jay johnson saying he is playing politics at the expense of our safety. kevin court is live in washington with the latest for us. >> good morning to you. what did he know and when did he know it? that may sound like a bit of a stretch but the truth is if homeland security secretary jay johnson is talking about a terror threat skeptics would like to know. are you playing politics floating the notion of the eminent threat to get congress to fund the department of homeland security. it is a fair question i think. ultimately a lot of people do want to know. are we looking at the circumstance there will be a shut down because the two parties can't come together. the president was talking about it yesterday with the governors and the homeland security secretary said this. >> unless congress acts 100,000 border patrol, border inspectors tsa agents will show up to work

and not get paid. >> a shut down of homeland security would have serious consequences and amount to a serious disruption in our ability to protect the home land. >> a serious disruption. a lot of people in washington who work for the department and other people for that matter rely on the funding. ed henry poses the question to the press secretary. >> there is not a specific threat then why would the security suggest to people be extra careful? does it have anything to do aboutwith the dhs funding fight. >> neither should be playing partisan politics with an issue that is as nonpartisan and as important adds the american safety of the-- safety of the american people. >> as you see neither side needs to play politics. this has to get done and time is

running out, ladies. >> what happens next aboutwith the dhs funding. we have four more days to go. it ends midnight on friday. >> you are on the money. the clock is ticking. two things i want you to keep in mind as you watch people unpack this argument for the week. number one can they come up with a clean bill. meaning unpack it for the fight or two will the two sides continue to butt heads and the money runs out although not fully running out they will have to trim back what they can do operationally. we will be watching carefully right here in washington. for now, ladies, back to you. for the first time ever the mall of america now showcasing secret secret security efforts after terror group el shabab takes aim atlanta at a mall. how they are trying to help mall

shoppers. >> muslims vowed to strike mall of america plus shopping walls in canada, britain and western countries. because of the threat of mall of america is taking extra precautions having several lock down drills and showcasing other security measures it has in place. >> (indiscernible n.) we have motion detection dogs. we don't do anything else. our main concern is unattended bags vehicles. that's the majority of what withe do also vehicle screening. >> despite the threat the obama administration says it is not credible here on u.s. soil. >> we are not aware of any specific credible plot against the mall of america or any other domestic commercial shopping center. >> that is different than jay johnson you may recall sunday on the sunday morning talk shows used stronger language urging people to particularly be

careful if they plan to shop at the mall of america. >> here's the thing kelly. it will appears the white house is down-playing the threat while the head of homeland security is taking it more seriously. what are lawmakers saying? >> heather, they are taking it quite seriously. one republican state lawmaker in particular is even suggesting the mall drop its anti gun policy and allow shoppers to carry weapons on the proem miss.-- premises. >> the situation in mall of america is completely ridiculous it should be opposite with what we are doing. if we are threatened with an attack of any time the last thing you want to do is disarm citizens. >> a spokesperson for the mall had no comment about the anti gun policy. >> kelly wright live for us in the studio. >> former speech writer for george bush sees both sides of the issues. he thinks it is possible the threat is all about politics but the threat could also be real.

>> regardless he says all threats need to be taken seriously. >> one of the things i learned with president bush is you have to take the words of the enemy seriously. when an al qaeda affiliate says he intends to attack america and names a specific place you take it seriously. there wasn't a specific credible threat in 2009 when they sent the underwear bomber to blow up a trainplane over detroit and almost succeeded. they carried out an attack on a mall killing 67 people and recruited dozens of americans. over time they tell us what they are going to do. osama bin laden said he was going to attack america and declaring war on us we ignored him and the result is 9-11. we have had the leaders of isis make it clear they intend to attack america. soon we will be in conflict and the brothers of islam have waited for this day. we need to take that seriously.

france confiscating the passports of six suspected jihadists. they believe they were planning to travel to syria to join isis. officials say this is just the beginning. 40 other people will be banned from leaving the country in the coming days. france taking a tougher stants on counter-terrorism since the attack on charlie hebdo terrorists last month. police arriving in turkey to search for three teens who ran away to join isis. >> (indiscernible) you are babies. >> the 15 and 16-year-olds there are reports already crossed into syria. one girl used twitter to talk to a woman who married an isis follower. that woman's social media was being monitored and police should have prevented this.

extreme weather causing treacherous travel conditions all over the country. look at this. this was a plane sliding off an icy taxiway at a dallas airport the other day. it got stuck in the grass. ice also making a mess of roads in dallas. a semi-truck hanging off the overpass right there when a driver hit a patch of ice. >> maria molina is tracking all of this icy weather for us. we want to know when is this going to end? >> doesn't look like any time soon. the forecast for the long-term over the next couple weeks is for below average temperatures. expect cold well below average temperatures for several weeks to come. we have these advisories in effect and warnings. windchill temperatures are as cold as 40 degrees below in some of the areas. below zero in boston cincinnati

colder further north and higher in elevation. as we head into the next several mornings we will continue to see the similar trend where temperatures are cold not only across the center of the country and the northeast but across parts of the southern plains and southeastern united states. the exception the west coast. we have a number of watches and advisories in effect. be careful you are looking at not only the threat of snow but freezing rain and sleet mixing in with that. >> all right we will check back with you. thanks. all of the icy weather closed the courts in stevensville texas yesterday postponing the american sniper murder trial. the injure or will hear from one final witness then hear closing arguments to decide whether eddy ray routh was insane when he killed chris kyle and chad

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ranger training but records show he never served in a ranger battalion or an elite special unit. mcdonald coming clean saying i had no excuse i was not in special forces i reacted spontaneously with no intent in any way to describe my record any different than it is. the keystone pipeline is ready to hit the debt in a few hours. when it does the clock starts ticking. president obama must sign or veto the bill. he will be with that legislation and he will. i wouldn't anticipate a lengthy delay. everyone is acutely aware of the president's participation in this. >> if you are adding it up it would take a two-thirds vote for the house and senate to over ride the veto. >> today alaska is going to pot.

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ruling and restart amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants. he announced his executive action. now he wants the amnesty to continue even as they fight to appeal the ruling. that brings us to our look at who is talking. judge andrew napolitano says the government's argument over immigration is something he never heard of in his entire career. it is a crazy argument. they actually said if you don't lift your a peel you will cause ir rep parable arm to the federal government because we will not be able to serve the people the president promised he would serve. or the people the 5 million illegal unlawful aliens that the president is trying to say if you do a, b, c, d and e. i made up the a, b, c, d and e.

that's an argument that is so novel i tell you in my five years of practicing law as a judge i have never heard the government argue. we must help law breakers break the law more. >> your hard earned tax dollars being wasted oredecorating? where and how is this money being miss spent? >> the washington free beacon reviewed records to find the department of homeland security spent $150 million of tax money to buy furniture. 2010 through last year. funding dhs is a hot topic. they must ink a deal by friday to fund the department or else some log the actions on rollback

in exchange for the dhs funds. >> interesting when it is shutting down. >> we all have the iphones ohher many -- or many of us do. they are doing well because of all of us. >> it is more than double the size of exxon mobil is. i want to show you how big apple is and the shares are. they closed at a record $133 yesterday. that values apple at $775 billion making it more than double the size of exxon mobil and any other publically traded company in the country. and apple's unprecedented rise conditions it -- continues it may be the first company worth a trillion dollars. i can't wait to hapfor it to happen so we can say it's a trillion dollar company. >> a business where you have a new upgraded product works. >> target is slicing the minimum

orders for free shipping. >> if you spend $25 at target.com the order will ship for free. that is bigger than the rivals. amazon or wal-mart may lower shipping fees or ship everything for free better yet. i want to show you wall street quickly. watch the nasdaq it has an up arrow now. it is close to setting its own record highs. back to you. thank you very much lauren. >> find lauren on the fox business network log on to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. >> it is 19 minutes after the top of the hour. first he called you stupid now obamacare architect jonathan gruber might have you on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars. the brand new trouble developing right now. extreme weather freezing millions of americans this morning. what do they have to say about climate change?

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>> as brand new twists emerge in the killing of a las vegas mother in an ameg ed shooting. his attorney now saying this was not a case of road rage. >> you have seen a lot of what the defense is going to shape up as being just by looking at the contrary statements given by the family and some of the witnesses. so what we can say is this was not a road rage incident.

>> a neighbor claiming it was a drug deal gone bad. he sold prescription drug to minors on a regular basis. nosh nosh g -- nowsch will be charged with 6 felonies. >> a man is found outside of a fake branch with a fake bomb strapped his bodies. masked robbers placed the bomb on him and put another one at his mother's house. the executive is being questioned by police. >> winter eight's wrath stretching for thousands of miles bringing bone chilling cold ice from california to the east coast. >> jesse waters went to boston

to take the temperature of the people. >> now this global warming causing all of this snow. >> i am up to my rear end in global warming. if i seen al gore i would punch him in the mouth. >> so this is global warming all of the snow? >> i know the facts. this is (bleep). it is snowing because it is snowing out. >> the more the temperature rises the more humidity in the air and causes more precipitation like this. >> if the earth is warming you get more snow. >> if theyes. >> if the earth starts to cool will we get less snow? al gore is saying there's warming. >> al gore is an idiot. >> you are causing the global warming. >> how do you think john hancock would handle this stuff?

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>> tszit is tuesday february 24th. a shut down show down. dhs sounding off an alarm about the consequences of a shut down. is it all at the expense of our safety? we report, you decide. >> shoppers grab your guns. >> if i were a terrorist the first place i would go to inflict harm or mass casualties would be a place where people are unarmed. >> after el shabab threatens a mall the mall tries to keep customers safe. >> the bizarre tactic being used by police brass at nypd. >> "fox & friends first" continues right now. >> welcome to "fox & friends first". i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. the we are going to get right to the fox news alert.

americans in danger as the department of homeland security is days away from shutting down. >> critics say the president and secretary jay johnson are playing up the fears to force funding. doug luzader is live for us at the capital with the latest. good morning, doug. >> it is back to the drawing board here after another democratic filibuster prevented republicans from funding dhs while at the same time defunding the president's immigration plan republicans will now try to separate those issues out for the senate to try to get this thing done. there are no guarantees. after spending a part of the weekend talking about this new terror threat aimed at the nation's shopping malls the secretary of homeland security had said that funding is critical. >> unless congress acts one week from now more than 100,000 dhs employees, border patrol inspectors ths agents will show up to work without getting paid. >> a shut down of homeland security would have serious

consequences and amount to a serious disruption in our ability to protect the home land. >> but calling this a shut down which secretary johnson did at one point may be some what of a reach. 85 percent of homeland security employees are deemed essential so they would still have to work manning things like ths check -- dhs checkpoints so they would not receive a paycheck. most people won't notice a disruption if there is a shut down. >> we have had threats ever since 9-11, i would say this fits in with the rest of them by sending a little fear factor out there which is consistent threats have been consistent forever. fear factor puts pressure on congress and senate to pass the bill. >> the senate democrats lost yet again the chance to keep dhs funded. they are putting a priority on an unlawful or executive action or at least one challenged over the safety of american people. i think that's a shame.

>> we will see the senate take another shot at this but if we reach friday without some kind of funding agreement the big question will be which party will bear most of the blame for that. back to you guys. >> there's another question, how big of an impact would this so-called shut down really have? >> again, most people the department of homeland security are deemed essential about 85 percent of them. they would still report to work. we see the administration making an economic argument saying because these employees would receive delayed paychecks it could have an impact on things like consumer spending. >> doug luzader live for us in washington. thank you, doug. >> for the first time ever the mall of america now showcasing the secret security efforts after terror group el shabab takes aim at malls in the u.s. in the new video. kelly wright is here now with what the mall is doing to protect all of the shoppers. >> good morning to you. for the most part people are

still going to the mall. make no mistake they are being vigilant and cautious as well as security after the somali terrorist group el shabab urged muslims to strike mall of america and other popular malls through out western countries. >> so the mall of america is conducting several lock down drills that you are seeing right there showcasing other security measures in place. >> we recognize mall of america doesn't start inside the doors of the whole property. they use a technique called layers of security different layers you get before you get inside. one of which is bike patrol or bike officers. it is an incredible program. >> despite the threat the obama administration says it is not really credible here on u.s. soil. >> we are not aware of any specific credible plot against the mall of america or any other domestic commercial shopping center. >> but some lawmakers say the threat needs to be taken

seriously. >> we know and we need to identify the enemy and it's an islamic extremists whether it is isil or el shabab or boca haram we -- boko haram we need to be serious about it. >> she also says we need to take the flight to terrorists. >> there is one taking aim at the american gun policy what would he like to see happen? >> that state lawmaker wants them all to drop the anti gun policy so shoppers can protect themselves. >> if i were a terrorist the first place i would look to go to inflict harm or mass casualties would be a place where people were unarmed. >> state lawmaker tony cornish he's a former deputy. the mall of america not commenting on the gun policy. >> heather? >> thank you, kelly wright. british police just arriving in turkey to search for three

teenagers who ran away to join isis. now the girl's families are begging him to come home. >> if you watch this baby, please come home. mom knee needs you more than anything in the world. you are a baby. >> there are reports that the 15 and 16-year-olds they have already crossed into syria. we are also learning one girl apparently used twitter to speak with a woman who married an isis fighter. the families say that woman's social media was being honored and police should have-- monitored and they should have prevented this. >> more foreign fighters taking aim at children. the terror group looking to open two english speaking schools in syria. this poster detailing the opening of the schools. it will include islamic scripture, math and english. the school hopes to teach jihad children how to blend in when visiting other countries. >> the family hostage kayla

mueller speaking out saying the bergdahl prisoner swap hurt her chance for freedom. they are pressing press secretary josh earnest about that. >> family members of kayla mueller did interview with nbc news. they said when the president swapped five taliban commanders for bowe bergdahl that isis demands to release kayla started increasing. >> i am not sure that's the case the mueller family was making. >> they directly said i think it was her brother speaking that once the bergdahl swap happened the demands from isis got inch stronger. >> the united states does have a policy clearly in the best interest and clearly in the best interest of american people and national security to not make concessions and not to negotiate with terrorists. in this case with kayla mueller's hostage takers. that puts -- that did put kayla and her family in a very difficult position.

>> earnest going on to say the administration did everything to try to get kayla home safely. another day of dangerous winter weather gripping our country. ice forcing a plane to slide right off the runway and into the grass. this happening at the dallas airport. >> so scary in driving conditions like that. maria molina is tracking the icy weather for us. >> if is likely we will have the coldest february in the midwest. we keep checking on that as the month comes to a close. it is another cold one out there. we have windchill advisories and warnings in effect. the risk for hypothermia and frostbite is in place. numbers in buffalo 8 below zero 11 below in chicago. even if you head further west denver the current windchill temperatures only in the single

digits. it is a cold one out there. it will stay cold through out the entire workweek. we will see the temperatures actual numbers below zero. far go as we head into thursday morning friday morning another cold one and that continues as we head into saturday. we have winter weather today across portions of the southeast much quieter across parts of texas for the moment. we have advisories and watches in effect out here from dallas all of the way to carolinas. watch out not only for the risk of snow but also freezing rain and sleet. >> bobby jindal is weighing in on hilly clinton's foreign money problem. the clinton foundation has been accepting millions of dollars from foreign governments since she left the state department including 1 million to 5 million to the uae. the donations completely under

mine mind her mine her credibility. >> the chairman says the clinton foundation ties are going to be a huge problem if hillary runs for president. >> she is going to have to disclose every single foreign government that has given money to the clinton foundation. she is got over 60 companies that lobbied the state department while she was secretary of state who have since given money to the clinton foundation. so, i would think all of this talk about who is disqualified to run from the left media for every little thing that somebody says she cannot possibly run for president of the united states without disclosing to the american people which foreign countries lend yougive you money. >> rescuers working frantically to help 19 manatee stuck in a storm drain. >> they swim into the canal when the temperature drops. they followed each other into a pipe and got stuck.

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>> department of homeland security alarming about the possible shut down. critics say he is using scare tactics to get the funding. all of this as the mall of america in minneapolis conducting training drills and security sweeps with explosive detecting dogs amid a direct threat from isis. >> another day another scandal for the department of veterans affairs. robert mcdonald is now under fire for making false claims about the military record. >> army, navy, air force. army? what unit? >> special forces.

what year? >> i was in special forces. >> he said he was in special forces. mcdonald completed army ranger training but he never served in a ranger battalion or lot units. secretary mcdonald now saying i have no excuse i was not in special forces i reacted spontaneously and reacted wrongly with no intent to describe my record any different than it is. >> the obamacare architect who saw called americans stupid may be ripping you off now. a report from the vermont state auditor claims now mit economist jonathan gruber might have over billed the state by more than 38,000 dollars. gruber had a contract with vermont for researching and modeling the state healthcare system. gruber might have over stated the hours worked by his research assistants. the da now taking over this investigation. >> now to a fox business alert. president obama is posing more

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the financial try claims if you are over 65 and want to continue to make investments there's a good chance you won't be able to keep your financial advisor. the new standard could cost investors 75 to 195 percent more. a similar plan in the u.k. said they had to investment guidance and some declined as new clients. the rule expected to go through the regulatory process and take effect in a few months. heather, back to you. >> thank you, ashley webster. thanks. >> it is 48 minutes after the top of the hour. new york's finest getting lessons from patrick swayze? >> be nice. ask him to walk. be nice. if he won't walk. >> the department's bizarre new training technique. >> a sweet deal. how you can start your day with free doughnuts. >> what's coming up on "fox & friends" in a few minutes. >> over the next three hours we

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two minutes till top of the hour. before you leave the house here's what's happening today, closing statements expected in the american sniper murder trial today. the case was supposed to wrap up yesterday but the texas court was closed for bad weather. the department of homeland security sounding the alarm over the

consequences of a looming shutdown. secretary jeh johnson saying americans will be in danger but critics say he's just playing up fear to force the funding. let's keep talking about this. do you think the administration is playing politics at the expense of our safety? log on to "fox & friends first" facebook page and weigh in. grab yourself a free krispy kreme doughnut this morning. the chain is celebrating its opening of its 1,000th store by handing out free doughnuts to the first 1,000 people at participating locations. >> time for the good, the bad, and the ugly. the health news edition. the good. a new treatment for peanut allergies is cutting the risk to children. doctors finding 86% of children that were fed small amounts of peanuts are less likely to develop the allergy. the bad, a low i.q. could cause you to binge drink. researchers have said heavy drinking is to blame for a lack of intelligence but now a study says lower i.q.

comes first. finally the ugly, a lack of sunshine can increase your risk of type 2 diabetes. doctors say you can reduce that rick by getting outside -- that risk by getting outside. >> look forward to spring. "fox & friends" starts now. bye. good morning. it is tuesday february 24. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. the administration resorting to scare tactics over a heated federal funding battle. >> a shutdown of homeland security would have serious consequences and amount to a serious disruption in our ability to protect the homeland. >> is the white house playing politics with our national security? >> that would be terrible. meanwhile, the mall of america remains on high alert this morning after terrorists threaten to attack shoppers there. now one minnesota lawmaker wants the mall to scrap its no-gun policy and let citizens