i am harris falkner. for the next 48-hours highly active weather pattern will bring fresh snow to another region. the threat of twists in some states. the weather center is here to tell us which region of the country we will face. >> we are tracking two storm systems one system out west and another one is across portions of the southeast and eventually it will move forth ward. the one southeast areas of light rain across parts of tennessee and western parts of carolinas into the northern portions of florida. areas in the northeast have temperatures holding up in some of the precipitation come in the form of snow in a nice light coding of 1-3 inches of snow forecast for tomorrow. good news for interior portions of the northeast. as we head westbound this storm system has been producing a lot of heavy snow across the see aer raws and wauring t washington a gone. good news for skiers but not good news for anybody trying to do any traveling here. you start to see the system heading eastbound and you guys out

. >> i am harris falkner. we begin with what millions of pro football fans call american's team in grief and disbelief in this hour. in the second saturday in a row the nfl is dealing with the tragedy. details pouring out abopouring about an unusual car crash. a teammate charged with a death of a teammate. it is in the dallas suburb of irving a couple miles from the stadium. jerry brown a practice squad player died after the vehicle he was in flipped over and caught fire. behind the wheel according to officers was his teammate josh brent the cowboys lineman. police say brent had been drinking. >> the officers were able to determine based on the objective symptoms he was displaying they felt alcohol was a factor. that's when they moved into the dwi investigation. >> casey seigel is live in dallas. what's the latest? >> this is from the police report. two players were partying last night at a club in dallas. that report goes on to say at 2:20 local time 24-year-old josh brent was driving irving at a high rate of

>> live from america's news head quarter rs i am harris falkner. condition of george h.w. bush. doctors not sure if he will be able to go home for christmas. president bush has been hospitalized in houston since before thanksgiving with a cough and battling bronchitis. he needs to build up his strength before going back. he is doing physical therapy to get stronger and is in stable condition. >> a warning from a threat in south korea. the nis imissiles can reach the mainland. they discovered evidence of this after the north carolina idea out a banned missile test earlier this month. the big question remains does north korea have mastered re-entry technology which is needed for any cont then that will missile to actually hit a target. i am harris falkner now back to fox files. >>> we are here in grand central terminal in new york city. every day 700,000 people go here which means super dog like holland have an important job to do especially in a post 9-11 world. here is what it takes to become a four-legged hero. >> before they can do this, they all

. >> live from america's news headquarters, i'm harris falkner. the fiscal cliff, president obama and house speaker boehner meeting behind closed doors, close to the media we didn't know what was happening and don't know what was said there because they're keeping it private. they say it's an effort to avoid the deadlock in the negotiations. and the white house pushes for more taxes on higher earners, republicans are holding out for deeper cuts. and demonstrators acting in anger to president mohammed morsi's continued push on an islamist backed constitution. and in the streets of cairo demanding that vote scheduled for this coming saturday be canceled and many in the u.s. concerned about religious freedom during this unnecessary. i'm harris falkner and now, back to huckabee. [applause] >> detroit is broke. and detroit is in big trouble. officials there are trying to figure out just how the city can avoid being the largest american town ever to declare bankruptcy. and joanne watson, counsel woman came up with the quote of the week. >> and after the

i'm harris falkner, we're told a meeting was held behind closed door and without the media's knowledge and both men tight-lipped about what was said and when we asked for comments, both giving us the same statement, quote, this afternoon the president and speaker boehner met at the white house to discuss efforts to resolve the fiscal cliff, we're not reading out details of the communication, but the lines of communication remain open, end quote. this meeting comes as the white house and congress appear to be at at impasse, you know by now is crippling spending and tax hikes and could cost us jobs and send us back into recession and to solve the problem, republicans say we must prevent our ballooning national debt from crushing generations. and chief white house correspondent now ed henry joins us by phone with the latest on this breaking story, ed, they kept this under wraps. how big after deal is this? >> good evening, harris, there's not a deal yesterdt. but it's significant it's almost a month since speaker boehner and the president sat down at the white house. that's ever significa

i'm harris falkner. tune in tomorrow as the fiscal cliff deadline nears on the eve of the last stock market day of the year, we will be all over it. with deadlines, they are trying to get a vote, trying to get it together. huck uh key starts -- huck uh booy starts now. >>> out with the old and in with the new. what does 2013 have in store? obama care. over a third of the states won't set up exchanges needed. >> to have an unknown cause factor pressed upon us is something irresponsible in my opinion for us to assume. >> the georgia governor on what needs to be fixed before obama care becomes law. then regulation nation. while the president promises green energy, environmental rules have choked the industry and sent millions to the unemployment lines. >> he is bound and determined to have that level of taxation out of the country. >> the new taxes that lie ahead. and getting married? buying a new home? >> family is the basic economic building block of the country. >> why the best time to do it is now. >> l

. >> live from america's news headquarters, i'm harris falkner. before christmas ap efforts on the fiscal cliff put on hold. leaders claiming they'll be willing to go back to work and work toward a deal, but john boehner says the white house proposal doesn't quite go far enough to reduce massive government spending. failure to reach an agreement by december 31st will trigger tax hikes and spending cuts as you know by now. final results expected tomorrow in egypt's constitutional referendum. there have been weeks of protest over the constitution there, which opponents say gives too much power to the president and his supporters. egypt's vice-president just resigned and we know that that constitution has passed now. it eliminates his position and there's also word that the governor of egypt's central bank quit this weekend as well. i'm harris falkner, now back to huckabee. ♪ >> the pro-lifers whose pro he abortion debate has been heating up in ireland after the death of a pregnant indian woman. she was admitted to the hospital in pain. and asking fo

i'm harris falkner. for the next 48 hours, rather, highly active weather patterns will bring fresh snow to some regions. heavy rain to others and even the threat of twisters for some states. we're watching all of it. meteorologist maria molina is live in the fox extreme weather center now to tell us what each region of the country will face. >> that's right, we're tracking two storm systems, one is out west and another one is across portions of the the southeast and eventually, it will move northward. the one across the southeast not really that much of a powerful storm system. right now producing light showers and areas of light rain across areas of tennessee, western parts of the carolinas, northern portions of the florida. again, the storm is headed northbound so the areas in the northeast have temperatures and cold enough to see the precipitation come in the form of snow, and a nice light coating two to three inches is forecast for tomorrow. good news for interior portions of the northeast, but as we

ichltd. >> i'm harris falkner, it's the bottom of the hour time now for the top of the news.makers wrestling to make a deal to keep us from going over the so-called fiscal cliff taking to the airwaves. house speaker john boehner rejecting the proposal and calling talks a waste of time and treasury secretary timothy geithner standing firm saying there will be no deal without raising taxes for top earners. a new and unusual storm system bringing inches of rain and strong winds to northern california and parts of the pacific northwest. today's round predicted to be the worst of series that have come already, bringing flooding problems in several areas, but there is more rain to come. the taliban targeting a joint u.s.-afghan base killing at least five afghans. and the gun battled lasted two hours, no americans were hurt in the attack. new developments tonight for america's strongest ally and friend in the middle east, israel. it follows last week's decision by the united nations general assembly to upgrade the palestinian status from observer entity to non-member state, a move b

thank you so much for being with us on fox report, sunday, december 30th, 2012, i'm harris falkner. >> hello and welcome to a special live sunday prime time edition of "the five", i'm dana perino and this is a fox news alert. you are looking live at the white house and capitol hill as the clock ticks down toward 2013. there are just 28 hours before the nation goes over the so-called fiscal cliff. fox chief white house correspondent ed henry has been at the white house, covering it all day. ed, where do things stand? >> good to see you, dana, you've been through the budget battles. the bottom line, there's not a lot of progress, so the white house is here and waiting and looking at what kind of last minute negotiations were going on, on capitol hill behind closed doors, but the senate majority leader harry reid a short time ago going home and basically saying that he will be back in the senate until tomorrow at 11 a.m., suggests that we're edging closer and closer to that cliff, but what the president did today. as he did something rare, he went on the sunday talk show for the first ti

. >> live from america's news headquarters, i'm harris falkner.ebate goes on to keep our nation from going over the so-called fiscal cliff. the deadline now less than a month away. treasury secretary tim geithner saying it's up to republican lawmakers to make the next move to prevent mandatory tax hikes and spending cuts. and house speaker john boehner say republicans have a plan that would provide as much as 800 billion dollars in new revenue over the next decade. they might also consider eliminating tax deductions on high income earners. a third powerful storm hitting northern california and the pacific northwest in less than a week. wicked weather causing flooding with rain falling at the rate of an inch per hour at times. 100,000 people at this point have lost power and people say the damage was not as bad as they thought it would be. more rain expected. i'm harris falkner, now, let's get you back to huckabee. ♪ >> when he i was white house press secretary, afaced a roomful of reporters on a daily basis so i'm used to getting tough questions,

a new "red eye" returns tomorrow with harris falkner and sherrod small. >>> back to tv's andy levy forp up. hi, andy. >> hi. jaime, if people were looking for both humor and insight, where should they go? >> two answers for you. one is to follow me on twitter with jaime underscore weinstein and my morning e-mail for the daily caller which you should sign up for. it will make you smile. >> excellent. >> that was so improved it was amazing. >> diane, do you have a big singing gig coming up? >> i am singing on the mike huckabee show to air december 22nd. i think it is a christmas special. >> excellent. >> tune in. >> i saw you sing. it was quite nice. >> thank you very much. >> she has quite a voice on that thing. >> on the what? >> the neck area. >> i was going say pair of lungs, but it was not going to happen. >> wow.

i am harris falkner.t you right back to justice with judge janeane. >> welcome back to this special ed kigs digs of "justice." president obama on his own u.n. bams dorr. >> i was clear that susan has been an outstanding u.n. ambassador for the united states. she appeared on a number of television shows that she and we understood could to be the best information at the time. >>> before we get to the next guest congressman let's take a look back at the unfoldings of the obama administration narrative on benghazi. >> i want to take a moment to address the video circulating on the internet that has led to these protests. >> it is in response to a video. >> it was a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired in cairo as a consequence of the video. >> sure, they can keep saying it was a video, but let's call it what it was. another attack on innocent americans by al qaeda. >> we are still doing an investigation. there will be different circumstances in different countries. i don't want to speak to somethi

i'mm harris falkner. tomorrow, tune in for a specialal two-hour fox report as the fiscal cliff deadline nears on the eve of the last stock market day of theae year. we will be all over it with deadlines and they are trying to get a vote, something together. "huckabee" starts now. >> this week on the journal editorial report. a look back at the year that was and what is ahead for 2013. 2012 was a tough year for conservatives on the national level, but in the states, some hopeful signs of reform, and looking forward, is the economy headed for rebound orie session? will the new year bring a with iran? our panel is here with their prediction. >>> welcome to this special edition of "the journal editorial report" as we look back at the year that was and the challenges that face us in 2013. first to our stories of 2012 and america's left turn from the supreme court's landmark health care decision to the re-election of president barack obama, politics on the national level headed in a decidedly liberal direction.

. >> i'm harris falkner. they are actually negotiating on capitol hill just as economic analysts say we are about to go over the so-called fiscal cliff, the punishing combination of higher taxes on just about every worker in america and deep spending cuts particularly to our military. top lawmakers are calling in staff members for meetings on this saturday. right now we are told senate leaders are working on a potential deal. still our journalists on the hill are being told there will be no official proposals or votes until tomorrow at the very earliest. the time line qoo -- could not be tighter. we will begin seeing lower tax rates expiring and federal aid for things like unemployment checks. here is a statistic for you. if there is no deal in place for january 1st, those benefits, those unemployment benefits will no longer be authorized. the law project estimates some two million americans will stop receiving benefits after december 29th. that's today. many experts fear going over the cliff could send our w

. >> i'm harris falkner. they are actually negotiating on capitol hill just as economic analysts say we are about to go over the so-called fiscal cliff, the punishing combination of higher taxes on just about every worker in america and deep spending cuts particularly to our military. top lawmakers are calling in staff members for meetings on this saturday. right now we are told senate leaders are working on a potential deal. still our journalists on the hill are being told there will be no official proposals or votes until tomorrow at the very earliest. the time line qoo -- could not be tighter. we will begin seeing lower tax rates expiring and federal aid for things like unemployment checks. here is a statistic for you. if there is no deal in place for january 1st, those benefits, those unemployment benefits will no longer be authorized. the law project estimates some two million americans will stop receiving benefits after december 29th. that's today. many experts fear going over the cliff could send our w

i'm harris falkner, this is the fox report, a special edition, two hours tonight, it's the bottom ofhe hour and time for top of the house. all eyes on our nation's capital will look live now as the fiscal cliff rages on in the fight to come up with some kind of solution. republicans and democrats going back and forth behind closed doors on this sunday after reports of setbacks in negotiations. joining me now for his take on what has gone on now, really, since last night, fox news senior capitol hill producer, chad, good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> harris: so basically, chad, we're right back where we started because of this setback and these two sides are now breaking up. they've gone home. >> well, in some respects we're back further than we were. it was very remarkable this afternoon when we heard there was a major setback as they start today talk about this changed cpi, change to the the consumer price index and the way they would calculate it for entitlement benefits. that's very serious, it's almost toxic to democrats and the democrats immediately decried this as