the elite westminster dog show is opening its doors to mutts. they are still barred from best in show. hope you make it a great day. good afternoon, everyone. i'm jamie colby. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> i'm kelly wright. topping the news this hour, defiant president obama hinting he will use executive action to push his agenda forward himself. republicans are pushing back for bipartisanship. >> it's another day. it must be another obamacare delay. the white house considering a game changer now that could affect millions of american health plans for the next three years.

iran pulling back the nuclear curtain allowing inspectors more access, but what will they find? let's start with this know. no break in sight from all the nasty weather that smacked the northwest. there is a part of oregon still under a winter storm warning with the threat of freezing rain and sleet and snow. what a mess. they are still trying to dig out why yesterday's additional half foot of snow. it's not all bad news. the next storm could bring some relief for areas of the west suffering through a very severe drought. she is so pretty in pink today our meteorologist janice dean live in the fox extreme weather center. i've been paying attention. great to have you here. >> nice to see you, jamie and kelly. we call this the pineapple express. even though it's bringing a lot of snow to portland, you haven't seen snow like this in a couple of years. it's ultimately a good news story because they have been into an extreme drought. moisture is coming from the

island adjacent to hawaii from the water there. in the mid levels of the atmosphere we are getting this really big push of water, which is great news, but of course it is dangerous across the northwest. people are urged to stay off the roadways because they could see an additional several inches across portland. up towards seattle looks like we could see snow. mainly rain for you. then this is eventually going to get into the cascades and the mountains of the rockies and the sierra nevada. where they need it. this is really quite good news, especially for northern and central portions of california where we have been into an extreme to exceptional drought. this moisture will get into northern and central portions of california. we also need it over southern california, but not this round, unfortunately. look at the rainfall deficits. only over 16 inches needed to really bust that drought across portions of northern california and redding. 9.5 deficit in san francisco and l.a. 7 inch deficit here for

you. we need the moisture. we could see the potential for some flood advisories, especially across northern portions of california. just another side note, we are going to see temperatures drop again this week across the northern and central plains. we'll be watching another storm system. this won't be a big blockbuster storm, but it is going to bring measurable snow sunday into monday across portions of the northeast. a lot to talk about. we'll keep things busy in the fox news extreme weather center. back to you. >> the original predictions of several feet of snow in the northeast? we are not getting that? >> no way, lady. that was a hoax on the internet. i'm here to dispel those rumors. >> thank you. >> we like that. we like what team usa is doing. they are off to a golden start at the winter olympics in sochi, russia. sage kostenberg owning the first medal soaring to victory in the men's slope style finals.

as for the ladies, not to be outdone, the u.s. women's hockey team started off on the right foot defeating finland 3-1 on their hunt for the gold. here is the olympic medal count so far. united states starting off strong with one gold. there is a power struggle, not as tough as the olympics, but shaping up in capitol hill between president obama and republicans. when it comes to issues facing the nation such as unemployment and immigration, the president saying i'll go it alone, while the gop is looking for compromise from the oval office. molly hennenberg taking a closer look at that for us. >> the president was talking about his economic agenda today and said if congress won't move on it fast enough, the president will take steps without legislation. using executive actions to accomplish his goals. >> we've already begun. in wisconsin, i ordered an across-the-board reform of our

training programs to train folks with the skills employers need and match them to good jobs that need to be filled right now. in pittsburgh, i directed the treasury to create my ra, a new way for working americans to start your own retirement savings. >> more controversial, however, the president used executive actions to go around congress previously and change the health care law and the nation's immigration laws, and to set up new global warming programs. republicans say the president is damaging the nation's constitutional structure. >> under the law, the president is required to execute, carry out and enforce laws passed by congress. he doesn't get to make laws. he doesn't get to modify laws. he has to enforce the laws. he has limited powers to set up methods of an enforcement and policies and procedures, but to alter those laws in any significant way is a clear

violation of his constitutional power. >> house republican speaker john boehner says the gop is now r reluctant to work with the president and democrats on legislation because they don't trust the president to, quote, enforce our laws. >> moving further away, not closer together and bipartisanship. keep us posted, molly. thanks. a fallen bolder derailing a tourist train outside the town annot. the rock a size of a car smashed into it. pushing it off the tracks where it dangles off the mountainside as crews there are working to bring it back on the track. at least nine people were injured. 34 people onboard at the time. the victims reportedly a russian woman and another french local. our syrian forces reportedly

breaking a cease-fire in the city of homs. officials say the attack that happened included a mortar that landed near u.n. personnel. and fired rockets at a rebel-held section of the country's business hub. this violence interrupts what was supposed to be a three-daybreak in fighting. they were trying to evacuate some civilians and bring in some food. conor powell covering this for us in our mideast bureau. what is the very latest? they promised to move these people out of homes and harm's way. >> reporter: there is a big effort to get this cease-fire going, but less than 24 hours into it, it's already collapsed. fighting breaking out in homs. it's preventing the delivery of much-needed humanitarian aid to the people there. also preventing civilians from leaving that war-torn city. according to syrian state tv this morning, aid workers, four aid workers were wounded by rebels as they tried to deliver medical equipment to the city.

this can't be independently verified. there does appear to be reports that there were people injured who were aid workers. whether or not they were red cross or another organization is not clear. it does appear fighting hasd so were injured. friday more than 80 women and children were evacuated during what was supposed to be a three-day truce. the cease-fire was agreed upon at an international peace conference in switzerland last month. diplomats hoped it would be the foundation of a wider peace agreement, potentially ending the three-year long bloody civil war. so far this truce, this peace agreement has collapsed like all the other previous attempts. homs is one of the first areas to rise up against president bashir assad's regime in 2007. we've seen some of the fiercest fighting there during the course of this three-year war. according to the u.n., more than

130,000 people have been killed during the fighting. one other changes we are starting to see is that moderate rebel groups that started the fighting there have been replaced by more extremist groups, often with ties to al qaeda. we are seeing the rebels are controlling about 1/3 of the country. the syrian regime controls another 1/3. the rest is no-man's land going back and forth. neither side is strong enough to win the war. international community hasn't been able to end the violence there. >> if that violence is moving closer to the u.n. officials on the ground, that death count could rise. it is a tragic story. thanks for bringing us the very latest live from jerusalem. thank you, conor. syria's neighbor iraq helping refugees from the year's long bloody civil war. greta van greta van susteren

went to take an indepth look how americans and iraqis are helping in the humanitarian crisis. >> reporter: to see how they are dealing with this massive refugee problem, we went to this camp. it's hard to understand what it means to be a refugee. >> you saw down here people had used clothes people were selling, used shoes people could buy. they have nothing. >> reporter: as we look out there anywhere from 12 to 17,000 people living in these tents, this refugee camp. >> we've got several hundred thousand people here. it's like this in lebanon, like this in turkey, it's like this in jordan. this happens to be probably one of the better-run camps i've seen. >> by the end of 2014, we believe that up to 4 million or more syrians will have left their country. >> i hope you watch this. this is an important piece. don't miss "fox files" tomorrow 9:00 p.m. eastern here on fox

news channel. egypt's deposed president is back in a courtroom, but a health scare brings the trial to a halt. also, a newborn baby snatched from his home. wait till you hear about the suspect after cops say the crime was all in the family. and millions of americans might be able to keep their existing insurance plans for now. could that be a good move for obamacare or just politics? we'll have a fair and balanced debate here on the fox news channel. stay with us.

welcome back. time for a quick check of your headlines. there are crews working to get the lights back on around philadelphia. power still out for 150,000 homes and businesses after last week's brutal ice storm. line workers from other states also pitching in to help. it was a health scare for hosni mubarak. the u.s. picking up its first gold medal at the sochi

winter olympics. sage kotsenburg won in men's snowboarding slopes style. it is new. he wowed the crowd with a trick he never tried before. congratulations. growing concerns over yet another possible obamacare delay. this one could last three years. the white house is considering asking insurance companies to keep millions of americans on their existing health plans through 2016. so the question is, is this a wise move or is it political? let's bring in our political panel. we are still waiting on angela. david, we'll begin with you. do you see the president's plan as being more of a political solution to fix obamacare or is it something that could really work?

>> i think it could work and has to work. allowing young adults to stay on their parents' insurance until they are 26. medical care costs lowered by 5.7 million elderly. those with pre-existing conditions having access to care. president obama wants to make sure as he said his targets is 25 million to 30 million people to insurance and get off being uninsured, that those whose policies had been canceled or expired, that they find access to the affordable care act and all that it has to offer. i think we will see that and we have to transition them to actually getting enrolled in those exchanges. whether it's extending the policies they currently have or were on, we need to do that until we get them on the affordable care act exchange. >> that is a mouthful.

many people might find that a logical response, but angela, on the other side of this, is this just a political solution or something that the president should have done a long time ago? >> it's both. it's a political solution. that's what this administration has done. from day one with the passage of affordable care act, it was all political. in essence, we are seeing so many delays and a lot of people on the right are asking can the president actually continue augmenting the law as the law exists? does it take an act of congress to actually do all these delays? when you have to continuously delay, delay, delay, and also give waiver and other things, shouldn't we just start back from the beginning and delay the whole thing and make sure the law actually works? >> i'm reminded of the president when he first signed this into law, he said it's not a perfect

fix but we'll have to work on it as we go along. let's reflect on last october. not only did the poor functioning of the website cause major headaches in people trying to enroll in the program, but many had their policy being canceled or premiums significantly increasing. what assurance can people have that a delay of the individual mandate will keep insurance companies from raising prices again? >> what you see now is that there's at least 3 million people that have gotten through the exchanges, the affordable care act and its benefits. we've seen nearly 3 million young adults who didn't have health care now allowed to have it being on their parents' health care insurance. you have those denied coverage that now have coverage. with those in place, we can count on the administration and those that want to be part of

the solution and not part of the problem to make it more accessible for those uninsured to gain insurance. the republicans offered no fixes, no alternatives. we are moving forward to, in spite of the glitches that might occur or in spite of the obstruction from republicans, is to make sure in the end 25 to 30 million people have health care insurance that didn't have it before. >> david, you had several republicans that offered alternatives. the fact that the republicans did vote several times to repeal that, i think, politically that wasn't good for republicans or for the country. >> i agree. >> bottom line is we had our president tell us if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. if you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance. also that the affordable care act would cut the deficit. all of that has not been true.

when you have to keep going back to the drawing board and offer different delays and waiver to unions, david, who actually were on capitol hill lobbying for the affordable care act, he offered waiver to these organizations. at the end of the day, americans are still being hurt by a law noble in purpose, but flawed. >> let me get a question in here. what you're talking about is something a lot of people are talking about, the fact the president keeps changing this and it's already a law. the question that arises out of this possible delay is a breach of the constitution. >> that's the argument -- go ahead, sorry. >> it is not a breach of the constitution. the law was legislated and we now know it is the law of the land. then there's rule making and policy making from the agencies in implementing the law. that's when you have the rubber hitting the road. you are dealing with real

circumstances in applying the law. you have to adjust. what we have found is we need to adjust. adjustments have been made. more and more people are insured today. it has declined the number of those uninsured than last year. >> angela, final word. >> the question is again, can the president actually augment an existing law? that is the question. can he make changes to a law that already exists without the act of congress? i think not. >> angela and david, thank you both. >>. >> more people are getting back to work. the labor department's report for last month shows 113,000 new jobs were added and unemployment rate is at 6.6%, the lowest level since october 2008. but there aren't enough people celebrating. that's not nearly as many jobs

as were expected. plus more people stopped looking for work and wages are still depressed. elizabeth prann joining me now. >> you're right. there is a caveat to that 6.6%, that's the unemployment percentage rate as low as it was in 2008 because experts say overall work force participation has fallen. this shows a second straight month of stagnant statistics. last year's average monthly gain was close to 194,000. one of the more troubling trends is stagnant wages. it's an economy even the president says needs improvement. >> too many americans are working harder than ever just to get by let alone get ahead. that's been true since long before the reception hit. we've got to reverse those trends. we've got to build an economy that works for everyone, not just a fortunate few.

>> republicans say this report shows the middle class is getting squeezed. many of them pointing to the president's signature health care law, which they say is inflating government spending and rising health care costs. eric cantor responded about the report saying, "it underscores there remain as real crisis for the chronically unemployed in this country. it's too hard for many to find good jobs, wages are stagnant and it's harder to get ahead. americans deserve good jobs and should not settle for the new normal of extended unemployment and limited job prospects." wall street was unscathed from the unemployment report friday. investors sent stocks higher for the week after three straight weeks of losses. >> it has been a volatile market. take care, elizabeth. see you soon.

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bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. the ukraine beginning its investigation into friday's hijack attempt by a ukrainian man after he allegedly tried to divert a turkish airliner to sochi. the plane safely landed into istanbul. >> president obama saying he will action with or without congress to create jobs during his weekly radio address, saying he wants to revamp our nation's

jobs training program and create retirement savings programs. >> that winter storm continuing to bring inches of snow and ice from oregon to the midwest, but it could be good news for california and parts of the west suffering from severe droughts. the region expected to get hit with several inches of rainfall this weekend. >>. >> overseas and iran saying that it is resuming talks with the u.n. nuclear watch dog group. that news coming after the deal agreed on in november required tehran to take steps to restrain atomic activities. the talks allow the iaea to access iran's progress. it gives them more inside access to tehran's nuclear programs to see if they are trying to build, as suspected, an atomic bomb. joining me now, aaron david miller, former advisor to six secretaries of state, and now

vice president of the woodrow wilson center. every time i say that, aaron, it's an incredible accomplishment. thank you for being with us. >> you're too kind. >> no, you're too smart. we are in new territory here. iran wanted these sanctions lifted so bad it could taste it. they clearly had heard and now they are getting some relief, but are they giving everything they promised in return. >> i don't think you are going to get the full reveal with respect to what it is they're doing. it will be interesting to see what the iaea concludes on the basis of these inspections and their visit to tehran. i suspect iranians will try to hold some stuff back. if they want to get to the next stage, they have to adhere scrupulously to the interim agreement. it's a cat and mouse game. if we are looking for incredible certainty and the assurance that the iranians have permanently shelved their nuclear weapons

aspirations, i wouldn't be sleeping at night. i think six months from now you'll have a better sense of whether or not a comprehensive deal is possible. i suspect it will require at least another six before you can fully answer that question. bottom line here is very clear to me. the iranians are not going to abandon the theoretical possibility that they at some point could break out and weaponize. since you can't do a brainwash, if they want to do it, they basically probably by now within the next three months probably will have the capacity to do it. >> it's hard to tell how much north korea is meddling or encouraging in the background. i've said it on the air that iran scares me.

it would seem with the new president it would be a game-changer, has it been? >> i'm thinking more transaction. it's a business proposition, not a transformation. the reality is it is the supreme leader who ultimately will decide. whether or not this final agreement can be negotiated or whether or not he gives an authorization, the political decision to go ahead and actually produce a weapon. rouhani, i expect is sincere in this because he reflects the refo refor reformative attitudes. >> the people want food, too. when you have a leader in charge that has aspirations of nuclear weapons, which clearly they do, there is another game changer, i think. that is that president obama said no matter what, he will veto any additional sanctions on

iran, at least during this six month trial period. i don't remember in the past, you would know, have presidents come out like that and said in advance that they will not allow further sanctions? >> whether that is precedent or not, i don't know. you have a president, frankly, more convinced that his legacy such as it is, really is about the middle class. not about the middle east. last thing he needs or wants, frankly, is the kind of foreign policy issue that could lead to military action, either by the israelis or to force him to make good on his own commitments to stop the iranians from producing a bomb. i suspect it's an effort to test the proposition that he can prevent the iranians from crossing that threshold without using military force. at the end of the day, however, let's be clear. this man can also not afford to be remembered as the american

president that allowed iran to fundamentally cross the nuclear threshold on his watch. he's used military force before. he doesn't want to. he'll go to extreme lengths to avoid it. in the end, if the iranians are stupid and they push forward and accelerate and there is no diplomatic deal, somebody's going to take military action. most likely the israelis and obama may well in the end decide he has no alternative, as well. >> i'm glad you brought that up. colonel north was on our air shortly ago and brought up an interesting concept. the one that really seems to be in limbo is israel. they are unclear whether or not we remain the strong ally we were under the obama administration. this is a proposition that colonel north mentioned. i wanted to ask you about it. let's listen. >> i see israel aligning itself with saudi arabia because the israelis believe the united

states will not support them in dealing with an iranian nuclear weapon. >> what do you think? >> no question there is an indirect coincidence of interest. certainly on iran. the irony is that, frankly, the saudis and the israelis are much closer in terms of tactics and ultimate strategy on the iranian issue than we are with either of our two closest allies right now in the middle east. clearly our closest ally israel. the saudis have major problems with the israelis on any number of issues. i'm not sure we are looking at an overt honeymoon between the king of saudi arabia and prime minister of israel. it is an interesting reflection about the u.s. role. >> and the fact israel has to consider every option to keep itself from any nuclear strength of iran. i have to leave it there, aaron. sorry. promise you'll come back though. >> i will. >> thank you so much. this is such an important issue.

>> sure. we have new details on a baby boy kidnapped from his wisconsin home. the infant was found alive and well in a plastic storage crate outside an iowa gas station during frigid temperatures yesterday. the suspect kirsten smith pretended to be pregnant then stole her half sister's baby. all of this severe winter weather has caused a real emergency healthwise. the recent snowstorms forced the cancellations of nearly a thousand blood drives in 33 states. the red cross is saying they are desperately in need of blood donations. among the worst shortages, type o-negative, the universal blood

type. this is a good story to get out there, brian. >> it is. it's been snowstorm after ice storm after snowstorm in january causing propane gas shortages and salt shortages, now a nationwide blood shortage. the wintry mess and freezing temperatures keeping potential donors at home causing 33,000 lost blood and platelet donations. that is equivaleakwifequivalent cross closing its doors for two days. it can be used during emergency situations when a patient's blood type is unknown. with more snow expected to hit tomorrow, the new york blood center is trying to make sure area hospitals are stocked. >> what we like to do is keep five days of inventory of all blood types. we dipped below two for type o-negative which is when the flags go up. i would say now we are entering recovery stage. because people have responded as well as they did yesterday and today, if we get a good push

through the weekend, we'll be back up to where we want to be. >> bad weather is always an obstacle for blood drives. this year is one of the worst in recent memories. storms affecting connecticut and new york and far south as georgia and alabama. new york city mayor bill de blasio saying people can make a profound significance. >> you are saving someone's life. it's really important. especially in times of need like this. i get the e-mails and text messages saying we have a shortage. that's why i come in. >> if you can donate, you should. blood donated in one location can be sent to places nationwide where there is a greater need. >> brian, thank you. a major merger could be coming up for two top airlines. what could that mean for passengers at hub cities? could they be the ones paying

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. two huge airlines joining forces to become an even bigger airline. us airways and american pushing for the biggest merger ever. could it cause headaches for frequent fliers?

cleveland after it emerged with united, daily departs fell from 200 flights per day to 72. gary, good to have you join us today. >> thank you. >> these mergers, they are good for the companies. are they good for the consumer? >> i can tell you the airline merger so far with precedent have not been good for the consumer. all we've seen over the last few years as fewer and fewer airlines, prices going up, less routes out there and just the consumers got hit because of it. try getting a flight within three days of having to somewhere. it is almost double where it was three, four, five years ago. it only worsens as we are down to a handful now of big airlines. >> we were talking about united going into this. united/continental deal that took place in 2010 and how it

adversely affected the people of cleveland. especially those working there. 199 daily departures it once had dropping down to 72. that's had a tremendous negative effect on workers there. now ohio is losing some 400 to 500 jobs. is that the true spirit of a merger? >> you know it's important when you have the governor trying to talk united out of doing this. to be fair, any business mergers, they are looking to wring out excesses as well as whether they have too many people, too many buildings, too many plants in order to get efficiencies. in the airline industry, for me, it's becoming a little too monopolized in there are not a lot of airlines and not a lot of routes. here in orlando, there are cities where there is only one direct flight from orlando and prices are very high. not the greatest thing to see.

i think the airlines did what they had to do is use this leverage. unfortunately, affects the consumer. with this new merger, all i keep thinking about is philadelphia and phoenix and charlotte because that is where usair is. those are the places that could get hurt the most. >> don't forget about pittsburgh either. >> that was usair many years ago lost that hub. >> that's right. as we continue to see these mergers take place, particularly this one, and there was resistance against this taking place to begin with. now they've come back full circle and look close to getting this done. how do you stop this? how do you move forward to say let's not have a monopolization of our airline industry. >> first off, deal is basically done.

with the american airlines deal, i went to the justice department once and they backed away and said you have to do different things, give up certain gates back and forth. finally the deal did get done. not much good comes of any business businesses contracting and moving people from one place to another or getting rid of people. in cleveland there are 400, 500 people out of jobs. city of cleveland are goingo try to find other things for them. at least they will try. not much good comes of this. we've been seeing this throughout history where companies get rid of a lot of people. it's not just the airline industry. it's about everybody else out there. >> exactly. governor john kasich said it so well he would try to work with united to get them to change their decision. doesn't look like that is going to happen. gary, thank you for joining us. we'll continue to follow the fallout. thank you. >> my pleasure. my favorite story of the day. you can eat everything you want

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i'm going to say it with a straight face. here is an excuse to give up your diet today and maybe tomorrow. new research finds the secret to losing weight, it could be to keep healthy eating habits on week days and then totally break the rules on the weekends. let's find out if it's true. dr. david samati, a member of the fox news medical a-team looking trim and fit as always. >> how many people are going to believe jamie for getting all your habits. do you think she is going to let it go on weekends? >> i'm going to ask you because this is a real study. this is for real, folks. >> scientifically this is a stu study. what they are looking at is the secret to losing weight is to really run a tight ship during the week.

>> how tight? >> make sure you do it very slowly. think about losing weight as a real journey, as a race that every day, the ones that did really well started off really well on monday. think of it as a nascar race. the flag goes down on monday morning. you just want to have a great start. go slow on tuesday and wednesday. when is the lowest weight? friday night. when is the highest weight? sunday evening. that that's the worst. during the week you have a schedule. everyone is on a tight schedule. during the weekends you let the guards down. you are going to gain the weight back. >> unless you're us and your weekend is a week day. i was looking at the cameras if you are going to reach back and tell me what you think. oh, i'm over here. the thing is it makes sense. if you are good five days a week and you blow it two days a week, you're still better than you are to be bad every day of the week.

how good is good? are you saying starve yourself five days? >> not at all. a quick fix is a wrong approach. do it very, very slowly. there is going to be fluctuations. one of the great things about this is weigh yourself every morning before breakfast. you will see fluctuations. that's okay. as long as the curve is slowly coming down during the week, that's what we want for you. on the weekends, you can have fun and go out with your friends. watch out what you're eating and prepare yourself for monday morning again. i think it's a great study. it increases eating healthy, watch what you put in, the calories. you talk about alcohol. that's always a big problem on weekends. overall it's a great study. >> the operator of camera three is doing shoulder presses or bicep curls.

i don't know if you're telling us exercise is important. what did you have for breakfast? >> we talked on sunday about the importance of exercise, eating healthy, fruits and vegetables. we'll emphasize again tomorrow. every day counts. just watch every bit of it. if you loet it go, that's when you are going to gain a lot of weight. >> i can see this study being good in terms of giving you a psychological edge, a motivational edge. i worked hard all week to lose weight. you talk about fluctuations. for some people it's peaks and valleys. the bottom line is it gives that you psychological edge to say i'm going to splurge tonight, hang out and do the right thing the rest of the week. >> that is the big message coming out of this. we want you to pay attention to what you're eating. this study tells you every day counts. don't let it go. just because it's weekend, don't go after the fried food and beer and other things. watch it because monday is payback time. >> you said it's a journey, a marathon not a sprint. >> well said.

>> watch sunday "house call" tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. we'll see you then. that's going to do it for us. i'm jamie colby. >> i'm kelly wright. >> bye-bye. \ ds

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