♪>> good morning to you. it is "fox & friends first". it is monday morning. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. thank you so much for starting your day with us. as the administration makes up a final push to try to get people signed up some are calling into question the accuracy of the white house. what's the white house saying wi peter? >> one than two million people reportedly said consumers could not complete on friday. but otherwise no major technological problems with the site. different story at the 800 number. it inspired people leaving a voice mail telling consumers to

leave their phone numbers and expect a call back after april 1st. there are a lot of questions about how successful open enrollment has been. >> i think they are cooking the books on this. people want to know the answers to that. they also want to know once all of this is said and done what kind of insurance will those people actually have? will they be able to keep the doctors they want? how much more is it going to cost them? >> the administration says more than 6 million consumers have sell ekt willed new plans on federal and state marketplaces. roughly the same number of people who received cancellation notices. we don't know how many consumers paid premiums but healthcare reform is a hit. >> it was a lot of work. this was a sim nol achievement. if you go directly to private insurance company you are talking well north of millions

in healthcare 10 millions more in security. >> it encourages americans to sign up. vice president biden is going to appear on the rachel ray show later on. back to you. >> peter doocy reporting live for us this morning with the latest. >> north and south korea exchanges fire across the disputed border. the two nations fired nearly 1,000 rounds. there were no injuries they returned to the fire after north korea initiated with more than 500 rounds. this comes as north korea has vowed to the communist nation conducted three nuclear tests. three in february last year. last week pun ya pyongyang launched and u.s. condemned the

launches. amid so much hope. the man was plucked by debris by one good samaritan. check it out pulling the 5 month old boy from the rubble. he was driving along the road escaped the slide in seconds. he jumped out of the car to help risking his life and ignoring police orders to take back. that baby little duke is in serious condition but doctors say he is improving. his mother who broke her leg is expected to be okay. >> amazing story. >> 21 people were confirmed dead after the deadly mud slide. heavy rain, cold temperatures and wasist high mud. >> dominique is joining us live from arlington, washington. are they putting a strain on the

search crews? >> search crews suffering from exposure from the heavy rain and the winds and the cold we had over the weekend. it has been extremely tough. that is where a lot of the local people involved in the search came as they looked for family of loved ones and friends. they are going to start row indicating the throughs today. the rain has eased some what particularly over sunday not expecting any over the next three-days. the crews more difficult from gaining any ground. >> from an operational perspective it caused ponds to form on the east side of the debris field. those proved too large for the

crews to drain. however they were able to make progress into the other areas of the debris field. it is not just the humans involved in the effort. the search dogs have taken the second day because they like their human elitist are also suffering from the cold and are very tired. when they get this tired at the lose that surge their sense of detecting abilities. of course they need that very much for this surge. another body was pulled out on sunday. they hope they will find more. but clearly the search dogs will be crucial in that access. 50 to 75 feet in debt. >> live for us in arlington, washington p. thank you so much, dominic. >> thank you. frightening moments meantime at columbus state university in georgia.

police shot and killed a man who was seen loading a gun on the campus. the university says that authorities were chasing i him foot when he turned threateningly toward him. the campus was not put on lock down during offer after the shootings. the 20-year-old suspect's name is tarius flint. he was not a student at the school. >> after four hours of talks secretary of state john kerry and russian counterpart are no closer to breaking the deadlock over how to percei proceed on .e >> they met for four hours kerry and lavrov about crimea. discussing moscow's response to de escalate the situation on the

border. >> hewe are here because our diplomatic solutions will be the first resort in solving problems. >> ukraine's community should be realized taking interest in all of the regions without any exceptions. they have different political traditions and different interests. >> it will be difficult to implement. russian troops are in control of the crimea peninsula. they are along the eastern border in the ukraine. kerry says it's important for both sides to keep talking. >> both recognize the importance of a diplomatic solution and meeting the needs of the ukrainian people. that we agreed on tonight. >> a leading military analyst

tells fox news there are about 50,000 russian troops within a few hours of the ukraine russian border. gregg palkot, fox news. >> gregg palkot reporting live for us. we could be closer to an agreement. he called the talk quote very, very constructive. >> breaking news right now in the search for missing flight 370. the four orange objects spotted yesterday by planes now turning out to just be fishing equipment. they set out in the indian ocean to look for the debris, despite the challenges in front of them he is not setting the time frame for how long it could take. >> we owe it to everyone to do whatever we can. we could be searching for quite sometime to come.

it is increasing or decreasing. >> they have not located pieces of the plane. >> actress cato marah known for her role "dynasty" has died. >> sorry alexis but you are staying. >> i don't owe you a place to stay. >> of course you don't, darling. you gave me a place to stay for five ugly years. >> omara played alexis' steaming sister cassandra on the classic soap drama. she ended up starring in the comedy show "absolutely fabulous." she died after getting sick in a nursing home. she was 74 years old. >> talk about a real show stopper. incredible new video capturing the terrifying moments a high school musical is interrupted by a major earthquake.

>> a high school in california was right in the middle of the scene from by by birdie when the magnitude 5.1 quake hit. the audience and actors were all safely evacuated. the performance was later canceled. >> it might be spring but parts of our country are bracing for blizzard conditions. crazy weather. maria mol reason law has the first degree weather update. blizzard warnings across the plains and including cities like far go, bismarck and lorens town. after we are expecting up to a foot of snow and wind gusts as strong as 50 miles an hour.

watch out for white out conditions and dangerous conditions on the roadways. across the northeast we have had to deal with aush yaws of rain. several inches of rainfall have picked up. it is holding up along interior parts of the northeast and into new england that we are seeing freezing rain and additional snowfall for some of you out there. overall temperature wise in the eastern half of the country looking good in the 60s in chicago, 70s for you in kansas city and louisville. let's head over to you. >> now we are back, then there were fall. yukon state coming out victorious over michigan state. the spartans coming out hot but napier scored 25 points as the huskies advanced 60 to 54. they are just the second search

seed ever to make the final four. kentucky taking on michigan. let's go to the closing seconds of that game all tied up at 72. it is kentucky's aaron harrison with the huge three pointer with just 2.3 seconds left. kentucky advances to the final four 75-72. now the final hofour is set. florida taking on ue onand kiss kiss facing off against kentucky. >> not once but twice we are learning there were multiple failed attempts to fix gm's faulty switches. lauren simonetti has the details and all of the top business stories. good monday morning to you. >> good monday morning. a memo released yesterday. general motors twice considered fixing an ignition switch problem nearly 10 years ago but didn't because of the time and because of the cost.

the report now linked to 13 deaths. small cars worldwide had recalls. safety regulators also dismisseded problem years ago. >> there was a profile of the ceo of tesla motors makers of the car never thought his idea would be successful. >> i didn't think he would be successful. i thought it would most likely fail. it go it is a perception an electric car has to be ugly. >> it is anything but ugly. 20,000 sold in the last year. >> mcdonalds is offering free coffee for two weeks. it's the first time the chain has had a free coffee promotion nationwide. this of course as rivals taco

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their final good-bye to edward walsh on wednesday. mike kennedy on thursday. how do yhave you seen this pict? it is the touching moment dozens of firefighters waited at logan airport in uniform to greet the mother of one of their fallen friends. now it has of course gone viral. >> a scene of security breeches at the world trade center now has lawmakers tallicalling for changes. what ind couldn't of changes are they proposing? >> so farther investigating to see what kind of changes they need to know the security preaches has brought up who is protecting. this teen was charged with climbing to the top of the world trade center. these guys did a face jump from

the world trade center. they turned themselves into police to face charges. in both incidents the intruders gave history through a hole in the fence prompting schumer to explain why security is the last. >> the sky diver and the 16-year-old boy climbed through a hole in the fence to get on the construction site. that means between september and march no one patched up the holes. >> they need to monitor the training of security guards and the center. it showed a picture of the security guards sleeping on the job. >> need to be trained security guards, if i had the contract with my company you would see more hardened veterans people experienced over in iraq and afghanistan guarding this place because it's that serious. >> here's something else

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♪ >> good morning. it is monday march 31st. i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> it is the end of the first enrollment period for obamacare. it is not the end of the bitter debate over it. >> it is not. more on the final push to get people involved with it. the count downtimer has 0 days. thild like to see antic dote tally long lines to sign up. it is a far cry from the disastrous start that left people with the faultily web site. signups are at least 6 million one of the former advisors over the weekend went even further.

10 millions more in security. that was extended last week. as long as you are willing to say you got health insurance prior to that date you could do it at some point in time. you can pay a premium. if won't say how many people have done that. >> people want to know the answer to that. once this is said and done what kind of insurance will they have? will they be able to keep the doctors they want?

ho how much more is it going to cost them. president oib's twitter feed is almost entirely devoted to getting people to sign up for obamacare. >> breaking overnight north and south korea exchanging fire across the disputed border. the two nations fired nearly 1,000 rounds but there were no injuries reported. they returned the fire after north korea initiated with more than 500 rounds. north korea vowed to carry out a new form of the nuclear tests. it was most p recently in february of last year.

last week he tired 2 in the street. >> the youngest victim of the devastating land slide was seconds away from death. instead plucked from the debris by one good samaritan. check out these images they show cody pulling the 5 month old from the rubble. he was driving along the road he escaped the slide by seconds and that he instantly jumped out to help risking his life and ignoring police orders to stay back. the baby little duke is still in serious condition. his mother who broke her leg is expected to be okay. >> so many people are still missing. the death toll is 21 it has been a week of exhaustive searching and waist high mud.

>> any signs of the rain letting up? >> yes. it will be an absolute blessing. it was so heavy over the weekend we were having flooding with rescue crews and recovery crews wading through a lot of it. it makes it more difficult between 15 as much as 75 feet. you know what it has been a setback for crews in there. take a look. >> that is good news for crews in the field working in extremely wet weather conditions the last couple days. we are in the process of roping crew. they have been working in tough conditions. >> that's pretty exhaustive. they have been suffering from exposure. temperatures have gone cold. hasn't gone much above 48 degrees but is still lower than

that with the coldness factoring in with their energy. search dogs will be taking another day of rest. they have been searching for the bodies but because of the cold because of the fatigue they are suffering they are losing their sense of detecting ability. they will be brought back in on tuesday. ground vehicles moving in they will be able to move a lot more of the debris giving them access. a priority is opening thursday only 450 seats of the road have been cleared. >> thank you dominic. face to face but not eye to eye. after four hours of talks secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart

sergei lavrov are not closer to solving the debt crisis. >> the legitimate government of the ukraine is not at the table. no decisions about ukraine without ukraine. >> build up of troops along the border is creating fear and intimidation. >> another fox news alert orange objects turning out to be nothing more than fishing equipment. the australian prime minister vows to continue the search. >> we owe it to everyone to do whatever we recently can and we can keep searching for quite sometime to come. the intensity of our search and

magnitude of the operations are increasing not decreasing. >> a ship with a navy black box text tore is set to join the search today. >> gm more problems to talk about for them. a memo released yesterday by the house energy and commerce committee says general motors twice considered fixing an ignition switch problem nearly 10 years ago but didn't because of time and costs. gm has recalled more than 2.6 million cars which have been linked to 13 deaths. 6-year-old colorado boy being called a hero this morning. his mom and niece was having a stroke. the niece said she always taught her what to do in case of an emergency. that will lesson with a little help from the neighbor is why she is alive today. >> i called 911 and i went

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you waking up with us this morning on "fox and friends first. brand new week. any one thinking about buying discount cell phone accessories a man in minnesota is in the hospital after a charger he bought on-line blew up in his hand. it required four operations and he spent a week in the hospital. >> the charger just turned black. it was where the usb cord connects to the outlet had a little mini explosion. >> worth knowing about. he says he bought the charger on ebay to save some money. apple says problems like this have happened in the past. last year they offered usb chargers about half of the price in exchange for knockoffs to try to get dangerous products like this off the market. >> good to know. >> a dangerous trend going viral now with teenagers smoking

coffee to get a boost. there are web sites teaching them how to roll their own caffeine sticks dizziness, vomitingal luis nations ha-- hallucinations have been reported. >> let's get out and ekt sixerc off. a bombshell tell all new book. >> lauren joins us with more de. >> hi heather. a bombshelling book averages every day investors are taking advantage of by high speed electronic trading firms. in the latest book author michael lewis claims that they ek extract billions from investors. >> the united states stock market the most iconic market in global capitalism is riged by whom? a combination of the stock

exchanges. >> who are the victims? >> everybody who has money in the stock market. >> because these firms are using massive numbers to trade. the technology invests where they are buying and selling stock they are able to buy before transactions. therefore get a better price. the exchange commission is coming up with a fix. that won't come until 2016. the trading information will be much more trance pair p rent. >> the time now is about 12 minutes to the top of the hour. thrown from a moving car on a busy my way. how did this toddler survive? her grateful mom is calling it a

miracle. >> spark ago new debate about the story of noah. did that great flood really happen and did the movies get it right? >> first let's check in with "fox & friends". >> coming up straight ahead on our show if all goes correctly. fox and friends will have this. last day to sign up for obamacare unless you are on the honor system. where does the white house stand right now. our experts weigh in. a new drug promises to cut cholesterol by 66 percent. is that possible? if so how you can get it. we will give you details. ricky schroeder went to afghanistan to be with our troops. he will give us an exclusive look live on our show. donald trump is here. harold reynolds had he kept his money from the playing games would be rich. he also works for fox news. slide in the animation, zoom out have a good time i will see you in 11 minutes.

it is nine minutes till the top of the hour. a two-year-old girl is lucky to be alive today after being thrown on to a busy highway during a car accident. atlanta police say her mother lost control and then crashedç into the median. that's when her little girl was thrown through a window. >> for her to be all the way over there and not have no major injuries whatsoever, i mean, it was like an angel just carried her there. >> police say there was a car seat in the car and it is still unclear at this point if the toddler was buckled up properly. cell phone and internet services out in western massachusetts after communication towers collapsed during heavy wind and rain there.

a r portable -- portable towers are being installed. service should be restored within 24 hours. ♪ ♪ >> love it. disney's "frozen" the top-grossingç animated movie ever. it is the tenth highest grossing film of all time. since its release "frozen" has grossed $1.72 billion. an epic debut for russell crowe noah, the biblical film raking in $44 million. the movie sparking new debate about the story of noah and what exactly is the truth. lauren green has more. >> reporter: noah is one of the top biblicalç stories but did it happen the way

the bible says or even the way the movie portrays. the blockbuster film lasts a great deal longer than it does to read from its source. genesis tells the story of noah building an ark. on the ark he is to bring two of every family plus noah's family. complicating the biblical narrative, scientists found no proof of a global flood leading many to say it might have been a local event confined to the middle or near east. >> we have hroebg -- localized floods. we don't have evidence of one huge flood that wiped out everybody except for noah. >> many religious expertsç believe it happened just like the bible says. >> god destroys wickedness which is growing and multiplying. he is also a god of

salvation. he saves noah and his family. >> all agree on one thing. the story primarily is about a righteous god judging humanity. on that, who had -- hollywood got it right. >> five minutes till the top of the hour. students thought they were taking a basic chemistry class. it turns out the professor was teaching the wrong course the entireç semester. >> how did that happen? then this photo of a hunky cop cuddling with a cute kitten, now it's going viral. why he has even gotten marriage proposals. the story behind this picture. picture. that's up next.

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two minutes till the top of the hour. before you leave the house, here's what's happening today. the deadline to enroll for obamacare is today, but if you are a last-minute kind of person, you might be out of luck. right now the site is down. 2 # 1 people are dead

in the devastating mudslides in washington. 30 people still missing. cold temperatures and rain have been hindering search efforts. connecticut and kentucky joining florida and wisconsin in the ncaa men's basketball final four. the semi finals begin saturday. >> time now to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. first theç good. you have the right to remain cute. this photo of a hunky cop in baltimore goes viral this morning. john boyer rescued that little kitten and then decided to adopt it. he's getting flooded now with marriage proposals on his facebook be page. next the bad. a college professor in houston is in hot water accused of teaching the wrong class for an entire semester. it turns out she was teaching advanced chemistry instead of basic chemistry, the harder course. the students have been given extra credit. finally the ugly. a reporter in sweden

attacked by a wild bird. the bird chases it for awhileç and then turns on the camera guy. they were both finally able to get away. >> that's pretty funny. thank you so much for joining us. yes, have a great monday. we'll see you tomorrow. "fox & friends" starts now. good morning. it's monday, march 31. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. we begin with a fox news alert. while you were sleeping, a flare-up between longtime foes. more than a thousand rockets fired off between north and south korea. the international fallout and live report ahead. >> it's a so-called last day to sign up for obamacare, so how are politicians convincing americans to enroll in it? >> there's no such thing as obamacare. you can't sign up for obamacare. >> really? this morning the deadlineç drama for obamacare not looking good for the white house. some big problems we're