heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for starting your wednesday morning off with us. nearly 3 feet of snow falling in some parts of the east coast not in the clear just yet. >> while the west gets ready for rain. maria molina is in the weather center. >> look at the snowfall totals we picked up from a nor' easter very significant across parts of massachusetts and auburn. 36 inches of snowfall in connecticut 33.5 inches. parts of new hampshire also getting 30 inches. the storm system packing a punch significant flooding occurring across nantucket new england. it is still producing additional areas of snowfall. we are not in the clear yet. parts of maine picking up snow and parts of new england as well. snow showers will continue to linger. the other concern with this system isn't just additional

snowfall but also the risk for coastal flooding and gusty winds out there. temperatures are on the cold side. you factor in the blustery conditions out there and windchill temperatures are in the single digits teens and below zero for some of you out there. bundle up as you head out the door. many begin the cleanup effort across parts of new england. there's snow coming down parts of maine new hampshire and the boston area. out west we have quiet weather or expecting quiet weather for today. there is a storm system that will be moving in. this system will be bringing in areas of moisture and rainy specially parts of the rockies. higher elevation could be looking at snow. we will keep tracking the storm system as it impacts parts of the rockies. there's advisories across the area with coastal flooding. >> let's get right to the extreme weather alert. new england buried nearly 3 feet of snow falling in some parts.

and now this morning residents from long island new york to maine digging out while others forced to leaf their homes due to flooding. david lee miller in the car heading to marsh field massachusetts where the water is slowly receding. david lee? >> good morning from 93 south outside boston. we are heading toward the coastal communities to get a sense of how bad the flooding is there. you can see how well the traffic is moving. admittedly this is a little early from rush hour. cars are moving along at a good clip. you can see only blacktop on the roadway. that's a good sign. they have done an excellent job

plowing this portion of the road. as the secondary road that's still a work in progress. there are mounds of snow and there are areas that need to be plowed. flooding remains a very serious problem. we are going to be taking a look at that later this morning. back to you. >> david lee miller be careful out there. >> 8,000 flights canceled over three-days leaving many stranded at airports. this is new york's liguardia airport. she is sleeping on top of her luggage. currently 900 flights are canceled. >> an isis affiliate taking responsibility for an attack on a hotel in leb yaw that killed one american and left at least

eight others dead. he was a security contractor based in fredericksburg, virginia a former marine and isis claiming to be responsible. it wasn't smart to follow up with a weak foreign policy after the dictator's death. >> you have got to stay with it mr. president. when the military tells you something general obama has a very bad track record when it comes to making military decisions. >> isis continues to demand the release of a prisoner held in jordan or else. they say a jordanian hostage and japanese hostage in their

captivity will soon die. >> whatever decisions the japanese people make about how we are they are going to move forward with respect to the second hostage is for them to make. there will be no judge ams past on the pentagon for that. japan is a strong ally and a close friend. secretary hagel offered any support we can to help them. there has been no request for support. >> they mentioned the white house and threatens to turn america into a muslim providence. >> peter doocy>> log on to "fox & friends" facebook page for the show live #keep talking. an update to the story we

first brought you yesterday the pentagon denying bergdahl will be charged with desertion despite tony schafer telling us his attorneys already received that paperwork. the army saying this, quote the reporting from fox news on nbc and fox news is clearly false. there has been no actions on the sergeant berg call investigation. colonel saferchafer is sifting through the news he first wrote. >> i stand by all of the facts if you look at what kirby said in the pentagon they don't deny the material findings of what i said is in the report. they are being carolful how-- careful how they pars their words. my understanding is that bergdahl's lawyer has been given a statement of charges, a charge sheet that says this is what to expect that we are coming. another part of this is a

decision was made. has continue formally announced? there is no time limit on this decision. what they didn't say is it is more compelling. >> when the pentagon spokesman john kirby stops by "fox and friends at 7:30 eastern time. >> a series of terrifying threats against commercial airlines by the fbi. the last four-days have ground planes across the country. the on-line bomb threats on twitter that claim to be affiliated with isis. the fbi saying they are taking the threats seriously and they are investigating them on a case by case basis. yesterday two different flights were threatened.

they have been charged with murdering robbing an elderly couple who tried to buy a vintage car on craig's list. they found the bodies of bud and june runion in the woods both shot in the head. the suv was found in the lake about a mile from the 28-year-old's home. an illegal immigrant accused of gunning down a store clerk is out on bond awaiting deportation hearing. he is accused of murdering a 21-year-old as he was counting change for a backpack of cigarettes. he was released from custody two years ago on 10,000 dollars bond on a burglar recharge. he was issued two injunction charges. fresno firefighter saving three children from a burning apartment. >> where is she? how old is she ma'am?

>> he pulled the children out of the house. they were unconscious at the time. they were treated for smoke inhalation and they are doing fine. police are now investigating saying the kids all under the age of 4 were alone in that apartment when the electrical fire broke out. >> more heart stopping moments this time in new hope minnesota as council members ducked for cover as the gunmen barreled into city hall. the whole ordeal was caught on camera and he is being hailed a hero. >> jackie? >> two-minute minute police officers are recovering after being shot at a swearing in ceremony at city hall. we have video showing the incredible moment as a city

council member pulls his own weapon on the advancing gunmen. >> get down. get down. everybody get down. >> stay down. >> the shooter who never nayed it into shot dead by police officers. he had a history of making violent threats. police in new hope filing a restraining order against him. he claims police once roughed him up at his own home. >> in other words, i got busted up by five of your policemen shot, tased. >> he filed a lawsuit over his claims that was later dropped family members said he spent years at mental training centers and said he was capable of this. they are trying to figure out what motivated him to walk into

city hall and start shooting. >> jackie thank you so much. >> apple already hitting it big in 2015 reporting record earnings in their first quarter. adam shapiro with the new numbers. we do mean ard ro. right? >> six is the magic number for apple which sold 74 and a half million iphone six and six plus smart phones in the last quarter. he earned an $18 billion profit which is a world record for a private company. microsoft and caterpillar hit their estimates blaming a strong dollar which hurt their sales. amazon has free shipping on $35 or more but only if the items come from the same seller. there are exceptions when you can minger products. as long as they are marked with a label that says free shipping. as we head toward super bowl sunday if gamblers will be big

winners they issued the first ever estimate indicating $3.8 million worth of illegal bets will be placed by americans compared to 100 million that legally in places like las vegas. >> federal reserve will issue a statement later today. that is sure to drive markets. right now futures are up. >> i bet the balls won't be deflated. that's my bet. >> don't miss adam at the fox business network. log on to foxbusiness.com/channel finder. >> the worst terrorist banned by the news. >> the car swallowed by a sink hole with a family inside. the incredible ending ahead. >> what 95 percent of kids don't get enough of these days. the eye opening information all parents need to hear.

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want to change the status quo in israel. >> what ever happened to the ap foul by? now leaked e-mails showing banning the use of several words including the word terrorism. in a message to news staff the head of output points out what the al-jazeera guy says about certain words. first extremists. he says don't use. avoid character rizing people often their actions do the work for the viewer. next, terrorism or a terrorists. one person's terrorist another person's freedom fighter. for islamists the rule is simple, do not use. finally jihad. strictly speaking jihad means an inner speer ritual struggle. not a holy war. >> that brings us to our look who is talking. charles krauthammer taking secretary of state john kerry to

task for saying the biggest error they can make is blaming muslims collectively. what is the biggest mistake? >> the biggest error is to refuse to say who the enemy is. that would be a larger irerror. it would confine people to for example the hell at that is sere you syria today approaching now more than a quarter million dead. the original sin here is not that obama sort of is confused. i think he is in a way but that he has a strategy he came into office with a strategy. he didn't quite understand which is sort of a axiom of geo politics. if america leaves the vacuum does not remain a vacuum. >> it is 18 minutes after the top of the hour. did you see american sniper? according to howard dean you

might be angry the former presidential contend de is now apologizing. sort of. >> a family inside this car when it was swallowed by a sink hole. how they made it out alive.

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>> a little dirt road anthem. 5:22 on the east coast. thank you for joining us. a maryland family nearly swallowed by a sink hole. the whole was created a huge water main break. water started pouring in when they decided to flee and leave the house. as they were backing their car out of the driveway they hit the sink hole it was hidden under all of the water. the family barely managing to escape before the car is nearly completely submerged. >> i saw the car was going to go deep down. >> the family including a 4-year-old and 6 month old doing just fine this morning. crews pulled the cars out and they were able to repair that break. >> you can't make it up. the man who sent off a national security scare when he crashed the drone into the white house was drunk. now we know he worked for one of the government's most important

spy agencies. he was playing with a friend's drone at the time. no word yet whether or not he will be charged. >> howard dean now apologizing after he said people who see "american sniper" are angry tea party. >> i didn't see the movie. i make no apologies to the leftright wingers sending me nasty messages but i apologize for others who saw the film. >> they have one less restaurant they are allowed in after hollywood liberals bash american snipers a restaurant owner in michigan put up a sign reading this michael moore and seth rogen are not allowed in my place. >> well it's time to brew on this. go daddy causing a dog on super

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>> great song from lady antebellum. all of the snow is pretty much gone in our city at least. welcome to "fox and friend first. i am ainsley earhardt. >> it is half past the top of the hour. let's get right to the extreme weather alert for you. parts of the north buried under 3 feet of snow. now this morning residents from long island new york up to maine are digging out. look at all of that snow. while hoars forced to leave their homes due to all of the flooding. david lee miller is in the car heading to marsh field, massachusetts where the water is starting to recede. >> i don't have it. >> good morning from it route 432 outside of marksfield. you can get a first-hand look this morning at just how good

the traffic conditions are. let's take a look through our roof cam you can see yourself how well this road has been plowed it is nothing but blacktop. along the side of the road you can see the mountains of snow. but our commute from boston to marsh field our destination this morning has been trouble free. that is not the situation in parts of boston secondary roads still in need of plowing. the situation has dramatically improved since yesterday. we have pictures and have ivideo that show you the damage by the storm yesterday. a good chunk of a retaining wall gave way causing damage to a number of homes.

others along the coast suffered very serious flooding. so much so we expect the governor of massachusetts to be touring the area later today to get a first hand assessment. it looks like this is the digging out portion of the storm, the storm aftermath the forecasters are saying more snow is in the forecast for later this week. back to you. >> thank you very much david lee. now while the west gets ready for rain maria molina has the forecast. what are we looking at? >> david mentioned there is a chance for additional snowfall later this weekend. it should produce light areas of snow. here's the system we just dealt

with across new england across the mid atlantic. hearts parts of massachusetts picking up snow in connecticut and over on long island 50 miles east of new york city we picked up 2 feet there and you canorient new york 30 inches. coastal flooding remains a concern. you can see parts of maine parts of new hampshire and extreme parts of massachusetts dealing with additional snow early this morning. we are looking at them below zero. >> 8,000 flights canceled over

three-days leaving many stranded at the airport. currently 900 flights are canceled airlines hoping to have everything back on track. >> coming out hard against the bombshell report that he will face desertion charges. >> he will be hit with a de serge charge. i stand by all of the facts. they don't deny the feerl findings of the report. john kirby is outside fox and friends at 7:30 eastern. >> wisconsin governor scott walker one step closer to a 2016 presidential bid hours after

launching a political committee he announced he is very interested in a run for the whites house. he says he will push the message of limiting powers to those defined by the constitution. he will make a decision on running for president in the next few months. ronny jay towns denied bond after being charged with you are in derring and robbing an elderly couple in georgia after they tried to buy a vintage car. they were found in the woods both shot in the head. their suv found in a lake about a mile from the 28-year-old's house. robert sticking by his story>> i never lied to any one. i only told you what i knew.

>> he claims he has no memory of running up a tab at a strip club he claims he was robbed and beaten after leaving a bar in hawaii. >> the scandal getting more attention than the big game. >> the team has done nothing wrong and it should get an apology once the investigation is over. that brings us to "look who is talking." the league should focus on a certain position player. >> you really want to look deep into this the person that needs to be questioned is the center. that's the person who touched the ball every place. the center would know if the ball is under flated or something that's wrong. the person you need to talk to is the center. nobody has even mentioned his name. for guys that small on the totem pole brave enough to interfere

with the game that's hard to understand. when you have a crew that ran a tighter game i find it hard to believe no one in this organization knew about it. >> in other news president obama backing towndown on one of the biggest tax hike proposals. ashley, is this good news? >> yes, it is. even nancy pelosi thinks this idea of a tax is backed. president obama proposed raising 7 billion over 10 years by proposing tap cal gains on college savings accounts. they are popular with parents trying to raise money. the plan to raise taxes on them generated widespread criticism. the administration cried to sell the elimination of the tax break as a way to redirect more money to middle class families.

the president argues the savings plans are being used disproportionately by wealthy families but is a serious political miscalculation. they point out more than 1 trillion of outstanding debt in this country in the 5129 plan has been one of the best for colleges. families rely on these accounts. the white house officials admit the backlash of the plan has become such a distraction it is now dropping the proposal. a lot of people happy about that. >> thank you ashley. >> let the real games begin. victoria secret unveiling the sexy super bowl commercial. ♪

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>> welcome back to "fox & friends first". to a fox news alert. an isis affiliate taking responsibility for the attack at a luxury hotel in libya that killed one american and left at least 8 others dead. peter doocy is live for us in washington as isis releases a brand new beheading video with a direct threat against president obama. peter? >> heather, the american citizen killed in that luxury hotel attack was named david barry. he was a security contractor based in virginia a former marine and isis claims to be

responsible for sending the mass gunman who carried out the brutal assault. now lawmakers here in the united states are saying it was smart a few years ago to get rid of qaddafi in libya but not smart to start up with a foreign policy in the from aingagile days after the dictator's threat. >> the vacuum created in libya you have to stay with it mr. president. when the military tells you something general obama has a bad track record when it comes to making military decisions. >> isis continues to demand the release of a prisoner held in jordan or else. they say a jordanian hostages there and the remaining japanese hostage in their captivity will soon die. >> whatever decisions the japanese people make about how they are going to move forward with respect to the second hostage, it is for them to make. there will be no judge ams cast

from the pentagon about that. we -- japan is a strong ally and a very close friend and secretary hagel offers any support they can to help them. as far as i know there has been no request for that support. >> the lady in the video for isis also mentions the white house and threatens to turn america into a muslim providence. >> let's talk about isis's demands. are they fueled by our administration's recent prisoner swap proposal? log on to our facebook page after the show for a live debateeep talking. >> sharia law in the state of texas? an islamic tribe bunl is operating in the dallas area. they are operating as a nonprofit and says the tribe bunl -- tribunal decisions were

voluntary. >> now we are learning they also wanted to track gun owners. according to a justice department e-mails the federal agent wanted to scan license plates at gun shows claiming it would help gun trafficking investigation. officials saying that plan was never put into action. the time now about 10 minutes to the top of the hour. the new app that police officers are saying puts their lives at risk now demands for google to pull it immediately. >> do you have a child with a peanut allergy? who says they are close to finding a cure. >> first let's check in with brian kilmeade to see what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> it is 13 minutes after the hour. the pentagon is denying reports of bow bergdahl being charged with desertion. john kirby is here to weigh in. a national car tracking data base. is that a good idea to put your privacy at risk perhaps? we will debate that.

hopefully somebody will win. plus can you train your dog to be like a navy seal dog. we are going to bring in a navy seal who trains dogs for that fighting group and maybe change your dog. lynch is here so i won't get fined. mornings are better with friends.

welcome back. parents listen up. a report shows a staggering 90% of kids aren't getting enough sleep. ipads and caffeine could be to blaine. experts say the light from ipads interfere with sleep patterns and too much caffeine produce restless sleep. australian researchers say they are closer to finding a cure for peanut

allergies. 30 children were given a dose combined with a probiotic increasing the amount over an 18 month period. at the end of the study 18% of children could eat peanuts with no reaction. you may be familiar with the app wayz. it has real time traffic reports that can help plan your morning commute but is this putting the lives of the people who protect us at risk? >> it's one of the many features on the popular navigation app called wayz. you can pinpoint the location of a police officer you may see. tap on the screen, it adds a little police icon to the map. a detective thinks that's potentially dangerous. >> the concern is that we have police in an area and someone that meant harm to the police officers would be using the app for something other than its intended purpose. >> lapd police chief felt strong enough to write this

letter to google reading in part the wayz app is configured poses a danger to the lives of police officers. >> i think all of us are becoming increasingly aware of that as technology increases. >> beck notes in the days leading up to the ambush of the two nypd police officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu, the suspect had been using waze. waze says police officers support it and its features including support of police presence because most users tend to drive more carefully when they believe law enforcement is nearby. for now waze doesn't have plans to change the act so the chief would appreciate a personal response to his letter of a month ago. >> there are things that probably better are left unsaid. >> google, who owns that app, so far has no comment.

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it is three minutes till top of the hour. before you leave the house here's what's happening today, millions from long island, new york up to maine digging out. parts of massachusetts

seeing more than three feet of snow and fliers still feeling the effects. more than 900 flights have been canceled. disis militants releasing new dlets -- threats saying they will kill jordanian hostages. today the senate will begin grilling loretta lynch, president's pick to be the next attorney general. the confirmation hearing will go through tomorrow. >> time now for the good the bad, and the ugly. up first, the good. your breakfast got a little bit cheaper. after nearly a year pork prices are falling making bacon cheaper. prices are down to 69 cents per pound. the bad, this looks like any other furniture store on the outside but police in california say the only thing this place was selling was weed. the ugly, caught on camera, the moment a driver crashes a one of a kind lamborghini into a lake.

it happened on a racetrack in florida. luckily the driver got out and was okay. >> time now for your brew on this responses. this go daddy ad causing a doggone super bowl controversy. the company pulling the ad after animal loves say it promotes animal loves to buy dogs from puppy mills. your e-mails say i remember remember -- i hate political correctness but how many lives go daddy might save by directing attention to these animals. sherri writes go daddy should never have made that commercial let alone air it. what were they thinking? thanks to everyone who responded. we certainly appreciate it. don't forget to keep talking about isis's demands. are they being fueled by our administration's

prisoner swap proposals? log on to "fox & friends first" facebook page to waib -- weigh in. bye. good morning. it is wednesday january 28. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. the great snow job of 2015 has come and gone and this morning hundreds of thousands of fliers are stranded. so when will travel get back on track and did the government get too involved? we're going to debate it for you straight ahead. >> and the pentagon calls him a liar but this morning he is doubling down that bowe bergdahl will be charged as a deserter. >> i stand by all of those facts plus if you look at what admiral kirby said in the written statements from the pentagon they don't deny the material findings of the report, what i said is in the report. >> somebody's not telling the truth. we'll present both sides this morning. >> how much more time do they