everybody. confirming that it could decide >> americas news headquarters to keep the players home if starts right now. we have a fox news alert. anything happens now and the start of the games next month. president obama hours away from addressing millions of a lot of international players in that league, too. americans, but are the american people even listening. casy mcfarland is a security welcome to hq, i am bill hemmer. analyst. michael mccaul went to sochi and >> great to see you, bill. in moscow as well. i am alisyn camerota. first on the nhl do you see people not going? the president is laying out >> no, i think that is the whole a year of action. thing. a new poll suggest that most prudence dictates you wait to americans 63 percent have no see. if there is a series of suicide confidence that the president will make the right decision. attacks maybe they will reconsider. juan williams is a news analyst. if you don't go it these you will never go. >> you think something will happen in russia and you are given the confidence does it outward with that in public. matter what he said. and if something doesn't happen on behalf of the terrorist, they >> he will try to make the case are discredited you believe. of being the president and >> they are finished. capable of leadership and and they have put videos and reasserting himself and statements out and said they are commanding leadership and trying hooked up with al-qaeda and to say to them that he's worthy issued a fa ta and saying it is of their trust.

okay to kill civilians and if he has to regain their trust. nothing now happens, they look >> tonight, the president has to like wimps and looked like they punch hard. what does that look like? couldn't pull it off. whether it is successful or >> he will not say i am foiled, i think it will not be frustrated and don't know what inside of the ring of steel because it is harder to do to do with a difficult congress. something there and it would be he has to attack responsibility and say i have an agenda and easier to go for a soft target this is what i want to do and somewhere else in russia >> michael mccaul made a point here's where the american people back me. on that front he will talk about it is not getting enough minimum wage. we heard today he wants to attention. impose a minimum wage increase that ssa wel. for federal contract employees. most americans support me the national grouch islamic republican and democrats on that terrorist is russia problems and just local guys who want the front and talk about immigration reforms. republicans and democrats want russian outs of the neighborhood and their attacks are just something done on this front. against the russia. he has to talk about jobs and >> and in al-qaeda is now in necessarily a tax reform. these are issues of common concert with them and marrying interest and he has to say i am up with each other. that means the chechen terrorist your leader, don't lose faith in me yet. >> juan, you said in a column

have global ambitions. you wrote in the hill newspaper >> and the headlines they are that the republicans should trying to grab when they know shame republicans. the world is watching and the do you think he is do that in world is waiting. the state of the union? >> no. >> yes. it has to be a positive message. sitting here and holding our but at some point, he has to be breath thinking that something is about to happen. clear he is in a fight and he's they have already won. they have got the world media not giving up and being run focused on them. over. and they have notice and got i think a lot of the numbers that you put up, alisyn about everybody scared and achieved some of the objectives. a lack of trust comes out of the and if they don't look as failure of the obama care something as serious as the talk program website. and chatter, i think they -- people thought that was a show >> we are nine days away. and mccaul is over there of incompetence. explaining what he saw. and it was the failure of another hot spot that needs an executing the number one domest answer to you. hammid karzi is turning his back priority. he has to make the case that is on the american forces and not what he is about. he has to reassert leadership united states. what do you make of the reversal of loyalty if you call it that? and do something and say >> it is it a time afghan something that imbues trust. tradition. he is our friend while we were

he can't do that by bad-mouthing there and we were giving him republicans. >> this is the president's job money and thought we would prevail. performance and how it compares and he knows we are on the way to years past and in the most out of the dor. he wants to go to the taliban recent fox poll 42 percent whom he knows is next. see what why i am with you. approve of how he do his job and one of the predecessor, and the 53% disapprove. taliban came in he was captured and back in 200965 approved and and tortured and muttalated and body drag and hung upside down it is up since november. and so tonight he will talk on the lamp post. about how he plans to raise the karzi doesn't want that to happen to him. minimum wage for people on a federal contract by $3. if he doesn't cut a deal he will what do you think that will do have suitcases full of goal and to those numbers? on the last helicopter out. >> it will help a lot. it is an example. >> thank you. when i say help a lot for people the stars of the grid iron who are paid those wages. stepping up to the microphone as it is an example to the private part of the super bowl media sector. day. that's the question, the private we are live in the predential sector said if we do this it center in new jersey, next. ♪ ♪ nbc universal's coverage of the 2012 london games might result in a fewer jobs. the president said we can manage

♪ it especially if the economy performs well. the idea of him saying we are confident we can do this wait raising taxes is a critical step. he has the backing of most americans, republicans and democrats on raising the minimum wage. >> lastly, the word that defines his tonight. optimism? >> optimism and maybe more so unity and an area of common ground. most american people republican and democrat back me and i am going to take these steps and come along with me and join the parade but don't get in the way of the parade. not attacking the republicans and congress. but say i am a can do guy and don't doubt my capacity to lead. >> got. it and we'll be watching. juan, thank you so much.

>> and republican response. sir, good day to you from capitol hill? >> i am doing fine. >> thank you for your time. what do you expect from the republican response after president obama is finished? >> you know, i think the most important response is the president's response how a president follows up on what he said he wants to do makes a difference. and so much what we heard is not let the constitution work but do whatever he can do on his own. that is a big mistake for the president to make. there is a lot of places to go with the bills that passed the republican house and bills in the senate that are co-sponsored by republicans and democrats that the president and the senate mangity and the house could get done right away if the president wants that to happen. >> would you expect that tonight? >> from what i hear, the pin and

telephone thing bothers me. the president thinks that is the way to be president and sign executive orders on his own? and decide how small business and veteran- owned business and contract with the federal government are supposed to run the business? we have seen the problems he had attacking over the federal insurance and now take over how federal contractors run their business as well. the president is in a better shape, bill, to figure out what he would like to do that is possible and that last element is the one that president obama seems to have hard time accepting. what is possible to do as opposed to how he wants it. >> two more things. was the most watched television event ever. there are three different response. cathy rogers is one on the house so, what's next? the upcoming winter games from sochi. side. mike lee with the te part out of where every second of nbc universal's coverage will be available on every device.

utah on another side. on tv, online or streaming on the nbc sports live extra app. and rand paul will make a statement. do all of these messages get beginning february 6th, experience the winter games everywhere. lost in the shuffle, sir? >> i think the response largely welcome to what's next. does get lost in the shuffle. comcast nbcuniversal this is what the president said and the republicans make the opportunity to take about what he said. i would bet without knowing what one of the best moments of they are going to so, they will super bowl week is under way. we're talking about media day all talk about jobs and creating when thousands of reporters opportunity and that the real ascend and get a sight of the players they don't usually see. inequity in the country is not back outside in newark, new income but inequity of jersey at the prudential center opportunity. there. how is it going, rick? i think that is what the country >> 18 on the streets of newark. wants to see nothing does more for a family than a good job. plenty cold outside but plenty >> economy ranks number one in warm inside the prudential center which just wrapped up the polling. media day, broncos and seahawks. >> of course, a good job is the about 2,000 members were on the floor of the prudential center and thousands more fans were in most important thing and in the stands that were actually a private sector, there is a lot able to buy tickets for the of parts of the economy ready to third year now to see some of their favorite players and hear

move forward. what they had to say using radio manufacturing and transportation, energy drives a transmitters packed out in goody lot of. that and to a great extent those things are held back by the bags. among sought-after interviews president's policy. this is no longer someone else's among players was quarterback peyton manning and defensive economy and five years of back richard sherman. blaming the last people is enough. it is time for the president to >> i had my concerns because the doctors just couldn't tell me take responsibility and find out what can be done and work with anything definite. he wouldn't say you're going to the congress. >> 15 seconds, apologize that is be back at this time 100%. he couldn't tell me. so broechlt health care will when the doctors can't tell you that, how do you really need? come up by the president or the >> i think that what happened responders and three of the after the game, the situation senators came out with their open plan. that occurred forced him to be can you get that done before around me and forced everybody's attention. i think i have the best 2016, or is that 2017 and teammates in the world. beyond? >> i would like to think it >> we ran into all sorts of could get done before. characters inside the prudential i am afraid what happens to the health care system that needed center including a guy with a camera on his head, another improvements if we let the dressed as superhero from rolling disaster of the nickelodeon and we managed to find waldo in the crowd. president's health care plan there was real journalists,

continue on work place and health care. including dave klein, one of >> senator, roy blunt from only three report stories cover missouri and capitol hill. every single super bowl including this year. >> fox is your place for the >> you must be proud of the fact you've been to every single state of the union. super bowl. bret baier is hosting on the fox >> it's a tribute to longevity. some of my best friends and far news channel and shepherd will be on the fox broadcast network. better sports writers have gone to the gridiron in the sky. check it out later tonight. through no fault of mine, i'm >> millions of americans finding here. >> how many more super bowls do the winter weather gear no match you plan to attend? >> how many will they have? for the subtemperatures. >> klein told me he wasn't and pushing the wind chill down surprised it took this long for to dangerous levels and forcing new york and new jersey to get a super bowl of their own because many schools to close and it's cold in the winter here. disrupting many travel plans. right now, the therm therm is he's own more surprised they didn't put a roof on the struggling to reach 0. stadium. >> maybe next year. how is it feeling, garrett. rick leventhal. >> i think that was clayton >> reporter: negative six. high is five degrees. morris in the cape. but the wind chill is down in meanwhile, spoiler alert, the teens and negative 20s all company behind video game throughout the day. it feels miserable. madden, predicting winner of super bowl. but one of the nice things when they are going with denver it gets this cold, you can do

broncos they claim will top colexperiments like in the pola 37-28. peyton manning finishing. this simulation predicted eight r vortex. this banana has been sitting out times over the last 10 years. a couple of hours and we have >> you have a prediction yet? a board and nail and after a few >> no. >> can i give to you friday? hours in the the freezing cold >> do you have yours? >> tuesday. >> friday. this is rock hard. >> i'm not going to push. let me show you this here. >> the queen has been told to cut back on the spending because >> so you see, this is hammering she's almost out of dough. >> we want to know what's the away on a nail like it is thing you spent too much money on. we've got some of your best nothing. it is fun to do these kinds of answers coming up. when you have diabetes like i do, things but it is dangerous to be outside. they are asking people to stay indoors. in chicago, you can see people out on the road and streets. the chicago river a lot of it is completely frozen over. we have the wind chills. this is where you really start to feel the cold. yesterday in iowa and indiana transportation was a nightmare and snow drifts blocked much of

the rods in the region. the city of indianapolis government is shut down and the schools are shut down in michigan and all over the region, and the university of michigan in particular, they are cancelling classes for the first time since 1978. so that is to give you an idea of how cold it is. other part was michigan saw the highest levels of snowfall for january than they have experienced. this cold is sticking around for quoit sometime and looking at the forecast for the next coupleev weeks and entire midwest until we get anywhere close to above freezing, alisyn. >> garrett, i have home improvement projects if you come getting the right nutrition isn't always easy. by with that banana the>> first, i want a way to help reporter: you got it. minimize my blood sugar spikes. >> and amid the bone- chilling then, a way to support heart health. ♪ cold. and let's not forget immune support. snow rollers in ohio, they look ♪ but now i have new glucerna advance like all white jelly rolls. with three benefits in one.

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falling in a well. it took rescuers 30 minutes to reach here and the whole thing left neighbors stunned. >> it was scary for real. it was scary and the poor girl is ten years old. >> the lucky and good thing for us is the size of the well we were able to lower a proveder in to make the rescue without digging another hole. >> well done. the fire fighters sealed up the hole and the girl was treated for hypothermia and will be okay from maryland. a brand new report showed that the billion money to the states. the sites were fatally flawed. lou dobb s the or land and maryland and hawaii and

massachusetts and vermont and minnesota. they are described as websites with near fatal flaws. does that mean all of the money has been wasted? >> not all of it. by our count it means that the federal government spent 15,000 per enrollee to bring them in to obama care and not for insurance and health care accounts. that is $15,000 to get them in the site. >> what is the problem with the websites? why can't we get the technology right for $1.2 billion? >> it varys with state to state and the healthcare.gov, the federal program. but the contractors are working for people who have no idea what they are doing. that is the answer. cm s, at the federal level had a lack of proficiency and competency with websites. no

one tried this in the federal government and ecommerce site and the result it is utter chaos and billions of wasted taxpayer dollars. >> two states, minnesota and oregon. 450 million spent on those two state exchanges. they are not working. they are described as almost comical. who will be held responsible for the state exchange. >> the only people held accountable in all of this alisyn is the american taxpayers. no one is being fired at cm s and we had the director of the exchange in oregon resign after a three month leave of absence. and one of the president's principle advisers came in to help with healthcare.gov, and with some irony, he had to take a leave and resign for his own

health, because he was apparently a basket case. >> they say he was working many, many long hours. everyone hopes he is okay. but the state exchanges, there is problems in the federal website and the state exchanges, there are some success stories, new york, california, kentucky, connecticut, what you are they doing right? can the states learn a lesson from them? >> one of the lessons you can learn is have a bigger state. we don't have a metric to judge what are the targeted number of enrollees signed up in the program? we don't have that accounting. we don't know what percentage, are 18- 35 years of age, the younger folks who are expected to carry the burden of the holder folks who require more expensive care than the average.

>> in the case of oregon, i don't think they have recourse here. they have spent all of the federal money and it cost them 50,000 for each enrollee in the state of oregon. there are failures and then there are epic failures. oregon, the most epic. >> absolutely. >> i don't think they have much recourse. we are going to see a profound change in obama care. model doesn't work and exchange doesn't work and system doesn't work and the taxpayer is on the hook for 1.8 trillion. this will not travel well with the voters in november. >> great to see you. >> strong statement and lou, great look with the book "upheaval". >> her finances may be on the rocks. does the queen need a loan?

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the royal family is reportedly royally strapped. new report by british law makers show that queen elizabeth is down to the the last million pounds in available reserve funds and an alarming number of palaces are falling in disrepair. law makers blame her advisors for overspending and urge it is

royal family to generate income from tours and leasing property. >> still got a million bucks. >> pounds. >> how did that happen. >> i don't know. >> we want to know camerota. >> what is the one thing you have spent too much money on? >> do dinners count? >> sure. >> send me a tweet@bill hemmer. >> and transportation officials in alaska say it could take a week to clear the debris from an avalanche. the town of valez has been cut off from sufficientlization after tons of snow and ice covered the only road in and out. high, adam. >> reporter: locals call it snow slide path. they have them every year. but generally it is cleaned up a day or two. there are 12 slides and two of them massive and one of them deeps 100 feet. and it is blocking off the

river. they can't get to one side because of the water. and if the front side it would be a flash flood situation. it would be it could be a week before it is all cloned up. and locals are taking it all in stride. >> we are thinking it would take 3 or 4 days to remove the snow and that is not too bad once we get to moving the now and water is receded. >> wow. wow, that is my initial. wow. that is crazy. and that avalanche, it comes down every year but not like that. >> reporter: again, 4100 people live in valdez. they are cut off from the rod and bringing in barges with gas and food and people plan for this. they have slides in this area. look at the pictures. the local man, wow.

they are massive, these sloyds and 12 all total. two of them huge. and that situation, you bring in the water. it is warmer than they normally have and some of the ice and snow is melting and so they have to get it cleared up and make sure the road is okay. it could be 4 or 5 days to get cleaned up and a week before they get it open. >> valdez is beautiful and remote. thank you, adam. anticipation is growing by the day. super bowl is sunday. and today is one of the biggest pregame traidations and that is media day. >> president obama threatening to go it alone if congress will not pass his agenda. will that strategy work or create a dysfunctional washington? >> congress is sometimes slow to action. we believe that the american people are looking for concrete

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this is a quick check of the headlines. former general kofi a nan meeting with the iranian president talking about the nuclear program in that country and calling for unitty to end the civil war in syria. >> less than 24 hours before the royal caribbean cruise ship

docks back in new jersey. the restorer of the seas headed back early after passengers were hit with a stomach bug. no word of the cause of the out break. >> dan akroyd is a new deputy. shooting the life of legendary singer james brown. not the first time he joined crime- fighting courses. he served two law enforcement agencies in louisiana for 16 years. >> he also hunts ghosts, right? >> right. >> he does it all. >> got it all covered. president obama pushing for income equality. and when it comes to income and taxes with the irs, the americans live in a system that is far from equal. we have more from william in los angeles. >> reporter: alisyn, the

president will say the federal government needs to help make the u.s. a more equal place. the tax code is progressive and half of the country pays the entire federal income tax burden of the other half. >> the increasing inequality and greater inequality. >> 26 times in a recent speech president obama complained about growing inequality in america. but the question is what will he do about it? >> the tax system could be more fair to the middle-class. >> but looking at the tax code suggest it is unfair? >> top 50 percent with incomes over 35,000 pay 90 percent. and top ten over 120,000 earn 68 percent. >> the more that politicians

push to take from the top and take to the bottom slower economic growth. >> the president may focus on equal equalityment and stressing preschool and higher minimum wage. >> it is popular to say i will give you the money and steal from these people and give it to you. it is a myth. >> it doesn't mean that the president will not take a few political shots on the democrat's behalf. >> it is hard it say a teacher or mechanic or 3 or 400 percent less important than a wall street executive or a corporate ceo. >> the president may single out corporate executives but not entertainers and the pay scale is dramatic. beyonce makes a million and george clooney 20 million. unfair? polls show that americans are

split between the government spreading the wealth and the other half said no. >> beyonce is worth every penny. william, thank you so much. so the obama administration doubling down on the president's warning of a pin and not afraid to use the pen. >> he will announce the first executive order raising minimum wage for federal contractors and will not stop there. >> rather than waiting for congress to take action, we'll use the president's authority and look to work with congress where we can. but over the last several years, congress is slow to action. >> well, what about that. the founder of political prospect and marjorie a former ceo of the team. and ladies, good day to you. welcome to hq, you get the first question. what is the effect now on the

business of washington, with these executive order, do you believe? anything? >> it is going to be a disaster bill. the president decided representative democracy is not working and he will take george the third approach. we fought his appointments with the national laebor board and insistence on delaying the affordable care act and usurping congress's power and saw it in libia. it is the new way obama does. >> let me interrupt. kaylee, he's not the first person. bill clinton used excutive order 300 and president bush 291. and obama has used it fewer than the predecessor. >> alisyn, that is right. bill clinton and george bush looked at congress and they say i will work with congress.

and that is why bill clinton passed welfare reform and get a balanced budget. and this president made no attempt and he will not. executive fiat is the order of the day. >> just get marjorie to weigh in and marjorie i want to hit you up on something else quickly. >> hit me up with what? >> same question. >> okay, great. i loved all of her energy, here's what i say about. that we have tried and trust and talk about feeling and get congress to come together and there is a lot of attempts that have fallen on deaf ears. it is a different congress. lowest approval rating and nine percent. and the attempts are there and now obama is running out of time. he is in the final legs of his administration and he has to make the mark where we needs to. and the national labor relation board. created by congress and blocked the appoint wantsment

>> marjorie, the overall message. wall street journal, marjorie, 68 percent say the country is in the same place or worse off than when the president came to office in 2009. how do you handle that? >> again, he is critized widely for not taking the reigns and that's what he is doing in pushing appointments through. and in terms for the push for the minimum wage. >> this is a verdict on his administration. there are two-thirds kayly, 68 percent. >> absolutely, bill. and that's why he has a 39 percent approval rating. the founders put in place a system of checks and balances to check the presidential power. the president said i have a drawer full of good ideas to implements. the american people have opened the drawer and don't like what we see.

52 percent have an unfavorable view of obama care. >> but a fox news poll how americans feel about the minimum wage. tonight he is taking an executive to raise by $3. 56 percent said raise. it 25 percent said keep it as it is. but i want to show you how president obama felt about executive orders when he was a candidate in 2007. this is what he said. the issue of excutive power and excutive privilege is one that is subject to abuse and then in a obama president so, you will see respect for law and co-equal branches of government. it does sound like he changed his tune, a bit. >> the minimum wage issue is one he hopes to bring both parties

together on. republicans and democrats think it is an important imperative. three- fourths of those relying on social programs are working people. they are people. >> and it is a small ball, marjorie. >> working on the minimum wage. >> the message and what comes of it and whether it advances anything. >> i would say income inequality and dealing with poverty is not small. it impacts education and imaggression. it is a great umbrella for both pears to come around. >> kayly, you get the last word. >> if the president was honest he would say what ford said. the state of the yup is bad and lay out his plan to fix obama care. i don't think we will hear it. >> thanks so much for the analysis. we'll see what happens tonight.

>> a major air carrier with a major announcement. why you will see southwest jets in more places. >> they are ready for the puck to drop in sochi. america's hockey team. those stars could end up watching from home. >> we need to be smart and cautious about this. if there are more bombings taking place and more inside of the perimeter to pose a direct threat to the the athletes, we should change our way of thinking. pgpg@

southwest airlines going international. the airline in july will offer flights to a ruba and jamacia and behammas. southwest plans to add more cities in the next two years. ally. >> time to check in with gretchen carlsson with the real story. >> the president hasn't mentioned the word benghazi in

a public address to people in eight months. congressman darril issa said why we should hear benghazi tonight. and the president will hold up costco as a store that it pays more than middle waej. is he shaming walmart in the process. >> we have the puppies from the puppy bowl and a half-time performance that includes a cute cat. see you then. >> i can't wait to see the cat's outfit. >> see you then. >> my whole concern for the whole deal is the proximity to the terrorist and radical islamic militants. and you know, it gives everybody great pause. i have not seen an olympics games with this much of a threat out there. we have seen three suicide bombers already. >> that is house homeland

security secretary michael mccaul talking about the safety of the sochi games could be in imperil. and the national hockey league