attending stossel u. thank you at home for watching. >> a fox news alert protesters taking control of the capital of ukraine while the president goes into hiding. live pictures dramatic pictures from the center of it all, independence square. it's 1:00 a.m. sunday morning local time. the crowds are as big as ever. welcome to america's news headquarters, it's a brand-new hour, i'm ed henry. >> and mr. dapper is here. here's what we know, president fleeing the capital early saturday morning to take refuge with his russian leaning supporters in the eastern part of the country. the parliament now calling for early presidential elections in

may. meanwhile, opposition leader free from prison after two and a half years in captivity. in an emotional speech shortly after her release, she fired up protesters in independence square saying she will run for president. joining me by phone in the center of all of the action, jared morgan live from kiev. i understand you were there when the speech was made. tell me how it resonated with the crowd there and what did she tell them? >> well, good evening. it was a muted response. i think there's a general feeling among protesters now that they have actually got some mandate to demand what they want in terms of politics. she's a controversial figure and not necessarily squeaky clean. i think she's kind of viewed as

a political dinosaur in the context. >> a political dinosaur is how you feel that she is viewed by the protesters, although she is their fearless leader. she's the leader of the main opposition party there and vowing to run for president again as you know in 2010, she was narrowly beat. but it's not surprising, on the one hand you would think there would be -- it would be jub lance in the crowd but i can understand the muted reaction, jared, because it is a little bit be careful what you wish for. of course, the people need to be heard. they have been heard and must feel triumphant on one hand. it's the unknown now, what happens to them and how say they are going to have. do you have any idea of how much say the people will actually get in this new transitional government there? >> that's the big question. what we have seen today is a

parliament that acted swiftly and decisively, perhaps more so than the whole 24 years of existence. it's not a parliament that is known to move fast. so in terms of events for the past three months, today with a possibly the most momentous and taken people by surprise. they have seen a government angt decisively and cohesively for probably the first time ever. >> you say you're surprised. everybody is surprised that the government has moved so quickly. there's going to be an election set at this point for may 25th to get new leadership in place there. speaking of leadership, do you happen to know where yan cue vich is at this moment? >> he's m.i.a. the big question is where is he? there's talk he may be in his home region. there's talk he tried to flee.

nobody really knows. and nobody knows what he is planning to do. >> i want to get a little more into the psyche of the people if i could, jared. when you run to the local coffee shop, if you will, what are people talking about? >> in terms of what people talk about here in the context of this, i guess for first three months, this protest, it was kind of about government inaction and about looking to the west for support. when their support wasn't forthcoming, the government did it themself and i think people are shocked -- >> people are what? >> shocked. >> shocked. >> by how quickly the government moved today. it was a general optimism to begin with, being the kind of ledge ar gi and shock when the killings happened. >> and it was shocking -- i beg

your pardon, i want to grab one more question here and want to jump on what you said it was shocking to see that for everybody. before i let you go, i've got 20 more seconds, what is it that you think the people want to happen at this point? >> they want a new system. people want democracy, which is something they haven't had. that i have seen ram pant corruption, which when they went today they saw it on a scale that they didn't even anticipate, even though it was an open secret. and so they are wanting a more transparent system. >> all right, jared morgan, live there in kiev, we appreciate your time and perspective from there on the ground. >> great to get jared's perspective, protests continue in kiev and displays of anti-sentiment spreading to our

areas. in proeuropean union areas, protesters toppling a statue of former leader leninand another statue in a city near kiev. >> u.s. and mexican authorities arresting one of the most powerful drug lord. guzman was caught overnight in a mexican resort town, department of homeland security calling it significant victory. he was on the drug enforcement administration's most wanted list. authorities say his drug empire stretches throughout north america and reaches as far as europe as well as australia. his cartel has also been heavily involved in the bloody drug war in mexico. a major security flaw leaving lots of apple users vulnerable. apple says the faulty software for mobile devices allows hackers to intercept

transmissions ments to be encrypted meaning your e-mails could end up in the wrong hand. there are concerns the risk could extend far beyond those iphones many of us have. brian has more and been following it all day from the new york newsroom. >> the security flaw affects nearly everyone who has an iphone, ipod, ipad, and even your mac computer. at least one expert says the issue is as bad as you can imagine. yesterday apple quietly revealing a major vulnerability on the current version of the ios and mac 0 s software, the part for encrypting your internet traffic making sure no one can see what you're doing online. it could make apple devices susceptible to man in the middle attacks where hackers easily intercept and read e-mails and secure login and other personal information meant to be encrypted. hackers could also insert

malicious links and set up phony websites to steal information. attackers are most plikly to get into your apple device from untrusted and open wi-fi networks at home or coffee shops. apple urging users to download the update. if you have an iphone 4 and later generation, 5th generation ipod touches and ipad 2 and later models, a security fix for mac computers is expected soon. interestingly enough, there's some speculation that this security flaw was used by the national security agency to act as ios devices as claimed in recent documents linked by edward snowden. apple denies this claim. >> it just goes to show you the lack of level of sophistication that the nsa was using to get access to the exploits, ways of getting into our networks and retrieving personal information. they don't need some guy in a

black hooded sweat suit to dive into your mouse and get this information. they can wait until you make a mistake. >> download the update immediately. we've been saying it all day. be extra careful not to use or access personal information on your mac computers when using unsecure open wireless networks. we have to wait until they get that patch ready, which is expected to come very soon. ed? >> thanks. interesting the edward snowden angle that the nsa leaker may have been something to do with this. >> that never stops. that keeps going. you have an iphone. usually you don't hear about apple products -- >> sounds like if you get the update you'll be okay. >> okay. coming up, a missing american college student found dead in italy. we're learning what may have happened to the 21-year-old john durkin and fresh attack in the president's use of executive action. eric cantor's new plan coming up.

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confirming john dur kin has been found dead, the 21-year-old was found missing during a trip to italy. local police say he was hit by a train. the fbi is investigating. italy meanwhile is swearing in a new prime minister. 39-year-old is the youngest person ever to hold the post, never heard a parliamentary job and facing pressure for immediate results after his predecessor failed to deliver on economic reform. and u.s. men's hockey team shutout in the bronze medal match against finland. the team walking away empty handed after a 5-0 in sochi. the current medal count, russia on top with 29 medals and u.s. in fourth place in points, despite winning 27 medals and by the way the president of the united states, two cases of beer shorter -- american beer sending to the canadian prime minister because men and women's hockey team -- >> they had a bet. >> a little bet. >> let's go to california where

severe drought causing serious problems for farmers in parts of the state. things are so bad now that the federal government is turning off the tap on their vital irrigation system. meaning families across the country can expect to see higher prices of fruit and vegetable and other products when they hit grocery stores. live in our los angeles newsroom with more. dominic? >> hey, there, vegetable prices and fruit prices could rise as much as 2.5 to 3.5%. on tuesday we'll get a fresh forecast from the department of agriculture. indications are it could go as high as 4%. beef itself will go up as well. not just fruits and vej. that's all because we've had so little water here in california. we've got like about a third of water we need in the reservoirs causing severe complications. let's show you a map of the area that will be affected by the new federal allocations.

basically it's the california delta, the red dot on the screen just east of san francisco. the green area to the north and south, those areas are water allocation from the feds will actually receive nothing, absolutely nothing at all in 2014. of course that really is the back bone of the agricultural industry here in california. and you know, california accounts for half of the fruit and vegetables we consume in the united states. it's very serious stuff. they are looking at going back to the 1920 -- back in the 1970s whereby water will be shipped around. experts are saying this will be a widespread problem. take a listen. >> some water users with very senior water rights will get cut back to 40% of their allocations, which is unheard of. going to see a big drop in what we grow and where we gro it and what's available in our supermarkets. >> just a week ago, president

obama was here in california to see the drought firsthand. he came up with few answers about how to actually solve it. and farmers here blaming the government saying the federal government should be -- the california farm bureau issued this statement on friday, saying this crisis is a direct result of 20 years of inaction by politicians and policy makers who have failed to take the steps required to shield california from drought. well, they are looking at putting up food banks for citizens to get affected badly by the drought. it is going to get worse, that's what the forecasters say. even the simple attempt to get in a drought to conserve water and keep the taps off and washing the car and letting the lawn die, nowhere near enough. >> indeed, we're just getting started. dominic, thank you very much. >> strong criticism meanwhile by house majority laider eric cantor, accusing the president of using executive power by

using executive actions to change health care mandates. in a memo house republicans, he says president obama has provided new clarity as to what constitutes an imperial presidency, declaring he has a pen and phone and acted to effectively rewrite the laws of the united states. joining us now, cal thomas, for and david mercer, former committee finance director. good to have you on the air. >> good to be with you, ed. >> david, i want to start with you. we have a little video clip from the 2008 campaign. i wanted you to hear. >> this is part of the whole theory of george bush that he can make laws as he goes along. i disagree with that. i taught the constitution for ten years and believe in the constitution and will obey the constitution of the united states. we're n >> david, not so much? >> not so much.

and if you look -- if you look at the history dating back to hoover, roosevelt, nixon, ford, kennedy and the bushes and reagan in particular, on average the presidents have had 610 executive orders. this president, president obama has only had 143 executive orders. so his presidency will be labeled imperial we're talking about a royal em peerial presidency of those past. i don't think that's the case in either instance. >> cal, what do you say? if you look at the numbers there are more executive actions in the clinton and bush administrations. >> he said he taught constitutional law for ten years and suggested he wasn't going to do that at all and work with congress. also in the same speech in a clip you didn't run, he also said the debt under president bush was an indication of failed leadership. the debt under president obama

expanded greatly. if it was failed leadership under president bush, what is it under president obama? it's alice in wonder land in washington, the words only what i mean them to mean at a certain time. >> the other big news, we can go through several, last year's budget had changes to social security. 2008 campaign talked about bringing down the debt and talked about major entitlement reform. now admittedly there are republican obstacles to pieces of the agenda but it looks like he's not tackling entitlement reform. what happened? >> what happened as was referenced indirectly by cal, the president hoped for congress he could work with and gop party that he could work with to do on behalf of the american people what the american people want. whether that's raising the minimum wage or extending the unemployment benefits and creating more jobs beyond the 8 million he has created. if he is -- what the president

believes is that if one's inaction does not beget another's inaction. while congress may want to sit on its hands while we're trying to strengthen the recovery, the president is going to take the action that he can. and set an example. if you're looking to raise the minimum wage, let's start with the federal contractors raising the minimum wage as he has done through an executive order in making sure that people have a liveable wage and not one that puts him on food stamps. >> i want to read a little bit more of eric cantor's memo. he talked a bit about health care and what the republicans some of the next moves on that. he talked about these medicare advantage cuts we learned about in the last 24 hours, proposed changes to medicare prescription drugs, that program, these are going to be the next targets for republicans, the fact the cuts are coming into place and eric cantor said delayth mandate while continuing to force

american families to purchase insurance, that is too expensive and often doesn't meet their needs or pay a brand-new tax equal to 1% of the income, he's saying this is not fair. the republicans have had a lot of these votes before to try to repeal the law, defund the law, is it a waste of time or are they going to get somewhere in terms of changing and reshaping this law? >> they are not going to reshape or change anything as you know until the election. this is all about setting the table for the nost election. republicans want to counter the charge that they don't have an alternative to obamacare. nobody has seen their plan. one quick point, the president did -- he could have done entitlement reform. president bush tried to do it taen he was slammed by the democrats. he was going to starve old people and put people in the streets and increase the homeless population. this is why people hate politics in washington. people throw charges back and forth aej the public suffers.

imagine a republican president trying to cut back spending on medicare advantage. my goodness, the major media would be screaming and yelling and democrats would be calling for impeachment. >> what about medicare advantage cuts, not just for republicans, there's a letter circulating with senate democrats who's butts are on the line, mr. president, what are you doing? >> i say that with regard to cal's statement just now, a lot has been done. in fact, affordable care act has been done providing millions of people with access to insurance that they otherwise didn't have. and with with regard to the employers mandate, that is not the crux of the obamacare or affordable care act. it's those that do not have insurance through their employees or employers. and so we're seeking to address those on individual basis don't have insurance. and that has gotten done and it took 50 years for an affordable care act to get done. that's action -- that's what record will stand on going in

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it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. a tour bus crashed in vermont killing the driver and injuring everyone on board. the driver lost control and hit a jack knifed tractor-trailer. investigators say icy conditions may have been a factor. >> a connecticut elementary school principal returned to work after she was caught on video dragging students through the halls. she's heading back to work at another school and will be under surveillance, obviously, but outraged parents say the punishment is not enough. >> president obama set to correct a historical act of discrimination next month awarding the medal of honor to a group of veterans overlooked due to ethnic and racial backgrounds, only 3 of those 24 veterans are still living. >> we're also still monitoring the very tense situation in the

ukraine. listen to this. protesters right there taking control of the capital city of kiev and the president's compound as well as the ukrainian leader flees to supporters in the country's pro russian leaning east saying he has no intention of stepping down. now lawmakers warn the country could be split in two in a cultural end political rift. amy kellogg has been all over the story for several days and has the latest from moscow. >> not too happy about what's going on. i think it's fair to say they feel president yanukovych was tricked into signing the deal the other day and the rug is pulled out from under him. he sat with the european foreign union ministers and yanukovych doesn't understand how one day the europeans could be recognizing a legitimacy of president and the next day

turning to the nationalist revolutionary terrorist of independent square. the former prime minister tymoshenko she had been jailed for two years on abuse of power charges and went from incarceration directly to independence square where massive crowds met her. she said ukraine would join the european union soon and called for new elections on may 25th. yanukovych, has said he'll remain in the country and remain president and fled the capital for the east of the country where he feels safer. statues of lenin are yanked down in parts of the country, some say they will run their own affairs for now until order is restored and that implies they are not going to be answering to the new government. the new government does the backing of the interior ministry and security services and the

defense ministry has said it's not going to turn on the people. doesn't mean they are planning to split off right now but certainly indicates that the story is not over and that not everyone is on board with what's going on. ed? >> thanks, amy. democratic senator dick durbin of illinois, says he just got off the phone with the former prime minister of ukraine and he says she's moving forward and wants the protest to go on as amy reported. interesting not just the president but now we see lawmakers here in this country watching the situation closely. >> absolutely. thanks for adding that. we move here fou, a new book is shedding light on what some describe as the federal government's addiction to debt. it follows the politics and economics of borrowing from the birth of our nation to today, highlighting the recent surge in national debt, debt surging from $5 trillion in the 1996 fiscal

year to $10 trillion in the summer of 2008, to more than 17 trillion right now. joining us now, the author of america's fiscal constitution, former houston mayor, bill white. are you there mayor white? good to see you. those numbers, i can't even count that high, mayor. that's a lot of money there. i want to start here with you because i'm a louisiana girl. yes, went through your book and the louisiana purchase, paid for with a bond at the time referred to as a stock, 11.2 million with 6% annual interest. here's the thing, in 1802, the u.s. budget was 4 million so the country could not have afforded the louisiana purchase without incurring long-term debt yet the purchase was good for our country. so mayor white, if using borrowed money to operate was okay for the government then, explain what is different now?

>> well, you know, we really didn't borrow money to operate the government. throughout the jefferson administration, they paid down normal debt but what they did do is they bought territory to expand the nation. it was a long-term capital investment. that's when one of four purposes that the federal government borrowed for for 180 years. then in recent years that changed. today we're borrowing money to pay for routine expenses. and that makes no sense. >> and why are we doing that? when was the fiscal constitution triumphant and why did it collapse? >> well, you know, a lot of people think the federal government just always borrowed money for everything but in fact, for most of the nation's history, 180 plus years it only borrowed to wage wars and acquire territory and prevent states from leaving the nation and playing holes down economic

down turns. people in both party took credit for that and since 2000 we have some money for war and some money because there was a down turn but half of the debt has been run up to pay for ordinary routine expenses. that fiscal constitution, the tradition by which americans try to balance their budget to preserve the future, collapsed quietly in 2001 and we haven't gotten it back yet. it's about time and i think americans want us to. >> americans want us to and mayor, you're the mayor of houston for two terms, a democrat with a progressive principles and taught yourself as a conservative fiscal politician, not an anomaly. people want them to come together and figure out what to do with our money and debt and controlling it, what would you say is the best approach to

making this country more fiscally sound today? >> well, here's a couple of lessons from history that also were lessons from what people do who balance budgets. the first in most of our history if we had a debt incurred for some purpose, congress passed a law specifically authorizing the amount and what it would be used for. cities and states throughout the country, most of them do that already right now. >> why isn't the government doing that? i'm sorry, go ahead. >> and did it for a long time. but people want to debate about what that debt is being used to pay for. and we need to go back to the old system instead of talking about a debt ceiling after they've already voted to spend the money at the time that you spend -- vote to spend money for which you need debt, we need to hold people accountable and vote to incur the debt at that time. so we have on record who voted to incur debt and how much and

for what purpose rather than all of the finger pointing. that's one lesson. >> exactly and the discussion that you're having earlier on medicare and medical federal medical services, federal medical services originally medicare was never intended to be paid for with debt. now we're using debt to pay for ongoing medical bills under medicare and medicaid. people in both parties say they support medicare but we're borrowing money to pay for it. that makes no sense. we can start by establishing a principle that they'll fight about how it ought to be paid for and what the level of medicare services, but at least establish a principle, we're not going to borrow a dime to pay for it because that adds to medical bills. >> i'm going to put you on the spot, mayor white. yes or no. is it possible for the guys and gals in washington, if you will, to come together on the debt -- the debt ceiling, the deficit,

et cetera? >> yes, but only if -- yes if voters replace some of the incumbents with people who are dedicated to balancing the budget. >> okay, mayor white, i notice that you thanked your wife andrea in your book for helping with editing. you're a smart man. you'll is have have a nice dinner tonight. >> you take care. >> honorable guy giving us a yes or no answer which you don't usually get from politicians but there was a but there too. >> i thought he made good sense in the whole idea. it doesn't matter what side of the political fence you sit on, it's all about green at that point and it's the american money -- >> kicking the can down the road too. programming note, don't miss a special "hannity" this weekend, sitting down with "son of god" producers talking about past controversy during the previous bible mini series and how the project first began.

>> obviously you're well known for touched by an angel and a lot of series on television. and you put everything behind this. why? >> it came in as a whisper and our hearts, which is just felt the importance and we sat down together over a cup of tea and mark said you want to do what, the whole bible? i said yes, i think that's what we should do. we shook hands on it and decided we would do it together. we never looked back. and i think when we originally started off on this journey, many people felt we were nuts, that we had lost our minds. >> you can catch it all on a special edition of "hannity" tonight 10:00 eastern, 9:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow right here on fox news channel. well, the 2014 winter games are wrapping up and now as protests erupt in ukraine, russians are pushing attention

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we've been telling you about protests getting ugly in the ukraine and the politics have been overshadowing the winter games as the focus on president putin's policies in russia are garning the attention more than the olympics, including the view

of our next guest, writing, this is about russia's role in the world. the fact that the rioting in kiev is unfolding alongside the slalom in sochi. politics and the olympics? yes, of course. joining us now, susan estrich. it's an honor to talk to you. >> it's a delight to talk to you and wonder to have you in our wonderful family. >> that's nice of you to say. president putin, president obama said everyone is making too much about their back and forth. this is not some cold war chess match. what do you say as a democrat? >> i think it's a bit of a cold war chess match, don't you? i'm not sure it's between obama and putin, but, the idea that russia put on this show and i heard in the initial interviews i kept hearing these guys say,

this has nothing to do with politics and russia showing we're a force in the world. nothing to do with politics? there is mr. putin sitting in the stands. they spent $50 billion. they are in a region that is as you well know, driven by all kinds of civil conflict and meanwhile you've got a neighboring ukraine country i've been to and have family from, and you've got people on the streets trying peacefully at least initially, to -- to seek freedom. it's all about politics and i think what's quite amazing this week is that as the olympics are winding down, it looks like ukraine is moving towards the new chapter. >> and does president putin conversely get some points for the fact that many of us in the media before these olympics were saying, boy, it's going to be a security nightmare, there could be a terror attack and the games are not over yet, knock wood.

does he get any points for having an olympics that has gone off pretty smoothly? >> he must be one pitted off guy right now because you know, they built the hotel rooms, you know, they got the journalists there and water finally ran clean, you know. everybody won some medals. all of a sudden ukraine of all things. he's got nobody to blame for himself -- >> i feel like you're holding back. >> i feel you're holding back. >> no, i don't think -- i just think if he hadn't put the pressure on yanukovych initially and pushed so hard, he probably would be drinking his vodka and celebrating today. instead you've got what has got to be a great embarrassment for putin in yanukovych racing out of town and tymoshenko being freed from prison. this is not a good day for mr.

putin. >> you're right, overshadowing somewhat on the other hand you've got a lot of people writing around the world in some corners at least, that president putin seems to be pulling the strings in the crises where it's ukraine, syria, iran negotiations, he has a strong hand in some of these places. >> you know that very well. he has a very strong hand in some of these places. it's just not being played very well. there's no game of cards in which putin played ukraine well. and the reality of the situation is the last thing vladimir putin wanted in the middle of his olympics with all of the glamour and glitter and accomplishments was to have this violent uprising in ukraine that was directly tied to him, that results in his guy, the president, heading for the hills. it isn't the story he would have written.

>> maybe i shouldn't have said strong hand, strong iron fist or something like that. >> yeah, yeah, right. >> susan, holding back a little bit, not telling all of her opinions -- being very meek here on the air -- >> very meek. >> her syndicated column is not meek, you can read it across the country every wednesday and friday, delighted to have you on, susan. have a great weekend. >> you too. delighted to be here. >> good seeing you. >> we love susan. coming up, it might be -- >> what do you got over there? >> i want you to come over here. >> can i walk over there? >> come on over. might be cold outside but you can dream you're at the beach. come on in. please, we're going to show you the best blenders on market. i'm going to make you a margarita but it's going to be virgin. >> wait, what doum? >> we can't drink on the air. we'll be back in two minutes. we can't drink alcohol on the air.

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