaulted her and sexually abused her and she has been dealing with it ever since then. she decided to call up the basketball coach who was administrator. he was a basketball coach who is now administrator at. got her on and put it on youtube to basically show the world what she dealt with. >> you ruined my life. you ruined my childhood, do you realize that? >> no.

>> you sickened me. you sickened me. every day when i think about what you did, you sicken me. i have kids of my own and i'm the age now that i pretty much met you at. and i could never think about doing the things that you did. >> reporter: we reached out to accused and got no response. alhambra school district did not respond put out a letter to the parents telling them that the administrator has been relieved her duties or put on some sort of administrative leave. martha? martha: that is some story. you can see in that girl's face what she has been through. adam, thank you very much. bill: unbelievable. wow. it is here, folks. much of the country back in a deep freeze and hasn't really started that much yet. the snow and canceled flights and kids off school and all that really good, good stuff and the bitter cold. it's winter. ♪

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>> we have another major snow storm barreling toward the northeast. there is a lot of snow out there. brand new hour of america's newsroom starting now. >> heavy snow and dangerously cold temperatures. >> we have fox teach coverage now. and you have the one of our weather people inside and the other outside. david, what is coming up? >> i have my hat on and a great deal more. city officials are bracing for up to 14 inches of snow. it is now 28 degrees. it feels like 22 with the wind

chill. the first kids in new jersey are going to be dismissed early today.

and we just received word chris christy's inaugural ball has been canceled because of the weather. >> what can you expect where you are? maria has more than that. >> reporter: this storm is going to be intensifying as we go into the afternoon and tonight off the coast of the northeast. possible blizzard conditions on the east coast. the center is around the state of west virginia. but we are seeing it further off toward the east in new york city and pennsylvania and the state of new jersey. but like i mentioned the storm is forecasted to intensify and we have winter warninging going to western north carolina all the way up to the coast to

southeastern parts of massachusetts and we have a blizzard warning because locally they can pick up to 14 inches of snow and the wind is up to 50 miles per hour. new york city, pennsylvania, and parts of connecticut a foot of snow certainty out of the question. the temperatures are going to be cold and when you combine temperatures with the strong winds the wind chills are going to be dangerously cold. as we go into the overnight hours, everyone in the northeast is looking at wind chills below 0. the actual temperatures will stay cold not just tonight but several nights.

kentucky and washington, d.c. single digit numbers. >> how does this winter blast compare to what we had a few weeks back? more than 20 states were hit with below temperature and some areas saw 15 inches. but wind chills were the problem. north dakota saw 50 below 0. >> friends in vermont looking at negative 29 wind chill. we will think of them. new profile of president obama in the new yorker magazine has gotten a lot of attention. the president defends his record on everything from race, to inequality, to marijuana. he talks about how hard it is as president to get things done and

that is part of what prompted this very interesting response on special record from juan williams. >> i had a sense the president felt defeated. he talked about the stream and being part of a stream in history and you cannot turn things around. >> steve hays is here and good morning to you. were you surprised by juan's response to the piece? >> i was not surprised. i had the similar reaction. the writer of the article got very close to the president and was able to give insight to the way the president thinks about himself and his role in a way

most other writers haven't been able to do. the president almost seemed surprised by this is what surprised me. like none of this is his fault. he is in washington unable to change washington the way he campaigned the way he did and he doesn't take any blame that there is no role he played in that result. >> it is interesting when you think about to his speech in 2004 when he gained nationwide attention and talked about we are not a black america or a white america and we are the united states. and it talked about the second inaugural address and it has been called this most liberal speech and he talked about how he was idealistic and didn't sense how hard it would be to carry those things.

>> i think if you go back and look at the history of his legacy, he won election in 2008 and he was determined to be an apologetic liberal. he governed that way. he passed health care reform with liberal votes. the 2010 midterms were a setback and he decided not to turn to the center after bill clinton did. obama turned to the left and announced we would not work with republicans. and in the inaugural and the state of the union the president turned to the left and said i am going to govern from the left whether you like it or not. he should not be surprised the republicans are saying no, we

are not. >> this is a picture of the president when he started and this is now. every president ages in the office. harry truman said it was the great white jail. it is a tough job. anybody with the highest position in the land knows it is a responsibility that will take a toll on you. everybody thought he would go toward the middle. there is a liberation that comes the with the second term with he didn't go that way and there is no sign of regret. >> there really isn't. that is what i was looking for in the piece; the president saying what did i do and did i have too much confidence. the president wanted to change

the country he said and in effect make liberalism safe for the country. but we remain a center right country and i think he is having difficulty grasping that. it is true people who are not president go gray as well. >> that is so funny. >> why u.s. security officials believe the black widow is a serious threat and where she could be hiding. plus this -- >> this is new video showing angry protesters storming the seat in a capital city. >> and the new york governor is

trying to defend himself after saying this: >> if they are the extreme conservati conservatives they are no place in new york. that is what not who new yorkers are.

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>> protesters storming police barricades making a crazy scene in india. a newly elected minister was leading a protest against corruption. they are saying they are taking advantage of the poor. on the hunt for potential suicide bombers ahead of the winter olympics. they are searching for we are being told four specific female

terrorist including the so-called black widow who is the wife of a 22-year-old jihad whose husband was taken out. so she is out for revenge. >> if you were a terrorist and you wanted to plan this attack, you can embed yourself into the area a long time ago inside what they call the ring of steel to penetrate and integrate themselves. >> it is getting more attention by the minute how dangerous this might be. we have a navy seal here and you are concerned about this?

>> they have killed 34 people in the last week and they want to use the same tactics and just like the bus bombings or train station attacks they are looking at places you know people are going to be. you know there are going to be large groups of people. >> what do we go about the black widows and and they are going to be searching for them but you are going to have people from all over the world so it would be easy to blend in. >> we have a ring of steel near the wall street area and we are talking two square miles but in russia it is a 1500 miles and there is no way you can secure that much land. these people have proven when they say they are going attack,

they do so. if we had a three-week warning that 9-11 was going to happen and there was going to be plane attacks, how would the mayor have reacted and the american people prepared themselves? i think it is time to get past the black widow point because people have tickets and we need to look at how do you prepare yourself. >> that is a great point. how do you do that? >> you look at bottlenecks where people are going to be. similar to lax and the boston bombings similar to the ones here. these are are large groups of

people garther. we need to look at things from an awareness point of view. >> should they try to travel off at the off times? >> let's thing proactively. katri katrina is a good example of this. they were in the line of a hurricane. there should be proactive training for cities like that on how to prepare and get out of there. >> what should they do? >> they should be looking at, if they are going to an event, show late, leave early or sit in the seats and avoid large crowds.

it is surprising to me -- i am writing about awareness and i have had publishers saying it isn't relevant -- how is it not relevant? >> you think in the middle east how people change and move around. >> i think israel is a great example. they live free but they are aware. >> we hope everyone is safe over there. >> comments from the president are spurring new talk about race. >> plus the beetles back together -- paul and ringo are set to perform together.

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>> surfers in company got a little help. those are dolphins stealing the show. more than 200 surfers taking to the waves for that. that is beautiful. >> we saw the two guys on the surf board and they said it was a shark -- what do you think of that? >> i think a it is funny. >> thousands of pro-life supporters are expected in washington, d.c. were the annual pro-life party.

it marks four decades after the roe versus wade decision. >> they held this vigil and prayed that woman who are considering having abortions will recognize they are alternatives. they say all life should be protected under the law. >> there is always going to be wrong doing, violence, and abortions. but it doesn't have to be legal. if week protect human lives at one stage we can protect them at every stage. >> they are are trying to target a younger audience. >> what is the recent polling say on this? >> those who are pro-life say

their gaining supporters. and in a pole last year legal in all cases is voted 20% legal in most is 38 illegal in most cases 25 illegal in all cases 12%. the gallop pole asked if you think it should be legal at any circumstance and there are the numbers on the screen. they will try to move the needle again with the events in washington. >> thank you. the governor of new york son the defense after saying quote extreme conservatives in new york. is an explanation enough? we have a fair and balanced debate coming up >> could the nfl be giving a big

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>> we have a good one going back and forth in donew york. the democratic governor is

facing a fire storm after those comments. here is part of what he said: >> these extreme conservatives who are right to life, pro-assault weapon, anti-gay, is that who they are? because if that is who they are and if they are the extreme conservatives they are no place in the state of new york because that is not how new yorkers are. >> we have the co-host of fives here. good morning to you both. now comes the pushback from albany. the spokesperson said this:

heavy was -- he was making the point that a conservative candidate can't win in new york. >> this shows he is worried about rob ester who is going to be running against him. rob is pro-life. but the governor believes you can have an abortion anytime and believes in gender selection. so if you are having a girl you can get rid of it and have a boy. who is the extreme one. over 90% of new yorkers disagree with that. so i think he is the one with extreme views on abortion. >> do you have a problem with what he said? >> he is extremist

conservatives. and alan west says 79-81 -- >> stay on como now. the guy is painting with a broad brush. >> and most extremist republicans paint with a broad brush as well. i think he is putting him on the left to decide to run. >> he says if you are pro-life or support the second amendment don't come to o state -- they are pushing back saying the comments are distorted but we have his own voice, based on what you heard is that the story? >> we said if you have extreme conservatives who want assault weapons, no abortions, and whatever the other right ring position they took and that

wasn't reflective of new yorkers and he is right. >> actually more new yorkers disagree with his views on abortion. >> he was elected by a big margin. >> most democrats don't agree with his view. he is trying to paint the republicans as the extreme. and we talk about christy and is he a bully but that governor has been bullying for years. >> he made his point. you drop a comment like that and then walk it back. >> he said they were not aimed at the general population. >> bill, he has to couch what he said. because he put his views into the spotlight and people are saying what do you think about

abortion? oh, anytime you favor an abortion? and as well as gender selection? and his gun bill has been a disaster. >> i don't think his bills call for abortion up until the day before a child born. >> that is a fact. >> was it passed? >> he is catholic. and now dealing with this thing. if you are running the state house in albany do you go out and push back more forcefully? >> i think they need to go out

and not let him paint them in a way they are not. >> bill buckley was the last extremist was the last one to one. >> the one who is going do win on the republican side won in the county bill. >> i think people are thinking wow -- pro-life? i am extreme. you are putting me in that category. >> i remember his father in '84 trying to run for president and he tried this thing about he was supporting abortion but was against it personally. and in andrew's case he is making it clear. >> that apple is nowhere near the tree. >> ed cox is going to be on with us later and he runs the state party in new york and we will get him to react.

he is asking for an apology. >> we'll see you at 5:30. >> and there is going to be no apology from me. >> i assault extremist republicans. >> glen beck is going to be on the kelly file and he has written a personal letter to the governor that is getting attention. 9 o'clock eastern time. >> 50 years since beetle mania swept the country and paul and ringo will be receiving an award this weekend and they will play together nearly half a century after first performing on the ed sullivan show back in 1964.

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>> the re-walk is available in clinical settings but it is in the final stages of the fda use and could be available later this year. >> new claims that president obama is using race as an excuse for sinking approval numbers. his approval is at 44% after the obamacare was implemented in october and down to 40% three months later. we have seen some numbers in the 38%. but the president is explaining the drop in his numbers this way in an interrup -- interview -- of the new yorker quote he said there is no doubt some people

don't like me because i am black and the flip is true and some people like me just because i am. we have the panel to talk about this. what did you make of that? >> i think it ridiculous. what about performance base. obamacare, disaster in syria, benghazi. the rollout was a mess and people lost their insurance who you said they would not. people are going to hold him accountable and all of the people that voted for him in 2008 and 2012 new his race and voted for hope and change. they voted because they believed in his policy and they they are disappoi disappointed now. >> do you think he is using this as a shield and not

recognizing what hasn't gone well? >> i think we are seeing him playing both sides of the race coin. when you talk about race in america, you have to be particular and precise. the president is saying it could be because i am black or it could be in spite of my blackness. i agree he should talk about the job creation he saw at the end of the year in november and october and shoring up the national security. >> i don't think what it serves to bring it up in the context of the discussion they were having. and we saw comments from bill o'reilly believing this isn't an

overwhelming issue that is holding people back after the second term of a black president. what did you thing about that, ebony? >> i don't if i can agree on that. i think to deny infrastructure issues we have is a not correct. i do wish we could get it a place in the country where we could talk about race and be sincere and honest across the board and not feel like it is race baiting or playing the race card. that is a different think. and i think the president was trying to do something good. >> it feels like it dragged the conversation in a place where it didn't need to go. and steve hays said it was an

opportunity to get into perhaps some of the things he is not happy about in different parts of the presidency. >> he could have talked about that. but people are tired of talking and they would have questioned what could we do differently? are you willing to do turn around in terms of job creation and the amount of people that left the government and the truth is he is not. he is a big government guy and no amount of talk is going to change that. he is shifting responsibility away from him and on to something else that doesn't play a factor. are there people that don't like the president because he is black. sure, there are. but obama was voted in twice. >> let's put the health care numbers up. a lot of people would look at

his approval numbers and say it is obamacare. and this would support that. his numbers showing when it started at 35%. is he forgetting the big elephant in the room? >> i think there are several factors contributing to the low numbers. could race be one of them? it could be. but without a link to tie that to the reason it is spe speckulative. >> everybody who voted for the president who what race he was. i think these numbers reflect something deeper in the presidency. i want to bring up the marijuana issue. we talked about that yesterday in terms of what people thought

about his comments. but i want to show you what patrick kennedy came out swinging against the president on this. he said the president is wrong when he said it isn't very harmful because the new marijuana is not the old marijuana. we need to have presidential decisions made based on the health and sound science that the federal governments invested in. he is saying that the president is speaking without knowledge here that pot is stronger than it used to be and he needs to check out the science and what the federal government is paid for in terms of knowing the reality of this. >> as a progressive i have to agree with that gentlemen. i think it is irresponsible for the president to be coming out and getting this permission slip for the marijuana. you are the sitting commander

and chief and people will take that and run with that. >> people are going to hold him accountable on stuff like that. that is not something -- when you talk about marijuana legalization you need to have stats and information behind you. you are the president and what you say could influence behavior and how people vote on that. >> interesting talk from kennedy that came out today. >> jenna lee is hanging out. coming out on happening now. how are you doing? >> we can see the snow falling as the northeast prepares for a winter. and the new york times is reporting a surge in medicaid

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calling her 15-year-old daughter a hero. she saw her mom trapped on the roof and the only way to get her down was to get the tractor stalling. >> and my mom was coaching me and i couldn't get it started. >> thankfully they were able to get out and everybody was safe. >> the extra point, the kick after the touchdown is so routine and the nfl commissioner is considering getting rid of it and redoing the entire scoring system as well. jeff foster sports editor at the wall street journal is here. super bowl week number two next week. the idea is what? >> to get rid of it.

the extra point is irrelevant. there were was only five missed this year. it is the least exciting play in the game and there is no need for it. >> to that point this is what was said: it is almost automatic i believe he had 5 missed out of 1200 attempts. what would he change if he were to get rid of it? >> you don't want to tamper with the storing system with the multiple of three and seven it works out closely where teams tie with the field so so they don't want to tamper. so i think they will make a touchdown worth seven and keep the two-point conversion so if you want to go for it and get eight points you can do that. >> if you scored a touchdown it

would be an automatic seven points. if you go for two, you get eight, miss it and back down to six. i think it would be more interesting. >> and they could have a scenario where you can go for a one-point conversion of one yard or a two-point with seven yards >> starting to sound like arena football. >> and why are you fixing something that is not broken? >> and coaches are going for two early in the game and they miss it and it throws off the balance. >> well kicking has gotten too good. the kickers are getting better. 94% of field goals under 40

yards were made. they were making field goals at a better point than in the as the 1970s. >> 99.6 percent accuracy rate. 27-32 teams were perfect. jacksonville was the lowest. >> and four of them were blocked of the five that were missed. >> martha, made a great point -- she said that is like a skill point in the game. it slows down and you have to snap it perfectly get the hold down and get it through. >> they have to done to a science now. as a college fan you are nervous. >> that is right. it is like hitting the punt at the end of the par 5. >> some people play gimmes when

they play golf. >> i call it the rest moment of the game >> bracing for very cold weather around here. many flights have been canceled. government in washington, d.c. shutdown. we are traging the temperatures and will tell you what is going on when we come back.

martha: here we go. we asked your opinion about chris christie and whether or not it changed. bill: christie, no change. favorable. martha: paula still thinks he is a rino. don't trust him. bill: if he was a democrat, this traffic jam scandal would be a one day, page 14 issue. martha: my favorite. my opinion of chris christie has not changed. he is in the middle of a crap storm, bill. people hate politics because of this. might be a little bit of truth. crap storm. we have a winter snowstorm.

bill: i like your point about the extra point. finesse moment. skill of the game. got to run. martha: "happening now" starts right now. we'll see you back here tomorrow. jenna: finesse of the game. fox news alert, a major winter storm impacting millions of people right now. heavy snow and strong wind hitting mid-atlantic and the northeast. a lot of major airports are affected. major storm could fall in some areas. those temperatures are expected to stick around throughout the week. much more on that throughout the program. first breaking news on today's top headlines and brand new stories you will see here first. jon: two heavy hitters for a potential white house run in 2016, both facing very different roadblocks. can chris christie overcome recent political scandals. we'll tell you about one analyst who says hillary clinton is far from a shoo-in on the democratic side. plus a young couple gunned down, killed in cold