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this represents 2-3 percent of federal out lay. >> doug luzader in washington. thank you so much, doug. >> time for an extreme weather alert. the snow already falling in wichita, kansas. look at that making a mess of the morning commute. folks could see a foot of snow by the end of today. that's all thanks to mother nature of course. janice dean is tracking the storm. this is bigger than that it is two-thirds of the country. >> what was the groundhog thinking when he predicted an early spring. 6-2 inches for a big section of the midwest. in come ca some cases we could t 16 to 24. this is the area i am concerned about we could see freezing rain and/or sleet. we have ice storm warnings we can see half an inch of ice on the roads and power lines. we have a snow event in kansas, nebraska, in towards iowa. there's the bulls eye we could see 2 feet of snow around the kansas city area. icing over arkansas, parts of missouri. this will be incredibly dangerous as well moving across the ohio river valley. the other side of this storm if you can believe it hail damaging wi

back to you guys. >> doug luzader reporting live for us. big numbers there. >> it is time for your 5@5:30. those are the top stories making news at this hour. >> the family of the hero doctor who helped us nab osama bin laden is now losing hope as he continues blocks away inside a pakistani prison. he wants to know what america plans to do to help free him. other family members want to stop the fight they fear retaliation. he has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. visitors haven't been able to see him since september. punish gun manufacturers for crimes committed with the weapons they make. that is the proposed plan from colorado democrats. the assault weapons responsibility act was proposed earlier this week. democrats want to make manufacturers sellers and owners responsible for all crimes involving their guns. republicans say that that would all but ban assault weapons in the state. >> everyone in the chain will be responsible for the actions of that gun. >> retailers will be afraid to sell these weapons because they won't be able to

there's a senate hearing in the topic today. >>> doug luzader reporting live for us. it is 34 after the hour. time to take a look at who is talking. we heard the president say his second term proposal will not increase the deficit by even one dime in his words. so do the american people buy that? >> and frank luntz asked that question to a group of voters in california. here is frank. >> do you believe him that his policies will not add to the deficit? do you belief it? >> no. >> who does not leabelieve it? raise your hands. why don't you believe it? >> look at the deficit and how it keeps growing. it is spiraling out of control. it is continuing to grow. i don't see any evidence that it is going the other way. >> he made a commitment that it would go up. >> everything costs something. people finance the home would get a tax break but didn't tell us where the money was going to come from so it adds to the deficit. he is believing what he wants to do and he wants to do the best thing for the country. he's going to follow that through. >> we have to stop this language o

we will find out for sure in about 3 hours. >> doug luzader in washington thank you so much.we will be looking at the jobs numbers. you need to find out what the weather is going to be like of course. we have an update. >> heavy snow in some areas. icy conditions made things very dangerous. >> you have to be careful on the roadways. a little snow can make things difficult for travel. the area we will see the most snow is across the great lakes. also seeing a clipper system bringing in light snow across the appalachians, across dc and toward baltimore. look at the lakes. they still haven't frozen over. all of the arctic air moving southward is bringing potential for a foot or more of snow along all of the popular area for lake-effect snow. watch that over the weekend. in terms of snow accumulation 1-3 inches across the wide swath in the midwest and the great lakes. want to look at the temperatures cold, very cold. winter advisory in the great lakes. minus 24 in international falls minus 12 in indianapolis. windchill much cooler than that minus 24 in international falls. minus

doug luzader is live with the latest. any progress at all? >> none that we can see at least.d morning. you don't have to look any further than the white house web site to see the role the sequestor cuts are playing. there is nol a whonot a whole lu can do at this point. he made the case not a single state would be spared in federal spending cuts. the president's secretary of transportation. >> it is a billion dollars faa has biggest number of plies at dot. >> trips to the overall federal budget has very, very small cuts. they have warned of things like massive airport checkpoint delays worse case scenario doesn't material lies some friday or shortly there after it will bolster republican claims. >> to not cut 2 and a half percent out of the total budget over a year when it was twice the size it was 10 years ago, give me a break. >> meantime the president insistence on raising tacks to avert the sequestor er is a nonstarter for the gop. they are coming up with a better system of cuts where you would allow agencies to come up with their own combination give them a little bit mo

doug luzader is live with more on this this morning. morning to you, doug. >> answerly, good morning. to nominees john brennan tinl against agency and chuck hagel. they are running into real snags on capitol hill. in the case of hagel what's happening right now it is a delay for a nominee. republicans can't the white house to come clean about what happened if the u.s. consulate attacked back in september with evidence mounting they say if the president would simply disengage. during an on-line chat president obama dismissed the entire issue. >> that was largely driven by campaign stuff because everything about that we have had more testimony and more paper provided to congress than ever before. >> there's no question this white house has stone walled delayed and denied. nothing could be pfurther from the truth about us not running out of questions. it what is true he won't answer any. >> it is not just about chuck hagel. benghazi attack is one of the problems the president wants to head the cia john brennan who served as chief counter-t

doug luzader in live in washington with the latest. >> the real talk is the calendar. the last minute negotiations are unlikely to change that. the president making phone calls to republican leaders house speaker john boehner minority leader mitch mcconnell all of the administration is encountering the gop. >> there is a responsibility here on the republican side to do what the president has done which is to hear what people are saying. please compromise. please be reasonable. please not adopt positions that represent them my way or the highway approach. >> and there is a white house effort to paint a doomsday scenario here with federal spending and cuts by 2-3 percent. there is food shortages. military readiness and many republicans will agree the cuts will hurt. others say the president insisted on new tax hikes ignores other reductions that could replace these across the board sequestor cuts. >> if you were to pay federal employees about the same level you pay private employees that saves 32 billion a year. there are other places to cut. you can cut foreign aid in h

in washington, doug lieu sha kerr -- luzader, fox news. >>> the state of virginia says their background check system is working. new stats show since its inception the system has prevented more than 16,000 felons from buying guns. state police records show more than 54,000 transactions have been denied in the last 24 years since the program was implemented including drug abusers, the mentally ill and domestic assault offenders. >>> lawmakers in washington say the across the board sequestration is almost a guarantee as a result of a failure of a 2011 congressional super committee to come up with a plan to reduce the deficit. the sequester would result in $85 billion in automatic cuts from the federal budget. some republicans are blaming the president. >> it was requested by the president. it was his idea, signed into law by him. >> the president failed to mention that the sequester was his idea. >> the president promised in the campaign sequestration would not happen. now he is allowing it to happen. >> the deadline could lead to 10,000 teachers being laid off and 1 billion taken from re

doug luzader has more. >> reporter: accord tying draft that was leaked to "usa today," the president wants to create a special new visa specifically for illegal immigrants that would allow them to stay in the country while they wait for permanent legal status. even those with criminal records would be welcomed so long as they haven't been convicted of three crimes or spent more than a year in prison t appears tonight the long way from the bipartisan plan slowly taking shape here on capitol hill. >> leak don't happen in washington by accident. this raises the question that many of us continue to wonder about. does the president really want a result or does he want another thing to beat up the republicans so he can get political advantage in the next election. >> reporter: the white house says the president is simply following through with a promise of his own. >> we will be prepared in the event that the bipartisan talks going on the hill, which by the way were very aggressively supporting. >> reporter: the relate staking point women come down to bored security. the bi-- will come dow

doug luzader live with more on this. >> the president's newings immigration plan is raising eyebrows on capitol hill even if the details are a little sketchy. according to a draft linked to usa today the president wants to create a special new visa specifically for illegal immigrants that would allow them to stay in the country while they wait for permanent legal status. even those with criminal records would be welcome so long as they hadn't committed crimes and spent a year in prison. it is a bipartisan plan slowly taking place in capitol hill. >> this raises the question many of us continue to wonder about. does the president really want a result or does he want another to beat up republicans so he can get political ad vantage of the next election. >> the president is simply following through with a promise to have a plan of his own ready to go if congress fails to act. we are gracively supporting. >> the real sticking point for many republicans will come down to border security. the bipartisan plan coming together here is expected to require that the borders be secure before ther

doug luzader has more. >> good morning. president will be in full campaign mode as he heads to minnesota today. he will bupush for a new gun ba among other measures. his real problem could come from democrats in congress. the white house wants to move pretty fast on this in the wake of the connecticut school shooting back in december begins to dissipate over the weekend. the white house generated plenty of attention by releasing that photograph of president obama's shooting back in august. proof the administration says that he is not against guns per se. on some point the president may succeed limiting the size of magazines perhaps trying to stay the universal background check for gun booirs. the nra says it's a big powerful power grab. >> there will be fees there will be paperwork, there will be law abiding people in a bureaucratic nightmare. there will be abuse in terms of prosecutions and it's all going to effect only the law awe biding people. the criminal coulds ca care les. >> another front outright ban on military st

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doug luzader is live with more. >> this is the last thing the white house wants right now is tangle withe best known political reporters in the country the "washington post" bob woodward. he claims this looming sequestor deadline was actually the idea of the white house and the white house was in his words moving the goal post on republicans by demanding tax hikes now rather than just spending cuts. woodward told poll lit co evenor white house officials yelled at him on the phone for 30 minutes and sent an ominous e-mail. >> you are focusing on the few specific trees that gives a very wrong impression of the forest. but perhaps we will just not see eye to eye here. he says, too, i think you will regret steaking out that claim. >> here is the response from the white house. quote, of course no threat was intended as mr. woodward noted the e-mail was sent to apologize for voices being raised in the previous conversation. the note suggested mr. woodward would regret the observation he made regarding a sequester. he responded to the aid's e-mail in a friendly matter. the attack on woodward di

doug luzader has more from washington. >> u.s. drone program has been shrouded in secrecy.that may be changing with congress having answers. it could em broil the man the president would like to see as the next head of the cia. there's no question the u.s. drone program has been pretty effective taking out targets overseas, al qaeda targets including americans in some cases with virtually no risk to he is u.s. forces. but the critical question facing the white house now, is it really legal? >> we conduct those strikes because they are necessary to mitigate ongoing actual threats to stop plots, prevent future attacks and again save american lives. these strikes are legal. they are ethical and they are wise. >> oo a department of justice memo leaked to the news says the president may not need much evidence of an eminent threat before deciding to target americans overseas. at the same time 11 u.s. senators most of them democrat have sent a letter to the white house asking for the legal rational behind all of this. we are waiting a response. tomorrow the president's nomination

if a deal isn't reached in congress, fox's doug luzader has the latest. >> reporter: tony, good morning. no one really expected we would be here. the sequester was designed to be unpleasant for democrats and republicans. doesn't look like they are going to be able to stop it. >> summoning first responders to the white house painting a dire picture of what kind of jobs will be cut. >> if congress allows this meat cleaver approach to take place, it will jeopardize our military readiness. this will -- >> republicans are quick to point out the is he questionster was the administration's idea and one the president defended when congress talked about eliminating it. >> my message to them is simple. no, i will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts domestic and defense spending. >> just as the president complains about first responders, many republicans cuts for the pentagon. case study for how difficult it is to make federal spending cuts of any kind. >> this is ridiculous. $85 billion and 3 trillion dollar deficit. >> for all of the bluster on both sides. the sequester r

doug luzader is covering it for us. he's live in washington. what are we expecting from the president? >> this is really the white house battled on a number of different fronts right now. no question the climb gnat in washington when it comes to i am fwra immigration reform has changed. a comprehensive reform bill will be difficult. janet napolitano got a bird's-eye view of the border. increased spending on border. the border crisis eased some what because of the sluggish u.s. economy. in washington the dynamics of the debate have changed. over at the white house the president going to press the issue with liberal groups and business leaders today advancing an agenda has been pushing for years finding a way to offer u.s. citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants. >> to think 11 million are living among us without documentation. we need to do something. give them a chance. >> either way many republicans were stinging from the 2012 election are open to a comprehensive fix of some kind. >> there's a growing recognition by republicans. they wan

. >> doug luzader in washington thank you so much. >> the big story this morning before you leave these let's get the first degree weather update from janice dean in the extreme weather center. >> how are things going to look this weekend? >> the wos of the storm will be overnight friday and saturday from the northeast. we are already seeing the storm bringing 3 to 12 inches of snow across the upper midwest. this is past of the system that will combine with this system across the south that has already brought tornado warnings to parts of luis ya'll. these two systems are going to combine together to bring our nor' easter. that is going to mean big travel delays not only for the i 95 corridor but it will cause a ripple effect across the country. people are urged to call ahead and we might be dealing with hundreds and hundreds of cancellations tomorrow. want to look at our european model. this is the model that forecasts hurricane sandy back in october. a very reliable forecast model. this is what we are dealing with in timing. 9:00 a.m. friday the storm comes offshore. we start to see

. -- doug luzader. >> he got into a heated discussion about why the investigation must condititinue whyes there's been a lack of outrage from many in the media to find out what happened. listen to this. >> we have had two movies about getting bin laden and we don't even know who the people were who were evacuated from the consulate the next day after the attack. we have had a massive coverup. >> susan rice said there was a lot of confusion. i am asking you sn tore what is the cover up of what? >> i am asking you do you care whether four americans died or the reasons for that and shouldn't people be held accountable for the fact that four americans died. >> you said there was a coverup. a coverup of what? >> of the information concerning the deaths of four brave americans. the information has not been forthcoming. you can obviously believe that it has. i know that it hasn't i will be glad to send you a list of the questions wthat have not been answered. >> they are now focused on finding the vined you'lls responsible for the attack and said they have answered all questions. >>> folks are

. >> doug luzader is live with a preview. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president is expected to layout a pretty aggressive agenda tonight. one of the things to watch is the facial expressions of john boehner. the president melee out the battle lines between them. >>> the warm handshake at the podium is one thing. the specifics of the president's agenda may be something else. tonight's speech will be heavy on the economy. >> you will hear in the president's state of the union an outline for his plan to create jobs. the president has always viewed the two speeches, the inaugural address and the state of the union as two acts in the same play. >> that inaugural address layout an ambitious agenda. tonight, the president will be combatted. pushing for higher taxes and more spending for things like infrastructure and education especially with the looming battle over the sequestered spending cuts. immigration reform may also play a prominent role. republicans say the presidencies his chance to route the gop. >> his idea now his political objective now is to

doug luzader live from washington with more on this, doug. >> reporter: the president's new immigration plan is raising plenty of republican eyebrows on capitol hill. even if some of the details are sketchy according to a draft that was leaked to usa today, the president wants to create a special new visa specifically for illegal immigrants that would allow them to stay in the country as they wait for permanent legal status and even those with criminal records, convicted of crimes and spent nor than a year in prison. and the bipartisan plan is slowly taking shape in capitol hill. >> this raises a question that many of us are continuing to wonder about. does the president really want a result or does he want another cudgel to beat up republicans so he can get political advantage in the next election. >> the white house says that the president is simply following through on his promise to have a plan of his own ready to go if congress fails it act. >> we are doing exactly what we said we'd do, which is what we prepared in the event that the bipartisan talks going on on the hill, which by

. >> clayton: more on this, we'll hear more on this, doug luzader, live in d.c. >> thank you, four minutesfter the hour and time for head lines. oscar pistorius' family going on camera the first time since the blade runner was charged with murdering his girlfriend. >> its own case, including its own forensic evidence strong strongly refutes premeditated murder. >> and his uncle says he was planning a future with reeva steenkamp. and the show that reeva started last night, and included this chilling clip. >> and i'm going to miss you all so much. i love you very much. >> to fall in love is being in love with love. one love-- >> i'm going home sort of a sweet taste in my mouth. i don't have any regrets. >> so beautiful. wasn't she. and they're airing a tribute to steenkamp before the start of the show. overnight two military jets escorting a plane away from a no-fly zone where president obama is vacationing in florida. the small plane was forced to land at a field in the town of stuart just north of palm beach. and f.a.a. is now investigating. it streamed across russia's skyline sending up a