arthel, back to you. arthel: doug mckelway, thanks a lot for that update.appened yet again, another cruise ship hit with an outbreak of sick passengers, separate ships now. the caribbean princess docking in houston with nearly 200 sick passengers. casey steegal's following that. he's in dallas. when did the ship get in, casey? >> reporter: well, bill, it approved last night at the bayport cruise terminal down in houston. the cruise line insists it came back one day early because of dense fog that was supposed to blanket the area over the next couple of days and not the illness. but nonetheless, more than 3100 passengers and 1100 crew members onboard the caribbean britain sis which is owned, by the way, by carnival cruise lines. it left texas last weekend bound for the western caribbean and wasn't scheduled to return until tomorrow. but a cruise line spokesperson confirms there was a norovirus outbreak on board, something you don't want to hear. and during the course of the cruise, 165 passengers fell ill. she said by the time the ship docked yesterday, only

arthel?thank you so much, brian. >>> first lady michelle obama just entered the 50 and fabulous club yesterday. want to cheer for that? >> i am. that's exciting. >> tonight she will celebrate with family and friends at a white house bash. the let's move creator is getting ready to show off some fancy dance moves for the bests and who better to dance than rumored performer and guest beyonce. >> i love it of the happy birthday. 50 and fierce is what i say. happy birthday. so is the obamacare website still falling short, or is it actually exceeding expectations? and what about the millions of uninsured? are they actually signing up in important answers and a full report just ahead. >>> hello. glad you are with us and welcome to "america's news headquarters." >> good to see you. topping the news this hour, new fallout over president obama's proposed nsa limits. coming up, a look at what really could be changed and why critics on both sides of the aisle aren't so happy. >>> thousands are people ar

i'm arthel neville. topping the news this hour, president obama spending his last day in paradise before heading back to d.c so after all the fun and the sun in hawaii, what can he expect when he returns to work? we'll have a live report from honolulu. >> making the olympics safe after a series of deadly attacks hit russia, so is the kremlin up to the job with the winter games weeks away? >> and usa to the rescue. an american coast guard cutter is heading south to help those chinese and russian ships stranded in antarctic. the details coming up. >>> we begin with an extreme weather alert now. this arctic blast is really slamming much of the country right now. roads remain icy as the cold front sends temperatures near record low levels in many states. wisconsin alone, for example. look at the map there. wind chill expected to dip into the negative teens. schools already closed on monday across minnesota. bryan yennis is with us. hi, bryan. >> hi, gregg. it's right now the temperatures is about 25 degrees

kathrine, hi. >> well thank you arthel.cities in iraq after four days of mighting, militants set fire to police stations and released police stations from jail. this area has remained the center since troops pulled out in 2011. this is northeast of baghdad. officials there say a dar packed with explosives. >> in some places as i said, to matt's question, either groups that share extremist ideology that in some places because of the civil war in syria have taken advantage of the security situation to perpetratorist attack attacks it is something we are concerned about. >> what takes play here is that the violence in iraq is being carried out under the same banner under the name of the state of iraq and syria. and critics of the president say the decision to pull out of iraq create that power vacuum. >> when future historians look back on the obama era, they will look at this as his number one foreign polyblicy bun deicy blu >> this is one of the highest death tolls of civilians in recent memory arth eecel. >> i'm for the sap

lori: yeah, arthel, hang in there. feel better. arthel neville for us once again. breaking news.president richard fisher speaking now he is glad the fed tapered but first that, first cut should have actually been larger. he also says he would be comfortable with a market correction which need not derail an economic recovery. fisher will be a voting member this year on the fomc. so we a lot of a little on the dow, not so much. dennis: thanks for that. time to make a little money. charles payne looking at one of the major players in the cybersecurity business. >> i want to digress a little bit. i like what he just said. dennis: yeah. >> i love what he just said. dennis: that is correction -- >> corrections, the idea that the market is supposed to go straight up and never correct, i love it! it has been two years without a correction. dennis: but when a fed guy says that it makes traders so jittery because he said? lori: too little, too late, some might argue we saw consolidation in last few trading sessions. >> correction, 10% or better. over 800 days since we had that i think it i

. >> i'm arthel neville. topping the news, a terrorist attack in the heart of afghanistan. now three american civilians are dead. we have new details and who is claiming responsibility. >>> and president obama is calling 2014 a year of action. he says he is willing to bypass congress to get things done. will this put him on a collision course with capitol hill? our political panel debates. >> and california, dry as a tippedder box. the state suffering an historic drought and now on high alert for new wildfires. we're live in the heat of it. >>> first a stunning new report finding obamacare isn't doing what it was meant for. the affordable care act was meant to expand health insurance to uninsured americans, but according to the "wall street journal," a majority of the more than 2 million americans who signed up for oakey's pet funeral home & crematory were already covered -- obamacare were covered by work plans, raising new questions about the effectiveness of the law. going to doug mckelway live in washington with the latest. >> reporter: hi. these numbers are based on a c

. >> i'm arthel neville. after the troubled launch of the obama care website, the administration's reportedly planning a new federal unit that's dedicated to big tech projects. molly hennenburg is live with more. >> that's one of the ideas the obama administration is kicking around. but perhaps the more urgent problem is the government is having difficulty attracting the best and brightest in the tech sector. one former white house innovation fellow told "the wall street journal," quote, we don't have enough people inside of government to make good sound technology decisions. this gap between the public sector and the private sector has really affected their knowledge. one of the most public examples of this is the disastrous rollout of the obama care website. built by government-hired tech specialists, then it plopped. then the private sector silicon valley tech pros were brought in to fix it. an embarrassment to the president who is trying to convince americans that the government can run health care and ot

arthel. thank you very much and stay safe out there. >> i am just keep on working hard as i can a round the priorities that the american people care about. it is legitimate for them to expect me to win back credibility on the health care law in particular and on a whole range of these issues in general. >> well, the president back in november acknowledging he had a rough 2013, but hey, it is a new year, 2014. and the president is looking to make a come back and is he equipped to do it. lauren is a editor and jeff is a commentaro. mary catherine, here is a title of an article. management experts knock obama. the knock on him is his resume and thus experience is thin, and community organizer and taught a law school class and septemberor for a nano second and the claim is that he just doesn't have the skill set or executive experience that makes him competent to govern. is that fair or unfair? >> we all make resolutions and we'll see what 2014 looks like. a lot of our resolutions fall through. i

. ♪ this magic moment ♪ >> at 25 minutes past the hour, i'm arthel neville with your fox news minute. the coast of virginia much. navy officials now confirming one crewman has died. three others are being treated at a local hospital, while search-and-rescue teams look for a fifth crewman. officials say a navy mh-53e helicopter crashed 12 miles off the coast of norfolk, virginia. >>> controversy brewing in new jersey. emails suggests that a aide to governor of new jersey about a revenge plot that refused to endorse the governor. the shutdown causing massive traffic jams. >>> there are three new induct tees into the baseball hall of fame. mlb greats, greg mad dugs, tom graph vin and frank thomas will be -- greg maddux, tom glavine, frank thomas. craig biggio miss the hall by two votes. those are the headlines, back to ashley and tracy. ashley: great player. tom glavine, loved him as a pitcher. arthel, thank you very much. >>> microsoft is close to name pack new chief executive, when it lost a front running candidate whether for ford's alan mullally said, no, i'm staying in detroit, mich

i'm arthel neville.our, president obama spending his last day in paradise before heading back to d.c so after all the fun and the sun in hawaii, what can he expect when he returns to work? we'll have a live report from honolulu. >> making the olympics safe after a series of deadly attacks hit russia, so is the kremlin up to the job with the winter games weeks away? >> and usa to the rescue. an american coast guard cutter is heading south to help those chinese and russian ships

. >> at 21 minutes past the hour i'm arthel neville with your fox news minute.2012 terror attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. the senate intelligence committee disputing what the obama administration told americans after that incident. the report find that the u.s. should have anticipated and prepared for an attack. benghazi was underresourced, no u.s. military forces were in position to help the victims, and the libyan guards did nothing. >>> violence in iraq isn't letting up. more bomb blasts today in baghdad and in a village north of the capitol city, killing at least 44 people. prime minister nouriel al-maliki seeking the world's help from threats of al qaeda militants. >>> today is the fifth anniversary of the miracle on the hudson. hero captain "sully" sullenberger make a successful emergency landing into the hudson river. us airways flight 1549 crash-landed in the fridge get waters with no fatalities. those are the headlines. back to, tracy. tracy: arthel, i can not believe it is five years. >> hard to believe. tracy: crazy, crazy. all becau

jenna: we'll continue to watch that story, arthel. thank you. jon: some new developments to tell you about in a horrible case. a massachusetts teenager charged with killing his math teacher. 15-year-old philip chism is returning to court to face an additional rape charge. previously chism pleaded not guilty to murder and sexual assault charges in the october killing of colleen ritzer, a teacher at his high school. talk about this case with dr. charles, chuck williams, drexel university psychologist. also ebony williams, a criminal defense attorney. no relation, thank you. both of you, for joining us today. ebony, he has pleaded not guilty but the cops say he confessed in the presence of his mother to killing this woman. what kind of a defense does he mount? >> certainly it's going to be difficult for his defense team. it is certainly going to be some overwhelming evidence to support the prosecution's version of the events. there is this confession. he might very well try to challenge and suppress the confession but in the absence of showing offi

tracy: arthel, thank you very much. >> yeah.d making lots and lots of them? the stock is up nearly seven fold in two days. we're talking about intercept pharmaceuticals. foxnewshealth.com managing editor dr. manny alvarez is here with his take. tiny little biotech company. they have this drug that helps liver disease. >> listen, if they have the drug that they're alluding to and studies come out to be true and all facts come in this will be a home run because what they're talking about is a drug that is going to fight fatty liver and fatty liver is something that is extremely common now adays. it has become because of obesity epidemic over the last 10 years. you could argue that at least 5% or more of the national population in this country has fatty liver. and basically what it is, just fat in your liver, that piles over time. typically due to obesity, type-2 diabetes, high cholesterol. tracy: this is not alcohol? >> not alcoholic fatty liver. this is your every day i have a fatty liver kind of guy or gal. basically very diffic

. >> i'm arthel neville. topping the news, a terrorist attack in the heart of afghanistan.ls and who is claiming responsibility. >>> and president obama is calling 2014 a year of action. he says he is willing to bypass congress to get things done. will this put him on a collision course with capitol hill? our political panel debates. >> and california, dry as a tippedder box. the state

i'm jamie colby in for arthel neville. when the shooting was over, there were three people dead, including police say, the gunman. one person treated for a gunshot wound to the foot. four others sustaining various injuries as they fled. the hospital where all five were treated now saying that they've been released and the shooting happened inside a skateboard shop in the mall. we can now report sparking panic and ai don't say as everyone ran for their lives. that mall was full. molly henneberg is live. she's been on scene with the very latest. what is the very latest, molly? two press conferences, what have learned? >> reporter: jamie, we have just confirmed the identities of two of the three people who were killed inside this mall today. they are brianna balolo, 21-years-old from college park, maryland. and tyler johnson, 25 years old, from maryland. the third person, the person police believe is the shooter, is still unidentified, but police believe he went in to that skate shop on the second floor of the mall and shot t

i'm jamie colby in for arthel neville.here were three people dead, including police say, the gunman. one person treated for a gunshot wound to the foot. four others sustaining various injuries as they fled. the hospital where all five were treated now saying that they've been released and the shooting happened inside a skateboard shop in the mall. we can now report sparking panic and ai don't say as everyone ran for their lives. that mall was full. molly henneberg is live. she's been on scene with

back to you, gregg and arthel. >> it's really nice in the caribbean. let's go. >> are you paying? >> no. >> he doesn't have to pay. let's just go. >> i'm there. >> pretty drinks. >> yeah. >> thanks, j.d. >> all right. bye, j.d. >> a-rod is having his suspension reduced. he'll be out for the entire 2014 season still, but an arbitrator for the mlb is dropping his suspension down to 162 games, which is down from the original 211. rodriguez is vowing to continue his fight against the suspension in federal court and try to lessen his suspension even further. the three-time american league mvp was sidelined for his involvement with the clinic accused of distributing performance enhancing drugs. >> federal court historically by ballplayers almost never works. it is a real uphill battle for the lawyers in that one. >>> all right. israel is mourning the loss of former israeli prime minister ariel sharon. >>> plus a fire wreaks havoc on an ancient town. we'll tell you the extent of the damage in the popular tourist destination. >>> and a new tell-all pitting ex-pentagon chief robert gates a