ect for 7 states hurricane force winds and up to three feet of snow expected in some areas falling at a rate of 2-4 inches an hour. 3500 flights are canceled for today and tomorrow and that number is expected to rise as the storm intensifies. maria molina is keeping track for us. let's check in with her. >> good morning heather and ainsley. it is not only a potentially historic storm system but also a life threatening storm system that will be moving through the northeast. that is something to keep in mind as we head into tonight and into the overnight hours and tomorrow. that's when we are looking at some of the worst conditions from the storm system. right now it is moving across the ohio river rale is leevalley and northeast. it is coming across parts of west virginia. it will be moving offshore and

really tins fying very rapidly that's why we have blizzard warnings through central parts of new jersey new york city boston and maine. they will be looking at between 1 and 3 feet of snowfall. it is significant across the cape and parts of new england some of the stronger winds gusting up to 70 to 80 miles per hour. we are looking at hurricane force wind gusts across the new york city area further off to the south you will be looking at significant wind as well. gusts over 50 miles an hoar. it is not only not recommended but shouldn't be doing that. snowfall totals well over 2 feet of snow. the commuter models are

oscillating bushing it off towards new england and connecticut. this has it changing back and forth. we see the heavy totals further off to the west including new york city. stay tuned. extremely dangerous weather. 2 feet, 3 feet doesn't really matter expect white out conditions coming in tonight and tomorrow. i know you will continue to keep morning. >> let's keep talking about the blizzard of 2015. how are you going to ride out the storm? log on to the facebook page for a live debate #keep talking. breaking right now a device found on the grounds of the white house. spokesman josh earnest saying moments ago this device doesn't apeeb to throws a threat to any one inside the building. further details have not been

released. president obama and the first lady are overseas right now. >> chris christie taking his biggest step yet toward a financial run. he launched a political action committee allowing him to hire staffers and raise money for a likely p presidential campaign. we might have seen a sneak peek of what the republican debate will look like. three others 2016 hopefuls from the gop attending a coke brothers event in california. ted cruz, rand paul and marco rubio all taking the stage to spar over foreign and domestic policy. >> a possible break in the case involving a missing elderly double in georgia. bud and june ron on's disappearance after going to check out a missing car by an on-line seller.

here with more is kelly wright. >> good morning to you. police are looking for a man they believe could be connected to this missing person's case. it is all because police say his story just didn't match up. two arrest warrants issued overnight for this man ronny j. towns. he made false statements to investigators and attempted to commit theft by deception. police questioned him about the whereabouts of the missing couple. they left their marietta georgia home and traveled 200 miles away to meet an on-line seller about buying a vintage car on craig's list. now they believe it was towns who contacted bud runion on the site claiming he was selling a 1966 mustang convertible right before the couple vanished. >> this telephone was the last

telephone that communicated with the missing couple some minutes before they went -- that trail went cold. >> the runions children say it isn't like their parents not to keep in touch. the right now ronny towns is still on the lose. we are going to speak about the latest on this case in the 7:00 hour on fox and friends. >> new video in from san francisco. a terrifying deck collapsed. the group was taking pictures out on the deck at a birthday party where the railing gateway dropping 20 feet to the concrete below. all had head injuries one had a broken hip and arm. the wooden railing had rotted.

>> was an al qaeda terrorist released from super max prison in exchange of the prison. >> yesterday the president's chief of staff says the united states terrorists. it has been sharply questioned in light of the new report by the daily beat a man confessed to being an al qaeda sleeper agent was released from a super max prison in exchange for the release of an american couple matthew and grace swan accused of being involved in their deck. duncan hunter has written a letter to the daily beat. i believe we must examine the administration's decision in the case offal wary and see if it is connected to the negotiations of any kind.

president obama's evensenior advisor was asked point blank why he was released from the prison. this is what seehe said. >> people who observe their sentence have been released. >> they were release the details of every case the overall picture is to do everything in our power to keep america safe. if he focused on that that's his priority. >> the time line of the alleged swap coming down shortly before bowe bergdahl was released by five detainees on guantanamo bay. >> peter doocy live for us. >> slammed over his reaction to the murder of a japanese hostage at the hands of isis. confirming the video that shows surviving hostage alone hold ago photo of what appears to be the other hostage beheaded.

in response rick single tweeted this. murder by the terrorist group nothing religious about it. connecting isis to islamic extremism. another called the comment amazingly dumb. >> as the white house takes more heat for not calling terror attacks islamic extremism chief of staff now admits the terrorists are muslim. >> let's be clear no one denies these are muslims. these are muslims who claim their warped view of their ideology is what informed their actions or hateful ideology. we simply do not believe that they should somehow be seen as representatives from islam.

p they are not. the overwhelming majority of muslims do not have this ideology. we don't give them any belief they somehow believe that. >> terror in the skies the fbi looking into a new wave of bomb threats targeting major airlines. this after two packed planes landed in seattle. they have to be evacuated and searched for explosives. >> you are going to be able to see the dogs on the tarmac. the third plane flying from los angeles to world doe made an emergency landing in dallas after a threat was made on twitter. they p didn't find any bombs in any of the three incidents. the fbi hunting for the person who threatened flights to atlanta on twitter. they had to escort the planes

down the runway. a pilot forced to ditch his plane. that pilot forced to land the small plane near the coast of maui. a crude ship came to his rescue. a cessna with three adults and infant on board also ran out of gas and they crashed off the waters of hawaii as well. they had to be plucked out of the helicopter. the epidemic says a nevada girl district of columbia chris driscoll had cough and a high fever was given steroids that same day it she collapsed rushed to the hospital where she died a day later. 56 children across the country have died this flu season. chaos when an angry policeman

shootsger dead in a crowded home depot and turns the gun on himself. they heard him fighting with his ex boss moments before shots range out in the middle of the store. >> everybody was screaming everybody down everybody down. they just started running. >> everybody was screaming get oh to the back and unlock the door. no other employees and customers were hurt. >> we now know the identities of the two marines killed in a helicopter crash in their base in california. elizabeth keele and adam sadder field were running a training exercise out of camp pendleton when it went down p. they are still investigateling the cause of that crash. >> american sniper dominating the box office for the second straight weekend.

>> i will pick it up. >> it made $64.4 million bringing the total 3 week hall up to 2.3 million. >> an american arab group bringing a threat against muslims to the u.s. they want them to denounce the alleged hateful language. >> she is the new queen of the universe. >> miss universe is... >> columbia. a oo miss columbia it22-year-old colleen vega crowned miss universe. she beat out nina sanchez for the title. she is only the second woman from columbia to ever win the pageant. the first was back in 1958. congratulations. >> it is now 12 minutes after

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you can see flights heading up the east coast from newark to new york to boston. that's what we are seeing it is not lit up in red. you get them to see cancellations happening one after the other. as far as people heading up that way we haven't seen too many who looked at the board and have been surprised what they have seen. they called ahead of time and participated in this. they have been coming in smoothly some could be canceled rain event in dc for the moment. things are quickly changing. that a monster storm heads into the area. >> thank you. it is time now for look who is talking. the white house is fuming over john boehner to address congress in march. boehner says no one understands terror threats like netanyahu.

>> there's nobody in the world who can talk about the threat of radical terrorism. nobody can talk about the threat that the iranians pose not just to the middle east and into israel our longest ally but the entire world netanyahu the president didn't spend but a few seconds talking about the threat, the terrorist threat that we as americans face. this problem is growing all over the world. the president is trying to act like it's not there but it is there. it is going to be a threat to our home land if we don't address it in a long way. >> well gas prices at their lowest in five years. could we soon see those prices

sty rocket. >> good morning adam. >> good morning heather. gas prices could start going up soon if the price of oilen it is to grow up. crude oil prices have started to move up over the last few days. eventually u.s. consumers will see gas prices go up, too. roughly above 24 for the first time last year. other prices falling not going up. internet church giant google preparing to laufrp a mobile wireless service this year. wall street journal reports the google system will be able to switch between carriers depending on the strength of the system. something no wireless carrier provide right now. that technology could be developed to allow a phone to switch between carriers depending on the price per minute seeking out the cheapest

carrier. ford, gm eek vogues wagon added a hit. they are sitting this one out on the headlines. the ad the don't sell cars but kia, lex i say and mercedes benz they agree they all bought ads this year. >> i love that commercial. i forgot about that one. don't miss adam on the fox business network. log on to foxbusiness.com/channel finder. >> it is 20 minutes after the top of the hour. this is the task no one wants to guess. what hospitals are doing to predict your death. >> a teacher brutally attacked inside his classroom. the reason this high schooler swung at his teacher.

>> some hospitals are now administering attacks to estimate your chance of dying in the next 30-days. it considers 29 different criteria everything from blood pressure to your medical history. the blood test is supposed to help doctors decide if older patients should go home or go into hospice care. it should help to avoid unnecessary procedures and let patients spend their last days with their family members. look at this video it is pretty shocking. a 16-year-old is caught on camera grabbing and slamming a 60-year-old teacher to the ground for taking away his cell phone. >> the brawl was in the classroom at jfk high school in patterson new jersey they raised the teenager they charged him

with assault and he's suspended from the school. administrators say phones are allowed in the classroom but they can be taken away if they aren't using them for academic puch purposes. >> if you are a college student and skipping class there's a new way to find out. parents spend thousands a year away from college. there's no guarantee they are get to go class. that's where this new app comes in. class 120 uses gps so parents and teachers can monitor if a student is attending classes. most college kids are legal adults and some people think this is an invasion of privacy. >> saying no to nutella a judge cannot name their newborn child after the hazelnut spread. a name like knew tell law is not in the child's best interest and will only lead to teasing. the child was renamed ella when the child didn't show up to

court. paternal instincts to fight off a prisoner. how he fought to save his family from an escaped inmate. >> how a snowboarder survived and why rescuers say she shouldn't be alive.

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search for a an he wouldlerly couple. "fox & friends first" continues right now. >> good morning to you. welcome to "fox & friends first". i am>> thank you for starting your day and week with us. we begin with extreme weather alert. a monster storm barreling through the northeast. a threat of up to 3 feet of snow. millions of people in 7 different states like new york and boston. maria molina keeping track of all of this for us. >> hey, heather and ainsley. have you seen this? we are looking at a monster storm that will be impacting the northeast. we are talking about potentially a historic storm system for many cities along the northeast.

also a krip peming storm. travel will likely be impossible as we head into later tonight during the overnight hours and also into tuesday across the entire northeast region along coastal areas along the i 95 corridor and places inland in southern new york state and parts of new jersey could be looking at significant snowfall on the order of 17 feet. taking a look at the records for the city of boston the heaviest snow they have ever seen from a storm system is 27.6 inches. the forecast is we could potentially break that. we could be looking at a number one snowstorm for cities along the northeast. it is already producing areas of snow across parts of ohio pennsylvania, the mid atlantic and light snow across parts of new jersey. that will be impacting new york city coming up through out this morning and it will be picking up in intensity. as we head into later today and overnight hours and into tomorrow. that's why we have more than 600 miles of blizzard warnings from

maine to parts of central new jersey. we are talking about the wind gusts that could be of return force that will be producing light out conditions along roadways and high drifts of several feet and as far as snowfall accumulations heather and ainsley take a look at that photo 1-3 feet across the areas. >> that is unreal. thank you so much maria. >> let's keep talking about the storm of 2015 s. how are you going to ride out the storm. we will have a live debate at #keep talking on facebook. breaking right now what is being called a device has been found on the grounds of the white house. spokesman josh earnest saying in the last hour this device does not appear to pose a threat to any one inside the building. local reports say that the device is a drone. president obama and the first lady are overseas traveling in

india right now. >> chris christie taking his biggest step yet towards a presidential run. the new jersey governor officially launching a political ks as committee allowing him to hire staffers raise money for a likely presidential campaign. christie is the third major republican player to begin the fight for campaign funds. we may have seen a sneak peak at what it may look like. 300 from the gop coke brother's events this was last night in california. rand paul and marco rubio takinge and senator cruz taking the stage for a debate. >> the missing elderly couple from the state of georgia. overnight police name a suspect in the disappearance of this couple bud and june runion. they have been missing for

four-days after going to check out a vintage car by an on-line seller. >> they are looking for a man they believe could be connected to the missing person's case. it is because his story didn't match up. two arrest warrants issued overnight for ronny j. towns. officials say he made false statements to investigators and attempted to commit theft by deception. they questioned him about the whereabouts about the missing couple bud and june run on. the run ons disappeared thursday after leaving their home and traveling some 200 miles away to meet an on-line seller about buying a vintage car they saw posted on craig's list. towns claimed he was selling 1966 mustang convertible before the couple vanished. >> don't believe it is onhe owned

such a car. this is the last telephone communicated with the missing couple. some minutes before they went -- the trail went cold. >> something else to add runions children say it isn't like their parents not to stay in touch. it is spanning for the couple into multiple counties through out the area. meanwhile ronny towns is still on the lose. >> sad story. thank you, kelly. >> we are going to speak to the county sheriff's department. we are going to talk to chris severenson about the latest on this case during the 7:00 hour of "fox & friends". >> a bombshell new report reveals a convicted al qaeda terrorist freed from a super max prison was part of a proposed prisoner swap for an american couple jailed in qatar. peter doocy is live for us in washington with the details. >> good morning.

>> was the trade of bow bergdahl for five guantanamo detainees. a new report in the daily beat alleges that a alleged agent was released from a super max prison in the states with the release of an american couple who were behind bars in qatar convicted of child endangerment following the death of their abducted daughter. duncan cutter says we must determine the release is connected to any negotiations of any kind. he was given the opportunity to defend the release of al qaeda agent from prison. >> people who serve their sentence are released.

it is the tee tail of any case brought up. think had their convictions overturned and were allowed to return to the united states. >> after several veto threats at the stietate of the union it is a show down between republicans and johnpresident obama. playing dead or alive with the president's proposal. >> from the president's state of the union address let me ask you dead or alive, raise taxes on the wealthy? oo why would you want to raise taxes on people. >> i will take that as a dead. real dead. >> make community college free

of charge. >> dead or alive? >> we have added other dead during the obama years than all of the presidents from george washington down to george bush. giving away free tuition strikes me. >> bad idea. >> dead. >> a bad idea. >> i have got the rotten job as you can image growing up and getting my way through school. i wouldn't have had the chance at any of those jobs. >> the higher minimum wage takes the bottom wrungs off the economic ladder. >> the fbi is looking at a new wave of bomb threats targeting the airlines. >> a third plane flying from los

angeles made an emergency landing in dallas after a threat was made on twitter. new jersey crews did not find any bombs in any of the three incidents. the fbi hunting for a person who threatened to fly to atlanta on twitter as well. f-16 fighter jets were sent out to escort the planes down to the runway. >> a snoi border lost in the back country of the mountain in canada. for three-days she went off by herself sleeping under rocks. sleeping under trees until a helicopter spotted her tracks in the snow. abram son says she is just happy to be alive. >> after threatening to file a lawsuit over obamacare, warren county ohio is moving forward with that. the county's poredboard of commissioners will file a lawsuit challenging the taxes and all of the fees imposed the affordable care act. ohio's attorney general will

join the county commissioner to discuss discuss the lawsuit that will save millions of dollars in tax money. >> birdman took the top prize in the sag awards. darling scooping up the trophy for outstanding performance of the cast. eddy red main stealing best actor over michael keaton. a slip up. naomi watts tripping on emma stone's gown nearly collapsing right off the stage. >> 20 minutes now until the top of the hour a father goes into survival mode when the unimaginable happens right in side this house. >> it is something orange. came closer and closer i could see the person. >> that person an escaped prisoner. how he was able to take him down to protect the family.

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>> they come face to face with an escaped prisoner who showed up on their front lawn. that's when survival skills kicked in to keep his family safe. >> this is what you did. >> this tiny tee ball pat. oo bat. >> he beat down a prisoner who escaped police custody. his pursuit for freedom landed him on the front lawn of his new hampshire home where he and his 7-year-old daughter claire were playing in the snow. >> something in the trees was orange. came closer and closer i could see the person. >> it was a prisoner who police say escaped from the hospital after getting an x-ray.

he reportedly ran out of the hospital room and took off in an empty plow truck left running in a parking lot. he made it almost five miles before crashing the truck in the woods outside of his house. he went on foot. he went into protective mode rushing claire inside with his wife. >> i heard somebody pounding on the back doors of our home trying to enter the home. at that point my fear was being trapped in my house with somebody and being a hostage with my child add not being able to protect themselves. >> he grabbed the first thing he saw in the garage and initially used it to get him out of the truck he climbed in. he was trying to shut it. i had it right here so he couldn't close it. >> that allows police to taz him but it didn't stop him. he ran out of the truck. >> fell to the back of the truck i gave him a whack or two.

>> that's what took him down allowing police to finally subdue him. >> that was erica ritchie from wfxt. >> allowed concealed carry on campuses in the florida state legislature. it would allow students 21 and up with concealed carry permits to have guns on campus. >> florida would become the 8th state to measure such a law. of the it needs approval from two more house committees to go before the senate. a police officer forced to shoot and kill a man who pointed a law gun right at him. the naacp says they should have talked it out instead. you can see the man running away after officers tried to handcuff him for making death threats against his girlfriend. he then points his gun at the officer and keeps on running. now the naacp says that man was not a real threat and officers should have asked him more questions before opening fire. >> they are the tax hikes that

you can't avoid. ashley webster from sister network fox business is here now are taxes going up sooner or later. >> that's the sad reality. president obama's tax proposals may have little chance to get through the republican controlled congress. but the sorry cost of entitlements could make them a reality. let's look at some of the cop tol gains. 23 and a half percent lower than the top rate of 28 percent a hike could be inevitable. a state tax it is 5.4 # million dollars. they like to characterize these as trust funds for rich kids. 521 college tax saving plans. it helps them save for their kid's education. the president believes it benefits more wealthy families and wants to impose income flesh holds. gasoline don't be surprised if

the federal gas tax is raised for the first time since 1993. it is supposed to pay for infrastructure which needs a big boost right now. there's your paycheck the most likely tax hike will be the increase in the threshold for social security tax which would place a burden on higher earners rather tlan the low ones. you have been warned. >> log on to fox business cotfoxbusiness.com foxbusiness.com/channel finder. >> it is affecting ten's of millions of americans we are tracking everything you need to know before you head out the door. >> american sniper dominate the at the box office yet again. but not before more criticism. why an arab-american group is demanding an apology this morning. >> the gift of sight. >> hello. >> hey mark. >> you are pretty.

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welcome back to "fox and friends first," american sniper dominates the box office for the

second straight weekend. >> don't pick it up. don't. made 64.4 million bringing total hall up to 200 preponderate 1 million. with more success comes criticism, and an arab-american group blames the film for increase in violent threat against muslims in the u.s. and want clint eastwood and bradley cooper to denounce the alleged hateful language. hidden horrors of tooth aches? could be harming your healthy. certain inagreements are led to oral and breath cancer mouth irritation and damage including bleach in whitening agents, and tooth paste contains plastic meant to remove stains that end up in the water supply and eventually into our foods. interesting.

now to the monday motivator. the incredible moment when technology lets a blind veteran see friends for the first time in 20 years. >> wow. that's what yvonne looks like. hello. >> hey, mark! >> you're pretty. [ laughter ] >> we know. >> oh wow. >> i'm pretty. >> wow. >> oh making us all emotional, right? mark was in the air force for 18 years before lime disease left him with blurry vision, unable to see details. the new glasses use camera and special color settings to make images clear for people with low vision. incredible. >> he just wanted to break a $100 bill, but now one massachusetts bill is breaking the bank.

richard knoll bought two scratch offs to have change to buy a sandwich. one of the tickets was worth $10 million. >> wow. >> he is going to buy a house and take his granddaughter to disney world. >> good for him. well a historic day for duke's head coach and the blue devils coach k earning his 1,000th win in a nail biter against st. john. final score 77-68. his record includes 73 wins at army where he began his coaching career, and four national championships. five minutes until the top of the hour extreme weather alert, millions brace for what would be a historic snowstorm. >> tracking the dangerous path and everything you need to know before you head out the door.

millions of people in the northeast brace for a blizzard. hurricane force winds and three feet of snow expected in some areas. maria? >> good to see you, hello, everyone. the storm system not only could be historic but a life threatening system across the northeast. we do have blizzard warnings in effect from central parts of new jersey up to down east maine, and those extend through tuesday night for you and early wednesday morning. we're going to be looking at conditions rapidly deteriorating, and we have snow that started in new york city with breezy conditions, but this is nothing compared to what

you'll see as we head into late tonight and through tomorrow morning. three feet of snow and potentially hurricane force wind gusts across the region. let's head back inside. >> thank you for that, and we'll follow you throughout the morning. fox and friends starts right now. bye. it's monday morning, january 26th, millions brace for a blizzard of historic proportions proportions, 3 feet of snow, and winds stretching, and what you need to know this morning. meanwhile, a fox news alert. remember the sleeper agent, the white house just released for serving his time. well turns out he was part of a secretly proposed prisoner swap. what? is this the new way the administration deals with terrorists? breaking details straight ahead. >> michael strikes again, latest