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bill: former u.n. ambassador john bolton speaking with make began. he says our u.s. foreign policy is to blame for a lot of this. watch. >> this is the consequence of years of neglect. and withdrawal of american influence. we're not entirely capable of changing everything. when the night walks away from the middle east it is further invitation to chaos and that is exactly with we're getting. bill: now what? john huddy live in the middle east newsroom. what does king abdullah's death mean for the united states. >> chaos and transition of power comes at a time when u.s.-led coalition forces including saudi arabia continue battle against isis. of course growing worsening situation that is going on in

yemen. you know, king abdullah as we know a key ally of the united states helping with the war on terror. the hope is that crown prince salman who is taking over will continue to have a good relationship with the united states and the fight against terror groups like isis and al qaeda but there is also concern, bill and martha, these type of terror organizations and groups will try to exploit the transition of power by creating chaos and havoc within saudi arabia bill? bill: so who is in charge when it comes to yemen? who is running that country john? >> reporter: bill, simply put, no one. no one's in charge. the country is split up into various rival political factions at this point. under yemeni law though the parliament speaker would assume the presidency. and is said to be aligned with the huthis. the anti-american shiite rebels. the yemeni president ha deed had

a good relationship with the u.s. and fight against terror groups and al qaeda in the arabianian peninsula the huthis are opposed to al qaeda and fighting them in yemen but they're also said to be backed by iran. iran could try to exploit the situation going on in yemen and possibly in saudi arabia as well. bill: more on that in a moment. we'll go to the map. john huddy from jersey leading our coverage from there. martha. martha: a lot to keep straight, to add to the chaos, listen to this israeli satellites captured an image that apparently shows an iranian intercontinental ballistic missile with a range far greater than anything tehran had up to this point. charles krauthamer it is tehran who is the big winner in this chaos from yemen to iran and beyond. listen. >> the saudis are looking at the

iranians in the north, the iranian allies, which is essentially iraq syria and lebanon on one side and yemen now to the so you and west under iranian dominance. and they are scared to death. that's why this is double attack on us. it is a loss of an ally against al qaeda and it's a huge geopolitical gain for iran, extending its influence over arab states. bill: as charles is describing there, the situation a big win for iran and here's why. the events over the past several years led us to the following point. iran here in the east, you know about its influence here in baghdad. we followed that for years. you know about its influence in syria, backing assad leader there and support for hezbollah in the country of lebanon. in the past week alone, you have shiite-backed leaders here in yemen throwing the country, or the government rather out of power. and this fear of -- sphere of influence here around this

entire area with saudi arabia right here in the middle and death of its king last night, or overnight i should say tucked here in the left-hand corner is the country of israel. remember iran is shia. al qaeda is sunni. but you have al qaeda now here in yemen. you've got it in iraq. you also have it in syria. it is a mixed and wicked brew in this part of the world and a power struggle we is watched for some time that took some very strange twists and turns, unexpectedly could you say over the past five days and again overnight. how does everybody react? we're waiting on that. martha: we have a lot more to come on this and the president's reaction as well. how about this? recently as last september president obama was touting yemen as a success story in the war on terror. >> counterterrorism campaign will be waged through a steady relentless effort to take out isil wherever they exist using our air power and our support

for partners, forces on the ground. this strategy of taking out terrorists who threaten us while supporting partners on the front tunes lines one that we have pursued successfully in yemen and somalia forkers years. martha: that may be the case but can the president tout yemen as a success? we'll debate that with our panel coming up. bill: to put a fine point, the government of yemen was supporter and allowed us to go after terror groups operating in yemen and saudi arabia for its part let us go after terrorist groups in syria. they fought on our behalf. martha: add to that, you look at the map you showed us. you looked at president will not sit down with benjamin netanyahu. bill: in march. martha: in midst of all this. this is a bit of a head-scratcher. we'll talk about that as well. >> had no knowledge of anything. i have no knowledge of any

wrongdoing -- >> nobody did anything wrong? >> yeah, i'm very comfortable saying that. as far as i know. i don't know everything. i understand, that i, you know was in a locker room preparing for a game and i don't know what happened in the course of process with the footballs. i don't know. once i'm out on the field. bill: i'm playing. i have no thought of the football at that point. i have no idea. i have no idea. martha: patriots quarterback tom brady taking to the microphones yesterday saying he doesn't have any information about why those game balls may have been deflated. three-time super bowl champion and his coach, bill belichick addressed these allegations that they used underinflated footballs during the afc championship game and both of them maintain they had no knowledge of any wrongdoing in this situation. joined by chief correspondent jon than hunt live from our new york city newsroom. jonathan, brady spent a lot of time answering questions yesterday. at some point it felt like

somebody should have yanked him off. he answered questions over and over. he decided he wanted to stay up there. >> yeah he did. he spent 30 minutes in total at the podium, yesterday martha explaining what he first termed as perfect balls became imperfect during sunday's game. he was generally calm. he was generally measured. he was occasionally bemused at the podium but he consistently insisted he did nothing wrong. listen here. >> i mean i feel like i've always played within the rules. i would never do anything to break the rules. i believe in fair play and i respect the league and you know,ering that they're doing to try to create very competitive playing field for all of the nfl teams. >> reporter: and brady also insisted that perhaps we all should calm down a little about this controversy. listen here. >> things are going to be fine. this isn't isis. this isn't you know, no one is dying but you know we'll get

through this and hopefully we can really start preparing for seattle and you know get our mind focused there because they're going to take all myor the next 10 days. >> reporter: certainly everybody would like to prepare for seat tale -- seattle, but doesn't look like this controversy is going away quickly, martha. martha: when you look at the nfl, when you look what they have had to deal with, the elevator dragging incident. >> yeah. martha: questions about steroids and all this stuff. you look at this situation about whether or not the ball was inflated correctly, we haven't her anything from the nfl and his answers to the nfl question were interesting. are you going to talk to the nfl? he said, i don't know. >> reporter: it wasn't just are you going to talk, it was, have you been questioned yet by any nfl officials. the nfl said they're investigating but brady said no they haven't even talked to him yet. he is the central figure in all of this. quite clearly an apparently he has not been questioned once by

one single nfl official. which in a lot of people's mind raises questions, once again about the leadership of commissioner roger goodell. now interestingly, roger goodell is very close to that man robert kraft. he is the owner of the new england patriots. the patriots tweeted out a picture just last week of roger goodell at robert kraft's house the night before the afc championship game. now roger goodell spends a lot of individual time with each of the 32 nfl owners but it is worth remembering martha that robert kraft the owner of the patriots was one of the first to come to goodell's aid last year when he was getting so much criticism and has consistently been one of his strongest supporters. it's a question that is worth talking about. martha: it certainly is, jonathan. thank you very much. >> reporter: sure. martha: one of the things struck me, tom brady was supposed to

have the news conference today but he had it yesterday. they moved it up to yesterday. you have to wonder if he talks to them today. you want to get out there to say, no, i have not spoken with them yet. that was an easy answer at this point for him. there has to be a discussion sooner or later. bill: you can debate whether you got all the answers yesterday and he stood there for an hour and answered all questions. big question where the league is in all of this. for the nfl it is their move. we'll talk to jim gray in 30 minutes. meantime a massive fire devoured an entire apartment complex. now we know new information today what caused this five-alarm inferno. martha: isis terrorists starting a grim countdown clock for the lives of two japanese hostages. their demand to japan, pay $200in or watch these men die. bill: also republican leaders now responding to the state of the union address and the proposals from the president. where are they on room for compromise? and where they say the ideas

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martha: so isis warns this,

quote, countdown for japan to pay $200 million for hostages in syria. the terrorists demanded a ransom on the internet and posted a clock today and counting down to zero. japan officials are considering all possibles to save these men. >> dead or alive raise taxes on wealthy? >> why would i want to raise taxes on people? there is no free lunch and president wants to raise taxes because he wants to increase washington spending. >> i will take that as a dead. >> dead real dead. >> make community college free of charge. dead or alive? >> we added more debt. during obama years and all the presidents from george washington down to george bush. i will put that down as dead as well. >> fascinating segment released from cbs from "60 minutes."

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying some of those proposals are dead on arrival. fox news washington post political analyst. welcome to both of you. taxes, debt, are traditional issues. answers were to be expected. mk you believe that the president thinks mitch mcconnell can deliver explain. said in the past he is trustworthy negotiator. knows what he can get out of the senate. if the president would like to recognize that there is a new senate in play here. of did not recognize mcconnell or that situation during the state of the union but he has a partner like mcconnell who will work with real tax reform. he said he would work on some. trade proposals brought up that the democrats were not fond of during the state of the union.

it will have to be tax reform than tweaks to make obama happy. bill: i saw a comment where paul ryan sees rays of hope an optimism. explain. >> paul ryan is pretty intent on idea you could do something especially on the poverty side with the earned income tax red for working people who are not making, who don't make enough money to get above a certain level, bill. so, that earned income tax credit is very real for paul ryan but in addition i think if you look at what cathy mcmorris rodgers and other pubs republicans in leadership said you look at ideas for additional money for child care they would triple it. additional money for households where both spouses work they would add $500. these are policies republicans endorsed in the past.

that gives you idea where republicans work with the president in terms of delivering those tax policies. bill: there is potential here. before i go back to mk, this is also dead on arrival apparently. >> increasing the federal minimum wage? >> bad idea. >> dead? >> bad idea. listen, i had every rotten job you can imagine growing up getting myself through school. i wouldn't have a chance at half those jobs if the federal government kept imposing higher minimum wage. low income jobs help people get skills and climb the economic leader. bill: house speaker is saying that. we mentioned trade and child care tax credit as potential for compromise. maybe that happens mk, maybe it does not. but from this chair sitting over here, are i see these two side fighting to a draw all the way to 2016. do you? >> definitely, they're definitely going to fight. i mean they're not going to afree on everything. if the president would like to engage, there is a chance to do that.

the house is always a wildcard as we've seen recently with republicans and what they can get through. the senate, as i said mcconnell has a handle what he can do there but the problem is also with something like the minimum wage hike or free community college. things that sound simple and sound lovely but actually aren't free of costs. it is not free community college. it ends up benefiting colleges and people who make loans not students. prices get inflated because nobody is paying actual cost or seeing that cost and end up community college as effective as public company. -12 which is not sure exactly what we want. these things don't come without costs. president insists they don't cost anything and republicans do. bill: juan, what about that. >> things like raising tax on estates to 23 to 2%. most americans would say that is fine. most americans ask about the 1%, especially big banks even republicans have said, you know

what, big banks are getting a lot here, too big to fail. it will not kill anybody to put a little additional tax especially at time would be creating more income mobility for people who feel if they're stuck right now. bill: depends how you structure the deal whether or the that gets through. >> this comes back to what you were talking about earlier politically, i don't see how republicans are positioning themselves what looks to be a 2016 campaign where you're going to have the democrats hammering income inequality. bill: we'll see whether or not they play to a draw here. veto threat of anywhere four to seven items one week. mary catherine juan, thank you. >> you're welcome. martha: i.t. company responsible for the botched rollout of healthcare.gov now has a grand new multimillion dollar from the government, how can that be? they will still working on obamacare. this has a lot of people justifiably scratching their heads. bill: dramatic rescue on the

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bill: so the field for the potential republican contenders in 2016 might be growing today. fox news confirms senator marco rubio is taking serious steps toward a run for the white house of the florida senator, hiring a top republican finance director and gearing up for a major fund-raising swing through california next month. this comes after a closed-door meeting between two other would-be candidates, mitt romney and jeb bush meeting in utah. rubio said former florida governor jeb bush would not affect his decision. martha: so get this, the irs awarding a $4.5 billion contract

to the same company, cgi general, that name should ring a bell to you, because they're the same folks who were behind the botched rollout. you remember what a debacle that was? they couldn't figure out if the company was ready to go or not ready to go. as you can imagine this new deal has people scratching their heads and congress considering an investigation. let's bring in chris stirewalt fox news digital politics editor. chris, i don't see how this could happen, because the president said of after the cgi mess they would get to work on fixing federal procurement of i.t. so this couldn't possibly be happening. >> couldn't possibly be happening because also remember the irs would clean itself up, reform from top to bottom. and so was the obamacare website and everything was going to be different and squirrel ran by and everybody watched it go that way, the government said now we get back to business and get back to just like we want to be. martha: what will they be doing, cgi, in this case? >> look the federal bought

relies, the federal government may have two million employees but relies on awful lot of contractors. we call them beltway bandits here. martha: isn't that of itself what you scede is so shocking. two million employees but they still hire so there are, you know branches government supposed to come up with software and programing for all of the things we put out there ot god enough. you have to go outside and pay 4 or $5 million for somebody else to do the job. >> the government does both, it doesn't do either/or. it is large and employ as lot of people and pays outside money to a lot of contractors. there are some rules how contracts get awarded, all of these companies like cgi, failure, even cataclysmic epoch failure does not keep you out, there is such a large number of contracts. remember by ashington standards, federal standards, four 1/2 million dollars that is like walking around money. martha: chump change.

>> yeah. martha: does cgi have a buddy somewhere in the government? it is hard to believe even given everything that you said because it was very high-profile and that company name was out there in a big way, that they would, aren't there other people they could hire? >> no doubt there, and how much money and how much time companies like cgi not to pick on them exclusively, how much money and how much time, lobbying political donations access pedaling, all of that do companies like this spend. here's the problem. not just that 4 1/2 million dollars. and not absurdity of something like this it is a message is send to people at home. the message it send to people at home, to the american public which is, don't bother. the strong message that washington would like the american electorate to know don't bother. it can't be defeated. it can't be fixed. and that is what this city would like the rest of the country to think. martha: wow that is sad state of affairs. i'm afraid you're right.

chris, thank you very much. happy weekend on that note. happy friday. see you late every. bill: 2past. president obama apparently picking his meetings carefully. he will not meet with benjamin netanyahu when he comes to washington in early march and but he did sit down with a youtube star that ate cereal out of a bathtub while bathing. the white house reasoning. martha: that is complete live different issue. of the chaos, brewing in the middle east and why it could be very bad news for us here at home. >> it takes real effort to have a situation where our relationship with israel is in the tank and our relationship with saudi arabia is in the tank. and we have managed both of those things under this president.

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new icbm missile which is capable of hitting targets deep into europe. israeli satellites captured the missile sitting on a new launchpad. iranian supported shiite rebels ousting yemen's president after months of fighting. this raises questions about u.s. efforts to destroy al qaeda's powerful branch inside the country of yemen. saudi king abdullah passing away at the age of 90, the former crown prince. 79-year-old salman bin aziz assuming the thrown in riyadh. martha: all developments raising a lot of concerns about iran's growing influence in the middle east. last night i spoke with liz cheney filling in for greta "on the record.." listen what list cheney says about this. >> this is very bad day for america and its allies. you have essentially with the collapse of government in yemen, got iran basically in control of

at least four capitals in the middle east, of sanaa baghdad damascus and potentially beirut. martha: that is a stunning statement. i'm joined by gillian turner, a former white house national security council staffer under president george w. bush and also president barack obama. she is also a fox news contributor. gillian, great to have you with us today. >> thank you. martha: in terms of what liz cheney had to say that's a pretty stunning statement when you go from yemen to syria, to iraq and beirut as well as places that she sees iran as a result of policies and change basically having a really big say in all of those places. >> i think she is absolutely right. it is not an overstatement. what happened in yemen happened very quickly. just wednesday there were reports that the president was going to strike an agreement with the huthi rebels. now the practically entire top tier of his government has collapsed. i think the biggest tragedy here the sectarian strife once again

ruled the day and that is effectively a worst-case scenario for the united states for our allies in the middle east and for this entire anti-terror coalition. martha: so we went, you know, feels like overnight. of course it wasn't quite overnight but having this good relationship with the president, who had been you know put into office in yemen and having their agreement, when we did these drone strikes in cooperation and trying to put a lid on acap arguably, the most dangerous branch of al qaeda to none of those things. so when you look at saudi arabia and the loss of abdullah yesterday, late yesterday you worked untwo different presidents, bush and obama and saw how they each interacted with saudi arabia. what was the difference? >> so since 9/11 saudi has been without a doubt our closest and probably most strategically important arab ally in the middle east. but in recent years there has been this noticeable rift mostly over iran policy and syria policy. as you mentioned, the

obama-abdullah relationship is really not the same as the bush-abdullah relationship was. in 2008, when the president traveled to saudi, he was part of the traveling staff and we were all struck by the shared closeness and friendship between president bush and king abdullah. but the saudi regime really strained that relationship in recent years. part of the problem they're very angry at president obama for engaging in nuclear negotiations with their arch nemesis, iran. the other part they want us to really step up and take a hard-line approach with assad in syria. martha: that's a big point. when you look at the red line moment clearly they felt that that red line had been breached and they wanted president obama to take much more active action in syria and supporting these rebels which the president said we're doing the other night in the state of the union but from everything i can see it doesn't look like we really are. >> it looks like in the

administration saying we've broken some of isis's momentum and we're making progress particularly in syria. as we know much of the territory isis canp toured in -- captured in iraq the last year has held. the report, picture painted outside of the administration is a very different one. martha: when you look at this whole map we're talking about right now, you see chaos in yemen, changeover of power in saudi arabia and difficult relationships there obviously what is going on in syria, you ask yourself, so benjamin netanyahu, our strongest ally in the area is coming to the united states and the president is not goes to meet with him. you would think now more than ever they would have to talk. >> yeah, it's a very strange occurrence. we hear that he is coming to address a joint session of congress which is great but the fact that a bilateral meeting is not following on the heels of that or coming before it is curious to a lot of us foreign policy observe years gillian thanks. good to have you in new york.

great to have you here. bill? bill: now for an update on that massive fire at a new jersey apartment complex. authorities now ruling out that it was an accident, blaming it on faulty plumbing. there were workers on site on wednesday when a five-alarm fire erupted wednesday afternoon, burned into next thursday morning, engulfing the entire building but thanks to first-responders everyone made it out safe. four minor injuries reported in new jersey. >> the hallways were banked floor to ceiling with smoke. these guys have to crawl that way in the dark finding apartment apartments and getting people out of apartments. we had crew on the balcony. that was my concern first, not the building. my concern was life safety first. bill: that fire leaving hundreds without a home including one of the announcers for the new york yankees. governor chris christie responding to the tragedy saying his administration will review the state's fire code. i think it is more than just a couple hundred. there are about a thousand

people who lived there. massive sprawling place now on the ground. >> how about this? the coast guard to the rescue as a fishing boat sinks. the dramatic rescue, look at this, all caught on tape. we'll show you what happened. bill: we are awaiting word from the nfl. what will the league say after days of staying quiet? ♪

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that boat went down. three were hospitalizedized with hype they will yaw. the others airlifted to another boat. stunning rescue. well-done. nice job. bill: so rare we get to see that. we hear about it but job well-done. 17 minutes before the hour. tom brady from yesterday. >> i like them the way i like them which is a 12.5. to me that is a perfect grip with the football. did not see difference between the first half and second half when supposedly they were inflated to original. even more inflated i didn't notice any difference. i, you know i didn't obviously think there was anything different between halves. bill: so tom brady taking hits from reporters for nearly an hour but insisted he knew and noticed nothing. his head coach earlier today bill belichick live on "america's newsroom" essentially saying the same thing but why as the league been so quiet? sportscaster and fox news

contributor jim gray with me in l.a. good morning to you. he was there almost an hour. what did you think, did you believe brady or not? >> yes i did. i do believe what tom brady had to say yesterday. he has been an up standing character. he has pursuit of excellence and dead case. his work ethic and i don't think there is any reason in the world why he would come out there and lie. why would he risk everything to tell a story that he says he doesn't know? so yes i do believe tom brady. bill: what i find fascinating, developing jim, i will get to the league in a moment here. you can see the nfl players almost dividing themselves in two different camps, whether they support the explanation or not. i thought watching espn and seeing reaction from a former nfl quarterback by the name of mark brunell spent most of his time with jacksonville, the jaguars in florida he was asked whether or not he believed brady. immediately afterwards this is how he responded. >> i did not believe what tom

had to say. those balls were deflated. somebody had to do it. and i i don't believe there is equipment manager in the nfl on his own initiative deflate a ball without the starting quarterback's approval. i just, i just didn't believe what tom brady had to say. bill: he was clearly emotional too when he answered that. you have people like brunell and troy aikman saying they don't believe it. meantime people like joe theismann and boomer esiason saying this is no big deal. what is it? >> well i think we have to know all the facts. we know. the jackson who came out intercepted the ball from tom brady, turned it over to the equipment manager. turns out that had already been taken out of play. that the patriots had been playing with balls that were fully inflated earlier in the half than we had known. we had thought it happened at half tile. but the jackson says, no the balls had already been changed. so we just have to wait to see what the nfl investigation find.

these balls were deflated somehow, some way. "the diving bell and the butterflily" chick he has had credibility problem in the past with spy gate. why patriots and tom brady and many others in the organization are now in this circumstance because of his credibility factor in the past but i believe belichick too. i don't think bill belichick told anybody on his staff to doctor a football. i take him at his word and i don't believe he would lie. i also don't believe tom brady told anybody to do it. somebody did it somewhere. we'll have to wait to find out. bill: the league and nfl are nine days away from the biggest moment all year, the super bowl in arizona. brady said the nfl didn't talk to him. a lot of people said, why would that be and what has their investigation turned over? we don't know. would you expect the nfl to clarify this asap or is the league trying to delay until after the big game next sunday?

>> i don't know that they're trying to delay. i'm sure they're trying to ascertain all of the information but it seems to me, bill, that this is an officiating problem and this is a process problem. why in the world would two hours 15 minutes before the game would the officials check the balls certify the balls and turn them back over to non-league employees with not an official there? what in god's name leads them to believe that is a good system? perhaps that is the system in the past and perhaps they felt that system has worked but we now find it is flawed considerably flawed. beyond flawed. it is a bad idea. it's a bad process. they need to change. that the officials are handling the ball every play. we're now told that the officials took these balls out of play much earlier than we expected. look the game was 45-7. we've been through all that, bill. bill: blowout. >> jackson said they didn't lose the game because pressure of football. they lost because of intensity, however the intent is such that you have to investigate this and find out because if it was done we have to find out how and why. bill: i think you touched on

something there though. that is what happened in the pregame? because the nfl has not proven their own officials actually did carry out the policy as written according to the league. did they do their job? or is the nfl not enforcing its own rules prior to kickoff? perhaps there is the story. >> we also, i agree with that bill. we don't know that. we have to wait and hear that. also now starting to trickle out, some of it is rumor some of it's a innuendo, and some of it's speculation, there are trickling leaks, 11 of 12 balls found to be deflated nowhere near the 2-pound underweight of psi, much, much less. so we have to know the weights of all those balls. look, there is a lot of facts we don't know. so to keep speculating about it and all this rumor, yes, it has a life of its own. that is because it is the patriots. if this were the titans and jaguars this would not be a

story. this is only a story because of past of the patriots. because in addition in addition a lot of teams don't like the patriots. there are a lot of people in the media don't like dealing with bill belichick the way he handles things. some of these issues come into play. bill: jim gray from l.a. we'll talk soon. >> thanks, bill. bill: a move in a multibillion-dollar industry. brady spoke for 30 minutes, not an hour. martha: jackson said he tossed ball out and gave it to someone on sidelines to keep it as souvenir and interception. he never noticed anything wrong with the ball. that was assumption made earlier on. everyone kept repeating. passed ball off and said it was underinflated. he said that himself today. there were so many unanswered questions and conclusion jumped to be here. bill: arizona will be huge. martha: absolutely. so the united states is wrapping up two days of historic ongoing talks with cuba. when do we open an embassy in

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money was invested instead. martha: so the u.s. is wrapping up talks in cuba with a news conference. they're talking about both side expectations of restoring diplomatic sides. supporters say it is good for business and the cuban people. opponents are saying we are laying down to the castro regime. doug mckelway live from washington. doug, what do we know about the talks so far? >> reporter: nobody is optimistic that there will be a big break through as the talks wrap up. this is first trip by assistant secretary of state to cuba in 38 years, a visible reminder of the difficulties laying ahead the russian surveillance ships anchors havana harbor as the russian defense minister announces intentions to build bases in cuba, venezuelan nicaragua. they are bristling at the u.s. designation of chief sponsor of

terrorism. the chief negotiator said it would be very difficult to explain there is resumption of diplomatic relations while our country unjustly continues to be included on the u.s. list of state sponsors of terrorism. president obama has the power to take cuba off the list but he has to send that decision to congress where there is already deep skepticism about re-establishing diplomatic ties. martha. martha: a lot to work out. wasn't assistant secretary of state tony blanken scolded earlier this week about senators not keeping them in the loop about the whole reset? >> he was. back in his confirmation hearing late last year blanken asked whether there would be any unilateral changes in cuban policy he appeared before the committee wednesday to answer that question. >> i asked you a question at that time during your nomination about whether there would be any unilateral changes or changes in cuban policy your answer, i i want to quote it to you, quote anything in the future might be done on cuba would be done in full cult attention with real

meaning of word consultation that just alluded to with this commit. >> senator i regret i did not live up to the standard i set during that hearing. >> reporter: with only sparse progress with the talks the two countries planning a next session at some undisclosed date. that is about the limit of progress thus far. martha: thank you very much, doug. don't miss a special that is coming up, fox news reporting this weekend. bret baier takes us inside this controversy. he spent a lot of times over the year in cuba. many wonder if we're losing this last battle of the cold war. fox news reporting airs tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. eastern where else, fox news channel. bill: looking forward to seeing that. meantime the clock is ticking. isis warns two hostages are running out of time. will japan give in to their demands? thanks for the ride around norfolk! and i just wanted to say geico is proud to have

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>> a new threat from isis and the gruesome countdown of the murder of two japanese militants unless the demands are met. the militants posted a clock on the video and warned the time is running out. i am martha maccallum. >> and isis wants the money by today or they will execute the two men. the mother of one of the men made plea to save their son's life. catherine heritage is live. what do we know? >> reporter: this is the first time they made a demand to a specific government and they said isis has followed through in the past and there is no reason this is different.

some are saying it was filmed into studio using a green screen and point to flutters in the breeze but no wind on the sound track. isis has control of half a dozen tv stations in iraq and syria. and this recent video was shot in the studio and the movement of his eyes suggest he was using a teleprompter. >> it is amazing to understand the scope of the grip they have on media and the ability to carry out all of these films. what about the negotiations? do we know anything about them? >> reporter: the japanese prime minister is touring the middle

east and says the terror needs to be crush but didn't rule out negotiations and the state department offered all it -- little >> this isn't a policy we in the united states support or implement. it puts people at risk. japan knows our long-standing support on that issue. >> isis is using anwar's who was first targeted for death in 2007. he is the leader of the jihad even from the grave. and it is important to note he had contact with one of the older brothers in the paris attack. the whoit house must deal

with the collapse of the government in yemen. a key united states ally in the war on terror. the resigning of the president gives the opening to iranian-backed affiliates and dangerous affiliates. how bad are things in yemen? now? >> reporter: yemen has never had stability but it is going from dangerous to totally lawless as you mentioned the iranian backed military is a serious power player and so is al-qaeda. remember the state department is there and a number of those folks have left and the state department is ready to the rest of the embassy if they need to. those plans are in place. it is important to realize how quickly this declined. it was only a couple months ago the president was saying yemen

is proof his foreign policies are working. >> asad is under the control of iran, and you have a problem in iraq and lebanon. president obama's standing in the region is terrible. his policies are failing. if this is a success story i would hate to see failure. >> reporter: yemen is the head quarters for the most sophisticated part of what is left of al-qaeda and the former president was a u.s. ally allowing the drone program to go on and align with the cia there in yemen. the question now is will al-qaeda be able to capitalize on the chaos and launch more attacks? >> how does saudi arabia play into this with the death now? >> reporter: in a lot of ways especially considering the saudi

arabians were propping up the yemens with giving them money. that money likely stops. the president offered his support yesterday and the vice president is flying to the kingdom to pay his respect. the big question is how does this play into the middle east chess match in for a long time the united states used the saudi arabians for counter attack. what about the terror warnings the kingdom has been putting up? and what does it mean for the price of oil? the new king will have a lot to do in terms of setting the oil policy. >> thank you. let's look at the new ruler of saudi arabia. the king is thought to be 70 years old and prince since 2012.

he is part of the ruling class and played active role in foreign relations. he is expected to continue the strong alliance with the united states and president biden is going there in a couple days. a complicated dance is playing out between the white house and israel. the president will not meet with the prime minister but boehner invited him to the capital. as a matter of long standing tacticals we don't see heads of state or candidates in close location to their election so not to influence a democratic election in a foreign country. steven diner is here. good to have you with us. >> good to be here >> what do you think about the response from the white white

house? >> a couple things. all of this is symbolism. there is no doubt that the president or the congress knows the message. these are close partners. so close harry reid mentioned he received a call from the prime minister after his exercise accident. this is about symbolism and whether the president is right to be focusing so heavy on iran's point of view in the negotiations and about republicans wanting to make sure israel's point of view is heard by the american audience in this >> the last part you said is significant, i think. i mind imagine what is going to happen is when he speaks in congress he will make it clear that negotiating in any way with iran is dangerous and he is probably going to talk about the chaos in the middle east and how important it is to keep our friends close to us in these

troubled times. right? >> absolutely. first of all talking about the radical jihadist islam which is something the white house says they don't like that label but he is not going to abide by those use of words. second, he is going to make the point not just about iran's nuclear program but in particular it needs to be rolled back. the administration is trying to go for a freeze and israel is saying there shouldn't be any nuclear weapons. the white house explanation is true. you don't want to get involved in another country's elections. but candidate went to israel during the 2008 campaign actually.

boehner's invitation is worth noting for this: after a year of the president saying he had a pen and a phone and would work around congress, this was a signal to the president saying i am the speaker of the house, i have power and i am going to use those if you are going to act unilaterally. >> and the intercontinental missal picture is worth mentioning showing that they may be working on a longer range. >> nine minutes past the hour. the president isn't going to meet with the prime minister but he is sitting down with youtube stars including one who is famous for eating cereal in a bath tub. and a fight to take back a major city in iraq from isis control. are we going back to war to do

that in iraq? and the opinions on tom brady knowing about the air deflating in the balls. many players are standing by number 12. >> our equipment guys do a good job of breaking the balls in. when i pick the balls out, at that point, to me they are perfect. i don't want anyone touching the balls after that.

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this small plane making a hard landing. a single-engine air craft touching down north of denver gouging a ditch. the pilot and passenger walked away uninjured. the plane belongs to the federal drug enforcement agency. we talked about the fact the president will not be meeting with the israeli prime minister but he did meet with a bunch of youtube stars or bloggers. these people have millions of followers on youtube, combined the white house is calling this digital outreach. the president was answering questions like this in this first interview since the state of the union: >> i grew up in florida and i have a lot of friend who are

cuban american and heard the stories of their families escaping and some didn't make it to come into the united states for a better life and get away from the castro's. the guy puts beep in dictatorship. >> lovely right? >> that is glowzel green. she is a comedian and known for wearing green lip sticks and stunts like sitting in a bath tub of milk and cereal and eating it. richard flowler is here and the question is obvious, richard why? >> his -- this is the truth of the matter. this is part of america. this is the only place some people get their news.

so the president is reaching out to new voters and americans. i think it is a great idea. one of the individuals in the interview has eight million sub subscriber subscribers and that shows the power of youtube and social media to change the course of the country. >> niger is here as well. i will ask you the same question. why? >> i lead an organization that connects to tens of millions on social media every week and we have a lot of subscribers as well. this is more of a reflection of the fact this president is the first entertainment-created president. we had entertaining presidents but this is the first one who was created due to a good speech he gave and an entertainment of

mythology and what he would do as president of the united states. >> richard, i can understand if he is in the middle of a campaign and trying to reach everybody. he gave an hour to these three people. when he sat down with bret baier and bill o'reilly they got 15 minutes. so precious time for the president every day he is at work. he is not sitting down with the prime minister of israel but had an hour for these folks? >> i think you are mixing apples and oranges. this president is trying to talk to the american people. when bill clinton went on mtv in the '90s we had the same reaction. the job of the president isn't only to communicate with those

watching cbs or fox news. it is to connect with all-americans. and going on youtube was a great way to do it >> i thought about the mtv moment with bill clinton and when he was asked if he wore boxers or briefs and everybody was horrified to ask the president of the united states about this underwear. >> and he answered. >> it turned out he talked a lot about that later on. is it beneath the office? does that matter niger? >> i don't know if that is beneath the office from time to time. but this is his priority. he sold his health care plan nis way. it a huge priority problem when the president of the united states makes time to engage the entertainment community but doesn't set aside for critical

meetings like that with more most important ally in the middle east, that being israel during a time of war with islamic extremism. >> here is the thing. we understand the reason why the president is engaged with iran is because we want to destroy isis and iran could be an ally there. to say these people are just entertainment and brush off the swath of their audience these individuals are talking to is downright disrespectful. >> we have a large audience >> and i am sure you have requested for the president to sit down with you. >> no i haven't. >> the job of being the president of the united states beyond the leader of the country, is to go talk about what is and what is not working. this president is going to the audiences he needs to sell the program to when it is free community college, affordable care act, or the middle class economics. >> we have to go.

>> i think you would agree it is commander and chief. and in that capacity him snubbing the prime minister of israel is abyssmil. and during time a time of war. >> we have to go. great points. good to speak to you both. we will see you next time. next time we will see them in a bath tub of cheerios. >> i think it was fruit loops. they were all different colors. >> know your cereal. >> united states and iraq forces trying to take back mosul from isis. will american troops be on the front lines? is the united states going back to war in iraq? and first responders calling an 11-year-old girl a hero for keeping her cool and saving her grandmother's life. >> i am a 11. >> what i need you to do is take a nice deep breath.

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an 11-year-old girl is being called a hero after saving her grandmothers live. kendal sit well was alone with her grandmother when the woman had a heart attack. she called 911 and followed the instructions and performed cpr. >> she is not breathing anymore. >> okay. we have help on the way. i need you to be big and strong and i will give you instructions to help your grandmother. >> they are honoring the 911 dispatcher who did a great job talking kendal through the ordeal. united states and iraqi forces are gearing up to try to liberate the town of mosul from

isis commander. the top commander says the counter offensive against the terrorist should be ready to go by spring or summer. isis captured the city back in june and controls large parts of northern and southern iraq still. when the battle begins will the military be in the middle of it? steve nash is here. despite what the commander and chief said it looks like woo are going back to war in iraq. >> the commander and chief is saying one thing but he is hedging his bets. and general austin who is the central command commander, has never given testimony or in the press taken ground troops off the table. so troops let me specify, he doesn't mean laying a combat team, what he is talking about is advisors to go along with to

advise the iraq force this is going to be an iraqi force supported by the united states and other allies not the united states military. >> you have to train the iraqi forces and that is what is happening now and why they are waiting until spring or summer. do we always signal as to when before we go in captain? what is that all about? >> we don't. when i saw that it raised an eyebrow and then i started thinking about it. this isn't an enemy city we are trying to capture. this is a city of iraqis where they are going to try to take it. it isn't like you can lay siege and starve them out. we are trying to influence the islamic state to say is mosul worth fighting for because if we come in we will kill you. if that happens, you lose syria,

which is your main interest so maybe it is best to ease out of here while you can so we don't destroy mosul and get a bunch of civilians kills. they don't care about that but care about holding their strength in syria and hold the ground they hold today. >> and austin was saying that we have now killed 6,000 isis fighters. sounds like a huge number. >> yeah. the white house is saying that. the department of defense is leerly -- leery of talking body counts because it is too much like vietnam where the numbers are inflated. there have been a lot of body fighters killed. we put the whack to their leadership and killed a fairly good percentage of those. but any combat organization like the islamic state, they will

grow their own leaders. as one is whacked another steps in >> we will see whether or not the people of mosul support the move when it happens. that is a critical question. you got a quick answer? >> absolutely critical. we need intel trained ground force to go in and support of the indigenous population because getting them to rise up and support the fight. isis has to get the idea that the people are against them and the whooping is coming so are you staying and fighting and loosing or withdraw back into syria. that is what we want them to do. >> chuck nash in washington. thank you. from iraq to yemen the united states-backed president forced from power by islamic rebles in a country that is a base for al-qaeda. is the united states changing strategy? and blizzard-like conditions

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the national weather service is issuing a series of winter weather advisory with a foot of snow in the texas panhandle and freezing rain and heavy snow from the central appalachians to new england. >> reporter: we are looking at the next big storm for the northeast and so far it has been a quite season. we need snow at there. take a look at the totals. only a couple inches have been reported in philadelphia, new

york and in boston. parts of texas and western texas picked up 13 inches of snow fall that is headed our way so we will see how much we pick up across the area. it will be a tricky forecast. we don't have the ideal setup. we usually want a high pressure system north of it. this storm is quick moving across parts of the mid-atlantic and northeast. that could keep the totals down and the cold air isn't in place the duration of the storm. that could allow for mixing and that means lower amounts of snow fall. look at the storm producing heavy rain into the southeast. we have snow starting in virginia and western north carolina with the higher elevations having the snow starting and that should continue as we go later into today and into tomorrow. winter weather advisory for pants of tennessee, north

carolina and extend to the tri-state area and north of that where we think the heavy snow totals will be. we have watches that include parts of connecticut, massachusetts, and eastern portions of maine. we are looking at 3-6 inches of snow expected but areas west of new york city in southern parts of new york state and connecticut and intearnew england in the interior and southern portions you could see up to ten inches of snow. that will make travel difficult for saturday afternoon and evening when the heavier rates are possible and the wind picks up. by saturday morning, you will see the snow across southern new england and all the way down to parts of eastern tennessee. it quickly exits and quite

weather for sunday. there is going to be snow on sunday in the midwest but it could bring more snow to the northeast on sunday. maybe a storm. we will keep you updated >> the kids will have their snow radar up when they their the sunday night possibility. maria, thank you very much. the united states embassy in yemen is opened after the collapse of a u.s.-backed government in the country. the president resigned after rebles held him hostage in his own home. the united states state is department isn't worried about security and has no plans to close the embassy. mike thornberry is here to talk about this. sir, welcome. you know the former government allowed us to go after al-qaeda in that country. and iran is backing those who led the charge against the government in yemen who now control it. what now for the u.s. interest?

>> well first is to learn the lessons. remember, president obama sited yemen as the model we wanted to follow in other parts of the world. so we getter make a sober reevaluation of what happened there especially before we try to duplicate it elsewhere. i think you are exactly right. this increases the danger to us from al-qaeda terrorist attacks because if we don't have a partner on the ground then al-qaeda is freer to plot and plan and carry out attacks. but the other thing it does is increase the influence of iran in the region. it is pretty amazing that a single event could help terrorist and iran at the same time but that is what is happening >> we will show the viewers a map as to what you are saying. but in 2009 the president of yemen was quoted saying ruling yemen is like dancing on the

heads of snake. sir? >> yeah. i am sorry. i didn't know that was a question. absolutely. it is very difficult and tribal. for years yemen was divided between a north and south. so you have some sunni and shiite north and south and terrorist that thrive on the chaos. some people have called this the new afghanistan meaning afghanistan back before 9/11. >> i want to show the viewers this map i was talking about. i know you cannot see me but you have you can hear me. you have iran to the east and we know their influence in iraq is substantial and that goes back several years. and now you have yemonopoly --

yemen and in saudi arabia they are dealing with the death of their leader. iran is shiite and yemen is sunni and al-qaeda in iraq and syria and in this dangerous brew you wonder how all of this affects countries like israel and our efforts there. >> yeah. it increases the danger to israel. it increases the danger to us. and i think you make a critically important point because the administration has been negotiating with iran for months about its nuclear program. but what they never talk about is that iran isn't just pursuing a nuclear program with its missiles. they are creating chaos and extending their influence in all sorts of places around that region. and they are putting pressure on the sunni countries, many of

whom work with us. that is why i say this is an amazing disturbing development when you can help terrorist and the iranian influence in the region all at the same time. >> when you have the meetings and discussions what would you want us to do? when you see how quickly things change and can change in the last five days alone. >> here is my priorities. i think we have to worry about our people despite the report the administration gave. we have folks in yemen and we need to be attentive to their safety. we have to reassure allies. saudi arabia is going through a transition and they have doubts so we have to reassure them we are standing by them and third we cannot cut our defense

budget. part of what happened in iraq and syria is we moved assets from yemen to deal with that problem. intelligence and surveillance. we cannot cut defense. there is too many things happening and we are stretched to thing right now. >> thank you for being on the program. a robbery was was caught on surveillance video that could have deadly implications. this is a gun store being ransacked. you will not believe how they brogue in and the weapons they stole. and tom brady says he is not aware of the football incident. others are knelt sure >> i was in the locker room fre preparing and i don't know what happened over the process with the footballs.

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surveillance video captures a robbery with dangerous implications. a it is a gun store and they stole high profile weapons. they got into the store by tunneling through a dry cleaner next door. the shop owner says the total could be more once they go through all of the inventory. >> tom brady taking to the microphones saying he knew nothing about the deflated football at the afc championship game last week. one hall of famer says not so fast. first tom brady's side of the story. >> everybody is trying to figure out what happened. i think that is the main thing over the last couple days; trying to figure out what happened. like i said i was surprised as anybody when i heard monday morning what was happening. >> it is obvious tom brady had

something to do with this. each team brings their footballs the way they like them. you can break them. you used to couldn't break them in. the balls being deflated doesn't happen unless the quarterback wants that. now the question is did bill bellacheck now about it? >> they ran the ball well and i think they would have beat the colts regardless. i don't think tom brady would stoop to that level >> a lot of opinions. jeff foster is here and chris is here who is a former lineman from the states. chris, starting with you. it strikes me after listening to tom brady there is so much we don't know. we don't know if the balls were taken out of play and replaced. we have heard many stories. we heard from the player who caught the ball and said there is something wrong with the ball. but he said that is what what

happened i would like to keep the ball as a souvenir. >> i think the nfl is taking their sweet time. they have been under a lot of scrutiny and are taking time to address any issue. this is a real issue. having been the guy that snapped the ball to the quarterback, i can tell you nothing happens to the footballs without the quarterback's knowledge. >> you say everybody does this in bad weather. >> yes in increment weather, rain, a ball that is lower in pressure is easier to grip so you are less likely to fumble. we discussed in the green room how much the coach can't stand turnovers. it is as a big issue with the patriots and i can tell you tom pressure knows exactly the pressure of the balls. >> everybody has been talking about this non-stop. why is this such a big deal.

i got the feeling from the coach and brady that is what they are scratching their heads about. everybody has the football the way they like it and there is a range but did the officials check that day? and there is a lot of question about why is this such a big deal. >> because it is the new england patriots and they have a history. they have lost a little benefit of the doubt because of their past. 2007 the spy gate incident was a big deal. they were caught cheating and fined over $750,000. so they have a track record. >> you know what people say about that? everybody does that. and that is why on the sideline they don't want people reading their lips. i am ask you you are the patriots being unfairly picked on because they are the patriots? >> if it was the seahawks they were the ones caught we would not be here talking about this. it might be a news story maybe they were bending a rule but the fact there is no track record like the patriots have.

it is definitely in play. >> i look at the nfl having a tough year. we have seen women dragged out of elevators, we have seen in the past couple years people being paid extra to hit players harder and injure them. i am a mom. when someone breaks the rules, it is bad. but there is a range of what is egregious and what is not. >> the coach has the foul is only a foul when the referee blows the whistle. every quarterback in the nfl does this. troy aikman had a comment about this. this is like serena williams not knowing what her tennis racket is calibrated to. tom brady make as living on the

football. he knows the pressure and how he handles it. >> where is the nfl? how long till they speak out? will it be after the super bowl? >> i don't think they want to wrap it up before the super bowl. i think it will be delayed until after the game. i think they will address this rule. it doesn't make sense the teams are bringing their own game. it is an easy fix where you regulate the balls and make it come straight from the league. in terms of the patriots if there is a punishment that is going to be a long process. the patriots will obviously appeal and there is a lot the nfl to prove. you will not see equipment manager deflating the ball. it doesn't exist. >> we will see if it hurts them fuels them or hangs over there heads at the super bowl. >> it all changed nine years

ago. that is the way used to to de. >> and brady and manning were instrumental in that ruling. jon scott is here today standing by with "happening now." what is up? >> two major upheavals shaking up the world with the resigning of the yemen's government and the death of saudi arabia's king. and the new study that suggests coffee drinkers have a smaller chance of getting skin cancer. and we dive in the president's frosty relationship with the national media. that is ahead >> happy friday to you. the battle over the right to work law is being fought on new ground where the unions are facing a big challengennouncer: get

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a battle of jobs playing out on the local level in the state of kentucky with several counties pushing their own right to work laws to loosen the union grip on jobs and de the unions fighting back. garret is here. has this ever been fought at the county level? >> no, but five have passed and many are following. they are saying they are loosing jobs to states that are right-to-work. local leaders have been told that many client won't consider areas that don't have the laws and since democratic leader have vowed to block the laws their level county leaders have taking

charge. >> half of the companies interested in expanding their market and being located in the southeast region are not looking to kentucky. >> unions are fighting back saying the economic argument doesn't hold up. they point to figures from the bureau of labor statistics showing kentucky's higher rate of growth in manufacture jobs than any other southern state. >> is this legal for counties to do it on their own? >> that is what the court will decide. but a public battle is underway. jack conway a democrat running from a governor issued an opinion arguing against the counties doing that saying we ad vise a local government may not enact a right to work ordinance. two former justices of the supreme court have come out saying counties have the power

to do so sighting legislation passed in the '70s giving the counties ability to pass laws on economic development. they plan to take the strategy to other non-right-to-work states as well if this works. >> disturbing developments and growing chaos in yemen as rebels seize control of the capital. why this threatens america and how iran plays into all of it.

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martha: still talking about the super bowl. bill: a little bit. nice distraction. martha: not for tom brady. bill: so many wicked things in the world. it is refreshing i think just to get a break

. martha: have a great one everybody. "happening now" starts right now. jenna: we'll pick up where we left off there. uncertainty and chaos taking root across the middle east with the death of saudi arabia's king abdullah powerful american ally and resignation of yemen's government of the, another big story. welcome to "happening now." hope you're off to a great friday so far. i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. president, prime and the cabinet all stepping down after armed shiite rebels took over the capital city, fighters that may have ties to iran. both saudi arabia and yemen have been huge u.s. allies for years in the fight against terror an al qaeda. how do these developments affect american security interests. john huddy joins us live from the middle east bureau