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thanks for joining us. we have more on "the five." we have a super bowl segment to talk about. don't miss that. i have my analysis coming up. for now, i'm dana perino. here's shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 in washington where the senate could vote this week on what president trump called a compromise to reopen the government. democratic leaders call it hostage taking. tsa absences hit a record high. another democrat running for president. we'll look at the competition and who else could be getting in the race. also, it is so cold for lots of us, even for january. northeast, a deep freeze, deep south into the 20s. reporting. honoring dr. martin luther king. begins now. and best of service to you and yours on this mlk day. our reporting begins with
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president trump's off of a deal with the democrats. it's hit a brick wall. 31 days in the longest government shut down in the history of the union and with hundreds of thousands of federal employees set to miss their second straight paycheck on friday, the pressure is on lawmakers from both ends of the capitol to end the stalemate. over the weekend, the president offered to temporarily extend protections for some young immigrants, often called the dreamer in exchange for his $5.7 billion to begin construction of a wall or barrier along the southern border. mike providence praised his idea on "fox news sunday." >> what president trump did here, he set the table for a deal that will address the crisis on our border, secure or border and give us a pathway to reopen the government. >> shepard: democratic leaders say the three-year proposal for dreamers doesn't go nearly far
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enough. the senate minority leader, chuck schumer of new york, says they won't negotiate border security unless and until the president reopens the government. >> if he opens up the government, we'll discuss whatever he offers. hostage taking shouldn't work. the american people are against it. the president's poll ratings are plummeting because even his own supporter as agree this is bad tactic. it's very hard to negotiate when a gun is held to your head. >> shepard: the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, has agreed to bring the president's proposal to the floor of the senate this week. more on how that could play out in just a moment. team fox coverage now, chad pergram reporting live from capitol hill. first, john roberts live from the white house. >> as the president is taking the blame for the shut down, the white house is picking up intelligence from capitol hill that there are a number of democrats, senator joe manchin
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from west virginia among them that may be open to using the president's offer as a starting point for negotiations or maybe some variation of it. so here's the game plan for the white house. they want to get this thing through the senate this week. they think they can peel off enough democrats to get it through the senate and dump it in nancy pelosi's lap and say here's your offer. it came through the senate. you sure you want to keep the government shut down? here's what the president said about it yesterday. >> what the president offered was a good faith compromise to address what is a genuine humanitarian and security crisis on our southern border and end the government shut down. there's a legislative process that is going to begin on tuesday in the united states senate. you know, it was disappointing to see speaker pelosi reject the offer before the president gave his speech. >> it wasn't just nancy pelosi rejecting it, it was chuck schumer as well.
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listen to what he said about it earlier today. >> we are aghast that he wants this giant 30 foot wall to be the symbol of america. i tell president trump, i told him to his face, we want the symbol of america to remain the statue of liberty, freedom, equality, not a divisive wall. we will fight for that. fight for that we will. >> so appealing on democrats in the senate may be a difficult task for the white house but the white house is hoping to get it through the senate and get it to the house. if you don't want to bring it to the floor, the shut down is nancy pelosi's fault. the president laying the ground work for the strategy in a tweet yesterday where he said nancy pelosi has behaved so ebb -- irrationally to the left, she's a leftist democrat. by the way, clean up the streets
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in san francisco. they're disgusting. for the moment, nancy pelosi is repeating her montra that she will be more than willing to negotiate on border security once the government is open, tweeting 800,000 americans are going without pay. let workers get their paychecks and then we can discuss how we come together to protect the border. we'll see tomorrow when congress gets back and things move. >> shepard: the president is facing push-back. can you explain that coming from parts of the republican party? >> when he came out saturday and said we would have a three-year extension for democrat recipients and three-year protection for people with temporary protected status, there we there we there were shrieks from some sectors saying oh, my god, it's amnesty. the president said no, it's not amnesty.
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amnesty will be used on a bigger deal on immigration or something else like-wise. there's no big push to remove the 11 million plus people here illegally. the vice president of "fox news sunday" also addressing those fears sunday. listen here. >> this is not amnesty, this is not a pathway to citizenship. there's no permanent status here at all, which is what amnesty contemplates. what this is a good faith effort to address the issue, bring relief to daca recipients. democrats have proposed in the bridge act the three-year reprieve that could be renewable. the president embraced three years temporary relief. >> the president's base would likely revolt if he discussed the word "amnesty." in that tweet that he issued yesterday, he said amnesty might be something to discuss at a future point in time in a comprehensive immigration reform bill. we'll see what is out there,
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shep. >> shepard: john roberts live. thank you. team fox coverage continues. chad pergram reporting live from capitol hill. ex-lane what is happening in the senate, chad. >> this is the first move by senate republicans and mitch mcconnell the majority leader feels that the senate needs to be for something. so they're going to try to force democrats hands here. what we're going to have in the next 24 hours, legislative text here so people can look at what this bill looks like and tomorrow he is going to try to get this bill up on the floor. this is very important. this parliamentary posture the senate is in. they have to cut off debate on the motion to proceed. you just need a simple majority to proceed to the bill. if they can't get clearance, he has to filed cloture, the mechanism that you use to end debate on a bill and that won't ripen until thursday if he files that tomorrow. there's 53 republicans in the senate. if all 53 of those republicans stick together, you still need seven democrats. i would look at doug jones, the democrat from alabama who faces a tough re-election in 2020 as somebody to look at. somebody that this might be good
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for, look at 2020 republicans that face re-election and competitive states. martha mcsally in arizona, a swing state there. same with iowa, joni ernst. at the end of the day, if this is perceived as voting for am any test, they could face challenges. this is a narrow line here. at the end of the day, they want to punt this ho the house of representatives and put the pressure there, shep. >> shepard: what is happening on the house side, chad? >> that is what is so interesting here. the sides are still really just talking past one another. you have this bill in the senate tomorrow, try to get it in the senate. the house will move with a series of six bills, all but the dhs appropriations bills. they were conferenced and negotiated between democrats and republicans in the house and senate. what you continue to have here is this effort by democrats to say why don't we get republicans to vote for this. the high water mark on any of those bills, shep, has been 12 republicans. i don't really think they'll get
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much effort there. something they're very concerned here on capitol hill is that paychecks go out. the second missed paycheck would be friday. if they moved this tuesday, wednesday, we're not sure the paychecks could be cut. the democrats say we have to have the government open before we can negotiate border security and immigration. there are not 60 votes to cut off debate on a c.r., a continuing resolution, which is what you need to open the government on a temporary basis. that dog won't hunt right now either. >> shepard: chad pergram live on capitol hill. the democratic field in the 2020 presidential race got more crowded today. senator kamala harris said she will run for the white house. the reveal on martin luther king jr.'s 90th birthday. peter doocy will report on that from washington. we got the word this morning on "good morning america." we heard from her, her plans, her thoughts, her challenges and
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so many more who will be competing against her in a very long list. peter doocy now with us live from washington. peter? do we have peter? apparently we don't. we will shortly. there's a hitch in the technological get-along which sometimes happen when staffs are small on holidays. they're all doing their best. ahead, president trump's lawyer, rudy guliani saying the president may have been involved in a moscow real estate deal right up until the election. and buzz feed standing by its bomb shell story even after the special counsel's office announced that the report is not accurate. we'll have that and we'll remember a legend in american history. the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. on what would have been his 90th birthday. oment
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>> shepard: president trump's personal lawyer, rudy guliani, says so what if the president spoke to his former lawyer, michael cohen about testifying before congress? last week buzz feed reported the president told cohen to lie to congress. and that cohen confirmed that to the special counsel robert mueller's investigators. guliani has denied the president told cohen to lie and mueller's office has now respond calling buzz feed's report not accurate. buzz feed is standing by their story. catherine herridge has more. >> buzz feed is starting by their story after two law enforcement officers released their report. investigators say they have evidence the president told michael cohen to lie to congress. buzz feed's description to the special counsel's office and
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characterization of office and testimony obtained by the office recording michael cohen's testimony are not accurate. over the weekend, the buzz feed reporter's dissected the special counsel statement claiming it was not a full-throated denial of their reporting. >> we're keen to learn -- we want clarity from the special counsel's office and we want to learn about the construction of that statement, who was involved, how, when and where and where. >> and i have further confirmation this is right. stand our ground. our reporting will be borne out to be accurate and we're 100% behind it. >> in a tweet, the president told his followers that buzz feed is the one that released the unverified trump dossier that was paid for by the clinton campaign and the dnc. it's important to know that that d dossier was used in concert with other information. >> shepard: what are we hearing from rudy guliani? >> fox news spoke with rudy
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guliani and said there was communication with his office and mueller's office friday regarding the buzz feed article and there was an agreement that a significant portion of the articles was false. rudy guliani said we commend them for standing up for the truth. he said there's no other documents or e-mails to corroborate buzz feed's claim. whoever is responsible for this is lying. on the weekend on the sunday shows, guliani put the spot light firmly on michael cohen. >> as far as i know, president trump did not have discussions with him, certainly had in discussions with him in which he told him or counselled him to lie. if you can figure out when michael cohen is telling the truth, you're better than i am. >> meantime, the ranking democrat, adam schiff, said he will call cohen to testify and distanced him from the buzz feed record.
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he said the bottom line is why cohen lied to congress in the first place. >> congress has a fundamental interest in two things. first, in getting to the bottom of why this came before us and lied. and who else was knowledgeable that this was a lie. >> cohen is scheduled to begin his three-year prison term in march. right now we're looking at possibly two public hearings on capitol hill. >> shepard: catherine herridge reporting live from washington. another attack targeting americans in syria. the second such attack in less than a week. we're live near the syrian border next.
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>> shepard: the islamic state has claimed responsibility, the second attack in less than a week against u.s. troops in
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syria. the suicide bombing today targeted a joint american and kurdish patrol. the explosion injured a number of fighters, none of them american. it comes days after the suicide bomb at a restaurant in the northern part of the country that killed four americans. last month, president trump declared victory against isis in syria and announced u.s. troops would be coming home. trey yingst reporting near the syria border. >> shep, following the second isis attack, there's raised concern in the region from u.s. allies like israel and jordan that the claims by the trump administration that isis defeated are not actually matching up with the reality on the ground. we know late last year, president trump announced that he would be pulling all 2,000 troops out of syria that are assisting local forces in fighting isis. what we've seen now, shep, a
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difficult situation because you see the suicide attacks happening. today's attack targeted a u.s.-backed kurdish fighters and u.s. forces was the second one in the past week as you noted showing group is not totally defeated as the trump administration claims. we know that isis still operating on ground in northern and eastern syria. the status of the group is active despite the fact that they have lost much of their territory in the region. so many of the regional allies including egypt, jordan israel want to make sure that the targeting are still being struck. this is a key problem for the administration as they still have u.s. troops on the ground in western iraq shelling targets in syria.
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>> shepard: the partial government shut down entering the second month and affecting airports across the country. the tsa officials say the number of agents that didn't come to work hit an all-time high over the weekend. a special agency said they had to fill the gaps with special deployment forces. they usually help out when there's a super bowl or national
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disaster. kristina partsinevelos reporting. the shut down also affecting the food and drug administration. >> right. they do look at the high risk types of food like infant formula, dairy, seafood. now they have a shorter staff. they said there's a potential coming from the commissioner that tweeted out that they may have to bring back more furloughed workers to help go through a lot of this food so none of the americans get sick. right new they have a call back about 140 employees thus far. you mentioned tsa employees. sunday, the spike was massive. the amount of people that called out because of financial limitations. one in every ten worker, tsa worker, didn't come to work. that's a huge spike compared to last year. last year, it was 3.1%. it literally tripled as more and more people are not just getting paid. it's not just the 800,000 people in limbo. think of the contract workers
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that work for the federal government, the small businesses. you have loans being missed out. food banks are setting up shop to help a lot of these workers. >> shepard: how much money are federal workers missing out on? >> yeah, there was a number that was made public in terms of salaries. i'll give the credit for "the new york times" for calculating this. they say on average, the wages are about the $5,000 missing for federal workers. let's start with the ftc. they're the highest paid. they're missing out $12,000. nasa not getting paid. $8,000. department of homeland security, a little bit under $6,000. airport screeners that don't make as much, they are missing out on a paycheck worth $2,700. it's not just the salaries, it's the economic data that we're missing out, too. retail sales, new home sales. housing starts that we're missing out on.
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gdp numbers. since i'm coming from the fox business networks, this is not what analysts want to hear. they need to know which direction the economy is going. the only winners are loan shops and pawn shops. >> shepard: kristina, thank you. the democratic field in the 2020 presidential race got more crowded this morning. senator kamala harris announced she will run for the white house. the reveal on what would have been the civil rights leader, reverend dr. martin luther king jr.'s 90th birthday. peter doocy reporting live. hi, peter. >> hi, shep. senator harris took the train to washington d.c. after announcing her run in new york on the set of "good morning america". when she got her, she expressed confidence that she can prevail in a democratic primary field where there could be dozens of candidates. >> i think that there are already and will continue to be great candidates who are entering this race. i think the process will have
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much more integrity the more people who want to run and feel a sense of responsibility for our country, jump in. so i think this is robust signal of who we are as a democracy. >> there are no classes at howard university today. senator harris alma mater. so members of the media outnumbered students 4 to 1. now the rnc is responding to the big roll out. a spokesman tells fox, kamala harris is the least vetted democrat running for president. it's clear how unqualified and out of touch she is. her hometown paper said she was a bad manager as attorney general and all she has to show in the senate is a radically left liberal vote record. she's the third senate tore jump in. she joins elizabeth warren and kirsten gillibrand.
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shep? >> shepard: the senator seemed fired up about the shut down. >> right. her most passionate answer at the howard university event this afternoon was about the shut down. a big part of it was a condemnation she made of president trump. >> he holds the american people hostage over a vanity project that he calls a wall. while 800,000 people are trying to figure out how they're going to pay their rent. how they're going to pay their mortgage. it's completely irresponsible. those folks don't want a wall. they want a paycheck. >> harris campaign slogan is "for the people." she said the core of her campaign are the people today and the first rally where there are expected to be a lot of people to see her is this weekend in her hometown, oakland, california. shep? >> shepard: peter doocy live in washington. thanks. as it turns out, there's a plan b for brexit. the british prime minister
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theresa may laying it out today. new terms or how britain will leave the european union. some lawmakers say it looks like her plan a, which the parliament voted down by the largest margin in modern history. this one is not well-received either. >> turning to brexit, following last week's vote, it's clear the government's approach had to change. it has. >> what makes her think that what he tried to agree and negotiate in december will succeed in january? this does feel like groundhog day. >> shepard: analysts say if the u.k. leaves without a deal in place, that could be a disaster for the economy and more. greg palkot reporting live in london. >> shep, we thought u.s. politics was tough. it gets rougher and rougher in the house of commons, the u.k. particle -- parliament.
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we heard from theresa may last week. here a little more of what she had to say today. >> my focus continues to be on what is needed to secure the house in favor of a brexit deal for the e.u. >> her focus is that. her focus is survival. again, if people thought there was a plan b here, they were sadly mistake. looked like plan a. may did promise to listen more to members of parliament. she promised to tweak the deal more to make sure that the u.k. leaves the e.u. she pointed to the vote two 1/2 years ago. at the same time, she spent time beating up on her opponent, jeremy corbyn, who hasn't spoken to her in the past couple days. she laid out a timetable for what comes next. what is next, she sounds like an american football team that
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emphasizes defense. basically playing for time and not moving too much on the edges. remember, there's a march 29 deadline to get this all wrapped up, shep. >> shepard: what happens next? >> next tuesday, some kind of -- yet another showdown in the house of commons where amendments and other approaches would go. the past couple hours, we've seen more talk of more mutiny by members of parliament. another no confidence vote threat is still there and could mean another general election, a second referendum, the no-deal brexit, which would see the u.k. crashing out of the european union. the deadline which might or might not be extended basically the allies of the united kingdom, economic and strategic, not just here but in the united states watching very closely.
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there's no sign that this is calming down yet and it could get more nasty. >> thanks, greg. a new report indicates north korea has a secret operational midrange missile base that gives north korea the ability to strike japan and south korea. remarkably researchers now report that it's one of about 20 undeclared missile bases that the country still operates. it does not appear to be part of the denuclearization talks with the u.s. the north koreans are doing nothing, very little that the united states officials want them to do. we first learned the bases would exist in the fall. this new report gives us details and satellite pictures of 1 of them. it's about 100 miles north of the dmz. rich edson reporting live in the state department. >> the researchers say this facility that they're talking about is part of a broader military strategy from north
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korea, in particular, because it does provide that medium range. it puts a whole -- the whole korean peninsula under threat of attack from these missiles along with many ports of japan. they're missiles that north korea has deployed to the site. and north korea also uses sino-ri at the parallel. north korea's military is defending the sites with nearby anti-aircraft artillery and surface to air weapons. researchers suggest the administration should focus on this facility as part of their negotiations with north korea on trying to get them to sur representing their nuclear sites. >> shepard: north korea refusing to share details about other facilities? >> that's the issue and been the issue between the united states and north korea. the u.s. early on had requested that north korea provide a detailed accounting of what they have on missile sites, nuclear weapons and north korea has
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refused to do so. the north korean justification is why would they hand over a list of target sites for the united states as they have gotten along in this. this is a major sticking point with the united states and north korea in their nuclear negotiations. the negotiations that even vice president mike pence acknowledged last week that north korea has taken no concrete steps. the u.s. is still waiting for the concrete steps on dismantling their nuclear programs. so getting that to happen is the subject of this second summit that will happen next month with president trump and kim jong-un. the first summit in june in singapore, the president and kim jong-un agreed to a very broad negotiation agreement on denuclearization. there's been difficulty between north korea and u.s. negotiators. first off to define what denuclearization is, what north korea will give up and north korea is pressing its call for the united states to pull back
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on sanctions. last week the white house rejected that appeal. so the hope is in this second summit, the president and kim jong-un will start to break this log jam and work through these issues. the white house has only said it's going to happen late next month and we'll hear sometime in the future where the it will happen. shep. >> shepard: rich edson reporting live. thanks. did you hear about this travel nightmare? passengers that spent more than a dozen hours trapped on a plane in the freezing cold and ended up at the same art important where they started the trip. their story is next.
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>> shepard: imagine you're trapped on a plane on a runway in freeze temperatures overnight. a couple of hundred unlucky folks lived through that. trace gallagher has their story live. trace? >> shep, united 179 left newark liberty international in route to hong kong at 3:05 eastern saturday. 45 minutes in the flight, a passenger started having seizures. medical person checked out the person and the pilots decided to keep going. the pilot diverted to now found
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land. the plane landed and the sick passenger was evacuated. but then the door wouldn't lock because it was 30 below. the passengers couldn't get off because goose bay didn't have immigration staff so they sat for 16 hours. one person tweeted, help us, united. it's freezing. another said this is an merge. people are not doing well. running low on food. the passengers were told a rescue play was coming. because united had to find another 777, the replacement didn't leave until after they had been on the ground for 11 hours. finally, 27 hours after leaving newark, they landed back in newark. shep? >> shepard: what are we hearing from united? >> yeah, the airline apologized and said the crew did everything to assist that was possible.
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most passengers did say yeah, the crew was great. united say, customers were met by newark airport leadership and provided with compensation, hotel accommodations, rebooking options and meals. the meals were certainly welcome because food was in short supply. but they did have the internet. listen. >> that radio was a life saver. just to talk to family. i think this made all the difference. we were hungry. otherwise, it was all right. i think everybody understood that there were circumstances that nobody could really control. >> sunday morning, canadian authorities did bring the passengers coffee and tim horton doughnuts. that was a brought spot in the deal. >> shepard: for sure. thanks, trace. today we honor the man that
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helped to drive the movement. we celebrate the life and legacy of the reverend martin luther king jr. dr. king was born 90 years ago in a home on auburn avenue in atlanta. the year was 1929. america on the verge of the great depression. people of color with little hope and few opportunities. years of agony and helplessness lay ahead. that infant boy born to a baptist preacher and former school teacher would bring a great well of hope and change. dr. king wrote of how he encountered segregation and racism growing up and he recalled what his mother once told him. you're as good as anyone. years later, he would pass that message to millions and millions. when he became perhaps the most influential civil rights leader our nation has ever known. dr. king became a pastor, earned his doctorate.
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nonviolence, civil disobedience that began the chance to change the course of our nation. in 1963, he organized the famous march on washington. in a strong voice delivered a speech with words that echo across the decades around the world. >> i have a dream. one day my children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character. >> shepard: months later, president johnson signed the u.s. civil rights act of 1964 and dr. king received the noble peace prize. months later, he died by bullet in memphis. historians say the nation has come a long way since dr. king lived and died. events of late were noted with
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concern, yet resolve in african american churches yesterday morning. and pastors delivered a dr. king reminder, the arc of the morale universe is long but it bends towards justice. the strength of dr. king's conviction has passed to new generations. so in this time of national disunity, on this day, his day of personal service, we remember and honor the great american, the winner of the presidential medal of freedom and the congressional gold medal that led by example and shared a dream. >> and i have seen the promised land. i may not get there with you, but i want you to know tonight that we are the people will get to the promised land. only pay for what you need.
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>> shepard: so did you see that super blood wolf moon last night? no warning about apocalypse or vampire takeover. the total lunar eclipse, the only one of the year. the moon is so close and red. we'll get to that. this is time lapsed video with the moon making its way over the sky of alabama. more images for you. this time in our slide show. this is a different look. this is the same moon. this is a different stages thereof of super blood wolf moon. it's called super because the moon is closer to earth. so it appears larger, a look at the moon over frankfurt, germany. awesome. looks photo shopped.
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the blood description comes from the red color. why is it red? because when the moon is so close, sunlight is scattering off the earth's atmosphere. the sun's red escapes and makes it look reddish. here's the moon in brazil. a full moon in january is called run-off moon because of the stories of wolves howling with hunger. this is behind one of the horse head sculptures in scotland. and a moon behind a flag in downtown washington d.c. super blood wolf moon. big red, if you will. the arctic freeze in parts of the country with dangerous temperatures. here in the big city, windchills fell like minus 17 at one point. there was a real temperature at 6:00 a.m. actually balmy, really, compared to upstate new york where the
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windchill plunged to 30 below. rick leventhal is cold. did we leave you out there all day? >> oh, no. i only cry when it's cold. if i'm crying, it's cold. in fact, new york's governor said don't go outside if you have to. i'm not sure if it qualifies. it's brutal. i think it's around 4, the feels like temperature in new york city. it was in the negative teens and could get worse before it gets better. obviously creating dangerous conditions outside. that's why there's all these warnings with blowing snow in a lot of places. freezing roads creating difficult and hazardous conditions out there. and in places that you might expect like chicago illinois where a plane skidded off the runway at o'hare airport. this were 129 passengers on board when this happened on saturday. fortunately none of those were
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hurt. shep, the video of the day as far as i'm concerned comes from buffalo where they had to close the zoo because of power outages. guess who loves the weather? one big polar bear. this guy could not have been happier. playing in the water, diving in the snow, rolling around, eating it. making the most. that's a polar bear. the minute you feel sorry for yourself, think about that polar bear. loving every minute of it. >> shepard: he seemed to. cold down south, huh? >> yeah, there were some snow flurries reported in alabama earlier today. the weather across the region to the south is brutal as well. we have a weather map to show you with some of the crazier temperatures out there, including 14 degrees in louisville. 24 in raleigh. 15 in kansas city. they played football there yesterday. and again, some pretty rough weather in some spots, including
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kansas and alabama where a tornado touched down with winds of 120 to 130 miles an hour. it flattened wide sections of alabama near montgomery. a lot of folks in dire shape there. there was a series of accidents in missouri on i-55. one vehicle after another wiping out on an icy stretch of the interstate. some of them hitting into each other. 15 vehicles at least involved in that. a lot of death reported as well. people encouraged to stay inside and be careful until this awful cold warms up. >> shepard: thanks, rick. did you watch the football? i know you did. the saints, man, i don't know. i think football fans across the country are going, you know, sorry about that. these refs, golly, right? i mean, the saints got every complaint to make in the whole world. just insane. of course, you know, if you have
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a few second left in the fourth quarter, give brady the ball. well, i mean, they're going to win. so that sucked too, didn't it? unless you like -- i don't know. bye. >> neil: all righty. fox on top of the deep freeze enveloping much of the country and in washington d.c. i'm neil cavuto, this is your frigid world. we're going to speak to emanuel cleaver on the deep freeze with compromises reopening the government. north dakota senator john hogan on whether the president's plan will ever fly even in the united states senate. first, fox team coverage with chad pergram on the capitol and kevin corke. chad, hi. >> hi there. the first action we've seen from the senate is going to start tomorrow. president trump talked about this bill. mitch mcconnell, the majority leader, has been criticized for being o