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to the head. a vicious, brutal scene playing out in the streets of kiev as we watch this continue. good morning, everybody, i'm here in america's newsroom with eric. >> martha, hello. i'm eric shawn sitting in for bill hammer. after a flflurry of talks, far there is no official word that anything has been signed amid the heart-breaking violence and the heart-breaking scenes we have seen of slaughter. >> amy, what are the prospects for this deal? >> well, martha, the words look pretty good indeed, but i think with all of the volatility and the unpredictability of the situation, we certainly can't bank on anything. what we do know at the moment is that a spokesman for one of the top opposition leaders has said that he is about to sign this deal at the presidential headquarters and that this

council that represents the protesters, of course there are some different faxctions at pla here, that they have signed on to this agreement with conditions which would include not having the current interior minister or the prosecutor general as part of an interim government. now, these good words don't really jive necessarily with what all the protesters on independence square which as you can see is still quite packed, what they have said. we saw some saying they are hunkered down for the long term, stockpiling molotov cocktails, vowing not to go home until the ukrainian president does. a bunch of police officers from the particularly western oriented western ukraine flocked to the independence square today to support the protesters. so that doesn't necessarily mean that this is all going to diffuse quickly, martha, but there are good signs given that people are lined up at the presidential headquarters apparently signing a document as

we speak. >> the russians obviously have backed the ukraine regime. what are they saying about these developments? >> reporter: it's interesting, martha, because yes, everyone has basically acknowledged that russia is the most important player in these negotiations. while the european diplomats have been tweeting and talking and describing what's gone on, it's been mum in moscow. they do have an envoy there. not clear what role he has played. certainly the scenes of violence that we've seen in the last few days and the brawls in the parliament are not the picture of the ukraine that they want to see. now, i did hear an interview today with the russian ambassador to the european union and he like other officials who have been quoted over the last few days are calling this protest movement and attempted coup even when the question is put directly to the russians, how can you call it a coup when the majority of people being killed are protesters at the hands of police. they don't seem to see that.

so what they have said today is that this deal should provide a way out of the crisis and what will be interesting to see is whether in fact if there was collaboration between russia and the west on this deal, whether it brings russia and the west closer together or in fact drives a further wedge between the two camps. martha. >> a lot of questions. amy, thank you very much. the state department now advising americans to postpone all non-essential travel to ukraine because of the continuing violence. the pentagon monitoring the situation closely saying the u.s. will be quick to respond if the violence threatens any americans in the ukraine. >> there's no specific planning being undertaken right now to evacuate american citizens from ukraine. there's no requests from the state department for that assistance. as you very well know if they ever get to the point in any country where they need to evacuate, they have many options at their disposal.

>> here's a look at how the ukrainian conflict began. the government announced that it would abandon an agreement to strengthen ties with the european union and instead would seek closer cooperation and a lot of money that was received from moscow. protesters immediately took to the streets. protesters launched an attack. they arrested 35 people on that day in late november. let's move forward to january 28th. the prime minister resigned. parliament repealed the anti-protest laws. those numbers are still not definite as we wait for more detail on just how many casualties. >> a fox alert for you now. there are new details into the investigation into the u.s. consulate attack in benghazi. former deputy cia director mike

morrell is under fire for giving misleading testimony to congress regarding the white house's role in crafting. in crafting the talking points but he is denying any wrongdoing. catherine herridge chief washington correspondent with the very latest. hello, catherine. >> reporter: thank you, eric. based on allegations former deputy and acting director of cia either misled or provided questionable testimony to both house and senate intelligence committees about his role and white house in the benghazi talking points there is knew call to recall mike morrell to pub pickly testify about his decisions and those of the decision and post-cia career choices closely align him with the administration and long-time aid to mrs. clinton. >> i think it is important that mike morrell, who was at the cia, be called to testify publicly before the congress because as you know, there are a number of discrepancies out there. i think he should be called back, not inession, but in public session whereby

members of congress from both sides of the aisle can ask him questions. >> reporter: in late 2012 republicans on the senate intelligence committee say morrell testified that the talking points were sent to the white house for informational purposes not for input which has power to influence and veto language. quote, no effort was made to corrected record. the director's testimony that the perpetuated the myth that the white house played no part in editing the talking points. >> we found there was actual coordination which could influence then and did influence what cia conveyed to the committees what happened. >> reporter: once the talking points emails were released republican lawmakers say the conflict with morell's testimony was clear. he was at the heart of the process cutting 50% of the text and white house coordination began at earliest stages. in late 2012 he and susan rice

met with republican senators ayote, mccain and graham, he blamed law enforcement for cutting word like al qaeda and other changes. >> what i found curious is that he did not accept responsibility for changing the talking points. he told me that the fbi had done this. i called the fbi. they went ballistic. within 24 hours his statement was changed where he admitted the cia had done it. >> reporter: in a recent email exchange morell stood by his testimony emphasizing no one, quote, cooked the books on the talking points. when asked to address specific allegations about his actions he referred fox to the cia public affairs office who provided us with a lengthy statement but they did not address the specific allegations about morell's testimony, eric. >> we'll have much more on this apparent discrepancy in the next hour. catherine, thanks so much. martha: there is some new concerns that the federal communications commission could be trying to monitor how

journalists report the news. a proposed fcc study would send researchers into newsrooms across this country to determine how producers decide which stories to cover. critics say that it is an attempt to regulate news content and they want it scrapped. >> i'm not sure what the intent hyped it is but what i can tell you is a lot of folks that i have heard from the industry are telling me that they are worried about the inadvertent coercion might happen if the fcc says look, we're just asking questions. well, if you're holding a broadcast license that the fcc issues you will not feel like it is entirely voluntary if you have to answer a battery of questions in this 70-some page study. martha: that is interesting from the fcc commissioner. michael warren joins us staff writer from "the weekly standard." good to have you here today. >> morning. martha: interesting comments from mr. pai, given his close proximity to this story and this study. you say that we all need to

remember, it hasn't been enacted yet, and do you think it may never be? >> we'll see. the commissioner who was on greta van susteren last night brought this to light with a "wall street journal" column and doing media appearances. maybe this will put pressure and fcc chair said he is going to amend some of the study. it hasn't happened yet. it is just a field study that is supposed to happen this spring in south carolina. of course its voluntary although the fcc is a regulator so how voluntary could it be if some broadcast studios are asked very nicely to cooperate? so we'll have to see but the revelations are pretty astounding. >> what possible justification, it is interesting, they're basically saying that we want to make sure critical information is getting out there to the public. who are they to decide what an individual news organization decision-making process should be in terms of what stories they run and what stories they don't

run? >> that's a very good question. ostensibly the fcc is making sure there are low barriers to entry for entrepeneur and media to break into the business that sort of seems like we're talking in time warp here because not only is there cable news, not only is there satellite raid but things kids are talking about these days the internet where you publish your own blog. you can have internet radio, internet television. the barriers to entry are so low these days this plan here seems to be coming out of a time way before the time that we're living in now. martha: yeah. all right. we'll dig more into this. michael thank you,. >> thanks. martha: good to have you with us this morning. tennessee congresswoman marcia blackburn is fired up about this. she has long taken a stand against so-called fcc power grabs. she will be with us later this hour and her take on this proposed newsroom study. >> we'll have breaking developments, martha on the new shoe bomb threat. have you heard about this?

and why homeland security is so concerned about it. what we're now learning about the link to the same al qaeda group behind other attempts to take down american jetliners. martha: and a harrowing scene on an expressway. look at these pictures. a woman screaming for help as a baby turns blue and is not breathing. the reporter who ran through traffic to find a policeman nearby. the amazing effort to save this baby's life. wait until you see and hear details in this story. it is incredible. >> is the white house really doing enough to end the escalating crisis in ukraine? why the president's critics are saying the threatening consequences may be too little too late. we'll have a fair and balanced debate coming up. >> the president says there will be consequences for a oppressive actions in ukraine but does anybody take that threat seriously? the new guy is loaded with prote!

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eric: there are some new details on the threat of more shoe bombs

possibly aboard international flights arriving here to the united states. we now know those airline warnings were the product of heightened u.s. concerns about an al qaeda affiliate in yemen. homeland security officials say that this yemeni man ibrahim hassan may have invented a new type of bomb design that is designed to get past airport security. he is considered the best bomb-making terrorist working in the world today. he is believed to be behind the failed underwear bombing on that northwest flight from amsterdam over detroit on christmas day in 2009. international airports in the netherlands and great britain among those stepping up security efforts. martha: back to this stop story now as ukraine's president announces a deal to end his country's vie political crisis but we've heard these promises of truces before and seen them fall apart. we're already hearing new reports of gunfire in the heart

of ukraine's capitol this morning as president obama is coming under fire from critics in his response to the bloodshed over there bill o'reilly saying that the president's handling of this situation he believes fit as pattern of this president looking too small on the world stage. >> the president has not acted as a dominant world leader. he has not taken on the authorities that say, ronald reagan did. sad truth is, vladmir putin considered by many to be stronger leader than barack obama and that has led to all kind of problems. that idiot karzai in afghanistan now insulting america in outrageous ways. iran jacking us around. assad in syria continues to kill civilians an pretty much does what he wants. now in ukraine there's a civil war brewing. president says there will be consequences for oppressive actions in ukraine but does anybody take that threat seriously? talking points doesn't think so. martha: tough responses from

bill o'reilly last night. juan williams, political analyst and mary catherine ham hotair.com and fox news contributor. to tell everybody at home, the latest is a deal has been signed by president yanukovych. he has conceded to early elections and also to some role in the government for representatives of these protesters but as we say, juan, we watched the truce the other night fall apart and we're hearing that there is more violence in the streets this morning. so the jury is still very much out on this. what do you think about the assessment of bill o'reilly about the president's leadership? >> i think what we are is a period of united states is pulling out of two major wars. i think the country, american people are war-weary, martha. so when you talk about the president making all about him, i think that you're ignoring the larger sense that the american people are not anxious to, you know, become militarily involved in ukraine. i mean it is just a fact. even when it was a matter of

firing missiles at syria you couldn't get the u.s. congress to agree it was time to act. martha: i think one of the issues some of these critics have is the lack of being a voice for the democratic forces on the ground. we saw the same hinge in iran. saw same thing in syria. there is nothing wrong and no military commitment standing up saying look, this is what the united states stands for. we're a beacon in the world for democracy. we stand up for people who are rebelling against tyrannical leadership in their countries, juan. >> i think we do. i think it has been very clear. but i think secretary kerry said this. i think president obama said we stand with the ukrainian protesters. i think it has been an effort, even the defense secretary chuck hague gell who has tried to reach the military to -- martha: they haven't answered his call. >> correct. just about to say that to you, martha. it is not a matter of the united states not standing with the protesters. clearly standing with people who want to be part of the european union, want to get involved with

the west ohio posed remaining in putin's orbit. i don't think there is any question about that. martha: mary catherine what do you think. >> i think when it comes to the u.s. foreign policy the obama administration is not clear about anything. i will quote ben white of "politico" because you put my thoughts into words when he said i would say something critical about american foreign policy but i'm not sure what it is or if there is one. even if i disagreed with it, consistency is helpful for the world stage to know where you're coming from. and we have none of that. i think juan's right that to some extent the president is rescued bit fact that americans do not want to be on the ground or like, militarily involved in various country who is are having these dust-ups although in libya that didn't stop him. so he saved by that to some extent. he is right, there are more signals you can give and more work you can do to send a signal we're behind you, people working especially against putin who works us over at every turn especially on syria. martha: the comment about this

being cold war chess pieces, there are a lot of people who believe vladmir putin believes it is exactly that and he would like to put those pieces very much back together under the arms of mother russia and that part of what his agenda is here. are we being naive in recognizing that? >> i think everybody recognizes that, martha. i think everybody understands these olympics are taking place to the excessive money spent is an effort by putin to try to resurrect the soviet union and image of soviet power. and if you look at him sticking his finger in the world's eye, not just our eye, in syria, in terms of dealings with iran, he sees what is taking place in the ukraine as part of that larger geopolitical picture where he consolidates his power, he keeps things under his control and uses them as leverage in the larger situation. that is what is going on here. martha: yeah, seems to be succeeding in some ways in syria and perhaps he may in ukraine as well. we will see.

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the country these past few weeks but now it is varying in a new direction. take a look at that twister in the midwest. all that snow giving way to tornadoes in the midwest. several tore across illinois. those twisters are blamed for destroying buildings and snapping power poles, leaving 30,000 people without electricity. there are no immediate reports of any injuries though. people are assessing the damage and trying to restore the power. meteorologist maria molina in the fox extreme weather center with very latest. what is in-store for later today? >> good morning, eric. this storm system very powerful and producing severe weather early in the season. typically the peak of severe weather season during the months of april, may, and also into june. again a little early. we saw more than 250 reports of damaging wind, large hail and tornadoes combined and about a dozen tornadoes reported mostly across portions of the midwest. today that storm system is headed east wart across parts of

the carolina, georgia and parts of the florida panhandle and northern florida. you could see that weather this evening and as a matter of fact, we have a severe thunderstorm watch issued across the region until 2:00 p.m. eastern time. likely we'll be seeing a another severe thunderstorm watch or maybe tornado watch to include parts of carolinas and areas in virginia. the line of storms continuing to move eastward. several warnings with these cells. but we're not looking at tornado warnings. not a lot of rotation with these storms but damaging winds can be very powerful. they can gust over 60 miles an hour and themselves produce a lot of damage. farther north into parts of the northeast we're dealing with a lot of fog in the area, mist and approaching storms expected to hit parts of i-95 corridor by early this afternoon and those delays are piling up already. laguardia looking at delays more than two hours and averaging 45

minute delays in philly international. this same exact storm system has a cold part to it. we have blizzard warnings still in effect across parts of minnesota, iowa. some spots could be see foot of snow. eric, some gusts with the storms are up to 45 to 50 miles an hour. they have blown and drifted snow on to roadways out here in parts of minnesota and iowa. travel highly discouraged. roads are impassable per the national weather service. stay safe if you live across the areas and stay home. eric: man, oh, man, just not letting up. maria, thanks so much. >> thank you. martha: incredible story this morning. a desperate woman jumped out of an suv on an expressway in miami started screaming for help from the side of this expressway because a baby in the car with her had stopped breathing. a full report on the amazing life-saving efforts to come to the aid of that infant. stick around. unbelievable. coming up. eric: also coming up, we'll have

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eric: fox news alert. ukraine's president signing a deal with on session leaders to bring an end to the violence and

crisis there. this comes on heels of the deadliest day since the uprising began. the associated press reporting that the opposition claims at least 70 protesters were killed just yesterday. reports of people being shot in the head, cut down in cold blood on the street by government snipers. now ukraine's president is promising new elections and coalition government after he had talks with european mediators. joining us now is a tyler harper who campaigned with the collision forces with ukraine to bring democracy in ukraine in 2004. tyler, do you think the deal will stick and will the protesters accept it. >> we haven't seen the protesters come together and be happy about anything because this protest and uprising really exceed political boundaries. even if these opposition forces sign the agreement with president yanukovych, there is

really nothing that holds the protesters to it because the scenario here is protesters hold major cities in the west, they're dying on the streets, they're opposing these security forces. i mean when you look at it, they're on the precipice of civil war unless yanukovych steps down. they don't want not just an election, they wan new leadership. eric: you're saying this won't end unless yanukovych actually resigns? >> that's right. yanukovych came out, hey, we'll have new elections and constitutional reforms but gave no dates. even members his own party, the party of regions, the ones who haven't left the party all together saying they wouldn't belief he would actually hold a new presidential election until he schedule a date and the election occurred. eric: you fought politically against yanukovych. you worked with his predecessor. what is he like. do you think he a man of his word or a puppet of putin? >> he is absolutely aligned very

closely with russia. he is from the eastern part of ukraine which is very close to russia. not close even, just geographically but also culturally. he is very closely aligned with russia and we can expect a man who will lie, cheat, steal and kill and even imprison his opponents and even helped imprison the former prime minister of the country after he took power as president in 2010. you got to keep in mind, this is the same guy that poisoned his opposition in 2004. eric: so you think he is lying and cheating and obviously killing now? >> he could stop the violence by pulling back the security forces. by stopping the bloodshed and really, he could save lives by epping down all together. eric: so why isn't he apparently doing that? vice president biden apparently called him and made that very request to pull back security forces and apparently that did

not happen. >> but this guy he has spent years bullying the opposition. he spent years imprisoning the opposition. bullying industry to align with russian interests. he doesn't have an option here. if he, if he doesn't try to keep power, i mean he could end up in, he could end up killed, assassinated. he could end up completely deported. eric: well you think, as it stand right now that the protesters won't accept what has been hammered out? >> no. when the announcement was, when news of the announcement reached the protesters last night, they really just didn't care. well, you know, just another, announcement like the day before where they said we were going to have a truce but then the security forces brought out snipers and killed another 70 plus people. eric: so how do you think this will end? you've got a divided country. you have putin in moscow, potentially could, russia send in troops? what do you think will happen to

finally end the karnage that we're seeing on the screen right now? >> i think eventually russia will step down or at least lessen their pressure and accusation that the united states and western europe is pushing this conflict. and they will basically leave yanukovych holding the bag. i think he is left with no other option but to resign and i think the protesters, this protests and uprising and virtual civil war is so much bigger than just opposition parties now. it is about the future of ukraine. it is about the future of their economy, their independence, and the future of that democracy because since 2010, when yanukovych was elected president of the country, it has not been much of a democracy. it has been very soviet in feel and culture. eric: the people who have been cut down and shot so savagely, bodies dragged into hotels, they're fighting for freedom,

very liberties we cherish here in this country, the united states represents and stand for. you're here in america now, in your hart, in your soul, what does this make you feel? how do you feel about this when you see the pictures and video as we see it live on the streets of your country? >> yeah. it's, you know this is not an uprising. this is war. these people are dying for their country. this, 10 years ago during the orange revolution which brought democracy to the country was largely peaceful uprising. what is happening now is not an uprising although, i think we label it as such. it is a civil war. it's a it's a country full of civilians who are shedding their own blood to change the leadership and to really realign dee dee mocksy and that they were born with.

eric: tyler, thank you. the thoughts and prayers of your country are with the american people. >> absolutely. eric: martha? martha: the proof may be in videotape in this case. we must warn you, it is disturbing. >> stop it. no! no! martha: and i know you're looking at this, what on earth happened there? the woman says the man behind the wheel, who happens to be judge, shoved her out of the car. so what did the jury think when they saw this? plus ftc is saying don't freak out about this. the monitors that they may send to "america's newsroom" won't be there to police the news. they give you every assurance of that. this controversy is hardly going away. >> you know, i just belief so strongly in the first amendment this is one more attempt by the obama administration to trample on the constitution.

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eric: this is really odd story from the lone star state a texas judge is cleared of all charges in a pretty bizarre assault case. his girlfriend claimed that he pushed her out of their moving car but the judge's cell phone video apparently proves otherwise. take a look. >> stop it. no! no! eric: well the girlfriend also told the police that the judge hadked her and dangled her over the railing of a balcony. he says he was just trying to stop her from committing suicide. turns out that a grand jury acrited the -- acquitted the judge of all assault charges. martha: what is going on there? i have the videotape. all right. >> this is an outrage. this does a study. the fcc regulates the media and has the power to reyour license, meaning ruin you overnight. any questions it asks is never innocent. what is it asking about critical

information needs? who is decides what is a critical information need? critical information need is concept you have in kiev or moscow. you don't have it in the united states. martha: wow. charles krauthamer reacting to this proposed fcc plan to study newsrooms to monitor what kinds of stories are being covered. whether or not the voices of some producers are not being heard in the room. krauthamer is hardly alone in his concern here. the fcc chairman responded to the firestorm this created, telling the house energy and commerce committee says his agency has no intention, of his opinion policing newsrooms with this. congresswoman marcia blackburn, vice-chair of that committee joins me now. she is involved in the issue of critical information needs for quite some time. congresswoman, good to have you here. >> thank you. great to be here. martha: they say, hold on, this isn't anything anyone needs to be worried about. we want to make sure there are no barriers to entry for smaller media organizations. what do you make of that? >> i think what they are doing

is typical of this administration. they say one thing and do another. and this multimarket, critical information needs study where they're going to go into newsrooms and ask eight questions. martha, it is all about controlling content and then being able to prioritize that content as it moves across the airwaves and across the internet. and charles krauthamer is exactly right on this. people should be frightened and fearful of what they are trying to do because the fcc is trying not only to control through the licensing or the spectrum or the broadband process, and that is called net neutrality, but also through the content. and they're doing it through this critical information needs study. martha: and they want, some of these questions deal with content as you say. they want to make sure that the environment and other issues that we know are very close to this administration's heart are being covered in these newsrooms.

and i thought, one of the question was, do producers ever feel that their stories or their pitches are not well-received by management? you know, i mean, seriously? >> well, see there again they're trying to prioritize what they at the fcc think the american people should be told or, should be hearing. they're trying to put their bias in on the front end before the story ever gets out there. and they did this through the fairness doctrine and basically this is fairness doctrine 2.0, if you will. because the fairness doctrine, tons of lawsuits in the '60s and '70s. fairness doctrine goes away. so now they're coming back and they're saying well, you know, this isn't the fairness doctrine. we're not attacking free speech. you can say whatever you want to say but it has got to be this specific set of issues.

martha: all right. >> and i think this is incredibly troublesome and, whether they're doing it overt, the broadcast airwaves or the broadband with internet, their goal is to control what you, the american citizen, is able to hear. martha: i mean, clearly something that everybody needs to really give a lot of thought to and understand because we know that the administration has complained that they don't think they get a fair shake in certain places. in many ways it reminds me of what we've seen with the irs. >> precisely. and you're exactly right, to draw that analogy with what is happening with the irs. when it came to the conservative groups, there were a lot of the same questions that they were asking about these groups. and information they were seeking from these groups that they're now going to ask about the newsroom organizations. >> what books do you read. remember that? >> that is exactly right. it is the thought police.

so there again, in order to control your access, which is, the broadcast and broadband, they're going to ask these questions and put priority and value on to the content. and as charles said, the fcc is who licenses all of these broadcast entities, the tv stations. martha: that's right. >> radio stations and they're trying to get ahold of the internet. martha: they are not happy with access at your news station you might be concerned about that. what can congress do? i know you're on top, you have written a bill you will be dropping on this. >> yes. we'll file the bill this morning. it is internet freedom act and we had put this in place after 2010, when the fcc had tried to implement the net neutrality rules for the internet. and that was not passed. there was bipartisan opposition to net neutrality in congress. they tried to do it through the rules. the court ruled against the fcc. so now you have chairman wheeler

coming back and saying he is going to do it yet again. so my bill will be filed this morning. then we have been on the critical information needs study. we've already written the fcc. we've asked them to retract or pull this back. martha: this is right in your wheelhouse. you've done a lot of work on it. congresswoman, thank you very much. see you next time. >> good to be with you. thank you. martha: you too. eric: martha, a delta iv rocket thundering into space. >> liftoff of the delta viv rocket. eric: coming up how what it is boosting way, way up there will help us down here on the ground. martha: and this unbelievable story of a baby who stopped breathing and the desperate attempt by pedestrians and people on the side of the road to save this child. >> look at my phone, look at my radio and i look up again and a

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martha: hopefully this will help with directions. the first of three gps satellites launching into space from florida's cape canaveral. the air force saying they will replace older gps satellites that have been up there more than a decade. the new satellites are expected to increase gps signal power, that sounds pretty good, and improve search-and-rescue efforts. about time we had a new one, right? eric: absolutely. have you heard about this? fast track law medical school programs. they're praised for saving students time and money but also criticized for rushing professional schooling and creating more work for professors who have to design all new special courses.

laura ingle in our new york newsroom with details. what they say cutting time and all that debt? >> that's right, eric. as any medical student can tell you the road to becoming a physician is a long and costly one. according to the association of american medical colleges, the average medical student's debt has hit an all-time high of $175,000. schools around the country including new york university medical school have started so-called, fast track programs to help students with the high cost of on taping advanced degrees in fields of law and medicine. for example, medical students at some schools who have already determined their specialty now have the option to condense four years of education into three. >> we've done what i think is a critical message, we don't say medical school is an event, and then you go to residency and that's a second event. it's a continuum of learning. and that is what medicine should be anyway. >> this is a great program. you get more doctors into the workforce earlier. you can help more people

earlier. and also decrease the debt. >> reporter: proponents say it makes more debt to get students out in the field because fourth year is largely elective anyway. eric: may shave time off but not all educators don't think it is a good idea. >> some think condensing education especially medical school will leave students inadequately prepared. >> at end of the day do we want a health care force trained adequately in modern medicine. or do we want one that maybe knows some of the techniques they need to apply but isn't really as broadly trained as knowledgeable as we might like? >> reporter: dr. goldfarb at upenn medical school, instead of getting rid of fourth year this it needs to be strengthened something proponents of fast track say it isn't necessary. they argue it is not for everyone. education should be tailored to individual students. eric? eric: i was on the four 1/2 year plan.

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martha: fox news alert, a possible breakthrough today in the ukraine. the president reaching a deal with opposition leaders offering some major concessions to them, but will it be enough to get people out of the streets when

they say what they want is for the president to step down? welcome, everybody, brand new hour starts now of "america's newsroom," i'm martha maccallum. eric: hello, i'm eric shawn in for bill hemmer. the president has signed a compromise agreement promising new elections and constitutional reform. but, sadly, the deadly political crisis is not yet over. martha: as we look live now in the streets of central kiev, unconfirmed reports coming in of renewed violence. you can see someone on a stretcher as we speak. it has appeared to have quieted down in some respects there. the demonstrators, though, have said that they will not res until the president -- rest until the president has resigned from. a reporter joins me now on the phone from kiev. tell me what is happening on the street, what the reaction is to this signed agreement. >> reporter: well, actually, it's like the guys on the street aren't even paying attention to it at all. i mean, today was extremely, is extremely crowded down on the

street. there's lots of people going down there. they're bringing, you know, more food, more supplies, there's more guys signing up to join these barricade self-defense groups. their feeling is that today want yang coe slip to step down. that's it. today think this agreement mean -- they think this agreement means nothing to them, and they're not leaving anytime soon. martha: what about on the other side? how have the police reacted, how have the government forces reacted to this? are they showing signs of backing down? >> reporter: well, at this point it's, we're unclear on that. i mean, they -- whether or not if violence happens again, it's still to be determined if some of the police may say -- because the parliament today passed a sort of referendum or a memorandum that says stop in this anti-terrorism operation that's been going on so that they, the police, can't use guns. but, you know, they could get orders otherwise.

so it's still quite up in the air, is the bottom line. but the protesters are defiant and not leaving until the president steps down. martha: what's your sense of how this deal came about, how it was brokered? i know that there were discussions with germany and poland and france, some calls from the united states went unanswered to get involved in this process. how did it all sort out? >> reporter: well, the foreign ministers from germany, france and poland were here talking to the ukrainian president, and they talked for, you know, a good 24 hours. and i, i don't know the inside deal about it, but i suspect, you know, the polish, sorry, foreign minister was here, was overheard telling someone you guys have to sign this, or there's just going to be more blood in the streets. so i think that they may see this in the as close to a compromise as they can get. martha: i guess the next 24 hours are crucial, and what

about vladimir putin and his role if all of this? how does that shake out? >> reporter: well, putin, obviously, is watching this very carefully. they feel that ukraine is part of their sphere of influence. and i can imagine that they, you know, would like to see him take a harder line on this. they are, you know, the russians and then the ukrainian government still see the anti-government protesters as a coup, and they think that they are extremists who are trying to overthrow a democratically-elected government. and to a certain extent, i mean, he was elected in a democratic process, so it's complicated. but russia is, obviously, following this very closely. martha: i mean, it seems as if the people were very optimistic initially that he would sort of help them embrace the west and move further away from russia, and it seems exactly the opposite has happened. >> reporter: that's right. and this is what the protesters will tell you, is that a lot of

them that i've interviewed today and the last couple of days is that they feel like they just simply cannot trust whatever the president says. he ran, when he was running for president in 2010, he said, yes, we should get, move closer to signing this agreement with e.u. and move towards, you know, economic relations with them. and then he completely flipped, and he has a reputation of saying one thing and then doing another. so this is what the protesters are also saying is that he's saying he's calling for new elections, but they can't -- they don't trust his word, is what they tell me. martha: very interesting. you're saying the protesters have basically ignored the signing of this agreement and want this president out of office. we'll see where it goes. sabra, thank you very much. >> reporter: you're welcome. eric: while there was the carnage on streets, there's tension also running high in ukraine in the parliament. that's where a brawl actually broke out among legislators.

chaos amid the lawmakers as they actually exchanged blows as you can see there. the pushing, shoving and shouting lasted several minutes. the legislators were arguing over the agenda after the speaker declared a pause, delaying debate on a resolution to try and reduce the power of the president. ukraine hardly is the only volatile hot spot in the world right now, sadly, to report. the associated press says at least so far 77 people have been killed in ukraine in the rioting so far this week. but that's not the only spot. in egypt amnesty international says about 1400 people have been killed in the violence there since former islamist president mohamed morsi's ouster last summer. meanwhile, in syria the continuing civil war there continues with no end in sight. it is a humanitarian crisis of unforgivable proportions that so far has cost the lives of an estimated 140,000 people. and much closer to home down in

venezuela, protests there over economic and social conditions have continued. so far at least six people in venezuela have been killed in that. ♪ muck. martha: back here at home, there continues to be a lot of anxiety surrounding the whole issue of obamacare. one might think that when a constituent asks a question about the affordable care act or expresses some concerns about the promises that it gave them, that lawmakers would be prepared with a solid rsponse to those questions. but watch what happened at one town hall that was hosted by three minnesota democrats. >> i thought the affordable health care act was to save $2500 per family. what happened? [laughter]

martha: haha, very funny, right? chris stirewalt joins me now, host of "power play" on foxnews.com live, and if folks couldn't hear that question, it was, you know, i thought we were going to save $2500 per family under in this new health care plan, and you see the congress people sort of sit back, gee, do you want to take that? he says i didn't vote for it and passes the microphone to amy klobuchar. what do you make of that? >> well, that's not an insignificant point, that he didn't vote for it. martha: no, it is very significant. >> and he has enjoyed that decision for many years now. e has looked back happily as his colleagues have had to say nothing, exactly nothing, when it comes to these kinds of questions. because here's the thing, it's a law that is designed to disrupt the health care system, the first stage in the law is to disrupt the health care system as we know it so that it can build a better one on the other side. it sounded good in 2009 and 2010, early 2010 when democrats were talking about it. once it gets into action and

there are real-life costs and consequences to it and the question is put back to you what do you say? you're the guinea pig, this is going to hurt for you. but in a couple years as the president now likes to say, by about 2017 everybody's going to say it was a good choice. martha: they'll be loving it. you would expect, however, that these other members of congress would have a ready answer for this, because they're going to need it as they head into november. and it seems like in the early ads and what we're seeing so far their answer's going to be, well, we voted for it, but we know it needs to be fixed, and here are our fixes. but they came up short on those answers. >> the fundamental questions here relate to dishonesty, it relates to whether the law was what it was sold as, and now we know it wasn't. we know that if you like it, you can keep it. this is the most significant thing, certainly, since at least the failure to discover chemical weapons in iraq after the iraq war, after the iraq invasion as it relates to american politics. this is a huge deal, and democrats need an answer not to,

well, i want to fix this or that, but what about that lie? and how do they address that? they don't have a way to do it. martha: i think you're so right about that. i mean, it's a very strong analogy. it's that feeling on the part of the american public that they trusted what they were told -- >> sure. martha: -- and then it turned out not to be true. and even the answers that come after that are very unsatisfying, and that seems to be what this person experienced in this town hall video that we just saw. now, there's a lot of questions, chris, that continue to come up about the numbers and how the administration is trying to sell these numbers. the president is quoted as having just said, basically, you know, it looks like we're going to get up to seven million with people taking care of the -- due to the medicare expansion from the states, and jim angle, you know, reporting out the this morning that those numbers are absolutely unsubstantiated and should not be being professed by the president to be so. >> demonstrably untrue. not just unsubstantiated,

demonstrably untrue. this is a demonstrably untrue statement that the president persists in making, he persists in making whether he's talking to bill o'reilly or whether he's talking to the governors' association. it doesn't matter, the president is sticking with this. i don't know whether he thinks eventually it will be proven true or whether he thinks that if he repeats it often enough, people will believe it. martha: what i don't get, chris, you know, it's not that kind of thing. people are having their own experience with this situation, right? >> exactly. martha: they could say, well, no, but i've lost my health care, or i'm not getting covered, and i went to the doctor, and they said no to this hospital. to think you can keep saying it and make it so is going to be very difficult when you're dealing with people's real-life experiences. >> maybe there's a corollary, we can call it the maccallum corollary to what ronald reagan said is a recession is when your neighbor loses his job, a depression is when you lose yours. we can modify that to talk about your insurance -- martha: that's an excellent name for it. [laughter] thank you, chris, we'll see you

next time. >> you bet. martha: get more from chris, go to the fox be news.com/fox news fist. eric: yeah. a lot more on the maccallum corollary. martha: i like that. eric: wait until you see this, a massive explosion that was caught on tape. wow. flames, smoke, sparks, as you can see, shoot into the sky. what happened and where? martha: plus, a former cia official accused of misleading lawmakers on benghazi. this is a story we brought to you a few weeks ago. there's more on the push to get him to explain. >> what we kept saying is that you guys, you had these meetings, you had these e-mails back and forth. if everything is copesetic, as you say it is, give us the e-mail. eric: and is damage control over obamacare in overdrive? for some, making sense of what's

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martha: an explosion was caught on camera in arizona. take a look. wow, that is some explosion. it destroyed three buildings. snarled traffic and sent thick black smoke into the skies over phoenix, arizona. it happened at a complex where metals and gas are stored. employees were doing welding work when the fire broke out. one of them was hurt, no word on any other injuries at this hour. ♪ ♪ eric: and brand new information now about the deadly benghazi

attack. this is a new push to recall former cia deputy director michael morrell to testify back on capitol hill about his apparent role in creating the talking points memo that was used to explain the attack. he's accused of misleading several senate republicans who say he blamed the changes on the fbi. >> what i found curious is that he did not accept responsibility for changing the talking points, he told me the fbi had tone this. had done this. i called the fbi, they went ballistic. within 24 hours his statement was changed where he admitted the cia had done it. eric: but mr. morrell denies he did anything wrong. tucker carlson, co-host of "fox & friends" weekend, joins us. hey, tucker. >> morning, eric. eric: morrell says, not me. do they think that he may have lied to try and protect the white house? >> well, according to the piece that fox did, he conceded in a

closed door meeting that he did, in fact, alter those talking points. i think the sentence in question concerns al-qaeda. somebody removed any reference to al-qaeda from those talking points, and that was central; of course, to the story the white house was telling. they blamed those attacks on this video, this youtube video that the guy who did it later went to jail. and so the question is, who tried to eliminate references to organized terror groups from the talking points, and it sounds like it may have been mr. morrell. i think a greater question is why in the world would michael morrell be working now, apparently, for pe leap ray nas who is the former secretary of state, hillary clinton's, closest aides? why would he be connected to her now in his private sector life? that's the a really interesting question. eric: they could say he's got a lot of experience in the government. he was a top official at the

cia. >> but philippe reinas is a flak for hillary clinton. he's a spokesman. so it's a very, it seems a very odd thing for a former acting director of cia to go do. the second question nobody seems to be asking is why were all these cia operatives in benghazi in the first place? i haven't heard anybody give a definitive answer to that. clearly, that is a fact that the white house was trying to protect. they didn't want, whatever the reason is, to come out publicly. in my view, that probably influenced talking points. eric: he may be called to capitol hill, and here's what he told fox news in an e-mail about this controversy. quote: eric: you know, the president says, of course, that he mentioned terrorism right after this occurred. what do you think about that? >> well, i mean, he mentioned it

parenthetically, but the white house and its many spokesmen laid the blame very squarely on this supposedly anti-islamic youtube video. there was no, i mean, that's just not true. i live here, i was there for all of this. anyone who was watching television that week remembers vividly that their point was crystal clear. the crowd was reacting to this youtube video, and it wasn't plausible then. again, the question is why were they so insistent on that point? was it purely political, or was there something else going on? why were they trying to protect the secret of why these operatives were in benghazi in the first place? and the second point, it's really a frightening scenario when, if in fact you had, the acting director of the cia collaborating with the white house for political reasons. the point of the cia is to gather information on foreign governments and give it to the white house. help their political fortunes. that is a scary misuse of power. eric: but that's been the allegation, the accusation.

carter hamm, the general, he testified he was at the pentagon 15 minutes after the terrorist attack. he was told, he said, that it was a terrorist attack. so hamm goes to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, martin dempsey and leon panetta, he tells them it's a terrorist attack. panetta, according to him, they go -- both dempsey and panetta go to the white house where mr. panetta later said there was, quote, no question in my mind it was a terrorist attack. so has this kind of been glossed over, what carter hamm has said? he said it's a terrorist attack. the top officials of this country go to the white house, one of them at least saying and believing it was a terrorist attack, and then for 13 days what we get is, it's a dopey movie, a dopey movie, a dopey movie, a dopey movie. >> which was ludicrous from the beginning. i mean, so we're supposed to believe that a group of angry men having watched this youtube video somehow assembled a collection of rpgs

and mounted a coordinated attack over a series of hours on a u.s. position? come on. i mean, it just never made any sense. but, again, i'm unsatisfied -- and i think anybody watching this should be -- as to why? why would they go out of their way to tell such an obvious, such a transparent lie? what was the point? eric: that's the allegation, and he may be called back to capitol hill. so we'll see. tucker, we'll see you this weekend. >> thanks a lot, eric. eric: martha? martha: some severe weather causing this, a roof rips right off of a building, and there were people inside at the time. plus, a woman's desperate attempt to save a child who was not breathing.

martha: back with some extreme weather. we're keeping an eye on severe weather happening in parts of the south right now. several storm watches and warnings that are up right now. new video from fort payne in northern alabama where winds blew the roofs off of homes and brought down power lines. two people had to be rushed to the hospital. meteorologist maria molina's following these storms from the weather center. good morning. >> reporter: hi, good morning, martha. a lot of damaging winds with this storm system that impacted parts of the gulf coast and even into the midwest yesterday into the overnight hours and even early this morning reports of severe weather with this storm system. more than 250 reports of severe weather, that includes damaging winds, gusting possibly over 60 miles an hour, possibly tornadoes and also large hail reports. and right now we actually have a tornado warning that was issued for several counties in southeast georgia. these counties are ware, clinch and charlton county, again, in southeast georgia. it gets kind of confusing at

times, the difference between a watch and a warning. and it's important to know that with a warning, that means there could actually be a current tornado on the ground, so that's why it's so important that people take these warnings seriously and seek shelter immediately. those three counties, ware, clinch and charlton county. one of these thunderstorms showing a lot of rotation meaning there could currently be a tornado on the ground in southeast georgia. we do have several watches also in effect, and we have a severe thunderstorm watch for parts of south carolina and georgia, but a tornado watch was also just issued for portions of north carolina and south carolina including the city of raleigh in north carolina, and there's a closer rook at that tornado warning out there in southeast georgia. a lot of severe weather reports, again, with this storm system. very powerful, producing severe weather throughout the day today across parts of the southeast. and, martha, a lot of delays as well across portions of the northeast, already more than two-hour delays in laguardia, philly international reporting

about 45 minute delays. martha: lots to keep an eye on in those areas. thanks, maria. eric: and a lot of those watching and warnings are in the southeast. the storms in missouri ripped the roof right off of a knight of columbus hall. >> it actually rolled it similar to a sardine can. it just kind of rolled that roof right off and off of the back of the building. >> i don't know, it was just really loud. really, really loud. >> it was very loud. you couldn't hear your -- i mean, you just couldn't hear anything. eric: can you imagine that? that happened in arnold, missouri. four people were inside that knights of columbus hall at the time but, thankfully, no one was hurt. martha: well, we have some sort of an agreement in ukraine, but will it stick, and will it stop the violence? reporters on the ground saying that they think nothing so far of that agreement. the country is the latest flashpoint between russia and the united states as vladimir putin has the upper hand over us in this situation when it comes

to the showdown. >> he's played us so incredibly, and i think the naivete of barack obama and john kerry is stunning. eric: and like they need 'em, there are even now more problems for the irs even as that agency is trying to come to grips with its targeting of conservative groups. >> it certainly gives one pause to think that there is interagency collusion against private citizens. it is the weaponization of government. so you're telling me your mom has a mom cave? hi boys! i've made you campbell's chunky new england clam chowder. wow! this is incredible! i know. and now it has more clams! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. what? [ male announcer ] it fills you up right. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure.

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we are back. ukraine's parliament voted to limit powers as part of a breakthrough deal between the opposition and the president. there are new questions about how the obama administration is handling the relation with russia during the crisis. john mccain called the president the most nieve president in history. >> he has played us.

and he is cold, distant, and tough. he wants the old russian empire restored. >> he is talking about putin, of course. we have a colonel here with a lot of experience in the relation. >> good morning. >> what do you make of the comments from mccain? >> a little bit on the weak side. no, really, senator mccain is actually right. the president is naive and appears to go that way wi willfully. he seems to be afraid of putin because he has let him run all over us. i am wondering if there is a crazy agreement between these guys. i am not a conspiracy theory

person, though. this is sending the message that we record ukraine was falling within russian's in fluence. and even if this deals going through in ukraine, it isn't a solution. it is pause. putin wants ukraine back and he might fight for it. >> putin did an affective end run with money giving them $15 billion offer and ukraine has economic trouble and the whole world felt they were about to

write up to the chapel with the eu and putin wrote the check and everything changed >> and the check hasn't been honored yet. he is holding it above their head. and he is threatening to turn off natural gas supplies so they freeze in the winter. and on the deal, we are hearing the 2004 constitution is going to be restored and they will have new elections. in the meantime the demonstrat r demonstrators want to insider removed. is he gone? what about the head of the fsb? and their kbg number. you have to go after the people that give the orders to shoot or the den -- dem n -- demonstra r

demonstrators. >> and you look at the president and his stance on syria, and his comments in kiev about moral equivalencey. he wanted to government to not insight violence in the street. instead of saying we are the united states of america and we back this effort. you can do that and go there without putting boots on the ground. >> there is so much week -- we can do. when we saw protest in iran, obama did nothing. it is the

same thing here. the people in the streets are fighting for freedom and against oppression. they want to be part of the west. historically they are part of the west. western two thirds of the country was part free. they fought the russians until the 1950s. these people are fighting for freedom from the west and don't want to be part of putin's empire. our president isn't doing anything and he is unwilling to say anything. >> words mean a lot. sometimes they don't. and sometimes they do. and this maybe one of those instances. >> it is. >> thank you very much. back here at home it seems the problemeri the problems are piling up for

the irs. they are forcing understaffing report and lacking enough funds to their do job. this isn't a good time. mike emanual has more from washington. irs officials not paying taxes? are you kidding me? irs officials are skipping out on taxes? >> that is right. senior executie senior executixecutivexecutives paid taxes on an event that they are doing what no one else dares >> the very people that run the irs were not paying tax and doing it at a time they were target people for exercising

their first amendment rights. and they were wasting money on the retreats. >> irs has put in place ways to reduce the cost of travel. and they have put in place steps to prevent future issues in this area. travel by the leadership is critical because the irs is a national operation. >> they can travel, just pay taxes. but they are about to take on dealing with obamacare. >> that is a concern for a lot of critics. the treasury inspector general found the irs has specific plans for provide service for tax were visions under obamacare. but changes in the affordable

care act will create challenges. the irs' strategy and plan to provide customer service, outreach and unemployment training could be affected. with more than two dozen tweaks to obamacare already, it is challenge for the irs to keep up. >> good to see you. stay on top of it. >> thank you, sir. i am waiting for my sister. i am like i cannot let this happen. she trusted me with her baby and i cannot let this baby die on me >> that was an emotional aunt describing a roadside rescue after stopping her car. got out holding the baby because she discovered the baby was turning blue. the woman was driving had her

five-month-old babies. strangers hit the brakes to get out to help. the baby's aunt tried to give mouth to mouth. >> i kind of like hopped and when i saw him and touched him he was not responding and immediatelyly i got him out. jumped back to the front and i realized he was limp and not breathing. >> how terrifying. it was caught on camera by the miami herald and here is what he had to say. >> i was traveling west on the 836 east of 57th avenue. an suv stops in front of me. and i didn't think anything of it. but i started hearing screaming. look at my phone and radio and look up again and a woman pops out of a car holding a baby screaming help me.

my baby isn't breathing. >> she did exactly the right thing. and that picture of one of the people on the scene holding the ber be baby and you can see the color coming back and he is responsive. last night the baby is listed in good condition. he has issue with breathing as he was born premature. she saved that baby's life. >> to know to give mouth to mouth in that case. ray rice from the baltimore ravens is being investigated as the police say they have evidence that shows what triggered the pictures on the riot. that is video of rice dragging his unconscious fiance from an elevator. >> and the white house is in

damage control after the obamacare and are they trying to make the best of the situation and putting inaccurate numbers out there? >> health care is the redistribution of income and masses taxes. just do it. we have to double up and wracht up the efforts here since we are rolling behind on enrollees. rolling behind on enrollees. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant

dramatic development in a story we reported ont the investigation of baltimore r ravens player ray rice. there is video he knocked her out before dragging or unconscious from an elevator. this was obtained by tmz sport. they were arrested after hitting each other during a fight at the casino. this isn't a good situation,

folks. president obama saying 4 million people have enrolled in the exchanges so far. this coming after the vice president acknowledged the administration will not reach their sign-up goal by the deadline. let's look at the numbers in. 3.3 million have enrolled as of february 1. but the goal is over 7 million people. they want to try to achieve that by the end of march. mike slater here and we have a democratic strategy person here. they are going to double the numbers. yesterday the vice president low-balled that number saying they might get 6 million. >> we were told a few years ago there were 46 million uninsured

americans who were begging for insurance and it was a shame on the country there were that many uninsured americans. where are the other 46 million? the entire thing was based on a lie. >> do you think it was based on a lie? >> if you like the insurance plan you can keep it, we know that was a lie. but at the end of the day, we have people that need health insurance and we can complain about years ago but the fact is the people are signing up. how is president biden the spokesperson for the democratic party? he is known for gaps. so for him being the lead story -- >> he is the number two guy in the whole administration of the

united states of america sitting at a coffee shop saying 5-6 million is a good start. >> he didn't have his note. we know it isn't as many as we want. but saying people are not exciting is a lie. >> that is a point. what if they are like 10% or 11% down. >> there are things we could have done in a free market way that would help. i hate this lie people have more access to care. every single day there is a local news story of people who cannot access doctors because they are not accepting obamacare

patients. i talk today a guy who had ms and now his medicine isn't being covered. so tell him he has better access. >> he is one person. and there are plenty of people who have lost insurance, which i agreeed to, but people didn't have insurance and now need it. we need more people to sign up for this to work. we need young people. but the headline people are not signing up so it is failing isn't accurate. and just because biden said something in a coffee shop, it isn't accurate. >> and speaking of the deadline we have one for our commercial to pay the bills. justin beiber is back in the news. >> oh, no. >> what is behind the deal in this sign? we will explain. we will explain.

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homeless veterans getting back on their feet thanks to a program in arizona getting them a place to live and on their feet. >> reporter: this program is taking homeless veterans and turning them in a park rangers. they are saying it isn't just a job, but a second chance for many of them. carlos garcia is an army vete n

veteran. he was homeless. and now he is working 40 hours a day. he has lost 25 pounds, saved money and reconnected with his family even. >> emotionally, spiritually and physically it has helped me out. this is a great experience and opportunity. >> reporter: every morning he wakes up he is very thankful for this experience. >> how did they come up up with the idea? >> reporter: the arizona state department director is an air force veteran and he was driving into work and heard a statistic of the number of veterans that

kill themselves. >> i know they can show up with the right uniform, and right attitude. >> reporter: they get paid $12 appear hour and a fema trailer to live in on the >> good for him. nice story. a nasty storm system is going east. tornado watches and high winds throughout the southeast. the storms are rolling in and we will have the latest on what to look out for ahead. we asked people a question,

how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i'm going have to rethink this thing. it's hard to imagin how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 3years or mor so maybe we need to approach things dferently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. ♪

♪ martha: here we go. team usa faces canada in the men's hockey semifinals much the olympic gold apparently is not only thing on the line. electronic freight brokers loser keeps justin bieber. winner goes for the gold. as for the other guys, there is

that consolation prize. go, team usa. >> gold or bieber. no contest. martha: good luck to them today. "happening now" starts right now. thank you, eric. back on monday. >> today's top headlines and brand new stories you see here first. >> deal to end the violence in ukraine as two sides agree to lay down their arms for the second time this week. so will this truce hold up? plus exploring the link between age and happiness. what scientists say we value more as we get older. and bugs are taking over the culinary world. ick. why some say eating insects is more than a hot trend. we'll examine more popular options. it is all "happening now." [gunfire] >> we begin with a fone