>> 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 people out on the

street. visibility very very poor. the travel ban is in effect. the only vehicles allowed on the street other than heavy equipment are emergency vehicles, those affiliated with medical services and the media. here you see one of the many plows that has made its way down the street. we have noticed more than a dozen plows in the last hour. as you take a look very quickly you can see that the blacktop is still not visible. they are plowing every few minutes, the snow continues to fall 3-4 inches an hour. what remains to be seen is this storm going to be a record breaker? is it could be close. back to you. >> you and the crew be careful out there david lee, thank you. >> public transit suspended but initial predictions of up to 3 feet in snow in new york city is now being downgraded. brian is live for us in mid town manhattan with a look at how the

streets are at this hour. >> the flurries are coming down p. the initially it was thought to be one of the top five storms in new york history. the record was in 2006. right now it won't be that. predictions have dom counsel to 10 to 20 inches. a travel ban put in place for 11:00 for the first time in the city's history the entire subway system shut down due to a blizzard. no cabs allowed, nothing. >> i have been in hurricanes. i am from chicago. new york don't have nothing on me. i am used to snow up to here. >> millions are expected to stay in shelters.

cars on the street who are not official vehicles could be looking at a ticket. parts of suffolk county are hit the hardest. the worst of the storm is yet to come. >> 14.7 inches reported in new york. that's on long island. that area reported that at about 3:00 a.m. this morning the snow has continued to come down out there. we are talking about several inches an hour currently across long island eastern conditionnecticut and eastern parts of massachusetts. we have blizzard conditions white out occurring across parts of long island connecticut and massachusetts also in rhode island a very tough go early this morning out there. you are looking at a powerful storm system that will be producing heated snow across those areas. brian mentioned new york city

missing the brunt of the storm system. the storm took the trek further off to the east. that's what prevented those snow totals of several feet for the city. we are looking at significant snow possible and strong gusty winds over the entire region gusty winds 50 miles an hour. cold temperatures across the region. teens in new york and below zero in boston. as far as the forecast goes we will see the snow coming down across the region through out the day today and into tomorrow for new england. >> regardless, dangerous conditions. thank you, maria. the storm is causing a travel nightmare. tens of thousands of air mineline passengers stranded 8000 flights are canceled across the country. we are live at newark liguardia airport. anna it is really deserted. >> absolutely despite a few people who are using their willows and suitcases -- using

their duffle bags and suitcases for pillows and their jackets for blankets like you see behind me. there's about 7,700 flights delayed and canceled in and out of the northeast. it's the same story at laguardia as it is at two other airports in new york city and jfk and newark. hundreds of delays and cancellations put into place there. i want to look at this big board that is lit up for the arrivals and departures. some say they have never seen it like this before. take a listen. >> i have been thinking their flight is going to be on time. they are all canceled right now. i have never been here when it was completely canceled. departures arrivals everything. >> that particular employee's shift doesn't even start for another couple of hours but he had to come in last night at 10:30 before the ban went into place at 11:00 p.m. he had to make sure he was off

the road ways. that's what a lot of people dealt with as well they are holding out hope they are going to be able to get their flight off the ground but that wasn't the case and then they are stuck because they can't driy to a hotel or drive home. ainsley and heather back to you. >> that will continue to effect travel through out the week. thank you very much, anna. >> we want to see your pictures of the storm by the way. send us on facebook or twitter or e-mail them to us. we will share them later in the show. and now to our other top story the search for those missing georgia grandparents taking a turn for the worst. >> bud and june runion's car was found and their bodies. >> this is not the outcome they were hopering -- hoping for. >> two bodies were found near a

pond where the couple's vehicle was found earlier. they have notified relatives of bud and june runion. they responded to a craig's list advertisement about a vintage car. >> their bodies were not submerged in water only the automobile was in the water. >> the run ons were first reported missing by their three daughters friday. when they didn't show up to see their grandchildren obviously they were concerned about what happened. they were going to look at a 1966 ford mustang they were interested in buying. their daughters say their dad was always extra careful when meeting someone for the first time. >> he was very wise. >> the man claiming to own the

car they were interested in has turned himself into police. 20-year-old ronny j. towns was arrested on charges of giving false statement and criminal intent to commit theft by deception. towns was the last person to speak with the couple. additional charges against towns are pending following the outcome of an autopsy on the two bodies that were found. >> heartbreaking news. thank you. kelly. >> the state department denying reports and admitted terrorists were part of a proposed prisoner swap with qatar. the controversial release of an al qaeda agent comes weeks after two americans were set free by the qatari. the state department says that's not because of any agreements. >> there was no proposal on the table. that's not something we would consider. this is not a case where there was a prisoner swap considered

or discussed as part of the deal. >> richard pernell argues the prisoner swap idea was definitely floated no matter what the state department says. >> they saved an 8 month old baby girl from a cruise ship. that little girl was having seizures and having trouble breathing. they lowered down the basket they air lifted the baby the mother and a nurse. they were taken to the houston area hospital and the child is in unknown condition right now. >> an incredible video of a dramatic rescue. the pilot on the way to maui when the plane runs out of fuel 5,000 feet over the ocean. he deploys a parachute here he is opening the door ready to jump out. 90 seconds later the plane plummets into the water and flips over. he escapes from a life raft while he was waiting for a ride near a nearby cruise ship. you can see the crew pulling him

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>> wicked winter weather slamming parts of the shore. strong winds churning up the waves in atlantic city. snow is expected to fall steadily until noon. we have the latest on conditions. the snow is once again falling there. >> that's right. good morning, heather. it is. i was saying the consistency of this snow has been changing as the morning goes on. earlier it was more of a rain, sleet, wintery mix. it is sort of a whiter fluffier snow. as you can see it is sticking to the ground. we are live along the heart of atlantic city. i have the outlets behind me and caesar hotel behind me. other than that it is pretty quiet in town. we are seeing the plow trucks rolling through this area trying

to keep the area safe as the storm continues on. we know at least a few more inches of snow expected to hit town. we have been hearing luckily we have been spared. while atlantic city schools are closed for the day the mayor of new york city was clear he did not want to shut the casinos down last night. thankfully that's not going to happen. atlantic city has had a rough several months economically. the conventions that have been scheduled and are taking place in town will still goes on. that's good news this morning, ainsley. >> that is good news. thank you, jennifer. >> something went wrong. two social peed yawmedia sites apologizing after a massive outage. adam shapiro is here with that. >> the giant media site facebook suffered an outage worldwide last night it knocked out the desk top and mobile versions.

it also hit instagram. it took an hour but thousands of people went to twitter to complain. facebook which also owns instagram has not said yet exactly what caused the outage. >> 1980 song "somebody's watching me." if you have a verizon phone it is true. the worst fears of cyber security folks that verizon allows what they call super cookies on your device so advertisers can track cell phone users. churn has agreed to stop tracking verizon customers. big blue is feeling blue as ibm has pending layoffs. the employees are rumored to be on the chopping block. that number is ridiculous. cuts are on the way as the company schrifts from hardware deck to cloud producing security and big data. investors are looking toward

federal reserve meeting. the futures this morning are pointing in negative territory all down. >> thank you adam. don't miss adam on the fox business network. to find him in your area go to foxbusiness.com/channel finder. a former cia officer is found guilty on nine counts of espionage. he leaked details to journalist james rice son. he used details in the book but never revealed his source. prosecutors say sterling leaked the information because he was mad at being fired from the agency. all of the evidence at trial circumstantial at best. he will be sentenced in april and faces years in prison. >> a russian spy ring busted in new york city. the fbi says this man posed as a banker to collect financial information and tried to recruit young women to spy for russia. two other men a businessman and a russian u.n. worker were also identified as spies.

they are no longer in the country. officials say the three men have been spying on the u.s. for at least three years. >> it is now 17 minutes after the top of the hour. american -- "american sniper" continues to break records but the left keeps saying only angry tea partiers want to see this movie. >> there's a lot of anger in this country. the people that go see this movie are the people that are angry. >> the actor and proud military supporter who is making howard dean eat his words. >> snow continues to fall up and down the east coast we have the technology you need to have to get through any storm.

>> actor and supporter of u.s. veterans gary sinise taking howard dean to task for saying this about the movie "american sniper. >> there's a lot of anger in this country. the people who go see this movie are people who are angry. >> quote i saw american sniper and would not consider myself to be an angry person. you have a right to make stupid blanket statements, but how is that helpful, sir. chris kyle's story deserves to be told with all due respect what the hell are you talking about? >> he shows the effects war can have on other soldiers. >> in the city of new york on full new jersey snow lock down

760 clouds and full cleanup mode to combat the juneau blizzard. how can you weather around the winter storm with your smart phone. >> look at that. that's pretty cool video right there. >> sniper guy is here with helpful apps and one that can even shovel snow for you. how is that possible? >> good morning to you. we are talking about an app launched about a year ago and is now getting traction because this is called plows and mows. during the winter they plow snow on demand. you log on to the app download it and it is sort of like that service called you beer which -- uber which in many cities you can get a car service on demand like a taxi or black car. this you press the button they come to your house and eventually do your driveway whatever else you have asked for and they take a picture and send it to you when it is done you pay for the credit card on the app. you never even have to be there. we have seen, we have gone

around and looked at a lot of these snowplow tractor apps. boston has a robust one. this one right here from pittsburgh is really a great winner. this will show you exactly where all of the plows are at any given time, so the blue dots will show you that there are multiple plows in that one particular location. when you zoom in you can see if they are on your street or near your street. the city of boston has a great request form where you can log on and find out if you haven't done my street, please go and do it right now. >> this area 11, this area 12 is that what that means? >> yes. >> also people individually can let you know where the street conditions or weather conditions are in your area. >> so weather mob is another app that is getting traction. you can become a weather caster. you go in your own neighborhood and start posting what your weather is like.

that's venice italy it is usually 78 degrees whenever it was taken. says 24 minutes ago. i don't think that temperature is accurate. who knows. we have to check that. this shows you you can look in your own area you will no know based on the information what the weather is like for your neighbors. say the neighbor has their street plowed you don't you have something to work with there. >> thank you so much. for more tips you can log on your twitter@cyber guy. it is now 25 minutes after the top of the hour our live storm coverage continues. millions waking up with snow all over the ground. cities brought to stand still. travelers left sleeping in the airport. we have all of the breaking winter storm details straight ahead. >> and deflate break. the nfl has its eyes on someone who could be behind the super scandal involving the patriots. >> first on this day in history back in 1948 the first tape

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>> millions of americans in the bulls eye of a dangerous blizzard. hurricane force winds, thousands of flights canceled and new worries about power outages and flooding. good morning to you and welcome to "fox & friends first". i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. we want to get right to the extreme weather alert. >> we have live team coverage we start with david miller in boston one of the hardest hit

cities. >> we have a roadblocked in one of the cities in the region. they are nowing the streets. every few minutes one of these plows comes down the street and nevertheless we still cannot see the blacktop on the roads. the snow continuing on a furious pace. a pace of about 3-4 inches an hour we are told. one thing worth noting. let me show you the snow. let me bend down here and give you an idea of what we are dealing with here. it is 15 degrees in boston. this is a pretty dry snow, as a consequence of that this is a good thing it is not clinging as much to things like power lines. that could diminish the problem with power going out. nevertheless there are still more than 6,000 people in the state of massachusetts that do not have electricity. no word on how long it will take for those repairs to become effective. back to you. david lee be careful.

thank you. a live look in times square. the crossroads of the world pretty empty there. new york city is ottn lock down. travel suspended but predictions are falling short. brian yenis has more. >> what do the streets look like now. >> we were expecting a top five type of storm. it is just about maybe 10 inches to 20 inches of snow expected. right now it is a ghost town. if you have people shoveling the snow you have the blacktop unlike in boston. you have plows coming in and out of here. it is just flurries nothing that resembles a blizzard. there is a transportation ban. that's the first time public transportation at subways has stopped due to a blizzard. no cabs no broad kay shows. this city is on complete lock down. if you are on the road caught in a car that is not an emergency

vehicle you can get a violation or ticket close to $300. we are really expecting this to continue to go on. it is flurries out here. we will keep an eye on it if conditions worsen. >> it is not just the snow we have to worry about. many cities under the coast under flood watches and warnings. the worst flooding expected in cape cod. maria, how much could they see? >> we are looking at several feet of additional water. that's on top of normal tied levels. there are some areas that are looking at high tied in the next couple of hours. we have to watch closely for the potential for coastal flooding out there. coastal flood warnings have been issued widespread along coastal areas new england down into parts of new jersey have been issued for several areas out there. looking at the future radar you see the storm system continues to impact areas across new

jersey new york city through maine through noon today. it will continue through out the day. there are reports early this morning of up to a foot of snow across parts of long island connecticut and massachusetts. those are going to be some of the hardest hit states by the storm system. 6:00 p.m. tuesday snow is continuing. the blizzard warning was lifted and don't expect blizzard conditions for a couple of hours. the forecast was for less snow because the storm tracked further off toward the east. let's head back inside. we want to see your pictures of the storm you can send them to us on facebook twitter or e-mail them to us. gary sent in this picture of snowy streets in new york. this shot shows john's dog jack

in the snow. here we are braving the blizzard early this morning. there's the two of us outside of the studio. >> switching gears now, a fox news alert. right now a luxury hotel is under attack in libya. five mass gunmen storming into the hotel wearing bulletproof vests and shooting into the air. right now they are holding several hostages captive. three hotel guards are dead. the attackers also blew up a car bomb in had the parking lot. now to our other top story the search for those missing georgia grandparents taking a turn for the worst. >> officials now confirming bud and june runion's car was found as well as two bodies. good morning kelly. >> all three of us are disturbed by this story as any one would be. here's what happened over the weekend. police and volunteers in georgia had been scouring the area for bud and june runion since the

weekend. that search ended after finding the couple's car submerged in a lake two bodies, a man and a woman were found nearby. police are awaiting the results of an autopsy before they actually identify them. >> not the outcome we had hoped for. but obviously it's one we have to deal with. >> the runions 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 mcgrayrae and southeastern georgia to look at a vintage 1966 ford mustang they were interested in buying. that car was posted in an ad on craig's list. their daughters say their dad was always extra careful when meeting someone for the first time. >> he would have protocol and security measures to follow.

he was very wise teaching us. >> ronny j. towns is the man who posted that ad on craig's list. his family convinced him to turn himself into police. the county sheriff believes towns was the last person to speak to the runions. >> we feel confident his phone was used, the last communications with mr. runion was by phone we know belonged to i am him. >> towns never had a vintage car. he posted it with the intent to defraud. we will speak with the sheriff chris severe son on the latest developments on the heartbreaking story. that is coming up at 7:15 on fox and friends. >> happening overnight sergeant

bowe bergdahl will be charged with de certification. it is looking to pursue the case. but a battle is brewing behind the scenes of what will happen next. for the latest we turn to beater dos see with in washington. >> the investigation into sergeant bowe bergdahl is done now it is up to the forces command to decide what happens next. there is quite a range. he could order a court-martial or he could let bergdahl off the hook. >> this is is shaping up to be a titanic struggle behind the scenes. the army wants to do the right thing. factually there is no way they cannot do the right thing regarding bergdahl. the white house because of the political narrative, president obama cozying up to the parents and because he president obama releasing the five taliban. they were never briefed senior leadership by the pentagon before it happened. >> bergdahl was released as soon as the u.s. government released

five taliban prisoners from guantanamo bay. the controversy intensifies when men who spent months trying to find bergdahl claimed american troops tied indied in that search. here's what president obama said back in june. >> i make no apologies making sure we get back a young man to his parents and the american people understand that this is somebody's kyled.-- child and we don't condition whether or not we make the effort to try and get them back. >> now republican congressman duncan hunter is alleged bergdahl's swap may have been part of a pattern claiming the trade-in expired a more recent deal with an admitted al qaeda agent was released from a super max prison in exchange for the release of an american couple held in qutar. back to you in new york. >> last night retired colonel

tony schafer telling bill o'reilly that bergdahl will be charged as a deserter. >> the army has come to a conclusion and bowe bergdahl will be charged with de serdouche douche d -- dessertion. >> after four months of fighting for their lives a cause for celebration in the city of kobani. the terror group held the city on the syrian turkish border for four months and left it in ruins. >> meanwhile in france kurdish supporters tyking to the streets to celebrate this milestone victory. >> for the 5th time in just three-days the f bishg is investigating twitter threats against passenger jets. airport jetblue fight is grounded searched by bomb

sniffing dogs. in dallas this tweet causing panic as southwest air. massive semi nuclear explosive on board flight 4200 from san diego to dallas. if this fails i will shoot the plane. no explosives were found on any of the planes and that twitter account has been suspended while authorities continue to investigate. as the in you england patriots arrive in phoenix for the super bowl the nfl zeros in on the locker room attendant for deflate gate. fox sports saying there is surveillance video saying a patriot staffer is taking officials from the locker rook to gillette stadium before taking them out to the field for the afc championship game. they reported last week the nfl found #11 of the teams fromwere under deflated. if they don't provide any proof of wrong doing they ohwe his team

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>> 7,000 flight delays and cancellations across the country. airline passengers are trapped in terminals with bags packed and nowhere to go. we are live at the reagan national airport. >> that's the worse case scenario that airlines try to

avoid. you look at this airport. a lot of people knew not to come to the airport to wait for their flight until they heard when it was going to be rescheduled or when it would be rebooked. look on the tarmac you see all of the jets kind of lined up almost ready to go here. a lot of flights are going to be on time today. i just snapped this picture of the arrival board here and you see a lot of these flights are canceled some are on time some are delayed. you talked about that number. 7,000. more than 7,000 flights canceled. these airlines have to play a huge game of catchup. some airlines -- some airports are going to be closed today in the northeast this is going to take several days to get all of those passengers ultimately to their destination. ainsley? >> thank you, doug. >> heading out for your morning commute, well listen up. the government is spying on millions of drivers. big brothers using high-tech cameras to monitor movement through license plates and then taking pictures that are clear

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welcome back. connecticut bearing the brunt of the blizzard and right now strong winds whipping the snow around creating snow drifts as high as three feet. we go live to new london. katie? >> reporter: good morning, everyone. this is the scene in new london. we're in the thick of things

here. the problem is blowing and drifting snow this morning. we do understand there's been drifts of about two to three feet. if you take a look, you can see the snow that's just building up here and that's what's causing all of the problems, all of the visibility problems. it's blowing and drifting snow. we have seen plows out on the roads. governor dannel malloy issued a travel advisory. no cars allowed on the roads since last night and we have a coastal flood advisory and that's something else that we're keeping an eye on here as the storm picks up. that's the latest here. back to you. >> thank you, katie. i would do it again. disgraced cyclist lance armstrong admitting he would cheat again. here's the former seven-time tour de france champion. >> it you take me back to 1995 when it was totally pervasive, i

would probably do it again. >> armstrong, who was banned from cycling, was also stripped of all of his wins. could this be proof of alien life? for the first time ever astronomers picked up a mysterious radio signal in space. happening live. these bursts are bright flashes of radio waves that last only milliseconds but they emit as much energy as the sun does in an entire day. no one knows exactly where they come from or what causes them but possible theories range from black holes to alien communication. six minutes until the top of the hour. coming up, that massive winter storm dumping a foot of snow in some places already. if you have to head out today we have what you need to know before you head out the door. remember getting those snow day robo calls from school when you were a kid. this principal upped the game for schools everywhere. it's our favorite video of the

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if you have to head out today, you need to listen up. we have more on what to expect out of this massive blizzard. >> good morning to you. hello, everyone. we continue to track our storm system impacting the northeast and right now we're seeing very tough conditions stretching from long island to the coast of maine where we currently have

blizzard conditions. expect whiteouts on the roadways there and impossible to travel especially early today while those tough conditions are in place. as far as snowfall accumulations, already reports of more than a foot of snow across parts of long island, connecticut and massachusetts and we're still expecting at least another foot in some of these areas. otherwise, the snow will continue throughout the afternoon today and linger into tomorrow for parts of northern new england. over to you. >> thank you maria. it is our favorite video of the day. a principal getting very creative to tell his students they have a snow day. ♪ don't come to school at dawn ♪ ♪ school is closed ♪ ♪ school is closed ♪ ♪ so stay at home with slippers on ♪ >> kids at moses brown school in

rhode island received this fun message today. they have been planning the surprise for more than a week. >> how creative. what a great principal. >> have a great day, everyone. "fox & friends" starts right now. bye. good morning. it's tuesday january 27th. a dangerous and now deadly blizzard bearing down on tens of millions of americans. up to 36 inches of snow falling in some spots. hurricane force winds. thousands of flights canceled. the storm is changing. we have all of that with live team coverage to you. >> perfect way to start the day. meanwhile, the president celebrated bowe bergdahl's return with a heartfelt rose garden speech but now a twist the white house wasn't expecting. what will they do now that the real story is coming out and we've got it for you. >> they'll be candid about it. speaking of