>> good morning. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this tuesday morning. >> thank you for starting your day with us. we are beginning with the fox news alert. devastating tole from a mud slide is growing with each passing hour. >> torrential rain is expected to flood the area today. 176 remain unaccounted for. at least 14 are dead. rescue crews say conditions are treacherous. the likelihood of finding su survivors growing thin. >> it is muddy. in areas it's like quick sand. sometimes it takes 40 minutes to walk 40, 50 feet to get over these berms. >> the 911 calls. >> the houses are gone. >> are there any injuries? >> yes. there are people yelling for

help. >> new images of dramatic rescues a 4-year-old saved the rebel. crews say he was drowning in the mud. >> a baby pulled from debris even after crews were told it was too dangerous. the baby's cries pushing them until they found him. >> from a new rain on the west coast to another easter on the east coast most of the coulden tree -- country facing extreme weather. this storm system is very powerful. at the end of the day all that matters is the exact track. the later computer models the storm system is remaining far enough offshore over the next 48-hours we are going to be seeing most of the heavy snowfall accumulations along the coastal areas. this is examining to be setting

the stage in the region. you can see windchill temperatures in boston 20 this morning in new york city. in new york city by midnight tonight you are going to be seeing the snow coming down heavily at times across portions of new jersey. the snow will be heavy for parts of the cape, maine, that is where we are looking at accumulations up to a foot of snow strong winds with the storm system dark shading shows wind gusts possible along the coastal areas. we have blizzard watches are the

case. russian troops dig in on the ukrainian border. defense minister offering his resignation. parliament says no. today president obama is in the netherlands at the hague for the nuclear security summit. the president joins 52 other leaders to discuss how to safeguard the world's nuclear materials. meantime russia being booted from the g-8 summit because of the annexation of crimea. now the g 7 summit meeting will take place in brussel. they have russian roop troops on the ukraine's border. they come into ukraine so the ukrainians can effect the crimea you can allow that.

he has to go in i think he will do that soon. >> he will engage military exercises on the ukraine border. >> a major move to stop the nsa from storing information of your phone calls. >> the white house is going to announce that the federal government will no longer collect data about ordinary americans. they will still have access to it. the phone companies will hold on to the information. they follow a review that was initiated a wave of public backlash after nsa leaker edward snowden false data collection keeps america safe and changing the rules will be hard. >> i am solely on the record of multiple providers could require companies to altar their

procedures in ways that raise new privacy issues. on the other hand any third party maintaining a single consolidated data base would be carrying out what government functions but with more expense. >> there is a bill in the house that would outlaw all mike rogers wants more targeted surveillance. he says this, we believe this can be the solution for those of us who want to preserve national capabilities while heeding the legitimate concerns of many. the collection of bulk telephone meta data has potential for rebuke. they will ask for another 90-day window to keep data the way it has been before changes begin. >> the search for osama bin laden's son-in-law will be in

the hands of the jury. he was insfrument tal from recru recruiting people. jurors will have to weigh in on these charges including conspireing to kill americans. he faces life in prison if convicted. the judge in the oscar pistorius murder trial hearing more this morning from the person who might have the most damaging testimony of all, the victim herself. this is a look at the courtroom police reading several of reba steenkamp explosive text messages including this one weeks before she was killed.

>> he is accused of killing steenkamp last valentine's day. >> now put on hold today because of the 13 foot as wells and 50 mile per hour winds in the indian ocean. now china which had more than 156 people on board de p manning malaysia share all of their evidence. doug luzader live with more. >> the weather there is terrible. they hope the search will resume tomorrow there in australia. we will see. the data they want to see has to do with that satellite. they were told the plane was going in the northerly track or the southerly crack. they can only conclude it went south into the indian ocean. here's a look from the company that operates the satellite. >> we have been comparing it with other malaysian triple 7

flights and we can rule out the northern pathway. none of the pinnings we gave one 11th match with the northern root they match with the southern route. the match is pretty much inescapable. >> that led malaysian airlines and the malaysian government to tell a family member that all hope is lost at this point. obviously distraught family members there. as far as the investigation is concerned this search will continue for the aircraft. what they are looking for is the plane's black box. to do that the navy is bringing in new equipment in the indian ocean. one of which is a code pinger locator. it will ping up the ping from the black box. the other item is an under water

drone an unmanned submarine. both of these pieces of equipment have to have a ballpark to start in and thus far we are not even that close. >> happening today they are hearing arguments in a case that could prove ground breaking for religious freedom. family run craft store hobby lobby is fighting the government over the birth control mandate in the healthcare law. hobby lobby owner steve green says it goes against his family's faith. >> if the supreme court ruled yes on both cases this is a significant gutting, gutting of the affordable care act. if the supreme court rules no

the government will have free range to tell corporations what they must do irrespective of their political opinion. >> this isn't about making healthcare decisions about employees, they just don't want to pay for services to which they object. >> those who lost the-- the trie who died on september 11th, the muse i am will be open around the clock for six days for the family member -- the victim's family members and for the rescue and recover he radio workers then it opens to you the public on may 21st. heather? one of america's top airlines is expanding which could make it easier for you. we have your other top business news this morning. good morning.

>> southwest is picking up by those who lost. they have 7 new routes from washington national round trips. it started in august 3rd-day to nashville and two to tampa and new orleans and some of the others here. >> what are you seeing this summer. they are a buzz after apple's newest phones since the 5 p and 5 s came out last fall. if they are reading the tea leaves correctly they are betting on an august or september launch. they want to know what it will look like. take a look at this photo. if it is accurate the screen will be bigger possibly as large as 5 and a half inches. google glass is getting a make-over from the designer ray ban and oakley. italy exotica a giant in the industry. they will tap into this.

to help sell glass when it hits the market as early as this year. american eagle outfitters is offering a new line of clothes for canines called american beagle outfitters. it released this dogumentary. it includes do gentlemeningings. another look to match you to your pooch? i know april fool's day is around the corner. looks like american beagle is on to something. >> doggie gentlemeningijeggings. >> it is not adding up. a ground breaking decision about common core that could start a wave of change. >> a free fall from the tallest building in the western hemisphere, the new stomach turning video that is landing the daredevils in trouble with

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>> the train that derailed may have been this train may have been asleep at the wheel. that's what the official is saying about the derailment that happened at chicago's o'hare airport. the operator worked extensive over time. told investigators she was extremely tired at the time of the incident. 32 people were injured when the train jumped up the platform and went up an escalator. as crews scramble to clean up a massive oil spill the coast guard is aiming to reopen one of the busiest shipping channels leading to houston.

more than 80 chips are entering the bay where more than 170,000 gallons of tar like oil spilled into the water. they can navigate through oil to avoid more contamination. they are expected to make a decision later today. environmental groups are concerned as peak migration season is approaching for shore birds. >> caught on camera illegal base jumping from the top of one world trade center in new york city. now that man and three of his buddies are facing felony charges. andrew and marco markovich snuck into the building in september. the fourth guy karl was on the ground as the lookout. all four turned themselves in charged with feel knee third degree burglaries. one helped build the tower

police think that's how they were able to get inside. >> are republicans to blame for the crisis in the ukraine. harry reid said yes. >> republicans objected in order for the building and other gop to hide behind shadowy front groups. this is the reason for holding up something 46 million ukrainians. >> this isn't the first time senator reed's comments have come into question. here is a reid row trip through history. >> if it you can help one child to enhance her why wouldn't you do that? why would you do that? i have people staying home they have a few problems they don't represent republicans going out of the country the tea party ant

ark cys-- arkists. women don't have jobs either but women aren't abusive most of the time. men when they are out of work tend to become abusive. there are mreplenty of horror stories being told all of them aren't true. >> some accused reid of trying to create gop bad guys coming up to the mid term. >> coming up, normally he's the one enforcing the law. >> you want to get into this let's get into it. this sorry operation needs to stop. >> the outburst that landed judge joe brown behind bars. >> the danger may have to take a time-out from tweeting. anthony weiner has a brand new gig. >> first as we go to break a look at "the tonight show" with jimmy fallon. >> tips to other world leaders obama is unpopular but every time he puts down his tray in

the calf fefeteria all of the o leaders go to a different table. come on bullies.

>> former tv judge joe brown hauz thrown out of the courtroom. >> brown was representing someone in a child support case. >> you want to get into this let's get into this. this sorry operation needs to stop. >> 24-hours in the jail for contempt. >> you need to straighten yourself up. >> the judge held brown in contempt of court sentencing him to five days in jail. he is free on his own recoulding zahns. >> i always stood up for my clients. locked up for contempt so far

yes. this is the first time i have ever been locked up actually. >> his syndicated show was canceled last year. >> happening today a 74-year-old california woman will be released from prison after serving 32 years for a murder. a judge changed her sentence to time served and ordered her release. >> she never should have been incarcerated in the first place but she is free thank god. >> ♪ >> the man accused of committing the murder died in 1988. >> indiana has decided to drop the common core educational standard. it is the stafirst state to dro the standard for college and the work force. they said the hoosier state

would be better served by its own learning bench mark. six other states are considering the initiative to drop common core standards as well. it is time now to brew on this. baseball is america's favorite past time. plenty of fans gskip work or school to catch a game. now there's a white house petition with 100,000 signatures to make it a national holiday. smith is teaming up with budweiser to make an american tradition. the white house better decide quickly because opening day is march 31st. >> should baseball's opening day be a national holiday? send comments to facebook, twitter or send an e-mail. still think the u.s. handing over control of the internet is a big deal? >> we are talking about the freedom and the internet.

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>> a race against the clock right now to find people buried in a mess of mud, trees and debris. a major set back to make it much worse. >> now it is time for dc to go fox and friends first starts right now. >> good tuesday morning. welcome back to "fox & friends first". >> i am heather childers. thank you for joining us.

a navy sailor cause shot and killed at the naval station in norfolk. security forces have killed a civilian suspect. this happened around 11:20 last night. a navy spokesperson says the two killed were both men p. it was briefly put on lock down after the shooting but has since been lifted the shooting is now under investigation. >> well in another news a major move to stop the nsa thfrom storing information in your personal phone calls. what the president planned to stop. they will announce the nsa won't keep a flight any longer of all americans phone data and the phone companies are going to keep that instead only taking it

over if someone has a court order with an investigation. president obama now minor changes to surveillance programs earlier this year. >> effective immediately, we will only pursue phone calls that are two steps removed from terrorist organization instead of the current three. we are working with surveillance court so that during this transition period the data base can be queried only after a judicial finding or in the case of a true emergency. >> this morning a senior administration official told us that current surveillance programs are going to be renewed when the president already announc announced. bipartisan support to end all false selection of data favoring

instead specific targets. we believe this can be the solution for those of us who want to preserve national security capabilities while heeding the legitimate concerns of many is a selection of both telephone data has a potential for abuse. the president gave his administration a friday deadline to announce nsa reports. we should learn a lot more by the end of this week. >> thank you, peter. peter dues s dos see live in washington. a devastating toll of a mud slide in washington state growing. they flood the areas today with frantic efforts who may be buried in the mud. 176 remain unaccounted for. at least 14 are dead. a rescue crew say that conditions are treacherous and the likelihood of finding

survivors growing thin. >> it is muddy. in areas it's like quick sand. sometimes it takes five minutes to walk 40, 50 feet to get our equipment over these berms. >> we are hearing newly released harrowing 911 calls. >> everything is gone. the houses are gone. >> are there any injuries? >> yes, there are people yelling for help. >> new images emerging a dramatic rescues. a 4-year-old saved from the rubble. crews say he was drowning in the mud. then there is this a baby pulled from debris even after crews were told it was too dangerous. the baby's cries pushing them until they found him. from the wealths coast to a nor' easter on the east coast. much of the country facing extreme weather this morning. >> maria molina has more.

>> down into north carolina, all of the energy is coming together developing an area of low pressure off the east coast. that significance tem will track northward and incontinues fy forward and produce all kind of impact. take a look at the future radar by midnight tonight we expect the snow to be coming down new york city and long island and new jersey. the storm track is far enough away from the coast it should limit snow totals across the area. we are expecting more significant snow totals. those are the areas you could potentially see up to a foot of snow and look at the future radar. the wind will be a major concern with the storm system because it will be intensifying so rapidly we expect gusts up to 50 miles an hour. by tonight 11:00 p.m. strong winds along places like anothno

cape hatteras and parts of new england. the wind another big part of the story behind the storm system very cold temperatures out there. we already have blizzard warnings and a blizzard watch. >> thank you very much maria molina. >> happening today the supreme court is set to hear arguments in a case that proves to be ground breaking for religious freedoms. family run craft store hobby lobby over the birth control mandate and the healthcare law. steve green says the mandate goes against his familiar lace faith. andrew nepal tano judge here at fox is the down with the kelly files to explain the possible ruling. >> if the supreme court ruled yes on both cases this is a significant gutting of the affordable care act. >> if the supreme court rules no the government will have free

range to tell corporations what they must do irrespective of their political opinion. >> hobby lobby's owners say this isn't about making healthcare decisions for employees they just don't want to contribute to services they object to. >> the search for malaysia airline flight 370 will be put on hold today because of 15 mile an hour winds in the indian ocean. officials now say they believe the flight ended. they have yet to find any evidence of debris earlier this morning australian deputy defense chief say they don't know where to start. >> we are not searching for a needle in a haystack. they are trying to define where the haystack is. that's just to put it into context.

(speaking foreign language) >> so distraught family members of the passengers seeing here crying and screaming after hearing the news that their loved ones are gone. china the country with the most citizens on board the plane they are now demanding malaysia turn over all of the evidence on the incident. >> russian troops could be massing to invade ukraine as the country's defense minister is offering up information. they are reportedly on the ukraine border. >> you have to go into the ukraine because of the supply lines that run into crimea come into the ukraine. the ukrainians can effect the crimea put tin can't allow that.

he has to come in. russia had been booted by the u.s. and allies because of the annexation of crimea. the g 7 meeting will take place in brussel. time for a look at who is talking. tim scott is talking about the united states giving up control of the internet. they have a proposal to give p international association over site over names and internet addresses. senator scott says the united states loses if this plan goes through. >> this is about free speech and when you have an organization we have been taking care of should cause us reasons to pause. president put tin wanted us to see this under the control of the united nations. that decision we don't know who is going to take it over or what the makeup of the body would be.

is it a governmental agency or independent organization. we are talking about the freedom of the internet. i am opposed against the timing of the move. >> president obama better be brushing up on his duck calls. duck dynasty star says he wouldn't mind seeing the commander-in-chief in camo. >> when asked which democrats he would like to go duck hunting with, he said the president. he says it would be the perfect time to talk about their political differences. >> i would like to talk and debate and find out what's going on in his brain a little more. that's my philosophy. i don't shy away from people i disagree with. >> robertson has met president obama a time or two including at january's state of the union address. the time 20 minutes until the top of the hour. coming up do you need cash fast? why borrowing from your own

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an update now on a fox news alert. breaking in norfolk, virginia. a navy sailor shot and killed at the navalç station there. security forces have killed the male civilian suspect. it happened around 11:20 last night aboard a destroyer. a navy spokesperson says the two who were killed were both men but would not

describe the circumstances of the shooting. no word if the civilian was authorized to be on board that ship. the base, largest naval installation in the world, was put on lock down after the shooting sass a precaution. the obama administration looking to make life a little easier for prisoners released to serve the rest of their term at halfwayç houses. a new d.o.j. proposal would require convicts to have access to cell phones and transportation money. the reason? to secure jobs after their time is served. the proposal is part of a bigger initiative that includes cutting down on mandatory minimum sentences and restoring voting rights for ex-convicts. >> he's known as america's toughest sherrif. now joe arpaio is segregating some of his inmates to help them out. he introduced a jail unit specifically for inmates who served in the military.

the phoenix sherrif says, quote, they served our country. the least we can do is help the jail is home to 250 jets. granny's got pride and she's not afraid to show it.ñr but she lives in happy valley, oregon and says she got a letter saying her flag in the window looked like drapes and she needs to take them down. they worked out a deal. the apartment complex giving her a flagpole to hang it outside the complex. the department of navy is considering banning sales on ships and bases. they have stopped discounting cigarettes sold in its stores. a survey found 30% of u.s.ç troops smoke, 50% higher

than the civilian population. ecigarettes may not help people quit smoking at all. a new study of the devices which lets people inhale vapor instead of smoke found smokers who use them were no more likely to quit than smokers who did not. researchers say more study is needed to determine whether people are changing their smoking habits rather than quitting. puffing and smoking involved in bench pressing puts pressure behind the eyes which researchers say could lead to a higher risk of glaucoma. a kayaker tackling that 60-foot waterfall in mexico. it is the latest p.r. stunt and it's workingç because this video is going viral with more than 40,000 views already. >> amazing. i want one of those

go-pros. the time is 6 minutes till the top of the hour. it may be america's favorite past time but does baseball deserve its own holiday? you're weighing in on the push to make it a vacation day. >> the creepy clown mystery that is terrifying one neighborhood.

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>> time to look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. up first, the good. she is one smart cookie. an oklahoma city girl scout has sold 18,107 boxes of girl scout cookies, a nationwide sales record. to the bad, talk about a sticky situation, 42,000 pounds of honey leaking on to a california freeway after the truck transporting it tipped over. finally the q&y. this creepy clown freaking out folks in staten island. the clown resepl pwhrelg the -- resembling the evil penny wise. no hint on what he's doing. some say it is a promotional stunt. >> it is time for your brew on this responses. baseball owner pushing to make baseball a national holiday. a petition with more than 100,000 signatures has reached the hospital. do you think baseball opening day should be a national holiday?

susan tweeted why not? baseball is a passion for many. van dorian tweeted strike out. baseball isç just a game. raymond writes i love baseball but it is no big deal whether i work or not on opening day. thanks to everyone who responded. >> "fox & friends" starts now. >> good morning. it is tuesday, the 25th of march, 2014. i'm anna kooiman in for elisabeth hasselbeck. tensions in russia are at an all-time hawaii who is to blame -- at an all time high. who is to blame? >> since it was blocked by some republicans, these important sanctions have not taken place. >> that is not all harry reid has to say. his outrageous comments coming up. >> meanwhile, his tweet referring to christ has atheists outraged. but governor scott