patriots,.com. get in on the action and we'll share it with our super fans. thank you so much to retired mast sergeant for his service and pizza. all right, guys, who is going first. >> i'm being polite. >> i'm going for it. >> all right. >> you're welcome, shannon, nice to see you. mitt romney is out, says he will not run for president again. we'll look at what that decision means for republicans are who still in the mix. attack in iraq, the islamic state launching a major strike in kirkuk. a senior military commander who has been fighting the terrorists now reported dead. this comes as we wait for word on the fate of the pilot held hostage. going after the islamic militants who kidnapped hundreds of girls. how the united states military plans to help in the fight against boca haram. it's a busy day. let's get to it.

good friday afternoon from the deck. it's official, mitt romney is out of the race for the white house. the former massachusetts governor and last republican presidential nominee says he decided against running in 2016. on aa; conference call with supporters, governor romney said he is convinced he could win the nomination again but listen to what he said about who the g.o.p. should nominate. >> and i believe that one our next generation of republican leaders, one who may not be as well known as i am today, one who has not yet taken a message across the country just getting started, may well emerge as being better able to defeat the democratic nominee. in fact i expect and hope that to be the case.xççç >> next generation? not well known? a newcomer? a swipe at the

people. it was clear to them over the course of the last five days, and it became clear this week they were simply not going to be able to make this work. >> for the rest of the bunch less crowded, less complicated? >> well, it is absolutely wide open. the fox poll that came out just yesterday before romney pulled out said that if you took romney out of the poll general busch is out front but not but that much. you have five candidates all bunched together in the space of about six points. so statistically that's almost a tie. romney said he was stepping aside so the next generation of conservatives can retake the presidency and keep it in the right hand,?ç meaning out of hillary clinton and president barack obama or democrats.

romney tout supporters he thinks chris christie has been out of politics too long and that christie who was vetted by the romney campaign for vice-president, may have too much baggage. that leaves folks like marco rubio, rand paul and scott walker.o romney made a call to scott walker in the last hour but is having dinner with chris christie tonight. so a lot of handshakes, a lot of wounds to be bandaged as the republicans try to unite in the absence of mitt. >> carl cameron good to see you. thank you. isis on the attack and going after the oil. islamic state militants today launched a major strike on iraq's oil city of kirkuk. they're fighting the kurds and officials say a senior commander for the kurdish military and some fighters are dead. a car bomber also attacked the hotel in the middle of kirkuk, triggering a standoff between kurdish forces and three gunmen. [explosion]

>> "associated press" reports kurdish troops and local police stormed that hotel and killed all three gunmen. u.n. officials say they're pulling foreign staff out of kirkuk now because of what they're calling a rapid deterioration in security. that's an understatement. kirkuk is a very big deal because of the oil there the kurds want to take control of the so do other groups including isis inch the red on the wall here the areas the militants control. meantime, still no word on the hostage from japan and the one from jordan. yesterday, a twitter account linked to the islamic state militants reported the militants would make some sort of statement. that was hours after the deadline passed for a prisoner swap. officials in jordan say they will not release that prisoner unless e!qk4 until isis proves that the prisoner from jordan is still alive. so far, silence. let's bring in edward skip guinin former u.s. ambassador to jordan and kuwait now

director ofo'ç the middle east policy forum at george washington university. good to see you. this move on kirkuk has been described as a very big and troubling situation. >> it's dramatic. there will three other attacks along the thousand kilometer borders between the kurdish area and iraq. so, it's a demonstration. it's a statement by isis that just because the kurds have made some advances -- and they have -- that they are vulnerable and kirkuk is -- as you correctly said, city under some contest for quite some tame. >> eight of the kurdish forces, obviously whom we support, and this kurdish commander's death, what affect does that have? >> well, it's a tragedy of coursem particularly for those who have lost their lives and for the families. but this is not going to stop the kurds and their animosity and fighting of at all.

it may well embolden them. >> on the matter of the hostage swap potentially if there's a proof of life, a tricky situation they're in the middle of here. >> very tricky. there are a lot of doubts here. those in control of the pilot said if the woman, this terrorist in jordan is released, they won't kill him. they haven't actually said they would release him. now, that may just be parsing words. but if your were a jordanian official and trying to make certain that you were going to get your pilot back you do want to have proof that he is still alive. the last -- as i recall the last time they.;gslishowed a video with him alive was quite close to the date back in late december when they'0w3 picked him up after the plane crash, but they have not shown any pictures since. >> sir, gre

>> the united states is ready to help a coalition of african nation launch a major offensive against boca haram. the terror group that kid indianed hundreds of school girls. wilt says a war plane and ground troops from chad drove the militants from nigeria. this is the first time troops have fought on the nigerian soil. the group has been slaughtering villagersmpç across identify jeer ya and also kidnapped the school girls in april and threatened to sell them off as sex slaves. some report the group has been using those girls as suicide bombers. lea gabrielle has the story. >> the archaic by chad forces came after boca haram attacked a large city. the africaupdown is calling on troops to battle the terrorist organization as a multinational

joint task force. the u.s. department of defense does not plan to provide any forces but will provide tactictle support, training and equipment to assist. >> i can't detail for you now every step we're going to take but it will be akin to the kind of counterterrorism support that we offer other nations in africa on the continent. >> in the past two weeks thousands of nigerians have sought refugeb in chad to escape violent effect can. the journey for some occupy to five days by boat and on foot. one refugee described having to leave her husband and a child behind. >> translator: the men fromá9 boca haram were shooting at us the whole time. they even took another boat and followed us. they continued shooting but we managed to escape. >> boca haram has been increasing its attacks in advance of nigeria's elections

next month. the president is running for re-election and promises his government will do more to re-capture territories taken by the terrorist group. >> thank you, lea. ukraine's ambassador to the united nations tells texas news his country will soon ask other u.n. member states to formalry recognize russia as a sponsor of terrorism. the ambassador also warned of quote, huge war, if russian pact separatists take more territory or build a path to the crimean peninsula, which russia overtook a year ago. ukraine and western nations accuse vladimir putin's government of supplying rebels with troops and weapons. of course russia denies it. the feds are hauling out big guns ahead of the super bowl. blackhawk helicopters, x-rays and top secret security measures to keep the stadium safe on sunday. that's next from the fox news deck.

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the feds say they're on high alert for possible lone-wolf attackers at the super bowl in phoenix, and we're hearing about the security measures now. official says blackhawk helicopters will circle the stadium to enforce a 30-mile no-fly-zone. high speck scanners will inspect everything, from the food to the uniforms. the feds will use truck-sized x-ray machines to detect explosives. thousands of officers set to be on the ground with radiation

detectors and bomb-sniffing dogs and cameras to send video real-time to a command center. our homeland security secretary jeh johnson says there's no credible threat to the big game but says the feds are not taking chances. will carr is liveg> reporter: security is a big r concern because they're expecting more than a million people in the phoenix area out over think winds. jeh johnson is asking for the public to be vigilant especially in the wake of several recent international terrorist attacks. >> we: continually evaluate how to style our security around current world threats, current threat streams. >> everyone is in place. we just need the public to help us if there's a problem or issue that someone sees or makes them

feel a little uncomfortable. >> reporter: federal authorities announces they bought to $21.5 million in fake nfl merchandize, a lot of that being imported from asia. they came out and said that anytime criminals try to bring in fake merchandise, that really hits hard for the u.s. businesses. >> the commissioner roger goodell, spoke live on tv. had a lot to say. >> reporter: that's right. he did. he came out, talk about potential rule changes next year, also3bc1b8 talked about so-called "deflategate" and talked about creating the position of a chief medicald officer. >> this individual, who we expect to have in place very soon will oversee our medical-related policies, ensure that we update them regularly and work closely with our medical committees our advisers and the players association.%]"5gç

>> reporter: of course with the super bowl there's the commercials. one big surprise this year ecuador will be the first foreign country to pay for a commercial shelling out $3.8 million for a 30-second tourism ad. a representative saying they're daring to dream big this year. >> will carr he big game. soon the pictures of the guy who climbed the aisles at niagra falls? it's almost completely iced over except just to his side a rushing waterfall. climbed with no ropes. he will be our guest here in just a moment to talk about the big climb how he did it. éhnd what it was like. stay tuned. before earning enough cash back from bank of america to help pay for her kids' ice time. before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time. and 2% back at the grocery store. even before she got 3% back on gas

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19 minutes past the hour. time to dip into the wow wonder why" file. pictures of a church in romania made entirely out of ice. this is the ice churchy-c6?úz there. every year for the past five winter next to a ski resort. locals in the chapel say it's a pretty popular tourist spot hosts weddings, baptisms and concerts. you can see people skiing on the way to church. ministers and priests held a ceremony just yesterday to bless the church for the season. you can see a frozen version of the last super. romainearch cold. speaking of, a canadian daredevil the first person ever to climb up niagra falls. his name is will gadd. he made three trips and each took nearly an hour to climb 150 feet. in the middle of january sections of the waterfall are

frozen solid. will said each ice slab varied in thickness. some were one inch some ten feet thick. he had to latch on to ice in different ways. look at this picture. you can see himbñ(ok on the left, and to the right -- this is will climbing an ice waterfall and this is him reaching into the water. the water is gushing down, thousands of gallons per second. he said if he stretched his handout his ice pick could touch the water. national geographic named hid an adventurer of a year, he said making his way up niagra falls is one of the hardest climbs he had to do. will gadd is live with us. are you crazy? >> some days, yes. i've been asked that. >> here the rope, which is still wet. >> how do

fox report now and more headlines. no charges for george zimmerman. in his latest brush with the law. his ex-girlfriend told employs he a wipe bottle at her. prosecutors say she took back

her story. you remember back in 2013, a court cleared george zimmerman of murder for shooting and killing the unarmed teenager, trayvon martin in extras flail. >> a been rips through a church in pakistan killing more than 50 people and wounding dozens more. that is according to officials there. a sunni militant group claimed responsibility. in new york, firefighters carefully rescued a boy standing on thin ice on the bronx river. he and a girl had walked on the ice. she fell through but got back to land before rescuers arrived. a firefighter also fell in. but he helped that boy climb a ladder to safety. the kidsa?ç and the firefighter reportedly stable in a hospital right now.

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one of rap's biggest names suge knight, is facing murder charges now after he ran over two men with his truck and killed one of them. that's according to police. get this. tmz is reporting investigators say they believe suge had tried to kill the man who survived but

killed one of his own friends accidently. happened yesterday in a fastfood parking not compton, a section of los angeles. cops say suge was in a red pickup truck when he backed into the men then drove forward, struck them again and sped away. witnesses said it seemed intentional ask there was an argumentment bus -- but suge0s lawyer said it was an accident and his cline was actually trying to escape. police say suge knight turned himself in this morning and bail is set at $2 million. suge knight is the founder of death row5; records one of the most infame yous rap labels from then 1990s. we was with tupak shakur when the drive-by shooting happened that killed the rapper in las vegas in 1996. suge also signed, -- well-signed dr. dre and smoop.

suge has been in and out of trouble. last year somebody shot at him six times. that happened during a vma preparty that chris brown was hosting. trace gallagher haslbxjut from los angeles. what do we know about the latest arrest? >> reporter: witnesses say suge knight and his friend, terry carter, pulled up in a truck to a film set in the city of compton, where they're shooting a biography called straight out of compton. someone didn't like the idea he was there and told him to leave, and then there was a disagreement. now, 20 minutes later suge and terry carter saw the men they argued with alnq joint. they pulled into the parking lot, got out and began arguing again. a witness describes what happened next. listen. >> i said to look out. suge night, backed his car up and put it in drive and hit terry carter, and ran him over. >> reporter: as we know terry

carter was kill and the other man police believe knight was actually aiming for was injured. suge knight then fled the scene and we're told there might be surveillance video of the entire incident. it has not yet been released. >> suge's lawyer saying self-defense right? >> yeah. knight's lawyer said his client was fleeing for his life because the men he confronted threatened to kill him and that's why the got in the truck and took off. a lawyer says terry carter was walking to the passenger side of the vehicle but just happened to be behind the truck when suge knight gunned it in reverse. the lawyer never did explain eye witness accounts claiming suge knight ran over them more than once. the truck was found later abandoned 20 miles away and hours later after lengthy discussions, he turned himself in smoking that cigar. he was already out $500,000 bond for stealing a camera. now his bond, $2 million. >> trace thanks.

michelle dipoll low a criminal defenseíl9 trouble. >> mr. knight is facing some significant exposure regarding jail time. he has a pending felony already he is awaiting trial on. he was charged with robbery. now facing what they're saying is going to be an intentional homocide charge and will have some serious jail time. >> accusation is that non did he run him over but ran him over twice. there's video. >> going to be very difficult for him to say that this was accidental. in this case, it appears he went to the scene, and he sort of hunted them down. his defense is going to try to be that this was his friend. it was an accident and he was k@s trying to get out of there. the problem is there's witnesses that say he not only backed up over another individual but then he drove over him again going forward. no way to miss that.)+ ipó >> pretty good practice if you run over people, that you should probably go to the police pretty quick. he didn't. >> instead of doing that he ditched his truck across town

and then went and turned himself in hours later. never filed a police report never contacted the police, and didn't turn himself in until hours later with his lawyer. >> think he is ever free again? >> he is going to be facing some really -- i mean, 50 years old, looking at 30 years on the robbery charge alone, and that could run consecutive withez÷ çç whatever time he receives on the homocide charge. >> when stuff like this happens in the community things flareup elsewhere. you wonder what this pore tends, if anything. >> well, there's some talkcek4&dv that there may be video, so hopefully if there is video ask that comes out, we can see what really happened. >> we'll see. michelle, nice to see you. thank you. flu season now one for the record books. the centers for disease control and prevention in atlanta is now reporting two of every thousand people age 65 and older have gone to the hospital because of this year's nasty strain. that is the highest level since the feds started tracking the figure in 2005. health officials say the current

vaccine is not a perfect match for this particular strain. they tried and they missed. in fact they say it's only effective 23% of the time. the cdc reports the best flu vaccines are 50 to 60% effective. the truth is they have to guess what the strain will be, and between the time they guess and make the vaccine, it often mutates, which is exactly what happened this year. they missed. a quarter right. nearly one out of every three americans would rather hide at least some of their money at homeñç than put it in a bank. in other words we're all stuffing it under the mattress. that's according to a new survey from american express. it find that more than half of those who keep some savings in cash say they hide the money in a secret location. gerri willis is here though, of the willis report, 5 eastern. wonder where the secret locations are? >> isn't that the question. you're losing money if you don't invest it or put it into a good savings account.

but the survey showed that one in four americans are worried about emergency savings so maybe they're just keeping their cash close to the place they think they'll use it. to your questioñdx about where this is, you think it's safe. got to be in a safe -- no. it's in the refrigerator in the freezer, cold hard cash issue guess, is what people are looking for. sock drawer, 19%. cookie jar 10%. who are these people? i would never do this. you run the risk of getting ripped off. >> or in a fire, the sock drawer -- >> goodbye. >> commerce department reports the economy slowed last quarter but shoppers went on a spending spree. >> this is fascinating. haven't seen consumers for a while and here they are spending at the fastest clip in nine years. has to be low gas prices a better jobs market. the folks who fell out at that rate of 2.6%, corporations not spending as much as they have been. this is cutting in half the gdp we had in the previous quarter which was 5%. so punk report but good news for

consumes. >> you have big show. >> i do. kenny g. >> in studio? >> yes. >> is he going to play? >> i learned a secret about him he doesn't tell anybody. his musical instrument he has had since he was in high school. >> really. did he bring it in? >> uh-huh. we'll have it on set. have toí#( see it. he is very nice. >> on the fox business network. it's friday at long last and around this time i usually get to argue with fox news sunday's chris wallace. we usually talk politics, sometimes football-sometimes his wife's soup. today chris brought his wife, lore rain, and she just finished a cookbook. we'll talk to her about delicious food for super bowl andon. chris wallace and his better half next from the fox news deck. w much money do you have in your pocket right now? i have $40 $21. could something that small make

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two guy friday a balloon just set world records and their journeysen over. hill yap has the details. who are these guys. >> leonid -- >> that's impressive. >> and troy bradley. the two of them set out to break these two world records them current record before hand. 5209-miles in a hot air balloon, and 137 hours in a

boy. does that look good or what? there's a great traditional meat loaf and if you hurry and get the book there is a sensational -- there's the meat loaf. they really are prepared. you guys blew your production budget out. >> let me just@ññ say that there is a buffalo turkey chili which is perfect for super bowl sunday.

>> a dunk and stir. just brown the light turkey hat and put in diesed tomatoes and maybe hot sauce or franks and walk away for an hour and 45 minutes, serve it with carrots and celery sticks and you get to watch the commercials. when are you going to come over. >> i haven't been invited. don't know how you live with this guy. >> you can absolutely come over to dinner anytime. just talk to me. >> wait, wait, we need to talk about this. >> let me know when he won't be there and i'll come over. sounds wonderful. >> might be more fun. just kidding. >> probably would. >> all right. >> how do people get the book? >> it just came out last tuesday, it's at your book stores or amazon and i hope you enjoyxk7mg3ç it. suppers, mrs. and mrs. sunday suppers. >> it's really a good book. >> i look forward7ç'ñbtg to eating some of that. hopefully someone will cook it for me. the $10,000 bill for this commercial is in the mail so

chris, you can fedex that right over. >> there you go. well listen, for services rendered you can come over and lorraine will cook it for you any day of the week. >> who do you like in the big game. >> i like the patriots but the seahawks scare me. >> that's understandable. they can look good. good

snow. special by of the pats take the field. forecasters say there's more to come. that's next.

a flight from minneapolis to vegas made an emergency landing because the captain could not get back into the cockpit. that's according to delta airlines. the company report the door jammed. the flightland safely yesterday at mccarran airport in vegas after the copilot took the controls. the jet was actually scheduled to land in vegas and pulled into the gate on time. passengers erupted in applause after the landing. a delta spokesperson says the company's pilots preponderance for issues just like this. >> more snow on the way in the northeast sadly.

i could bring dangerous winds and up to 18-inches of new snow in some parts in an area still digging out from an historic storm that dumped more than three feet in some spots of new tomorrow throughout much of the day in new york and boston.w?ç so it will feel much-much colder than that. and then we watch another storm. the storm across the southwest.

a big snowmaker across iowa, places like chicago, some spots eight to 12-inch s of snow and a strike across ohio, pennsylvania, and new york city getting a decent dumping from this, and towards boston might see spots up to ten inches of snow with the next storm on monday. >> what about a super bowl forecast? i saw also rain out there. >> they've got a big storm right now across arizona. you see then rain southern california parts of vegas, arizona, that is going to be with us for?e another day. it's gone however by gametime. the parties for saturday night in phoenix, a little bit of light rain there but sunday, looking good. 67 degrees rickoff time. winds not bad maybe a few clouds but it's x$xl the valley of the sun and they named it that for a reason. >> a nod to this day in history and a final coming right up. am! a minivan t-bones you. guess what: your insurance company will only

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today it's -- you know, it's in the toilet again. touching on 1 town there. give it time. seems to be finnicky lately. enjoy the super bowl. >> mitt's not in and today he told me why, and why he is very comfortable not being in. not because he volunteered it but because -- well, because i asked him about it. we caught up by chance at a new york luncheon event for the ann romney center for neurological diseases. i'm on the board and have multiple sclerosis, so that was my connection. that brought me to the earlier planned event. and on this unusual group of events, that brought me to asking the romneys this simple question. what made you bow out and are you comfortable with that decision? their answer in just a moment.