couch. fox news/overtime. we can't wait to include you in the conversation. and get in on the conversation. this is "happening now". and fox news alert. a massive winter storm stretching from nebraska to maine and the far reaching storm of the season. >> i am jenna lee. and >> and i am jon scott. we are covering all of the news, "happening now". >> he gave us happy talk about the economy. >> president obama's $4 trillion budget slammed in congress. >> it is not mission accomplished. >> can the white house and republicans find a compromise. >> people are hurting and we have a long ways to it go and can we need to fix this. >> or will it be another battle. >> plus you tried to keep your

children safe and healthy but there is a new government warning about what is in your toddler's food. >> i am trying to get over another lane and i am starting to push. >> my water broke and pulled over and called 911 and how is the baby. >> how a terrifying trip to the hospital finishes with a happy ending. it is all "happening now". >> but we begin with the turmoil in ukraine as the u.s. weighs military aid in a country that is locked in a vicious battle with russian backed rebels. >> the situation is getting worse by the day. and those rebels said they keep pushing for territory.

>> the white house is weighing whether to apply defensive weapons. >> and we'll go to the pentagon with jennifer with the latest. >> reporter: hi, jenna in an hour's time we expect to hear from eight advisors to president obama and they are releasing a report urging president obama to rethink his ban on providing lethal aide to the ukrainian military, this as the russian backed rebels continue to take more area and towns in eastern ukraine. >> the russians have 1000 troops in eastern ukraine. and taken the donetsk airport. and the shift is debated in the white house. they conclude that only if the kremlin knows cost and action

are high will they seek to find an acceptable solution. the west has the capacity to stop russia but the question is does it have the will? >> we have to help them so they can defend themselves. and people look at how we react. and takes a piece of territory. it is breaking the international system. >> and for the first time, we are told that the administration is considering lethal aid such as anti- armormissile. they enlisted the warning from former soviet leader gorbachev. i can't assure the cold war might not bring a hot one. >> and we heard before that they were providing arms to the kurds and the syrian opposition

only to hear that the kurds and syrian opposition did not receive those weapons. secretary of state kerry is planning to be in kiev on thursday. >> a show down looming over capitol hill over your tax dollars. the white house unveils a massive 4 trillion spending bill for the 2015 fiscal year. president obama is calling for taxes. and that would go to spending on roads and education. and the president a short time ago, calling on congress to act. and you have to put politics aside and fund the budget at home and abroad and gives middle-class families the security they need to have. >> it is a basic and important responsibility as government. i am calling on congress to get it done. >> after getting wind over the

proposal over the weekend. paul ryan said the president's plan to target the rich has failed to boost the economy. we have had a stagnant economy and slowest recovery since world war ii. & we have michael warren. writer for the weekly standard and jackie, the president thinks that he is negotiating from a position of strength. he put a lot in the budget that republicans will not like? >> i think it is part first offer and political. taxes on the wealthy will never happen with a republican congress. but some of the money for highway spending and taxes on corporate profits are something that republicans talked about, to. and the devil is in the details

and seeing where they meet in the middle. >> interesting where he took the setting. the department of homeland security. it is funded through the end of the month. the republicans are unhappy with the nation's plan to change the imdpragz law. >> he was speaking to government bureaucrats and making the case smartly if the republicans don't fund this those people will not get their paychecks and put food on the table for their families. it is a fight and i am wondering whether republicans on the hill are willing to fight about it because republican ares have been so historically strong on homeland security they don't want to be sewn as weak or not funding it. it will be interesting to see where republican leaders turn out on this. we don't want to fund the

executive order that is against the law and unlawful and bad policy. >> are you making predictions on that jackie? >> they were incensed when the president changed immigrational? >> when you talk to the republicans on the establishment side of the legislature they will have to fund, but how do they appease the caucus on the issue of immigration. they will have to thread the needle there. when i talked to people last week, that's what they were trying to work out. >> the speaker of the house is very upset at the budget and so it is not going to fly. here's what john boehner said in the new's release. >> the plan never balances ever. it contains no attention to address the drivers of our debt

and no plan to fix our entire tax code and upon help foster growth. president obama would impose new taxes and without a responsible plan to honestly address the big challenges facing our country. so what do you the republicans sgo do? michael, come up with their own plan and come up with a pulpit? >> and congress writes the budget and passes it in to law. the president is just proposing. this is the chairman of the senate and house budget committees from wyoming and tom price from georgia, blast it in similar terms as speaker john boehner d. it will be interesting to see how much they push on the smaller issues that the president is trying to push the republicans in a bind o. it

is a matter of do they debate and fight. it >> here's what orin hatch said. rather than a competitive tax system, the president's plan adds complexity and confusion and lacks fiscal responsibility and does does nothing to reform our debt. medicaid and medicare and social security. it is partisan and practical and even the white house conceded it will be a nonstarter with congress. >> so how, if it these sides are dug in jackie how do they come to agreement. >> the republicans have to pass the budget. they can't say harry reid is not letting them do it. they control both houses of congress. and getting those bills reconciled is the first challenge and the white house is the next step.

>> no sequester this time around, i presume. >> no sequester. >> jackie, and michael thank you both. >> thank you. >> and also in the white house, the senate turning their attention to a new bill looking at the rate of suicide among the vets. it would require information on suicide prevention more easily available to veterans. it will help them work with the military members. >> and now the weather. extreme winter weather battling the northeast. and the massive storm stretching 1000 miles and bringing gusty winds and freezing temperatures. they grounded flights at o'hare and midway airport. we have fox news coverage. and first, molly line who is

live in the boston suburb and a winter storm warning is in affect. hi molly. >> groundhog day again. and we have six inches in the boston area that has two foot of the snow. and 18 inches out in the west and north and some areas got three feet. what choice do we have but to mile them up in the massive snow piles. my photographer and producer drove up from cape cod and great video taken on the phone. and gave us an idea of how difficult it is to drive there today. it is worth noting that it is in the teens and expected to be in the teens tomorrow as well. it is tough as far as freezing. the snow is slushy but then underneath the unexpected ice

and making the road condition a certain. and there will be a rolling rally to woman back the super bowl patrithe on thes. they are going to work quickly to get it pushed away to the snow farm. that is a big vacant lot where they pile up the she in massive piles, jenna. >> oh molly sorry about that we had someone else talking in our here and it was not you. because of the super bowl win is that helping spirits on the streets in massachusetts and giving people pep. >> you would think that snow is one of the biggest stories of the day. but everyone is thinking about the patriots and the big win and the crazy game from last night.

a lot of happy people celebrating with the kids, a lot of the kids are out of school. >> an extra cherry on top. nbon more day to hang out and party. except for you, molly who is working hard. >> thank you. >> snow days or something else. and meteorologist janice dean live from the fox weather center with the latest on the storm track. and we are looking at the storm system. yesterday, top five. it made it to the top five in chicago with 19.3 inches at chicago o'hare. it is moving its way across the northeast and we are getting actual thunderstorm warnings in and around the virginia area. and snow continues to pile up in parts of new england. foggy in bridgeport. and new york is cloudy and we are dealing with a potential of

icy conditions. we'll drop them 15 degrees and moisture on the ground and power lines and that is going to freeze and be dangerous for travel. keep that in mind. and north of that, it is going to be mainly a snow event and in addition to the 5 or 6 inches, they could get eight inches was snow. and big snowfall totals for new england. and the temperature is going to drop so significantly so that any moisture on the ground ie new york and tri- state area will freeze and be crippling for travel tonight and tomorrow morning, back to you. nsounds scary. >> isis in a media scramble. and what it shoes about the terrorist operating. and workers are staging the

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transform tomorrow. >> new details and bizarre media alerts. who is oughtorized to speak on the terror's group about half. >> according to social media reviewed by fox news. isis leader and main spokesperson issued a stern warnings in the hours before the japanese hostage video was released. only four accounts were authorized to speak on their behalf. the translation reads in part. they don't have accounts on social media and no one has the right to speak on behalf of the islamic state and emir or

spokesperson. there was contradictory reports regarding the hostages and the suicide bomber held by the jordanians. isis said they were willing to swap for her. >> isis leadership is trying to take back control of the microphone before they posted the video. but claimed that the hostages were dead. and the execution video makes no reference to . >> they are messaging to come and join the fight for the caliphate and kill the infidel, they do that on social media to

expand the terrorist organization. >> analyst said the incident had two objectives. further threaten jordan and the theation in the coalition and keep japan out altogether. jenna. >> kathryn thank you. >> oil workers staging what is called their biggest walk out in 35 years. a strike impacting nine u.s. refineries and chemical plants after negotiations failed over the weekend. united steel workers union demanding more pay and stronger benefits. joining us from the sister network, lauren? >> the united steel union goes on strike for the first time since 1980. it represents 30000 workers. >> the walk outs mostly in texas and california.

and represent 10th of the american capacity. two-thirds of the refining capacity. workers are looking for a new national contract represented by shell here. and oil prices are cut in half and energy companies slashing the budget and they may not have as much leverage and them being fed up could cause the prices to go up. the national average today is 2.06. a week ago. 2.03. >> exxon mobile profits are down six percent. this is still managed to beat expectation. kson cutting the share buy back program a third. >> jon back to you.

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>> jury selection and the marathon bomber jury selection postponed today. the manhunt for the brothers suspected in the bombings led to the shooting death of an mi t police officer and now the process of finding 18 fair and impartial juror in the trial of tasarnaev is getting longer. the defense team is focusing on

his older brother that was killed in the shootout with law enforcement. so the defense is leading toward a defense that centers around blaming the older brother for intimidating his baby brother in to participating in the crime with him, will it work? >> it is hard to say whether it is going to work. it is an uphill battle. you argue about the defense of drugs and alcohol. and that's going to be hard to prove especially of the evidence. and also remember that the younger brother who was going on trial, scrawled that anti- american message on the side of the boat where they found him after his older brother was dead. in order to tie him to the crime

of co-conspiritor. it is to prove he was not an active participant. >> the message said we did this because we want to a venge muslim deaths in iraq and afghanistan. coming to the bombings, does it say that he might have been under the control and mind control of his older brother who had just died a day or so before? >> the problem with that argument as the trial gets underway. it was spot a spontaneous decision. it was a culminination of a plan to make the bombs from scratch. this is not something he decided to join in on in the last-minute. but you are right. that's what the defense will do in order to save his life. you remember while massachusetts does not have a death penalty statewide, federal prosecution

he is eligible for the death penalty. >> curious case, massachusetts doesn't have it and the feds are asking for it and will they be able to do it. or seat a jury that is willing to impose the death penalty. >> if it stops snowing we'll keep it going. there is a lot of people who look at this case and say it is a slam dunk. he's going to get the death penalty. and they abolished the death penalty in 1984. we have gone a lot of years in that state without seeing it and something we impose. and finding a death qualified journey in that case may be more challenging than bystanders expect it to be. >> and wendy, thank you. >> a long delayed keystone

pipeline and setting up the show down with the white house. >> and how two boys in chicago turned a snow storm in a money- making opportunity.

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>> state television in iran reported that the country launched a new satellite in space. it would be the fourth iranian satellite in years to orbit the

earth. iran claim that the space program is for peaceful process. some countries are concerned about the ability of iowa ran to carry nuclear weapons. >> there is rcian and israel to take out hesbollah terrorist. the target was a man implemented in a terrorist attacks in the ambassador and marine bar acts. they teamed up to take him out by a bomb and detonated by the israeli masad. this is the first time the united states was linked to his demise. we talked a great deal on hesbollah global reach and amid news of the mission is when the relationship between u.s. and israel is at a tipping point. despite the risk is the partnership between america and

the israeli intelligence still strong. we have key person to talk about this. tell us about the man. we don't know his name. imad mudea. and he was the leader of the ijo. islamic jihad organization and terrorist component of hesbollah, lebanon's party of god, hesbollah. he at the young age of 23 years old, with his brother-in-law were the two key ikj figures that bombed the marine barracks and embassies. and in the 1990s they participated with hesbollah and a saudi group and provided the bomber that killed 19 americans and injured 400. and all the way to the decade of

2000, participated in the operations of the iowa rannian revolutionary guard corps and the u.s. operations in iraq. they were involved in kidnappings and killing them. he built a terrorist operation worldwide and a business of empire of over billion. >> he was a unbelievably dangerous man and his death was something that those in intelligence services were pleased to see. >> let me ask you about that, gary. the washington post had a huge report over the weekend the cia built a specific bomb to be hidden inside of a spare tire and the masad was responsible for the trigger. i know i am simplifying that. it is the first time that it is published that the united states

was directly involved. how significant is that? why is it important to learn that now? >> it is significant because of the danger. i can't confirm the specific operation, but the united states approach to this was a defensive technique to protect american from a further attack. the cian is prohibited of assassinations under the order. but allowed to undertake to defend ourselves that it are lethal and if the u.s. government participated as the washington post said. those are the terms under which we would have participated. >> when you look at obama administration with osama bin laden killed. the president ran to the mike claim i killed this guy. the bush administration was in

pour in 2008 and you never heard a word from them and that would have been just as important as osama bin laden. >> everyone looked at israel. oh israel must have done. this how unusual for the cia to target individuals like this? are we doing something similar today? >> look after 9/11, the rules were changed up to 2001, you know executive order 1233 was adhered to. but after 9/11 rules were rewriten and we can pursue the terrorist and act against them with lethal force. and munia had spent 25 years murdering hundreds of american citizens. when they hijacked they tortured the americans on the plane. the navy diver was torture ared before being killed and the bush

administration changed the rules. god bless george w. bush for changing the rules. >> and talk about the terrorist attacks. mughnija h. everybody knows osama bin laden. but if you look at list. the terror that this man was responsible for is long indeed. gary, the article in the washington post talks about the close relationship between the cian and israeli masad. what is that it relationship despite the politics we hear from our two governing bodies? within the intelligence agencies how good is that relationship. >> the united states prapts with the british and australians and the canadians and the french and

masad is a friendly service. and there has been tengdz in the past. but the masad gives us more than they get from us. the intelligence is provided to us more than to them. it is a net benefit to america and the relationship between netanyahu and obama is not good. i am not in service now. these are frosty frosty times. and it would affect the intelligence clearing. >> you talk about the bad blood between the two key leaders. >> it is bad. >> you want to remain safe. >> thank you for having you on the program. and we look forward to have youing you back. >> thank you. it is a pleasure. >> law makers moving closer to a vote on the keystone pipeline.

>> where we stand. and we'll have doug live with that. >> reporter: the fate of the keystone pipeline rests in the hands of president obama who as you said repeatedly vowed to repeal the bill. the senate for the first time passed the legislation approving the pipeline. nine democrats went along with the republicans to build the pipeline. and getting it to the president's desk before the recess and assume being it passes. they will need more than nine democrats to override the presidential veto and that is a huge hurdle. and republicans said all along that the pipe line is another step to wean the u.s. off mideast oil. fraking has produced oil and gas. and helped to produce prices in the pump. the gop said the poip line would be a huge job's producer.

>> getting the economy going and keystone pipeline creating 43 this happened jobs is the kind of thing we ought to do. >> republicans are calling it a job's bill. but the keystone will giveut 35 if a bucket. >> environmental groups that contract to democrat cofeshgs feres. cite the high carbon output. proponents said it would be done here or abroad. and it is prone to spills.

we follow the monster storm. and it is a travel nightmare and the kids are lucky because the schools are closed. in the first hour of "happening now". garrett te nn eyshowed us the way they used the program. can you introduce us to the entrepreneurs out there? >> this is the first national live interview. this is exclusive here on fox news channel. two brothers. raymond and renville. they are out here opening their hot chocolate stand. you can see they have a customer here and said it is the best hot chocolate all day. raymond. where did the idea come from? >> i have no idea. it was my brother's idea. i came out to help after i was finished with my shovelling.

>> they were shovelling. and came out and set it up after they shovelled people's drive ways. how has business so far today? >> good. >> how good? >> very. >> you made how much. >> $39. >> and he told me that is profit. his mom is the chef and he is the main salesman out here. people are lining up and coming down all day. right before when we were out here, his brother came out and said let's play in the snow. this is all here. and he said no. i have my business to take care of. these are serious businessmen out here. >> and i think he could do. >> how old are they? what are their ages. >> reporter: ten years old and six years old.

they are starting out young and going big. >> you should put jon and i want one. we owe you $2 garrett. and give it. >> i will drink it for you. >> get them past the $40 mark, right, jon? >> i so an irs man coming around the corner and wants 15 out of the 39. >> and thank you, garrett. we had to talk to them. >> great little story. new warning of parents was young children. what they need to know about the food their toddlers may be eating every day. >> and measles square in one of the biggest transportation hubs in the country. what if one push up could prevent heart disease? [man grunts] one wishful thinking, right? but there is one step you can take to help prevent another serious disease- pneumococcal pneumonia. one dose of the prevnar 13® vaccine can help protect you ... from pneumococcal pneumonia,

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presidential gop candidate opens up about marijuana use. how will they handle the issue as they court younger voters. and all that and much more in the top of the hour. see you then. >> many package meals and snacks contain salt and sugar. and researchers are worried because it could give preference for kids to have obsessity. they are looking at sodium and sugar. and why are bofth those things important. >> we know if we have salt intake it results in high blood pressure and sugar obsessitty and we know that childhood obess

obessitty is ram pant. >> when i think about reading the labels for toddlers, what do i look for as a parent? >> the amount of salt in there. the 33 milligrams is way more. and they make them cracker and cheese and little box. but they have so many preservatives and additives and you don't want anything with added sugar. >> is it simple enough all natural products that are packaged. you have to read the labels. they are marketed to kids and look fun and exciting and we have to careful. >> let me ask you a question on the measles outbreak. tom reed on the sunday show

warned that the united states will see a large outbreak of measles. and how do we protect our family. measles is highly contagious? >> we have these pockets where we see people who aren't immuneizeing either for religious reasons or personal reasons, we have to try to eliminate this. if you come in contact with measles and you're unimmunized, you have a 90% chance of contracting the disease. it's critical. >> that's amazing. so if someone's in a room and there's ten people nine of them would walk away -- >> exactly. and it's contagious four days before symptoms and four days after symptoms. >> thank you so much. john? a pregnant woman on an outing with her child makes a mad dash for the hospital. but her baby boy will not wait. the dramatic 911 call from a mother in labor on the freeway. >> i'm trying to get over into

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right now, news on johnny football. cleveland browns quarterback johnny manziel has entered a treatment facility today to deal with what is being called, quote, personal problems. a team spokesman says the heisman trophy winner is working on becoming a better family member, teammate and friend. he has a history of partying in college and in cleveland he played most of last season as back-up. we wish him well. right now, a utah family is welcoming a bouncing baby boy after his mother went into labor all alone along the freeway. started with a dramatic call to 911 but ended with smiles all around, including the trooper who helped deliver the baby.

adam housley live from our west coast newsroom with that story. adam? >> yeah, one of those good news stories. mariah had just dropped off one of her other children at a family member's house. she was asking contractions, headed toward the hospital, doing 75 miles an hour in the fast lane. her husband says, call 911. the operator says get off the freeway, we'll have someone come and meet you. take a look at the happy officer along with the little boy and the mother. we have great pictures for you. fortunately everything went well. take a listen to the 911 call and the happy reaction from a local police chief who was also on hand. >> get over into the other lane. i need to push. >> you're driving right now? >> got a blanket put under her, her and the baby just as the head was delivered.

and it was i don't know, probably 30 seconds later the baby was delivered. >> the police chief and the trooper say it was an amazing moment. the baby came 90 seconds after they arrived. at this point, they say it's the most fascinating time for them and the most exciting time since their own kid was born. and there's still no name as of this hour we're told. but the boy and mom are doing the baby was 9.9. >> wow. >> jenna could tell you from that more than i would know. >> adam, thank you. >> i have no idea how she did that. but right on. a massive storm from nebraska to maine, cars getting stranded and it's even worse for

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thinking about that 90 seconds for the baby to be born. wow. >> 9.9 pounds. >> thanks for joining us. >> shannon bream is in for gretchen on "the real story." that starts now. it is groundhog day all over again as a huge storm hits the northeast and the midwest. with more than 70 million americans now in its path. the president unveils a record budget that's nearly $4 trillion. and an actor who played the red power ranger accused of murder with a sword. i'm shannon bream in for gretchen carlson. and "the real story" starts right now. we begin with a fox weather alert. a blanket of snow and sleet stretching from nebraska to maine. a major storm first slamming the midwest then the northeast. and causing travel nightmares all over the place. parts of new england