. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett and welcome to a brand-new hour. >> heather: i'm heather childers easter. north korea vows today that nuclear weapons are close to the nation's life and won't be trade forward billions of dollars. more on the tension on the owner peninsula. >> gregg: mark kelly, gabrielle giffords's husband, speaking out on fox news sunday, why he and nra are in agreement about a key way to move forward and prevent tragedies such as that what happened to his wife. >> heather: and pope francis celebrates the first easter mass offering a message of peace on this world on this day holiest day in christianity. >> gregg: new details on the texas district attorney and his wife who were both gunned down last night. the d.a. and his wife were found dead inside of their home. two months after one of his assistant d.a.s was shot and killed and investigators want to know the killings are linked. rim levanthol has the latest from the new york city newsroom. >> reporter: texas authorities are very tight-lipped during a news conference confirming the d.a. and wife were shot but o

at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for shep.here is another problem for the carnival cruise ship, fourth in a month. the crews report there is an issue with an engine unit on the carnival ship legend that keeps it going from top speed. they are limping back to tampa after it was forced to cancel the last stop. meanwhile, the carnival ship dream is stuck in st. maarten with power problems. passengers reported problems with the elevator problems and toilets. last month a fire crippled another ship stranding folks in filthy conditions for five long days. fourth ship had to be escorted back to new orleans due to steering problems. i could go on and on, but we only have an hour for the program. let's turn to steve harrigan live. steve there are two carnival cruise ships in trouble? >> it's been a rough couple days. two ships disabled in the last two days. you 6 one on its way back to port in tampa, that is the legend. it is moving at 14 miles an hour. they have had full power on the ship but those passengers will get hundred dollar r

i'm jon >> gregg: hello, i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> heather: topping the news this hour, just ten days left of winter. but mother nature shows no signs of letting go. heavy snow snarls traffic and causes headaches at airports. >> gregg: anger and finger pointing in afghanistan as chuck hagel wraps up his trip to the region. hamid karzai lashes out at the united states. what set him off. >> heather: and congressman paul ryan says he has the answer for balancing the budget and he has placed his target squarely on obamacare. we have a fair and balanced debate on his proposal. >> gregg: but first, we begin with the new report highlighting growing concerns over security at what may be one of the most unsafe airports in the nation, an undercover agent managing to get through not one but two security checkpoints at newark liberty airport with a fake bomb hidden in his pants. now blockbuster revelations from a former tsa screener shed ago disturbing light how these episodes could happen. arthel nevil is here. >>

gregg? >> gregg: james, thanks. >> heather: new questions about the future of same-sex marriage after the supreme court heard two high profile cases this week. demonstrators from both sides made their voices heard outside the high court. a new call asked whether the government should even be in the business of defining marriage. here now is national columnist and author of that piece, john fund. thank you for joining us. in your piece that was published friday you say that a cultural civil war can be avoided by getting government out of the business of marriage. first of all how do we do that? and who would sanction marriage? >> remember that marriage has always been both a religious ceremony and very recently the last couple hundred years a civil ceremony where the government gets involved. now with hatch the country supporting gay marriage and half the country not, we are heading for a big political battle, most observers say the supreme court is not going settle this. nine states favor an

gregg has more on that. gregg?> that's right, the affordable care act is considered president obama's most significant legislative achievement, but what's it going to take to get all of america to love it or well, even like it, sort of. take a look at this, a new fox news poll finds 30% of registered voters want to repeal it it entirely. 25% want parts of it repealed and 20% say expand it or leave it as it is. let's bring in our political panel, angela mcglowan, fox news political analyst. and doug is a former congressional campaign spokesman and democratic strategist. good to see you both. >> good to see you. >> it's been three years and obamacare is as unpopular and divisive as ever. it's not our fault alone, the kaiser family foundation poll found more americans oppose obamacare than approve it. is this thing destined to be a public opinion failure? >> i don't think so, gregg. i actually think if you look at the individual parts of obamacare and the kaiser poll looked at those 11 core pieces and they have actual

. >> gregg: hello. i'm gregg jarrett. happy st. patrick's day. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> heather: the luck of irish will be with you today. topping the news this hour, brand-new information, a major break possibly in the murder investigation of an american mom abroad. could her killer be in custody? >> gregg: plus the u.s. postal service dealing with the real threat of severe cuts to your delivery. why is it now spending big bucks on a lavish conference? we'll have a live report. >> heather: and pop francis celebrates his first sunday mass. amazing images as thousands around the world join in the historic event. >> gregg: we begin with the budget battle still raging in d.c. and new questions over the bickering will ever end. this after house republicans and senate democrats unveiled dueling proposals this week showing a wide gap, indeed, remains over spending and taxes. plans on the table both sides are taking to the airwaves to try to make their cases. peter doocy is live in washington. peter, does it look like either side is ready to give

. >>> hello, i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> heather: topping the news this hour, taliban claiming responsibility for a bomb blast. as defense secretary hagel makes his first visit to afghanistan. >> gregg: forced budget cuts are having a big impact at the white house or at least for folks hoping to visit there. >> heather: and ben bernanke keeping interest rates low, but who is that helping? could we be looking at new economic bubble and what does that mean for those of us on main street? >> extreme weather alert for i, a coastal catastrophe has more than a dozen ocean front homes are completely destroyed by a series of crashing waves. look at this. all caused by a powerful winter storm that swept through much of the country this week. david lee miller is live with the later on this. >> recent storm that has slammed the midwest wasn't supposed to be a big problem for new england but were they wrong. some 13 inches of snow fell at boston's logan airport and two feet fell on nearby towns

i'm gregg jarrett.elcome to a brand-new hour. >> heather: welcome back. >> gregg: nice to be back. >> heather: the potential cuts playing out, $85 billion in spending cuts will take place this fiscal year and come to more than one trillion dollars over the next decade. president obama says the cuts will slow the u.s. economy growth by half of 1 percent costing $750,000. here is the latest. >>> after republicans said they would not increase tax revenues. $85 billion in automatic spending reductions there was no deal and president obama had to sign the order putting them into effect. today the president blasted the g.o.p.. >>> it's happening because republicans in congress chose this out come over closing a single wasteful tax loophole to help reduce the deficit of them decided protecting the well off interest tax breaks is better than protecting the military and middle-class families from these cuts. >> nancy pelosi and harry reid and mitch 'mcconnell met with president obama while the cuts were to begin

. >> gregg: hello. i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> heather: i'm heather childers. topping news this hour reaction from washington today now that on forced spending cuts are in effect. both sides pointing fingers and potential government shutdown is looming. we are live with the latest. >> gregg: crews taking down a home after a massive sinkhole that killed a man in florida, now his family speaking out as authorities warn neighbors to stay away zwleeth health scare for queen elizabeth ii in england. >> gregg: we begin with fox news alert. authorities in florida wrapping up the first day of demolition of a home of a man who was, they are trying to determine how deep the hole may be and whether more homes are at risk. he was swallowed into the ground on thursday night when the floor of his bedroom suddenly crumbled beneath him. five others managed to escape unharmed after hearing the loud crash and then hearing jess frantic screams for help. his brother jumped in to save him but he had to pulled out by pol

that says to me, gregg, there may be an agenda potentially by this particular teacher. >> gregg: younow what's interesting, mercedes, is the supreme court reviewed this add nausea and they insist repeatedly case after case, that the rights of students, once they walk into a classroom, are not unfettered. reasonable limitations can be placed on them by the school. >> exactly. otherwise what are you going to have? absolute chaos within the school. it says it in the bylaws of the school, it says in the rules and regulations, we are entitled to have an orderly environment. what does that mean? we have regulations. we have rules. we have assignments and you, the student, have to comply with those, unless it's somehow unconstitutional. this is not. it doesn't even go to that level. >> gregg: bob, it's a slippery slope. my daughters could walk in and say, i'm not going to do today's assignment or do my homework because i feel it's violating my first amendment right. so where do you draw the line, bob? >> i would agree with you. i would agree that there has to be some discussion here. here i

. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> i'm arthel nevil. >> the senate passing itself on the back after approving the first budget in four years, is washington celebrating as to? >> and president obama is warning of an extremist threat in syria and the syrian government could be using chemical weapons against its own people. >> extreme weather bearing down. as a massive and potentially dangerous weather system hits. we'll show you where it is headed. >> terry: first a milestone for the health law. >> remember this, president obama signing the giant piece of legislation into law back in 2010 but any birthday celebrations may be kept low key because the law seems as controversial as ever. now there are new signs that political fight over it could be heating up yet again. molly henneberg is live in washington with more. >> dueling opinions on the impact of obamacare and whether it's been a boon or a boondoggle for americans and americans businesses. president obama says the law prote

thanks very much. >> thank you, gregg. >> gregg: let's go live to cpac right now.onservative political action group that is such a power in the republican party. we expect momentarily dr. ben carson. >> heather: it looks like he may be approaching the podium now. dr. ben carson of course, the director of pediatric neuro surgery at johns hopkins university. the discussion that he's leading actually called president obama's breakfast club. >> gregg: the question is, is he going to deliver his remarks first? he's also part of a panel discussion and so we may get some of that as well. but-- >> this would not be him, this is someone else. >> gregg: this could be an introduction, we'll wait and see. >> a pleasure to be back at cpac, this is the third time i've spoken at cpac, and it's the first time the crowd has been all around me. this is really, really impressive. thank you for being here. i know that i'm here today because a year ago i was the speaker at the national prayer breakfast. if you have not seen that speech, please go to my website and watch it. if you go b

more broadly exactly how much to continue talking about obamacare for the reasons that you suggest, gregg. i mean, you know, it's the law of the land, the republicans ran on repeal in 2012 and didn't win. on the other hand, my own view is, republicans and conservatives should be talking about obamacare as much as they can. we are on the front end of what is going to be an implementation nightmare of an already unpopular law and the more republicans talk about the damage that this law is going to do, the more they're going to be able to point back and say, we had another option and i think, you know, as part of the speech, it would be great if dr. carson laid out some other possibilities for health care reform that we're different, alternatives to obamacare. >> gregg: some of the topics at the convention have been very controversial, including contraception, gay marriage, immigration. and said by the party that they're too conservative on the issues for populace consumption in electoral contests and maybe the last presidential election was proof of that. are conservatives hurting the repub

say. >> gregg: he wasn't using a teleprompter i don't think. it was amazing and the crowd seems to love dr. ben carson. all right, thanks for watching our coverage of the conservative political action conference. >> heather: and now to bulls and bears that starts right now. >> conservatives at cpac calling for tax cuts, but the president telling republicans, they can hike them or take a hike in budget cuts . senate democrats are on his side, pushing one trillion in new taxings. is this why 7 out of 10 bosses are not hiring. this is bums and bears we'll get right to it. the bums and bears, to bin and jonas and john back from his mountain climb and jamull green. >> democrats are still pushing tax hikings. is that why the companies are not hiring? >> absolutely. alm they -- all they have to do is look at history or the state nearby. on the state lemp, - level. the states that grow the most jobs are the ones without income tax. we have had this discussion many times. every time we cut taxes, the economy has grown whether on the left with president

senator gregg, this ain't even politics.o low, i can't believe it. >> well, it's hard to explain. harry reid is a friend. i suspect it was said in the moment. without any conscious thought about what the implications of it were. and i suspect he regrets saying it. and he is a decent individual, harry reid, and certainly understands the importance of our military and the trauma that these families must be going through right now and they shouldn't be drawn into something like this. >> that's the thing. and the marine corps made it very clear. again, they had been planning this exercise for quite some time, and obviously something went wrong, tragically, seven died. but they say political posturing on the backs of dead marines. see, i think, apart from this ridiculous, horrible thing that reid said, i think tim obama has misplayed their hand. they have just misplayed their hand and it's back firing. and this one is going to resound -- you know this is going to be a several-day story. >> the marines are right, judd is right. no

gregg, he said that we viciously and meaning fox news. viciously slandered and what way do we speak falsely about jim carrey. that's what slander means? >> i don't know. because before we said anything, he had observingly said that charlton heston had a small penis because he had a gun. that's the point of his song and all gun owners have small genitalia and that strikes me as slander. >> seems that way . on his website for the song. you know, this is just a funny little song and so what is he getting so het up in reaction? >> he tweeted the song like here's to you and m-f(bleep) and hahahaand getting ready to insult a group of people and it came back and he didn't know how to handle it. >> terry, i want to talk to you. in his video. jim carrey's videohe put the letter u in fox. i got to tell you. i delighted and felt elevated and enlightened by this debate. i thought he made alec baldwin look like a savant. >> it funny, i was reading it and yes, he put the u in and thought it clever. >> it was. >> and i almost missed it. >> you know, i t

i don't know exactly. >> gregg, you thought it was a bad idea. you think maybe if they relaxment dress code it would be okay to wear dressy shortings. >> i wear everything they wear ironically. it is important not to try to be hip but it is nice to let people the way they want to dress . make people feel comfortable. you have to fight the stereo types that are there . a lot of the stereo types are artificial and some are real. >> last time you went to cpac you wore a novelty shirt. >> i had a lot of pictures. >> you are so disaaffected. >> allow me to just remind you when i am on red eye, i made the mistake of wearing pants and i got death threats. >> i apologize for that. >> it is not a rule but a suggestion. >> i very threatening suggestion. >> it is the culture. >> next time i am bringing -- >> someone left a pitch on our doorstep. i think it kilmeade. >> and obama's moustache. gregg, you said why does he want to hang out in bars and you hang out in bars and that is why you are not president. is that why you are not president, the only reason?

senator judd gregg turned co-chair of the fix the debt campaign.re republicans and democrats might be able to make nice and get a deal actually done. >> if, only. yes. and later, the political changing of the guard and a new conspiracy theory in venezuela. whether it could hurt your portfolio and create pain at the pump all at the same time. we'll have details on this incredible story, just ahead. [ telephone ringing ] [ sighs ] [ ringing continues, dog barks ] [ male announcer ] staples makes it easier to get everything your business needs. [ dog whimpers ] even paper towels. and now get a scott mega roll paper towel 6 pack for $4.99. staples. that was easy. >>> well, we know that >>> well, we know that republicans and democrats have been fighting over the federal budget throughout the obama presidency. can they finally bridge those differences this year, perhaps? john harwood has the latest from washington. afternoon, john. >> afternoon, sue. we're about to find out. you know, yesterday we got the house republican budget from paul ryan, which bal

jon: gregg jarrett, thank you.enna: more rough seas for carnival cruise lines today as yet another ship full of vacationers staggers back to port. the cruise ship legend returning to tampa after experiencing mechanical problems. does grunt he willed customers expect passengers to prepare for the worse. >> what would happen and we need to bring depends with us and plastic bag. jenna: that is not type of question you want to ask before you go on vacation? jon: not at all. jenna: a prominent u.s. senator is calling for a passenger bill of rights when it comes to cruises. peter doocy live with more. >> reporter: right now senator chuck schumer, democrat from new york where cruise passengers spent more than $120 million last year ashore is trying to drum up support for the passenger bill of rights saying cruisers should not be force to live in third world conditions when they go on vacation. >> these ships are regulated by foreign country who is have virtually no regulation at all. they dock in our ports. they're often,

gregg, do let us know how you and your family do. and if you guys get on your way when you actually are able to get home. thanks again, gregg. appreciate it. >>> he only accepted his position 25 hours ago, right? now pope francis well into day one and he's hitting the ground running. just a short time ago he celebrated his first mass as pope with the cardinals who elected him. the american catholic church has been rocked by scandal and declining membership as you know. but many are actually hopeful that that could possibly change. casey wian is showing us latinos in los angeles hoping that the first pope from the americas will bring new life to an old church. >> reporter: it's as if catholics in the new world have been waiting six centuries for a voice, especially latinos. they are very happy to have a new pope especially everyone in latin america, we are very happy. for a long time we were waiting for somebody like that to come from latin america. >> the americas now are on the map. >> reporter: los angeles arch bishop jose gomez le

. >> gregg: this is great thing about the government.t you never worry about losing a job. there is always a place for a failure, if you say she is incompetent, beware, that is racist. that is how it works and sexist. the problem with benghazi is the short attention span of media. benghazi is old magazine in a dentist's office that they pass and throw aside. if americans had been killed by nra members, there would be marches every day. they care more about ben affleck than benghazi. >> bob: there was people magazine 15 years old. >>> they are still interesting. [ laughter ] >> kimberly: let's talk about something more interesting. potential collusion between the united states and taliban. this is the ago indication. >> hamid karzai made that claim over the weekend. as chuck hagel was going to do a press conference. let's think about it for a second. we put him in place to be president. he has insane wealth now. we have given that country hundreds of billions of dollars in our wealth our money, how about 2300 lives freeing afghanistan for

. >> gregg: paying tribute to his presented ser, pope francis, the card that's that elected him to lead the catholic church. he said benedict 16th enriched the church. he wants to visit him in the papal residence but they have not set a day as of yet. the men were up in years, experienced shall we say and urged them to share their wisdom with the young. he is set to be officially installed as pope this coming tuesday. >> it seems one police officer was at the right place and right time when he pulled over a speeding car just as the woman was having a baby. you can see that suv zipping past his patrol car on the left-hand side of your screen. this happened in eastern yeiw. he, iowa. he finally gets the driver to pull over on the side of the road. >> okay, good. >> i had every expectation, we were having a baby. we were driving to the hospital and i would shake their hand, good luck. >> gregg: not what happened. he said the baby was already on its way out. ready to greet the world. he helped wrapped the child up in a blanketed and escorted everybody to the hospital. it was only couple blo

i like to thank all my interfere and is especially gregg surfor allowing us do what we do is special thank to supervisor camp poe and is his assistants for always being there for us and i know the mayor left but if there is anything in this room that can get they two minutes of his time, i know i can get this city to be a safer place for awful us. with the help of my partner. and then in closing i'll like to say there is a lot of beautiful hearts here and there were some big ones on the way in and none of them came as whole with the love that i have for my if girlfriend. plast. >> that was short. i thought i was going to stand there for an hour. first i would just like to thank every everyone for their support and this idea that has become so much more with their help and captains col rails and most zero and our sergeant and supervisor kayser camp poe and is his staff and micro, my family, who's here today, my dad, thank you for everything. (applause) out on the street we face many different challenges in law enforcement i truly enjoy working until the city of san francisco that i wa

. >> gregg: ben stein, let's say it doesn't come. it's not nearly as bad as he trumpeted it that it might be a case, you keep doing this mr. president, you keep doing the boy cries wolf, you have to stop the howling, what do you think happens? >> the real crisis is not so much of the economic crisis that affects the ordinary citizen. we do know to charles' point that tens of thousands of defense workers will be laid off. its real catastrophe to lose your job. the real catastrophe is that the government will not compromise. this isn't the third reich. it's supposed to be some people giving and not everyone getting what they want. the fact that the government can't compromise and come to a decision in the harsh spirit of compromising, that is the crisis. >> neil: adam? >>> i'm going to take a slightly difficulty tact. i don't disagree what last been said. i think that the american people deserve a fair amount of the blame, too. we know public opinion polls we are not happy with the way our leaders in washington are leading but at the s

. >> gregg: and judy, you're back and are the media buying with what the president is trying to accomplish? >> israel, jon, it was a total love fest, i would have said, jim, exactly what you said before i went, but to see the outpouring of affection for this president and for what he represents, it was truly astonishing. >> not netanyahu. >> no, it was interesting both men have clearly figured out and several commentators noted they need each other and it's going to be a very, very rough three years, and so you've got to get off on a better footing and work together because of iran, syria and all the others and egypt, i might add, humongous challenges facing them. >> jon: so both sides changed the media narrative? >> i think they have to because the trip was such a success. criti critics, from the jerusalem said they his at shalom. and the connection to the land and all the things he didn't do in the cairo speech. all the things he should have done on a first trip as commander-in-chief now he did and bb has to respond to that. >> jon: there were critics like the london daily telegraph who

gregg cassin. come on up. >>> [inaudible]. >> you're first. >>> thank you, i think.l, thank you. nice to meet you all. and i just want to say thank you for creating the task force. i am a gay dad. i've lived in san francisco since 1980. i tested positive in the early '80s, went on to disability maybe 10 or 12 years ago, but stayed really involved here, activities. i just think this task force is incredibly important. i think that the things that i look and i see most is how people -- how fast people can become invisible and how much a social network and how much it takes actually caring for and watching out for our lgbt [speaker not understood]. i had an experience of being senior almost by being on disability for a long time and kind of being marginalized and kind of stepping outside the system and having to [speaker not understood] myself a bit and relying on things like a task force for social services that have been incredibly helpful and generous for me. i want to read a little [speaker not understood] projects that i've been working on. most of my work has been

sears and hh gregg have pulled unsafe models from shelves. mcdonald's is moving around its menu. the chain is nixing two items due to slow sales. it will remove its apple walnut salad and chicken selects. it is also taking a second look at sales of its angus burger. sources say mickey d's plans to add a wrap, and is still testing out chicken wings. casinos can no longer keep a poker face. the texas hold 'em craze is fading fast. casino revenues are slumping around 6% each year as gamblers spend less money at poker tables. in vegas alone, at least 8 poker rooms have folded during the past couple years. still to come, battle of the brands: we take on the most beleaguered names on wall street later on in traders unplugged. but first, how washington politics are stressing out the small businesses sector. that's next with bill moller. the engine of the american economy is driven by the small business, and every month we take the measure of the attitude of small business owners across the country. we do this through what's called the surepayroll small business scorecard. they poll 10s

i mean the relationship is reached an all time low now we should mention that agrees mother carol gregg for the first time spoke to the media a few hours ago she held a press conference she was just an all black she was wearing sunglasses she said on the record she does not believe that her son pointed a gun at police officers she described the sorrow and the pain that she felt when she had to pick out a casket for her sixteen year old son but she also says that she does not approve of the violence that's being displayed or shown in the streets she's asking for people to have restraint but she did say the mother of money gray that she will seek justice in the death of her son and i understand there are he was able to speak to some of these protesters residents over there in brooklyn what did they have to say that's right i spoke to a lot of them and most of those that i spoke with are extremely concerned for their families they everyone repeated the same thing over and over again that they that the relationship between the police officers and the citizens living. in certain parts of bro

, in a bipartisan way, have worked years, and he worked years before that with former senator judd gregg in putting together a plan. we're not saying it's the be all and end all, but it forms the basis for a simplification of a tax code. it is revenue-neutral t. addresses our lack of competitiveness around the world in terms of our corporate entities and businesses. it fixes rates at reasonable levels. and it ought to be the basis for at least the discussion in moving forward. but if we don't combine our spending discipline with a comprehensive tax reform, we're not going to have the element that can produce the growth, that will produce growth which will produce the revenue which will bring us more, closer to balance. finally, i talk about this all the time. let's have the courage to address what we know is driving us into more and more deficit and prevent -- will prevent us, if we don't adjust it, will prevent us from ever having a rational plan to get us out of this situation. and that's the mandatory spending. let me quote from the president's own bipartisan commission. they said --

senator gregg noted that mandatory spending is a primary -- unfortunately, all of the measures put in place have ignored smart entitlement reforms to control spending over the long term and comprehensive tax reforms to make the tax code more ta efficient. we all heard that before from people all across the political speck tom, republicans and democrats, liberals and conservatives. there is a growing consensus that all of these elements must be addressed. douglas holtz-eakin, former director of the congressional budget office noted that the level and projected growth of federal debt are is a threat to future prosperity. the nation, he said, despite claims to the contrary, remains on a damaging debt pathway. dr. holtz-eakin countered arguments that reducing the debt is not urgent because the crisis is a distant threat by pointing out that "the u.s. is already paying an economic price for the excessive federal debt in terms of slow job creation and growth." he went ton say, "the obvious colleagues is that additional deficit reduction is needed to avoid debt-driven economic stagnation." a

gregg that is not redskins. >> andrea: bob, watch. okay? watch.edskins they had it in mind. i understand it's skin color. it's not pejorative. get over it >> kimberly: people identify with the team and they love it. senator a precedent that someone -- start a press sent that someone says they don't like it. >> bob: the first owner of the washington redskins was mitchell or marshall or something was an avowed racist. washington was the last team to have blacks on their team roster. gress this isn't racist argument. it's a taste argument. redskins being redskins is not a racist attack on anybody. both sides can be right. native americans say redskins is a gross word. it is kind of gross. >> kimberly: you said you don't like the team. >> greg: phase it out. >> andrea: no skin in the game. red skin, brown skin. democrat's what i just said. >> bob: think what they are worth, when you brand the teams, along with the redskins it's hundreds of millions of dollars. >> eric: think how much jerseys and hats are sold. they change the logo. >> greg: then they

gregg you are still spending more. >> dana: the plans are deficit neutral.to ask you about the republicans. in the past chain mails we have had to deal with, it was perceived that the republicans caved. but not so this time. do you think it will cig call a turning point -- signal a turning point for the shattered pieces of the republican party and help it move on? >> andrea: it better. republicans were punished after they caved on the fiscal cliff. now we won't fold this time around. they are standing firm. i wish they would fight harder for more cuts and they have an opportunity, dana, especially because it was overhypeded. and so overblown, that when the world doesn't end, they can say president obama you don't just have egg on your face, you have an omelette. we'll keep fighting for more cuts. they have the leverage after this. i thought this meeting today was disingenuous. for him to invite them there, like when he demeaned paul ryan. he invites them there and uses the same talking points he has used about the class warfare. this is good for you. it look

. >> i'm rick folbaum in for gregg jarrett. spring wiped out by another major snowstorm that headed east. janice dean. >> heather: and nra holding firm on the universal background checks even though that polls most americans support it. we'll take a fair and balanced look at that at the debate. >> it's been a wild week in college basketball. upsets and what could become a record-breaking n.b.a. winning streak. that is straight ahead. >> rick: let's begin with the financial alert. last ditch effort in cyprus to reach a balanceout deal that might save banks from collapse and only hours before wall street opens for business. they are watching for a financial disaster that could throw another monkey wrench into the world recovery and possibly hert everybody. greg palkot is streaming live from cyprus. >> the economic state of this country could be decided in the next several hours, europe and the united states is watching much of the action right now is happening up in brussels. the cnt is meeting with officials and trying to thrash

gregg is a pun. >> bob: listen what eric had to go through.ndrea: i actually think we should put you on the millionaire match maker with patty. >> greg: there you go. >> andrea: right? why don't we put you on? >> bob: if you waste a second of the precious time that the lord gave you to watch crap like that is beyond me. >> andrea: i think you -- >> greg: i disagree. i enjoy it. great to watch something nonpolitical and relax. that is what great about it. >> dana: i watch "justify." >> bob: she was crying because she was picked second? >> dana: i watched it last night and went to bed. >> greg: good for you. all right. okay. ahead on "the five" why the new york nanny mayor should stop worrying about sodas and worry about students in the city. bob has surprising statistics next. ♪ ♪ >>> the ban on bigger cup size was a way to remind you if you want 32-ounces you have to take two cups so maybe you only take one. as long as you don't ban cheeses. cheeses are okay. that is my addiction. >> bob: yeah, mayor, that is great. michael bloomberg was on le