>> an amber alert spanning three states as police search for a missing missouri girl. >> 10-year-old haley owens abducted in front of her house in the middle of the afternoon. kelly wright is here with the latest. >> good morning ainsley and heather. this can be described as a very brazen act. it happened around 4:45 late afternoon. a little girl plucked from in front of her own home. police quickly responding and even getting a suspect in custody. they even tweeted suspect has vehicle located in south springfield, abducted girl remains missing. the big question now is where is halil hailey owens? an amber alert has been extended to oklahoma and kansas. >> we have no reason to believe

it has anything to do with any other crime in the area you. from what we are understanding this is a random act from what we can tell. >> police found the struck and the suspect as i mentioned but they haven't found little haley. it is puzzling. families are keeping a closer watch on their children while they pray for hailey's family. >> hopefully they find her. hopefully it is quick enough. you guys were on the scene pretty quick. hopefully she finds her child. i don't even know how that would feel. >> a lot of parents don't know how that would feel. she was last seen with blue jean schurtz and purple sandals. she is 5 foot 2 and weighs about 90 pounds. they have not released any information about young hailey

owens. a lot of parents are wondering what's happening in that neighborhood. >> glad you are telling the story this morning. hopefully we can do our part in finding hailey and they bring her home safely. brand new information for you this morning coming out in the daily mail revealing the so-called craig's list killer just started giving the investigators the exact locations of her alleged crimes. they were standing by to stake action if the details match up with any unsolved murder. she killed 22 people in cold blood across the country. 919-year-old is currently behind bars for the death of a man she met on craig's list. she is facing the death penalty. president obama's plan to raise the minimum wage could cost hundreds of thousands of jobs according to a brand new report. elizabeth prann is live in washington with a potential impact on you as a worker.

the president remaining steadfast despite the fact that the presidential report said it would wcost the nation roughly 500,000 jobs. >> in the state of the union address i said it might be a year of action. i meant it. in the last three weeksive required federal contractors to pay their employee wages 10,10 an hour. we believe in a high her minuaw higher minimum wage. >> with unemployment american's top concern our focus should be creating not destroying jobs to need them most. on one hand they said it could increase by 60 million people others say it will come at a price. companies will need to cut jobs because more money will be

needed to be spent on wages. >> this is a transfer of wealth from some low income earners to other low income earners. of course it is so obvious, it is not rocket science. some will be better off and make more but others will loose all of their income and loose the first step on the ladder which is employment. it's a high price. council of economic advisors told reporters said the office's estimate of potential job lost might be too high and it does not look at all of the economy. >> elizabeth prann, thank you very much. it is time for "look who is talking." >> karl rove explains why obamacare kills jobs. kathleen sebelius claims there is no evidence that the healthcare law leads to job

losses. >> her statement appears to ignore the new report findings. rove appeared on the record and explained why sebelius is wrong. it says between now and 2024 between 2 million to 2 and a half million equivalent full-time jobs would be lost because of the volunteer in reductions in the effect of marginal tax rates in the program. in other words, it's a design of the subsidies in the affordable care act discourages people from working more. the head of the cbo says this is an implicit tax on additional work. it will mean 2 to 2 and a half million full-time workers are gone by 2013. that's only the start of the bad news. she should read it. might be entertaining reading. those are not employed at all because of the affordable care act and people working fewer

hours as a result of the affordable care act. the cbos had a not tried to quantify these two from the over all effect. we can see the effect of this in sort of a big way by comparing 2012 to 2013. this is work done by grace marie turner published last august in 2012 for every six full-time workers in america there was one part-time job created. in 2013 as the affordable care act came into play and came into force there was one full-time worker for every four part-time workers that created part-time jobs last year. in other news scary moments on a flight from san francisco to hong kong. nine people were hurt when the cafe pacific airway as the plane hit severe turbulence over japan. some people were thrown out of their seats and then they hit

the over head bin. 6 passengers were taken to the hospital after the jet landed in hong kong. one passenger said it felt like being on a roller-coaster. that comes as the passengers from united airlines flight to montana are speaking out about the severe turbulence that sent five people to the hospital monday. >> there was a lot of screaming and a lot of hollering and things like that going on. they were some what panicked. >> one crew member still hospitalized after being thrown around the cabin. >> the head of the transit authority is stepping down after a chaotic nightmare. they led the president for four years. critics say the officials underestimated how many fans would be using the big game.

>> president obama is announcing his next stage of the fuel efficiency standard the national highway safety administration to develop and issue a new set of rules on fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards by march 31st, 2016. the new rules would apply to medium and heavy duty vehicles. >> remember when this video of a high school basketball player with down syndrome went viral? now kevin gross sharp shooting skills has earned him a spot on the philadelphia 76ers. the team signing him with a ceremonial 2 day contract complete with a jersey and a chance to patch pregame warm-ups against the cleveland cavaliers. he deserved it for sure. eight minutes after the top of the hour. time for the first degree

weather. finally a warm-up. >> maybe but they come with a danger also. maria molina has more on that. >> the warm-up in the east is going to be short lived because we actually expect temperatures to feel more winter like as we head into later this month. for now a warm-up is in store for us. feels much better across parts of the northeast. highs expected to reach mid 40's across places like new york city. in washington, d.c. the forecast to make it into the 60s parts of georgia and the carolinas into the 70s. we are looking at flooding concerns across parts of the northeast. we continue to see a lot of snow frozen over across much of the region. it will be producing rapid snow melt as we head into today and into your friday. as we stay warm through friday expect to see localized flooding across the region as the snow quickly melts. otherwise kentucky making it into the 60s friday.

this warm air will be setting the stage for possible severe weather on thursday and also on friday. very widespread. damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes will be possible. heather and ainsley with the same system we are expecting winter weather to return to the midwest coming up tonight and tomorrow with significant snow and very strong winds. a blizzard catch already in effect. >> so a tease is what you are saying. >> a little bit of a relief but enjoy it. >> a decade before they issue a recall. one major auto maker may have known about serious problems. lauren simonetti is here to explain this. >> a new lawsuit claims that general motors knew of an ignition switch problem in the chevrolet cobalt back in 2004, that's a decade before it issued a recall for the switch that could shut off the engine while driving. gm says it knew of at least 6

deaths in 5 cobalt crashes where air bags failed because of the switch issue. if the doorbell rings it might be capitol one, the bank. capitol one debt collectors have a right to come to a person's homes and jobs. it doesn't want to raise insect among the customers but according to the language some customers recently integrated into capital one. the workers can contact in any manner we choose and such contact can include, calls, e-mails, or personal visits. >> remember the recall of meat, 9 million pounds of meat potentially diseased? nestle may have been affected by that and is recalling two of the hot pockets philly steak and philly steak and meat cheese.

ladies, back to you. >> thank you so much lauren simonetti. the time is 11 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up would you let a teacher spank your child so hard it will make a mark? this will actually help parents one lawmaker says. how rescuers saved a woman and her dog trapped at the bottom of that hole. as we go to the break the new national average of gas is $3.37. it says here that a won's sex drive increases at the age of 80.

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35 people dead hundreds more injured in a fresh waive of bloody street battles. police moving into a protest camp with stun grenades. they have lit fire to create a barricade. the rioters have no clear demands but they keep pushing for the president's nation. all of this happening in the shadow of the sochi limb bic olympics. >> three police officers now on administrative leave while officials investigate the death of a man outside of an oklahoma movie theater. officers pepper sprayed him and handcuffed him following a fight in the parking lot. the man's wife and daughter who were there they say police beat him and they reported it waswit cell phone camera. a mass murderer who killed 77 people during a bombing and shooting rampage three years ago

is now whining how he is being treated behind bars. he says his prison life is hell he wants new video games and a soft chair. if he doesn't get it he will go on a hunger strike. outrage after an honor guard is caught in a disrespectful photo in front of a casket draped in the american flag. one member of the wisconsin national guard even receiving death threats after she posted the photo on-line with the caption putting the fun in funerals. that soldier was suspended from the funeral honors detail. they are investigating. >> it is time now to brew on this. a kansas lawmaker wants to allow parents to hit their children harder. gail finney is proposing a law that would let parents, teachers

and child care providers spank children hard enough to leave a mark. she says this didn't about child abuse but about proper parenting. many disagree. >> 20, 30 years ago we didn't sit in car seats but we do now. we have research that has shown it is less effective than time-outs it leads to aggressive behaviors with the child. >> current laws in kansas allow pankings that don't leave marks. they have banned it all together. >> is spanking just fine or over the line. you can e-mail fox friendsfirst@foxnews.com. we will read some of those later in the show. >> it is 18 minutes after the top of the hour. we will take you inside the flight academy for a look at the training.

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>> welcome back. more bad news on a river contamination in north carolina. waste water contaminated with arsenic. it is flowing into a river that is already contaminated from a massive spill earlier this month. the latest spill coming from pipes coming from a cold ash duct in a plant. it contains arsenic at levels 14 times that is considered safe for human contact. >> terrifying sight for passengers on a jet as they

watch a deicing truck slam into the wing of their plane. this happened as they were if to take off at logan airport. they got off the plane safely and book another flight. >> a terrifying moment a speeding train plows right into a car stuck on the tracks with a driver behind the wheel. it spins out of control were smashing into a pole. she lost traction trying to make a turn on the snow. she walked away with only bumps and bruises. >> she is okay? >> crews rescue a woman and her dog from that massive sink hole in her backyard. she fell into this 20-foot hole when she was in the backyard. neighbors heard her scream and they called police. both she and the dog were not

hurt. crews don't know how the sink roll formed. >> couple of lucky people. >> the best of the best american airlines is hiring hundreds of pilots over the next five years. casey seigel takes us inside the training center in fort worth texas with a young man who wants to fly for a very special reason. >> as a kid i wanted to be a police officer or pilot. >> for tom pilot was at the top of his list when he was growing up. it was already in his blood. >> i have been a part of the american airlines family for my entire life. >> his father proudly downed the aa uniform. until the morning our country was shaken to its core and tom's prosecutor had to give the inconceivable news. >> when she came to my school the only thing she could tell me was jesus called daddy home. >> his dad was the co pilot of american airlines flight 11 the first hijacked plane that hit

the world trade center. >> from that foinlt fopoint for decided i wanted to be a pilot. >> one of 1500 new pilots america is looking to hire over the next five years. this is the first time american has launched a hiring blitz since september 11th. the reason, new routes due to the u.s. airways merger a large number of up coming pilot retirements and a fast expansion of the fleets. >> we are receiving over one airplane a week right now. >> tom can't wait to get behind the real controls knowing his father is smiling down. >> i really think that he would be proud. >> the academy runs 11 weeks or so. first is classroom training then they work in these by ant airplane simulators you see back

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>> good morning. >> i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> an amber alert spanning three states as police are searching for a missing missouri girl. >> 10-year-old hailey owens was abducted from the front of her home in the middle of the afternoon. kelly wright is here with the latest on the story. >> it has been a difficult night for the family of that 10-year-old girl. so far is baffling case and here is why. suspect in vehicle located in south springfield abducted girl remains missing. they urge people to be on the

lookout for a man grabbed her in front of her own home and took her away in a gold pickup truck. the amber alert has been extended through missouri, oklahoma and kansas. >> she was last seen wearing blue jean shorts and purple sandals. she is 5 foot 2 and weighs about 90 pounds. they are praying for her and her safe return home. >> hopefully it is quick enough. you were here quickly on the

scene. >> if you have seen hailey at all call them if you have information leading to her whereabou whereabout whereabouts. >> kelly wright joining us with the latest. a brand new report with the craig's list killer just started giving investigators the exact locations of her alleged crime. fbi agents are looking into it. >> she says she killed 22 people in cold blood. she is facing the death penalty for the craig list killing. >> two border patrol agents were trying to stop two people suspected of crossing the mexican border illegally. a third man started throwing

rocks at the agent one hit him in the head. fearing for his life the agent shot and killed a man. the two other suspects were arrested. president obama's plan to raise the minimum wage could cost hundreds of thousands of jobs. according to a brand new report. doug luzader is live in washington with the potential impact on workers. good morning, doug. >> eliminate jobs or stop creating them? that's the question they asked. 10.10 the president thinks the minimum wage should be. they figured out 16 and a half million people would see higher wages. that's the good news. the bad news is about 500,000 jobs would be eliminated as a result of that higher wage. the white house yesterday scrambled to respond on the same day the president had once again defended his higher wage.

requires them to pay 10.10 because we believe in a higher minimum wage. >> they held a conference call with reporters saying the analysis was wrong that no jobs would be eliminated. that was the most likely sken yar no. many conservatives say it is simple economics. >> it is not rocket science. some will be better off and make more but ores are a-- but other going to loose everything. they are going to i say miss the first step on the ladder. it is a high price. >> at a time when job creation has been lackluster at best. the president thinks on balance this is a good issue for them heading into the november

elections. >> job loss is never a good thing. >> what do you think is the most important problem facing this country today? a gallup poll says americans have a new number one. 23 percent of people say unemployment is their top concern. the government, politicians topped the list since the government shut down in october. government now down to number 3 on the list. prior to that the economy number one going back to 2008. >> a california lawmaker wants to extend tax payer funded healthcare to illegal immigrants. it extends the coverage to the uninsured by creating a new health exchange where undocumented people can get obamacare. the >> scary moments on a flight from san francisco to hong kong.

the plane hit turbulence they flew out of their seat and hit the over head bin. two crew members six passengers were taken to the hospital after the jet landed in hong kong. one passenger said the turbulence felt like being on a roller-coaster if you can image that. this time there are people speaking out about the severe turbulence they experienced and sent five people to the hospital on monday. >> there was a lot of screaming and hollering going on. people were some what panicked. >> one crew member still hospitalized after being thrown around the cabin. the plane has been taken out of service while the faa investigates. a notorious new york city principal is fired. the fur loving leader of the

elementary school marcellus hills is accused of a collecting a paycheck for showing up late to work and leaving early. according to the report she spent tax payer dollars to redecorate her office and order cater meals while students lacked basic supplies and services. still the principal of is no longer assigned to the school. happening today jill biden joivening forces with george w. bush. their goal to form a united effort in communities across the country to provide resources for families as they transition back to civilian life. >> we are just about two weeks away from springing forward with daylight-savings time. but one state is looking to make the change permanent. they are looking at a bill that would seek time on daylight

savings year-round. supporters say this would be good for farmers in the state as well as the school. >> spring is around the corner, guys. don't worry if it is too cold out there for you. i am hearing a warm-up. >> not sure about that because the temperatures could also bring tornadoes. maria molina has more on this. >> can you just stop with the good news? >> i wish i could. unfortunately when you see warm temperatures ahead of a strong storm system developing across the plains you have the ingredients in place for severe weather outbreak. that's what we are expecting thursday into friday across many areas. that of course is the warm-up. take a look at portions of the northeast into the 40's even across the midwest. chicago in the 40's as we head into the afternoon and 50 degrees friday. it will be mild but it will allow the snowfall to accumulate

across the areas. it will continue to melt. here's a look at the areas that could be looking at severe weather as we head into your thursday. this will be isolated tornadoes into louisiana and parts of ohio and even some of michigan. it is very widespread. by friday that storm system will be heading east and we will be seeing severe weather across parts of the mid atlantic and also into the southeast. otherwise winter storm warnings across parts of the midwest. we have significant snow expected and strong winds. >> a little mix of everything. it is 20 minutes to the top of the hour. the baseball diamond looking another like a boxing ring. what started the bench clearing

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>> welcome back to "fox & friends first". want to show you live pictures at this hour. this is kiev the capital of the ukraine burning. 25 people, 25 are dead. hundreds more injured in a fresh wave of bloody street battles. overnight the police begin to a proi test camp. the writers have no clear demands. they keep pushing for the

president's resignation. all of this happening in the shadow of the winter olympics. joe biden called the president of the ue train and urged him to exercise restraint. >> what is next for the union. they are trying to organize at the volkswagon plant. the uaw could shift focus all together dropping the auto and moving on to government casinos and higher education. >> it is business 101. have a marketing problem? just change your name. now common core is doing just that. amihdhar-criticism for parents among educational standards states across the country are rebranding. iowa referring to it as iowa

core. >> a lot of people agree with that. do you like your soda if you are in illinois they want to tax it. proposed bill would add 1 penny to every ounce of battled and canned sugary drink. a chicago lawmaker is behind the idea saying attacks on sugary drinks will save the state money by taxing people toward healthier juices. at this point it has not done any further. >> department of homeland security pushing a new plane to track drivers to combat crime. it is raising privy concerns. lori is joining us now. >> good morning to you. if the government gets its way you may know the next time you drive to the grocery store or pick your kids up at school. they reportedly want to form a national license plate recognition data base. the goal is to help fugitive illegal immigrants and criminals in general. but it is raising concerns that it would be nothing more than a

huge infringement of privacy and everyday folks could be kr scrutinized. it would call together 1 billion records but it isn't clear on what safeguards would be used. they would only say the data base could be acc ongoing criminal investigation or to locations. they ban the data bases to put together on the state or local level. this data base asked for by home land is on the national level. with that ainsley i will send it back to you. >> thank you so much, lauren. >> thank you. >> 10 minutes to the top of the hour a mother going to extremes why she didn't want her son to buy this t-shirt. they are sold out at one store. >> the frightening odds of winning the power ball jackpot.

why you are more than likely to get struck by lightening. there's still a chance. >> i do believe you should go outside and get struck by lightening. that will be a bigger chance of you winning. i don't play the lottery. i am against it. we are going to talk about that in the break. coming up on "fox & friends." former host of dirty jobs, he is here to talk about the beauty and magic of working for a living and how it helps our economy. micro has a very deep voice. scare in the sky. turbulence tosses passengers out of their seats. what you need to know to stay in your seats to have that happen. we have airplane seats here i think we should use it instead of the house. tony danza talks about return from broadway. i went through it. i will give him advice. zoom out and throw in the animation. i have to go.

after taking to twitter last week to rant against teenage jonathan martin the man at the center of the miami dolphins bullying scandal offers a big apology. he was back on twitter. a report released last week confirms incognito and martin bullied martin and others. he's been suspended from the team indefinitely. an outraged mother in utah deciding to take a stand against a store's display of indecent t-shirts. judy cox says she was shopping with her teenage son at pac sun when she spotted a display of t-shirts showing nearly naked woman. she asked the clerk to take

the display down and he refused. that's when the mom bought all the shirts. she is planning to return them at the end of the 60-day return policy for a full refund. >> being lonely later in life is two times likely -- more likely to kill you than being overweight. feeling isolated tend to disrupt sleep, raise blood pressure and cause other health problems. >> the powerball jackpot heading above $400 million. it is the fourth-largest jackpot in powerball's history so what are your odds of winning. anna kooiman with everything you need to know before buying that ticket, including the winning numbers; right, anna? >> yeah. a single winner would end up with about $230 million. that's a pretty nice chunk of change. the odds of winning about 1 in 175 million.

contrary to popular belief, the odds of winning don't change as the jackpot escalates and they change very little even if you buy ten tickets instead of one. in fact, you have a better chance of being struck by lightning, dying from a snake bite or having an asteroid hit the earth. you may want to take up golf instead. the odds of acing a hole with any giving golf swing, 1 in 33,000. those who have won before suggest picking your own numbers instead of using the quick pick ticket option. according to a seven-time lottery winner, there is no magic method to picking your numbers. what if you don't win the big one? not to worry. more than 1,000 ticket holders have won secondary prizes since 2012. but i want that $230 million. don't you? >> of course. >> we always want it all. but the secondary prizes aren't necessarily chump change. thank you. >> would you let a teacher

spank your child hard enough to leave a mark? your comments are pouring in. we'll share some of them. >> good news for ladies. there is proof that chivalry isn't dead.

three minutes till the top of the hour. before you leave the house here's what's happening today. a search underway in three states now for ten-year-old halley owens abducted outside her home in springfield, missouri, yesterday afternoon. you have seen her call 911. nestle recalling hot pockets linked to tainted meat, the philly steak and cheese and croissant philly steak and cheese. >> tonight is the powerball, the prize

$230,000. >> chivalry is not dead. most men still pay for women on the first date. next the bad. caught on camera. the moment when a speeding snowplow slams a mountain of snow into that new york city restaurant. the impact shattering windows, hurt customers and cost $50,000 worth of damages. finally the ugly, a brawl erupts at baseball game in cuba after a player gets hit by a pitch. the player grabs his bat and hit the pitcher in the head. >> time for brew on this responses. we told you about the kansas politician proposing a law that allows parents, teachers and child-care providers to spank children hard enough to leave a mark. she says it is about proper parenting. we asked is red welt spanking fine or over the line. >> shane says spanking, yes. bruising, no. there is a line between

punishment and abpwaoufplts abpwaoufplts -- and abuse. >> sure shot tweeted us, i agree with the bill. i got spanked with marks and it taught me to be a grown-up. thanks to everyone who responded. >> have a great day. "fox & friends" starts now. bye. good morning. it's wednesday, february 19. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. the president set to sign another executive order today. seems like a lot has changed since his campaign. >> george bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through congress at all. and that's what i intend to reverse when i'm president of the united states of america. >> is that a double standard? we report. you decide. >> meanwhile, another scare in the sky as severe turbulence throws passengers right out of their seats. this morning the simple way you can save your child's lives. we've got