>> america's news headquarters starts right now. russia giving ucrannian forces an ultimatum surrender or face a "storm". i am alisyn camerota. >> and i'm bill hemmer. russia is now backing off that claim as forces go in crima. they will try to figure out what to do. secretary of state john kerry leaves for the region tonight. >> reporter: bill with all of the militarization here there is concerns about missteps. someone on one side or the other doing something stupid to trigger a conflict. and misspeaking is a problem. there were threats if ukraineans

did not surrender they will come in with a storm. this as russia tries to justify their military take over of crima. russian foreign minister said we are talking about the protection of our russian citizenship and the right to live and nothing more. protect from what? people are asking, it is not clear. the ferry terminal was taken over. sparking fears that moscow will use that route to put more troops in the ukraine. russia troops surrounded a marine unit and demanding they hand over stock piles. they have not complied with the russian demands. the russians told them they were there to protect against mauraiders.

ukraine called this an act of war. all of the steps taken over the weekend. president obama putin is coping a low profile during the tense period. but he was watching war games today and had nothing to do with ukraine. something that is getting less credence. there may be a price for this for putin. protestors took to the streets in st. petersburg and there were arrests. so much of this, bill, that say is about posturing, president obama wants to show he controls not only russia but the area around russia, but it is an delicate ambulance. in the meantime the u.s. and

ukraine feels there are not a lot of options. the eu is talking about taking targeting measures to punish rush why. >> night fall in ukraine as we watch the show down. there are questions of whether u.s. foreign policy contributed to this situation. john bolton former u.s. embassy about the message we are sending to our allies and enemies. he's coming up in a moment. this is why crima is ground 0. the ties to russia stretch back centuries. kathryn the greatanexed crima and set up a naval base. 1954 the soviet premier made it part of the soviet union. ukraenian gave them

independence. but 1997 russia divided the black sea with ukraine 50- 50 in return for a lease on the naval bias. >> those developments developing your bottom line. 401 is taking a hit. we were down 200 and bouncing back to 186. and oil price, jumping more than a dollar today and concerns that u.s. could freeze assets. russia is a major exporter of oil and natural gas. obama care, some states wound up shelling out tens of millions on their own defective websites. that price tag is going to all of us chris is here to explain.

great to see you. >> hi, ally. >> we have known the glitches have cost us valuable time and now we know there is a actual price tag for the glitches in the state. >> in a state like maryland that is the most enthusiastic and early adopter of obama care. and no is claiming to be more on board. it is 33 million to fire back up the website they tried to launch in the first place. it looked similar to what we saw in other states, oregon is particularly bad they can't get it going and had recriminations and can't make it work. >> who is on the hook for the $30 million? >> who do you think is on the hook in >> you? >> not me. and all of the rest of the

taxpayers can do it. whether or not there is a federal bail out for states that are caught with this, the problem is these states believed there would be a lot of the money in the form of taxpayer subsidies to the medicaid program which is a welfare program and underlying subides and early adopters of obama care would get money flowing in the state. if your website doesn't work you will not know if you get the free stuff. the federal government the punt and sign up for free stuff and then as the administration will say wol true it up later six months down the rod and see who is eligible to get subsidies and who isn't. as the administration gets closer to the march 31st dead line for when voluntary

compliance expires they will not throw anyone off of the rolls. >> we are 28 days from the march 31st dead line. what if it is not working then? >> there is a growing suspicion there will be no penalties on obama care. states like maryland and oregon are catastrophicies. but can you find a person for not signing up that tens and tens of hundreds of millions dollars spent on consult apts to build the website. if you can't sign up, can the federal government fine you for not complying with obama care. the president helping out alloys in the labor movement and big business, is going to swing around in the end and say there is a delay for everybody, to.

>> chris stierwalthank you. >> washington state had 15,000 applications stuck in the exchange. there are thousands of applications to have mistakes and need more information. they cannot be processed or restarted either we are told. officials say they are working on it. fox weather alert for you again. another fierce storm crossing the country and hitting the east coast and reports of 6- 10 inches in spots from washington d.c. all the way up to new jersey. we have fox team coverage and we start with steve at reagan national airport 500 flights are cancelled. what is the latest? >> and there could be more later on today, alisyn. here we go again.

it is not only a long and cold winter with snow and delays, it comes in the beginning of the work week. and business travellers were hit. and in washington national tells the whole story want cancelled all the way down the line. in fact there are only a handful of planes on the tarmac and they are not going anywhere soon. it is a ghost town because people decided not to come to the airport and they knew flights were cancelled. later on this afternoon, they may indeed start flight operations and even though it is quiet here. we shot video to try to clear the snow off of the runway. second time happen. and happen once again last month

earlier and they have been fighting because the snow is blowing back on the runway. and more snowfall comes and covers the runway. that is causing a lot of problems for travellers and this is what they had to say. >> they put me on a flight for 11 time time 30 and i got an e-mail at midnight that it was cancelled, and so i am here to tuesday until 11:a.m. >> there is nothing to do just be patient. >> and so for more than 2500 flights are cancelled today because of the weather. 1900 are cancelled and so that the aircraft would not a ratify in a middle of a storm and just sit here. 75 percent of the flights has been cancelled. >> that has a ripple affect. >> and so meteorologist janice

dean is in the weather center. you are the most liked person in the building. >> i sense the sarcam. >> you nailed. it >> the storm is almost done but we saw freezing rain and sleet in tennessee river valley and ohio river valley we are almost done and portions of dc and getting reports of freezing rain and light snow falling in the nation's capitol. we could break records this evening for record cold temperatures. overnight tonight below 0. and hopefully you are not out at 2 o'clock a.m. and minus three in philadelphia and commute tomorrow, bundle up and ridiculously cold in cases. and overnight lows in the upper

midwest and midatlantic and northeast and into tuesday and wednesday, we are talking about teens and below freezing and then we have another blast of artic air. we'll keep you mosted. >> big news soon hopefully. >> i bet we'll have this storm and another 12 or throw weeks from now. >> i am happy to take the bet this is it. and the end. >> what forecast are you looking at? >> we always get snow in march. >> i look toward spring. >> he isn't a meteorologist. >> we have lived in a cave for three months. >> and janice, thank it you. bye-bye. they call it operation corvette plus. remember the cars that fell in the sinkhole in the museum? it is time to get them out.

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updating a story we brought you last month. the 45 foot wide sinkhole under the museum in kentucky. today, crews are pulling eight rare corvettes out of the sinkhole. they are starting with the three easiest to reach, that's a good idea. the entire recovery process is stremed wide on the web. they plan to refill the whole and repair the museum building. no word on how long it will take. her attorney indicates she will testify and it is a back and forth negotiation. we believe that the evidence causes her in her best interest

to be someone to testify. >> the former irs official lois lerner will testify on wednesday about the targeting of conservative groups. and her lawyer said that is not quite true. so what is the truth? what will happen. we have the south carolina congressman here. i am trying to figure it out and read between the line and clearly a negotiation going on back and forth. as it stands today, will you get lois lerner back before the committee to answer questions in 48 hours? >> yes, sir. with this cave at. the e-mails are clear between chairman issa and her attorney. they agreed it come wednesday and answer questions. last time she asked for immunity and now asking a for a week.

if it is the difference between her answering all of the questions or showing up and invoke the fifth amendment privilege. i support that. she is coming wednesday, there is no question about that and i hope she gets a week continuous or prepared to answer the questions. >> there could be a cameo and you would accept a seven day delay. that's what i am hearing from you, right? >> bill, if it is the difference between getting answers and not getting answers, i am willing to wait nine months and one week as opposed to nine months. why she is not ready i don't know. >> is her attorney trying to buy time or is she wafering. >> what makes sense she is not

ready to answer the questions. there is no negotiation. i have the e-mails in front of me. we are not discussing immunity or plea deals. whether she wants to talk wednesday or a week from wednesday is between her attorney or chairman issa. >> you sound like a congressman on the verge of asking your questions and when you do, what do you think lois lerner knows? >> well, she knows that most of her previous comments are false and untrue. this does not originate in cincinnati and whether it is this wednesday or next the not only tell your viewers what happened but the motive and why. remember she was before congress. i have done nothing wrong and broken law. they are false. viewers need to know why she did

what she did and irs targeted conservative groups. i plan to tell them the motive. >> obviously you want to know who else knew about it and coordinated. >> we know some of that. >> you would think that she would have that answer. do you believe that to be the case? >> no question. we have the e-mails. that's the reason she is coming back. because we have the evidence. not because of civic duty. save yourself or go down in flames. she needs to save herself. >> trey, thank you for coming on hq. we'll see you in the next 48 hours. >> and this is a case watched around the world. riveting testimony on the day one of the blade runner trials. >> and a truck drove through a store. and there's this.

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jennifer lawrence among those squeezing in with ellen. bradley cooper snapped. it i got to give it to him. >> and folks taking up on ellen's challenge. a million in an hour and boat out a pic of president obama hugging michelle obama. >> i did it. >> makes you feel a part. >> of the global gimmick. who gets your oscar. could it be your husband or wife or dog? >> sure if they are good actors, you know? that's how i define it? >> send me a tweet at bill hemmer. >> and to me at alisyn camerota. there is dramatic testimony

from a neighbor as the murder trial starts for oscar pistorias. he claimed it was a accident. earlier today, the first witness testified a woman's screams before the four gunshots. and johnathon hunt is live in the new york city newsroom with the latest. >> reporter: the first thing we heard today oscar pistorias saying not get as the charges were readout to him and he was asked if he understood them. and then with mr. pistorias in courts, the first witness was called. her name is michelle. she lives 200 yards from the house that oscar pistorias was in on the night of the killings with his girlfriend reeva

steemkamp. she described what she heard. >> they were not screams i heard before. and they were petrifid, the female screams. just before the gunshots. it was blood curling. you can't explain it but her woman's life was really threatened. >> of course, oscar pistorias and his lawyers will argue that he indeed believed that reeva's life was threatened by an intruder in his house and he fired the four gun shot through the toilet door and three of which struck reeva, he believes he is firing at the intruder. the trial expected to last three weeks. remember, there is no jury in

the south africa judential if he is found guilty of murder oscar pistorias could go to prison 25 years. >> the whole world is watching that case, to. pressure mounting for the west to get involved. it america's foreign policy weak on putin and how much is that to blame for the chrissis? >> new epa regulations and next time what they mean in the pump or buy a car. and then there is this. >> it is unbelievable. >> the weather there sending high tide smashing in a restaurant and bringing a lot of the rain inland. is it doing going to relieve the

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organizations related to the by scouts because of the policy banning gay adult leaders. so this is how you do it in minnesota when it gets cold outside. and a winter that goes on forever. you have a moose in your backyard. >> right as we see 25 mile per hour. they should get an oscar. gold medal. well done. >> make iced lemonade. >> that's it. fox news alert on the crisis in the ukraine. russia denies it issued a surrender or else threat. ukraine for help. secretary of state kerry is heading to kiev and some are critizing the white house for not taking a harder line with vladimar putin. >> i think putin is playing

chess and we playing marble the. we got our fannies handed to us on the nuclear. and that was a huge mistake. nevery time the president goes on national television and threatens putin or anyone like putin, everybody's eyes roll including mine. we have a weakened president. president obama needs to do something. joining us to talk about it is ambassador john bolton and a fox news contributor. mr. ambassador, thank you for being here. the ukranian prime minister said they are on the brink of disaster and how dow assess the situation at this hour? >> i think that is close to the truth. i think putin knows he has the high cards militarily and economically and politically and he is prepared to use them. he gave us notice 7 or 8 years

ated q from his requently leadership in russia, he said the brake up of the soviet union was a tragedy. and he wants to re-establish russia. and ukraine is the biggest prize and that's what he is after. the occupation of crima is a step in that direction and shoes how putin will negotiate with the interim government on ukraine. >> what can the u.s. do about what is happening? >> i think that there is very little we can do. i am favor of economic sanctions and expelling russia from the g8. and have a un security vote on this. and this failure didn't occur yesterday or the day before it occurred for the last five years

because the president of the united states has not paid attention to ukraine. he has misunderstood the russians and not interested in america national security affairs and we are paying the consequences. it is a five year long failure. >> it is in the washington post they are critical of president obama. he has a foreign policy of the way he wishes the world looks rather than the reality. but they blame it further back in five years and they say when russia invaded georgia we turned a blind eye under president bush and do you agree? >> the russians invaded georgia because in frequently of 2008, the europeans rejected the proposal to put georgia and

ukraine on a track to nato membership. russia invaded them four months later. you can't miss the cop nection and the fact was the united states at that point had limited options just as we have limited options in the ukraine. that's why you have to look at foreign policy from a broad strategic view point. >> will freezing assets get his attention. >> tell get his attention but not stop him. this is the biggest populace. and it is huge and economic and go back to the kievian roft and a this happened years of russia? >> and trade safrpgs will not

slow putin down in the slightest. >> we'll see what develops with secretary kerry heading there tomorrow. we'll talk to you again. >> and back in this country. fox news extreme weather alert. california getting hit with more rain. they need water because of the record drought. but too much water is causing mud slides and major flooding. will carr follows that in l.a. how are things today. >> reporter: the rain pounded this area five days and created dangerous situations. take a look at the video. the video that we have shot inside of a restaurant on the pier in santa barbara. there is a massive wave that comes and crashes in the restaurant and broke windows and sent people eating break fast rushing from the door. and others saw mud slides and it

came crashing down the hillsides and rushing in the resident's backyard. >> whole thing came down and all of it ended up out here. >> this was one of the largest storms since december of 2010. california needs more stops like this before it can pull out of the drought according to the experts. this brought the los angeles region to half of the normal rainfall for the season. and it put an end to a long wildfires season. governor jerry brown signed legislation to help resident who need the water. the farmer ares and ranchers are praying for more rain. but there is nothing but sunshine in the forecast. >> back to the old way it has been. thank you. >> republicans are pivoting from

obama care to the war on poverty. will that strategy help them in the midterms. >> and the new video. the video of the truck and the aftermath of it plowing in the store. >> someone helped her. and another guy on the floor not moving at all. ♪ ♪

17 short minutes away. here is gretchen carlsson. >> hi, guys. is president obama foreign policy more fantasy than reality with putt. he is meeting with israeli prime minister netanyahu. we'll bring it to you. and new questions are raised about the fbi investigation in to david petraeus and why apparently remains open? a father sets off a gun control

debate after posting a picture with his son and a rifle? >> thank you. budget chairman republican paul ryan is trying to change the focus on capitol hill he put out a new report on government spending on social programs. >> here lars, and a gentle men. happy monday to both of you. lars, this is what paul riap said. 100 programs in the federal level that are meant to help and actually created a poverty trap. what do you think about that? >> i think that is right. think about it this way, in most states in america, you would have to make $15 an hour working

full-time to equal the benefits. in some states, you would have to make $20 or 40,000 a year just to equal what you can get by signing up for the welfare programs of every kind out there, subsidized housing and food and medical care and education and if is a mess. and our government under president obama who doubled the number of people on food stamps is turning america in a european style welfare state. it is not good for the people. >> do you think what we will see in the midterms, the republicans will change the narrative and talk about how to reform the welfare programs rather than just criticizing obama care. >> it is a welcome development. it is great that paul ryan is focused on making government work better. we have to pass the budget. the government were not able to

pass the proppings bill and the budget problems was the infight nothing the republican house over how to do the budget. maybe this year, the republicans will use the power they have in controlling the house to lay out the agenda in the house and come together and show what their alternative is to president obama. i think it is a welcome ent. >> you heard it twice, welcome development and it goes back to the white house and president to whether or not he is willing to do a deal that scales back anything that washington does. and 2014, 17.3 trillion in deelt. is it 20 trillion when he leaves second term? >> it is a disaster and the house is in disarray, if you look at what happens in the bills, our government has not run on the budget process

careful examination and they could go to the senate and get consideration. but harry reid and the senate said we will not pass those individual budgets, it forbids or creates a problem with the house and can't create a budget and have a close look through committees and hearings on how we are spending the money and the president expanded social welfare programs at a time we can't afford. it >> simon, we have specifics from paul ryan. stop measures success by how much we spend. head start is failing to prepare kids for school. and medicaid has little affect on patient's health improving. do you think, it is a welcome change from the republicans, is it compelling enough arguments that they will carry the midterms with these? >> let's see? i think it is important to put in perspective that the budget deficit is not being driven by

spending on domestic programs like this. it is driven by a slow economy. >> certainly entitlements. >> no. >> 60 percent of it. >> alisyn. that was my next point. but this is different from medicare and social security right? you look at the overall budget it is misleading for the republicans to tell the american people if they can get the budget deficit in better shape by cutting programs. it is it a very, very small part of the overall budget. we can always make government work better and i trust paul ryan is coming from an honest point. >> the war on poverty 50 years later. >> last thing you expect to interrupt your grocery shopping right here. >> i thought he was going to

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how the driverol. one big winner of last night's academy awards was the animated film "frozen," but the pizza was delivery. >> so we have just vegetables with, like, tomato sauce. we have cheese. we have different kinds -- who's hungry? who's going to eat on this side? >> you know they don't heat beforehand because they have to squeeze into those outfits. that's a real pizza delivery guy. his name is edgar. >> he seemed somewhat perplexed by what happens happening. >> he did. with more on the oscars, the 411. hey, j.b. >> hosted by ellen degeneres for the second time. the oscars were packed with plenty of laughs. here's more. >> it's going to be an exciting night. anything can happen. so many different possibilities. possibility number one, "12 years a slave" wins best picture. [ cheers and applause ] possibility number two, you're

all racist. >> but perhaps my favorite ellen moment was when ellen came out dressed as the good witch glenda as the oscars celebrated the 75th anniversary of "the wizard of oz." anyway, as for the awards, no surprises in the major categories. as expected, jared leto to win best supporting actor for his performance as a transgender a.i.d.s. patient in "dallas buyers club." disney's animated hit "frozen" won. gra "gravity" picked up seven awards. the best actress award went to cate blanchett in "blue jasmine." matthew mcconaughey took home best actor for his performance in "dallas buyers club." finally, "12 years a slave" won the oscar for best picture. you have to watch 3 1/2 hours of

the oscars in order to find that out or find out this morning like a lot of you did, i'm sure. another oscar moment of note. did you see john travolta's flub? the twitterverse exploded after john travolta botched her name ahead of her performance. >> that'll do it. >> people were joking maybe his hair plugs got in the way of his hearing. >> oh, that's not nice. >> i don't know. >> he's got good hair. >> he does. i'm sure it's totally natural too. >> thank you, julie. >> so we want to know -- you know, if you can't figure out what's in the prompter, just say any name. i think that's what he decided to do. so we want to know who gets your oscar? >> anyone you can pick or anything. >> anything. >> your best tweets are coming up. somebody said it's not really a selfie when there's more than one person. it's a groupie. something to consider. >> i like it.

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we asked you, who gets your oscar? >> your oscar. sean, oscar goes to obama. if you like your plan, you can keep your plan. amazing performance. >> oh, boy. paul, to my four kids who could seemingly get sick on command to get out of tests at school. >> hanna says, my brother and the rest of the police officers in america. we salute all of them. >> beautiful sentiment. jonathan says, the pizza man from last night. carbs. >> he was good, edgar. >> he was great. >> i mean, he played his role perfectly. he's got nothing on matthew mcconaughey. >> those starlets looked hungry. they were very happy. >> because they don't eat

before. >> absolutely. >> i won my oscar poll. >> you did? >> all you have to do is guess "gravity" in every category and it's going to win. sound effects, editing. it's easy. >> well done. thanks for watching. >> here's gretchen. see you tomorrow. and we start with a fox news alert. russian troops on the move. the acting prime minister saying armed conflict is a, quote, definite possibility. hi, everyone. i'm gretchen carlson. russia has taken over air space, airports, highways, and the regional government of the krooi mi yan peninsula. president obama and russian president vladimir putin spoke on the phone for 90 minutes this weekend. secretary of state john kerry is heading to the region tomorrow. the obama administration says