but it's as warm in sochi as it it is in myrtle beach in south carolina. forecast today, 45 degrees with a high of 50. we'll see if it gets colder now. it's time for shep. >> let the putin games pin. we have heard a lot about security issues and threats at the olympics. now russiaing responding to the latest warning about explosives in toothpaste. we'll ask the parents of one american athlete about their concerns and you'll hear from a former gold medal winner about security inside olympic village. >> what do you do when you lose pour -- power and it's below freezing outside? let's get to it. good thursday afternoon to you and yours from mid-town, manhattan. one official says snow and ice clobbered the northeast like a hurricane. littering states with degree -- with debris and a million people

in the dork, without electricity in the brutal cold. the storm that triggered the mess is gone but you can see writ dumped the ice -- where it dumped the ice. pennsylvania, and philly, and up to new york and massachusetts and most. now crews are trammelling to clean it up. we have scenes of destruction f the ice took ute trees, which smashed cars and blocked roads. she riots of some trees tore through sidewalks and as fault so it's no easy cleanup. right now the big focus is on all the people with no fire and no heat, some forced to build outdoor fires to stay warm. >> all the light are out around. there's nothing open. a lot of trees down. it's bad. >> stocking up at mcdonald's and then try to bundle up and stay warm. >> this is probably been one of the harder winters in my career i've experienced. >> and it's far from over. there's word more snow could be

on the way this weekend and beyond. so let's start with rick at the weather board. first, to rick live van that on sixth avenue here in mid-town, manhattan. looks fine. >> pennsylvania got smacked. the state of emergency has been declared and close to have the people in and around philadelphia are still without power. much of the delware valley lost power soon after the storm hit yesterday. all the heavy snow, freezing rain, and ice weighing down trees and branches and power lines. the entire campus of villanova university lost electricity, forcing administrators to cancel all classes through the weekend. and rosemont college forced to close. students were encouraged to go home if they could, and if not the main!)qtejt hall is serving food thanks to an emergency generator. we heard from the governor who said this storm is worse than sandy. >> this storm is in some respects as bad or maybe even worse than hurricane sandy.

why? because in hurricane sandy it was during the summertime, the weather was warmer, the workers weren't dealing with ice and snow. to work around. >> the governor also said that people without power need to be patient because it's so dangerous for those crews to work on the lines. >> so much ice has broken up all the roads around this city and they're having horrible problems in pennsylvania and it's not over. >> the weather is still below freezing. still a lot of ice on the limbs and lines and and could be more lines coming down even as workers scramble to fix what is broken. there have been, for example, 400 trees blocking roads just in chester county, west of downtown philly. pico is reporting a record outage, 620,000 homes and business blacked out yesterday afternoon. affecting a million people. crews came in from arkansas, illinois, massachusetts, ohio,

canada. they got more than 200,000 back on line but still 450,000 without power today, shepard. they say most should get their power back by friday night but some could be in the dark until sunday. >> let's turn to the weather center. rick? >> you know, you wish we had warm air coming after this. but this is a look at ourzqp . it's that area right there, that pink and purple. the snow fell first and then the layer of ice. ice is the most destructive of those winter storms, more destructive than snowstorms. snowfall totals not huge. 15 in banebridge, your, that's a lot. and take a look at this. at the beginning of january we were at a low snow cover across the u.s. now the west and east. we got a lot of snow. one spot without a ton is parts

of california. this winter is legitimate for almost everybody. >> talk about a weekend storm. >> looking much less significant than we had and that's really going to be great news. had been looking like a big storm but i don't think we're going to see it. cold air behind it so the cold-air story going on and we had snow now again, shep, today, across places like mississippi, having a very snowy winter, but it's that storm across the west. three or four storms coming into california. excellent news. we so desperately need moisture there and we'll get some. that's the storm that has the chance for a coastal nor ester, -- nor'easter, but that big storm we were thinking about, not going happen. >> that's great news. thank you, sir. on wall street, rally day for your 401k and your ir and all the rest burt -- but the dow had

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sochi. it's not just home of the winter olympics, where the hotels are half built and not ready for the olympics, but it is just as safe as any city in the western world, including new york and boston. that's from russia's deputy prime minister after the united states warned terrorist may try to use toothpaste tubes to smuggle explosives on flights to russia. the opening ceremony is tomorrow but some games got started today. snow boarders competed in a qualifying around of a slope-style event. some men's figure skaters hit the ice and women faced off in freestyle skating, and the

olympic frame arrived. they had on those big cold weather clothes but it wasn't cold. security forces in the city oren high alert and 230 u.s. athletes are expected to be there. the largest delegation for any country at the winter games. lea is getting reactions from athletes and families. we'll start with jonathan hunt with a look ahead to day one at sochi. >> more on these toothpaste tubes. u.s. officials are taking the threat very seriously. everybody obviously on edge as athletes, tourists, and dignitaries arrive for tomorrow's opening ceremony. the concern here that if terrorists were to get enough toothpaste tubes stuffed with enough explosives on one plain they could bring the plain down. i spoke to congressman peter king, member of the homeland security committee. about the threat. >> can't go into details but would involve more than one person, and it's something that

might have to be assembled and could involve several people. so, again, this is a new tactic, a new method. so we're not a entirely certain. so we have to assume all the possibilities, and one possibility would be that it involves multiple people. >> i also asked congressman king what his advice would be to americans heading to sochi. he said if it was his family he would urge them not to go, quote, the risks are too great. >> peter king's war on toothpaste begins here and american officials are not that concerned. >> we heard from the ceo of the u.s. olympic committee. he said he is comfortable with all the precautions being taken, both by the u.s. state department and by the russian authorities. listen. >> we react to situations as they arise and also have a lot of planning exercises in advance, and these games nor different than any otherñai gamn that respect. >> an update on yogagate.

we told you yesterday, whole load of it impounded at newark airport because the russias won't let it in. yogurt the official yogurt of the u.s. olympic team and it's still there in refrigerated storage. we wish the yogurt god speed on the journey and we witch god's speed to the athletes and everybody stays safe. >> lea spoke with some athletes today mixed feelings. >> several athletes asked their families to stay home. the captain of the u.s. hockey team expressed concern in an e-mail saying, quote, guess you have to wonder at what point does someone say it isn't a good idea to go. and some family members say there's nothing going to come in between them seeing their athletes compete. and i caught up with some parents just before they hopped on a flight to sochi.

>> it is safe enough for my daughter to represent her country, safe enough for me to support my daughter. >> julie won the bronze and the silver medals in previous olympics and her parents hope they'll be there to see her win the gold. >> huge state. has to be nerve-wracking enough without having to worry about your family. >> i spoke with a former u.s. olympic athlete. a speed skater. this is joey cheek winning the gold in 2006. he also competed back in 2002 right after 9/11 when there were a lot of security concerns. take a listen. >> once you get into the olympic village it's like fort knox. three levels of security. you feel safe inside the olympic village and inside the venues in which you're competing, andons you step on the field of play it's -- there's almost nothing that can take you away from what you have spent your whole life training for.

>> joey is heading to sochi as a spectator and his plan is to be very careful while he's there. >> god speed to them all. thank you both. >> now to that strange case out of texas. a judge has ruled that a texas teenager, who killed four people while drunk driving, will not have to spend a single day in jail. he is the kid what use the affluenza defense. he was too rich to know right from wrong, he was spoiled and never learned anything. knew lot of people have a big problem with this so-called punishment. we have all the details and will bring it to you next. okay ladies, whenever you're ready. thank you. thank you. i got this. oh, no, i'll get it! let me get it. uh-uh-uh. i don't want you to pay for this. it's not happening, honey. let her get it. she got her safe driving bonus check from allstate last week. and it's her treat. what about a tip? oh, here's one... get an allstate agent. nice! [ female announcer ] switch today and get two safe driving bonus checks a year for driving safely.

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just into the fox news deck. the united states senate approved montana senator max

bachus to be the next ambassador to china. he was the leading author of the healthcare law and went against fellow democrat biz helping republicans pass bills, includes the 2001 tax cut. again, the senate has just approved max baucus as the new u.s. ambassador to china. >> this happened on tuesday night outside dallas. a woman was driving the wrong way on a turnpike. she slammed into police cruiser as other officers chased her at speeds up to to 80 miles-per-ho. it happened and came to an end when the 23-year-old driver ran over spike strip. nobody got hurt there cops took the woman into custody and she faces charges of driving while intoxicated. >> the rich texas teenager who killed four people while driving drunk himself last summer, and used the so-called affluenza

defense, will not be going to jail. that's the final ruling from a judge after hearing behind closed doors, not open to the media. instead this guy, ethan couch, will go to rehab on his parents' dime. no word on where or how long that rehab will be. the judge had already sentenced him to ten years probation. >> he heard all the evidence and she made what she thought walt the appropriate disposition. >> family members of the victims say they're outraged by the judge's ruling. eric broyles' wife and daughter died in the crash. they're on the left side of the screen. >> had he not had money to have the defense there to also have the experts testify and also to pay for the treatment, think the results would have been different. >> prosecutors asked the judge to sentence the teen to 20 years in state custody for two other people he injured that night. doctors say one of the victims is now paralyzed and unable to speak.

let's get some legal analysis now. mercedes is a criminal defense attorney and our legal analyst. ten years probation for four dead people. >> this is unbelievable. because he is so rich he didn't know right from ongoing? if he is smart enough to get a license, get a permit and drive, you have to be responsible. and now this judge basically gave him a pass. you agree up in this difference functional home and they didn't teach you because they're too rich. we'll give you a break, again. >> what about the kids whose parents dump the out on the sidewalk at 16 years old, and had it happen to one of those kids, i would bet my last dollar the outcome would have been different. >> undoubtedly. murder. who knows. could haven't him on death row if it was a different kid. but you got enough money, great defense, things happen. >> i wonder if his lawyer, the 19-year-old's lawyer, even thought that this might ever work. you have to put up a defense. you have to give the best

defense you can come up with. that's the rule. you sign an oath to such a thing. but to think it would win, i wonder. >> i think he probably shocked himself. he gave an interview this morning and says affluenza was mentioned ones during the hearing. so what you're trying to say to the judge he ties rich, so give him a break. it doesn't fly. it was reared that the jump picked up on it and granted it. guidelines and youhere'sñr have to fall within a range. >> generally -- well in federal court you have a strict range. in state court there's more discretion for the judge. the judge felt that this driver, this kid -- not really a kid, he is 19 -- could actually benefit from rehab, but in ten years probation? please. anybody else would have been in jail for decade. >> could you make the argument that he has to be on the straight and narrow for ten years because if not he can go

to prison. >> exactly. he will be on probation so if he does break probation he can be mandated to return to jail. >> can be but not for sure. >> not for sure. >> that family -- i mean, lost two in one family, and now you have had to go through all of this. >> i'm sure there's lots of lawsuits pending. there's a pending -- we'll see. maybe there will be a pound of flesh at the end of the day but it's all monetary. no punitive when it comes to this. obviously has the money to do it. >> mercedes, thank you. >> an urgent coming in. the white house is considering extending policy coverage for an additional three years. that would mean people can keep their individual insurance policies even if they're not compliant with the new healthcare law. lots of people got cancellation notices because their coverage didn't immediate the new requirements of the new law. ed has the details.

now, what happened? >> it's significant because this could affect millions of people who had the cancelled policies last year. you remember president stepped in, encouraged insurance companies, and insure leg raters to let the policies be extended for a year, and that has happened in most states. but just confirmed at fox, they health and human services department is considering -- have not decided but they're considering extending those policies for three years on top of this year. what would that do? that could woo get it beyond the mid-term elections and beyond the 2016 presidential election. given the fact that more cancellations -- more cancelled policies end of the year could be a problem for democrats. here's a quote: while we're continuing to examine all sorts of ways to provide consumers with more choices and move the transition as we implement the law, no decision have been made.

i just got off the phone with a senior insurance industry official who told me this is very much under consideration, along with other possible tweaks to the law. this official telling me in the insurance industry it's large by about the 2014 mid-terms because there's a fear in the administration they put a been dade on the cancelled -- band-aid on the policies in 2013, some will come up at the end of the year and insurance companies will put out rate cards with how much your premiums might go up if you extend the policies. so the bottom line is, the insurance industry is suggesting what the administration wants to do is extend this past the mid-term so they take it off the table as a political issue. >> that's interesting. more on this at foxnews.com. do you need a loan? ask the mailman. ahead, the controversial proposal to let the post office get into the banking business. because it's done such a great job managing its own finances.

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first -- even n each of his first seven seasons in pittsburgh. ralph kiner has died. he was 91 years old. the united states postal service has been bleeding money since all of us were alive. so, would you do your banking there? according to the post office inspector general, the agency could make billions in revenue by offering bank services, like check cashing and bill-paying and small loans and the like. wonder where they get the billions? oh, yeah, from us, millions do not havele bank accounts and pay astronomical rates at payday services. critic says mostal service is the last place to hold on to your money. last year is lost $5 billion. lost 25 billion in just the last three years, and during that same time, it closed more than 800 offices and branches.

again, that is in just the last three years. but the postal service does admit the loss goes backñrñi evn further. the -- we're live on capitol hill. a lot to get toñrçó here. what chance of this happening? >> the post office has been asking for years to congress to allow them to get rid of saturday delivery, allow post offices to sell certainñrñr retl items items and congress hunt done anything. now there's a little momentum wind this. elizabeth warren of massachusetts says she is pushing a proposal that would allow this to hey. she acknowledges that any change to the post office is going to take some time and she plans on talking to her colleagues about this when chev says it's a great venue to allow folks to get banking services, post offices, pretty good real estate in almost after zip code, andñrñr t

office says it could provide them $4 million a year. the bank says the post office shouldn't be in the banking business. >> have you ever stood in a line at the holiday season trying to get package and the window just shuts because that person is on break? envision that world. envision the dmvñrñr getting ino check-cashing, and small dollar loans and so forth. it's a very bad idea. >> proponents point out the post office does offer some financial services like money orders and money transfers. >> is he kidding? when is the last time you stood on line at a post office. >> me? like at the post office? >> that's what i'm saying are. >> right. right. >> apparently they still have them. dent know it. rich, thank you very much. >> the post office stand onat a? no. call fedex. they'll get the dang thing. >> toronto's crack smoking mayor

declared today bob marley day in the city of toronto of. rob ford, who loves you? ♪ >> in singing "one love" in a council meeting. this is his birthday. he would have turn 69 today. mayor ford says the musician was an advocate for human rights and, quote, international ambassador for peace. it is bob marley day in toronto. the crack-smoking mayor proclaimed it so. >> there's word your boss can now track your every move at work. hitachi unveiled an i.d. badge called the business microscopes and keeps tabs on everything you do. the device keeps a record of anybody with whom you speak, who is also wearing the device. so the devices talk to each other. plus, how long and how energetically talk to each

other. it can tell your boss how much time you spend out of your seat. maybe while you're at the coffee machine or visiting the men's room or the women's room. the developer says it's an effort to boost productivity at work and help employers deal with problems they might not otherwise notice. according to hitachi's web site it works using complicate sensors when two name tags come near each other, they regular nice each other and record the affectionñrñr time, body, and te behavior rhythm data and send it to a server for your employer to analyze. greg gutfeld is on "the five" hosts "red eye" in the middle of the night and celebrated its seventh anniversary. >> hard to believe. one year. >> the word is now the boss can know how long we pee, how much coffee we drink and how much we talk to kristina in pod 17.

>> this is fantastic progress. i heartily encourage this. there's one thing missing. the consequence. what's the point of tracking an employee's behavior if you'reñrr not punning them for said behavior there needs toñrñr be a sort of technology in the badge that shocks you everytime you do something annoying. here's behaviors i find very annoying. >> be careful where you keep the badge. >> or put it someplace that's interesting but we get get into that here because this is daytime show. toilet talking. a person brings his phone into the bathroom and talks while doing his business. disgusting. the badge would give him a shock, he would stop. i won't say that was rick leventhal butt i'm not saying it wasn't rick. the microwave marauder brings last night's food and puts it in the microwith a, releases it and destroysñrñr it. >> we have one of those on 17. won't say her name. >> we have one ounce 18 and i believe the name rhymes with greg jarrett.

then there's the officeñrçó wanderers walks over to your cubicle. and just starts talking to you, maybe starts touching things on your desk, and the one thing is, you want to be the victim, you don't want to be the wanderer. it's sad. >> you shock the wanderers? hard. and the elevator crowder. everybody is in front as though their life depends on getting into the small space they forget there's people trying to get out. and usually hwa when they're trying to get out they're angry at you. the reason why this is necessary is when you have one bad employee, that's a problem. when somebody else plains that's two problems nobody wants to complain. so this is a way to get them to solve problems without narking on your fellow coworkers. i work with dana perino she is a nightmare.

>> you treat her horribly. >> she talks esses sentlyñrñrñrr sently-incessantly about her drug. a multilevel drug trade out of herñrñr dregs room. jasper is code for crystal. >> the blue? >> yes. >> that's the best kind. >> i wouldn't know. i'm clean. >> i just know from the program. >> yes, i watch the program. >> what else do we shock people for? the elevator thing works. for taxis taxis and buses. >> conversations in elevators, even divide by age. young people talk about their weekend and how they got drunk. >> i don't mine that. >> makes me realize how lonely and empty i an. then there's the older successful people talking about their -- >> portfolios. >> yes. a certain person likes to talk

about his/her yacht on the ill tater. >> never -- elevator. i just shut up. it's an elevator. not a time to talk. a time to stair -- stare silently at the wall. >> and the television screen in the elevator. >> i can watch more fox. it's great. sometimes i'll be watching you in the elevator and run to another elevator so i don't mess anything. >> everyone does. follow theñrñr leaders. greg gutfield, can besee seen in an hour and 45 minutes or 15 minutes and then later in the middleñrñxof the night, always . some heated exchanges at the hearing about the irs targetingr of political groups. we'll be live on capitol hill with the breaking develops on that one. that's coming up.

>> update from the breaking news at west palm beach in florida.

coast guard reports three people have been recovered dead after a small boat flipped. they're suspected migrants now. seven people rescued and alive. no word on nationality on any of these people. let's go over to mark and get some additional details. this is, what, north and east of palm beaches. >> 75 miles north and east, so right in this area, north of@tqr bahamas. passing boats spotted this overturned vessel with people on top. the three dead were inside of the boat. two are still missing so this is very much an active search and rescueñrñr right now. >> what normally happens is sometimes it's cube yaps and they -- cubansbans and they cou. from the straits, and most often, those are normally from haiti. >> correct. haiti would be way down here, but this is farther north than miami, it's down here. but the coast guard has a cutter and chopper on scene looking for the other people.

>> they recovered three. >> a total of 12 people. so seven rescued, three dead two missing. >> mark, thank you. the investigation at the irs is leading to shouting matches in congress. lawmakers are hearing more testimony on the tax agency's targeting of tea party groups. president obama told our bill orilery there isn't a smidge general of corruption -- smidgen of corruption at the intern rev flu service. his word. instead plameing it on bone-headed decisionmaking. some republicans saying they're not going the whole story and democrats calls it political theatrics. that lest to some explosive back and forth. >> let me go to me can he -- >> they've been tarp it bid -- >> that's a -- >> i agree with at that time -- >> mr. chairman, agree with they fact that groups, whether they're tea party groups, the naacp or green peace have been targeted by the irs.

there's no -- >> that's not the fact. >> that's just one of many times lawmakers butted heads on this. let's get to mike emanuel. they're going at it on the hill. >> no question about that. one thing that clearly fired up a number of republican lawmakers was the comment from president obama to bill o'reilly appearing to draw a conclusion about anñró ongoing investigation of the irs. >> the president of the united states has prejudged the outcome of this investigation, so either it's ongoing or it's not. either he is wrong or eric holder is wrong. in either case, it is time for special counsel, mr. chairman. >> lawmakers heard from people who described their lives being turned upside-down by the government, including the irs, after they applied for tack-exempt status for a conservative group here's one woman's personal story. >> beginning in 2010, the fbi contacted my nonprofit

organization on six separate occasions, wanting to go through membership manifests in con. >> with domestic terrorism cases. hey have now redacted nearly all my files. >> a lot of focus about barbara wasserman who gave more than $600 to the president obama campaign and republicans question whether she can be impartial, democrat defended her. >> it is the policy of congress that employees should be encouraged to exercise fully, freely, and without fear of penalty or reprizal,, -- preprical, and to extent nose prohibited by law, their right to participate or reef train from participating in the political processes of this nation. >> oneñrñr wet -- witness testid that the irs scandal is continuing today and calls the justice department investigation a sham. >> mike, thank you very much.

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1555 pounds. but now some fans are complaining she is too thin. meet rachael frederickson. she is going to be right here, i can feel it. rachel? there she is. the before and after. rachel went from weighing 260-pounds here, to 105 pounds here. of course the clothes are different, too. lost nearly 60% of her body weight. iryou're not familiar with the program, the contestant who loses the highest percentage of body weight wins, and she won. folks took shots at her, at the show, at nbc, which airs it. some were mean-spirited as they always are on the interwebs, others criticize officials for letting her get so thin. the nbc statement reads: we support rachael and all of the "biggest loser" contestants. we remain committed to helping contestants achieve healthy

weight loss and live healthier lifestyles and inspire vieweres. that's how nbc speaks. let's get to carol alt on this. she hosts a healthy you, saturdays at 4:00 p.m. eastern time on fox news channel. they say your bmi, body mass index, is 18.5 -- she is 17.5, too skinny. >> i think she looks great. let them look at a roomful of models. >> a buddy weighed in, nobody complains when people add weight. they're just jealous. >> they put these two pictures side above side, one at 260 and one at 105, and it is a big shock. i think the other thing was that julian made this whole thing with her face, going, oh, my gosh, and looked so shock, and look at it from her point of view. she is helping a contestant try to win the show so she had not

seen rachel since the beginning of the show, so of course she will be in the mind of the competitor going, we can't beat that. so, that is where the shock and surprise came in. the thought her guy did such a good job. >> it's weird how people complain about people losing weight. i got fat and then i got healthy and got way too skip, and a billion people decided i was dying of some disease. i just got healthy and overdid it. it was no big deal. so your face is falling off. >> is it healthy? that's the thing. tide she do a diet that was healthy? did she get thin by being healthy? and can she sustain it? in a health way? that's the big question. whether someone is fat or then no defense, as long as they're healthy. >> if you eat the right food. it's lee the gas in the car. >> absolutely. can't put tea in your car and expect today run even though tea

looks like gas. doesn't make your car run. why? not the right molecular structure. food is important. >> eat right, exercise. >> eat right, exercise. >> see you this weekend. >> the next big thing in security could be the -- what? singing fish? it's a novelty item that scared off a wannabe intruder. a singing fish. you make a grea.

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the store. >> i saw the door had become damaged and the dead bolt was bent, like a 45-degree angle. >> investigators tell a local newspaper the intruder didn't steal anything. not even cash. that had been sitting right out there in the open. good job, fish. >> on this day and 1937 the american rider john steinbeck published "of mice and men" centering around two migrant workers in the california farmland, george and lenny. lenny's mental disabilities and the brutal economy stand in the way of their dreams. john steinbeck would as tackle the depression in wow grapes of wrath." "mice and men" is set to hit broadway next week. but it was introduced 77 years ago today. right now the news is on wall street and today it's good hasn't been good every day so

when it's good, let celebrate. >> forget about the two million who could lose their jobs over health care. how about the millions who could lose their health benefits this year over health care? welcome everybody, i'm neil cavuto. from a university called duke a study that will make you want to duck because a lot of company bean counters have decided the health benefits you have been getting used to don't get to used to them in a survey of chief financial officers 44% are considering scaling back benefits because of the affordable care act. it's not so affordable and these are the guys who go to their bosses, the crowe, and