. >>> i'm arthel nevil. bitter emotions in the hurt murder case of oscar pistorius. he is accused of killing his girlfriend on valentine's day. yesterday he was granted bail and supporters erupted into cheers. family of the woman killed is lashing out saying the reaction in the courtroom was inappropriate. >> powerful winter storms, in the northeast a lingering system bringing a mix of rain and snow. new england seeing sniofls for the third straight weekend. look out for severe thunderstorms from texas to florida. in the west, the same system causing significant snowfalls. i'm arthel nevil. we'll get you back to cashin in. for the latest headlines, foxnews.com. i'll be back in about an hour. we'll see you then. >> how without a backbone, u.s. talking about getting tough with china over dozen of cyber attacks it's accused of waging against government agencies. so far it's all talk. even though the hacking is a serious threat. does this prove the fact that we owe china so much money it's our biggest threat? jonathan, go at it. >> the deficit is a threat no matter who w

fox anchor and louisiana native arthel neville recently returned home to highlight one man who is alsoeans. brian iron balconies. a site seen throughout the big easy. we have some different styles and nationality in this city spanish, french, german, black. everybody had their own techniques of doing things. i learned from. reeves has been a master black smith in new orleans for over 40 years. doing restorations and making custom pieces. >> you got to love it people look at this when they see me pulling that hot metal out of that forge, putting it on that anvil and hitting it. hot. it's dirty. it's labor intensive. they are looking at it as work. this is not work to me. this is what i do. >> steeped in traditions that date back as far as the 1600s. reeves does most everything, well, the old fashion the way. while adding his artistic twist to accommodate today's design demands. >> this is one of my more impressive pieces. >> really? why is this so impressive. >> every component, every can you recall on this piece i designed and i fabricated. >> how long did it take you to do this? >> th

. >>> i'm arthel nevil. vatican now says voting to elect the next pope could start earlier than thought. requiring a 15-20 day waiting period after the papacy becomes vacant. the rule is in place to allow cardinals to get to rome to vote. the pope will step down at the end of this month. police from iowa releasing dashcam video of the final moments of a deadly crash. the suspect took off after officers tried to pull him over and led them on chase of speeds 140 miles an hour. he ran into an empty cruiser at a roadblock, the driver was pronounced dead at the scene and five-year-old child inside was injured. now back to cashin in. go to foxnews.com for all the latest news. we'll see you a little later. ♪ ♪ >> eric: talk about mixed signals. we are just learning the government shelled it on over $2 billion last year to provide free phones to potentially millions of people who don't even need them. at the same time the former navy seal who shot bin laden says he is so few benefits from the government he can barel

i'm arthel nevil. get you back now to cavuto on business. >> neil: fasten your seat belts.orld's biggest airline is ready for takeoff. american airlines making a $11 billion deal, a headache for you that is going to make four airlines, american, united and delta and southwest that accounts for 90% of all domestic flights. fewer carriers and fewer planes but the same but not more passengers. are you catching the drifted here? >> it's not a good drift. two ceos says nothing is going wrong, places will be low. prices are going to go up. we saw prices go up after the delta merger as much as 20% and over the past 12 years, prices have gone up 27% but that doesn't include baggage fees and extra leg room fee. they are only going to go higher. >> i cringe when i heard the news. it's already a poor experience. jet blue, i'm looking what about a laker star? i know survival in the business is terrible but as a flyer i cringe when i heard this county. >> they have to do this. >> they don't. what are you crazy? why are they doing it then? >> neil: gerri's point it's going to lead to hig

i'm arthel neville.k at the daytona international speedway and some fans possibly injured. here is brand-new pictures for you. at least ten cars crashing and torn into pieces in front of the grand stand during a nascar nationwide series race. in the last lap, the lead car was turned sideways into the wall, causing a chain reaction. one car went sailing into the fence, leaving a gaping hole. race officials are not commenting on any focus injuries. we'll have more on this at the top of the hour. a dramatic video of deadly floods in greece, narrow street turning into raging rivers, forcing frantic rescues. the woman you see on your screen, she was safe, that's good news. another one reportedly trapped in her car and killed. a really sad situation there as well. again, i'm arthel neville. we'll have more onir the crash t the top of the hour. ♪ >>> it's happening now? >> yes, it is, bob. so columnist for slate, the web site, not the rock, wants airline passengers to stop reclining in their seats. dan cow thin

fox anchor and louisiana native arthel neville recently returned home to highlight one man who is alsore of the big easy. jazz, a sound indig nut to new orleans. brian iron balconies. a site seen throughout the big easy. we have some different styles and nationality in this city spanish, french, german, black. everybody had their own techniques of doing things. i learned from. reeves has been a master black smith in new orleans for over 40 years. doing restorations and making custom pieces. >> you got to love it people look at this when they see me pulling that hot metal out of that forge, putting it on that anvil and hitting it. hot. it's dirty. it's labor intensive. they are looking at it as work. this is not work to me. this is what i do. >> steeped in traditions that date back as far as the 1600s. reeves does most everything, well, the old fashion the way. while adding his artistic twist to accommodate today's design demands. >> this is one of my more impressive pieces. >> really? why is this so impressive. >> every component, every can you recall on this piece i designed and i fab

i'm arthel neville, so good to see you on this saturday. welcome to a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters. >> i'm eric shaun. a major gun manufacturer passes a tough new gun control law. opponents fear could end up costing hundreds of jobs. we'll debate the economic impact that could be coming across the country in the wake of gun laws. >> the meteor blast that shocked the world has left thousands exposed to frigid temperatures tonight. we'll get onupdate from the impact zone. >> tired of having the old set? wait until you see what is coming, these giant big screens. you won't believe it when you can see this courtesy of "consumer reports." >> i love it. they are super duper. first, millions across the east coast now bracing for another winter storm that is expected to hit overnight tonight and stretch from parts of the southeast all the way up to new england. this is coming as several cities in the region are still dealing with the snow from last weekend's blizzard. elizabeth prann is live in new haven, connecticut with that

i'm arthel nevil.uto on business. >> camera, action. >> neil: talk about a health care disaster movie. the way this is playing out. for universal at orlando, spider-man is caught in the same web and hulk is feeling green for a reason. the theme parted is dropping health care insurance because of the president's health care law. part of this is coming, part of the benefits and it was sold out individual companies are now being wiped away. >> it was a problem because a lot of the companies were getting temporary loopholes or set asides. burger king actual tumly said can we have definition of a full time worker, 40 hours, 30 hours. they are trying to figure on a way to keep employees and also crazy obligations of obamacare. so far i haven't heard one good story about it. >> neil: the irony we have more people without health care because of disruptions because of things like this. the promise that it will be brought on board as presumably the part-time workers. >> we have no idea how many people will lose

i'm arthel neville. also topping the news, new threats out of iran, the rogue regime announcing plans to expand its nuclear program after discovering a vast new supply of uranium deposits. >> plus, battle ground usa. serious new questions about the u.s. drone program as the government announces a broad extension of mini drones right here at home. >> and pain at the pump. you take look at what caused u.s. gas prices to go up every day for 36 straight days and is the mystery streak over yet? we'll take a look. >> a major showdown brewing in washington over looming forced spending cuts set to kick in march 1. as the clock ticks down, both sides are blaming each other for failing to break the stalemate. >> the fact is republicans in congress right now will provide the flexibility to make the necessary spending reductions and address our deficit and debt instead of going through the sequester. in fact, house republicans have already passed two bills to replace the president's sequester. >> these cuts don't ha

i'm arthel nevil.uto on business. >> camera, action. >> neil: talk about a health care disaster movie. the way this is playing out. for universal at orlando, spider-man is caught in the same web and hulk is feeling green for a reason. the theme parted is dropping health care insurance because of the president's health care law. part of this is coming, part of the benefits and it was sold out individual companies are now being wiped away. >> it was a problem because a lot of the companies were getting temporary loopholes or set asides. burger king actual tumly said can we have definition of a full time worker, 40 hours, 30 hours. they are trying to figure on a way to keep employees and also crazy obligations of obamacare. so far i haven't heard one good story about it. >> neil: the irony we have more people without health care because of disruptions because of things like this. the promise that it will be brought on board as presumably the part-time workers. >> we have no idea how many people will lose

arthel nevil has that story in new orleans. >> jazz, a sound indigenous to new orleans.iful balconies a sight seen throughout the big easy. >> we have so many different styles and so many different nationalitys in the city from german to latin and everybody had their own techniques of doing things. >> darrell reed has been a master blacksmith in new orleans doing rest forations and making custom -- restorations and making custom pieces. >> the hot metal and putting it on the anvil and hitting it and you get hot and dirty and it's labor intensive. this is what i do. >> reporter: steeped in tradition that dates back as far as the 1600s, he does it the old-fashioned way and adding his artistic twist. >> this is one of the more impressive pieces? >> every curl and component on this piece i designed and i fabricated. >> how long did it takes you to do this? >> that project, that took probably about three months. that was a big project. it wasn't big for footage but as far as labor. >> reporter: and this gate here is all handmade? >> that is all hand forged. >> reporter: what

ashley: arthel neville. thank you so much. appreciate it.t take as pause from the recent rally a handful of understood stocks are hitting new highs. sandra smith takes a closer look in today's trade. >> we are. don't underestimate the power of food stocks. investors are hungry to gobble up food stocks. i know. that was good friday afternoon one. general mills hitting all-time high. go back as far as we can here. a five-year chart. it keeps on going. the cereal making up a little bit but enough to put it to a record high. we had hormel hitting all-time high. right about the unchanged mark. there is the five-year look there. with a name like smucker's it's got to be good. smucker's down right now but hit a record high session on earnings that were very strong for the company. kraft foods probably the biggest of the major consumer food stocks out there, down a little bit right now. there's a look at the five-year chart. it too right near its all-time high. year-to-date would be better look at the stock. investors are buying up kraft foods. four

ashley: fox news's arthel neville. arthel, thank you. tracy: all right.s josh rosner was to warn us about programs at freddie mac and fannie mae and before the crash of 2007. we look at his outlook on housing market now. i'm glad you're here. you're not buying this recoverry? >> i'm buying we're getting a real recovery in home building. new construction is up. we're not seeing follow through in that market in a dramatic way. we're seeing foot traffic increase but credit's not available so what we've got is still a continuing situation where the buyers that we're seeing are in large measure investors, not fundamental buyers. tracy: interesting that you sacred is not available because we'll get every bank on the planet to come sit here and say anybody can get a loan these days. it's fine. >> it is absolutely not true. if you look, unless your loan is sold to fha or sold to fannie or freddie there aren't too many people willing to hold it. you have very small securitization market. maybe we get 16 billion done this year in securitization. beyond that there i

welcome to a brand new hour of "happening now," i'm arthel neville in for jenna lee. have you here, arthel, i'm jon scott. today's atomic blast was the most powerful ever by north korea. president obama calls it a highly provocative act. arthel: but north korea warns it will continue nuclear testing to create a warhead small enough to fit on a ballistic missile, and swift reaction on capitol hill blasting the obama administration, the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, republican ed royce, is calling on the administration to replace what he calls a failed north korea policy. chief white house or correspondent ed henry is live on the north lawn. ed, do we expect the president to mention this north korea mess in his state of the union speech tonight? and if so, if i may, how does it fit into his agenda? >> reporter: sure, arthel. bottom line is the president's aides say he is likely to mention this essentially failed test by the north koreans tonight. they are deeply concerned here at the white house, though, that know keeps doing these tests. as you say,

. >> in new orleans, arthel neville, fox news. >> let's do fox fast forward now. look ahead to some the big stories coming up this week. on monday, president obama will visit minnesota to discuss gun safety and to promote his own set of gun control proposals. including a ban on assault weapons and universal background checks for all gun purchases. monday, former new york city mayor ed koch will be laid to rest. coach ran new york for 12 years and saved the city from financial ruin. former president bill clinton will speak at the service and represent the obama administration there also on wednesday, power ball. back again with a massive jackpot after nobody won this weekend. wednesday's drawing will be for an estimated $2,008,000,000 good luck if you are playing. that is how works reports on this sunday, february 3rd, 2013. so a lot of things to watch out for for this next week. keep it right here on fox news channel. i'm harris faulkner. have a fabulous week. it tonight on huckleberry. are the president's policiless holding back minorities? larry elder said keepi

i'm arthel neville.ou back here at 6:00 o'clock eastern, alongside rick folbaum for all the latest headlines. log on to fox news.com. now back to "the five". >>> a new study from kansas state finds that people who use the internet at work spend most of their time doing thingse unrelated to their job. cyber loafing accounts for 80% of time a spent by employees surfing the web. but i say forget the impact on work. y how does it affect your life? the danger of cyber loafing is the word itself. reporter attaches sign tore a word, it's because they're out of ideas. see day in a's new app, cyber c jasper. more important, the danger of surfing isn't the time wasting. it's the crippling fear of t action that it encourages inf your life.es the laptop simply makes it that much easier to avoid doing things as you watch others do things all around the world. achievement has been replaced by observation and that makes it harder to move. we are creating a nation of gawkers, those who cannot speak to real people, but t

. >> in new orleans, arthel neville, fox news. >> let's do fox fast forward now. look ahead to some the big stories coming up this week. on monday, president obama will visit minnesota to discuss gun safety and to promote his own set of gun control proposals. including a ban on assault weapons and universal background checks for all gun purchases. monday, former new york city mayor ed koch will be laid to rest. coach ran new york for 12 years and saved the city from financial ruin. former president bill clinton will speak at the service and represent the obama administration there also on wednesday, power ball. back again with a massive jackpot after nobody won this weekend. wednesday's drawing will be for an estimated $2,008,000,000 good luck if you are playing. that is how works reports on this sunday, february 3rd, 2013. so a lot of things to watch out for for this next week. keep it right here on fox news channel. i'm harris faulkner. have a fabulous week. >> there are deep divisions on capitol hill to prevent mass shootings. well ask two leading advocates to

. ♪ >>> life from america's news headquarters, i'm arthel neville.-up operation underway in russia. crews and volunteers racing to replace thousands of broken windows and distribute warm clothes. at least 1200 injured, most from flying glass. the shock wave from the blast said to be as strong as 20 hiroshima bombs. the cost so far, around $33 billion. officials hope to have all repairs made in the next week. >>> and rough winter weather causing major problems in michigan. fast moving snow squalls and slick roads triggering road closures from flint to the ohio state line. and look at this, at least 40 accidents across the southeastern part of the state, including this right here, a massive pileup near detroit involving more than two dozen cars. police say at least one person was seriously injured. get you back to "the five." i'll see you at the top of the hour with more news. ♪ you spin my head right round ♪ . >> welcome back to "the five." i'm jesse in for greg gutfeld. on thursday nights i do a segment called waters world for o'reilley. in case you

. >> i'm arthel neville. welcome to a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters. five states are under a state of emergency. hundreds of thousands of people are without power, coping as best they can in the dead of winter. and in adversity, a wedding comes to symbolize the human spirit. when one come in connecticut didn't let the blizzard get in the way of their big day. >> it was stressful this morning, but now that i'm here, i think things are going to be okay. >> what do you think about the whole blizzard on the day of your wedding? >> i'll always remember it. >> rick: in massachusetts, where the blizzard is forcing evacuations in some areas. molly line is live in boston with the very latest. hi. >> hi. this is proving to be a brutal storm. we're here in boston where things are beginning to get back to normal. they're not there yet. the transit system here in boston is still shut down. they're hopeful to get it reopened to get the trains rolling again. by the latest, they want to see things back up and running for the monday morning commute. a really difficult

. >> at 20 minutes past the hour i'm arthel neville with your fox news minute.the gunman and two people are injured after a 20-five minute shooting spree in orange county, california. police are processing six crime scenes throughout the county. the motive for the shootings unclear. police say they could have been random. when stopped by police the suspect shot himself. >>> north korea is threatening south korea with, quote, final destruction and warned it could take additional steps after last week's nuclear test. the tough talk came during a debate at united nations disarmament conference. >>> south african olympian oscar pistorius is denying he murdered his girlfriend. prosecutors say the double amputee track star shot reeva steenkamp through four times through the bathroom door of his home while she was hiding. his pour just -- pistorius says he shot her by mistake thinking she was a robber. those are the headlines. back to ashley and tracy. tracy: you want to shake your head when you hear that. arthel, thank you very much. >> yes. tracy: drivers across the

>> at 20 minutes past the hour i'm arthel neville with your fox news minute. has nominated sally jewell, ceo of outdoor equipment company rei, to be the next secretary of the interior. joule joule worked in banking -- jewell worked in banking before taking over rei in two five. the company, recreational equipment, inc., is known for its outdoor conservation efforts. >>> the boy scouts of america will announce a delay whether to lift a national ban excluding gay leaders and members. they will take up the issue at the national meeting in may. scout leaders were considering giving local troops the power whether to decide to include gays. >>> in georgia a fiery highway crash killed three and injured nine. two dozen vehicles collided in four separate chain-reaction accidents. seven commercials vehicles were involved including an empty petroleum tanker truck that ruptured and caught fire. the accident occurred 40 miles from may con, georgia. back to tracy. tracy: a threat neville. thank you very much. scary stuff. ashley: right. tracy: it has been a wild day for the

tracy: arthel neville, thank you very much. ashley: the u.s. china for a recent string of cyber attacks and the white house is prepare to take action and considering trade fines against china. peter barnes in washington with details on this. peter. >> that's right, ashley. the administration is set to release a report next hour that will discuss possible new fines and trade sanctions against china for cyber threat according to sources. attorney general eric holder will be heading this press conference. the u.s. is trying to step up efforts to prevent chinese hacking which hit dozens of u.s. companies according to a separate report from mandiant, a sigher security firm. mandiant report says the chinese military is behind a lot of the hacking. that report is increasing pressure on the u.s. to take more foresful action against china for what experts say has been years of systemic espionage. >> we know that trade secret theft can cripple a company's competitive advantage in foreign markets, diminish export prospects around the globe and put america