egyptian pyramids and we have a jumper right here. >> i am. i jumped with the golden knights, the army's parachute demonstration team. it will air this friday. >> watch friday. "happening now" begins right now. jon: good monday morning to you. another winter wallop for millions. storm that dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the midwest is now slamming the northeast and snow is not the only problem. good morning. i'm jon scott. jenna: it's not. hope you had a great weekend. i'm jenna lee. far reaching storm is stretching 1,000 miles with a host of warnings and watches now posted and it's not only dumping snow as jon mentioned but lots of it and lots of freezing rain making for dangerous travel conditions. the storm forcing the cancellation of thousands of flights and closing hundreds of schools across country.

we have team fox coverage today. maria live from the fox weather center. rick leventhal live from new york la guardia airport. we start with chicago, an area very much hard hit. >> yeah. you mentioned the bad travel conditions the storm has caused. yesterday there were two storm related deaths in nebraska from drivers in extra separate incidents. the snow is coming down so hard and so fast and the wind was so strong that there were whiteout conditions throughout much of the midwest yesterday. here in chicago, the roads this morning, 500 trucks were out here on the street clearing the roads overnight so these main roadways, they're looking good. the problem is over here on these side roads. this is in the neighborhoods for folks trying to get out, get out to business and to work for the day, they are buried in more than a foot and a half of snow that hit chicago really over 36 hours here. this is the sixth largest snowstorm in the windy city

history. schools are cancelled in chicago, detroit much of the midwest and really, they are expected to open tomorrow but today, they are asking folks to stay off the roads if they can just because it is so dangerous. you can see the school is being out, it is leading to some growing business opportunities for the kids here. they are enjoying it. they've been playing in the snow on the streets as well throughout the day. the storm is going to continue working its way through the midwest as it heads to the northeast which as we know is still recovering from the storms we saw last week. jenna: you did buy some hot chocolate, didn't you? >> you know i will. jenna: to support small business, something we all believe in. garrett, thank you very much. wait for those little entrepreneurs out there. it's not just about lemonade jon. jon: and the sky is blue. silver lining. for the latest on the storm's track, check in with the fox

weather center. >> hello everyone. we're tracking a big snowstorm that produced more than a foot of snow across many states. across high -- iowa ohio and michigan and for the city of detroit, this is the third biggest snowstorm on recorded history. 16.7 inches of snow is how much snow this storm brought to the city and the snow on the move today. we're seeing it coming down across portions of the northeast but this is a very widespread storm system. we have areas of rain we're dealing with across the mid atlantic down to portions of northern florida and then as far as the snow goes in the northeast, we're seeing some significant snowfall rates of more than an inch per hour across parts of new england. you can see the darker shading of blou across upstate new york through massachusetts and also northern parts of connecticut. now, the other big concern out there is ice. we do have reports of freezing rain coming down across portions of the new york city area and through connecticut and rhode island.

you can see the rain/snow line parked over the entire region. we'll have those concerns for freezing rain continuing throughout the afternoon hours down through parts of new jersey as well so ice is going to be an issue out there. not just when freezing rain is coming down but also as we head into tonight because temperatures will get very cold behind the snow system. we do have winter storm warnings through upstate new york and even into new england. some areas could be looking at potentially more than a foot of snow especially across eastern parts of maine. otherwise, as far as additional snowfall accumulation to what you already picked up potentially more than eight inches in boston and seven inches in the city of portland. so you still have a lot more snow to go out there across those areas in new england but we mentioned the cold air behind the storm. take a look at the forecast wind chill temperatures as we head into early tomorrow morning. it's going to feel like four degrees in new york city and it's going to feel like well below zero in the city of boston and burlington and also caribou, maine so for many people that have to go outside and shovel,

later today or into tomorrow we're looking at very cold temperatures and cold wind chills as well. jon: but they don't care in boston. they just won want super bowl. >> and they pretty much have snow everywhere after three feet and now more snow and now this storm system. jon: we've gotten hammered with snow but after a win like last night, i don't think they care. that's just my take. >> that's right. jon: thank you. jenna: a lot of folks not going to school this morning perhaps in chicago -- in boston. jon: that's right. jenna: the president unveiling his $4 trillion 2016 budget today to congress. spending plan calls for billions of dollars for public works projects but increases taxes on the corporations that's already getting pushback from g.o.p. controlled congress. we have the very latest on the big story this week. >> great to talk to you once again and that $4 trillion budget really is part of what the president called middle class economics. that's for raising taxes on the

wealthy and on corporations to help pay for a decrease in taxes for middle class families and a wave of new spending and among the bigger items getting a lot of attention and being part of the conversation today is a six-year half a trillion -- that's right, half a trillion dollar plan to increase and combrouf spending for highways bridges and transit upgrids. $478 billion all told. the president says it's part of the larger strategy to keep pushing for sensible ideas despite odds in a g.o.p. controlled congress. >> my job is to present the right ideas and if the republicans think they've got a better idea they should present them but my job is not to turn my sales and not tell the american people what we should not be doing, pretending somehow that we don't need better roads or we don't need more affordable college. >> but paul ryan chairman of the very powerful house ways and means committee says that's an us versus them strategy that

ultimately hurts the american people. >> so what i think the president is trying to do here is to again, exploit the economics. top down leadership doesn't work. we've been doing it for six years. >> so the battle continues. the president will be speaking at the department of homeland security later within the hour. he's going to talk about the renewed funding for that agency. g.o.p. was jousing with the administration over immigration reform. we'll have more on that story here on fox news channel. jon: joining us with more on this, bret baier anchor of "special report." so duelling budgets, most likely. president puts his out and then the republicans in congress will come out with one of their own, right? which one has the best chance here? >> well this is like an opening bid in this negotiation that will continue for weeks with

congress. clearly the president's plan as it's written and developed now is not going to be the one that gets through the republican senate, the republican house so there will be some give and take. i think on infrastructure, you'll see some republicans really pushing for that and that will be some common ground. it's the how to pay for it part that is really the battle. jon: the president proposes a major tax on corporations that have money parked overseas. is he going to manage to get that do you think? >> i don't think so. not through this congress. and yeah, it's $2 trillion overseas and it would be taxed for companies that do that business. i think there's going to be some effort by republicans to come up with a different plan entirely that doesn't raise capital gains tax, doesn't have these bank fees and doesn't deal with these companies taxing overseas efforts.

jon: the capital gains tax is going to -- i've had the same problem today. i hear you buddy. the president essentially would almost double the capital gains tax from where it was when he took office, right? 15%. he wants it up to 28.3%. >> 28%. that would be a big jump. it's not going to happen in this congress so the president is very emboldened jon. he's talking with rhetoric that you wouldn't think he lost the midterm elections, his party did but this plan is not getting through as it is. jon: his quote there in that interview, he said my job is to present the right ideas. well one thinks that some in congress are going to have some issues with whether or not these are the right ideas. i mean budgets are about setting priorities and he has certainly put his out there. >> definitely. there's one little thing about the budget. since the printing deadline there is the taxing the 529 college plan.

it is going to be in the printed budget that arrives on capitol hill today but the president almost trimmed his sales on that one and has now dropped that policy proposal so despite the fact that it's printed in the budget, it's not part of the president's policy prescription. jon: what about the pay raise for federal workers? 1.3%. is that likely to pass muster with this congress, do you think? >> i think that's a possibility. i think also as i mentioned, the infrastructure is a possibility. the question is how you get to the place where you are not creating more of a deficit. the president touts deficit reduction. it's interesting to point out he's increasing the budget from last year by $74 billion. he's going above the sequester caps. remember all the things that the president and this administration said about the sequester, how horrible it was going to be and the long lines at airports, the inability for

the f.b.i. to operate effectively or border security. those things have helped keep the deficit down. the hawks, the budget hawks on capitol hill would point out. the question is how they move forward and get rid of the caps. jon: it will be interesting to see what paul ryan and the others on the budget committee and the congress come up with in answer to what the president is laying out there. bret baier, a lot for you to talk about tonight on special report. thank you. >> have a good day. jenna: leader of a commune set to go on trial. plus isis releasing video apparently showing the execution of this japanese hostage as questions remain about the fate of a jordanian pilot captured by the terrorists in syria. and we want to know what you think. what's your take on the super bowl commercials? forget about the game for a moment. what about the commercials? log on to fox news.com.

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jon: quick check on crime stories. jury selection set to begin in the trial of a man accused of killing a woman more than a decade ago. kansas prosecutor claimed daniel peres was the leader of a commune that lived off members who died. california man facing a hate crime and attempted murder charges after police say he stabbed two black men in a shopping center parking lot. the suspect was caught after a long manhunt. and a former star of the power rangers television series arrested on suspicion of killing his roommate with a sword. medina, junior being held by los angeles county deputies on a million dollars bail. jenna: ithe terror group posted a

video of an execution online after talk for a proposely prisoner swap fell through. there's still no word on the fate of a jordanian pilot also held by isis. >> yeah. isis continues to hold several hostages including that jordanian pilot and jordan says they are still hopeful they can do a deal to swap him for an al qaeda linked terrorist that's in prison in jordan but so far, the isis militants aren't negotiating. there's no proof that he is still alive but following this latest execution video there's real concern for his safety and for his future and the ability to get him out of hands of isis. isis currently holds at least one american a female aid worker and a british citizen who has been seen in several isis propaganda videos. u.n. security council among others have demanded a militant's release.

those calls and demands have done little to sway the militants. there's a real fear now that goto has been executed this has not been the last death by isis. there obviously is a lot of anger and sadness in japan right now. the death is forcing japan to rethink the foreign policy and its role in the world as japanese pay tribute to the life of the renowned journalists. there's calls to get a more muscular foreign policy there. japan's prime minister promised to make the terrorists pay the price for goto's death and another minister said that isis cannot be forgiven for what they've done. it's not clear what japan more can do including also what the world will do short of putting more boots on the ground and sort of launching a wider strike on isis in iraq and syria. there's really just no negotiations that have proven to be all that successful with

isis. so there's a real rethink in the middle east and in washington and around the world how to deal with isis but they aren't coming up with much in the way of new strategy. jenna: thank you. jon: we'll have much more on the battle against isis and a look at u.s. strategy with president obama maintaining that we are doing everything we can. but are we? we'll go in depth on that. hunt for a suspect in a mass murder. what investigators are doing to track him down. we're live at the breaking news desk. of my job, but like you i think about my retirement years, and like you i wonder have we done enough to plan for them. a reverse mortgage is a great program that could help you live a better retirement. plus, there have been a lot of enhancements made to the reverse mortgage ...it's new, it's improved and it's safer for you your spouse and your heirs. a reverse mortgage allows you to live comfortably in

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jenna: back to the battle against isis with the president defending the u.s. strategy. >> aren't there things you could be doing right now short of a huge presence of ground troops in syria or iraq that would help this goal of what you say is to defeat isis happen more quickly? couldn't we do more? >> anything that we could be doing, we are doing. jenna: joining us is the director of the problem on the washington institute for policy and former middle east adviser to donald rumsfeld. are we doing everything that we could be doing? >> i think we're doing air operations, many of them most of them have been targeting kobani and syria doing a little more in iraq but it doesn't look like we have a campaign to roll back isis. it's essentially to contain isis. that's not going to do the trick. what we're doing is painfully small. jenna: what more could we be

doing? >> we should have a robust training program. in addition to just targeting isis in syria, we should also hit the off side regime. just go after isis we're fuelling support for isis. it looks like we're in league with the asad regime and this is driving people towards isis. jenna: is it the strategy to defeat isis or remove asad? what should be the top goal? >> i think we have to do both. we certainly at this point are not looking to depose asad. i think the administration has made clear this is no longer a priority. the president didn't even mention this at the state of the union address. our focus really right now is on iraq and not on syria which i think is the big problem. jenna: what do you think of the report by saying there's a feeling in the middle east there

are no new ideas no new strategy to implement. what do you think about that? do you think there's some truth to that? could we be out of ideas? >> i think this administration has not proven creative in terms of the foreign policy objectives in the middle east and the policy making. most of the people in the middle east and i travel there three or four times a year believe we're missing in action and that we're working with the asad recommend even and iran to reestablish a new type of strategic architecture in the region and frankly, people pine for the days in the bush administration even though they didn't particularly like the bush administration, they at least thought they had a vision for the region. jenna: i'm sure there's those that would take issue with that pining for the bush administration as you know, david, but the president had an interesting take on all of this when he was asked about the growth of radical actions on thinks watch. he said there's no new

successful terrorist attacks on our homeland and therefore, there's a measure of success and we're success informal keeping ourselves safe and so while the region may seem chaotic, it hasn't come home. is that a measure of success we could hang our hat on at least for now? >> we're seeing an uptick of terrorist attacks in europe a spill overfrom syria and isis throughout the region in lebanon, we're seeing a potential for a war between hezbollah and syria right now. yemen has collapsed and is a failed state. libya is a failed state. no. this may not be a problem for the united states right now but in the long term, we're sewing seeds for a lot more terrorism on our shores. jenna: the president was asked whether he downplayed the threat of terror to the united states. here is what he had to say. >> when you look at isid, it has no governing strategy. it can't talk about setting up the new caliphate but nobody can

feed people or educate people or organize a society that would work and so we can't give them the victory of overinflating what they do and we can't make the mistake of being creative to them. jenna: what do you think about that david? >> isis is a problem for minorities in the region, it's a problem for moderate sunnis in the region and it's a problem for our allies like saudi arabia and other of the more moderate areas in the region like jordan who are facing a threat. isis cannot be a productive nation state nor is it although it's writing traffic tickets. but they can do a lot of damage to u.s. interests meanwhile and we're seeing a growing radicalization in the region. none of this serves our interest in the long term. jenna: a final question here with the execution of -- the presumed execution of the japanese hostage over the

weekend, the usual afters if you will whether it's a british hostage, american hostage, it almost fits a familiar narrative. this is different to have japan involved and i'm wondering whether or not you think it's a game changer now that isis targeted that particular group. >> i think it was tactic yally very smart of isis to do this. i don't admire them but they strain the coalition, they strain jordanian relations with japan, significant donor to the state and they're making jordan negotiate with them directly for the exchange of a hostage who is involved in the huge terrorist attack in jordan in 2005. they're raising their profile to the level of a state in some ways and for them while this does not further, i think, involve japan in this conflict it definitely complicates coalition operations from jordanian soil and for that reason it's a big problem for

everyone involved. jenna: great to have you on the program. thank you very much. >> thank you. jon: as we mentioned at the top of the program with bret baier, the president unveiling his $4 trillion budget. he's making some remarks on it now at the department of homeland security. let's listen in. >> a full plate and here at home you are ready to respond to any emergency at a moment's notice. it is simply extraordinary how many the department of homeland security does every single day to keep our nation our people safe. it's a critical job and you get it done without a lot of fanfare. and i want to make sure that you have what you need to keep geing the job done. every american has an interest in making sure that the department of homeland security has what it needs to achieve its mission because we are reliant on that mission every single

day. and today i'm sending congress a budget that will make sure you've got what you need to achieve your mission. it gives you the resources you need to carry out your mission in a way that is smart and strategic and makes the most of every dollar. it's also a broader blueprint for america's success in this new global economy because after a breakthrough year for america at a time when our economy is growing and our businesses are creating jobs at the fastest face since the 1990's and wages are starting to rise again, we have fundamental choices to make about the kind of country we want to be. will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well or are we going to build an e everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead? that was the focus of my state of the union address a couple of weeks ago when i called middle class economics. the idea that this country does

best when everybody gets a fair shot and everybody is doing their fair share and plays by the same set of rules. the budget that congress now has in its hands is built on those values. it helps working families' paychecks go further by creating things like paid sick leave and child care as the economic priorities that they are. it gives americans of every age the chance to upgrade their skills so they can earn higher wages and it includes my plan to make two years of community college free for responsible students. it lets us keep building the world's most attractive economy for highways jobs with new investments and research and infrastructure and manufacture as well as access to faster internet and new markets for go aheads -- goods made in america

and it's also a budget that recognizes our economy flourishes when america is safe and secure. so i would invest in our i.t. networks to protect them from malicious actors. it supports our troops and strengthens our border security. and it gives us the resources to confront global challenges from isil to russian aggression. now, since i took office we have cut our deficits by about 2/3. i'm going to repeat that. as i always do when i mention this fact the public oftentimes if you ask them thinks that the deficit has shot up. since i took office we have cut our deficits by about 2/3. that's the fastest period of sustained deficit reduction since after the demobilization at the end of world war ii.

so we can afford to make these investments while remaining fiscally responsible. and in fact we cannot afford -- we would be making a critical error if we avoided making these investments. we can't afford not to. when the economy is doing well when we're making investments when we're growing, that's part of what keeps deficits low because the economy is doing well. we have to be smarter how we pay for our priorities and that's what my budget does. at the end of 2013 i signed a bipartisan budget agreement that helped us end some of the arbitrary cuts known in washington speak as sequestration. folks here at d.h.s. know a little too much about sequestration. many of you have had to deal with the cuts and the

uncertainty around them and it made it harder to do your jobs. part of the reason why we grew faster last week we're no longer being burdened by mindless across the board cuts. we're being more strategic about how we handled our federal budget. and now we need to take the next step so my budget will end sequestration and fully reverse the cuts to domestic priorities on 2016 and it will match the investments that were made domestically dollar for dollar with increases in our defense funding. just last week top military officials told congress that if congress does nothing to stop sequestration, there could be serious consequences for our national security. at a time when our military is stretched on a whole range of

issues. that's why i want to work with congress to replace it with investments and we can do so in a way fiscally responsible. i'm not going to accept a budget that locks in sequestration going forward. it would be bad for our security and bad for our growth. i will not accept a budget that severs the vital link between our security. some would say we would be willing to increase defense spending but we're not going to increase investments in infrastructure, for example, or basic research. well those two things go hand in hand. if we don't have a vital infrastructure, if we don't have broad band lines across the country, if we don't have a smart grid, all that makes us more vulnerable. america can't afford being short sided and i'm not going to allow

it. the budget i've sent to congress today is fully paid for through a combination of smart spending cuts and tax reforms. let me give you an example. right now our tax code is full of loop holes for special interests like the trust fund loop hole that allows the wealthiest americans to avoid taxes on their unearned income. i think we should fix that and use the savings to cut taxes for middle class families. that would be good for our economy. now, i know there are republicans who disagree with my approach. and i've said this before. if they have other ideas for how we can keep america safe grow our economy while helping middle class families feel some sense of economic security i welcome their ideas. but their numbers have to add up. and what we can't do is play

politics with folks' economic security or with our national security. you, better than anybody, know what the stakes are. the work you do hangs in the balance. just a few weeks from now, funding for homeland security will run out. that's not because of anything this department did. it's because the republicans in congress who funded everything in government through september except for this department. and they're now threatening to let homeland security funding expire because of their disagreement with my actions to make you're immigration system smarter, fairer and safer. now, let's be clear. i think we can have a reasonable debate about immigration. i'm confident that what we're doing is the right thing and the lawful thing. i understand they may have some disagreements with me on that although i should note that a

large majority or a large percentage of republicans agreed that we needed comprehensive i mean grigs -- immigration reform. if they don't agree with me that's fine. that's how democracy works. you may have noticed they usually don't agree with me. but don't jeopardize our national security over this disagreement. as one republican put it if they let your funding run out, it's not the end of the world. that's what they said. well, i guess literally that's true. it may not be the end of the world. but until they pass a funding bill it is the end of a paycheck for tens of thousands of front line workers who continue to get -- to have to work without getting paid over 40,000 border patrol and customs agents over 50,000 airport

screeners, over 13,000 i mean grigs -- i meanmmigration offers over 40,000 men and women in the coast guard. these americans aren't just working to keep us safe. they have to take care of their

>> it gives middle class families the security they need to get ahead in the new economy. this is one of our most basic and most important responsibilities as a government. so i'm calling on congress to get this done. every day we count on people like you to keep america secure and you're counting on us as well to uphold our end of the bargains. you're counting on us to make sure you have the resources to do your jobs safely and efficiently. and that you're able to look after your families while you're out there working real hard to keep us safe. we ask a lot of you the least we can do is have your backs. that's what i'm going to keep on doing for as long as i have the

honor serving as your president. i have your back. i'm going to keep on fighting to make sure that you get the resources you deserve. i want to make sure every america has the opportunity to contribute to success. this reflects our values making sure we make the investments we need to keep america safe to keep america growing and to make sure everybody is participating no matter what they look like where they come from, no matter how they started in life they have a chance to get ahead in this great country of ours. that's what i believe. that's what you believe. let's get it done. thank you. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. jon: so the president out to pitch his $4 trillion budget, a budget that is probably dead on arrival when it hits the republican-led house and senate but the president, as you can see there is doing his best to try to tout those issues he thinks are important. he went to the department of

homeland security because as you know republicans are withholding any future funding of the department of homeland security. their funds expire at the end of this month partly because republicans don't like what the president is doing with i mean grigs law taking matters into his own hands. let's talk about all of this with alan colmes the host of the alan colmes radio show host. the president -- well just give us your reaction to his remarks. >> he did a very good job selling the reasoning behind the budget and also i'm glad he said twice. he should have said four to five times he reduced the deficit by 2/3 and made the point, the sequestration has hurt workers and that you can't hold a country hostage to a budget for homeland security which is there to provide security for the united states. so we're not going to fund this

until you get what you want in immigration immigration. you're jeopardy i'ding the security of the country. >> i found it ironic that the president said getting the budget is the most important thing the president has to do. we haven't had one for seven years and the democrats controlled the senate for eight so let's look at honestly the democrats don't even take the budget seriously. these people have enjoyed governing by crisis, continuing resolution to continuing resolution so this is theater. the republicans should be putting up their own budget that is serious but for the president of the united states in 2015 saying this is his most important job and he's never taken it seriously up until now, tells you where we're at. they don't want a budget because it usually restrains you in spending. when you have crises you can spend because everything is an emergency. >> the budget is paid for, by the way and it is and he explained how it is via tax breaks and other taxes. >> why don't the democrats vote for it? not one democrat voted for it last year. why don't the democrats support

him? >> they should. >> they don't. >> they're wrong. jon: you're eating into your own time. we're going to come back after a commercial break and talk about the president's interview yesterday with savannah guthrie. we'll get your take on that in a moment. superpower. surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. supporting millions of new jobs. billions in tax revenue... and a new century of american energy security. the new energy superpower? it's red, white and blue. log on to learn more.

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jon: some critics are calling out nbc news for a wasted opportunity in an interview with president obama ahead of the super bowl, instead of important questions about terrorism or the economy, here is some of what the president talked about before a major audience. >> football or basketball? >> i'm still a basketball guy but i love football. >> offense or defense? >> always offense. >> wings or chips? >> that's tough. i'm going to go chips and guac. >> hillary clinton or joe biden? >> love them both. jon: joining us is alan colmes and tammy bruce.

what did you think of her work? >> i'm just thrilled they didn't ask her to get into a bathtub with milk and fruit loops. that would have been really offensive. this is a perfect example how the media has let go of their job and why it's so important to our democracy is to ask serious questions. perfect example. when we look back at what went wrong the last eight years, that's an example. there were some hard questions asked. they saved them for this morning. there was no real seriousness but even if you do ask serious questions, you might as well just have him answer guac and chips and beer and maybe the nation would be safer if he just stayed in the kitchen and kept making beer. >> keep a man in the kitchen. sexist. jon: your assessment? >> i think it's okay. the stronger questions were on the "today" show you're correct. >> when the audience is much smaller. >> what's wrong with a lifestyle interview? so they're in the kitchen drinking beer at the white house that's kind of interesting. i understand the desire and need to ask tough questions.

not every interview has to be that way. when we're at war, when we have an economy troubled, when you have the trez of the united states and the audience of over 100 million, you might want to ask the immediate to take the opportunity to ask serious questions. you don't want to find out what the answers are and obama prefers not to answer them. >> this is not the only interview he does. if it was the only interview he ever did you would have a point. jon: and not everyone is in a bathtub full of fruit loops. >> sometimes he does pop culture interviews that i think is smart. >> and i appreciated it when they did ask him about isis and do you know what he said? he effectively called them a j.v. team. even though they have 2/3 of territory, they don't know how to educate people so we shouldn't take it that seriously. once again moving through the framework of this is no big deal. i think that's telling. >> we have troops over there. i think it's a pretty big deal and so does he. jon: thank you both.

jenna: we had the super bowl interview and the super bowl commercials. one may have missed the mark. why nationwide is defending a very controversial ad. >> i'll never learn to fly. so you can enjoy that second home sooner. know the right financial planning can help you save for college and retirement. know where you stand with pnc total insight. a new investing and banking experience with personalized guidance and online tools. visit a branch, call or go online today.

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jenna: heading into february now, the stock market is off to a rough start. in january the dow and s&p 500 had the worst month of trading in a year. why are the markets off? dagen is here with more. what's going on with the markets? >> just look at the u.s. economy. the rest of the world looks much worse than the united states but during the fourth quarter, we found this out on friday our economy was growing at a 2.6% annual rate. that's about half the pace that it was growing in the third quarter so there is some weakness despite the drop in

gasoline prices which should give us all more money to spend. we found out personal spending in the month of december was down .3%. we found that out this morning so there's some legitimate weakness plus the federal reserve this year sometime will start making money more expensive by raising interest rates and that is always hard on the market. jenna: with the economy perhaps showing the slowdown we saw in the final quarters you mentioned the decisions the big corporations make really can have an impact and there's one decision in particular when you look at the super bowl ad that has a lot of attention. one of the ads is not getting a great review. it's the ad that nationwide did. it's being call the most controversial ad of the big game. let's just watch a short bit of it. >> i'll never learn to ride a bike. >> i'll never learn to fly. and i won't ever get married. >> i died from an accident. jenna: i mean a little serious for the big game right?

>> 4 1/2 million dollars companies were spending. it was a record for 30 seconds of air time. that's how you send it? you manipulate your audience emotionally manipulative. jenna: nationwide said prevent i believe -- preventible injuries are the bigleading cause of deaths for kids in america. >> you don't want to make your customers and potential customers hate you and that's what this commercial does. it makes you angry because it's playing -- because you have this beautiful child and you say, oh by the way i'm -- this is the life i'm not going to lead because i died. it makes people angry. it certainly made me angry. another way to go about it you know, how you lift people up and

start a conversation. one of the more popular ads was from always about run like a girl throw like a girl and how girls change their idea of who they are and when they hit puberty puberty, that starts a conversation about what causes that kind of attitude about women to change when a little girl is in her, you know early teens. jenna: it is getting a lot of people's attention, perhaps the delivery was what people had an issue with and perhaps some people going home and child proofing their hopes. >> but there's another way you could have told that story and they told it absolutely the worst way. jenna: certainly, again, got a lot of people talking. thank you. go to fox business network. jon: next hour of "happening now" centers for disease control

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