♪ ♪ ♪ ♪t 4:00 with gregg jarrett. >> eric: bargain bachelor's degree.t of college a whole lot cheaper. try ten grand for a four-year degree. which states are doing that. first, wayne, you say that th will lower all college tuition? >> it's competition. if one state is going to do it. people will go to the cheapest possible way to do it. another thing going on. you realize that not only colleges, i'm talking about colleges sponsored by the states and universities, we also have a number. in fact there are so many private companies offering educational degrees that we have an etf that you can buy that encompasses all these schools. school competition, it will bring down the price and that is what is working. it's working in the private sector like we were talking about the post office. it will work again here. >> eric: do you like this idea? >> i think it is worth explaining but it's not going to do what wayne desires, not every school offering $10,000 and certain programs. what i fear it could do it with wildly inflate the costs of other degree programs a

i'm gregg jarrett. >> heather: i'm heather childers welcome back to a brand-new hour. the storm is blamed important at least three deaths. that number could climb as we learn more. >> gregg: massachusetts in particular taking a heavy blow from this major blizzard where we begin live with molly standing by in boston. >> reporter: hi, gregg. it will be a cold night for several hundred thousand people. particularly south on the cape cod where the power remains out. utility crews are getting ready and the wind dies down. here in boston as you mentioned the travel ban has been lifted. you can see a lot of cars back out on the highways but governor is urging patience. the roads and highways and second roads are pretty bad out there. we had a chance to see that they still have an inch or two of snow on them. there are a lot of people walking on the roads because the sidewalk haven't been cleared. other problem is the transportation system here in the city of boston is shut down for now. transportation workers would like to see that back up and running by monday. >> our goal, i

. >> kelly: i'm kelly wright in for gregg jarrett. topping news this hour, five days until massive budget cuts kick into effect and no signs at all of compromise in washington. >> heather: more potential trouble for the family of former olympic star oscar pistorius, word that his brother is involved. >> and key senators calling for a biometric i.d. card to track every american worker. privacy debate ahead. >> heather: but first, growing concerns over efforts in washington to avoid a looming budget crisis. with just five days left, five, before a series of across the board spending cuts known as the sequester take effect. lawmakers on both sides have yet to agree on a possible course of action. steve centanni is live from the d.c. bureau. how could these cuts affect government operations? >> they could affect them in any number of ways. obama administration now predicting some difficult circumstances, transportation secretary ray lahood saying air traffic controllers could be cut causing flight delays and the secretary of education say

i'll see you back here at 4:00 with gregg jarrett. >> eric: bargain bachelor's degree.ot cheaper. try ten grand for a four-year degree. which states are doing that. first, wayne, you say that th will lower all college tuition? >> it's competition. if one state is going to do it. people will go to the cheapest possible way to do it. another thing going on. you realize that not only colleges, i'm talking about colleges sponsored by the states and universities, we also have a number. in fact there are so many private companies offering educational degrees that we have an etf that you can buy that encompasses all these schools. school competition, it will bring down the price and that is what is working. it's working in the private sector like we were talking about the post office. it will work again here. >> eric: do you like this idea? >> i think it is worth explaining but it's not going to do what wayne desires, not every school offering $10,000 and certain programs. what i fear it could do it with wildly inflate the costs of other degree programs at the very same school

. >>> i'm gregg jarrett in for she said she said. this is "studio b."charges against a athlete who made history. oscar pistorius was the first double amputee in the olympics. fans nicknamed his blade runner for his artificial legs. police arrested him after his 30-year-old girlfriend turned up dead. four gunshot wounds. she was a model, entrepreneur, law school graduate and for two years in a row, the magazine fhm listed her at one of the 100 sexiest women in the world. local media reported it may have been a case of many identity, that the athlete who enjoyed target shooting, had mistaken his girlfriend for a burglary but police don't know the source of those reports and say there had bee previous allegations of domestic incidents at the runner's home and neighbors heard noises before the shooting. trace gallagher is live in the newsroom. oscar pistorius made it clear he was a fan of guns, right? >> yeah, he's taken journalists to a local shooting rnge and bragged about the fact he's a good shot. he acknowlees he's got a handgun by his bed a machine gu

i'm gregg jarrett. neil cavuto is next. >>> say hello to the world's biggest airline and maybe your biggest travel nightmare. welcome, everybody, glad to have you, i'm neil cavuto and this is your world and this is the state of your travel world. with the eye-popping pairing of american airlines and u.s. airways, we have four super carriers ruling the skies. for nine out of ten u.s. flyers, ruling their travel plans as well. that's how many flights american, united, delta and southwest will account for. 90% of all flights in the country. to the guys to put this $11 billion deal together, in a moment, first. to casey stegall at dallas-fort worth on the big, the bad and possibly the ugly. >> reporter: yeah, that's what we're hearing. the airport is abus here with this news. american clearly owns the market here. in fact this is the carrier's largest and most busiest hub operating the vast majority of in and outbound flights. amr headquarters just down the road, the largest employer in north texas. the mer

. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> heather: i'm heather childers. topping the news, new fallout on the benghazi attack. leon panetta saying that the u.s. military could not respond like a police department. >> this is not 911. you can't simply call and expect within two minutes to have a team in place. >> heather: is this a preview of what we could see when he testifies before the senate? a fair and balanced debate straight ahead. >> gregg: and the death of an american hero. he struck fear into the hearts of our enemies and now we have the tragic ending of chris kyle a sniper without equal in military history. >> heather: plus, reports that the american dream have may have been premature. kids believe that their tomorrow will be better than our today. >>> we begin with a fox news alert. a town in mourning as we awaited details on the alabama hostage crisis. the funeral for the bus driver gunned down by jimmy lee dikes. he has been hiding out in an underground bunker with a five-year-old hostage. jonathan, what happened at the funeral today? >> repor

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. the little boy is said to be just fine, he's laughing and playing with his toys. martha: we are learning the details of this daring raid that managed to save him and kill his captor. >> within the past 24 hours negotiations deer to yaitd and mr. dykes was observed holding a gun. at this point fbi agents fearing the child was in imminent danger entered the bunker and rescued the child. the child appears physically unharmed and is being treated at a local hospital. martha: elizabeth tran has been covering this and joins us from midland city, alabama. what a huge relief for this community. tell me what you are hearing about how they pulled off this raid. >> reporter: we just spoke with the local sheriff here and he told us it's still have much an. >> crime scene and ongoing investigation though details are being released. we know from federal official they were able to see inside of that bunker which is how they had knowledge jimmy lee dykes had a gun. fbi officials did confirm via e-mai

let's check in with gregg jarrett for what happens in ten minutes. >> good morning, steve.y law maker about what could turn out to be amnesty. plus, a secret government memo has been leaked making the legal case for killing american citizens with drone strikes if they take up arms with the enemy. ambassador bolton will be here and auguriesry murder trial now. the defendant herself takes the witness stand. see you at the top of the hour with hand-layered pasta, tomatoes, and real mozzarella cheese. but what makes us even prouder... is what our real dinners can do for your family. stouffer's. let's fix dinner. but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! >> brian: quick headlines now. a welfare chief forced to step down over -- over shocking report. daniel curly out of a job after a report found $30 million in food stamp money went to people who were not eligibl