now we're turning to heather nauert. >> good morning.an sniper chris kyle. eddie ray routh faces a life sentence without parole and as we get closer to opening statements on wednesday the controversy around chris kyle and that man continues to be a hot topic. you heard people like michael moore call kyle a quote, coward for his courage use work overseas. his brother, jeff, a u.s. marine, joined us earlier o respond to those comments. take a listen here. >> they had snipers too. i had several friends that were shot by snipers by their snipers. i don't consider their snipers cowards. they had a job to do just like our snipers did. they did their job. >> jeff kyle will join us once again in just a few minutes. he has a preview of his beast mode for the brave. it's a physical challenge to benefit so many of our nation's heros. stick around for that. >>> bruce jenner's cell phone records are the center of an investigation into that deadly crash that took place in malibu over the weekend. police are trying to figure out if he was using his pho

heather inaugurate -- heather nauert has more. >> a al-qaeda terrorist will represent himself in courtshals say that he has to stay seated at the defense desk while questioning witnesses. because the judge claims he wants to keep the trial fair, federal prosecutors will be forced to work under those same restrictions. he's accused of plotting attacks on a shopping mall in england and also the new york city subway system. >>> a memorial to fallen officers in denver defaced by red paint by protesters. but cops were not allowed to step in to stop it? the head of the denver police union is now calling for the police chief there to resign, claiming that officers were told to stand down as protesters vandalized the memorial. apparently it goes against protocol to engage with protesters. two people have been arrested for that vandalism so far. we got it! wooo! we got it! >> now you might t that's maria molina because she goes crazy for that stuff. that rare weather event happening only .07% of snow storms. so when the weather channel's jim witnessed it six times this weekend in new england, h

go to foxbusiness.com. >> let's go to heather nauert. >>> good morning.how the clinton family foundation accepted millions of dollars from foreign governments while she was serving as secretary of state. now, the donations came in from seven different countries, one of them algeria. breaking white house rules. because the foundation did not report it to the state department. this is considered to be potentially hurtful to her chances at a presidential run. stuart varney joined us earlier. >> money came in to the foundation from foreign governments. that raises the possibility of a conflict of interest. if she became president clinton, would the decisions she makes, be affected by the money she took in from them. >> the clinton foundation responding about that donation from algeria saying the donation was disclosed publicly on our website, however the state department should have also been informed. >>> lebron james has a message for colleges stop recruiting my 10-year-old son. lebron jr. has already gotten college offers. he's a young boy right there. the

heather nauert has more news. to the left or to the right? >> good morning everyone.s terrorist be an american citizen? u.s. intelligence officials now carefully analyzing this video and this man right here. itthe disguised man is seen leaving the beheadings of 21 egyptian christians. this happening though, in libya. fishes are dissecting his -- officials are dissecting his speech patterns and facial features. they say his voice may help him nail down his identity. the masked terrorist is believed to be an american with arabic influence. >> a possibly deadly situation in the skies above houston, texas. at least three flights above the airport hit with green lasers as the plane tried to land. it caused glare in the cockpit that could temporarily blind the pilot. the pilots believe the lasers came from a home near the airport. the f.b.i. is investigating. >>> this is being called a fair d.u.i. flier and is causing huge controversy. motorists pulling up to drunken driver check and -- check points holding up this flier saying i remain silent. i'm innocent. i want my lawye

. >> now we turn to heather nauert for more breaking news. >> good morning to you.ews out of louisiana. it is a fox news alert. mardi gras celebrations in new orleans turning deadly overnight. a man was shot in the chest and killed during a parade. a second man was critically injured. police say there was a fight that broke out toward the end of the celebrations and those partying nearby were then sent running for cover. one person is in custody this morning. >>> 22 marines are now recovering this morning after a training exercise exposed them to dangerous gas. a fire extinguisher went off inside their assault vehicle at a combat certain in southern california twenty nine palms. most inhaled noxious gas and had to be hospitalized. all of the marines expected to be okay. >>> new information about the car crash that killed cbs news legend bob simon. the nypd says his driver had his license suspended nine times though all of those incidents were cleared up prior to that accident. police also believe that he was driving above the 35 mile per hour speed limit before the

heather nauert with headlines. >> good morning to you all. at minneapolis airport as a guy is arrested with a fake somali passport. police say a 39-year-old man was trying to hop on a one-way flight to somalia but his poorly faked passport kept him off. now the f.b.i. is involved because he had a piece of paper in his pocket with the name and address of a contact in syria and that is raising serious concerns that this guy could have been headed there to fight for isis. the man has been arrested before for making terror threats. while he's been sentenced to over a year in prison he says he still plans to leave the united states. more to come on that. >>> it was a 16-hour nine-mile swim to save his life. we told you this story but now we're getting brand-new video in of the moment that the former nfl player rob konrad made it to shore. take a look. >> how far out were you? >> about ten miles. >> you were about ten miles out when you fell off? >> yes. been swimming since 1:00. >> 1:00 in the afternoon. >> what time is it now? >> almost 5 in the

now is heather nauert. >> good morning.ou i saw you at the massive binder in the hallway as you were reading that. another fox news alert to bring you. the same denmark cafe where a deadly terror rampage occurred saturday was evacuated once again this morning. police investigating a suspicious package but now have given the all clear. this as we learn the suspected gunman posted on facebook swearing fidelity to isis just days before that deadly attack. last night in copenhagen, 40,000 people gathered for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims there. >>> millions of us waking up to record low temperatures this morning. snow in washington, d.c. forcing the federal government to close their doors today. but they do that even when they don't get a lot of snow. the weather doesn't stop these firefighters. in philadelphia, they battled 3-degree temperatures for three hours putting out a fire and then leaving the building coated in ice. it looks like something out of "frozen." wow. and then the south is not being spared from

. >> for more on the impact of the winter weather let's go to heather nauert who starts with just that. >> good morning. brian, great to have you back. welcome back from super bowl. all right, i've got news to bring you and this is a fox weather alert. the weather is making a mess for hundreds of thousands of travelers from coast to coast. 7,000 flights have been grounded in the past three days, this now affecting 400,000 frustrated fliers. then to add to the misery, delta passengers dealt with check-in problems due to a website glitch. what a pain that would be. a lot of folks forced to wait in long lines to reschedule flights some even spending the night in the airport sleeping on the floor. those cancellations still piling up. more than 500 flights have been scrapped today. >>> new overnight, a nationwide manhunt for a suspected mass murderer now coming to a close. police arresting 26-year-old thomas jesse lee. they say he left his georgia house after allegedly killing five people, including his wife, his in-laws and his stepdaughter. police in mississippi caught him at a bus statio

. >> i know what heather nauert is going to say. >> good morning. how are you guys.ooks like a couple arguing too. >> if you listen close, you can tell the man's right. >> of course. >> funny i didn't hear that. >> brian, come on. a place where there's a lot of arguing taking place, that is on capitol hill between folks on the hill and the white house. the house and senate are in sync on this issue. congress clearing the keystone pipeline bill the clearing of the controversial bill sets up a veto battle with president obama. it was a bipartisan vote in the house. it was 270-152. the president though has already issued plenty of veto threats over time. he now has ten days to make that decision. we will watch that story as it develops. >>> listen to this one. this is going to have a whole bunch of you rolling your eyes this morning. there is a student at a florida high school who is in trouble for simply saying "god bless america" during the school's morning announcements. two atheist students in high school e-mailed the american humans association. that core group fir

heather nauert is back. >> good morning. great to see you all. we have a fox news alert to bring you right now. we are just learning that isis has reportedly kidnapped at least 70 christians in northeastern syria. two human rights groups say that the terrorists swept through villages taking dozens of captives with them. it is not clear what their goal is yet or if anyone has been hurt at this time. at the same time we are learning that france has just confiscated passports of six suspected jihadists who were planning to join isis. officials say 40 others will be banned from leaving that country in the coming days. we'll follow that story throughout the morning. >>> back here at home the mall of america now stepping up security after al-shabaab -- you know the terror group -- released a video threatening the largest shopping center in the united states and now a minnesota lawmaker is challenging the mall's no-gun policy. >> the situation at mall of america is completely ridiculous. it's just the opposite of what they should be doing. if we're thre

heather nauert is here with all that's going on this morning for you. >> good morning to you.they're doing now. we start this hour with a fox news alert. royal air force jets scrambling to intercept russian bombers off the coast of cornwall, england. the typhoon fighters escorted them until they were out the area. a royal air force spokesman saying the bombers never made it into british air space. many believe it's a show of power, one again, by the russians. >>> also developing, potentially deadly super bug cause ago massive scare at a california hospital. nearly 180 patients at the ucla medical center may have been exposed to an am antibiotic resistant bacteria that was carried on medical instruments that was used. seven people who received procedures have already been infected by this and doctors are now trying to figure out if that bacteria is to blame for two deaths. the hospital is keeping a close eye on patients who have had surgeries between october and january. we'll follow that story. >>> the justice department reportedly ready to sue the ferguson missouri police dep

. >> we're going to start off with headlines and heather nauert. good morning. >> good morning.ege student hannah graham is reportedly charged with murder. jesse matthew already charged with the abduction of the 18-year-old university of virginia student. authorities in virginia are holding a press conference at 11:00 a.m. today to officially announce the updated charge against him. graham went miss not guilty september last year. surveillance video showing both her and matthew at a bar in charlottesville, virginia. her remains were found a month later, miles down the road. matthew faces charges of sexual assault in another case. that trial is scheduled for march. >>> extreme weather alert for the northeast. massachusetts is under a state of emergency after it gets slammed with more than two feet of snow overnight. boston now setting the record for the most snow in 30 days now. look at the snow. up above this lady's head there in the boston area. boston receiving more than 74 inches of snow so far. you can see the weight of the snow, too much for the roof of this building. it ca

. >> let's hand it over to heather heather nauert. >> we're watching a story that's an extreme weathern the path of a massive storm right now. take a look at this. it's coming down as freezing rain and hail in some parts and a blizzard if other parts. it's stretching 1000 miles, from nebraska all the way up to maine. one of the hardest hit cities in chicago. right in the middle. it's digging out from more than a foot of snow this morning. tens of thousands of people are waking up without power. as of now, more than 2500 flights have been canceled so far. maria molina is here and she'll bring you the latest on that weather. >>> another fox news alert perhaps the most important story of the day. from gobbler's knob, pen -- pennsylvania. punxsutawney made his prediction >> a shadow i see. you can start the twitter #sixmoreweeksofwinter! >> so the groundhog saw his shadow, according to legend that means six more weeks of winter. staten island chuck did not see his shadow. so there could be an early spring. this one is new to the job because last year mayor de blasio dropped him and he died

we'll turn it over to heather nauert. >> we all knew what that was called.ing. >> thanks for letting us use your hubbell telescope. >> good morning. got news to bring you. "newsweek"'s twitter account has been hacked by a cyber caliphate. the group taking control for 14 minutes claiming an association with isis and sending out at least three tweets, one against the first family. it was addressed to first lady michelle obama. another tweet claimed to show confidential pentagon documents, some of which contain what may be private defense department ntion. officials believe this is the same group that hacked cent com's account a few weeks ago. despite that president obama says climate change is a bigger threat to the world than terrorism and his press secretary forced to defend that statement yesterday. listen. >> the president is saying, he seems to be implying here that the threat of climate change is greater than the threat of terrorism. >> i think the point the president is making is that there are many more people on an annual basis who have to confront th