stay close. >> thank you, michael. >> on this saint patty's day, heather childers is in for heather nauerte house of representatives that was removed from the floor after grabbing the mic and talking about god. >> if this is not one nation under god, it never was. had it been, it would not have [inaudible] no. it would have not have been. the constitution would not have been written by -- >> now diane reidy and her husband are speaking out in a 38 minute video posted on youtube, she says the spirit of the lord spoke through her telling her in advance that she was goingç to speak somewhere in the house chamber during the big vote. she was fired from that job. pro*eup -- >> colorado's new chief of corrections spent 20 hours in a 7 by 13 foot cell. the reason? he wanted to put himself in the prisoners' shoes. now he wants to reduce the use of solitary confinement in colorado's 20-state run prison. he says that it makes offenders more dangerous once released. his predecessor was shot to death a year ago by a former inmate who spent years in solitary. >>> a daring rescue of man's best friend.

. >> i am heather childers. thank you so much for starting your day with us.s the administration makes up a final push to try to get people signed up some are calling into question the accuracy of the white house. what's the white house saying wi peter? >> one than two million people reportedly said consumers could not complete on friday. but otherwise no major technological problems with the site. different story at the 800 number. it inspired people leaving a voice mail telling consumers to leave their phone numbers and expect a call back after april 1st. there are a lot of questions about how successful open enrollment has been. >> i think they are cooking the books on this. people want to know the answers to that. they also want to know once all of this is said and done what kind of insurance will those people actually have? will they be able to keep the doctors they want? how much more is it going to cost them? >> the administration says more than 6 million consumers have sell ekt willed new plans on federal and state marketplaces. roughly the same number

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers.f past the top of the hour. >> the president is heading to saudi arabia navigating a diplomatic minefield meeting with the pope. >> doug luzader looks at some of the challenges he faces on the rest of his trip. the saudis are concerned the course the president has taken dealing with iran and the nuclear am gigsambitions. we know how awkward some of the meetings can get as the president met with pope francis. it was a cordial meeting. but will he bring up obamacare and the mandates to provide contraceptive coverage. did it come up? not really according to the president. >> we didn't talk a lot about social skichls in my conversation with the his holiness. >> look at the statement the vatican put out saying the two talked about the quote exercise of the rights to religious freedom, life and conscientious objection. >> the president wanted a shoring up of his image. there is no doubt on the discussion of syria and i am sure of the ukraine. there were geopolitical concerns and a desire in

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt.hank you for starting the end of your workweek with us. brand new information suggesting the missing mal lash gnaw plane was sabotaged. officials say someone on the plane did shut down two separate communication systems one at 1:07 a.m. the other 1:201 a.m. before the jet turned west. >> there's new evidence the plane may have flown fooi hours after disappearing from radar because it pinged on satellite on an hourly basis after losing contact. the u.s. searching the indian ocean which is 2500 miles from the original flight path. that's the search area the size of 6 united states. doug luzader following the breaking developments. when can you tell us? >> let's run through the evidence for this disturbing took place. someone shut off the equipment. there's military radar that indicates the plane may have taken a sharp turn to the left. finally there's the engine data that indicates the plane may have continues to ply for four or more hours perhaps toward the indian ocean. this scenario r

. >> i am heather childers. u.s. government sources now saying the co pilot calmly signed off after the jet was 12 minutes into the diverted route. >> at 1:07 a.m. the plane's communication system sent out the last automated message. by that time the plane already turned west. this all happening without a word from the co pilot to air traffic control. when he spoke 12 minutes later at 1:19 a.m. he said all right, good night. >> what's the latest? >> the pre programming of flight 370 believe the plane's disappearance was deliberately done. where the plane might be comes from the pilot's own flight simulator it shows half a dozen remote systems. they track the plane flying over the airspace but waited ten-days before reporting it. there are published reports of people living on the island seeing a low flying bum bjumbo over the island of maldives. >> i think it is 100 percent clear this pilot or co pilot took this plane with the clear inde intent of doing something bad. >> the search is using the most sophisticated air

. >> i am heather childers.hey are breaking promise days before the march 31st enrollment deadline. >> the reason for this and what it means for you. >> we knew it was probably going to happen. there was reasons they might delay the onset of the individual mandate which is something republicans have been calling for for some time and the white house has been resisting. here's what we heard from the department of health and human services. we are experiencing a surge in demand but are making sure we will be ready to help consumers who may be in line by the deadline to complete enrollments either on-line or over the phone. the deadline is march 31st. there has been a lot of concerns within the administration they would not meet their enrollment target which was 7 million then scaled back 6 million. we also heard 5 million. the real question is the demographics. are there enough young people to make this system work. as far as the delay in the individual mandate is concerned, the timing a little bit of a surprise.

. >> i am heather childers. the weekend is here. thank you so much for starting your day with us.e really appreciate it. we have this to tell you. fear gripping a washington, d.c. suburb where a serial killer is on the lose. police are confirming a connection between three unsolved murders in that community. good morning, mary mary ann. >> investigators in alexandria virginia discovered the similarities in the bullets used in all three cases. >> according to the forensic reports in the cases they have the same general rifling class and character rigs ticks and are similar in design for all cases. >> detectives have long speculated the murders all occurred in "dateline" at the-- occurred in daylight. lagato a music teacher a p tranned tation planner criminal profilers say the man may not be in any rush to change his appearance. >> they can be extremely arrogant people. he could be looking at that saying to himself, the cops are still never going to find me. i am not going to bother changing my appearance. >> police received 500 tips. >> i remember the lagato case she was the woman

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for start rg yoing yo and your week with us.ensions boiling over in ukraine. russia tightening its military grip on the country's prime mere region with over 6,000 troops there. >> this as secretary of state john kerry prepares to travel to the ukraine with all options on the table when it comes to a u.s. response. doug luzader is has more. >> we have seen a number of people. you mentioned 6,000. they have knocked that down. secretary of state john kerry will head to ukraine tonight. >> that is not the act of somebody who is strong. that's the act of somebody who is acting out of weakness and out of a certain kind of desperation. we hope russia will turn this around. they can. >> russia clah many consider ths to be russian. the u.s. influence has become very limited and economic sanctions and political pressure they have little impact. >> not even a little bit. if any of that had gotten their tanks he wouldn't have been there in the first place. heather and ainsley. >>> thank you very much. doug luzader we will keep an eye on it

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt.hank you so much for starting your week and endings your workweek with us. advanced aircraft arriving over the indian ocean. the ph joining a massive seven for degree that could be from the missing malaysian flight. >> we will have three hours to scour the remote area before it has to turn back and refuel. this as the first plane sent out today fails to locate anything. >> joining us now from thailand with the latest is david piper. >> good morning to you. we are searching the area all day today. i haven't found anything. three chinese war ships are going to the area as well. u.s. nave reph search plane is over the site now and scanning for those objects that could be pieces of the missing plane. they have just come back and reportedly found nothing. >> they are covering a lot of ground. we are able to cover roughly about 2,500 square miles of ocean per hour while we are searching the area. we have several sensors on board. >> it is also much clearer so they have a better chance of spo

. >> i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. we appreciate you waking up this early with us. we are going to start with obamacare. the white house offering a two-year expansion on canceled healthcare plans. is this about the american people or about politics? >> elizabeth prann is following the latest news in washington. >> the department of health and human services had already given the insurers the option of continuing canceled plans through 2014. those policies were made in effect an additional two years. they did this to stop another wave of cancellations before the campaign. >> we respect the pledge i made if you like your plan you can keep it. i said in interviews there is no doubt the way that i am -- that hold ended up not being inaccurate. >> while being interviewed rahm emanuel says the decision was driven by political gain. others argue the administration is trying to provide flexibility during the law's implementation. some say the move is much more calculated for political reasons. >> what was happening with the in

i'm heather childers. and i'm ainsley earhardt. >> if you're just joining us, objects discovered in the indian ocean could be related to the missing plane. >> take a look. these are brand new images from the australian government. they show a possible piece of debris from the plane. a short time ago, australia's prime minister tony abbott announcing that their navy and the u.s. navy are now rushing to that location. >> a location they described as 1500 miles off the coast of australia but he warned the public not to jump to conclusions. >> i should tell the house, and we must keep this in mind. the task of locating these objects will be extremely difficult, and it may turn out that they are not related to the search for flight mh 370. >> so let's listen in now to the press conference that was held earlier this morning. >> the maritime safety authority is coordinating the southern r malaysian airlines aircraft with assistance from the australian defense courforce, the new zeal air force and the united state

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day and your week with us.a brand new lead in the search for missing flight 370 a chinese plane spotted off in the indian ocean in the same area where satellite images showed possible debris. >> this new video shows a chinese ice breaker in hopes of finding the pieces. >> we are seeing a nbe

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for joining us. navy sailor cause shot and killed at the naval station in norfolk. security forces have killed a civilian suspect. this happened around 11:20 last night. a navy spokesperson says the two killed were both men p. it was briefly put on lock down after the shooting but has since been lifted the shooting is now under investigation. >> well in another news a major move to stop the nsa thfrom storing information in your personal phone calls. what the president planned to stop. they will announce the nsa won't keep a flight any longer of all americans phone data and the phone companies are going to keep that instead only taking it over if someone has a court order with an investigation. president obama now minor changes to surveillance programs earlier this year. >> effective immediately, we will only pursue phone calls that are two steps removed from terrorist organization instead of the current three. we are working with surveillance court so that during this transition period the data base

. >> i am heather childers.hey are breaking promise days before the march 31st enrollment deadline. >> the reason for this and what it means for you. >> we knew it was probably going to happen. there was reasons they might delay the onset of the individual mandate which is something republicans have been calling for for some time and the white house has been resisting. here's what we heard from the department of health and human services. we are experiencing a surge in demand but are making sure we will be ready to help consumers who may be in line by the deadline to complete enrollments either on-line or over the phone. the deadline is march

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day and your week with us. a brand new lead in the search for missing flight 370 a chinese plane spotted off in the indian ocean in the same area where satellite images showed possible debris. >> this new video shows a chinese ice breaker in hopes of finding the pieces. >> we are seeing a number of items have been spotted, three satellite images and one visual id from a chinese aircraft. a couple of white pieces of large debris. so far they have come up with nothing ships have not been able to locate it. the current in that part of the world is pretty strong. they are in the process of studying to see how fast they move. when they spot something from the air they can figure out where it will be when the ship gets to that location. the complications there are the weather. in fact they say it has been very, very cloudy right down to the surface some of the australian pilots say they have been operating compared to their minimum ability. it really is beginning to hamper efforts to locate things visually. as far as

i am heather childers. >> i am ain'tly air heart. in just a few hours from now lois lerner is expected to face lawmakers on capitol hill over her role of targeting the tea party group. >> will she testify? doug luzader has the latest news in the committee. >> it is a mystery. we think maybe we will cee-lo which is learner make another appearance before a house committee today. no one seems to be entirely sure. certainly house members would like to hear from her today. there are a number of different options as to how this could play out. last year lois lerner who headed that division within the irs that improperly targeted tea party groups she gave a lengthy defense of what she did and then pleaded the 5th. there were people who say you can't do that you can't offer defense and then not take any questions about fear of incriminating herself. she p can't take the 5th. there have been questions whether her attorney would try to secure some sort of immunity deal in exchange for testimony. >> that is a possibility as well. one way we may

. >> i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt.preciate you waking up this early with us. we are going to start with obamacare. the white house offering a two-year expansion on canceled healthcare plans. is this about the american people or about politics? >> elizabeth prann is following the latest news in washington. >> the department of health and human services had already given the insurers the option of continuing canceled plans through 2014. those policies were made in effect an additional two years. they did this to stop another wave of cancellations before the campaign. >> we respect the pledge i made if you like your plan you can keep it. i said in

. >> i am heather childers. half past the top of the hour we begin with a show down in the ukraine.t this hour secretary of state john kerry on his way to that region to put pressure on putin to stand down. >> will diplomacy be enough? doug luzader in live with more. >> another good morning. mixed signals for russia as the dangerous standoff continues. as u.s. secretary of state john kerry prepares to head to the region after overseeing pro have beening tive military exercises. they have ordered the russian forces to return to the bases. the war ships were threatened to a deadline to sur renterendesur. that came without incident. they remained in control. some firing shots at ukrainian soldiers. more provocations may follow. >> kerry is going to kiev. >> kerry is going to kiev. don't be surprised if put tin doesn't use it to make air strikes on the airport. there are no red lines to the administration. he draws with a pink crayon. >> here's the concern if it comes to that. ukraine's military has out down 200,000 military soldiers compared to a million russians. russia can swamp ukra

i am heather childers. major victory good news to tell you about.he little boy from virginia denied the drugs he needed to stay alive. >> the manufacturer changing course on josh hardee's fight for life. kelly wright joins us with the latest. >> good morning to you as well. the news the family and friends josh hardy has been playing for. he lies in a hospital bed at saint jude's children's hospital in tennessee. he is gbattling for his life fighting a deadly vie why yous that resulted from a bone marrow transplant. his doctors and family says josh is close to dying but believe a new drug can bring josh a greater potential to over come the deadly illness. the pharmaceutical company which manufacturers the new drug had refussed to disfenpense it sayi he wanted the drug to get approval. josh needs it now. his mom carried out intense campaign to use social media and even bring josh's case to the news media. making a passioned plea to help give josh a fighting chance. >> it is horrible for us to as parents to see because he's a vibrant, strong little boy

. >> i am heather childers. >> we told you about this at the top of the hour.object spotted from the missing malaysia plane. >> they say it is not a life raft. so we are back to square one. kelly wright has the latest on the desperate search for any sign of the missing jetliner. >> on sunday the flight crews spotted a tech dang gu layer object in the water they thought it was the door but they officials determined it to be a mistake. they are focusing on a possible mid air determination. a safety board team will investigate the case. two badges boarding the flight with stolen bass ports which raises concerns about terrorism. >> we don't have the identity yet. we cannot come to any conclusions, but considering what's happened in the past and considering where this occurred and considering the stolen passport we have to consider the issue of terrorism. >> it is not common but it is not unheard of that stolen passports can be repurposed and used mainly for the quality of the passports themselves. ÷ foul sports themselves. play? finding the missing aircraft is the

. >> i am heather childers. >> take a look, these are the brand new satellite images from the australia government. they show the possible piece of debris from the malaysian plane. >> at the press conference they spoke about the latest development. >> katie, what did we learn at the press conference? >> they have identified two objects one is about 24 meters that's about 18 feet long. now these satellite images were taken as far back as sunday but the authorities have only just started to put the pieces of this puzzle together. what is significant about this is the plane was on one of those potential trajectories. this is a path it could have taken. we must emphasize the grainy satellite images they have to p find the wreckage to confirm it may or may not be the plane that the australian authorities say it could be a possibly very strong lead. >> p the image ray was discovered. quite simply, it is critical enough to divert the research to this area on the basis it provide to what might be wreckage. >> australian military planes as well as u.s. and new zealand aircraft are headed out to

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for start rg yoing yo and your week with us.over in ukraine. russia tightening its military grip on the country's prime mere region with over

. >> i am heather childers. thank you so much for starting your day with us.stration makes up a final push to try to get people signed up some are calling into question the accuracy of the white house. what's the white house saying wi peter? >> one than two million people reportedly said consumers could not complete on friday. but otherwise no major technological problems with the site. different story at the 800 number. it inspired people leaving a voice mail telling consumers

. >> i am heather childers. u.s.rnment sources now saying the co pilot calmly signed off after the jet was 12 minutes into the diverted route. >> at 1:07 a.m. the plane's communication system sent out the last automated message. by that time the plane already turned west. this all happening without a word from the co pilot to air traffic control. when he spoke 12 minutes later at 1:19 a.m. he said all right, good night. >> what's the latest? >> the pre programming of flight 370 believe the plane's disappearance wasel

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for starting your day off with us.r victory to tell you about this morning the little boy from virginia denied the drug he needed to stay alive. >> the company that manufacturing that drug changing course after we reported on josh hardee's fight for life right here on fox. kelly wright joins us with the latest. >> this is the news the family and friends that young josh hardy have been praying for. he lies in a hospital bed in p saint jude's children's hospital in tennessee. he is battling for his life trying to defeat a deadly virus that is attacking his body resulting from a recent bone mario transplant. his doctors and family say he is close to dying but believe a new trial drug can give josh a greater potential to over come the deadly illness. the pharmaceutical company which confe manufacturers the new drug. he wanted to get fda

i am heather childers. >> yes, we appreciate that. it's 59 after the top of the hour.ute to 5:00. tensions escalating in the ukraine this morning. john kerry is on his way to the region to put pressure on putin to stand down. >> will diplomacy be enough? we have the latest from washington. >> the secretary of state john kerry is in the air on his way to kiev where he will meet the members of ukraine's government and let them know the united states has got their back. experts are predicting kerry's visit is only going to encourage russian president put tin to show off his military strength. >> kerry is going to kiev. don't be surprised if put tin uses that as an opportunity to do something like air strikes on the ukrainian air base. it's about to get worse not better. there are no red lines for this administration. he draws with a pink crayon. >> ukraine's

. >> i am heather childers. thank you so much for starting your day with us.n with a fox news alert. a massive fire in boston leaves two firefighters dead. the firemen they were trapped inside the basement of a brownstone when flames fueled by high winds engulfed the house. a vet traferan firefighter on t scene said in 30 years he had never seen a fire spread so fast. it poured into boston's bravest. >> we lost two heros today. we watched the way the fire department worked today these two heros went into a burning building, got people out of the building. >> the two killed were 42-year-old edwin walsh on the right and 32-year-old michael kennedy. 13 other firefighters hurt the building destroyed displacing families from all 8

. >> i am heather childers. six people now confirmed dead in a gas explosion in harlem, new york.ing the night frantically digging through rubble in hopes of finding survivors. right now two people are unaccounted for. more than 60 others injured including at least three children. the blast flattened two buildings terrifying the entire neighborhood. >> knocked me from my bed on the floor. it was really loud. >> i thought i was going to die in my apartment and my kids aren't going to have a mom. >> this is a look at the incredible before and after picture showing the magnitude of the blast. people in the neighborhood reported smelling gas near the building the night before the explosion. we will have a live report from the scene in our next half hour. >> also another fox news alert to tell you about. tragedy hitting the south by southwest music festival in austin, texas.

i'm heather childers. and i'm ainsley earhardt. >> if you're just joining us, objects discovered in the indian ocean could be related to the missing plane. >> take a look. these are brand new images from the australian government. they show a possible piece of debris from the plane. a short time ago, australia's prime minister tony abbott announcing that their navy and

but right now let's turn to heather childers who is filling in for heather nauert. >> nice to be hereion in november. the seven-term republican making the announcement in an interview with the detroit radio station this morning. rogers, who also chairs the house intelligence committee, says he will serve out the end of his term and then hopes to start a national radio program. >>> also this moments ago, planes spotted what might be piece of flight 370 floating in the new search area of the indian ocean. crews are searching about 700 miles northeast of where they had been searching. the reason? it is now believed that the plane flew faster and it ran out of fuel earlier, so it didn't make it as far. we also learned the f.b.i. found very few clues on a pilot's flight simulator. they were trying to recover the files that he deleted just days before the jet vanished. >>> and republican new jersey governor chris chris christie cd of wrongdoing in the scandal over traffic jams on the george washington bridge. that according to an internal investigation paid for, by the way, by cristie. in a

let's hand it over to heather childers. here after entering "fox & f . >> we begin with this for you. 24 people are now dead in that devastating mudslide in washington state. 90 others missing. rescuers say that there is little chance of finding those people alive. we're also hearing some of the harrowing stories from people who were pulled from the rubble. >> iç was stuck, so i just kept digging and digging and digging with a stick until i could s.a.t. a little light and -- until i could see a little light and i threw that sucker up there and started waving back and forth. >> he did not give up. he was sitting with his wife in their living room when the mudslide hit. it moved their house more than 150 yards. some incredible new video showing the insane conditions in the indian ocean as ships search for flight 370. see those waves, 20 feet high. the visibility is so bad that all planes are grounded at this hour. but just one hour ago officials in thailand releasing these. brand-new satellite images that show 300 objects fl

. >> i'm heather childers filling in for martha. the focus on the home flight simulator belonging to captain shah. you see it behind him on a youtube clip he posted on internet. bill: age 53. copilot. age 27. catherine herridge live in washington on this. what are we learn about these files, catherine? >> reporter: good morning, bill. malaysian authorities confirming a piece of evidence that the a review of the 52-year-old pilot. saw hairy shah's simulator were deleted. that the forensic reviews, simulator was focused on evidence of premeditation that deleted files were red flag. malaysia's acting transport minister telling reporters a short time ago about this finding. >> some data was deleted from the simulator and we're working to achieve this data. i would like to take this opportunity to say that the passengers, pilot and crew remain innocent until proven otherwise. >> reporter: investigative source tells fox news with direct access to the simulator, fbi technicians have the ability to retrieve deleted files. review of pilot's

. >> i'm heather childers filling in for martha.