secondly, this has been the greatest 22 years of my life. >> jay, i know i will definitely miss you see you on the five. president obama says he's got, quote, a pen and a phone, once again signaling that he's willing to do an end run around congress. we'll ask governor huckabee if he thinks the president can score. and al qaeda operatives to fight syria's bloody war. what impact will this have in the leading stability as effort, continue. we get the assad government backed out. we'll talk to the colonel back from a trip to the middle east. and it's a mars rover milestone.

opportunity, the little rover that could. as nasa celebrates a ten-year anniversary for a road block that was supposed to last three months. it continues to deliver amazing pictures of info about the red planet. logging 24 miles as it crater hops across the planet's surface. nasa planetary science director dr. jim green will tell you why its mission continues to amaze scientists. >> hello, everybody. america's news headquarters live from the nation's capital starts right now. president obama playing up his strategy to side step congress and go it alone. in his weekly address, he's going through the steps that are already in place. like job savings programs, and working with business leaders to do for the long-term unemployed. it's a strategy that he thinks he will bypass those who get in

the way. >> hello. president obama is not backinging down as congress will not do what he wants, he'll bypass lawmakers and do a solo. today, the president spoke more about his economic goals for the year. more spending on job training and education, for example. and suggested he'll try to make it happen with or without congress. >> i want to work with congress on this agenda wherever i can. but in this year of action, whenever i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more american families, i will. i've got a pen and i've got a phone. a pen to take executive action. and a phone to rally citizens and business leaders who are earring to create new jobs and new opportunities. >> reporter: the president has not been shy about going around congress in the past several years. he used an executive order to change the health care law and push back the penalty phase for businesses. he used an executive toward change immigration laws. and he also used an executive

order to create new global warming programs. the top house republican says the gop is weary of trying to work with the president on big issues because lawmakers are not convinced that, president, quote, can be trusted to enforce the laws. >> the president seems to change the health care law on a whim, whenever he likes. now, he's running around the country telling everyone that he's going to keep acting on his own. he keeps talking about his phone and his pen. and he's feeding more distrust about whether he's committed to the rule of law. >> reporter: but the president says he intends to use his pen and his phone to, quote, make a difference for middle class americans. uma. >> molly, thank you very much. joining us now, governor mike huck huckabee. griet see you.

>> thank you, uma. >> do you think it can be in the long term something that the president can count on to push his agenda? >> it really isn't. it's one thing for him to do an executive order for promotion. or do an executive order pursuant to context of the law. but the president is making executive orders that bypass the law, ignore the law and violate the law. a president can't do that. my gosh, i wish when i'd been governor, i co-just decide i didn't want to fool with the legislature and go it alone. use my phone and my pen. but there's a little technicality called the constitution that separates the branches of government. it's intended to make sure one branch doesn't take power that it was never given. that's what the president is doing. and the president doesn't the legal authority to just say i'm going to change the immigration law. or i'm going to change the health care law because it's not working out like i wanted it to. and because congress isn't working with me. if the president wants congress to work with him. quit traveling the country making speeches that demonize

them. spend some time with them. work face-to-face work with them and build a relationship. that's how you govern. >> if you continue to see this particular reaction from the president, it just continues to signal that the show downwill be in place for some time. and it only signifies a concern that he is going to be working under a lame duck strategy. >> it very much does. and when why was a kid, we used to have a device we could call chinese handcuffs. they were a webbed device, you put both fingers in. the harder you pulled to try to get your fingers out, the tighter they came. in a way, what president obama is doing is playing with chinese handcuffs with the members of congress. instead of trying build bridges of relationship, spend more time talking to them, he spends more time talking about them. and the result is, they have less trust. they have less willingness to work with him.

so instead of moving toward his so-called year of action, he's absolutely guaranteeing a year of total gridlock. but i believe it will work against him and work against the democrats in the 2014 election. >> do you think this is also said that the clock should run its course because of the midterm election? >> there are a lot of things that aren't going to happen this year because neither party wants to take the risk. the democrats, they don't want to defend obamacare. the senate is in the balance. and i think the senate will tip towards the republicans this year because those democrats, they really got nowhere to run. nowhere to hide. their fingerprints are all over the weapon. they're going to have to sit there and explain why they voted for obamacare. why they can't guarantee that people will end up with a better system than what they had. they didn't do it. and he could love to change the subject vantd candidates talk ago somebody else. there are many reasons that

republicans, for example, don't want to get into the details of immigration reform and the main one is they can't trust harry reid and the democrats to be honest brokers. so i don't blame them to say we're going put that off until we have both houses of congress. we can make it something that we can live with and make it something that really does reform the process. which i think everybody agrees, we definitely snead some reform but it's got to be responsible. >> i want to move on, governor, to another big head line out of washington this week. the fact that there was testimony once again on capitol hill regarding the irs scandal. and there are now allegations that this targeting of conservative groups has not stopped. that it continues to this day. what's your reaction to this? >> cleatum mitchell which is the attorney before the house committee this week.

cle cleata will be on our show tonight. one thing i want to talk about is the president's ridiculous statement to bill o'reilly that wasn't a smidgen of evidence. that word "smidgen" means something where i grew up. for him to say there wasn't a smidgen of anything corrupt going on it ludicrous. i believe that may end up becoming already, even though we're just barely into the new year, that may end up being the new political fact of the new year. >> but this revelation raises concerns given the fact that there's supposed to be an investigation underway to try to find out who's behind this and who's responsible for giving those orders. and yet, we're still hearing that nothing's really been done and the targeting continues, what does this is a?

>> well, it says that if this administration continues to ignore something, the press will ignore it and it will all go away. this is not going away. there are a lost people, there are hundred us of organizations that have been targeted. they're out tens of thousands, in some cases, hundreds of thousands of dollars. they've been harassed by their own government. the irs has become a criminal enterprise. it's got to be stopped. and i don't think members of congress, the responsible ones, the ones who actually understand what they swore to do when they went into office, will or can stand back and allow a government agency to take their boots and trample over the constitutional rights of people who utilized their rights of free speech, freedom of association, freedom of religion. freedom of expression. and have the government shut them down and shut them up by using the brutality of all the power the government can muster together. and that's what's happening with the irs. and it hasn't stopped. these organizations are still

being harassed. and the president can deny it all day long. but the facts are stronger than his words right now. >> very quickly, i know you're getting set to travel to israel. is this a big trip for you. and i know a lot is planned on this journey for you. >> well, i've been going for -- soon, 41 years, that i've been making journeys to israel. so many, i can't even remember how many. this year it's especially interesting because john kerry's recent comments putting pressure on the israelis to give up more. and asking the palestinians to give up nothing is so out of line, so out of touch with reality that i hope that one of the things that many of us can do as americans, is to assure the israelis that this is not how we treat our friends. the heat is not represent -- maybe the u.s. official policy, but not the sentiment of the american people, who do believe that israel is our ally. and know that of the 1.6 million arabs who live in the world

under freedom, democracy, free speech with full rights for women, every one of them live in the bounds of the israeli government. and that's something that should not be lost on mr. kerry. and i wish he would understand that. >> well, governor, we look forward to hearing about your trip when you come back. we wish you all the best and safe travel. >> thank you, uma. great to talk to you again today. >> thank you, sir. well, the olympic games are under way in sochi. all eyes on russia as the olympic games cost off. americans attending the olympics are to have no expectation of privacy when using mobile divisions and computers at the game. and they should be aware of their personal security at all times. that's according to a pressure travel alert released just last night by the state department. joining us more on this, a

former deputy assistant fbi director. he joins us now from texas. welcome, great to see you here on our program today. there are about 40,000 russian security forces in and around sochi. us warships off the coast black sea. and despite the enormous effort russia has undertaken to keep the peace at the games, it still might not be enough to prevent an attack likely for militants hiding already inside the city, correct? >> absolutely. the chechens have a history of prepositioning people, weapons, explosives, equipment, alongside terrorist targets that they want to have. and they're very good at what they do. they'll commit large numbers of individuals, more like a military operation where they'll use 40 or more terrorists to conduct an assault. and, frankly, the russian government has been a pretty poor track record resolving terrorist incidents within the confines of their country. so there's a lot of things to be

concerned about here. not just inside the olympic venues, but throughout russia. hotels, shopping malls, restaurants. there's reason to be concerned here. >> to that point, you have extensive experience when it comes to tracking these efforts, terrorist efforts, and trying to stop them. russia did hire thousands of workers, though, for hospitality and service jobs before the so-called ring of steel was set up. from your experience, how difficult is it to stop an inside attack like this then? >> it's very difficult. inside the so-called ring of steel, they'll do a good job. it's the softets outside of that. because you have hundreds of thousands of people coming to russia as tourists. they're not going to stay inside that ring of steel. they have to stay in hotels, they have to go to restaurants, they have to go to hotels. if they can't get inside the venues, the village of the stadium, they'll have to go out. and dedicated terrorists, some of the most vicious in the world

are active in afghanistan, they have a long history of hatred of the russian people. our people who are there are very concerned about the safety and security. >> isn't it also true that the fact that the russians' lack of that compound in keeping folks safe? >> no doubt about that. they should be looking to the world to help them and they did not do that. i'd like to see a s.e.a.l. team or delta or the fbi i would hope they would be there. but the likelihood of the russians cooperating with them allowing them do their job or sharing is very remote. >> this week, an alert went out about explosives in toothpaste tubes. and it's been called a credible threat. now a ban on flights between usa and russia. what does this is a about the methods used by terrorists? >> they get very sophisticated. they come up with a new technique. we have to counter it. i can see the issue with regard

to tooth taste tubes. you know what, it's a small inconvenience. if i was going, sigh am sure i can buy some there. but i think it at least shows that we are tuned into to the traffic and the chatter. that's a good thing. they should listen to that. >> at this point then, would you have advised people in this country, though, to think twice before attending these olympic games. knew you have big time concerns about security there. so is it something that you would say to those if anyone is asking should i go? what would your answer be? >> i have clients talking about that. and i advised them not to go. if there's a major tleeevent th russia will close down. it will close down the airport. and transportation. while it may not impact you directly. the impact or inconvenience of trying to get out of russia would be enorm miscellaneous. i'm watching it on nbc. nbc does a nice coverage.

other networks. watch it on tv. enjoy your day. >> advice from danny coulson. good to see you, sir. >> happy valentine. >> you, too. reports that al qaeda is helping operatives in syria. ollie north just back from the middle east a look at how this is affecting the allies and the rest region. and how real is the fear with the chatter on the olympics, we'll have a chat about that. and how the games are going. and republicans raising new questions and making new charges about the irs targeting of conservative groups. you're going to hear from the leader of the tea party group whose testimony sparked a national conversation. remember this? >> i want to protect and preserve the america that i grew up in. and i'm terrifiey eied it is slg away.

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the america that people cross oceans and risk their lives to become a part of. and i'm terrified it is slipping away. >> wow. remember that emotional testimony eight months ago when congress am hearings targeted members of conservative groups. becky garretson's remarks touched a nerve. and her feelings became part of a national conversation. this week, becky returned to capitol hill, where explosive testimony once again hit up a new house hearing this week on the irs targeting scandal. and she joins us now to share more of her story. welcome, becky. it's hard to believe it's been eight months. and you and others were there this week in washington. on capitol hill. to let lawmakers understand very clearly that from what you know, the targeting of conservative

groups continue, despite the uproar that the revelations created months ago. and a justice department investigation that is supposed to find those responsible. have you been contacted over the past eight months by the fbi or justice department to discuss your concerns? >> no, ma'am, not a smidgen of contact from the fbi. >> so when you listen to how emotional your testimony was back then, what went through your mind knowing that nothing could this point has been done to at least investigate the allegations that you have raised. >> it is completely unbelievable. and i do feel like our country is slipping away. i just -- when you hear what happened eight months ago when six of us testified. there was a lot of evidence of corruption. yet nothing has been done. and at the same time, the irs is rewriting new rules. recent e-mails show that lois

lerner back in 2012 was conniving these new rules with top officials from the irs. recently around thanksgiving, they came out to the public and these are rules that will basically shut us down as a tea party group. >> so in essence, you feel that the obama administration has closed the book on this. and the investigation that's supposed to take place is intentionally dragging its heels to let the clock run out before the upcoming election? >> that's certainly the way it looks. what we're hearing from congress, they are not getting much help from this administration or the irs. there's a lot of stone walling going on. i can't believe the american people are sit back, letting it happen. >> when you talk about the new irs regulations. when you say they're designed to shut you down. how so? >> well, under these new regulations i am not allowed to use the words, reject, vote, oppose." that's just a few of them. we are not even allowed to have on our website the name of a

candidate 60 days before a general election. i can't even name the political party, if they have a candidate within 60 days before a general election. as a leader of this group and other leaders in the group, we cannot speak publicly about legislation, incumbents' voting records or it will jeopardize our tax status. what we do is update the group on american history, candidates, the forms, no longer will we be able to have those closer than 60 days before a general election. >> what does it say to you about free speech? >> they don't care about free speech. and with a pen and a phone, they're going to destroy it for us. >> your words back in the summer when you said, quote, i am a born free american woman, wife, mother and citizen, and i'm telling my government that you have forgotten your place really struck a chord with so many americans. do you think then, your government continues to forget to follow the founding

principles that started this nation? or are you hopeful that there will be any remedies in the wake of the scandals? >> well, i think our government has gone from a government of the people, by the people and for the people, to a government against the people. i'm an american, and i'm holding out hope that there are some in washington who really care and will fight tooth and nail to get to the bottom of this. so i'd hang on to that. >> becky garretson, thank you so much for joining us. keep us posted. let us know what's going on. we wish you the best as this investigation continues. >> thank you. moving along now, gun rights advocates rallying behind a u.s. army veteran facing up to three years behind bars after crossing the canadian border with an undeclared loaded gun in this school. he said he mistakenly crossed the border after a gps misdirected him during a getaway with his wife.

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welcome back, everybody. let's take a quick look right now at some of the stories making news at this hour in fox news flash. a former police officer accused of killing a man for texting during a movie remains behind bars. a judge has denied bail for 71-year-old curtis reeves who has pled not guilty to second degree murder charges. this comes as the prosecution releases surveillance video from

the theater showing the moment that 42-year-old pat oulson appears to throw popcorn at reeves. and reeves plans to argue that he shot him in self-defense. the family and friends of joan mondale the wife of former vice president john mondale. they're celebrating the life of the woman dubbed joan of arc. alex rodriguez ending his league fight with major league baseball and accepting his season-long suspension. it's the longest penalty in sports history related to performance-enhancing drugs. and finally, the first olympic medals are being awarded in sochi. the u.s. taking the gold in the new event of snowboarding slopestyle. and congratulations to the winners, of course. that's a quick look at the top stories making news right now.

turning now to concerns over iran. iran is now helping al qaeda terrorists based in the islamist republic. this news coming from the white house which now suggests iranian officials are backing both sides in civil war. joining us, oliver north, a regular contributor here on fox news. welcome. >> great to be here. it's a total misread on the part of the obama administration of what's going on. sunnis and shia have long held the philosophy that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. even though hamas is a sunni supported and sunni organization it receives support through the international guard corps and in

qods force. and third, they are both committed to the idea of driving westerners from what they call the land to the prophet. and so the new sanctions announced by the treasury to members of an organization called islamic jihad union based in iran should not surprise any of us. rt fa the fact that they're bringing pressure against these two and not against the government of iran who has clearly let this happen is further sign of how wrong-headed this administration is. because this administration is bending over backwards to try to make sure that this so-called nuclear weapons accord launched in geneva by john kerry is going to succeed. >> it's amazing though that this administration is not targeting the government of iran for meddling in this way and backing the operativesing.

>> it comes out of the trip to israel. israelis are convinced that what the sanctions-lifting means the qods force and the islamic revolutionary guard corps, the active arm of the iranian military, will become much more active now because they have more money to support those kinds of terror activities. it doesn't matter if it's sunni or shiite. they're going to back it. >> it's a troubling development, particularly to the u.s. closest ally israel. >> absolutely. of course what we saw on that trip to israel, israelis more concerned about the future than i'd ever seen them. i had a very senior -- >> you're just back from there. >> just got back, literally yesterday. they feel betrayed by what the obama administration is doing. i had one of them tell me that john kerry intends to be president of the united states because he wants the nobel prize

for closing the syrian chemical weapons deal. closing the deal with the iranians on the nuclear weapons program in geneva. and on what they're doing to force israel into a box, so that they have to agree to what obamacare you want, in terms of living up land for peace. of course, they'll give up land, but they won't give up peace. on top of it, kerry is actively supporting the eurozone's idea of an economic boycott against israel. soda stream, one the very first products to be targeted, it can't be bought in the european union anymore. that's the goal. while we were there, tony blair came to israel to back up what kerry is doing in terms of economic boycott. and kerry says israel can't support itself economically or with security without this new plan. what that means ultimately, is if israel doesn't acquiesce, they will be boy kotd all across the globe. and we will start cutting back

on our support. >> why is it happening in such a way that's clearly shows that there's a bigger plan in play? >> well and the what the obama administration has done, they've decided, they've got so few things of note that they can claim as successes in foreign policy. their withdrawal from iraq has become a disaster what's likely to become a disaster is if you recall withdrawals in afghanistan. the so-called arab spring has been a nightmare for the people in the region to include moderate realists like those in jordan and even the saudis. so what israel is now looking for is a new alliance. i'll give you a prediction. i see israel aligning itself with saudi arabia, box the israelis believe the united states will not support them in dealing with an iranian nuclear weapon. >> who would have thought an alliances would possible just even a year ago? >> well again, the idea, the

saudis feel equally threatened as does israel and some of the gulf emirates also by the iranian nuclear weapons development. they see iran in this new deal, continuing the progress probably with the help of north korea. >> very disturbing news indeed. i know you have a special message for the troops. >> i do. the 49th ballistic missile defense bat dwranl in ft. greeley, alaska. it's the forward deploy unit of all the u.s. military still on u.s. territory. they're protecting us day and night against incoming ballistic missiles from places like iran, north korea, and yes, middle russia. >> and it's must-see television because brook's going to be bringing that story on fox. >> 9:00 p.m. sunday evening. don't miss it. >> must see television. terrific. great to see you. >> thank you. >> i really appreciate it. nasa's curiosity rover

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all right. folks, get set, more snow predicted for the northwest. this makes for dangerous driving conditions. but it's also a welcome relief for parts of california and oregon that have had one of the driest years on record in 2013. meteorologist janet steen is standing by with the weather forecast. >> hi, uma. this is obviously a good weather forecast, they need this moisture big time. portland, oregon, you're seeing a rare snowstorm. over 8 inches reported for you. today, we're looking at the potential for more snow. sunday, it will transition to rain, monday and tuesday, rain in the forecast. today, it's going to be main a

little snow event. temperatures 10 to 15 degrees below average across the northwest. and the snow, i mean, the skiers are jumping for joy. in some cases over 2 feet in the cascades and the sierra range. and a freezing rain warn south of portland where things could be dangerous. take precaution. an exceptional news story. in and around lake tahoe they could receive over 6 inches of rain so that could prompt some flood watches and warnings. keep that in mind. other news across the country, we're dealing with more cold air across the central u.s. with temperatures dipping around the freezing mark, as far south as texas and yet another storm, another storm, moving across the northeast, uma, tonight and monday. this won't be a lot of snow but for snow weary folks like us, it's just another day where we

have to get the snowplow out. >> i don't know about you, but i am so over this winter. even a dusting of snow is too much. >> i hear you, sister. let's do the show next week from florida. >> there you go. appreciate it. >> well, time doesn't pay now the actor playing mcgruff the crime dog is learning the lesson he learned first hand. a judge sentencing john morales to 16 years behind bars after his guilty plea. three years ago, police seized get this 1,000 marijuana plants 27 weapons including a grenade launcher and 9,000 rounds of ammunition from his home. 35,000 miles from earth feeding back images about our planet like you've never seen before.

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♪ welcome back, everybody. well, great news for the u.s. because the u.s. snowboarder winning the first gold in the

sochi olympics. 20-year-old sig kotsenburg celebrating a big win. this after spectacular ceremonies filled with pageantry and the stage filled with spirited events. yesterday's ceremonies does spotlight a glaring snafu before a worldwide audience. check this out, folks, five snowflakes designed to flower into the olympic ring symbol didn't. only four hooked up. however, you wouldn't know that if you were watching on russian television. that scene was edged out and replaced with footage from early 84 practice. as we await to see which athletes bring home more gold, let's check in with yahoo! national news sports only dan russell covering the games in

russia. dan, thanks for joining >> thanks for having me. >> i know a lot of talk about the athletes but before we get that, some of the news that made headlines about produced headaches on the p.r. front. many journalists have been complaining their hotels have been less than appealing. have a lot of those issues, bad plumbing, broken lights and no beds in some of the rooms been fixed now? >> i think some have. i think they were probably a week or two behind schedule. every day they were able to get more built, the better. i think overall, i'm not sure they improved that much. i just don't think going forward it's going to be a big deal. it was more comical listening to our journalists. people were laughing more than a woe-is-me thing. whether or not you have door knobs, shower curtains or your room is in disarray is a funny

thing. i didn't show russia as a modern-ready country as the way putin wanted. now that the games are going on it's not a big story. >> i hear you. >> i know we are running tight on time. i want to talk about the fact that the u.s. captured the first gold medal in the olympic competition. that must be a big high for the athletes. tell me about their spirits and what they are sharing with you. >> yeah. i think they were excited about that. the other one is figure skating team is going to advance to the finals. they just did that. the athletes train their whole life to win gold here and compete as best they can for the country and their family. all of the side things, all the stuff that makes the news, the controversies just doesn't affect them. there is a focus with all the athletes here. >> you are excited to be there and we are excited to hear reports from you. keep us posted and we wish you all the best.

we'll cheer our team usa on as it goes for the gold. thank you for joining us today. >> thank you. it was supposed to simply be a three-month mission to mars. we are now celebrating a ten-year milestone for a space rover known as "opportunity." this robotic explorer passed its warranty date and beams back fantastic images along with valuable scientific data from the surfaces of the red planet. joining us is dr. jim breen. welcome. great to see you. you must be very excited about this anniversary for the mere fact this robot continues to thrive and bring us incredible information and data. >> indeed. actually, i get asked a lot why the 90 days? we did not know enough about the mars environment to understand

much about the atmospheric conditions. we thought that the dust would filter down and coat the solar panels such that eventually after about 90 days, no power would be able to run the rover and it would die. >> it has made news even on the anniversary date. the fact that it has been giving us incredible information about ancient mars, stuff you didn't know about before. >> absolutely. what we are finding out now that the atmosphere blows the dust off and it keeps going, that mars actually was quite a bit wetter than we imagined. one of the things it found were these little hematite nodules. we first called them blueber blueberries. what they are are iron oxides that form in water. these are beautiful little nodules. that is an earth one that came from utah. >> but just like this.

it's giving you that data. there's been a bit of a buzz over these before and after pictures. the fact you've got a rock that is in the spotlight, a jelly sized donut rock. a few days before there was no rock at that site. a few days later there is a rock visible for all to see. we show these before and after pictures. there is the stone right there. what do you make of that? there is a mystery behind this, isn't there? >> there is. what is exciting about this particular rock is that we believe that as opportunity was making its move to settle down in a particular place, it bumped a particular area and this rock rolled out. what happened then that rock is upside down. mars has been an oxidized surface. typically we want to know what's underneath it. this rock provides us that opportunity. it's about the size of two or three inches.

you can hold it in your hand. it's white around with a red middle. looks like a jelly donut. the scientists call it pinnacle island. they studied it extensively. what we see is that this is full of manganese. it's formed in what is known as a fair amount of water over a long period of time. >> it's trierrific. there is so much more to share with us about this beautiful robot. you can go to the nasa website and learn more. we love having you. thank you for sharing some interesting insights about this fantastic anniversary. >> my pleasure. we hope that it will last another ten years. >> absolutely. showing no signs of slowing down. thank you, doctor, for being here. >> thank you. the world's most famous dog show is doing away with discrimination. in 1953. afghanistan, in 2009.

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