it is a brand new warning for travelers this morning. >> marianne rafferty is here with what we need to know. >> it is aimed at international flights coming into the u.s. from overseas. they are warning airlines to be extra cautious. they are asking them to expand the use of flobing which picks up extra residue. >> it comes from the nsa, usually an intercept of perhaps a cell phone conversation. they are saying they have credible intelligence but there's no specific threat to any region or airport. while it is not said to be connected to the olympics it raises eyebrows. >> there has been more chatter to begin with because of the olympics. now what you are seeing is not only an increased amount of

chatter but increased awareness among law enforcement since all of this stuff has been going on. >> just before the olympics explosives could be smuggled on flights to russia in toothpaste tubes. in 2001 shoe bomber richard reid try to bomb a plane with bomb material in his shoes. a person is charged with kidnapping and killing hailey owens. craig wood was arrested several hours after hailey was abducted from outside of her springfield, missouri house on tuesday. her body was found in the basement of his house. she had been shot. woods worked as a teacher's aid and a football coach for the local school district for the last 16 years. the community in shock this

morning. >> he was quiet, calm. i was in complete shock when i saw him on there. it is extremely sad to know that he would do something like that to a 10-year-old little girl. >> wood is being held without bond and could face the death penalty. neighbors plan to leave their porch lights on for the rest of the week in remembrance of little hailey. two former navy seals found dead on a ship that's at the center of the captain phillips sag bau. the two men identified as jeffery reynolds and mark kennedy both 44 years old were working as security contractors aboard the maersk alabama. how they died is not yet known but officials say there's no evidence of foul play. terrifying moments when a church floor crumbles beneath the feet of children in mississippi. they gathered for a youth group meeting in the room on the second floor when all of a sudden the floor gave way

sending dozens of those youth members down 12 feet. >> the floor collapsed and people collapsed with it. >> 15 people were injured. none of those injuries appear life threatening. new overnight for you, a tru troops in ukraine. he and protestors have agreed to terms. this morning a fresh round of violence. we are live in washington with the latest. good morning we have an update for you. we have an alert that president aid is meeting with the european foreign ministers. it was supposed to happen earlier but shortly after the president called a truce clashes between his security forces and anti government protestors erupted again in the capital city of kiev.

they ki it killed 28 people and injured hundreds others. protestors say there is more dead in the violence. >> oo the president says the sichlt strong-- the u.s. strong condemns the bloodshed. >> we are watching carefully and expect the ukrainian government to show restraint, to not resort to silence in dealing with peaceful protestors. there will be consequences if people step over the line. >> experts predict a president could threaten ukrainian leaders with sanctions if they don't stop the violence. critics argue he hasn't followed through with his threats in the past. >> nobody believes that. listen to what he said. he called on the government not to resort to violence. in the next sentence he calls on the demonstrators to be responsible. much the same way as in august 2008 when russia invaded georgia he called on both the

russian side and georgian side to exercise the strength. they say the seal is over. the violent was sparked after the president rejected a wide reaching trade deal with the european union in favor of stonger ties wi-- stronger ties with russia. >> see if he follows through this time. as pressure was building to make a decision on the keystone pipeline the project hits a new snag. a nebraska judge striking down the law that allows the pipeline to run through the state. it would carry oil from canada to texas refineries. it guarantees a legal fight that could last months. the state plans to appeal. a massive pileup closed parts of the interstate for hours. a chain reaction crash involved

50 cars and trucks. they were investigating but saying rain falling on broken ground -- frozen ground created massi massive pileups. it left 30 people injured. drivers let's go to maria molina to track the first degree weather forecast. >> we could be looking at slippery roadways as we head into tonight into tomorrow morning across portions of new england and thas early as this morning as we go through parts of the great lakes. that is part of the storm system that will produce significant snowfall up to a foot expected in minnesota, wisconsin and michigan. blizzard warnings in effect out here because we have wind gusts possible up to 50 miles per hour. that in combination with the snowfall will produce white out

conditions. ahead of this system where we have wavp televisioni -- warm t and humid conditions in mississippi to alabama damaging winds and large hail and isolated tornadoes could be possible today. that system goes tomorrow the southeast and the mid atlantic will be looking at areas of heavy rain and also the potential of severe weather. across the midwest some of the storms will produce heavy rain. flash flooding is a concern. temperatures very mild. 40, just shy of 50 actually in places like boston and new york city. in the 50's for boston and new york. well, it was one person waking up a whole lot richer this morning. is it you? the sole winning ticket was sold

in california. check the tickets. the numbers 17, 49, 54, 35, 1 and power ball number is 34. the lump sum payout $227.8 million. the gas station that sold the winning ticket gets $1 million. the birthday of 300,000 students and staff at the university of maryland now in the hands of criminals. this after a major hack exposes personal information of people who received school id cards. if you have had a card since 1998 you are affected. the school says it is working to determine how the breech happened. more fall jout from the bullyin scandal. they fired the line coach turner and kevin o'neil for their roles

in the scandal. ritchie incognito was suspended after rumors surfaced he was bullying a teammate. turner never attempted to stop the harassment and even participated in the taunting. pope francis dealing with sensitive issues today. he called the churches to roam for two-days of meetings dealing with the controversial church position on premarital sex, homosexuality and divorce and contraception. he will enstate 19 new cardinals and of those only 6 are from europe. marking his shift toward a more global catholic church. here is something to like. facebook signed a multi million dollar deal. loren simonetti has the fox news and other top business stories this morning. >> what a deal this is.

they are selling the app for 19 billion bigger than google or apple has ever made. facebook wants the audience teens and young adults the same audience that has been dippi dipping -- ditching facebook. they are sending the shares down as a result. if you want fast internet like 100 times faster than existing broadband, google the search giant is planning to have google fiber in 34 more cities atlanta, san jose, phoenix, portland as well as salt lake city. right now it is available in kansas city and missouri where the service costs about $70 a month. the goal of fiber is to compete with the cable and telecom giants comcast, at&t and verizon. the future is paying with your

phone. the tap to pay technology is making a big come back endorced master card and visa. with the technology built in android operating systems it can have wider use from businesses to retail stores with payment features into their android app. tap to pay will take off over the next few years as they have chip and pen readers that also conveniently come with text to pay technology. if there were any time to horde it, it is now. gallon of milk will hit record high rising $0.60 a gallon. the reason big demand around the world therefore they are shipping milk overseas. thank you, loren. a pro football player caught on camera dragging his unconscious fiancee out of an elevator. why they are both facing

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she regained consciousness at that point and both are charged with simple assault. >> it is the robin thick song that has students at boston university fired up. ♪ >> they have started an on-line petition to ban the blurred line singer from performing at an arena on campus. they claim his hit song promotes sexual abuse. >> rape victims write down the things said to them before during and after a rape and they are astonishingly similar to the words used. >> a spokesman says they respect the beliefs of the students but the concert will go on as scheduled. they plan to protest the night of the contest if thicke takes the stage.

>> some are saying the 21-year-old singer miley cyrus has gone too far. miley's team has been flooded with complaints and requests to cancel the rest of the racy tour with arenas even threatening to pull out the show. her management team working on an emergency plan to tone down the performance. >> the government is putting the media under the microscope. the study is meant to make sure the media is being fair. but is it going too far? we take a look from dc. ainsley and heather it is could have a chilling effect from free speech. >> whenever i hear the government going into a newsroom to do something other than deliver coffee i become

frightened. the government should not as a general rule be any part of journalism. >> that is exactly what the federal communications commission or fcc wants to do send investigators into television and radio stations to ask questions like, what is the new philosophy of the station, who decides which stories are covered. the purpose of the multi market study of critical information needs is to determine how media outlets pick their story whether there is a perceived as and how responsive stations are to under served populations. news of the projects so unnerved a group of house republicans they sent tom wheeler a letter saying it shows a startling disregard for the fed rock constitutional principles that prevent government intrusion into the press adding the commission has no business probing the news media's he had coreial judgment and ex piece. the news association of professional media information called the plans ill conceived

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>> it is thursday february 20th. bombs inside shoes, what it means for you when you fly. a warning before you do your taxes. someone might have already cashed them on your refund. the irs scams you want to know about. >> she wanted a bike for her third birthday. what she got instead may have been the best gift of her life. what was inside the box that will have you talking all day. "fox & friends first" starts right now.

♪ >> good thursday morning to you. always fun to report on thursdays and fridays. tail end of the week i am ainsley earhardt. >> thank you for joining us. it is half past the top of the hour. we start with a fox news alert. what we need to know about the new threats. >> good morning. looks like this will primarily effect international travel. however, people may start noticing it at airline checkpoints. if you are tired of taking off your shoes as you go through security that's not going to change any time soon. they are concerned about another shoe bomber a terrorist trying

to get it in a plane by hiding it in their shoes. there is no specific threats but it likely steps from if the government. >> it comes from if the national security agency the nsa. it's usually an intercept of perhaps a cell phone conversation. >> we have seen this threat before back in 2001 after the september 11th attack english man richard reid tried to hide explosives inside a shoe. the fuse would not ignite he was quickly subdued but airport security adapted to the new threat. this latest fear comes in the heels of another threat earlier this month connected to the winter olympics in russia. there was a threat of bomb

material inside of a tube of toothpas toothpaste. >> let's take a live look for you at kiev where gun shots can be heard less than a day after ukraine's president announced a cease fire. 11 more people are reported dead this morning including one policeman. dozens more are hurt. police firing grenades with fireworks and rocks. hundreds have been camped out since november hoping to keep the ukraine out to the west out of vladimir putin's grasp. youth group was gathered when the floor sudden will i gave way sending dozens plummeting 12 feet down. >> heard a huge rumble the floor collapsed and the floor collapsed with it. the man accused of killing 12

people inside a colorado movie theater has been ordered to undergo a second sanity evaluation. they found to be insane he would be -- if townfound to be insane would be committed to a psychological hospital. he is now pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. >> obamacare now getting a new ally planned parenthood. the abortion providing giant is paying hundreds of workers to canvas the streets and sign people up for obamacare. they are reaching 18,000 homes a day. people in california may soon get a chance to vote on splitting their state into six smaller ones. venture capital list given the green light that would put the measure on the ballot on 2016.

if he can get 807,000 names by july 18th the idea would go before voters. it would still have to get through congress. california residents would be better served by more localized state government. >> the company raising it's hourly rate here in the u.s. to $9 this year. that rate will increase to a minimum of $10 an hour in 20 1r5. president obama is applauding the company. they are urging them to keep it to 7.25 an hour instead of raising it to 10.10. the increase would lead to employers hiring fewer workers. that brings us to look who is talking. he explains the president's

proposal to rage the minimum wage. the group says if passed it would kill 500,000 jobs in 2016. we know the democrats like to redistribute income they pretend it is always from the rich to the door. when you raise the minimum wage you are redistributing income from one set of low income people to another set of low income people. the winners get a marginal advantage but the losers it is devastation. don't really think about this administration of robbing those who need help. that's why they have to run away from these numbers. here's one way that is being used to prevent flooding.

dynamite. controlled explosions being used to break up the frozen river so it doesn't flood as temperatures warm up. this is the first time the county has used explosives in years because of the harsh winter. >> speaking of warm weather around the most of the country will have warmer than normal temperatures. tell us what we can expect. >> we are tracking a sdoerm system. across portions of new england today we will see rain come down here and actually freeze once it touches the ground. we could be seeing freezing rain around new england and massachusetts even parts of up state new york. winter weather advisories are in effect venlt i mentioned heavy

snow behind the storm. parts of iowa and minnesota are waking up to blizzard warnings. up to a foot of snow is possible out here. on the warm part of the storm we have the risk factor in the midwest damaging winds large hail and tornadoes possible today. the atlantic could see flooding. the warm-up could produce ice jam flooding around rivers. up state new york looking at flash flood watches in effect. back to you. >> maria molina joining us. >> thanks, maria. >> seymour hoffmann a very unusual request for his son. he asked his son to be raised in new york city, chicago or san francisco so he could be exposed

to culture arts and ark erickcek tour. the will also asks if he couldn't be raised in any of these three cities he would visit them twice a year. he died of an apparent heroin overdose. >> justin timberlake wasn't up to putting on his suit and die last night. >> i love that song. the 2020 experience artist was forced to pull the plug on his show at new york city's madison square garden apparent lly due illness. he rescheduled the show tomorrow night. he will perform at tonight's sold out show as well. 39 minutes past the hour. a warning someone may have already cashed in on your refund check. the irs scams you need to know before you file. >> it wasn't classic cards

followed by the sink hole. why thousands of your tax dollars also disappeared. it

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>> a new report reveals it wasn't just classic cars swallowed by the sink hole. houses of your tax dollars are gone, too. they 80,000 dollars of simulators went through the floor with the 8 prized corvettes. the homeland security striked a license plate collection program. it would have given the government access to a

nationwide data base to a license plate tracking data. it was aimed at snatching illegal immigrants. critics argued those not under criminal suspicion could be targeted as well. >> groups are trying to get rid of dry clean only clothes. groups say the chemicals used by dry cleaners can be harmful to the environment as well as pose health risks to customers. the irs with tax scams is now officially out. the top trips to be weary of>> tax day is april 14th less than two months away and the irs is out with an annual warning. topping the list again this year identity theft scammers are stealing social security numbers

and other personal information and using it for a refund. >> 60 percent of americans do pay someone to do taxes and if the accountant does something sketchy you are still legally responsible. scammers impersonating organizations should have a check or credit card to be cheated. don't get pushed into making unreasonable claims or take ridiculous deductions get the fullest of the tax scams on the web site. d bottom line if it's too good to be true it probably is. now it is time to take a look at who is talking. this morning former president

george w. bush is talking about what he misses most about being president. >> a lot of people ask me do what do i miss motion about t-- most about the president? the answer is no. i miss the people i served with. i miss air force one. in eight years they never lost my baggage. >> in eight years. that's a good record. >> it is 46 minutes after the top of the hour. one mcdonald workers not loving it. why buying lunch for firefighters cost her her job. >> first let's check in with steve doocy to see what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> looks like they were horsing around on the ice. >> coming up at the top of the

hour on "fox & friends" terrorists camped in our own backyard. a national security analyst and what he discovered in texas. o are democrats having buyers remorse. what voters want from the president. they are not happy right now. beating out the breast cancer gene. they will be entering your housing questions. singer jewel is stopping by. the 12 minutes from now on your channel for news.

welcome back. a mcdonald's employee fired for paying the bill

of a group of fire fighters. the 23-year-old will be on the job for eight years. she paid $83 to cover the cost of their order out of appreciation. when a different fire department came in later that day she contacted her boss and the corporate tofs see if -- boss to see if they would pay for the meals. they said no. she and another co-worker picked up the tab. she was then fired. >> i wish that things didn't have to be the way that they are, and that losing my job is going to speak out for the community, that's what it's going to do. >> here's the thing. her boss said she was let go after swearing to a supervisor, something she denies. >> american flags have been made in china. they are now banned in the

military. they are now required to be made in america. chinese-made flags cost significantly less than all american ones. ainsley? >> the hit show called "arrow" will be returning for a third season. it follows oliver queen who disappeared from his family and came back with a secret identity. colton haynes plays in the show and has super powers. michael tammero has more. >> he was one of our first guests in the column and first celebrity. "arrow" is the cw hit. he plays sidekick in

training harper and his character is at a crossroads. he can either become arsenal or speedy. he's coming to terms with his strength. we caught up with him during fashion week and asked him what the jump from cable to network has been like. >> i joined midway through the first season only thinking i was going to do a few episodes and then they made me full time. we're midway through our second season. it's been incredible. now i've been upgraded to sidekick status and getting to play harper, transitioning into red arrow. now i have super strength so no one can mess with me because i can break through walls which is how i am in real life. so if you say anything out of line. >> is that a threat? >> no. we asked his fans to tweet

questions. if you log on to inthefoxlight.com you can see if he answers some of your questions. he's a great guy. >> i have a feeling most of his followers are those young girls. >> he blew up my twitter feed. >> good bone structure. where can we see more? >> you can see more of colton haynes on inthefoxlight.com and follow me on twitter for the latest on fox light michael. >> he's too young for me and plus i have a husband. liar, liar, your social media account is on fire. it can now reveal if you're telling the truth on twitter. good idea? responses from you next. she wanted a bike for her birthday. what she got instead may be the best gift in her life.

what was inside that box, and it was not a little refrigerator. honestly? i wanted a smartphone that shoots great video. so i got the new nokia lumia icon. it's got 1080p video, three times zoom, and a twenty-megapixel sensor. it's got the brightest display, so i can see what i'm shooting -- even outdoors,

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time now to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. up first the good. the birthday present of a lifetime. this three-year-old wanted a bike but unwrapped something way better. >> let's see. >> what a reaction. so happy the dad just returned from a four month deployment in afghanistan. up next the bad. denver police say this man robbed a 7-eleven at knifepoint and dropped his wallet as he fled. they posted on facebook saying if anyone nose devan -- knows devan tell him we have his wallet and

he can pick it up at any police station. the minor league goalie fined for tripping the other team's mascot. it happened before a faceoff, refs calling the move careless. >> time for your brew on these responses. >> we told you researchers are developing a system that can sift out lies on facebook and twitter by looking at the source of the post and comparing it to other real time information. we asked will this change what you're posting on social media. >> susan says absolutely. lies can be so destructive. this can expose scams and false rumors. >> bedazzler says i wouldn't trust the technology. someone will find a way to trick the technology and cause false truths to be more believable. >> john says of course not. i try my best to write the truth. sometimes the facts i have are wrong but that does not

mean i was lying. thank you very much to everyone who responded. >> who would lie? maybe say you went on a trip? >> thank you very much. have a great thursday. "fox & friends" starts now. bye. >> good morning. it is thursday, february 20. we begin with a fox news alert. terror in the skies. a new threat for passengers in plane's explosives packed in shoes. >> he served our country for 22 years. he's a decorated navy veteran but he was fired from his job for replacing a tattered american flag. is this the way to treat our heroes? we're going to tell you the whole story coming up. >> it's the question he gets asked all the time. what does george w. bush miss most about being president. >> i