ison for much less. wake up america this smells fish yu because it probably is. fishy yu because it probably is. because it probably is. gone political hopefuls converged on iowa a little less than a year away from the first in the nation caulk ses and some of them are facing tough questions from eyewitness right now. we'll have a live report from des moines. and one of president obama's toughest critics up on possible corruption charges. we ask if this is about the law or politics as new jersey's bob menendez comes out swinging. plus 60 years since the horrifying and pivotal moments in our nation's history in selma known forever as bloody sunday. we will talk to someone who captured the images framed by frame. >> and thanks for spending your saturday with us i'm leland

vittert vittert. >> and i'm uma pemmaraju. live from "america's news headquarters" in d.c. >> we begin this hour in iowa where some of the nation's biggest names in the gone are trying to play lay the ground work for a presidential run in 2016. names like christy, huckabee and bush have already gone before eyewitness this morning taking their questions and try to straight themselves from the rest of the pack. mike' manual is joining us live from des moines. >> reporter: the first ever iowa agriculture summit is obviously focused on a critical issue for people in iowa being agriculture but a lot of the people who would like to be perhaps the next president of the united states on the republican side are also taking this opportunity to weigh in on some other major issues. let's take a live look around the iowa ag summit, the first ever iowa ag summit it is a

packed house on the iowa state fairgrounds people are applauding and attentively listening to each of the potential presidential contenders, jeb busch, chris christie, ted truz, mike huckabee, rick perry, mike santorum and scott walker are trying to make an impression. bush went after obama on his cuba policy just moments ago. >> there's no small business development, all the mythology built up with cuba the simple fact is it looks more like north korea than a country that is emerging towards a freer place. >> reporter: which are also looking for the unscripted moments and we had one earlier this morning with new jersey governor chris christie with a protester interrupting him. >> i'm glad to see that new jersey has come to iowa. how great is that? great to have you here.

and i think you understand i'll deal with you the same way here as i deal with you in new jersey, my people follow me everywhere, bruce, it's fabulous. >> reporter: former has texas governor rick perry may be the most comfortable talking about agriculture issues after he and his father actually grew cotton. he also studied animal science at texas a & m. as others are making their first sbroe tux to iowa voters last night jeb bush took a at president obama and hillary clinton on policy. >> the next president has to restore an american presence where our allies know where we stand, where they don't think that they're pulling back, we're not pivot approximating, we're not doing all these things that create uncertainty that we're involved and they know we have their back and our enemies fear us a little bit, that they know we will act to certain things occur. this president and by the way, his former secretary of state

have let us down in this regard. >> reporter: back here at the first ever iowa agriculture summit with all these republican hopefuls trying to make a good first impression on the voters in iowa. we've had a few of the contenders already, they are lined up, they will be one after the other and no sign of fatigue with the voters who have turned out on saturday, spending all day to start to think about 2016 politics, it's also an interesting format because these contenders likely contenders, are being interviewed and not just simply up there giving a stump speech. uma. >> folks in iowa really like to take great pride in the fact that they to hold the first in the nation caulk ses. even though we're about a year away tell me who is getting the most buzz at this moment. >> reporter: it's been fascinating a lot of people want to see how jeb bush plays out here. some of the early criticism is he may not be conservative enough for eye wachlt he came out swinging last height at the event we showed you, he has also

had a polite reaccepting with the voters at the og summit. this is tlesh ur on scott walker. he is known as a neighboring govern sh the initial polling says that walker has a huge lead and with a huge lead comes major expectations, uma. >> all right. mike, right there in the center of everything, thanks so much for that update. we'll check back with you throughout this da i. you've heard from the candidate how we want to hear from you. what is the most important issue you want to hear the potential 2016 presidential candidates address? you can send your tweets to @uma pemmaraju, @leland vittert or @anhqdc and we may share some of your thoughts with senator lindsay graham when we talk with him next hour. now to -- >> now to a scanned dal that's rocking one of the senate's leading democrats. bob menendez says he's not going anywhere. already the subject of a federal

investigation defending himself in the face of big problem. now the justice department planning to fire corruption charges against him. an alleged quid pro quo between the senator and political donor and friend. rich edison joining us now. >> snoor sner a federal grand jury a segtding bob menendez and will decide whether they can pursue charges. the investigation focuses on menendez's wealthy friend dr. sole man, sources say the governor accepted gifts and used his office to held him advocating on his behalf in a meeting with senator harry reed and kathleen is a beel yus, the source also says the source has secured e-mails between menendez staff and can you say comes officials have the staff asked cpb not donate screening equipment to the do minute cal republic to allow a contractor the doctor controlled to provide that equipment.

he says they are simply long time friends. >> that's to dr. mel gan anyone who knows us knows that he and his family and me and my family have have been real friends for more than two decades. we celebrated holidays together, we have been there for family weddings and sad times like funerals and have given each other birthday holiday and wedding presents just as friends do. >> beyond that and claiming he always acted within legal guidelines menendez reduces to answer additional questions citing the on going investigation. menendez was the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee until republicans seized control of congress and the senate though he is the committee's top democrat and is known to his opposition to cuba. he has decided to hold off pushing increased sanctions on iran. >> all right, rich thanks so much for that update. republicans lost the fight over dhs funding not only when it came to the budget but the pr

war as well. a week from mon, march 16th comes another potential show down over the national debt. that's when secretary of the treasury jack lou told congress that the u.s. will hit the debt limit raising the limit requires an act of congress and has often been another topic of last minute bings manship. jerry moran of kansas, senator, thanks for being here on a saturday. are we going to see another showdown a week from now? >> well, i think there needs to be a showdown over the national debt. i hope there's not a showdown over raising the national debt ceiling. what we need is republicans and democrats who tradition that he will have agreed that the country's financial condition needs attention that we can't continue down the path that we're on to come together well enough to do some things to reduce the path we're on, the spending path we're on and get us in a trajectory in which the debt and deficit are being addressed and we ought not treat

raising the debt dealing as it's one more vote that has no on sequence. we need to get our fiscal house in order. i hope that doesn't mean there's a show down over racing the debt ceiling. this is a ench leverage point we can bring hope people together to say do something seriously important for the country and for our future. >> why does it seem that every time we reach one of these leverage points, one of tease moments to make a stand, all these kinds of things it never works out so well for the republicans? the government gets shut down, you guys get blamed for it or you have something that happened with the dhs funding gate that didn't work out so well either. >> what i snoo what i would say it's surprising to me because we had a handful of democrat senators who were very critical, particularly those up for election in 2014 who were we writ are cal of the president's executive orders related to executive amnesty but when the time aim kaim for them to vote to allow a debate to occur on the bill their votes weren't there to allow the senate to

proceed. we need to have those folks democrats as well as republicans had a err from their constituents that there are important matters that we're going to hold elected officials accountable for and we ought not let our elected officials off the hook when they say one thing and then behave differently. so this -- republicans are -- we're interested in governing, we want -- we don't want to have a continual crisis, but we also need the american people to insist that democrats, again -- we have 54 republicans and it takes 60 votes to proceed on a bill. >> it seems though that's sort of what we've gotten over the past couple of months at least is crisis after cries and coming up we have the highway trust fund, the debt limit, the budget, these kinds of things. i want to show you a poll only 17% of americans right now approve of the job that congress is doing go back to february 2515, 21%, june 2011, 20%. this is really, really low. 76% say you guys are doing a bad job. on the other hand you think

about the sthat majority leader mitch mcconnell who said give us the senate and house and he promised that they were going to get government working again. not so much. >> well, what i would say is that, yes, no one likes congress, that's a pretty typical circumstance we've found ourselves this for a long time but again, what we need -- i think the message of the last election, november of '14 i chaired the senate campaign committee to elect republicans to the senate two messages that i take from that election, the president said that his policies are up for review by the voters. in the states in which we had senate elections the voters rejected president obama's policies. but i also think there was a corresponding message delivered which was on most things can't you work together and get something done? and i've seen no evidence that the president is willing to move toward congress toward the middle and what i hope is that there are still de willing to do that. help the senate function, send

bills to the president, that we can agree upon. and the idea is that we can govern and i would say things are different. we've taken more votes in this senate than the entire -- in one month than the entire senate last year. >> you do make a good point that you need 60 senators to do anything. i know that you were inside the supreme court for the recent arguments over the obamacare debate there this front of the court regarding the subsidies given back to states and these kinds of things. number one, what was your take away message from being in those arguments? did you get a feeling one way or the other how the justices were leaning particularly chief justice roberts the swing vote apparently here inside this? and number two, give me a sense of where congress is to try and have some kind of plan if the supreme court declares obamacare unconstitutional, what are you guys going to do? >> well this is a case unlike the previous case dealing with the frakt, obamacare in which

the constitution naelt of the case of the law was at case. what today's arguments or last week's arguments were about is whether or not a specific provision in the law is being complied with and clearly by the letter of the law it's not. the question is whether you get subsidies if you don't acquire insurance on a state exchange the law says to get a subsidy it has to occur, you have to be attaining your insurance on the state exchange. one would expect a pretty solid majority of the supreme court to conclude by the letter of the law that irs is violating the law, the administration has once again exceeded its authority granted to them by congress, but the supreme court nothing is straightforward. my impression in listening to the arguments was very much this is a close case the justices that you would expect to be on one side were there, justices you would expect to be on the other side were there and you've got justice kennedy particularly but you added justice roberts to the case, i would say it's a 5-4

decision with some -- the question is what are either one of those two jest sus how do this he decide. >> 5-4 one way or the other we'll see how it your honor's it out. senator moran we appreciate your time on saturday. thank you, sir. >> i'm glad to be with you. overseas now. important gains against isis this weekend in iraq. joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey saying he is confident that the combined force of ire yan backed militias will take back the city of tick treat from the islamic terrorists. a day after capturing al baghdadi. dempsey says the forces have a large numerical advantage over isis nighters but warns a win wouldn't mean much if it's not hold by humanitarian and other source. he also credits u.s. air strikes in the area for making that assault possible. we're going to bring hope you a live report later on in the show. terrorists cocontinue to make

inn rounds across africa as the country of mali wakes up today. masked militants opened fire at a popular nightclub killing at least five people. officials say two of the dead include a french and belgium national. france president called it a cowardly attack. mali used to be part of a french colony. this is the first militant attack in mali's capital since french forces began fighting al qaeda linked extremists there back in 2012. this teal had as two major concessions concessions, one leaving iran with a vast nuclear program and two, lifting the restrictions on that program in about a decade. that's why this deal is so bad. it doesn't block iran's path ot bomb, it pafs iran's bakt to the bomb. >> the high stakes drama over the u.'s efforts to get a nuke

deal continues to fuel tepgs critics like prime minister netanyahu who is warning the world it would lead to a countdown to a might mare. this as the secretary of state john kerry continuing meeting in paris with european leaders who believe it is possible to get a deal that would restrain iran's nuclear program chltd any talk about a deal is particularly upsetting for one special group of individuals who know firsthand what it's like to deal with a country engaged in state response erred terrorism. for the 52 american hostages held prisoner inside the u.s. embassy in iron in 1979 the memories are still vivid. when that revolution ushered in iron's islamic still in place today. many of the hostage takers and guards continue to have influence today and that's one reason former hostages like don cook believe that regime simply cannot be trusted. mr. cook served as a vice council at the embassy back then and joins us now.

>> nice to be here. >> do you believe that it's naive for the u.s. and other european nations to believe that iran would abandon its nuclear ambitions? >> the whole exercise is in an alice in wonderland world the iranians deny they have a nuclear weapons program and you don't have the number of centrifuges, you don't have the kind of enrichment capability that the iranians have, you don't have a secret nuclear power program, you have a secret thuk letter weapons program and the iranians have a weapons program, they want to keep their weapons program so the motions really are over whether or not we can stop the iranian nuclear weapons program. >> of course we don't know the official details about a possible deal there has been information that's been leaked out over the last few weeks and there are those who believe that with the information that's come out so far that it looks like iran is going to be rewarded for bad behavior. how do you feel about this? >> i'm concerned about we've

known that the administration's goal has been to delay a possible weapon zags in iran for one year. so that's been put out to the think tanks and ot other opinion leaders in washington. the information that's new over the last couple of weeks is the idea of a sunset provision in the agreement that after ten years there wouldn't be any restrictions at all on the iranian nuclear program and for people long that ten years is a long time i'd just remind you that the hostage crisis was 35 years ago and for me and others it seems line it was yesterday. >> i'm sure. i'm sure. and already a lot of folks who are very concerned about that sunset clause. i mention ammed earlier that some of the hostage takers and guards who had key roles back hen, they still have some important positions today and they still hold influence. you foe, from a personal point of view and i can't begin to

know what it was like to be held prisoner for 444 days, had had to be absolutely mind bog length, but you have that special mers. you were able to get a sense of their characters and from that perspective what insights can you share with us about the concerns over the fact that people like yourself really believe that iran just can't be trusted, any deals that it makes it doesn't keep it's world word and what it takes on both sides of the issue. >> i think one of the key considerations is the style of negotiation in dealing with the iranians and the ire feens have a different way of negotiating. throughout the carter administration when we were being held the u.s. was offering a conciliatory approach and the iranians just don't respond to that, they believe that if you immediate the deal more than we do then we're going to get all the concessions and you're going to make all the concessions. it was the election of president reagan which really brought an

end of the hostage crisis and it was very clear that the iranians understood that a reagan administration was going to take a very hard line. the negotiations recently started as a result of very tough sanctions that were put into place by congress over the objections of the administration and once the negotiations started then there was a relaxation of those standards -- those sanctions and i think the iranians have the impression that we feel we need the agreement more than they do. >> well, it's a very big high stakes gamble. certainly something that's obviously very troubling to you and so many people of course is that iran has never been held accountable for its actions back ten. i really do appreciate you being here. sharing with us your insights and being here today. thank you so much for your service. >> thank you very much for having me. >> appreciate it. former vice president walter mon dale is in the hospital we're going to tell you why he was there and the event he was supposed to attend. plus 50 years ago today

blood wree sunday the images from selma alabama shocked the nation and put the civil rights movement center stage. we're going to talk to a man behind the lens. having me. movement center stage.

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welcome back. some developing news to bring hope you if the health of former vice president walter monday dale he's now in a minnesota hospital with the flu. he was apparently planning to introduce the chief executive he served under during the peace forum but it was jimmy carter who delivered the news. >> i got through talking to vice president mon dale on the phone he's at mayo clinic in rochester, he went there for just a regular physical examination, but had a fever and they finally said he had influenza he is in a bed but looking forward to coming back home. he said tell everybody he is doing well. he's sorry he wasn't here. >> we wish him a speedy recovery. mon dale who is 87 has had a long career in politics also serving as a u.s. senator and the ambassador to japan. >> other cabinet officials is similar to the guidance that officials all across the government has gotten. they should use their official

government account for official government business. that was white house press secretary josh earnest outlining government policy on e-mail use. we now know then secretary of state hillary clinton at best simply didn't follow the rules and since this scandale broke there have been a lot of questions about the theft i believe of hillary clinton as a democratic nominee come 2016. just take a look at the latest box news poll. when asked does the word honest describe hillary clinton? 52% of americans said no compare that to april 2014, only 42% no. and we should point out this poll was taken march 1st through 3rd before a lot of the details about the e-mail scandal had even come out. danielle harper is the online editor at the weekly standard and the author of this book "clinton ink" thanks for being here with us. >> you've got a lot of sources inside clinton world. are they in panic mode? >> it appear to be that they are in panic mode.

they've known about this for six months and have never devised a strategy for how to deal with it. >> they just don't come up with one? >> i think that's part of it. i think the other part is they didn't really realize that we're in 2015 and that campaigns move differently in that this kind of thing can gom nate the dman cycle and won't go away until questions are answered. the obama administration realizes that it's a scandal for themselves that they look bad and they're begin to sell her out a little bit. you see that with josh earnest. >> marie harf as well. >> saying we're washing our hands of this one. at some level bill clinton was the tough president he was able to get through anything. hillary clinton things is it i can to more. we saw the dead broke comment stuck to her, the comment obviously the foreign kban contributions to the clinton foundation, the one from algeria really stuck and now this. is she not aenl to deal with things as defendantly as her husband. >> she doesn't have the

political skills of her us had. thes' not gregarious she's not friendly and warm in the public person in a the way her husband is. there's a like ability and a interest trust factor, people just aren't sure whether she's telling the truth. the problem is a lft these clinton stand dals is that eventually you begin to wonder whether they think they're above the law. >> whether they actually believe it at some point. >> exactly. this is extremely bob problematic. a narrative begins to stick and i think it affects them, people want start to wonder if she's president of the united states is is this how she's go going to govern, above the law and if so maybe that's not for them. >> you guys have been doing yeoman's work covering this. take a listening to what m is snbc had to say about it. >> can you imagine cable if this was dick cheney and he had a server in virginia? >> let me just say -- i'm just going to be transparent. i'd go crazy. i would be completely off the

hook. and i'm trying to be because i do think sometimes there's a little bias that sneaks into this, but this is wrong. >> a moment of honesty there. but on the on the other hand you had jack shaver write in "politico," he said team clinton will beat the press again. whose right? >> they also had a block berg report saying the clintons believe the press will forget about it and move on to bigger issues. i think they're partly both right. also a double standard and i think the press will say e-mails, that's old news, we've discussed it. a year from now it will be ancient news when voters go to the polls. that's what the clintons want, they don't want this sticking in the way that many people -- in the way it might with many people. >> obviously we will have to see whether this derails her campaign before it starts. a lot of people have said that is a possibility. >> it certainly made a lot of bed wetting on the left. >> we appreciate your time sir.

thanks. still ahead another brutal blast of winter weather is hitting the southeast, but hopefully there may be some sunny days ahead. they will have the forecast. an moment in a nation's history, bloody sunday, president obama and a number of luminaries turning out today to commemorate this moment. this defining moment in the civil rights movement. jonathan sunseri is joining us live from is selma alabama. >> i'm standing on the banks of the alabama river overlooking the edmund pettus bridge where president obama is scheduled to speak this afternoon. i will have that story coming up in a live report from selma. okay...listen up. i'm here to get the lady of the house back on her feet. ohhhh. okay veggies you're cool. mayo, corn dogs you are so out of here! ahh... 'cause i'm reworking the menu. keeping her healthy and you on your toes. the complete balanced nutrition of great tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals

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well dock back, everybody. you are taking a look at live pictures right now from press cot, arizona, where a final memorial service is being held for kayla mueller. you may recall that the 26-year-old international aid worker died last month while she

was held captive by isis militants. the islamic state claiming she was killed this a jordanian air strike, but u.s. officials have not confirmed that. mueller has captured by the islamic state in august of 2013 as she left a hospital in syria. her parents have started a nonprofit organization called kayla's hands to continue who are humanitarian efforts. we will bring hope you a live report with more on this memorial a little bit later on in our program. today marks the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. march 7th 1965, selma, alabama chls images of police attacking voting rights marchers shocked the country. the march across the edmund pettus bridge became a watershed moment. president obama is just minutes away from landing in selma after departing washington.

there also president bush and over 100 members of congress will be in attendance to commemorate not only the event but the people behind it. jonathan sunseri is live in selma, alabama with that iconic brick behind him. >> it is ike nim indeed. the organizers could not have asked for better weather today it's sunny, certainly warming up after a deep freeze we went through temperatures now in the 60s today. the president will be speaking at that psych nick structure that you described behind me, the edmund pettus bridge this event is attracting thousands of visitors and among those 100 members of congress that you mentioned, representative john lewis will be among them. he of course suffered severe beatings while marching here in selma 50 years ago. among the events kmem rating the movement visitors gathered to a service at brown chapel ame church. there was a rallying point for demonstrators and lead loo hers

including the reverend dr. martin king jr. i don't remember. today we spoke with his eldest son about the significance of this day. >> all of these moments in history that we so stop and acknowledge and really thank and praise those who came before us those who opened doors and tragically severed gave their lives. we praise and thank them, but we also refocus on what is an action plan for the future to make america better for all americans. >> reporter: and mr. king says 50 years later it is still crucial to get all americans involved in the political process and he said in addition to voter registration, there needs to be voter education. leland, back to you. >> jonathan live in selma, we'll hear from the president later. thanks. and as our nation marks this historic and dramatic moment in our nation's history and the civil rights movement, photographer steven summer steen had a front row seat to history

and imaged to cap too you are some of the images from that day. he was given free access to dee figures including dr. martin luther king, jr. great to have you here today. you know the images of that day shocked the nation and forever mashed a huge dee tying moment in the civil rights struggle. you were just 24 years old, a college student and you nangd to capture some remarkable photographs, you were standing directly behind the reverend martin luther king during his speech at the alabama state house. what ran through your find as you watched these dramatic develops unpold before your eyes? >> well you knew it was history in the making, but when you're directly involved and you are a photographer, you are trying to cover essentially the significant moments that you can capture and you're trying to balance it against the quality of the photograph, the message

you want to commit to film. you can't really indulge in the luxury of thinking of it as history. you have a job at hand and your job is to emboss on the film the message you're trying to deliver. every so often i would stop and say, this is a remarkable point in time, and then get on with the work at hand. where is shy next photograph? where is the next image that i have to capture? >> you know -- >> it has to be workmanlike -- go ahead. >> i was going to say this was all well before our 24 hour news cycle that millions of people are used to having today. your photographs were truly pivotal and sewed the world what was happening. >> well i hoped i could do that and as i was covering it i was not only thinking about the significant people, like dr.

king, calf an err natty many of the major participants and initiators of the march, but the people who the march was dedicated to. the civilians the young people who would be taking advantage of the en franchisement that they were working towards and that's why my photographs turned to the civilians to the people in the streets, because they were inextricably linked to the purpose of the march. >> of course. as you saw the attacks happening against those peaceful demonstrators, what ran through your mind? >> oh, i was, you you know absolutely shocked. i mean, it was incredible foolishness on the part of the government to attack peaceful

marchers, and it was appalling that it was happening in america. that's what activated many of us to join dr. king and cover the march. you know, i did it as a newspaper man covering the march, but so many other of my fellow students joined us and went down you foe to participate on the march and place their bodies on the line in support of voting rights. >> what did you bop comma way with in terms of the spirit of the people? even to you they were being attacked, the resiliency, the sense of purpose that so many of these individuals had, particularly the young people who were marching that day. >> i think the message certainly from dr. king that went down through the 25000 people who joined us in the march was one of peace.

we were -- we always felt that there was a sense that the only way to accomplish this would be through peaceful arbitration and marching, and dr. king set the standard. i found that he had a noble aspect that transmitted itself to the people and they joined him in this gandyesque kind of peaceful demonstration. >> it's amazing, you had that front row seat to history 50 years ago and it is an amazing moment in our history and we thank you so much for sharing your memories and insights with us about that day as the civil rights movement continued struggling on for voting rights. >> thank you. it was a pleasure and i think that my participation was a

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boehiem. according to the ncaa's report released friday syracuse basketball violated dozens of rules over a course of a decade from 2001 through 2012. members of the serious athletic staff participated in academic fraud, an environment have student athletic papers assignment were completed by staff, including the of men's kplaebls frags. the school also failed to follow and enforce its own written drug policy. players who tested positive for drugs more than once were allowed to play in had games and practices. players received illegal benefits including more than $8,000 in cash. now as a result the school will be on probation for the next five years. they will lose 12 scholarships over the next four years they self-imposed a postseason ban this year. the hammer though, falling hard on coach jim boehiem who was suspended for half of his atlantic coast conference games next season and will have to

vacate more than 100 wins. the nraa says boehiem failed to monitor his staff. the punishment also means the second all time winningest division one coach would fall to sixth all time. in a statement coach boehiem said he's disappointed in the report, saying, quote, the committee chose to ignore the efforts which i have undertaken over the past 37 years to promote an atmosphere of compliance within the men's basketball program. instead, they chose to focus on the rowing and secretive actions of a former employee of the local ym krchl a and my former director of basketball operations in order to impose an unprecedented series of penalties. again, we're seeing that coach boehiem saying that it's being reported that coach boehiem will be appealing the game suspension leland. >> thanks, brine. still ahead, lots of folks are hoping that the snowstorms earlier this week paralyzing travelers, creating big traffic

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the pigs are out of the pen in hughesouston. take a look. >> and they're off. >> all right. they're going to actually run around 150 had--foot track in just seconds. the pigis letslets are giving it their all for the feed trough. they have a lot of fans, as you can see. they were there for the great american pig race at none other than the texas livestock show and rodeo that is going on in houston. and turning our thoughts and the camera lens on the weather, well, it was an absolute nightmare in atlanta. travelers stranded for days in a bus terminal following that rough snowstorm slamming the southeast this week. the red cross even being brought in to hand out food and water. >> i ran out of money. i'm running out of diapers. i have to be there. if this bus doesn't show up today, i will have no food no diapers, no money, no nothing.

>> such a tough situation there. so many of us are wondering are we getting set for mother nature to shift gears and grant us warmer temps? janice dean is standing by at the fox extreme weather center. janice please tell us this is what we have in our forecasting warmer temps. i have good news. let's take a look at the snow, as far south as the lower mississippi valley over two dozen states have snow on the ground but, you know what, the future is looking bright as we head into the new workweek. we have a few snow showers across the great lakes and the northeast. not a big deal here, just some nuisance snowflakes, but weigh are looking at the potential for rain across texas a and louisiana and mississippi, towards alabama. heavy rainfall over the next several days that could bring some flooding issues so keep that in mend if you live across the great state of texas, across the gulf coast as well, where we could get several inches of rain. and then the good news here, we

are going to warm up substantially for much of the country. i mean 40s and 50s, maybe even close to 60 degrees for washington, d.c. you uma i am so happy to report good news. 13 days until springtime as well. make sure that you bring those clocks ahead tonight. >> absolutely. >> back to you. >> i can't wait. mother nature, hopefully smiling on us for a while. thank you, janice. >> you've got it, of course. coming up at the top of the hour remembering kayla mueller and celebrating the life of a woman killed by isis. plus, call it a cattle call in iowa. with no clear leader can any of the possible 2016 gop hopefuls break away from the pack? plus, more than 50 years of the gatlin brothers entertaining america. we'll tell you what they have planned next. ♪ get theraflu. it has the power of three medicines to take on your worst pain and fever, cough and nasal congestion. theraflu breaks you free from

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thanks for staying with us. i'm leland vittert. of welcome to hour two. >> and i'm uma pemmaraju. here is what's making news. bob menendez under fire but says he's not backing down against his critics in a justice department investigation following a two-year probe about corruption charges. they're now pending, and we're going to bring you the very latest. >> remembering kayla mueller, killed by isis and now her