we're hearing more from his spokesperson. martha: not making a final decision. bill: happening now has that next. >> speaking of jeb bush we begin with a fox news alert and a big announcement just moments ago. the former florida governor saying he has decided to actively explore running for president in 2016. those messages were posted on twitter and his facebook account. to get insight and analysis let's bring in ed o'keefe, congressional reporter for "the washington post." ed, we're more than a year away from the iowa caucuses. what can we learn here from the timing? >> i think all the former governor is trying to do at this point, signal to donors, signal to other potential candidates he is actively looking at this. he hasn't hung a shingle at a campaign office. he has not printed campaign signs. what he is saying he will actively explore looking at the possibility of running. that is a few half steps away from making it official.

in addition he will establish a leadership pac which a lot of other would-be candidates already have done. it allows them to start doling out money to downtickket candidates, build financial support and build political support among other republicans. looks he makes this announcement by end of the year which advisors had been suggesting he might do. it comes just a die after he gave a speech in south carolina, after making a courtesy visit to the governor there. clearly he is starting to think about this signals to the others get ready, a bush might be getting in. >> to your point he has not made a final decision. his spokesperson put out a statement that he has not yet put out a final decision. this represents a next phase of governor bush's consideration process but the other point you brought up that is so significant here is the money. a lot of big donors i talked to and bundlers saying they will not make any commitments. they will wait until jeb bush make as decision. does this buy him another couple

months here in order to try to line up folks? or at some point are they going to say all right, either make the decision to be in or out and we're going to raise money for somebody else? >> that is likely part of what is going on here. at least admitting publicly, officially he is thinking about it, he is officially thinking about it, that tells donors, wait. that also takes it beyond the steps where you've seen a lot of articles written and stories reporting how he was thinking about it, mulling it over but wasn't willing to talk about it. now he is at least talking about it. very weird how this process place out with political firtation if you will. he can't legally talk about running until he establishes accounts, starts hiring a staff. what he is doing telling big donors, wait a little while longer. use the holidays and first few months of next year to figure it out and i will let you know. >> we'll see exactly what he lets us know after actively thinking about it. ed, stick around.

we'll talk about obamacare and latest sign-up extension. that is coming up in just a minute. >> there has been a horrific terror attack in pakistan as taliban gunmen stormed a school, killing 130 people, most of them children. welcome to happening now. i'm leland vittert in for jon scott. heather: i'm heather nauert in for jenna lee. great to be with you again, leland the taliban is claiming responsibility for that slaughter is what is considered the worst terror attack to hit pakistan in years. half a dozen gunmen dressed in military uniforms entering an army-run school in peshawar, shooting at random, taking children hostage and military commandos quickly arriving and exchanging gunfire. greg palkot is live in london with the details of this attack. and what appears to be the broader reach of the taliban. hi, there, greg.

>> reporter: hi, heather of the pakistani taliban is responsible for a lot of brutality but this has to be by all estimates its worst. the school in peshawar pakistan was stormed by at least six, maybe more, heavily-armed taliban militants early this morning. and then they went on a shooting spree, killing student after student. at one point setting a teacher on fire and making her students watch. eyewitnesses spoke of rooms and hallways strewn with bodies. the pakistani military did do battle with the terrorists for as long as eight hours. they claimed to have killed them all after they checked for explosives. they have confirmed with fox news that the siege is over. the death toll we are just seeing in the past five minutes or so has risen to 141. again most of them children. some teachers were killed as well. there were at least 200 children injured. they are crowding hospitals in that area along with some very,

very upset families. now the school was specifically picked because it is for the children of the pakistani army staff. pakistan military has been waging an offensive against the taliban. this clearly was retaliation. you're right, heather, there are u.s. links to the pakistani taliban as well. a reason we should care about this too. they have targeted u.s. installations and personal, hitting a cia base in coast, afghanistan, in 2009 to deadly effect. they claim responsibility for that failed but upsetting bombing in times square in 2010. no wonder president obama came out with a statement already condemning the attack and i'm quoting here. the americans are standing with the pakistanis as their government wages war on terror. back to you. heather: just an awful story. greg palkot from london. greg, thank you. >> switching gears now to obamacare, the inions industry

and several states are giving customers more time to get coverage on january 1st after the administration announced a last-minute extension for some customers who were not able to get through the jammed federal call center last night. it highlights behind the scenes technical issues between the government and insurance companies are proving a little harder to resolve than folks would like. ed o'keefe, congressional reporter for "the washington post" is back in. we haven't heard that much about obamacare this time around but is this a case of here we go again with delays and problems and the like? >> sounds like it is here we go again specifically on the ability to get the information from the exchange websites, from healthcare.gov to the insurance companies. remember the big problem last year the webbite site overall wasn't working. then we learned insurance companies were concerned about getting that information into their own systems and that appears to be the bigger concern at this point. they're giving a few more days

for people to sign up if they were having issues and in order to al insurers more time to process the information. you're right, overall performance of the website, concerns of customers have been down significantly from last year. health and human services department hoped that the process would be more seamless this time around. what appears to be the problem is the backup website and the insurers. >> seems like obamacare is losing popularity among folks. certainly we've seen some democrats walk away from it as well in terms of support. what does this mean that you're having a couple more problems here added on as we start heading towards 2016. >> well it sustains interest as least next year on capitol hill doing something to address various problems with the bill. i think we'll see them try to move legislation that would repeal the entire law. it will not go through the senate because you have to jump through procedural hoops that

require 60 votes. there are not enough democrats willing to side with democrats on that part of it. you will see repealing specific parts of the law like medical device tax. there are conversations going among republicans in the house and senate how to explore those possibilities. remember they might try tacking it on to things like the big budget bill they have to move or using it as collateral with other negotiations with the white house. trying to fix other parts of it. >> to that point, ed, the republicans have a little bit more pull come next year when they take over both houses of congress here? how much is everyone waiting with bait the breath for the supreme court? they hear arguments in march. make a decision after that. is everyone waiting to see how that plays out? or are republicans willing to take their shots now in case the scream court does what is said before and say obamacare is constitutional? >> you will see it on all fronts. almost immediately on capitol hill. almost everyone is waiting for

supreme court decision. there are a dozen states challenging or continuing to challenge that. there are also challenging part of the immigration law which has become a bigger concern. certainly there will be a lot of attention paid to what the supreme court decides to do there will be a lot of energy to continue to move legislation. >> a lost pieces on capitol hill. ed o'keefe from "the washington post." thanks for joining us. we know you will be there to break it down for us. >> take care. heather: we're getting new information this morning about the deadly siege at a sydney cafe. [gunfire] that right there was the very moment police swarmed into the building. two hostages and the gunman were killed. officials are saying in s.w.a.t. teams didn't go in whether they did more innocent people would have died. amy kellogg from the london bureau with more reaction.

reading papers in australia, seems the reaction is sorrow rather than anger. >> reporter: i think a combination of sorrow, anger and why was this man allowed to be out on bail, heather. meantime the police are not releasing too much information today. they are busy trying to conduct information. accounts from hostages are trickling out to local media. we're learning more and more what happened in those horrific 17 hours. now apparently according to these reports, heather, the hostage-taker, man who are rain manness was dimming increasingly frustrated that messages he was trying to get out from the hostages to social media were not being broadcast. to the grief you referenced, heather, which is taking over sydney. any of us picking up coffee in

the wrong place at the wrong time. local media reports talks about the hostage, for example who collapsed under the duress of having to hold monis's islamic banner against the window africa fay for protracted period of time. the fact that monis threatened at once to kill all of the hostages and monis was teetering on verge of sleep when one or more hostages tried to take gun from him. that is what the hostage really lost it, hostage-taker lost it and fired the first shot. prompted by last escape of hostages who bolted from the lindt cafe just before police went in. ultimately two hostages were killed. three suffered gunshot wounds as well. one that was killed was a 38-year-old mother of three small children. we don't know if they were shot by monis, the hostage-taker, or any were caught in the cross fire. more stories emerged from the iranian-born man, monis, self

declared cleric and fortune teller. was facing charges of trying to kill his ex-wife and 16 sexual assault charges. they were trying to extradite him for fraud and putting alert on interpol which they said fell on deaf ears. that question, heather, why he was out on bail. apparently bail law in sydney, recently changed to make it more stringent the requirements for getting bail but that is not going to be operational unfortunately in this case especially until january. heather. heather: they might move that up in light of this. amy kellogg in lond done. thanks so much for that. leland, you have messages posted on people's facebook accounts as they were held hostage. >> and what they said about this man as they were held hostage. a fox news alert on the markets. the dow is up 79, which hasn't happened a while. the fed hold as key meeting on interest rates after stocks fell sharply over the past week. oil prices have crashed of

course. there are more problems with russia's fragile economy. joining us from our sister network fox business's lauren simonetti. lauren? >> good to see you, leland. russia is in panic mode. its ruble is collapsing and moscow's solution to hike interest rates sharply, 17%, from 10 1/2% yesterday, a huge pop. the hike is encouraging investors to keep money in rubles. the problem is the hike is not collapsing the currency. it is in free fall. one dollar bought you 70 rubles. it brought brought you 35 by the end of the year. cheap oil, we've been fracking here in the u.s., flooding the oil market with supply, choking russia and pushing it closer and closer to recession. now it be argued russia is hurting its own consumers with this rate hikes. higher rates make it more expensive to buy homes and cars. doesn't look like the situation will get better anytime soon.

oil prices, here in 2.50 nationwide. a station in oklahoma is selling it for 1.66. we have seen the dow and s&p recover today. leland, back to you. >> lauren simonetti. of course don't miss lauren on our sister network, fox business. if you don't know where to find it on your tv, just log on to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. heather: a massive manhunt is underway for a marine veteran who is suspected of killing his ex-wife and five of her relatives. what police know about this suspect. bradley william stone, and a possible motive. then terror in sydney. we have new information about the gunman who held 17 people hostage in that cafe. his criminal past and why he wasn't on a watch list. then we want to hear from you. do you think that the community across the world is doing enough to fight terrorism? to join the conversation you can go to foxnews.com/happeningnow.

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heather: two hostages killed in the siege at a cafe in sydney are being called heroes this morning. [gunfire] 34-year-old tory johnson, the manager of that cafe, you can see him right here, was reportedly killed when he tried to grab the hostage-taker's gun. that gunfire apparently prompting police to rush in. the according to the prime minister, the gunman, haron monis was known to police but was not on any watch list. >> the interesting feature of this stint, this brush with terrorism that we just experienced, is that the individual concerned is obviously, was obviously, a deeply-disturbed person. deeply disturbed person.

there was nothing consistent about this individual's life. except that he was consistently weird. >> i'm joined now by royal oust trailian navy lieutenant commander retired and former senior advisor to the australian federal police, greg kel lift he joins us from washington. thanks for joining us. we mourn with the australians. we've been here ourselves before. what is your reaction when you hear that response from the prime minister? it sounds like they're sort of downplaying the association with islamic fundamentalism. >> heather, good morning. thank you for having me on today. prime minister abbott immediately after he convened his national security council in front of the press and said, this is an act of politically-moat motivated terrorism, this terrorist attack in sydney. we subsequently learned that terrorist or perpetrator in the act was a known islamist agitator in sydney. he was known to the security services, to the ago, australian

federal police, to the new south wales police and he went and carried out an act of terrorism within sydney. heather: lots of folks here are asking why wasn't he on any kind of watch list? why wasn't he being monitored? >> heather, that's a good question. the fingerpointing will start now. i think it is important to understand here just how well the australian authorities, special police and federal air service executed this operation. it was fast and while it was tragic, two hostages died, their execution was outstanding. i think time for fingerpointing, why was he not on watch lists, et cetera, et cetera, that all can come on later. time for the city to regroup and worry about the blame game. heather: let me ask you a little bit this, because, a few months ago, when there was that plot that was disrupted, that plot for isis to try to behead a

civilian and wrap that civilian in a flag and put it on internet. there was a huge backlash on the part of regular citizens there. they thought simply the government went too far. do you think the government is not being forthcoming right now because of that backlash? that they're being more reserved and calling this really what it is, an act of terrorism? >> heather, that is an interesting theory. i think you're pretty close to the mark that is in my opinion obviously. the australian government has handled this particularly well. what worries me if they backpedal now and say this wasn't an act of terrorism. this guy, this fundamentalist terrorist, had pledged to isil. was a known agitator, a known islamic agitate tore. for tony abbott to come back now and maybe he was just a loony tune and these things are tragic

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be rushed to the hospital. police arrested 25 protesters who chained themselves to oakland police headquarters, shutting down streets. this is the fourth week of police protests following the grand jury decision not not to indict a police officer in the shooting death of missouri teen michael brown. ♪ leland: don't worry, i won't start singing along. country's biggest stars ending the year on a high note, with the first every american country county down award. julie banderas joins with us the fox 411. >> what a night for country music fans. i mean what a streit. it treat. winner of first ever american country county down awards from artist of the year to honoring country legends, it delivered die-hard fans more country than

they could ever ask for. jason aldean was named artist of the year. hosts from florida georgia line and luke bryan scored most awards of three each. kenny chesney was presented the ground breaker award by actor and friend vince vaughn. the ground breaker award by the way, recognizing an artist who has consistently pushed the boundaries and is a trailblazer, who connects with fans across the united states. and my personal favorite, and i've seen her in concert by the way, i'm not kidding, five times , five times i know, country icon ariba mcintyre. she was nash award. whose extraordinary talent influenced generation of musicians like kelly clarkson and miranda lambert who paid tribute and performed how blue, take it back and fancy.

i love it. speaking of lambert, she won female vocalist of the year and performed the title from her platinum album. they voted for artist the year and voted for kip moore. it was on fox from nashville's music city center. are either of you country music fans? heather: i like newer country. he likes older country. >> the newer country is hot and that is not old country. taylor swift, he is she is lovely, beautiful, great voice but that to me is not country music. aribadreba mcintyre and garth brooks. that is country. leland: we only have to time to look at your shoes, not mine. heather: we'll have a country off here in the break. >> thanks so much. heather: thanks, julie. this is a case that put international spotlight on our self-defense laws and soon a

jury will decide if a montana homeowner murdered a exchange student he found in his garage or was he killed in self-defense. our legal panel weighs in a little bit. doesn't seem like the rain will end anytime soon in parts of california. the new storm system shaping up. we'll go live to the fox weather center.

leland: right now a quick look what is still to come this hour of "happening now." the defense is trying to drum up sympathy at the montana home invasion trial. we'll tell you if it will work with the jury as our legal panel weighs in. there was massive fire in an apartment complex under construction. how surveillance tape could help police track down witnesses. why they say now they need the public's health. mumps and national hockey league. more than a dozen players have tested positive. some of those were vaccinated for it and we'll tell you how it happened and if you are at risk. heather: a jury will soon decide the fate after man charged in montana home invasion trial. closing arguments wrapped up after the defense tried a last-ditch attempt to gain sympathy for the homeowner. he was accused of shooting a german exchange student he found

in his garage. that case sparked worldwide attention thrusting montana's self-defense laws into the spotlight. castle doctrine, where your home is your castle. that is where the doctrine comes from. his home was broken into twice before. >> right. heather: he puts on a pretty strong case he says that the defense, says, hey look, he feared for his life. this was a third person breaking into his house. the prosecution says he planned this whole thing out. >> that is what the defense dock defense said that did he fire for his life or put the purse with money out there to inties this guy into the garage? he shot through the garage. there was no felony invasion going on. is that why he was fearful and smoked cigarette the wrong way because he knew he was in trouble? heather: you're throwing a lot out there. we should mention to the viewers not following this case as closely as you have, the garage door was open the night this occurred. he apparently place ad

pocketbook so somebody would see it. that is what the prosecution is saying. he tried to lure somebody in so that he could shoot them, doug. >> the problem for this case is the prosecutors you have fairly compelling storylines on both sides. on one hand he may have lured them in. he was burglarized twice before. two, yes he may have shot through a closed garage door. there will be some jurors, what i'm telegraphing, there may be potentially some dead look here, wait a minute, anytime someone is within your property, garage, living room, i don't care what it is you will be in serious fear. that is what they're hanging their hat on. >> felony castle doctrine is pretty widely known. there have been other case cases. heather: explain that to us. basically says, somebody you can protect your home. >> if somebody comes into your home, even your garage. you have to show there was felony about to happen or you are in fear of your life. certainly his reaction afterwards, detailed by the defense expert is consistent we was in fear of his life.

smoking a cigarette the wrong way. stress and all that. >> but i will flip sides for a second. if you look at the castle doctrine, specifically in montana. the reason i say that it varies from state to state. we looked at statute. you have to a, be in fear for your life immediate, imminent situation. that is hard to say because the guy was in the garage. and two -- heather: there was apparently surveillance video he was allegedly watching as he saw -- >> waiting for this to happen. >> so he is not in fear. thank you for putting final point on that. you're right. two, tough be reasonably certain that the person is committing a felony. i said previously on this show the prosecutors were cute, garage surfing looking for something to drink. if that is true. it is not a felony. heather: there were break-s in the neighborhood. some of the things they were stealing was beer, tools, things like that, which can be considered a big deal. >> i love out how you can speak out of both sides of your mouth.

you really are a lawyer. heather: this was a fascinating piece of testimony. three hairdressers came in and testified for the prosecution. >> right. heather: these three hairdressers were visited bit homeowner, he apparently told them, we're looking at onehad a plan to kill kids in his home. he was sitting up for three nights in a row waiting to shoot some kids and quote, you will see this on the news. >> that is how it goes with the intent. he was intending for this to happen and he was shook up afterwards. this defense expert, not to be a snob. the wednesday expert went to school not accredited. paid $44,000. that is a lot of money to be saying something from a quote, unquote expert. heather: what i want to be clear from people, the hairdressers, that has to be pretty eye-opening for jurors. by the way, eight women, four men. >> the point there -- heather: are you surprised they

picked four women on the jury. the defense allowed that. >> it is hard to monday morning quarterback jury selection. very hard part of a trial. no, a i'm a little bit of surprised about them. looking at potential notes saying we disagree on certain things. we'll see. >> that will come down to the law versus facts. the montana castle doctrine is very protective of homeowners. >> right. heather: what lis was referring to was a witness for the defense. >> yes. heather: this is police officer who was brought in to sit with the homeowner. >> right. heather: immediately after the shooting, after the shooting occurred. that officer testified that he was pacing. that he lit a cigarette the wrong way backwards. and that also there was, where he was crying. he was crying in the interrogation room he learned he was being charged with a deliberate homicide. how does that play with you? >> i'm not so sure how that plays out. he is crying and smoking a cigarette, what does that mean? >> he got caught. >> you will see in the closing arguments really severe contrast

the way it is portrayed. the one is guy deathly fear of his life and the other says he lured the guy in. heather: strong arguments. >> i think so. you talk about baseball the tie goes to the runner. that is the burden of proof of rule. if it's a tie in the juror's minds the defendant wins. reasonable doubt. >> have to think about the burden of proof in many of these cases. >> thanks for your expertise, doug burns, lis wiehl. we will talk to you real soon. leland? >> here about this one? a mumps outbreak in the national hockey league. a dozen players are tested positive and how they contracted the disease and how a vaccination may not protect you from mumps. plus, victims after home burglary catch the suspects themselves two days after the crime. tell you how they did it. >> they got him they got him down the road. >> did they really?

leland: all right the, coming up at top of the hour, "outnumbered." let's check in with the ladies upstairs to find out what's up. >> florida governor jeb bush one giant step closer to running for president in 2016. who would that help and who would it hurt? >> also the senate intel committee sunday fire, accused of not getting the other side of the story, you know, from the people who actually did intear gating at cia before rerelease ing that interrogation report. should that raise a red flag. >> on how wives should do more to please their husbands is sparking a lot of outrage. >> not just the why but the how is what is sparking the outrage. all that plus our #oneluckyguy. "outnumbered" at the top. hour. now back to you. leland: harris, see you guys then. thanks. >> we've got new information to bring you on home burglary in alabama. this is quite a story. the victims nabbed the suspects themselves after they see the suspects drive by two days after

the crime occurred. they held them at gunpoint until cops arrived. they recognized the alleged thieves because their home surveillance system got a look at them before and after they broke into the house of the listen. >> they happened to drive by and we knew it was them, so we, we stopped them. they broke into another house an hour before this and, luckily their stolen stuff was still that that vehicle. >> sure hope so. if he they don't and we're all safe and in one piece and they're off the street for now. heather: off the street for sure. sheriff's deputies arrested man and two women. no word on charges yet. thankfully that family is okay. could have been pretty dangerous. leland: dangerous, but they got their man. heather: they sure did. leland: the national hockey leagued announced sidney crosby is the latest player to get the mumps even though necessary immunizations were up-to-date and he got a booster shot last year. he is the 14th nhl player to contract the disease. so far he has missed three games

because of it. joining us dr. steven garner, emergency medical specialist and chairman of radiology at new york methodist hospital. thanks for being here. how does this happen, of all place in the nhl where these guys get best medical care in the world. >> if you have 100 people that got vaccinated, 15 may not be immunized against the mumps. the hockey format is excellent way to transsubmit the disease not only mumps but flu. people are close together. sharing water bottles. sweating. on the ice, may be bleeding from a fall. so it is close living quarters and physical style that makes the mumps spread easiably. leland: this happens in the nhl. as we know there are a whole lot of kid that play peewee hockey and those kind of things. should parents be worried if nhl

players contract it. >> they absolutely should. not share towels. not drink out same water bottle. use the fist bump. protecting them now will prevent them from getting mumps since we know it not foolproof vaccines. leland: i got a vaccine for it. evident live something to be scared about. what happens to people that contract this. >> think of flu. get symptoms of the flu. you get cough, muscle aches and fevers and so on and swelling of glands. glands in the neck and testicles and ovaries can swell. in young adults you could have sterility. you want to avoid mumps. check your doctor to see what your level is. he can do a blood test to tell you how immunized you are. if you're not immunized a booster vaccine is in order. leland: nhl, sometimes even the booster. i want to switch spheres in the

time we have left. you may get better from mumps but may not get better from super bugs. there is new study, this year in america 23,000 people will die because of super bugs resistant bugs. british study says that number will go up to 10 million. are there some more viruses and bacteria there will not be a drug to treat with. is this a concern or one of the things too far off and drug companies will come up with something before that. >> this is a big concern. we're not talking about viruses here. we're talking about bacteria. what happens the mother takes the child to see the doctor and kid has a sore throat caused by a virus. we know antibiotics don't touch viruses. they don't help against viruses. force, the doctor to give antibiotics. indiscriminate use of antibiotics is breeding superbugs which can overtake the antibiotics and come out of check. so the key is, we need to have some guide lines. i would treat these antibiotics as controlled substances so a

doctor would have to get permission or to use certain guidelines to give it out. right now for whatever pressures it is not working. you have seven minutes to see the patient. just easy to give antibiotics and when you know the kid doesn't really need antibiotics. parent has to be instructed giving antibiotics is no good for anyone. having a bad bacterial infection comes about with use of antibiotics. a new technique is a stool transplant. you will hear about this. sounds bizarre. putting feces from another person into you by a bag inserted into the rectum. i know it is lunchtime. leland: i was going to say if anyone doesn't need a reason to eat lunch, i think we're there. >> good reason to gift right antibiotics, right? leland: that is a reason to stay off antibiotics. i don't think anybody will ask for a scrip for a while. dr. steven garner. appreciate your time. i will talk for another minute

while i left heather recover from that one. heather: love dr. garner. they talk about those things like it is nothing. moving on right now, police want the public's help finding two people who may have seen a massive fire start in downtown los angeles. why investigators think it may now be arson. plus the west coast facing even more rain after they were hammered in recent days. now another storm may be on the way but is it enough to end that drought in california?

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los angeles last week that completely destroyed an apartment bidding under construction. investigators say, they are not however, considered perps of interest. and because the building was still under construction, sprinklers had not yet been installed, giving the flames plenty of ox again and nothing to stop them from spreading quickly. fire officials are asking anyone with energy to give them a call at this number, 213-893-9850. >> fox extreme weather alert coming out of california right now. california has seen torrential rainfall. a new storm system is now shaping up and it could trick even more showers there. meteorologist maria molina is live for us at the fox weather center. oh, boy, maria, they certainly don't need this right now. >> we're talking about another storm system moving in. the good news this storm system is not as powerful as the last they got where weigh saw all the mudslides and rockslides across

parts of california and snowfall in the higher elevations. this has rain stretching as far north as areas in the northwest and of we do have snow for higher elevations. that is welcome news. because we have drought conditions apass parts of the west especially in california. as we head later today into california. the storm system will move in, much-needed moisture for rain in lower elevation and snow for highest elevations. some highest peaks could be looking locally a foot of snow. overall general accumulations across the mountains are ranging between six and eight inches of snowfall. over the next several days, so we're dealing with this storm right now. we'll continue to see the storms moving in as we get into the latter half of the work week. eventually, by this work week looks like we'll target specific northwest with another storm bringing in more areas of rain. a very active period across parts of the west coast. that shoved be continuing

through this upcoming weekend. meanwhile across parts of the plains we have another storm system that will be developing. it will be cold enough across parts of kansas, missouri and portions of nebraskas with, we should get snow from the storm system. also looking at areas of heavy rain by tomorrow across arkansas and down into eastern portions of texas. not a whole lot of snow forecast out here. we're just looking at very light accumulations ranging between one to three inches of snowfall and it will be impacting cities like kansas city and as we head into tomorrow. heather. heather: maria molina from the fox weather center. >> thanks. leland: more stories we're working on bringing you the next hour of "happening now." sony pictures is warning the media not to publish stolen information after a massive cyberattack. plus congressional leaders are trying to compromise on capitol hill but will their parties join them? we want to you weigh in. do you think the world community is doing enough to fight terrorism in the wake of the sydney cafe attack?

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heather: with the new year just two weeks away, google has put together its 2014 year in search. robin williams' suicide was on the minds of millions of americans in google searchbars as it ranked number one searched subject at the list. coming in at a close second, google searchers were reading up on the world cup. germany took the cup in a close win over argentina, and the third most-searched item, ebola, causing an epidemic in africa and showing up in the united states as well. google also coming up with a list of top trending "what is" questions including what is ebola, number one. next on the list, the ice bucket challenge had google searchers looking to understand the point of it, leaving the second trending question as what is

als? and the islamic state of iraq and syria dominated headlines as the third trending question, "what is isis?" leland: and we've heard a lot about that for sure. "outnumbered" is next, we'll see you in an hour. >> this is a fox news alert, inching closer to a possible run for the white house, yes, former florida governor jeb bush taking his most definitive step yet towards running for president as the republican announces plans to, quote, actively explore a campaign. this is "outnumbered," i'm andrea tantaros, and here with us today, harris faulkner, fox business' kennedy, also from fbn, melissa francis, host of "money with melissa francis," and today's *oneluckyguy, the executive producer of "imus in the morning", bernard mcgurk, and he's outnumbered. welcome back. >> thank you, ladies. merry christmas to everybody, happy