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late night and early morning hours. this could have been much worse. we are saying that we've been spared. as you can see, a coating of

snow on the ground here. atlantic city schools have been closed. we know that several trucks are out there on the roads. the city was absolutely prepared, but we did see that the national weather service told us that the storm took a different direction. the heavy stuff that is headed to new england is 90 miles off shore. back to you. >> thank you jennifer. heading out for your morning commute, if you can. well listen up the government is spying on millions of drivers. big brother using high tech cameras to monitor movements through license plates and then taking pictures that are clear enough to identify the passengers. the justice department says this database is to stop drug trafficking near the mexico border, but it could be expanded throughout the entire country in the future. the government defends the program saying access to this data is limited and it's wiped out every 90 days. a former cia officer is found guilty on nine counts of

ease espyionage espionage. jeffrey sterling leaked information to journalist james risen. "the new york times" reporter used details in a book but never revealed his source. prosecutors say that sterling leaked the information because he was mad about being fired from the agency but all of the evidence presented at trial, circumstantial at best. sterling will be sentenced in april and faces years in prison. it is now 19 minutes after the top of the hour. still ahead, we continue our live coverage following the extreme weather. millions of you are waking up to your yards covered. we're on the ground with the latest. "american sniper" keeps breaking records but the left is spewing hate saying only angry tea partiers want to see the movie. >> there's a lot of anger in the country. the people who see the movie are angry. >> the movie maker that's making

howard dean eat his words. 6

. welcome back. a new threat for the secret service. we are learning that the drone that crash landed at the white house was too small to be detected by a radar. the secret service says the man says he claims he was flying it for fun. investigators still deciding if he will be charged. he's reportedly a government employee. gary scinese is taking howard dean to task. >> there's a lot of anger in this country. the people who see this movie are very angry. >> i saw "american sniper" and

would not consider myself to be an angry person. you certainly have a right to make stupid blanket statements but how is that helpful, sir. chris kyle's story deserved to be told and with all due respect, what the hell are you talking about? he said it shows the effect war can have on our soldiers. speaking of war. brand new details about the terror attacks in benghazi that left four americans dead. according to new documents, just hours after the attack state department officials called it a, quote violent demonstration despite the fact they knew that it was a coordinated military style assault. the documents also show officials watched video of the entire attack in real time. the documents say embassy officials around the world were in danger because they were not alerted about the terror attack. four americans including a u.s. ambassador were killed during that assault. for the fifth time in three days the fbi is investigating

twitter threats against passenger jets at boston's logan airport. the jet blew flight is grounded. in dallas this tweet causing panic. southwest air i have a massive seminuclear explosive on board flight 4200 from san deage agiego to dallas. if this fails, then i will shoot the plane. nothing was found and authorities are continuing to investigate. okay. now back to our top story. the massive winter storm is forcing cancellations of thousands of flights. people are lined up at the airports wondering when they're going to be able to get to their destinations. what's the best way to get your trip back on fact? cyber guy who logged over 240,000 miles a year share some of the savvy tips. it's about having the information that changes your world whether you're stuck in an airport or down the roadinvaluable.

there's a website called expert flyer.com. it's a fee-based website to get into it. it's the best five bucks i've ever spent. you log in and it shows you which airline flights are not only operating but how many seats are for sale on each one. let's say you and i are flying somewhere out of jfqk in new york. you can see which ones might be flying as soon as they're open. >> with every airline. you can fill in the holes. it's brilliant. then this right here is called flight board. flight board, this -- i wanted to show you the live version of it if i can. this is an app for an ipad. you can bring up any airport you want and what you're looking at is airport-to-airport, that right there is jfk. on here is the current real live

flight board for jfk. it shows us which flights are canceled, which flights are operating. obviously you're seeing canceled canceled canceled. as the -- >> there's one that's scheduled. >> it's scheduled. probably a glitch right now. we know how deep the snow is at the moment. what it does do it's an invaluable tool for you when the airport does reopen. you walk up to the airport counter saying, can you re-accommodate me. you say wait a second. there actually is. >> you come prepared and educated. >> absolutely. it even happened on the phone with me dealing with the airline yesterday. i was told, there's no seat. i said, can you just check the one at 4:30. she said, how did you know that? that told me. also this one flight track pro is a great resource. this one is great for your smartphone. go to smart track pro the app. >> what is that? >> it keeps track of your statuses. they say there's a flight that's scheduled at 4:30. that's been canceled. click another button down at the

bottom that says find alternative flights. you end up at the airport standing in line or on the phone trying to get out of town and this will show you which flight alternatives are also available for you. live atc.com, this is an amazing tool. you're at the airport. you're committed to your flight. right now they're going to turn the airports back on. what you're looking at is an interface. it takes you to virtually every single air traffic control tower. that sounds geeky. why would you want to listen to the air traffic control at your airport? because you will be first to know when that airport reopens because that is the official word and that's the air traffic control faa speaking with the airlines. it's a brilliant brilliant tool. if you are stuck in the airport gate guru can be a savior. you can feed your family for less. >> thank you so much, kurt. good to see you this morning. kurt is going to join us at 5:20

with the personal technology you can get -- that will help you get through any snowstorm. heather. >> people need that today. thanks. well the time now is almost half past the top of the hour and coming up, a winter whiteout slamming nearly 60 million americans. we are live all across the northeast with how major cities are dealing with the major punch. and then your're midair and you run out of fuel, what do you do? this pilot jumped out. that's right. this rescue and the incredible video you have to see.

a winter whiteout has nearly 60 million americans waking up to blizzard conditions. some of america's biggest cities shut down. feet of snow. states of emergency. thousands of flights canceled coast to coast.

good morning. welcome to ""fox & friends" first." we want to get to the extreme weather alert for you. we have team coverage for you as well as anna coyman is at laguardia laguardia. david lee miller is in boston. >> what's notable now is that this is 4:30 in the morning local time. that is significant because that is high tide. at this hour there could be some very moderate flatting throughout the state of massachusetts. we are told there could also be some significant beach erosion and there could be mandatory evacuations. the national guard, 500 have been put on stand by. one of their top priorities could very well be working with these flooding areas. as for downtown boston you can see this main thoroughfare has

been plowed for the last several hours. just the last few moments we saw half a dozen plow trucks come by. some people trying to enjoy the storm, i've noticed this a moment ago heather. take a look at this. here you can see a couple of local residents out early. i have to ask you very quickly, you've got a snowboard here. what are you thinking? >> we just wanted to go out and enjoy the blizzard while we can. we're from california so we don't see too much of this so we figured we'd experience it while we could. >> good luck with that heather. it is 15 degrees here and the storm nowhere near over. they expect accumulations could reach as much as three feet of snow. back to you. >> yeah. those folks could be out there for a while. 15 degrees and 4:30 in the morning. those are some diehards. thank you, david lee. a rare sight in new york city, the streets are empty. people are told to stay off the streets but at this hour the

snowfall predictions in the big apple as you take a look at times square, they're being downgraded. brian is in downtown manhattan. what do the conditions look like? >> it's a lot less serious than in boston with david lee miller. right now we have a few flurries. you have sixth avenue behind me radio city music hall. really, there are no other cars that you see other than plows and emergency vehicles. that's because there is a travel ban throughout the entire city put into effect at 11:00 p.m. for the first time in the city's history the subway system, shut down until further notice due to a blizzard. that's never been done due to a blizzard. they're obviously taking the precautions. right now what we've been seeing is nothing but plows and people shoveling and snow flurries coming down. we are not seeing those blizzard-like conditions. long island is doing worse than we are. they only have 80 people without power as of right now.

heather. >> brian yoenis live for us on fifth avenue. we haven't seen the worse of this storm. the major concern now, all of the wind which could reach over 50 miles per hour. maria is tracking it all for us. maria, when exactly when the storm pick up again? >> held rowlo, everyone. we expect the snow will continue throughout the day. we have lower snowfall forecasts for the city itself. a couple of miles eastward you're looking at very significant, heavy snow coming down across long island. blizzard conditions. more than a foot across long island. that's the story across connecticut, heavy snow coming down across southeastern parts of new england. that's going to continue throughout the day today and also into early wednesday for some of you out across parts of new england. boston could be looking at several feet of snow and that goes as well for portions of eastern massachusetts. taking a look at the current

radar, you can see the heavy snow stretching from long island areas west of the boston area. wind gusts could be hurricane force along coastal areas especially along the cape. widespread looking at gusts up to 50 miles an hour across the region. very windy. cold wind chill temperatures. teens, single digits for some of you and below zero. this storm system should continue as we head into wednesday. let's head back inside. >> incredibly dangerous. thank you, maria. the storm causing a travel nightmare. 7500 flights canceled across the country, and that is going to have a big effect on travelers for the entire week. anna is live at new york's laguardia airport. passengers spending the night there? >> reporter: yeah we saw probably a couple dozen passengers that had to do that very thing couldn't get to a hotel, didn't have friends to call. what a tough situation for them to be in. yeah, we are here at laguardia man, normally there are new

yorkers hustling and bustling through here. right now it's so quiet you could practically hear a pin drop. 7700 flights have been canceled in and out of the northeast. it's the same story at jfk and newark. hundreds of cancellations. take a look at this big board and departures, canceled, canceled, canceled. i spoke to an employee at the airport. his shift doesn't start for a couple of hours but he had to drive in at 10:30 last night to make sure he got off the roadways by that 11:00 p.m. ban. he expects the travel headaches to continue for days. listen. >> hectic. that's already really hectic day because you have business travelers that come and go on thursday or friday. it will be longer shifts, i'm guessing. >> so again heather, 7700 flights canceled in and out of the northeast but those ripple effects will be felt all across the country. back to you. >> all right.

anna coyman thank you. send us your pictures on facebook twitter or e-mail them. this photo we have for you is from justin from bab son college in wellesley massachusetts. the wall is a sitting area that wraps all the way around behind the barbecue on the left and now it is all covered in snow. so a chilly barbecue if you're out there. now to our other top story. the search for this missing georgia couple. they're both grandparents. taking a turn for the worse. >> not the news people wanted to hear. officials confirming bud and june runyon's car was found as well as two bodies. kelly has the latest on the investigation. >> police and volunteers in georgia have been scouring the area for bud and june runyon sings the weekend. well, that search ended you after finding the couple's car submerged in the lake. two bodies and a man and a woman

were found nearby. police are awaiting the results of an autopsy before actually identifying them. >> it's not the outcome we had hoped for but obviously it's the one we have to deal with. >> the runyons were first reported missing by their three daughters friday when they did not show up to baby-sit their grandchildren. family members say the couple was planning on driving to the small town of mcray in southeastern virginia to look at a 1966 ford mustang they were interested in buying. the vintage car was posted in an ad on craig's list. their daughter said their dad always took extra precaution when meet being someone for the first time. >> he had certain security measures and protocols he would follow. >> we're not sure what happened here. 28-year-old ronnie jay towns is the man who posted that ad. his family convinced him to turn

himself into police. the sheriff believes towns was the last person to speak to the runyons. >> we feel confident that his phone was used the last communications with mr. runyon was by phone that we know belonged to him. >> sheriff steefrson said towns never had a vintage car but posted it in the ad with the intent to defraud. he could be facing more charges depending on the outcome of the autopsies. heather? >> kelly live for us. thank you, kelly. we will speak with the sheriff chris steverson with the latest developments. that is coming up at 7:15 on "fox & friends." incredible video of the dramatic rescue in the pacific. the pilot on his way from california to maui when the plane runs out of fuel 5,000

feet over the ocean. he deploys a parachute. he's opening the door ready to jump out. 90 seconds later the plane plummets into the water and it flips over. the 25-year-old then escapes on a life raft while he waits for his ride which was a nearby cruise ship. a few minutes later you can see the crew pulling him to safety. a shocking new report reveals the high price of obamacare. $2 trillion over the next decade. that's $50,000 in taxpayer money for every american that's insured. when the president pitched the health care law to congress he said it would cost around $900 billion over ten years. according to the budget office report the law will still leave as many as 31 million people without insurance. the measles outbreak linked to disneyland now hitting triple digits. 100 cases being reported in the u.s. and mexico. the most recent state to report a case is michigan. and doctors say most of the patients were never vaccinated

but at least five of california's 70 cases were. hospitals now reporting a huge spike in vaccination requests. the sixth and final victim of this massive maryland mansion fire has been found. officials believe that tech tycoon done pooil and his wife and four grandchildren were home when their annapolis home burst into flames burning to the ground. the cause of the fire is under investigation. foul play is not expected. islamic terrorists are urging muslims in the west to shed more blood. an al qaeda operative might have been part of a trade. fox news's chief intelligence correspondence kathryn herrige explains. >> reporter: the same year this was shot he admitted he was an al qaeda sleeper agent. on the eve of the president's

state of the union address prison records show almari was quietly released from colorado's super max prison ahead of schedule and flown to qatar. he was traded for an american couple. former diplomat rick grinnell secured the couple's release. >> the u.s. ambassador at the time, susan ziadi was in her office talking to some qataris when the qataris floated the idea of a prisoner swap specifically mentioning almari. >> duncan's office backed up the account. qatar floated this. the house armed services committee says they're looking at this case and a damaging pattern of behavior by the administration that began with

last year's swap with the taliban five at guantanamo bay for sergeant boberg dal. >> what we know is that the administration violated the law in trading bergdahl. >> reporter: a justice department representative said it was a good trade. there was no trade from the qatar agency. in washington kathryn herrige. a bizarre new twist in pro golfers abduction. he rakd up a $3400 bar tab in a strip club. he said he was drugged and thrown in a parking lot. he is set to hold a news conference later today.

an incredible site in the night sky. a mountain sized asteroid buzzing by the earth. it was three times further than the moon when it passed. the rock ran no risk of colliding with, don't worry, but the astronomers are calling it a near miss. it was this close and it won't happen until 2027. forget the robo calls. a principal is letting it go for snow. ♪ school is closed, school is closed, don't come to school at dawn ♪ ♪ school is closed school is closed so stay at home and sleep ♪ >> he sang school is closed. they received that fun message for today's snow day. obviously a spoof off of disney's "frozen" movie. they've been planning the surprise for more than a week. he has a great voice. >> i know that. we should play that throughout the break. people want to hear it.

>> when we have kids one day, that's what i want their principal to be. he's a lot of fun. the time now is almost ten minutes till the top of the hour. coming up our live coverage continues. cities brought to a stand still as the northeast gets slammed. all travel is banned. up next, we'll explain why this snow poses a bigger risk. then it's like something out of a cold war novel, however, this is no story. russian spies busted here in the u.s. what they were doing and how they were brought down.

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and back to our extreme weather alert. the northeast waking up to a brutal blast of winter. have to clear the camera lens there. this is the scene in boston right now. now to philadelphia. not your average winter storm. this snow particularly dangerous. maria molina joins us to explain exactly why. >> reporter: hi. good morning, heather. we've been talking about the storm impacts with the storm moving up the east coast in terms of how much snow, how much wind but the snow itself is also particularly dangerous.

we have very cold temperatures out across the temperatures. temperatures here in new york city in the low 20s. so when the snow come down it is a very light fluffy type. what that means for drivers is that you're going to be looking at extra slick conditions out there if you do try to hit the roads. of course in new york city no one will be doing that. we do have a travel ban in effect and surrounding areas across new england likely will be looking at road closures from the storm system because of just how dangerous conditions will be. and over the next several days even once the storm is over something else to watch will be the concern for black ice as some of this stuff refreezes on the roads that got cleared. be careful out there over the next several days. let's head back inside. >> thank you maria. the super bowl is looking a little like the u.s./mexico border. customs and border protection lending a hand for the super bowl for security. blackhawk helicopters and truck sized x-ray machines are brought in to the glendale, arizona stadium to detect contraband and explosives explosives.

100 border patrol officers will be assisting local and federal law enforcement. i would do it again. disgraced cyclist lance armstrong admitting he two cheat again. armstrong speaking for the first time since he confessed to doping. here's the former seven time tour de france champion. >> if you take me back to 1995 when it was completely and totally pervasive, i'd probably do it again. >> armstrong was banned from cycling and stripped of all of his wins. he says life has been difficult since he admitted to doping. well, a russian spy ring busted in new york city. the fbi says that this man, evgeni bjorkopf posed as a banker. two other men, a businessman and be a russian u.n. worker were also identified as spice. they are no longer in the country. officials say that the three men have been spying on the u.s. for at least three years.

well, joan rivers' daughter melissa finally taking legal action against the new york clinic and the doctors who treated her mom before she died. the suit claims that rivers' personal doctor performed an unauthorized biopsy during the throat procedure and took selfies while she was unconscious. it also claims that none of the doctors noticed her vital signs were plummeting. it is now 56 after the top of the hour. time for waters world the x games edition. >> jesse waters hit the slopes to check out the action. he also had time for a few questions. >> reporter: tell me the vibe of the x games. >> everyone comes together excited about snow excited about catching some big air. >> are you cold? >> just my fingertips. >> just the tips? >> just the tips. >> just for a second just to see how it feels. >> the first president of the united states. >> ahhh. >> oh, god.

i have no idea. >> that was a great question. i have no idea. >> george washington. >> george washington. >> george washington. >> when was he president? >> 1776. >> 1900s? i don't know. >> way before i was born. >> like the 1910. >> 1983. no? >> who bombed pearl harbor? >> putting me on the spot to where i go blank. >> was it china? korea? >> who was president during world war 2. >> winston churchill. >> are you british? >> no. >> what is the name of our national anthem? >> the national anthem. >> star spangled banner. ♪ o say can you see ♪ >> that's as far as you are going to get. now it is three minutes till the top of the hour. don't go anywhere. our special snow coverage

continues. winter whiteout covering the northeast right now, but this storm especially dangerous. we are live with everything you need to know. and it's a rescue like you've never seen before. the coast guard rushed to a ship and in that basket an 18-month-old baby.

>> tens of millions of americans in a blizzard. hurricane force winds, thousands of flights canceled and new worries this morning about power outages and flooding. good morning and welcome to "fox & friends first". i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. we want to get right to the extreme weather alert for you. >> we have live team coverage in boston one of the hardest hit cities. david? >> indeed a very hard hit city. i am in boston. i am now standing in the middle of boylston street. take a look behind me to get a sense of what's happening here or what is not happening here. very few