takes over the white house communications job very promptly. she's not going to get it. >> we're bringing that to you now. what is going to go on for the weekend? we have anna kooiman and ainsley with us? >> that's right. tucker and clayton and i will join you. bill: fox news alert. the united states is planning to help iraqis take back a key city under isis control. iraqi forces plan on fleshing out the terrorists in mosul at the right that map that lies near isil territory in iraq. heather: this follows months of targeted coalition airstrikes in iraq and syria. the pentagon says no u.s. troops will be on the ground but the united states will provide

support from the air. >> really it's amazing how much we do know. this centers around the critical city of mosul. the site of the an embarrassing defeat for the iraqi army last year. u.s. planners and advisers i they will have the iraqi army ready to fight by next may. the peshmerga will operate the blocking force to go with block isil down. the u.s. and coalition air power will continue to pound isis. you cannot pock pie ground from the air. isis is change its tactics.

but what is stunning is they are making things public. it was not a leak, it was a planned conference call with central command and reporters. this public battle plan could go one of two ways. some isis fighters might retreat in fear of the attack or it might gift enemy more time to prepare their defenses. but at best it appears a risky bet. >> we are aiding and abetting the enemy. i don't understand why the president and the administration want to aid and abet the enemy. it will expose our forces to certain risk because they will be does defensive operations. all those kind of things that are going to make our troops more vulnerable. report * the time line is critical. the muslim holy month. ramadan begins mid-summer.

the military says they hope to have mosul back in iraqi hands by then. heather: we are going to talk with retired four-star general jack keane. the u.s. getting morgue involved in syria where extremism flourished because of its devastating civil war. the agreement to train so-called moderate syrian rebels. the two countries will provide an equal number of trainers. former u.n. am balances doer john bolton says too little too late. >> it's a step by the administration that if they had taken two years ago might have made some difference. heather: the trick in the past is finding the moderate rebels. but the pentagon says it has identified some 1,2. >>1, -- has

identified 1,200 fighters for training. bill: questions upon why the fall foliage would reveal this information. republican senator tom cotton. iraq war veteran on this. >> it's become a matter of policy this administration will announce war plans in advance that only increases the risk. you have to wonder given the timing if this is the administration trying to get a p.r. win since the summit hasn't produced anything congress crete to justify the president's failures. bill: the pentagon was talking about this blast fall. what about that risk. >> iraqi forces have been playing defense. it was concerned they would lose

baghdad and that would be huge win for isis. maybe this is a move to get on the offense. but when you are telling your enemy you are coming, that's going to be trouble. when you look at what tom cotton said, that spells trouble for the war authorization bill. in there it says no enduring ground troops. i'm not sure the measure will pass because if you strip out that language democrats won't vote for it. if you say no ground troops, as tom cotton says you don't tell the enemy what you are going do. you said this week did not go as planned for the white house. >> i thought it would be a good week because of the homeland security immigration issue. but you had the state department spokeswoman sucking you can't kill isis by going to war with them. then they had to play defense on that.

then i have seen republicans attack the white house. you have seen 2016 hopefuls be more aggressive. if you look at the polls. the polls are changes where most people think there should be ground troops to go after isis because of their bar barbaricism. but overall in a general sense is that the case when you hear headlines that 20,000 foreign fighters have flowed into that part of the world? >> the administration is still getting a handle on what isis is. this group is different than al qaeda. al qaeda didn't need land. isis wants land. but not necessarily a state. they think we are at the end of

times and the apocalypse is coming up. these guys don't have a lot of fear. they are almost inviting conflict. their recruiting the last year has been very strong. president obama calling them jv a year ago really didn't know what isis was. claims their weakened you have to view skeptic skeptically. heather: the ceasefire in ukraine maybe on the verge of collapsing. there are reports rebels have escalated attacks firing on you a crane positions 50 times in the last day. gregg palkot is live in kiev,

ukraine. what is the latest on the new fighting? >> reporter: if this is a ceasefire i would hate to see what war looks like. following the big defeat in the strategic town of debaltseve we are seeing reports they are moving north taking a new village. there are fears following their success this week they will take more land. the reports about russian member and material yelle crossing the border. the thinking it could be another front following this ceasefire.

heather: what is the mood? >> reporter: it can be summed up in three words. somber confused and defiant. somber because one year ago in the square behind me over 100 people died in clashes between protesters and security. that led to the fall of the corrupt and russia-backed government here. confused because in the year since ukraine lost crimea. it has seen its eastern region racked by war and has seen its economy tank. defiant? i'll let the folks on the streets answer the question, was it worth it. >> here they died not for money not for something material. they died for our country or our country. >> we need to fight we need to stand -- stay strong. >> i think it's our cost.

it's very bad cost but i don't see another way. >> reporter: needless to say vladimir putin and neighbor russia seen as the biggest reasons why this past year has gone so badly. but there is still hope among a lot of people we are talking to about the future. heather: gregg palkot with kiev, ukraine, thank you. bill: millions of americans waking up to record-breaking temperatures. we saw negative 14 with the with. forecasters are predicting historic lows in cities from the midwest to the deep south. a layer of ice in some places creates dangerous conditions. the worst may be behind us. you get coasty, then you can go outside and it's all good.

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heather: the wife of former virginia governor mcbe connell could get prison time. bob mcdonnell was also convicted and sentenced to two years in prison. bill:elping to train and plan the iraqis in order to take back a key town from the hand of isis.

retired four-star general jack keane is with us. you have a big problem that this is public. why? >> it's mystifying that the u.s. military command would release the who what, when of a pending operation. we do that just prior to an operation and embargo the media until the operation is finished. it's a known fact the white house national security staff has a clamp on the military talking to the media. and the white house national security staff also micromanages the military. so then it's unfathomable that a military official in centcom is releasing the details of an

upcoming operation. bill: is there some counter intuitive logic. we are going to hit you with 25,000 men. you better be ready and we are going to wipe you out. >> one strategist said the ultimate objective of war is to break your proponents. we fought with these guys as al qaeda in iraq for a number of years and we have been fighting them through our proxies. isis is resolute. they are going to fight and they are willing to die. so i don't believe our flagging an upcoming attack would break their will. they are looking forward to the fight. bill: i want to show the folks at home and at work on the map. baghdad to mosul you are talking

240-250 miles. mosul is in the northeastern stretch. everything in red on this map is what is rrp controls. but why is whose you will a critical town? why there? >> mosul the second largest city in iraq would make it strategic but the whole north and it is a strategic center at the northern part of iraq. it's no secret why isis took it because of that. and let me tell you this. i know we are saying this is giving a lot of information to the enemy. isis is not stupid. they know the center piece of any counter offensive is mosul. they have been preparing for weeks in ieds and booby traps. isis knows that, they can see that happening. they know an attack is coming.

they also snow ramadan is coming in the heat of the summer and they are looking at the iraqis and figured out themselves iraq iraqer do this before ramadan -- iraq would rather do this before ramadan and if they can't they will do it in the fall. this is not new to isis that we are coming. the details is pretty surprising. the size of the assault force. bill: they are saying 1,000 fighters in mosul today. from the iraqis willing to fight? do we know that? >> we don't know for sure if this is going to be successful. nobody does. we have had some evidence. there have been iraqi units that performed well in some modest gains that have taken place. those are isolated units.

we have had peshmerga units who will participate in this campaign. their counter terrorism force which will go into the city and go door to door fan fought heroically and successfully. but overall we do not know and we won't know until this thing gets going. bill: your point is well taken they have shown the willingness to die and many will argue that is what will happen and that will be your fate. heather: coming up authorities revealing the cause of a super bug outbreak that left two people dead. why they say the public is not at risk. bill: a teenager arrested in the road rage incident that left a mother of four dead.

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the super bug. 7 people were sick and two people died. heather: a teenager in custody after a road rage incident that left a mother of four dead. the teenager reportedly had a history with the family and lived just blocks away. according to the family she tried to help the suspect in the past, even gave him food. what do we know about this teenager and his relationship with tammy meyers? >> reporter: his name is erich nowsch. he lived a block away from tammy meyers' home and that's where the arrest scene played off yesterday. while there was standoff between police and erich nowsch as they tried to coach him out of his mother's home. robert meyers showed up and made

his feeling very clear. >> there is an animal a block away. are you happy? >> reporter: mr. meyers said his wife had been something of a mentor to erich nowsch and he said they sales tried to help that young man. >> he knew where i lived. we knew how bad he was but we didn't know he was this bad that he had gotten to this point. >> reporter: mr. meyers said his wife fed erich nowsch and gave him money. he also said she told him to pull his pants up and quote be a man. make of that what you will, heather. heather: it's still not entirely clear what led up to the shooting? >> reporter: initially we were

told that there had been an accident involving tammy meyers and erich nowsch as mrs. meyers was giving her daughter a driving lesson and fake now shall followed her back to her home and shot her as she got out of a car. now police from saying there was some kind of incident between the two. but then mrs. meyers went home, got her 22-year-old son brandon whom she knew possessed a gun and they went looking for erich nowsch. they followed him for a while they seemed they had lost him. they returned to the meyers home. now shall showed up and there was a gunfight and that ended up in the death of tammy myers. whatever the truth, this is a tragedy for two families. bill: dramatic stuff. the nation's largest retailer

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psychiatrist hired by the defense to examine this case for the purposes of this trial. he said not only did he review all of the medical records and evidence of the defendant but he spent hours interviewing the former marine in jail. he says he was suffering from significant symptoms of cliewtions and skit friend yeah. he -- symptoms of schizophrenia. he thought two of his co-workers were cannibals and wanted to cook his flesh on a space heater like a rotisserie and eat him. he says there is a test to see if someone is faking symptoms of psychosis. he tells us he passed the test

which meant he thought he was not putting on a show. bill: what do we expect today? >> reporter: the prosecution is going to call at least two rebuttal witnesses to the stand. both are doctors and they will be giving testimony money. they are expected to talk about how he was in a drug-induced psychosis. that drugs and alcohol is what altered his world and perceptions. it's not clear how long they will take but the court is anticipating closing arguments starting monday. then the jury will get the case. we are marching right along here. heather: walmart announcing pay raises well above the minimum wage. they are set to make at least

$10 an hour by next year. walmart has faced scrutiny over how treats its workers and how much they get paid. stu varney is here to talk more about this. why is walmart making this move? >> reporter: the unions say walmart is bending to their pressure. maybe wall-mart is responding to that pressure. but they find themselves in a difficult position. it has to pay more to attract the kind of workers it wants in its stores and it can keep in it stores. it's responding to a tight labor market. there is a shortage of qualified people. surprising or not the labor market is getting tight. they have to pay more to attract people and keep them on the job. heather: people are asking the question how are they going to be able to do this? will they hire less people?

will they be working less hours? will they lessen their benefit? >> reporter: they have lessened their benefits a little bit. 30,000 people have been taken off the healthcare system and they are doing new schedules so they need fewer people on the floor. but they will spend a billion dollars to do that. they can afford to do that. and they think that they have to do it. because if you get somebody in the door, you train them, they work, and then they leave because wages are low you have got to pay some to retrain somebody else. it costs money with paul the turnover. so they are in a tight spot. they have got to spend the money. but the bottom line is, by next year, america's lower-paid workers will be getting a raise. after all these years of stagnant wages at that level you are going see an increase --

an improvement in base level wages next year. that's a big deal. heather: do you think that will inspire more people to go back in the workforce and look for jobs that will show in our employment figures? >> there are a lot of people who want to work but they can't find a job. this will bring people back into the marketplace and that might push up the unemployment rate, for heavens sake. it's down because so many people have dropped out of the workforce. if they come black again you may see a rise in the unemployment rate maybe. heather: thank you so much, stu. bill: how cold is it, america? it's so cold at least 23 states are under with advisories and freeze warnings right now.

that sark particular blast bringing dangerous record low temperatures. how are conditions today? >> good morning bill. this arctic blast is certainly testing our patience. we are currently -- the actual temperature is 6 degree. but with this wind it feels like negative 3 or more. it's down right freezing cold. we are supposed to get 7 inches or more this weekend. but we are in northeast d.c. where they are open today. other counties and schools have closed because of the cold blast. complain being it won't make it any warmer for us. but overall people in good spirits. we haven't seen anyone in shorts. you know how people can get in

this kind of with the. they tend to think mind or matter kicks in but no. heat are * you know where we should all go? we should go to alaska. there some sort of role reversal happening. in alaska if you take a look at what's happening they are experiencing unseasonably warm weather. some places even surging 40 degree above thage. feeling a lot like spring, think say. >> it's been a sensational winter. >> it's been a weird winter. one of the weirdest i have seen so far. heather: though many are sceptical to say winter is over. it has folks hoping for a quote big hot summer.

bill: they are getting record-warm temperatures in portland and seattle. heather: somebody is confused. the president says the notion that the west is at war with islam is an ugly lie. a leading in the senator says it's the other way around. heather: surveillance video showing burglars prying a safe off its steel support. >> whoever broke in knew where the cameras were and where the security sensors were and they were able to get around the security and one small area.

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heather: a pair of thieves using brains and brauns to burglarize a small auto shop in utah.

the two men are sneaking into the store. they load the whole thing into the back of a delivery truck before take off. the store's owner says this was not a random break-in. the thieves knew exactly where to go, the suspects on the loose. >> the image they get of muslims or islam is in the news. and given the existing news cycle that can give a very distorted impression. bill: president obama saying the notion the west is pat war with islam is a quote ugly lie. senator mccain has something to say about that. apparently they have to separate the two of you.

juan went to syracuse and mary katharine went to colorado. you can settle that among the two of you. this is what senator mccain said about the ugly lie. he says the notion that radical islam is not at war with the west is an ugly lie. >> i think this is an eye on the ball situation. the president seems to be speak over and over again concerned about microaggressions against islam around the world when we have a religiously motivated army in the middle east. it's important to make the distinct between radical islam and islam. bush did it's times. there are muslims in norway who will stand guard in oslo to protect its occupants. that's important. nose folks are not radical islamists. but to say they are not

religiously motivated we need to deal with it. >> reporter: that is an excellent point. because i don't hear anybody saying the west is pat war with islam. it always has that qualifier. you are going after the radicals that want to take your head off. >> i think that's exactly on target. mary katharine is right. the problem is as john mccain says, with it's a lie we are at war with radical islam, why won't the president say it. the president is saying we are not at war with islam. there is a key difference. radical is lamb is the terrorists. the president has been reluctant to say we are at war in islam because he doesn't want to get in a war with 1.5 billion muslims around the world. >> you talked about it in the past. you can twist this language so

many times if you like because we are doing verbal gymnastics on this stuff. but what the president believes is if you say or suggest you are going after radical islam that's a bit of an assume sun on my part trying to get inside his head. isis he believes will use that as a recruiting tool. is there evidence to suggest that that's true? >> i don't know about evidence. it is the case they are trying to build up their image. they want to be seen as islamic warriors. they want to be seen as religious in orientation. what you have from the president's point. view is that they have a sense that if you take that away, if you say these people are thugs and terrorists and murderers take away that from their social media appeal to young people, you can start to peel back some of the allure that these folks are somehow martyred.

bill: there are plenty of young muslims all over the world that vehemently disagree with what we are seeing sang what is happening. they are not on board with this. >> the problem is that's all the president does. you have to deal with the group on the ground in waging genocide. they are religiously motivated. if you are not dealing with the fact that they are religiously motivated, how do you stop them from recruiting new people. you need to find out some way to counter that and not just ignore it. by the way it's not just me to says this is getting ridiculous. he's dealing with a political

position, it's fine to make that point. but you also have to deal with the facts on the ground. bill: what did you say it's like spelling out curse word in front of your kid who is 16 years old. >> i think mary katharine is off when she says i have to do something. we have been fighting and making a stand against isis and radical islam. i wish the rest of western europe was as activated as the united states is in making that fight. bill: maybe they are waiting for a leader. >> if it's just a military evident you are ignoring the fact you will have those folks reload time and time again and we'll get locked intoing a long-term military effort in the middle east. bill: the images are gruesome.

the white house believes now that these community programs in boston l.a., st. paul could be emulated in paris and copenhagen and they believe they could be productive in stop can it. is that possible or logical? >> i'm not sure it's entirely without merit. i just think if you are not willing to face up to the motivationing for some of these young fighters then you won't be able to cut this off at the knees. what we need to be doing is encouraging reformers who say this medieval form of islam is a problem and wheat need to be subverting it. and i feel like we are not helping them when we say it's not a religious fight. >> i think it's important not to demonize all muslims. but having said that you have to fight radical islam. i think more democrats are coming on board saying we are fighting radical islam. at least they add to it, then we

know the difference between the every day muslim in this world the people person and this these radical crazy folks cutting off heads. i think some of those programs you are talking about are working. bill: a terrific point by juan at the end. juan williams and mary katharine. there are two democrats who have come out in last couple days. joe manchin of west virginia. and you wonder if more democrats are saying the the same thing. 10 minutes before the hour. heather: political turmoil bullying over in venezuela. an opposition leader plotting to overthrow the government. he's also pointing fingers at the u.s. report prrpt chain ease new year. the year of the goat in all of

its glory. >> i watched a display like that over the hudson river. beautiful.

bill: celebrations ringing in the chinese new year. they are ringing in the year of the sheep, the ram or the goat, depending on who you are talking to. heather: polite calculate tensions flying venezuela. police arresting the mayor of caracas, accused of plooght coups to bring down the

socialist government. report report you have got the 59-year-old democratically elected mayor of the capital city in venezuela basically being carted off by soldiers from special forces in riot gear, they fired into the air smashed his office door and took him off his wife says like a dog. the president of venezuela says the u.s. is behind the coups in venezuela and this mayor was helping to sow unrest. charges the state department says are baseless. heather: ways behind this? do we know? >> reporter: a lot of angry people in venezuela angered against the president because of how tough things are there economically. venezuela depends on selling its

oil to subsidize prices across the country. gasoline there is 18 cents a gallon. when oil prices are low they can't do this anymore. you have got thousands of venezuelans look for food, empty store shelves. they simply can't find it. now you have people angry about the poor economy the mismanaged socialist economy and angry there are opposition leaders being thrown into jail on the whim of the government. bill: the strategy to take back pane isis stronghold but should this plan be public. heather: the arctic weather hitting millions and creating dangerous conditions.

bill: an arctic plunge gripping the nation. millions feeling this. temperatures dipping as low as

minus 24 degree in buffalo when you throw in the with. that sending a shiver down the spines of so until boston count deep south. good morning i'm bill hemmer. good morning to you. heather: that's half of the continental u.s. in the path of that system. it is so cold even niagara falls isn't falling. kinds of more like a leaky drain buried in all that ice. bill: that's a great picture. maria molina in the fox news extreme weather center. how long is it going to stay? >> reporter: we'll see one warm day across parts of east this weekend but then we are looking at colder air moving in again. these are the actual morning low temperatures. you can see in cincinnati we reached 16 degree below zero.

in buffalo when were below zee pro and the same for city of chicago. when you fact north winds this ways it feels like all the way down to raleigh, north carolina. you are looking at a current with of zero degrees. jacksonville feels like 28 degree. friday remains cold. and by sunday we are looking at high temperatures into the 40s in new york city and boston and 50s pack parts of the southeast. that will and big shift in the weather pattern. but then we get colder air hirnld the storm system impacting many areas. saturday you are looking at big impacts across parts of the midwest during the night hours friday and saturday morning. then areas of heavy rain pack parts of tennessee arkansas and kentucky. there will be a time where you could be dealing with freezing

rain out there. we do have several warnings in:effect across portions of the tennessee valley. big issues oughto on the roads. we'll see snow several inches forecast across the northeast but it will be mild enough. and you will see that snow transition over to rainfall. again very welcome news. here is a look at the forecast. friday that's cold. saturday and sunday it gets mild. but then here comes monday, arctic air right back. not over yet. heather: to show you how cold it is right now. 19 degree in amount arctic. here in new york city at the the same time 2 degree. that brought the with and that brought that down to minus 15 degree. that by the way all sole colder than in russia where it is a balmy 24 degree, just below the arctic circle and still the

temperatures are balmy compared to the record for the coldest day record in u.s. history ever. when it hit negative 80 in alaska. negative 80. bill: here is one out of boston. also this ice volcano that appeared over a gileser. that cone reaches five stories. the steam below helps it take shape. niagara falls is turning more into an ice wall than a waterfall. sometimes when you see that picture. niagara right now when it gets rider on that aerial shot. everything is frozen over. heather: when moving water is freezing, you know it's cold.

>> don't get dressed outside. we are switching gears. preparations are under way for a major offensive to take back mosul in iraq. the pentagon saying a massive ground battle will begin sometime in the spring. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. >> reporter: no tactical details were revealed in yesterday's briefing. cents come officials say there is nothing unusual about what the cent come official revealed during the background conference call. they remind us in the buildup to the 2003 iraq invasion a similar projection of time line and force was announced in advance. among retired generals there seems to be some disagreement. >> reporter: isis is not stupid. they know the centerpiece of any

koirnlts offensive is mosul. they have been preparing for weeks with ieds and likely booby traps. we cut off lines of communication into plowls with air power for a number of weeks. isis knows that. they can see that happening. they know an attack is coming. >> we are aiding and abetting the enemy. i don't understand why the president and the administration wants to aid and abet the enemy. lit ex pose our forces to certain risk because they will be doing defensive preparations, ieds, different force positions knowing an attack is coming. >> reporter: mosul fell on june 4 2014. open those who served in operations are baffled as to why the administration gave them a heads-up this is coming.

heather: what did they say yesterday. report rrm what caught reporters attention was when he said the assault will begin in the april-may time frame evident maifting it will the wrap up in the holy month of ramadan. the senior u.s. cent come official went on to say the force will include five iraqi army brigades totaling 20,000 to 25,000 iraqi troops. brigades of peshmerga nicer will be stationed to the north. heather: it seems very specific to me. bill: are we giving away the play book? june napolitano with bret baier says yes. >> to me as a simple plain spoken trial lawyer it seems absurd you would announce when an attack is going to take place. unheard of.

almost a violation of law by revealing national security secrets to the enemy in such a manner it can help the enemy. i can't think of why they would do it unless they want to still criticism of the president by saying here is the plan he's going to help carry out. bill: chris stirewalt, "digital politics" editor. you saw the judge fast through washington what did you think? >> fired up and ready to go. but he makes a very good point which is there is a political purpose. there must be a political purpose in this because here is the deal. no one in america thick we couldn't whip isis. right? there is not a discussion in washington that says i hope we can beat them. everybody knows the united states could mop up these dirt bags in pretty fast fashion. the question is, and this is a

serious question, can the president's war plan which involves some complicated bank shots, drain something folks in turkey getting iraq's army ready to go. et cetera, et cetera. whether that war plan can work. as public outrage grows over what americans receive is a lack of strenuous fighting against isis. this is a way to say we are working on it. if you just bear with us until may we'll have a victory to show you. bill: the pentagon talked about there is in the fall. i don't remember hear being it. do you? >> i don't know. i like to take jennifer griffin's word for things because she is smart and knows and watches. i think the degree of detail we heard in terms of specific date, these troops are here and those troops are here, criticism that we have heard a lot on the hill of the war fighting plan is that

it is too transparent in that the bad guys are running away and we are bombing too many empty buildings not killing enough of the bad guys. >> you mention the summit that took place. what is the feeling in washington. what is the sense in washington? what did it accomplish? >> well, it accomplished that we talked about it a lot. in was an awful lot of jaw boning the subject. i have no idea. perhaps the participants went home imbued with a new sense and desire to combat violent extremeism. maybe they did go back to their communities with new zeal. i don't know. but in terms of what it looked like from the outside in washington was a delay tactic, a way to talk about a thing. use euphemisms for a thing to buy more time so the president can get off the hot seat. bill: the programs in boston,

minneapolis and copenhagen could work. thank you. chris stirewalt in washington. good to have you. heather: we have breaking news. a deadly hotel bombing in somalia killing a deputy mayor and lawmaker and wounding the deputy prime minister. at least four people have died. a man rammed his vehicle into a gait while another ran inside and set off the explosives strapped to his body. al-shabaab claimed responsibility for that attack. in eastern libya a homicide bomber killing 45 people there. islamic militants are being blamed for the attack. it was 19 miles from derna an isis stronghold. bill: the egyptians are concerned based on the air raids

last week. but that's east of where those egyptian christians were beheaded last weekend. watch that story and watch the town of derna a hotbed of activity. president obama trying to make one thing clear right here. >> the notion that the west is at war with islam is an ugly lie. bill: we'll talk to michael mccaul. he says the president may be mission the point. heather: a pair of cyclones. locals calling it a cyclone sandwich. bill: police did not have to go far to find the man they wanted in the las vegas road range case. >> he treated my wife like an animal and my son. there was an and mall a block away. help northern china reduce its reliance on

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obama is asking those americans to delay the filing. we are working for more information and when we get it you will get it here. the u.s. is preparing to help iraq and prepare major military offense to retake the northern city of mosul from isis. some military analyst say they should have kept these plans a secret. >> it is mystifying the united states military command would release the who, what and when of a pending operation. that is unprecedented. we do that prior to the operation and embargo the media. but maybe we could pull back the valeil a little. it is known there is a clachlt clamp on talking to the media.

>> we have a former navy seal here. you have first hand experience in this specific area. you had, what, three different times you were deployed to iraq. you were specifically involved in the battle for ramadi and took a key part in that attack. and 25,000 will be prepared in this amount of time frame, april or may, is that possible? >> i am concept -- unsure of the plan certainly. i share the same sentiments about why it is being aired as well. but when you look at the hard fighting done in iraq and i was with a group of seals that played a role with the first armor division to take the areas back with what is the same enemy but more capability. iraqi troops were brought in to

help secure the area afterwards. but it wasn't until the level of violence was lowered and the enemies capability was reduced that iraqi forces were successful at any measure. >> does it disappoint you, having been there, fought, and your friend lost their lives to see the talk of the possibility of the u.s. ground forces going back in? >> it isn't disappointing. i understand the nature of the enemy. this is what i believe to be as evil enemy that is military has ever faced. whether it is al-qaeda or isis name, they are all the radical movement we were facing and fought in iraq. it was disappointing those games were lost certainly because there was a lot of blood shed for places line anbar.

this enemy isn't 20 feet tall. we have defeated what was then al-qaeda and then they changed their name to islamic state of iraq and morphed into isis. we know the formula to defeat them. we did it before and it will take u.s. troops on the ground. >> that is what i was going to ask. can the others do it on their own? >> i think fighters out there are good but you have seen what the iraqi forces can do. with u.s. air powers and advisor advisors that changes things. we don't need to reinvade iraq or occupy iraq but we need a few thousand troops on the ground to do the hard fighting and defeat isis and lower the capability to a point where iraqi security

forces take over. >> finally, did it surprise you that sent com went into the detail they did yesterday? >> it is clearly a political move. the white house wants to silent critic and there is no reason militarily to do that. for troops involved i think they are frustrated when things like that happen. >> thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate your insight. potential 2016 candidates are hitting the road and scott walker is in chris christie's backyard. we will tell you why. plus this: >> flying free as a bird over the swiss alps. the guy in the video is here to tell us how he did this and you will not believe what he considers to be his biggest challenge.

>> a pair of ciyclones is ripping off roofs in australia and burying people. >> there are trees and powerlines going down everywhere. i was stuck since 5:30. >> crews rescued one woman from an elevator. packing wind gust up to 180 miles per hour. making things worse a second one struck hours later. local dubbing the pair a sandwich. i am going to continue to

take responsibility for fighting the fight to make this state more affordable and not just for the businesses that help create jobs to put people to work but for the middle class families of the state. they are getting squeezed across the country. >> chris christie speaking out against tax hikes during the week where scott walker from wisconsin was getting headlines. carl is live on this and good morning to you. what did governor christie say about his position on taxes last night? >> new jersey has some of the highest property taxes in the country and conservatives say one of the problems is explaining how he can be a tax cutter while campaigning. he was on there trail this week and got warm receptions and new

hampshire and iowa but in new jersey he has been dropping. that is not a good thing to hear complaints from voters back home. it can hurt the fundraising. woody johnson, the owner of the new york jets who plays at net life johnson was a romney supporter and recently decided to back jeb bush. >> what about scott walker? he had a meeting with donald trump he was in new york this past week. what did you learn? >> it isn't necessarily to poach on christie but he was there talking about economic issues and finances and met with trump. trump has been talking about running for president every cycle since 1996 and like a lot of republican candidates walker paid him a courtesy all.

afterwards, trump tweeted governor scott just left my office. we had a wonderful talk. very interesting. and he met with the man who made the laugher curve which helps figure out the lowest tax rate that will benefit the public still. they are all public about the meeting on the economy and trying to figure out places to take their economic policy and fold it into getting the middle class unstuck and closing inequality income gap. >> thank you very much. bret baier had one question for the panel last night: >> what about the wrap-up of the three-day summit and what came out of it.

>> nothing of importance. >> why michael mccaul said there was nothing to the summit. and honoring the 21 christians beheaded by isis a week ago. how some americans are remembering their sacrifice. >> the middle east syria, iraq and parts of what we call the holy land where the churches are destroyed, their homes burned their children sold into slavery.

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middle east the west and none of us i think should be immune from criticism of concern policies but the notion that the u.s. is at war with islam is a lie. >> chairman of the house security combatmittee is here. good morning to you. i have a lot to go through. part of the reason the president says he continues to insist the u.s. is not as war with islam is he believes the jihadist use that as a recruiting tool. you have studied the issue. is there logic? is that true? >> i think we are at war with radical islamist. i think it is important to define the enemy to defeat the enemy. and he continues to be so politically correct and not ask what they are. if you ask isis if they are at war with us they will tell you

they are and doing it for religious reasons. he is trying not to offend the muslim world, however, it is interesting to note at this conference, it was a bit of a psycho therapy session without substance or solutions coming out of it. the fbi wasn't invited to speak and the military took a back seat. so i agree it is a multi faceted solution but the military is a component of this. all they talked about is better education and economic assistance without dealing with the barbarians and we need to defeat and destroy them >> get to the why. why it happened. it was scheduled for october. postponed and put back on the schedule after the attacks in paris. why did the president, why did the administration insist on doing it? what were they expecting from this? >> i do think paris was a catalyst for this. the idea paris could happen in

the united states. i have been putting a lot of pressure on the administration on foreign fighter investigations and also the home-grown violent extremist we see pop up like the boston bombing. the threat was getting so high they could not avoid it. they would love to see isis go away tomorrow but isis is real, killing, beheading, and lighting people on fire and this has to be dealt with, not just by american leadership but the arab leaders need to stand up as well. >> you have written the white house several times about this issue. what have you heard back? >> nothing and the latest one was the idea we will bring in tens of thousands of syrian refugees and i have been over there to see them. bringing them in in a government

sanctioned program and i think that is dangerous. we had groups stating this puts americans at a greater risk. and chairman of homeland security, my job is to protect people. we want to standoffop this. >> the fbi doesn't like this idea of refugees and in jordan the jordanians said they don't know who it is either. is that accurate? >> that is accurate. they said i don't know who they are and i cannot properly vet them. the fbi who they testified in front of my committee said they don't have the footprint on the ground in syria to proper vet them with databases that make sense. if you don't have the intelligence and databases to vet them how can you safely

bring them into the united states? in the iraq war we brought in refugees and two were terrorist and killed american and they were plotting to send attack items to iraq which is modern day isis. so we need to stop this. >> mike mccall we will speak again today. thank you, sir. religious and communities leaders gathering in new york to remember the 21 victims of the isis beheading in syria. it mirrored what the pope displayeded of standing with all nations. tell us about the prayer services. >> reporter: this is a rare gathering of several different denominations who came together as one voice.

the ancient chants of the modern day people gathered to pray for the souls of 21 of their brothers beheaded by isis. the bishop is saying it is important to remember their lives as men who did not defy their faith even in the face of death. >> they knew their death was coming but remained in their faith and were not shaken. they called upon their name of the lord jesus even as they were being beheaded. >> reporter: the church wants to send the message to the world that no community or country is protected against terrorism. >> was this an answer to the pope's call for unity? >> reporter: you said it. they echoed his words saying all christians should stand together. >> pope francis spoke about

accumulating martyrdom and in them we come closer together and realize that something worth living for is worth dying for and that is our faith in jesus chris. so it brings us closer together. >> reporter: the community has a fund on line for the families of the men who were beheaded. back to breaking news breaking news on the obamacare website. fox news confirms 800,000 people using the website received inaccurate tax information. peter deucey has more from washington. what can you report? >> here is what happened. 800,000 people who signed up on time got the wrong 1059-a tax from. that is what people take information from and submit on

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has to feel bad. she fed him gave him money, told him to pull his pants up and be a man more times than i can count. >> lee will is a fox news analyst and she is here with her insight into the case. it took a dramatic turn when we realized they knew each other and were neighbors. >> it wasn't just a random case of road rage. how does that change things or does it? >> the question for the defense and they will want to highlight this is why did she go back on the road? in other words, he pulled in front of her and her daughter daughter honked, she gets home and says to the daughter get your brother. brother comes out with a gun and they go looking for the guy. the defense is going to highlight that. you are going out and looking for him and if you didn't do that this wouldn't happen. the prosecution says that has nothing to do with anything. it is all about what he did.

if the ballistics match up and we don't know a hundred percent for sure either and there were two guns going. >> they went out looked for him, couldn't find him, returned to their home and he was on their property. >> then he is the aggressor. and there are so many laws passed about road rage. using the car as a deadly weapon for example. road rage has doubled in the last eight years according to a washington post poll and 1 of 10 people experience road rage. this anger at whoever is driving around to the point where they cannot control it. imagine 1-10 on the highway not controlling their road rage. >> eric nash is a the suspect and you heardmyer's husband

saying she fed him and tried to help him. is there any way the defense can use that in their favor to say -- >> troubled young man. the prosecution is going to say this woman is a mother in her 40's trying to help a boy who lived close to them. prosecution will paint her as a very likable, sympathetic woman. >> let's move on to the american sniper trial that has been going on. what do you make of the defense just calling one witness? >> i don't think they really had anymore than that. i don't think they could have put him on the stand because then the prosecutor would get up on cross and say didn't you tell the officer at the time i think officer briely that you know what you did is wrong and you said yes, sir and follows up with the sentence of would it have been all right if i had stayed because remember he fled. so he is asking the very officer speaking to him would it have

been okay if i had stayed there? he is calculating. it is a calculated move. if he had taken the stand all of that would come out. they have come out but it has been days. they will highlight that i am sure in the closing and probably read some of the same sentences i read. >> and what will the defense highlight? >> the defense is saying ptsd. suffering from very emotional problems. he was ranting and raving. >> but that doesn't matter. what matters is did he know right from wrong. >> it is a very simple test. the insanity defense doesn't work usually. if it doesn't work he is looking at life in prison without possibility of parole. >> thank you so much. thank you. 11 minutes before the hour.

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and he is live from seattle, washington this morning. you have a lot of guts. good morning. >> thank you for having me on. >> this is from switzerland and you say you are not an adrenaline junkie. how can that be? >> this is the furtherest thing from the truth. i am a trained professional. i have been doing this for four and a half years and do it for the dream of flight. >> you don't have a backup? there is no parachute on your bag. when you make the leap, what is running through your head? >> all of the training that led up to this. making sure my wing suit is prepared my parachute is packed right because we only have one and making sure i am well

trained and prepared through the whole entire jump. >> years ago i made a bungee jump in new zealand and i didn't sleep the night before. and just for a split second as soon as i left the bridge i felt entirely weightless and happy, too. what is the sensation you feel once you jump? >> you know it is the exact same thing. as soon as i leave, all of that fear i have in my stomach goes away. it is extremely peaceful and the most beautiful feeling i have ever felt. >> just the same. that is remarkable. growing up you had another issue and a big fear because you stuttered when you spoke. >> yeah. >> and you are using that now to help inspire other people. so what is more hard for you?

flying over the mountain or coming to terms with the stuttering problem? >> it is definitely the stuttering program. getting through that was my biggest fear so if i can help others get through that i want to pay it forward and help anybody i can. >> how do you feel talking to us? are you cool with it? >> no, this is more fearful than jumping off a cliff. >> you did great. thank for the example and thanks for sharing. terrific stuff. >> that is unreal. a report by the british government accusing europe of sleep walking into the ukraine-russia attack continues as the critical cease-fire hangs in the balance.

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weekend, fox news reporting special, bret baier will host it. the democrats coronation or confrontation. looking at hillary clinton's chances and some of the other democrats that may emerging in that field. check it out this weekend on fox. >> nice to be here. >> stay warm. >> you too. >> "happening now" starts right now. jenna: the u.s. now laying plans out for a major military offensive against the heart of isis. there is a plan to help iraqi and kurdish forces retake a city that is a hub of terrorist activity. hope you're off to a great friday. i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. we're talking about mosul. 2000 isis fighters control that city. a top military official tells us shaping of the battle is underway with the u.s. expected to support thousands of iraqi troops especially from the air. leland vittert following the st