i think we have to remind them that if this is what you are basing your vote on, you have to look at the historical context in which that information was provided. i think that is an important aspect to how they do it. i think there is going to be a ton of factors that people rely on as they do >> the president may be the one who tweeted this. can you just establish this for me, because i'm confused, the president did discuss what it is that he had in mind when he tweeted with the department of justice before the department? >> i'm not going to get into what the president knew or didn't know prior to it. we already commented on this multiple times. >> how does the department of justice not have any idea? >> i don't want to get into starting to parse what we knew an what we didn't.

that request did not come to us. it went to the department of justic justice. >> saying we cart restart civilization with somebody else's action. >> i will touch base with the president on that. halle? >> i just want to go back to you just said a minute ago, what the president meant when he tweeted about the wire tapping. you all stood there and said the tweet speaks for itself. when do you decide when a president's tweet, when his words are open to interpretation and when though words stand on their own? >> i'm sorry. can you further explain? his tweets do speak for themselves. >> you interpret et it for peter. you said when he said wire tapping he meant -- >> he had it in quotes. >> did you ask him? >> i did. >> what did he say? >> he said they were in quotes.

it was referring to surveillance. >> he cited other reports in his conversation? >> he did. >> that's what the tweet was based on? >> good try. i have already been clear on that. >> i want to go back to the health care. yes or no. are cbo numbers legitimate or not? >> that's not my determination to make. it depends. there are a lot of things -- hold on, halle. you have like an nbc thing. let me answer the question. i think when you look at whatever that number is, whether it's budget projections or whatever, i think there's a track record that goes on with whether or not the projections in certain area, unemployment, pwulgtary number, what the track record is. all i'm suggesting to you is the numbers they did the last time they did health care were off by more than 50% when it came to the number of people insured. that's not my interpretation.

that's a fact. >> i guess there are two possibilities here. one is that the president made a commitment in november. the other is he did. came down and said the president made that commitment. did the president make that commitment? >> i don't think it really matters at the end of the day. the attorney general followed the practice that existed for the last several administrations and asked every attorney general to submit their resignation. >> it also matters in the sense that the president made a commitment, he made a commitment, why did he change his mind? >> as i mentioned earlier, he called him to thank him for his service last week. he followed in the practice of the last several administrations and asked everybody to step down. i think that's appropriate. jeff, i called on someone. thank you. >> i have two questions. the first, i think, especially in light of what has happened

today, the president tweeted this morning much of the media is being rude and that we should be nice. so my question is, is it our job to be nice? and do you think we're nice? >> thank you, veronica. i will just leave it at this. i think i have been asked for my personal opinions several times. that's not my job. i don't get up here to speak for myself. i speak for the president. i think that he has been very clear that he doesn't believe some of the behavior in the reporting has been appropriate. that's to halle's point, i will let the tweet speak for itself. >> second question. but this is about you. the interaction this weekend. what would be i guess your message to individuals who want to maybe -- i see you could argue very aggressive. if something doesn't want to be aggressive what would be your message to a regular citizen that has an issue? >> ask it. i interact with individuals all

day long. 99% of whom are pleasant, even with people who may not agree with our philosophy or programs or whatever. but it's a free country and the beauty of it is that people can act how they want no matter how that's interpreted. as long as they stay on the right side of the first amendment, we'll be friends. >> you said when the president said wire tapping in that tweet, he meant a whole host of surveillance types. so we can be crystal clear, was what surveillance types was he referring to? what would you consider part of that? >> there's a whole host of tactics that can be used to monitor somebody either through wire tap or other ways in which you can surveil somebody. >> he said monitoring his calls. what else would you include? >> there's a whole host of

things that fall into that category. there's a wide range of ways that somebody can be monitored. if you contacted one of the law enforcement agencies, they will provide you with a whole host of ways. thank you all. be safe tomorrow with the snow. thank you very much. take care. stay safe. >> are you briefing tomorrow? are you briefing tomorrow? >> sandra: that's it. we've got a fox news alert just hours after president trump told the media to be nice. hello and welcome to america's news headquarters. sean spicer addressing the media just a few minutes ago. the effort to repeal health care, the president's claims of wire tapping. and a firing of a high level new york u.s. attorney. there was laughter. there was a little bit of biting back and forth. they even talked about what the president was going to do with

his salary. he was asked had he already donated his salary from the month of february? sean spicer there announcing that what he was going to do was ask the press where they thought he should send it salary. turning it right back on them. john roberts is in the briefing room where they just finished. turning around. i'd call that spicy. what do you think of that? >> reporter: these things are getting a little more interactive than in the past. remember the first time sean spicer came out in the briefing room. it was on the 21st of january. the day after the inauguration. and he basically just ripped the press up one side and down the other for talking about the crowd size at the inauguration. but now there's a much more spirited back and forth. sean spicer, for the most part, has got a smile on his face when he does it. it's not to say that there's not a lot of spirited back and

forth. you saw that today. you saw that on friday as well. some people have some pointed questions to ask. one of the questions was ability the president firing the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york after telling him at trump tower back in december that he wanted him to stay on. we've wondered what had changed. also why the president had called him a couple days before he was forced to resign his position as the u.s. attorney there in new york. didn't get really too much of a direct answer from sean spicer. he told us to talk tof the department of justice about it, even though there appeared to be a list about it. what i asked about the phone call here's what spicer told us. >> the president was calling to thank him for his service. this is a standard action that takes place in most administrations. then attorney generals are sent an identical letter. >> reporter: true, it is standard practice for most

people appointed in previous administration to be asked for their resignation. across the federal government there are no longer people who have jobs. what is unusual ab this though, with bharara is the fact that he was asked by the then president elect back in december to stay on. and then wasn't kept on. then why the president decided to call him. i don't believe he called any of the other u.s. attorneys. came to the point where bharara consulted with some colleagues as to whether or not he should call the president back. so still a lot of unanswered questions about this particular one. lot of unanswered questions about the quote wire tapping as well. we expect that we may not get the answers to those questions, though we will keep pushing forwar forward. >> melissa: thank you for that. a report on the health care plan about to hilt capitol hill. the nonpartisan congressional bug office putting a price tag on the bill, possibly as soon as

today. projecting how many people it will cover. house speaker paul ryan defending the proposal over the weekend as he seeks to rally republican support. >> how many people are gonna lose coverage under this? >> i can't answer that question. here's the premise of your question. are you going to stop mandating people buying health insurance? people are going to do what they want. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. what do conservatives want? >> sounds like they would like for house speaker paul ryan to be more flexible, to come to the negotiating table with them. they make the case that they believe president trump is willing to deal. >> the president's been very clear that he wants negotiation. they're open to change. your previous guest just talked they're open to changes. we will be at the white house tuesday. we're looking at those issues that we think can make this bill consistent with what we told the

american people we were going to do. >> as we await the congressional budget office numbers in terms of projections for what this new republican health care package would do, there does seem to be concern about in terms of the coverage numbers. but republicans who are in favor of this package say that they believe it will be a decent projection in terms of the price tag of this gop healthcare replacement. what we've heard jabs already about the congressional budget office being wildly wrong on obamacare. some republican leaders say gop differences over this legislation aren't really that big. >> when you look at where we are, i'd say there's over 85% of this bill that has universal agreement among republican. then it's those fine pieces that we're having conversations about. ultimately this bill does repeal and replace obamacare in the way that we've laid out over the years. >> this is setting up to be a big week on capitol hill over this health care debate.

we expect the numbers really any time now about the enrollment numbers and all the cost of the new package. we all expect the house budget committee to meet this week to take the two different bills that were worked on by committees last week and combine them into one package moving forward. >> melissa: a lot to go through. thank you very much. afghanistan, syria, yemen, libya and iraq just some of the countries where american forces are engaged. a new report suggests a possible change to the rules of engagement. what it means for the potential battle up ahead. and the department of justice facing a deadline from congress. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle calling for action. >> i think the president has one or two choices. either retract or to provide the information that the american people deserve.

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>> melissa: health care repeal and replace a big topic at the briefing today. now the question, how will it all be paid for and how much will it cost? jessica is a democratic strategist and senior director of research at buckle.com. alex comet is a former communications director for the senator marco rubio and partner at firehouse strategies. so, everyone really waiting for this cbo report right now. jessica, that number comes out. it's not likely to look very good for this plan. >> no, it isn't. the question is, will it matter? republicans are on offense here saying we've had cbo numbers before that didn't pan out. this will be the same thing. we all have to consider that there are numbers that are estimates at this.. i think that really from the

clips we were shown in the earlier part of your show, it will all be about how this bill evolves. right now basically no one likes it but paul ryan. i think donald trump has thrown his name behind it just to get something done. we have to see what the steps are to meet the needs of the other senators who are saying we're not gonna vote for it. >> melissa: alex, we heard the cbo is always wrong wrong wrong. here is sean spicer saying basically that. >> so let's look at the cbo's projection. their projection on obamacare would have 24 million people on it. the actual figure is 10.4 million people. less than half the number of people that it projected would be insured were on it. and it's declining. so the only point peter is to make sure people understand, if you're looking to get a bulls eye accurate prediction, the cbo was off by more than half last time. >> melissa: they also blew it on

the cost of the medicade expansion. $42 billion, they said it was $68 billion. how do you take their numbers when they miss like that? >> sean's absolutely correct on that. cbo report is not going to be the be all and end all of the obamacare repeal and replacement debate. projections are famously hard to make. which is really the under lying issue that this bill is trying to deal with. so while paul ryan and the trump administration feels very confident that this bill will lower the cost of health care, cbo may be more pessimistic, in which case the numbers will show rising costs, higher deficit and not as many people getting covered. that will be part of the on going debate. go ahead. >> melissa: in the meantime in the rear view mirror, obama care is looking better to a lot of people. listen to what don'tal trump had to say about that. >> we end it everyone's gonna

say remember how great obamacare used to be. remember how wonderful it used to be. it was so great. it's a little bit like president obama. when he left. people liked him. when he was here, people didn't like him so much. that's the way life goes. that's human nature. >> melissa: oh my goodness. >> yeah, oh my goodness. that would be my whole comment. very trumpian statement that's going to appeal to his supporters, obviously. yes, obama approval spiked toward the end. people under the threat of losing their coverage have looked for favorably upon obamacare. you have all these numbers swirling around, 10, 15 million to lose their coverage, what happens to medicare come 2020, etc. i don't agree with the president here. i think as we've discussed, we have to see how they work on this bill. all what democrats can contribute to this. >> melissa: absolutely. i'm sorry, we gotta run.

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>> melissa: the trump administration reportedly pushing for looser rules for koupber terrorism operation. president trump already declaring parts of yemen as areas of active hostility which allows the military to x-ray with greater freedom. bypassing president obama's presidential policy guideline which established the standard operating procedures for when the united states takes direct action. which refers to lethal and

nonlethal uses of force, including capture operations against terrorist targets outside the united states and areas of active hostilities. joining me now is virginia congressman scott taylor. sir, thank you for joining us. >> good afternoon. >> in a practical sense, what does this change mean? what will the government be able to do? >> well tphrbg a practical sense, it allows for obviously forces both nonlethal and lethal to operate in areas of looser rules of engagement places like somalia, yemen. declares parts of yemen, somalia, i guess active hostilities. i believe that's the term they use. allows for our troops to have looser rules, rules of engagement. >> melissa: what's an example? for us nonmilitary people what does that mean that you couldn't do otherwise? >> i think the level of authorization will have a little less oversighing on it. so somebody closer to the action itself can make the decision to do things like raids or drone

strikes on expected militants in many of these places. we have to be aware of civilian casualties. the obama administration tried to limit that, too. there's no one in the military that wants to have civilian casualties. it's very important for strategic interests moving forward. i think there's a greater issue here, too, if i may. >> melissa: please. >> it's very important that congress actually has a voice in this as well, too. over the past 15 years we're operating on a use of military force from 2001. two administrations are operating on a third administration's rule 16 years ago. there's a small segment of the population that has been engaged in these wars going back and forth over and over again. i believe the american people should be part of this debate. that means via their representative. congress should vote on a new use of authorization of military force. >> melissa: sounds as what you're saying is the president, not just this president, but our

presidents, the last couple, are already overstepping the powers that they have. so you must not be in favor of this one then? >> it's not that i'm not in favor of it. i think that the american public, via their representative, have a special interest and a vested interest to have a debate about where we're going with this, where we're operating in. i think it's very very important. the military is just doing their job. they're just trying to keep us safe. i believe in looser rules of engagement. i believe a man and a woman who obviously in the armed services should never have to question whether they defend themselves or folks on the left or right of them. >> melissa: that's not how "the new york times" actually characterizes this one. they say the trump administration is exploring how to dismantle constraints intended to prevent civilian deaths from drone attacks. >> well, listen, there are obviously different thought processes as to what is the

correct thing to do to prevent civilian casualties. there's a different administration here. they have a different thought process. that's a legitimate debate for not just the administration, but all for congress. to talk ab where we are as a nation, what places we're going to operate in in terms of what the law is to do that. we have a vested interest to step up and vote on it and congress as well, too. in general i believe that if we're going to make the decision to send people forward they should not be constrained in terms of worrying about protecting themselves or the man or woman on their left or right. >> melissa: thank you for your time. we appreciate it. more states lining up to challenge the president's latest travel ban. how they're trying to block that order from taking effect in just a few days. plus the house intelligence committee moving ahead with a probe into president trump's wire tapping claims. what they need from the justice department and what's next for the investigation? >> the president has made very clear that he's incredibly

concerned ab these leaks from the intelligence and security communities. they're coming from somewhere. as goes trump tower, though, we'll see where the investigations lead. what's the best way to get

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coast. what are we expecting on the travel ban legal front this week? >> well, melissa, it's a big week for the trump administration and its lawyers. they didn't have any success defending the first go around of the travel ban which led to the revised ban. this week lawyers will be battling it out mainly in two states. both out here in the west. washington state and hawaii. in hawaii's case, the plaintiff is an american named ishmael alsleek. his wife was born in syria. the lawsuit contends it is harming the family because they won be able to bring her family to the u.s. the others focuses more on emotions, saying muslims will be made to feel like members of a disfavored religion. it is saying it is affect a portion of hawaii's population and second class treatment in violation of the constitution and the immigration and nationality act. hawaii is seeking a temporary

restraining order. it will make its argument in court wednesday in front of judge derrick watson who was appointed by president obama. >> melissa: how is the washington case different? >> well, in washington state's case, they already have and they have made the argument that the travel ban, the first one, was unconstitutional and they got a pro and they say that's basically still in place because this second travel ban is effectively the same thing. on friday, judge robart slapped the hands of washington state and the justice department saying that they have not really filed proper motions to do what they need to do. robart issued the first injunction which was upheld. all of this while the trump administration is trying to have this second travel ban go into effect on thursday. melissa? >> melissa: dan springer, thank you. a fox news alert for you now. today marking the deadline for the department of justice to hand over any information it has about the alleged surveillance of the trump team.

the obama administration has denied president trump's wire tapping claims and the president hasn't provided any evidence to support the accusations so far. chief intelligence correspondent katherine herridge is on the phone with the latest. katherine? >> reporter: well thank you, melissa. i'm working on a story right now on the hill. it could well be that this deadline comes and goes today and justice department asks for an extension. we've learned today that this private letter from the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee devan nunes and adam schiff was sent to the justice department wednesday last week. so even under the best of circumstance, five day turn around for a request like this would be pretty quick. remember the congress asked for any documentation so that would be an order, an application, or a warrant for surveillance be

produced to congress. this is important in the context of the timing right now. this request comes just one week before the first public hearing on the russian investigation which is including or at least asked to be included. the fbi director, the former cia director john brennan, james clapper t current head of the nsa, his group is one that's responsible for conducting surveillance. then also the acting attorney general sally yates of the justice department. the members of that house committee want to get these records prior to the hearings because this will give them the line of questioning, if you will, and will put to rest one way or the other the president's statements from ten days ago. i would say at the briefing today the white house spokesman said the white house is not

directing the justice department to respond. they say this would be, they're interfering in this. they're optimistic that the records, if they exist, will certainly be provided. but the bottom line for people at home is this story has legs at least until next week when we get that public hearing and can hear from the principles directly ab what was listened to during that election period. >> melissa: thank you very much for that. >> reporter: you're welcome. >> melissa: for more on all of this let's bring in the arkansas attorney general. she was also a former prosecutor. first of all, does it seem reasonable to you if, in fact, they need more time to look into this? >> certainly. depending on the amount of information. that's what we will learn through the intelligence committee, the house and the senate is what information they had, what information, what evidence, in fact, there is to back up this charge. i do believe that they're going

to do a thorough and wide scope investigation. and in time the american people will hear about it, as we should. >> melissa: they're talking about having a hearing on maybe what war rans were issued is one element of it. there are a lot of people who think that that's something that's likely to come up just showing that there were warrants to listen in on the russian ambassador, which you know maybe wouldn't be that out of the ordinary. saying it was incidental collection when they got general flynn on those calls. what else would they be looking for beyond that, the committee? what kind of questions would they ask, do you think? >> the committee will certainly be looking into who they were -- if there was, in fact, surveillance, who they were listening to, in addition to individuals outside the country, as well as certainly those inside the country, and particularly if there was anything politically motivated, i think that is something that is of grave concern to the

american public. privacy concerns have been extremely on high alert recently because of technology and the increase of technology and its uses. this is something i hear ab as attorney general certainly something that the committee will be talking about and who exactly and what exactly they're looking at. >> melissa: some of the allegations have gotten wild. that it was maybe different intelligence groups outside the country that were listening in. if it existed, it wouldn't be found by this committee. no one's gonna walk into the committee an announce that they have information about this or there was a way to uncover it. will they pursue the line of questioning of, well, if the call was made between general flynn and the ambassador, then who would have known about that? maybe who leaked it? is that part of this? >> those will be questions that the committee will come up with. i have not been able to look into the minds of those committee members. i am confident though, i know

senator cotton is a member of the senate intelligence committee and is a thoughtful and expected individual on the committee. he will be asking questions and looking into it. again, it is going to be a thorough, wide ranging investigation. hopefully one that will come to a close rather soon. >> melissa: certainly the administration has put it back on to investigators and back on to the intelligence committee saying you guys go out. we made the allegations, but you go out and find the evidence. here's kelly anne conway. >> just to be clear you're saying you have no evidence? >> of course i don't have any evidence. that answer has nothing to do with what the president said last week. what i was tweeting out is we're very happy that the house and senate intelligence committee have agreed to add this piece of the investigation to their existing unproven investigation about russia and the campaign. and we will comment further after those findings.

>> melissa: is that fair? sean spicer said during the news conference, listen. you're printing reports in papers of things that have been leaked to kwrourbg of conversations that were had on telephones. they were real enough for you to print. we want to know how is this happening? where is it coming from? is it fair to put it back on them like that? >> if you're asking whether or not it's fair to put it back oven e on to the intelligence committee, yes, indeed. that's where the investigations will occur. that's who will gather the evidence that the justice department will ideally provide a great deal of evidence today and then in the coming days. certainly a short deadline. but the intelligence committees are the proper place for this to be, the investigation to be conducted. >> melissa: thank you so much for your time today. >> thank you. >> melissa: thousands of flights cancelled affecting travel plans from coast to coast as airlines prepare for a massive storm. some 60 million people in the northeast bracing for what could be the worst snowstorm of the

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for this monster storm, the midwest is digging out. chicago dealing with its first significant snowfall of the year. and that sparked a host of flight cancellations and delays. we have team fox coverage of it all with mike tobin live at chicago airport. we're going to start with rick lev levinthal live on long island. >> reporter: there has been plenty of time to prepare for this storm. they have been doing that all day here for oyster bay. they've pretty much gone home now. starting to spread salt and sand tomorrow. you can see lot of the trucks here, some 300 trucks, pickup trucks, dump truck, even some trash trucks are getting the treatment. they have huge piles of salt and sand that they are preparing to put on the roads. they have already loaded up numerous trucks and staged them around the county. they will begin presanding tonight to try to prevent black ice from forming as the blizzard

warning goes into effect at midnight tonight through midnight tuesday for parts of long island, for new york city and parts of new jersey and connecticut all the way up to boston. they're talking 12-20 inches alongty 95 corridor, from northern virginia up through parts of new england. there could be strong winds of 30 to 40 to 50 miles per hour gust, even over 60 we're told. and some coastal flooding. they are talking about whiteout conditions, hazard conditions for drivers. a major storm, high impact event. melissa, the question is whether this storm will continue to track a little north and west and not be as bad on long island as they had first feared. but they're certainly ready for the worst. >> melissa: county officials encouraging people to stay off the roads, right? >> reporter: yeah. they got to make way for these trucks so the trucks can keep the roads clear. they have also closed a lot of schools on long island to keep kids at home. we heard from the town, the head

of the town who basically said, yes, stay off the roads. here's more. >> we're suggesting that if residents don't have to drive, please stay home. make sure you get your cars off the road. we can do a far more efficient snow plow operation if people put their cars up on the yard and in the drive way. it makes a big difference. >> reporter: again, the original prediction for long island was some 12 to 18 inches of snow. they're not telling us possibly 6 to 12. that could change in the hours ahead. >> melissa: park your car on the lawn so they can plow the street. i got it. rick, thank you. at least 2,000 flights already cancelled as airlines prepare for the storm. mike tobin is o'hare international airport. mike, what's it like there? >> reporter: well, you know, chicago is very good about making people think we're getting off with an easy winter and then delivering one last gut punch during the spring time. that's exactly what happened.

longest stretch of no snow and wintertime ever was broken overnight with 2 to 4 inches on the ground this morning. felt like 5 or 6 when i was shoveling. it caused flight cancellations. lot of red up there right now. 454 flights cancelled out of o'hare. 118 out of midway. little gold. those are delayed. they're getting good with matching delays. the delays are below 15 minutes. american airlines for one says they're resuming normal flight operations in the afternoon. that's because we got a break in the weather. that is going to change. around 7:00 p.m. we're expecting some lake effect snow to whip up. expect more flight cancellations. expect more delays. >> melissa: i know what every single viewer at home is wondering. whether it will affect the travel to the ncaa games. >> reporter: little more madness into march madness with the travel. lot of teams are trying to get their players and coaches to the

games early because of all this bad weather. you think about it, teams like wisconsin, notre dame, they've got to leave today bad weather in the midwest and go to buffalo, with more bad weather tomorrow. on top of all that, in addition to getting the players and coaches to their destination, still got to get the fans to show up. that seems like that's going to be the hard part. >> melissa: mike tobin, thank you very much. a florida mother of five kidnapped from a walgreens parking lot over the weekend. prompting a nationwide search. and now a dramatic update on the case. who police have in custody. ♪

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>> melissa: a florida mother of five kidnapped from a walgreens

parking lot. we're learned she has been found. trace gallagher with more on that. trace? >> reporter: the couple was spotted this morning inside the same car they left in this weekend. police believe the mother was in the back seat with a cut on her wrist. her estranged husband had a cut on his throat that appeared to be self-inflicted. he is in the hospital but facing a series of charges including kidnapping. local sheriff said trevor summers apparently convinced his 14-year-old daughter to leave a window open in her mom's house so he could sneak in and talk to his wife. he told his daughter to take the four siblings to their grandfather's house. the sheriff is unclear what happened inside the wife's home, but at some point she was seen at a nearby walgreens store screaming with her hands tied behind her back being forced into a car allegedly by her husband. parking lot surveillance video confirmed what appears to be an act e abduction. the witnesses are the only ones

who called police. the family never reported their mom or dad missing. investigators are now trying to sort this whole thing out. watch. >> we're still in the process of interviewing her right now. she is in the company of our investigators. obviously very upset at this point. we're taking our time interviewing her. >> reporter: the whole thing's a mess. the husband and wife have protective court orders against each other for prior domestic violence cases. trevor summers also has a history of legal issues. in fact, he was supposed to be in pennsylvania this week to be sentenced for a wire fraud case that involved bilking investors out of money. he's facing four years in that case. he is facing a whole lot more if he truly did kidnap his wife. >> melissa: what a mess. trace gallagher, thank you. new information on your money with rising bank fees hitting an all-time high, costing customers an average of more than $650 a

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did. >> sandra: and the chicken keepers say egg production has increased since the birds started to wear their sweaters. you can buy your own online. there you go. thanks for watching. here's shepard. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 in new york city where some 50 million people in the surrounding area are preparing for a monster storm. up to two feet of snow expected in some spots with winds gusting to 50 miles an hour. the storm already causing travel havoc across the country. we'll have new forecasts that show that could be in for the worst of it all. a house committee setting deadlines for president trump to hand over evidence to support his claim that president obama tapped his phones. so far there's absolutely nothing. but his senior adviser kellyanne conway who