now. bye-bye. jenna: right now, today's top headlines and brand new stories you will see here first. jon: new charges for a 15-year-old already accused of murdering his math teacher. why he is back in court today. plus a high-speed chase caught on camera. wait until you hear who was behind the wheel this time. and u.s. middleweight champion, all american chris wedman. just beat his adversary for the second time. he joins us and it is all "happening now." jenna: "happening now," we start with a little politics today. hillary clinton has taken one of the largest leads ever in a early primary matchup. according to at least one new pole, we have a few to look at. great to see you, everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. "the washington post" poll shows the former secretary of state

the clear democratic frontrunner by six to one rifle. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, who has been discussed as a potential challenger, is third with 8%. the republican field meanwhile is wide open. let's talk about this early polling with nina easton, senior editor and washington columnist for "fortune" magazine and fox news contributory. jamie weinstein is senior editor of "the daily caller." we have been here before, mean n mrs. mrs. clinton was the clear frontrunner leading in the 2008 elections and something happened. is there anything different this time? >> well there is. by the way, jon, i say this in all humility, i was part of that chorus back in 2007, basically going into 2008 thinking that hillary clinton was going to be the nominee. i was obviously completely wrong but there's a big difference this time around and the difference makes me think it is hers for the taking if she wants

it. the differences are the numbers. she was, she was just at about 50% in 2008 going into the primaries. now as you just showed, 73%. and the there really isn't anybody, there isn't a barack obama in the field as a likely challenger. yes, we underestimated him in 2008 but it is hard to see any of these other candidates coming anywhere near here. now i definitely think there will be some noise from the left. there will be a candidate on the left but like i said, i really think, if she decides, and that's still a big if, although i think she is probably leaning in that direction, she looks like very much the nominee. jon: a couple of polls, a couple of screens to show you before we get to jamie. steak a look at these latest "abc news/washington post poll" numbers. this is going back to 2008. taking a look where she stood in 2006. this was a little before what

you just mentioned, nina. in 2006, so roughly this point in the process, eight years ago, she was at 39%. right now she's at 73%. versus joe biden's 12%. so clearly she has, well almost doubled the numbers that she had back then. does it mean, jamie, she is the inevitable democratic nominee? >> well certainly not inevitable. it is not clear yet she is going to run. looks like she is setting in motion that she will but remember, right before she left secretary of state she had the hospital visit. we don't really know how well her health is. she looks good these days going out and doing speaking circuit but we don't know exactly what that, what that was all about. we haven't seen her really attacked yet. laid a glove on some of her record. what did she exactly do as secretary of state? no one can really defend her record there. she traveled a lot.

there is benghazi, the senate report couple weeks ago laying blame for the lack of security there on the state department. so she has these high poll numbers but she has not yet been touched. though i do agree with nina, if she does run she is the prohibitive favorite. as you mentioned she was the favorite last time and something happened on the way to the coronation. jon: nina, you say that all of this is bad news for republicans specifically why? i mean they will come up with a nominee no matter how crowded the field might seem now? >> because i look at 2012. it was a very bloodied primary battle and it left the republican nominee, mitt romney, not only bloodied by broke going into the general and up against a sitting president. now there isn't a sitting president this time around but, you know, you go up against your opponent, your democratic opponent who hasn't had to spend a level of money, who hasn't been beat up on that level.

i think hillary clinton, the issues that jamie raised about state department, they may be issues for the general election but i think in terms of the democratic primary voters, she is somebody vetted. she has been a presidential candidate. people know her. they're familiar with her. we'll not learn a lot about her. very much in her interest by the way not to declare her candidacy for a very long time. just to wait until the last minute. jon: it is also possible a groundswell of support for a female president might make a huge difference among a lost voters. jamie, what if she doesn't run, though? what happens to the democratic field? jamie, i don't know if you're able to hear me? we just lost nina. i guess this will be a bit of a one-sided discussion because we lost our satellite connection to jamie. okay. no. we do have jamie back. jamie weinstein, what if hillary clinton were to decide not to run, what happens to the

democratic field? >> well i think that they're in disarray. there is no clear frontrunner. you have a series of people that could step up. cory booker, i know he just got to the senate but he might try to mount a campaign. you have andrew cuomo in new york. but to nina's point she has been vetted i agree to a certain extent but there are a lot of issues out there a have not been fully vetted and clinton's financial dealings post-presidency. there is lot of issues out there. there are books coming out on it. we'll see what those raise. there is still a lot to be vetted even on their financial dealings if she does run. jon: what about a potential challenger from the left though, nina? there is a lot of talk in the party that there is dissatisfaction with sort of centrist democratic politics and maybe an elizabeth warren or somebody to the left of hillary might be more attractive candidate? >> there is a lot of dissatisfaction on the left about barack obama by the way. we don't talk a lot about that. there is tremendous

dissatisfaction with him over the nsa, for example. nsa surveillance. people think he should be tougher on the nsa. on environmental issues they think he has not been aggressive enough. there is lot of noise from the left on the whole inequality issue that he raised this year. there is a lot of people on the left that think he should have gone after this more clearly. and you know, hillary clinton is somebody who, she is more centrist. she's tied more to business. she's tied more to the establishment. so definitely going to be, you know, somebody running to the left of her. elizabeth warren has said she isn't but possibly she will. but somebody like that, i think will emerge. but i just don't think it's a strong enough force to, to pose a real serious threat to hillary clinton. jon: well, again, nobody has said, she hasn't said she's running but a lot of people want to see it. we'll certainly keep an eye on it as we continue our political watch here on fox news. nina easton, jamie weinstein,

thank you. >> thank you. jenna: talking about who may run for office we're getting word of who is not going to be running. we got word that u.s. democratic representative henry waxman of california, senior democrat will not seek re-election. in a statement today he says this, quote, in 1974 i announced my first campaign of congress. today i am announcing that i have run my last campaign. i will not seek re-election to congress and will leave after 40 years in office at the end of the year. so congressman henry waxman retiring. surely a race in california as well we'll be watching who contends there. meantime we turn over to some weather now. a big story across the country today. while atlanta cleans up after a crippling storm the blame game is in full swing. leaders are pointing fingers all over the place after tuesday's ice storm left thousands stranded on gridlocked highways for hours and hours. meantime temperatures are rising and tempers in general are heating up.

jonathan serrie live in atlanta with more on what's happening there today, john hand. >> reporter: hi, jenna. there is a lot of fingerpointing going on, a lot of residents questioning whether local, county and state fishes could have done more to prevent all the traffic gridlock that happened on tuesday. but whatever state officials may have done on tuesday, they are sending in a huge response effort to get all of these abandoned cars that you see behind me and all around me off of the roads. the national guard is here assisting people with four wheel drives, bringing them back into the area, getting in their cars and just a few minutes ago, i saw a couple of national guards soldiers actually pushing a car out of the ice, giving the driver a much-needed shove back on the interstate. they're doing all of this free of charge. people who have run out of gas, they're providing the, the state's providing free fuel. people with, who need their cars jumped started, they're jumping their battery, all free of

charge. the d.o.t. wants to clear the shoulders of the interstate as fast as possible so they can remove all the remaining ice, jenna. jenna: we're seeing roads. some look clear. obviously ones on camera. i heard mixed reviews from news reports in the area that one, maybe things are better, or two, that maybe they're not all clear yet. what are road conditions like today? >> reporter: yeah. well, jenna, you are looking at i-75. you can see the main lanes are open but then on the shoulder there is still black ice. as we pan over to the left here, this exit ramp, there is a lot of black ice on the road here. in fact i was walking down the exit ramp and slip ad couple of types a few minutes ago. so they're urging people to be very cautious because you could be on open interstate and think that you're in the clear and then suddenly go under an underpass where there is still a patch of ice. so state highway officials are still urging people to be very careful. this is the reason. because of residual ice, a

reason why most major school districts in metro atlanta are closed today as well as government office, jenna. jenna: all things considered, probably a good idea. jonathan, thank you very much. certainly a big story out of atlanta. what is being done to get atlanta back on the move? we'll speak to a spokeswoman from the georgia department of transportation. it has been a big week for them. we'll find out the latest coming up in a short moments. jon: good to see that city get back on its feet. new information on terror arrests in russia nearly a week best winter olympics are set to begin in sochi. suspects behind attacks that killed 30 four people in one city last month reportedly identified. two suspected accomplices are in custody. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live in washington. do we know anything about these suspects, catherine? >> reporter: when we know comes directly from the russian authorities and they are claiming they have identified the suicide bombers behind a major strike in the city of

volgograd, 120 miles north of the olympic site. this attack in december was seen as a direct warning from islamists in the caucuses region of russia they intend to disrupt the games which begin about a week from today. the attack on the transit system was carried out by an islamist group from dagestan according to russian authorities. this group supports the establishment of an islamic state. the russians as you mentioned say they have also arrested two suspects accused of helping the bombers travel to volgograd. on the overall threat picture the fbi director testifying that cooperation with russian authorities is slowly improving. >> the cooperation between the fsb and the fbi in particular has been steadily improving over the last year. we had exchanges at all level, connections to sochi and directly to my counterpart at fsb. i think we have a good level of cooperation there. it can always improve. we're looking for ways to improve it as are they. >> reporter: they took a big hit after the boston bombings last

year. as you recall the russians warped the fbi that tamiflu was tamerlan tsarnaev believer in radical islam and fbi did not react quickly enough on the tip. jon: everybody wonders what it mines when the olympics start next month? >> reporter: teams are starting to arrive in sochi amid what is very heaviesability security. the nation's top counterterrorism official testified publicly but we heard privately from intelligence officials in this case it shows seems the most vulnerable sights will be outside the russian security perimeter. >> the biggest issue from my perspective is not games themselves, venues themselves. the greater threat is to softer targets in the greater sochi area and in the outskirts beyond sochi where there is a substantial potential for a terrorist attack. >> reporter: and short time from now we do expect to get more questions at the state department briefing over whether there will be specific warnings,

partnership, for americans travel together games next week, jon. jon: let's hope the russians and really everyone else can wrap their arms around the security problem there. catherine herridge in washington, our intelligence correspondent, thank you. jenna: new clues in the case of a missing woman who went for a walk and never came back. report that is somebody may have seen here. what police are now saying about the case. plus super bowl fever taking over new york city, really taking over the country, right? jon: yes! jenna: there is look at times square where a big display. a lot of things to do for the games. while fans are gearing up, cops are cracking down on a very serious problem. we'll explain in a live report from gameday central next. oh! progress-oh! [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons

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jenna: the super bowl is just days away and law enforcement is cracking down hard on those

trying to pass off fake nfl items as the real deal. they have already made dozens of arrests and fox is there exclusively for one of them. rick leventhal joins us live from times square in new york city with the details. hey, rick. >> reporter: jenna, this is part of an ongoing eight-month criminal investigation. since last june the feds seized more than $21 million worth of counterfeit nfl merchandise. more than 200,000 phony hats, jerseys, t-shirts and other souvenirs. >> because -- >> federal agents and state police raid a central new jersey flee market to stop the sale of suspected counterfeit nfl gear. >> we're federal agents. you need to step aside. >> are you owner of? >> i'm the owner. >> despite the bust the vendor tries to close a deal. you can't finish the sale. >> why? good sale? >> i understand but the hats are

counterfeit. >> investigators stripped mannequins what they say are phony shirts and empty shelves and display cases of sunglasses watches, jerseys and more. even though they have tags that look real and holograms are wrong and bar codes have same number when everyone should be different. >> not going to fight this. check these out. >> is it possible they're counterfeit. >> i'm going to let the guy do his job. he said, you got a right guy here. do the right job. >> sell a lot of these? >> not really. >> is that unusual to find some items that are legit and some that aren't mixed together? >> no, it happens a lot. they up their profits by mixing in legitimate stuff with counterfeit stuff. >> bad day at the office, right? >> it happens. >> happen to you before? >> no, no, never happened. >> probably didn't expect this coming to work today. >> you expect good things every day. you don't expect bad things. >> the feds say much the phony stuff comes from china, stealing jobs and profits from americans

and enriching criminal enterprises and it can be tough to spot the phony gear. the best advice if a deal seems too good to be true, jenna, it probably is. jenna: rick, what happened to the guy you were speaking to in the store, the owner? >> reporter: he was arrested. he will face counterfeiting charges, state charges, not federal charges. all that stuff he was trying to sell he paid for will be confiscated and eventually destroyed. jenna: great story, rick. nice work. buyer beware is right. thank you very much. >> reporter: thank you. jon: a young woman disappears without a trace in texas. then police receive reports of four possible sightings of her. we'll tell you what's become of those leads and what is being done now to try to find her. also, new developments in the case of a 15-year-old boy charged in the brutal murder of his very popular math teacher.

jenna: some new details on a puzzling missing persons case in texas. leanne bearden went for a walk earlier this month near san antonio and she never returned but sightings of her were reported this week in houston. now police are saying it wasn't leanne. arthel neville is live in our new york city newsroom with more. >> jenna that, police are not saying it was not leanne and dissed reports of her being spot in the houston. this began two weeks ago where bearden left her home in northeast of san antonio. leanne went for an afternoon walk an has not been seen by her family since. she is 33 years old. she has brown hair and brown eyes. she is five two and weighs 100-pound. now four potential sightings of

leanne bearden were logged with police at university of texas medical school earlier this week. police have confirmed they are not leanne. investigators also released a couple of photos of her two wedding rings. here they are, size 3 1/2 in hope someone might recognize them. with details still unknown, police say if leanne is running she might try to pawn them. if someone else has them, they might try to pawn them. anyone with information is asked to call the garden ridge police tip line. here's the number for you. area code, 210-651-6441. now so far police have no trace of leanne who lives in colorado but she had been staying in that small town outside of san antonio with her husband for several weeks. his name is josh bearden. and he is 39 years old. jenna? jenna: we'll continue to watch that story, arthel. thank you. jon: some new developments to tell you about in a horrible case. a massachusetts teenager charged

with killing his math teacher. 15-year-old philip chism is returning to court to face an additional rape charge. previously chism pleaded not guilty to murder and sexual assault charges in the october killing of colleen ritzer, a teacher at his high school. talk about this case with dr. charles, chuck williams, drexel university psychologist. also ebony williams, a criminal defense attorney. no relation, thank you. both of you, for joining us today. ebony, he has pleaded not guilty but the cops say he confessed in the presence of his mother to killing this woman. what kind of a defense does he mount? >> certainly it's going to be difficult for his defense team. it is certainly going to be some overwhelming evidence to support the prosecution's version of the events. there is this confession. he might very well try to challenge and suppress the confession but in the absence of

showing officer coercion, then it is presumed to be a voluntary and free statement made in waiver of his miranda rights and it will be deemed admissible in a court of law. that is one of the most incriminating piece of evidence a defendant can have against them is a confession. that not the only evidence. there is dna evidence in terms of a forcible rape and surveillance and plethora of evidence for the prosecutor. jon: let me ask you this before we go to chuck. he apparently confessed to the murder, according to police but confessed to murder, no, i didn't rape her. this second rape charge as you mentioned becomes dna evidence has come back that some of his dna material was found on her body apparent. but why, why would a defendant do that? why say, oh, yeah, i killed her but i didn't rape her. >> well, it depend. some states, that aggravated rape charge in addition to the

murder charge, that could actually make you eligible for the death penalty. that is no the case here because massachusetts does not have a death penalty and also the defendant was 14 at commission of the crime. in this country we do not put people to death who are under 18 t could be psychological. i'm interested to see dr. chuck's analysis because he clearly admitting at some point was ready to take some responsibility for the murder but did not want to be associated with sexual assault parts of this crime. jon: dr. chuck, what about that? we have got a teenager, a 15-year-old, apparently just moved from tennessee to massachusetts. apparently his parents were going through a pretty traumatic divorce but what about all that leads to a murder? >> you know, jon and ebony, this is such a sad case to sort of, you know, investigate and to analyze. there's so many pieces of this that are just, you know, hard to really talk about. so let's start from the beginning. his parents separated when he was two.

according to published reports there were allegations of physical abuse, sexual abuse and emotional abuse. in fact in one court document it said that, you know, the father was so violent that it made really no sense for the mom and dad to stay together. then he is forced to move. one of the published reports, he was leaving a tennessee, headed to massachusetts and in a broken down van with no air-conditioning. there is lot going on in terms of family dynamics. not making an excuse, but i would imagine also relates to the rape charge, he was 14 then, 15 now, a 15-year-old boy that is normal adolescent development. doesn't want to admit he done something like that on top of all the other heinous things he did, if you can believe that or not. that is more embarrassing to him as adolescent male. jon: dr. chuck, authorities want to search his cell phones. they're undertaking that at the moment we understand. he apparently told police he destroyed his cell phone and the

cell phone that he sole from her because he didn't want gps tracking to reveal anything about where he had been. does that sound likely to you? >> no, i don't think so. embarrassed. jon: start with dr. chuck. >> i was going to say, sorry, ebony, but i think he is just embarrassed what he did as unconscionable as it was. he is still an adolescent male, 15-year-old boy. he doesn't want to admit he did all these things. he is also probably pretty smart enough to know there is all kind of evidence contained in that cell phone. so my guess he did try to ditch that. jon: ebony, very quickly, prosecutors think there may be actual photos of the crime. >> certainly. that is something they're looking for. also text messages to show the planning and commission of this crime. looks like this young man came to school with a box cutter, with change of clothes. it indicates premeditation. that is the evidence they're looking for in that cell phone and very likely to uncover. jon: premeditation would make it a lot tougher to get off of this

on some kind of an insanity charge or something like that. >> absolutely. jon: ex-bonnie williams, dr. chuck williams, we'll keep an eye on this very sad case. thank you both. >> thank you. jon: the deadline is next week for syria to turn over all of its chemical weapons. it was ordered to do so after an attack over the summer that killed hundreds of people. will today mass us and the -- damascus and the assad government mead that deadline or not? two days after a relatively minor snowstorm brought at lant to a standstill, crews are reuniting people with more than 2,000 cars they were forced to abandon. but the threat to the area not over yet. clay. mom? come in here. come in where? welcome to my mom cave. wow. sit down. you need some campbell's chunky soup before today's big game, new chunky cheeseburger.

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jenna: also to come this hour, pop star justin bieber in trouble with the law again. the charges he is facing now. high-speed police chase caught on camera as two officers nearly run down. who was behind the wheel this time. we're talking with a ufc middleweight champion what drives him and makes him number one. jon: some new information now on chemical weapons in syria. fox news confirms damascus has given up less than 5% of its overall arsenal and will miss the deadline next week to send all of its toxic agents abroad for destruction. nag security correspondent jennifer griffin is keeping an eye on that live from the

pentagon. the white house, jennifer, has painted this deal to dispose of the chemical weapons stocks in syria as one of its real middle east success stories. there haven't been many of them. so now that seeps to be in question, what syria actually accomplished here. >> reporter: well it is a good question. defense secretariry chuck hagel said just moments ago during a visit to poland he is concerned syria is behind on its chemical weapons commitments and he asked russia to intervene on the u.s. behalf. u.s. officials tell fox that the regime is six to eight weeks behind its commitments to deliver its stockpile of chemical weapons which caused such devastation back in august. now it turns out the assad regime has overly delivered 4.1% of the 1300 tons of chemical weapons agents for shipment out of the country. the u.s. naval vessel, the mv cape ray which was configured to neutralize chemical weapons components left norfolk and enroute to the mediterranean.

it is supposed to pick up barrels of sarin and vx nerve gas from a port in italy. for the first time in the history destroy the chemical weapons agents at sea. turns out bashir assad, the syrian president is still holding on to 96% of his stockpile. jon? jon: so why are they stalling handing over the weapons? i mean if they have still got 95%, roughly, of what they concocted? >> reporter: most view this as a very clever stalling tactic by bashir assad. remember the chemical weapons and assad's ability to deliver them are in essence a insurance policy that allows him to stay in power. in essence that is what the director of national intelligence james clapper testified to congress yesterday. the administration gave assad a lifeline for agreeing to him delivering the chemical agents. organization for prohibition of chemical weapons meets in the

hague to discuss the lack of progress as human rights watch document alleged crimes bit regime. this 14-month-old syrian girl was buried alive in a syrian airstrike in aleppo on the eve of the brokered peace talks in geneva. the u.s. chief negotiator there downgraded expectations after break through. >> i don't think we'll achieve anything substantive. i am very happy that we are still talking. >> reporter: now it seems even the one area where there appeared to be progress, jon, removing the chemical weapons stockpiles isn't going as planned either. jon: 5% of the stockpile is not much. jennifer griffin, thank you. jenna: ice is still a serious threat in atlanta today, two days after a storm crippled the whole metropolitan area. crews are starting to bring drivers back to thousands of cars that were forced to abandon or forced to be abandoned at the height of the storm on tuesday. while some traffic is moving

again, officials are concerned about melting snow and slush. all of that refreezing around turning to black ice. schools remain closed this morning because of freezing temperatures and because of all the concern. natalie dale, a spokeswoman for the georgia department of transportation joins us now. natalie, what is the biggest challenge of the day today? >> well we've been very busy coordinating an effort with our state patrol, with the georgia national guard, with our highway emergency response units and the department of transportation to get these people back to their cars. whether they had to abandon them for because they stalled out, ran out of gas or if they just ran out of patience which we understand. we have many, many cars left on our roadways and our interstates. so we are working diligently to get them out to those vehicles today. jenna: how are you doing that, natalie? are you running shuttle buses? the road conditions are still

sort of iffy. how are you getting folks safely to their cars? >> we have georgia national guard who has amazing equipment, amazing vehicles that can get them out there. not at big as shuttle buses but we're diligently working to get them out there. we have gas for them. we are able to jump their cars with our vehicles and water. just we asked their patience and we just are encouraged by the efforts of the state agencies to really serve our public. jenna: lots of questions from our viewers from outside the area of atlanta, outside of georgia and the question is whether or not simply the transportation department was not prepared for this storm or whether or not you just did not have the right equipment down south to deal with the ice and the snow. can you shed some light on that for us. what exactly went wrong? >> well, jenna, we had plenty of equipment to this. what our problem was is that our infrastructure was just to capacity at the point where everyone left work at the same time. schools let out at the same

time. so we were unfortunate situation where we needed to be out there treating our roads with the material that is we did have but as you could see, we were in gridlock and even our strucks -- trucks were involved in the gridlock. emergency leans were packed with motorists. it was hard to treat the roads as the storm progexpressed because of amount of cars we had on our roads. jenna: are you better prepared for next time? >> we will obviously be having some serious talks statewide with our local officials, with our school system, to better be prepared for when a storm does hit in the middle of the day. many of the storms systems we see come in at night. we have the benefit of canceling school, that benefited people not going into work. this one came in at noon. unfortunately schools were in, businesses were in. that was a challenge for us to treat our roads as those commuters tried to get home. jenna: mother nature, sometimes she doesn't have the best timing. we certainly know that up here in the northeast as well. natalie, thank you so much.

thank you for the time today. >> thank you, jenna. jon: well there is more bad news for justin bieber. the pop star under arrest yet again. we'll tell you where and why. also a dangerous car chase caught on camera. police risked their lives to catch the driver. wait until you hear who was behind the wheel and even more shocking, who else was in the car. that's next. >> thought i could have died. my kids and my family, their faces all flashed in front of me. and i, i thought i was going to die. pgpg@

jon: time for your fox 411. pop star justin bieber is in hot water with the law again. this time his troubles take him back to his native canada. julie banderas is here with all of the details.

julie. >> unbeliefable. justin bieber busted for the second time in a week and turning himself into police in toronto to face the latest charge, an assault charge. according to police bieber and his entourage were picked up at a nightclub by a limousine in the early morning hours of december 30th, when some kind of a altercation happened en route to a hotel and one of the passengers, unclear who, allegedly hit the limousine driver several times in the back of the head. there were six of them in the car. the driver called the cops. by the time they arrived the passengers left the scene. fast forward to last night. check out a wild scene as bieber turned himself in to cops. >> justin. >> justin? >> did you attack the limo driver? >> hey, justin. >> officers escorting the pop star as he climbed out of that back suv making no comment to frenzied fans and photographers braving a cold bieber siting.

his lawyer is talking releasing a statement to canadian broadcasting corporation saying, and i quote, our position is that mr. bieber is innocent as the matter is now before the courts. it would be inappropriate to address the specifics of either the allegation or the defense at this time, unquote. of the greenspan says he expects the case to be treated as summary offense which is the equivalent of a misdemeanor here in the united states. his manager also speaking up on behalf of his client on twitter where else, asking people to quote, stop passing judgment, tweeting, quote, clearly he is in a bad boy phase. bad boy is understatement. this is bieber's third run in with the law in past month. raid on california home after he allegedly egged a neighbor's house. arrested last week in miami beach where he pled not guilty for drunk driving and drag racing. in canada he appeared for one count of assault. this guy is in a lot of trouble. jon: you didn't get to the point, more than 100,000 americans petitioning the

white house to have him deported. >> they want him deported. >> did you sign that petition? jon: no i didn't. >> if they treat them as misdemeanor it would be very hard to deport him on a charge like that. jon: we'll see what happens. the white house has to apparently make a official response. jenna: a bad boy phase. julie, thank you. >> i went through a bad girl phase. jenna: we love to hear more about that next time. jon: 411 on that. thanks, julie. jenna: well, a high-speed chase in new mexico caught on camera. police say a woman was speeding through carlsbad, plowed into a cop car and almost ran into two officers. for part of the wild ride her 4-year-old son was with her. police tried to pull over irene harris after she blew through two stop signs. she dropped off her son at an apartment and took off again. they tailed her for 10 minutes with speeds at more than 100 miles an hour. they finally managed to stop her using spikes. >> the vehicled started to lose control. so myself and sergeant rodriguez took off running down this little ditch here.

>> had my unit not been positioned where it was at, i think that she would have took us out. she would have killed both me and corporal baca. jenna: dangerous. harris says she was running from the law because she had three warrants out for her arrest. jon: was that her 4-year-old son or justin bieber in the car with her? jenna: good question. her 4-year-old son. we can confirm that. jon: good to know. trapped by tumbleweeds. crews in one area are busy clearing them away so people can get them out of their homes. how this happened and where. plus the all american, chris wideman is here. much to talk about the with ufc middleweight champion. ♪ what does that first spoonful taste like?

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>> i'm always down for whatever you guys need me for so. jenna: how did you get the nickname the all-american? >> kind of weird. soon as i got into the sport, everybody has a nickname. i never had a nickname. my coaches called me all american. i was all-american four fumes in college. jenna: for wrestling. >> for wrestling. because i married my high school sweetheart. got all-american type look. if you look at all-american, i guess what i fit that, i fit that description. jenna: pretty nice to carry the american flag every time thaw fight. >> that kind of happened, i was fighting 4th of july weekend against de silva, he is from brazil. they have such pride for their countries. they come out with flag on their back. americans never do it. i feel like i'm from greatest country in the world. we need to have more pride where we come from. jenna: looks like it will stick for now? >> as long. i will keep it a secret.

jenna: we'll make your career decisions when you need to. how does it feel to be champion? >> it feels great. since i got to the sport,that was my goal you have. you have lots of setbacks and be determined to stay on track. so it feels good to finally get on top to be where i want to be. jenna: there is lot of stereotypes about fighters, i'm sure you know that. play hard, party hard as well. you're married to your high school sweetheart. we have photos of your family. you have a beautiful family. >> thank you. jenna: what keeps you grounded? >> i think my family. i'm from long island, new york. i never left. i have great parents. i have a great family. my wife and my kids. and i have no choice other than to be grounded because if i come home and start having a big head i will get beat up pretty bad. i have no choice to be honest. that is why. jenna: do your kids know that you're a fighter, professional fighter? >> well, i think so. my daughter's three and my son's one. my son's one. he looks like a fighter. he comes to gym, we opened up

new gym in garden city, new york. he shuffles around the gym, with hands up, punching bags. doing everything i do. my daughter calls me a movie star. it is an awesome thing. jenna: for you your father was a big inspiration. >> yeah, my dad, he wasn't like, greatest athlete or anything like that but a really hard worker. he had a business in long island city repairing starters and alternators. long hours but always came back to the house with a good attitude. so it's something that he is better than me at. it is hard to come back from what i do every single day and have energy to be with my kids and still have a positive attitude. it is something i'm always consistently better. >> only few seconds by why fight? of all things that you could do? >> i just think. i come from a wrestling background. i love the one-on-one. i think it is the ultimate competition. every single marshal art that you can think of. add them all together and fighting best guys from around the world.

whoever the best guy around the world is wins. jenna: you're the best guy now. have even more fans now. the all american chris weidman. great to have you on set with us. >> appreciate it. jenna: look forward to see what you do next. maybe grappling with jon. i can't problem is anything. more "happening now." what are you paying every year

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jenna: the president is set the deliver remarks near milwaukee as part of a four-state swing today. hope you're off to a good one, everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: and i'm jon scott. the president again hitting the road to push his agenda. today's focus? job training. he's set to speak in wisconsin about 20 minutes from now. as the president stumps in the midwest, house republicans are taking wreak from capitol hill -- break from capitol hill, huddling in maryland for a two-day restreet -- retreat urging democrats to take action on several bills stalled in the senate and crafting their road map for 2014. withless than five weeks to go until the first primary contests of the midterm election cycle, we have political correspondent carl cameron in our washington newsroom, but first to chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live on capitol hill. >> reporter: jon, good afternoon. it is probably not vising house republicans -- surprising house republicans are talking about

obamacare. there are various ideas republicans have on alternatives to the president's health care law, but house gop leadership is looking for some unity on what a republican plan would look like. >> obamacare is not good for the american people, it's not good for our constituents, it's raising costs, pushing people out of the health insurance business. they're losing their doctors, they're losing their access to quality care, and there have to be, in our view, a better way forward. >> reporter: tuesday night in his state of the union address, president obama called on congress to finish be immigration reform in this year. the president noted some economists say it will grow the economy and shrink deficits. the senate passed a bipartisan plan last year. speaker boehner says he thinks it's time to deal with it, but not in the form of some massive piece of legislation. >> doing immigration reform in a common sense, step-by-step manner helps our members

understand the bite-sized pieces and helps our constituents build more confidence that what we're doing makes sense. >> reporter: boehner referred to his colleagues today as being not just the opposition, but the alternative party. and today they are talking about alternatives they can lay out for the american people. jon? jon: mike emanuel. mike, thank you. jenna: well, "happening now," the temperature outside may be cold, but the midterm election season is heating up fast, and here's what's at stake now. democrats in the house will need to gain at least 15 seats to win the majority while republicans will need to take just six seats to take over the senate. and some of the races where democrats are seen as vulnerable include these races in these states; alaska, north carolina, louisiana, arkansas and new hampshire. our chief political correspondent carl cameron is live in washington with more on this. so, carl, what's the current state of play? >> reporter: well, it's in flux. it's early. the first caucuses of the 2014

cycle happened last week in iowa, they're not binding. the first primary takes place in texas in about five weeks. both parties are huddling, working on their election year policy plans as well as their re-election and campaign strategies. democrats woke up to some pretty sour news on their smartphones and e-mail, they got hit with news and rumors and discussions from among democrats who are saying that it would be smart for the democratic party to stop trying to take back the house majority and that they should focus on protecting their own senate majority. right now as you saw in that graphic, let's take a look a little closer because it really is important. the senate majority is 55 democrats, minority republicans have 45 seats, so that means they need six. there are far more than six competitive races in the u.s. senate where republicans have an opportunity, and the democrats absolutely know it. there's no doubt that the gop can pull be it off, democrats are playing defense. now, on the house side it's a really steep hill for the

democrats to climb. right now the gop majority is 232, democrats have 200. you've got to have 218 seats for the majority in a house that has 435 members. retirements are really complicating matters, today henry waxman announced he's going to retire at the end of the year. that seat's not going to be in play, it's in suburban l.a., a liberal seat, but across the country democrats know it's going to be tough the capture the house majority in part because of obamacare and the president's unpop lair i think. they're worried about losing the majority because if the republicans maintain control of the house and the gop takes control of the senate from the agenda for the remaining two years is just completely locked down. the republicans will be able to stop any of his liberal policies because they'll control both chambers of congress, something they haven't done during the obama era. jenna: carl, thank you. jon: and with the president's approval rating hovering in the 40s, some are questioning how

wig a role democrats want to see mr. obama play in their re-election bids. the president about to make remarks on job training outside milwaukee. here's a look at his travels, basically, this year, since january 15th when he came back from vacation in hawaii. the only state president obama hit where a senate democrat is facing a tough battle is in north carolina. senator kay hagan, normally a big presidential supporter, managed somehow not to attend that event with the president. elise i have beck is a writer for the hill. post-state of the union speeches are quite common every, every prosecute in my memory has taken them on. is there anything different about this one? >> there's not a lot which is different except president obama's approval rating, so we know he's seeking to get the public back on his side by talking about what are, frankly, old policy ideas of his, but

doing it in a flu way. i think you -- in a new way. it'll be interesting to watch how many vulnerable democratic candidates choose to campaign with the president. i think we can assume that number will be very low. jon: yeah. that's the interesting part, you know? he went to pennsylvania, he's going to milwaukee, but he's not going on this tour to states like north carolina, arkansas, alaska, louisiana, new hampshire, statements where democrat -- states where democrats are this big trouble or at least in a bit of a heat in the upcoming senate election cycle. >> that's exactly right. now, on the other hand, when it comes to democratic attacks, what they want to do is paint the gop senate candidates who have a lot of wind at their backs right now as affiliated with the house republicans who have a reputation that's not so great among unaffiliated voters. there was a very interesting article out this week that said that reputation of house republicans could be a liability

for many of these senate campaigns, because ultimately, the gop doesn't have a great track record in getting its candidates from the house into the senate. in fact, in 2012 there were six -- sorry, seven candidates who were seeking to move from the republican house majority into the senate, and six of them lost. so i think that that is a line we're going to see certainly from the white house, from democratic campaign committees saying, listen, we can paint these candidates with a broad brush, call them tea party candidates, call them ideologically extreme and try to sway independent voters in that way. jon: and that is happening this year. i mean, a number of the candidates for senate seats are in sitting house members. will that kind of a campaign be effective, or is it too early to tell? >> i think it is a little too early to tell, but certainly, we remember that from past election cycle les gop candidates have had a tendency to stumble even when they were favorites. and i think that's what the

republican party is concerned about now even though they're going in with an advantage. they have an advantage on the generickic congressional ballot which is great for them, particularly early in the season, but they're concerned they could have some candidates who stumble and make comments that could be offensive to, for example, unaffiliated women voters. and so right now what the republican national committee is doing is trying to train and finesse the message of its candidates in order to avoid that outcome. jon: elise, thank you. >> thanks, jon. jenna: more politics on the way during our show today, but we're also awaiting a verdict in the retrial of amanda knox on murder charges. the american woman accused of killing her roommate in italy. will she be extradited if she's found guilty? also, a winter storm leaves thousands of drivers stranded in atlanta. one of them, a woman in labor. we're going to talk to the officer who helped her deliver her beautiful baby girl in the

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>> this has gone on for six years and three months since the murder of meredith kercher, and in around an hour and 45 minutes we will get what will, in effect, be the third verdict in this case. amanda knox is awaiting this verdict, we're told she is with her family in seattle, washington, waiting to find out whether or not she will once again be found guilty of the murder of meredith kercher. her lawyer is confident she will be acquitted once again. he said in his final rebuttals in court today, quote: it is not possible to convict a person because it is probable that she is guilty. the penal code does not foresee probability, it foresees certainty. of course, amanda knox and her former boyfriend, avenue fell sell see toe were found guilty back in 2009 and acquitted in 2011 on the basis that some of the evidence seized from the home that iowa hand da knox shared with meredith kercher had

been contaminated by mishandling by those investigators. now, if amanda knox is found guilty this time around, it is likely that the italian courts would seek her extradition from the u.s., although they heavy to wait for one more -- they may have to wait for one more appeal to the supreme court of italy. her former boyfriend, though, could be rearrested immediately and be put into jail for up to 26 years. in the middle of all this, of course, it is worth remembering that whatever today's verdict is, it will change little for the family of meredith kercher, the young woman who was murdered back in november 2007. jenna? jenna: good point, jonathan, thank you. jon: well, the tax hand takes your -- man takes your money but fails to help you when you need it. coming up, how the irs is letting americans down. plus, staying warm in this freezing weather costing a bundle. a closer look at why homeowners

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jenna: well, right now the arctic blast hitting the country is pushing up natural gas and heating oil prices to new highs. the extreme weather and whiteout conditions causing this massive pileup on an interstate in indiana and making it virtually impossible to get around on the nation's roads. the coldest january in a century is leading to a shortage of propane as well and certainly demand is up because of the temperatures. now at least 25 states are declaring energy emergencies, and with demand for heating oil and natural gas surging, dealers

are struggling to keep their customers warm. >> i'm able to get a little bit to 'em, but the price is just outrageous. this is really hurting me because, you know, my son's fourth generation here, and we've taken care of our customers for, you know, all these years, and now i can't. you know? and it just, this hurts. jenna: well, while many folks are hurting from the propane shortage, there are mixed reports about the overall effect of the brutal cold on fuel prices. check out these very different recent headlines from the wall street journal. one says icy chill sets energy prices on fire, ask then you have another one that says fracking boom keeps home heating bills in check. so what are we supposed to make of all of this? phil flynn joins us now. i mean, interesting headlines there, phil. what is just overall, if you could, what is the effect of this recent cold weather on our energy prices?

>> well, i think it caught a lot of people by surprise, jenna. and, you know, part of the issue is that for the last five winters they've been warmer than normal. and what people haven't been paying attention to the nonheat-related demand for things like oil, natural gas and propane have gone up year after year after year. and so a lot of the refiners, the dealers took winter for granted. they believed in global warming. they thought it would never get cold again. but the coldest january in a hundred years has caught them by surprise. and so this is -- this has really unmasked a bigger problem. our increases in production, our infrastructure hasn't come up with it, and this has exposed it because we've had a real cold winter, and that exposes all the issues we have with infrastructure. jenna: so you're saying it's not necessarily a supply issue for things like heating oil or propane or natural gas, it's an issue of getting that supply to the customers?

>> well, it is, but it is a supply issue. it's the haves and have nots. for heating oil, for example, because the united states is producing the most oil they have in 20 years, we have more heating oil now than we would have, say, you know, five years ago. with natural gas, you know, we're producing record amounts of natural gas, record amounts of propane, but we're also using more. farmers are using more propane, for example, to dry their crops. we're using more natural gas to power electricity plants and everything else, and everybody just made the general assumption that, you know, that the weather was not going to be a big factor and that we could increase demand when we needed to, but that isn't the case. and what we found right now is that -- let me give you a good example. let's say you're a propane dealer. for the last five winters you had a customer, you filled their tank at the beginning of winter, they were probably good for the

entire winter. this winter because it's been so cold, they may have used that entire tank two times over, so the demand has doubled or tripled from what it has been -- jenna: and what has that done to price? >> we're not prepared for that. jenna: what has that done to the price? >> well, it's driven up dramatically. and the reason why prices have to go up, jenna, is to ration supplies. and that's what we're seeing right now. a lot of these propane dealers, instead of filling up the tank when there's a shortage, people are filling up halfway because prices are so high. and it's a bad thing for the consumer, obviously, because you feel sorry for them, but it's a good thing for the overall supply because that rations the supply, and hopefully, there's more to go around to other people. so when the cold does ease up, some of the infrastructure problems like pipelines, it gives the producers a chance to catch up. you know, then you can fill the tank, hopefully, at a much lower price. jenna: i was looking at the propane shortage. i saw something for it that said

the shortage has led to a state of emergency being declared in more than 30 states. so it seems like the impact of that is really big. phil, i guess in general, you know, here we are at the end of january, but we've got a couple months left of winter. what do you think is the lasting impact? if this is what january looks like, what do you expect for february and march? >> well, the early reports are that the northeast is going to warm up, but here in the northwest get ready for polar vortex. we're going to be 20 below zero maybe next week in chicago which is the heart of natural gas country. so this is not going away anytime soon, and when you look at the supplies, when we talk about natural gas, we talk about propane, we really talk about the end of march. where are the supplies going to be at the end of the heating season, and how much do we have to do in the off season to build up supplies? in both categories we're going to see those supplies probably

the lowest they've been in five or ten years, which means we have a lot of work to do. so if we see a very hot summer, you know, we could see these prices continuing to be high. the moral of the story is don't underestimate here nature, and now we have to, you know, not take this growth in energy demand for granted. jenna: very interesting. we're talking a lot about getting caught off guard whether you're in the city of atlanta or the energy market. thank you so much, phil. great to see you. >> thanks, jenna. jon: well, as the white house urges americans to sign up for obamacare, vulnerable democrats are running away from that unpopular law. what it means for them in the crucial midterm elections. also the president's second term agenda. plus, yes, it is winter, but these brutally cold temperatures -- the worst we've seen this decades -- in some places the worst in a century, wait until you hear where this

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scott walker. if you would like to hear what the president has to say in this speech, we got it streaming for you live on foxnews.com. jenna: atlanta is trying to clean up from a huge mess from this week's storm. the city is helping people get back thousands of cars abandoned on roads and highways after just a few inches of snow. hawaii, far away from atlanta is also seeing strange weather this week. clouds clearing up just long enough to see snow on two volcanic mountains on the big island. new mexico has tumbleweeds burying homes and they are trying to clear the tumbleweeds to free people from their homes. can you imagine that? it will take up a few weeks to clear all that out. rick reichmuth joins us live from the fox weathering center. some pretty wild stuff. >> i'm from arizona. we get tumbleweeds but i never seen anything like that piled up. around the southeast we had the

big story out of the atlanta area. you're finally ad friesing and temps climbing above the freezing mark for pretty much everybody there. the sun is out and will begin to evaporate and melt some snow and ice on the roads and temperatures like this will help. by tomorrow we'll be in great shape. look at this by the weekend, with we'll hit 62. feeling much, much better across the deep south. that is great news. kind of a pattern change we're dealing with a welcome site across the parts of the southeast and keep in mind the super bowl we'll see milder air move in. the jet stream lift as little bit. the cold air is still in place across the north and south is much more mild. the best news of this i think we'll start to see more rain and snow make its way at least into central and northern california where the dow is exceptional category. it is highest level that there is. and the new drought monitor came out today, california in a horrible drought, worst they have ever seen. a little bit of precipitation is moving through there is great

news. lake tahoe seeing up to a foot of snow across the mountains. that might not seem like a lot because they have had almost nothing this winter, they need more, don't get me wrong. that is a good start. we'll see heavy snow across places like colorado mountains where you might see up to two feet of snow by the time we get through the day on saturday. the ski resorts are dealing with incredibly dry conditions much of this year are getting a little bit of a break. jon will be happy about that in colorado for skiing. >> may be an little bit of overload, and broncos win super bowl and skiing in colorado it will be crazy. jon: super bowl, skiing. >> you ski on monday in your celebration, jon. jenna: that is the way to do it. thank you, rick. jon: can i have the week off? encouraging new signs for obamacare, wellpoint, one of the nation's largest insurers announcing in a recent conference call more than 400,000 new customers signed up and they expect to have close to a million by the time open

enrollment end in march. meanwhile an interesting article by "politico" today on election strategy. the white house, now working with vulnerable senate democrats facing re-election this year as those lawmakers weigh various administrative and fixes to the health care law, part of the piece reading quote, the future of obamacare is not all at stakes in the talks. democratic control of the senate after the november elections and obama's ability to shape legislation for the duration of his presidency will depend in large part on how the party respond to the sweeping law's shaky rollout in the months ahead, end quote. let's talk about it with julie roginsky, former political advisor to senator frank lautenberg in new jersey. pete snyder, former republican candidate for lieutenant governor in virginia, both are fox news contributors. julie, are democratic candidates in trouble this election cycle over obamacare. >> i don't think so and i'll tell you why.

first and foremost we always say they're in trouble and democrats pick up the seat and hold the senate, that has been the case now the third cycle under obamacare we're talking about. secondly, they're not running in a vacuum. you're running another opponent. we'll see who the republicans put up. but problems for republicans consistently two-fold. they nominated through tea party primaries really unelectable candidates and secondly, they really haven't talked about what they want to do after they repeal obama care. so because of repeal itself is not popular, there is really nothing for them to run on except to say they repeal unpopular law but they never talk about what they want to replace it with. that is problematic if you want to serve and be a legislator. jon: pete, senators hatch and burton and another senator have introduced legislation they propose to replace obamacare. is that a first step toward avoiding the kind of thing that julie is talking about. >> well, absolutely but i think

the problem, jon is, that this law is fundamentally flawed. and i absolutely disagree with julie. this is storm brewing out there. take in my home state of virginia. mark warner has, for many years tried to fancy himself as a independent thinker, business background was supposed to coast to re-election. in fact he is in for the fight of his life against ed gillespie, proven conservative. the party is uniting behind himt behind him. i'm throwing my weight behind ed because mark warner is not center that he promised. deciding vote on obamacare and promised could you actually keep your plan if you like it. of course that is not the case. so that is why virginians will look not to keep their senator but replace them with ed gillespie. this will be a disaster for the senate democrats. >> i'm sorry, but with all due respect your party is not united in virginia.

former republican senator john warner is endorsing mark warner, not gillespie you can't say united in virginia. >> it is united. >> how is it united when a former republican senator is endorsing democrat. how is that -- >> if you look at process, john warner was a great senator. has endorsed democrats over the past couple of years. if you look at the republican party today, you're having a candidate that dropped out earlier in the week. it is grassroots uniting behind ed. he is going to, in, mark warner is in the fight of his life right now. jon: julie, a challenge to you then. we just showed president obama in waukesha, wisconsin, when he got off air force one, scott walker the republican governor was there to greet him but the high-profile democrats were not? >> well, nobody is pretending that barack obama is popular today. frankly if i were endangered democrat i'm not sure i would campaign with him either. the question remains for the republican party and same thing we talked about for the last six years, really last two cycles,

last four years, which is, can the republican party prevent itself from nominating candidates that simply can not win elections. again you've seen vulnerable candidates like harry reid all over. >> julie, prove it in virginia with what is happening right now with ed gillespie. i ran for office last year with a divided party. it is uniting right now. every single part of the party, they see eyes on prize. we need to win back the senate. barack obama is scared. mark warner running for his life. it will be the hardest election challenge he ever had and that is happening in arkansas. that is happening in alaska. that's happening across the country. to poo-poo this is -- jon: back to the question, pete, obamacare, one of the articles says that the rumors of obamacare's death spiral are greatly exaggerated. it is the law. it is here. are people going to come to accept it and, you know, not be so bothered by it? >> you know, jon, i think as people are impacted by this law, you look at, you look at tom

coburn, he is battling cancer right now. he had to change his doctor. that wasn't what barack obama promised. wall street works in real time. so soon as you had this flawed rollout, this fall, every single insurer changed their estimates. they ratcheted back everything and now that they're perhaps even getting close to their estimate, the obama administration is tried to position that as good news. this is a brewing storm. >> it is not, for obama administration, actually wellpoint but go ahead. jon: no. >> analysts that overestimated out there, julie. doesn't happen on wall street. jon: thank you both. julie roginsky, pete snyder, have you back on. >> thanks, jon. jenna: new top i can. new concerns about the irs just in tame for tax season. we're almost there right? a new watchdog report that the agency falling behind badly helping people fill out tax returns. the problem will likely get worse. our chief washington correspondent james rosen is live in the d.c. bureau with

more on that. >> reporter: jenna, good afternoon. despite its image as monstrous beast with tentacles everywhere and countless means at its dispose aable to make your life miserable. the irs according to this report, agency overwhelmed by budget cuts, manpower challenge as execution of core functions. national taxpayer advocate nina olson says the irs could not answer 20 million of roughly 100 million calls it received. waiting times on hold averaged 18 minutes. and that even the agency's most feared and loathed product, its tax audits, fell to their lowest rate since 2005. the combination olson concluded of more work and less funding predictably has impaired the irs's ability to meet taxpayers needs and to improve tax compliance. olson said internal revenue was hit bad by forced budget cuts known as sequestration, simultaneously facing surge in identity theft crimes required allocation of 3,000 agents to tackle because of harm identity

theft victims suffer olson said we believe that was right decision. other work in enforcement areas could not be done. the department of justice investigation into allegation that is tea party groups received inappropriate scrutiny in their application for tax-exempt status trigger this testy exchange yesterday between a tea party senator and head of doj. >> in the 280 days since that inspector general report, nobody has been indicted, not a single person. >> i don't know if you ever conducted an investigation, senator, but, the fact that it has, take you at your word, 280 days, is not unusual for complex investigations. we want to make sure that what we do is comprehensive and that at end of the day we get it right. >> reporter: holder said the fbi and treasury department are involved in that ongoing investigation. jenna? jenna: james rosen live in d.c. james, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. jon: canada's two bad boys are

back in the headlines today. justin bieber busted for the second time in just a week. this time in toronto. the latest on new charges for the pop star and what police in miami just announced. and the crack-smoking mayor of toronto now getting sued over a jailhouse assault. our legal panel weighs in on both cases coming up. ♪ when you have diabetes like i do,

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of his sister's ex-boyfriend. the alleged victim filing a million dollar lawsuit against the mayor and others. he is also going after the ministry of corrections in ontario, claiming it failed to prevent the violence. we're joined by heather hanson and rebecca rose woodland, both trial attorneys. interesting case. maybe we had kind of anticipated when it comes to mayor ford. heather, what do you think about these allegations? >> it is interesting, he is focused on the ministry of defense and the fact that they didn't protect him. like a due process claim under their constitution, their bill of rights, specifically how he pled it. i think the claim against mayor ford is strong and i think likely it will settle. so let's give a little background. it is mayor ford, and a few football guys. say it generically. there is another few football guys are in jail and what the man is saying, and alleging is that the football players that were conspiring with mayor ford got the football players in jail

to beat him up. he was beat up pretty badly because his leg was broken. >> okay. yeah. and not only was he beat up by this conspiracy nearry. jenna: allegedly, right? >> allege ledly but he says he has information that would have prompted mayor ford to do this, to retaliate. he claims because he was partner with mayor ford's brother for years, almost like a brother-in-law, but not technically by marriage, he claims that he went to him and said, look i know about your drug habits and alcohol habits and i'm going to reveal that. apparently he was arrested and indicted on threatening charges hmmm, put in jail. when he is in jail he claims he was brought from a very calm area of the jailhouse to the very aggressive area and he says that was all under the orders and the auspice of ford. now if that's the case, that is pretty serious. jenna: so there's motive but is there proof that there is actually a connection, that mayor ford ordered a hit for the lack of a better word?

>> the claim is that video we've seen some times where mayor ford is yelling and screening, part of what he yells and screams is i want to kill him, i want to kill him. the claim is he is referring to the plaintiff in this case. to prove that, jenna, is going to be a different story. a lot of this will be he said/she said. the problem for ford, his credibility is shot. hehe said/she said he might los. jenna: he is still running for mayor. do you think this case will happen? >> you know what i'm concerned about there is possibility with a man like mayor ford there is an email or someone from jail might flip, yes, i was strucked by this man and this man to do this. you never know when you have jailhouse problems. people flip for shorter sentences. jenna: interesting that could also be a factor. we'll leave rob ford for a moment and turn to another canadian. justin bieber busted for the second time in a week, this time in toronto. the pop star is charged with assault. he is accused of punching a limo

driver in the head. it was end of december this happened. he turned himself in for that. meantime miami police are confirming for fox that justin was high on xanax and marijuana after he was arrested for allegedly drag racing on city streets. two cases. start with the one in canada first, rebecca. >> sure. jenna: the limo driver said he was hit from behind. it was justin and his entourage in the back of limo. what is at stake? >> justin was arrested on misdemeanor charges, equivalent ever misdemeanor charges in canada but we have to prove is the limo driver would have to prove is, was it justin who assaulted? was there actually an assault? prove that. we have the limo driver who is going to say, you know, he was hit and credibility of him will come into play. but then, who in the back hit him? was it justin or one of justin's friend? jenna: what do you think about the move to turn himself in, heather? how do you see that

strategically as a lawyer? >> he is trying to abide by the rules in both places. in florida, apparently once he was arrested he cooperated. in toronto the charging was going to be done yesterday so he is cooperating. the way he interplays these is very dangerous for justin because in america you can be deported for a violent crime like this. and in canada, if you're an american going to canada, you can't get in if you have had a dui. there is interesting interplay of laws here. he has real danger on both sides. jenna: we'll look forward to discussing that more. great to have both of you. thank you very much. no trips to canada planned anytime soon, right? for now. beautiful country i'm sure. jon? jon: al qaeda is no longer on the run, jenna. that according to national intelligence director james clapper. why he believes the terror network is as much of a threat now as it was a decade ago. a winter storm leaves thousands of people in atlanta stranded in their cars including a pregnant woman ready to give birth at any minute.

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jenna: right now a mother and her newborn baby are safe and warm after a real traffic nightmare in atlanta. the mother was forced to by birth roadside after a winter storm left her and her family stranded in a sea of cars in that massive traffic jam. fortunately a nearby police

officer sprang into action to deliver this little girl you're seeing on the screen. his name is officer tim sheffield and he joins us on the phone. officer, it was not necessarily a typical day at work. you were dealing with quite a lot at the time this happened. how did you find out that there was a woman in labor on the side of the road? >> i was on 285, i was en route to an accident. there were stranded motorists along the way. i was just checking on them as i went along. i saw this suburban pulled over on the side of the road, i asked the driver, are y'all broke down or stuck? he said no, real calmly, we're having a baby. jenna: and what did the mother say? i mean was she as calm? >> the mother was amazing, super strong woman. they had two small children in the back. they sat there. they were very calm and very well-based. and the whole family was amazing.

jenna: how exactly, and not going into graphic detail, how exactly did you help this happen on the side of the road? >> we, the father was on the phone with our 911 system and they were doing an amazing job and they were talking him through it. and when i got there, you know, the father, actually the mother delivered the baby 100% but the father just, you know, he was assisting and remained calm and, when the baby started coming out, at one time he started to pull and i heard the 911 operator pull, and 911 operator said, no, don't pull. she pushed one more time and the baby came out. i reached out to get a blanket out of the first-aid kit and i looked up and saw the fire department come pulling up just in time, and it just happened quickly. jenna: have you ever deliver ad baby before? >> i have i have but never on the interstate during an ice storm. jenna: what did you think? at the end of the day it was a great result with a cute little baby on the screen as well, when

you at the end of day reflected on what just happened? >> it was amazing to see god's creation on this. it was on my birthday. it was just awesome. the whole thing, we get to share the same birthday. just amazing experience. jenna: that is really special. happy belated birthday, officer sheffield. i don't know, you mentioned god. seems like a little guardian angel there somewhere. >> yes. jenna: somewhere along the line. thank you so much for the time. hopefully the rest of your week. maybe there are more babies on the way, i don't know. hopefully a get best day of the week. jon: best line of the day, the mom delivered the baby 100%. jenna: that was wise spoken like a good married man. jon: i contend dads don't get enough credit. seattle seahawks fever hitting that city big-time including one of the city's most prominent companies. how boeing is flying the team colors next

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okay so you know i am rotting for my denver broncos on sunday. but fair and balanced. look what the boeing company did for the sea hawks. painted the logo on a big 747. they are the 12th man fan you know? >> that was nice to read that. >> thanks for joining us. >> america's news headquarters starts right now. >> keep it fair and balanced. we are waiting for a verdict on the amanda knox trial in italy. knox is a cowed of killing her british roommate. acquitted in 2011 and now lives in seattle with her family. if she is found guilty italy wants her back. can she be forced to return? we'll debate that in a moment. >> president getting