. >> and i am bill hemmer. the russians are studying a video from the islamic group threat eping to strike the games. >> reporter: security officials here in russia and the united states are taking the threat of the attack against the olympics very seriously indeed and it appears with good reason. the video was posted on line over the weekend. in it two russian speaking men say they will have a surprise or a present, present for the russian people, the russian president vladimar putin and as they say for any tourist visiting the olympics. it is according to the security analyst a dangerous and very real threat. listen. >> the problem is that two people on the video, they promised a surprise, not specifically in sochi but for russia and tourist and visitors for the olympics. they never specify the place of the strikes and so everyone should be concerned. >> reporter: they are. president putin with the prestige on the line is promising 40 to 100,000 security personnel on doubt in and around sochi. jim wallace an

i'm bill hemmer. how are you? >> you sure are bill hemmer. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck.joined by a million of our closest friends here in the heart of new york city. about a billion more, they say, are watching the ball drop around the world. we believe some americans won't be watching tonight because about 11,000 babies will be born in the u.s. on new year's eve. we will give them a pass on this night. >> can you believe that, 11,000. that's right. later tonight, actually, supreme court justice sonia sotomeyer will push the button. it is so loud. >> confetti. >> i believe over a ton of confetti is falling on the crowd. they did a test earlier to make sure the confetti was appropriate and wouldn't cut anybody's eye is what i read. interesting, right? gr. >> your first time at times square. >> first time in times square. over a decade at new york city and this is my first time i can get to share it with you, hemmer. >> how loud is that music over here? >> pretty loud but it is good. this is a great party. it may feel cold out here when it comes to degrees in temperature b

i'm bill hemmer, thanks for watching. here is one more question. how many ways can you get fox channel? answer? more and more ways every single day. >> >>> hello, everyone. happy new year's eve. i'm eric bolling along with kimberly guilfoyle. bob beckel, angela tantaros. the countdown is on. this is the five. >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.b >> just a few hours leftgu until we ring in the new year and then we have got a great show for you tonight. let's get the party started. speaking of parties, kimberly and bob will be kicking off fox's all american newier party, times square 9:00 p.m. tonight. they are goingrt to tell you what they have got on tap. so stay tuned. but 2013 was a big year for the five. lots of good times had at this table. our producers have picked some of their favorite moments for the past year.ear. here is clip number one featured k.g. which features reaction to bob's confession. with her reaction to bob's confession. >> boxer or briefs? >> what about you bob? >> nothing. >> oh. >> what is the follow-up question? >> oh, god, it is so close t

from times square i'm bill hemmer. >> i'm elizabeth hesitate sell beck.g from our family to your family. >> we have a big night tonight. are you ready? >> i'm not sure if i'm ready. i am ready because it is not to be missed. we have wily and cory robertson about to join us. >> yeah, from "duck dynasty"? >> yes, absolutely. >> first time they have talked for a while, you know. sarah palin is coming out of alaska. >> maybe the only place that it might be colder right here in times square. >> this is all true. we have got our entire fox family tonight to take you into the new year. i'm excited to be with you, elizabeth. >> i'm thrilled to be ringing in the new year with you, bill. this ball is about to drop. you realize it's 11,000 pounds. >> it's big. 9:00 we kick off. see you you around so:00 eastern. happy new year, everybody. see you. >>> welcome back to fox news. "our story." when greta van susteren's program moved three hours earlier to 7:00 p.m. she continued her ratings success as a number one show. her winning formula is simple. greta follows her cu

i am bill hemmer. >> and i am alisyn camerota. only 36 percent of the americans support obama care as the white house released numbers on enrollees that grew to 3 million. david joins us now. joishgs good to be here. >> help us to understand the 3 million enrollee number. >> i will try, a lot we don't know and number one and significantly, have they actually paid? insurance companies traditionally do not count someone as having enrolled in insurance until they get a check and what the administration never told us about the enrollee numbers is how many people signed the paper work and versus how many of those people that sent in money. that is an important issue as we look globally as how many people are utalizing the obama care insurance policy on the exchange. these numbers will have an affect on insurance rates for 2015 and in theory are supposed to be published by election day if not before. >> we need to know how many people paid. >> and we need to know if they will hit the cbo target number by 7 million. they would have to mo

i am bill hemmer. >> and i am alisyn camerota. and hitting more than the usual places. and chicago and minnesota and northeast and even the deep south is feeling the deep freeze today. and we have them standing by outside of the fox world head quarter ares and rick and carter in new jersey in feels like minus 12 degrees, rick. why did you take off your face mask. >> i wish i didn't. i can't feel my face anymore. i don't know how many people would normally be out in the streets. there is no one here now and it is so bitter cold. it is colder here than in much offantartica. it is colder in georgia than alaska. it is so cold in kentucky, a prisoner who escaped from a lock up on sunday turned himself back in on monday night when it was 20 below 0. tennessee, people are feeling the artic blast. and utility companies are asking customers to cut back on the power usage to avoid blackouts. losing heat could be deadly. and there are tens of thousands of customers without power today because of the chilling cold. and there are transportation troubles. icy roads and there are froz

i am bill hemmer. >> and i am alisyn camerota. we are awaiting a briefing where the latest enrollment numbers show fewer young people are signing up. bret baier is here. great to see you. we know that 24 percent of the people are 35 years old and younger and the administration hoped that number would be close to 40. how big of a problem is that? >> if you ask the analyst and insurance industry it is a big problem. they look at the number and equation and what the pool looks like, it just doesn't add up to the numbers they need. the administration said that they believe like in massachusetts, that young people come in at the end, like toward the deadline of march 31st. that's fine if they do, if they don't, it is a situation where insurance companies could reicalulate the premiums that everyone pays before the next round of premium adjustments later on this year. >> so in 14 minutes from now. we expect jay carney to come out in the white house briefing. and is that how he will spin it? there is a trend in the upswing and waiting to

send us a tweet@bill hemmer and to me@alisyn camerota.d i look forward to the colorful responses. >> where is the beef. and remember the lady in the end of the stage with the russian swimsuit. evening bath and swim bath. >> i do remember that. >>> new unemployment numbers that could create political headaches for the white house and opportunities for republicans. u.s. employers adding only 74,000 jobs. they expected 200,000. >> and jobless rate falling from 6.7 percent and that dropped because americans have dropped out of the labor force. and on top of this, negotiations have broken down loving long- term unemployed in financial limbo. we'll debate all of this. author of juliero beginsky. and i will give them the first question to my esteemed colleague. >> julie, why is it not getting any better? it was a down day. >> first of all let me say that i remember that wendy's commercial and it was i am feeling old. >> thank you, you are scoring a point though. and the reason it is not getting any better. it is getting marginally better and mon

welcome to hq, i am alisyn camerota. >> and i'm bill hemmer. president obama laying out the ideas and there is plenty of reaction already. ed happen row has that from the north lawn, ed? >> mixed reaction. this was kind of a middling approach from the president trying to see all sides of the issue and coming down, basically in the middle. we have folks on the left and democratic senators who are pressuring the president for a bigger reform and saying they feel vindicated and want to see how this plays out and wants to make sure congress follows through. and you have ram paul from kentucky saying he's disappointed in the details and the president said on the controversial point section 215 of the patriot act and the phone collection records that he believes they should not be held bite government and didn't come down and decide exactly who should handle that. should be the telecomgiant and a third party and listen to how the president framed all of this in a classic obama approach. >> those who are troubled by the existing programs are not inter

it was a great night. >> there you are with bill hemmer. >> a double selfie. >> hemmer looks cold. you look fine. >> did you do the underarmor thing? >> i did. he told me to wear body warmers. >> you get them at seven-eleven. when you crack them, after awhile they go numb. >> haven't you heard about in the old days they used to take a baked potato and put it in your pocket? >> is that right? >> no. >> i would have tried anything. >> body warmer? >> who makes this? lewis and clarke? >> way back then. did lewis and clarke have baked potatoes? >> we're not really sure. i think sakajawea brought them with her. >> what about your family? >> good. we were hanging out. we did a little hockey. >> these are your vacation pictures? >> yeah. they're learning how to ice skate which is more than i can say for myself. the boys are there and spent most of the time on the ice right now. >> they look like they got out of the penalty box. >> mama puts them in the penalty box often. >> fell asleep surprised. he was surprised and he nodded off. >> he said i can't believe it's happening. thing are so g

welcome to hq, i am bill hemmer. >> great to see you, bill. i am alisyn camerota. the president is laying out a year of action. a new poll suggest that most americans 63 percent have no confidence that the president will make the right decision. juan williams is a news analyst. given the confidence does it matter what he said. >> he will try to make the case of being the president and capable of leadership and reasserting himself and commanding leadership and trying to say to them that he's worthy of their trust. he has to regain their trust. >> tonight, the president has to punch hard. what does that look like? >> he will not say i am frustrated and don't know what to do with a difficult congress. he has to attack responsibility and say i have an agenda and this is what i want to do and here's where the american people back me. on that front he will talk about minimum wage. we heard today he wants to impose a minimum wage increase for federal contract employees. most americans support me republican and democrats on that front and talk about immigration reforms. re

. >> and i am bill hemmer. first show of the new year. we haven't seen temperatures like these in 20 years. it is called the polar vortex. even places like north dakota and minnesota say it is unbe unbearable even for them. we have the extreme weather center. garrett is outside in chicago. how goes it? >> reporter: bill, it is freezing cold out here today. officials in the midwest calling it cold fridgeit weather historic and life threatening. with the wind chill temperatures will get below 40 or 60 in the midwest. in the region, they are asking people to stay at home and stay indoors. schools in the region are cancelled from wisconsin and illinois and indiana and even in minnesota. it is the first time in 17 years that schedule schools are cancelled in minneapolis. travel delays. more than 300 cancelled. the mayor called for only emergency travel and shutting down only to emergency personnel. many of those roads are frozen over. transportation officials in missouri have said that the rock salt is not doing good at this point with how col

i am bill hemmer. welcome to hq. >> and i am allyson camerota. the so- called recess opponentments are legal under the constitution and so why is the supreme court involved now? policy editor and host of the power play on fox news.com. chris, great to see you. a lot of presidents named recess appointments. why the supreme court giving scruti scrutiny. >> it was not a recess. the president was trying to carve out a new authority. the constitution gives the president to make recess appointments when the senate was out of session. that made sense when it was a long rutted trial from philadelphia to georgia. and since then presidents have put nominees that would not get confirmed and it is a loop hole that helped presidents and president obama expanded his authority by appointing people to the national labor relation board while the senate was in session. his lawyers say congress stinks so much that the president has no choice but to put the people in office when he wants them to. >> couple of things. they are performa sessions according to the admin

i am bill hemmer. >> and i am alisyn camerota. what will the state department. we'll get more from gen. gen, great to see you, what will the state department concluded in the long- awaited report. >> the bus is that there is nothing environment willy imperfect and they can go ahead and that will toss the ball back to the president who will have 90 days to decide to go forward. >> i should mention we are looking in the exterior but inside jay carney is taking questions, he is refreshing himself with water. he is talking about the key stone poip line. obviously it is controversial and environmentalist don't like the key stone pipeline. how do we know whether the state department think the issue should go forward? >> you would think they would be happy if the government not once but twice confirm that is no environment will problem. that is what they are concerned about. but there is no amount of science or evidence that will satisfy the groups. they are going from environmentalist to it be anti- energy and antibusiness and economy people. they should be celebratin

i am bill hemmer. >> and i am alisyn camerota. israel broke up an al-qaeda plan to attack our embassy in tel aviv. and leland joins us live from jerusalem. what have you learned. joishgs one of the other targets. the building here over my left shoulder allegedly the plot was to send three suicide bombers there and followed by a truck bomb in the u.s. embassy in tel aviv. there were going to be two suicide bombers to blow themselves up at the entrance in the u.s. embassy in tel aviv and fortified structure and on the beach line of the mediterranean there. there is no evidence that the plot got as far as internet chatter and those how throw men arrested here in israel were communitying with a handler vifacebook and skype. that handler went by the name of outstanding one of syria and heavenly connected to the al-qaeda groups operate inside of syria there was discussion of dispatching not only the folks from israel to syria from training, but having them come back with additional forces from people in syria working with al-qaeda to ca

i am bill hemmer. >> and i am alisyn camerota. it is the president's first trip outside of the beltway. there will be a noticeable absence. democratic senator skipping theentious vent to stay in dc. brett hume is the analyst. great to see you. >> thank you, alisyn. >> should we read going to senator hagan skipping this? >> yes, she is in trouble and obama care and the president is the reason for it. it happens all of the time. she's staying away from the event because the senate is in season. last time the senate was in session and she managed to go to the event with north carolina and got herself back to washington i don't think that explanation holds water. >> she said she would be honored for the president to campaign for her. and how do democrats will handle the president on the stump? will they distance themselves from him and how far will they distance themselves. it is a pickle for them. >> if you are running in for reelection in a state that the president is unpopular. you don't want a bunch of video of you and you can't g

i am bill hemmer. >> and i am alisyn camerota. the delivery men are trying to make deliveries in the snow. schools are closing and travel is disrupted and at last check more than 2600 flights were cancelled and this storm is just getting started. meteorologist janice dean is in the fox weather center. howÑi is it looking. >> it feels like groundhog day. we are talking about the winter storms and the artic plunge and we are going to continue for the next 18 hours. and this is the beginning of the storm. this is a clipper fast- moving storm originated from canada and usually don't dump the snow. this will intensify off of the coast and become a coastal stofrment we are predict the in some cases over a foot of snow. dc, you are getting the snow. and philadelphia tis snowing to beat the band there. they could get 12 inches of snow. and we'll certainly see airport delays and air canc laegzs for philadelphia up to new york and boston ending tomorrow and we'll be left with cold temperatures and gusty wins in excess of 30 or 40 miles per

. >> and i am bill hemmer. the security is extra tight. the gunman killed two people working in a skateboard shop before taking his own life. he had a shotgun and plenty of ammunition and a back pack filled with homemade explosives. why is a mystery three days later. doug is back in maryland for us today. doug? >> reporter: that's right. the mall is getting ready to open at this moment for the first time since customers ran out of here in tears and panic over shots fire. early this morning, the management here had reporters to tour the facility and see where the shooting happen. a makeshift memorial and patrons can sign a book of condoll epss and drop off nowers. the zuimus score is closed. in loving memory of brian and and tyler johnson. >> we are now and the hearts of our retailers and our community. >> reporter: in the meantime we are learning more about the shooter. 19-year-old darien agullar. he purchased the shotgun legally in the state of maryland a month ago. he had had a lot of ammunition and explosives in his back pack. he took a

. >> i am bill hemmer. >> and the alisyn camerota, this tell- all book is raising questions about the leadership style. according to gates, politics influenced policy. brett hume is the political analyst. >> hi, ally, what to you make of secretary gates publishing the revealing memior, harsh memior while president obama is in office? >> i am surprised it came out the way that it did and surprised at bob gates who harbored the feelings of what went on in the obama administration held his tongue until now. i am not sure it is most flattering thing we say about him. but broadly speaking what he said happen has a ring of truth. >> do i have in to the juiciest tidbits the. starting with the president's style. his white house was by far the most centralized and controlling in national security of any you had seen since richard nixon and henrow kissinger rowelled the roost. >> president obama ran on running the most transparent white house. he promised in 2008. what do you make of that exexcerpt? >> there is no conflict of transparency and keeping a tight reign from the white house on the wh

. >> and i am bill hemmer. the obama health care site is no safe from a hacker than when it was launched three months ago. mike emmanuel is live and listening to the hill. what did you learn, mike? >> reporter: outside security computer experts call the security around healthcare.gov minimal and shameful. the obama administration said there are no confirmed breaches or hacks of the obama care website, but the truth is, according to one security expert, he said the government doesn't really know. >> the security operation center as of november 17th was not built or implemented and if they didn't have it built to detect the attacks that are mentioned here today. to reempsideways they don't know. >> they don't know and that's why they say they don't know. and they are not in the position to know. >> reporter: that expert said he and others are convinced healthcare.gov is a massive concern for security. they tried to reassure law makers that the system has a clean bill of health after the obama site passed security

. >> tara, i would make bill hemmer a duke and allison a duchess. thank you. marty says, everyone gives me the same pampered life as bill hemmer. >> you wish. >> living large. thanks so much for watching. >> here's gretchen. see you tomorrow. >>> hi, everyone. breaking news today on the real story. new terror threat against the winter olympics as thousands of americans and athletes prepare to head to russia. and breaking news for you on the target data breach. arrests made just a short time ago on the mexican border that could be related to the threat of your personal data. and championship sundays, winners and losers. also included, nebraska's biggest city and pants with pleats. we'll explain why. >>> hi, everyone. i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story." despite a new threat from islamic militants and two bombings in the southern city of volgograd that happened last month. putin is saying he's deploying 40,000 police and special services, service officers, that is, to keep athletes and the tourists safe. this as an intense man hunt is reportedly un

brother chris, brother hemmer checking out.olitics page and sign up for chris's daily politics newsletter at foxnews.com/foxnewsfirst. see the email there and you will get it. thank you, chris. martha: the hunt is on now for a road rage killer who forced timothy davidson off the road and shot him dead. going to tell you who just joined that investigation. bill: also a very pregnant woman, is there anything but, stuck in a blizzard -- martha: can not be a little pregnant. bill: can not. in or out, right? all alone when her baby decides the time is now. have a listen. >> once the water broke and i realized this was it, all fear went away. i realized it wasn't going to help me. and that, we were just had to be a team and do this together, so we did it. that's right, no hidd fees. it's just that i'm worried about, you know, "hidden things." ok, why's that? well uhhh... surprise!!! um... well, it's true. at ally there are no hidden fees. not one. that's nice. no hidden fees, no worries. ally bank. your money needs an ally. she loves

oh, when i saw that, oh, man, this will not be a good night for hemmer.ng to be happy camper. bill: next4 hours is awful. martha: you feel robbed, right? sick over it. but it is over. as you said, what are you going to do? you have to move on. think about this game, right? think about the bcs championship which is tonight. that put as spotlight on growing controversy over pay for play. florida state, and its heisman-winning quarterback jameis winston against auburn amazing run for the title. they will rake in huge dollars for this but the athletes don't get a dime in all of this. that is become a increasing discussion that may be at a tippingpoint. william la jeunesse live on this from los angeles. william, what do you know? >> reporter: well, college football of course is a game but it is also a business, martha and second most profitable sport on television after the nfl unlike the pros the players get nothing. experts say that is about to change. this year's bowl season payed out more than $200 million. annual tv rights for major college football, 20 m

i'm bill hemmer and welcome to "america's newsroom." good morning, martha. martha: good morning, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. the white house unleashing its top advisors on sunday shows yesterday morning with basically a singular message. the president will use executive action to further his agenda if congress doesn't get on board. >> the president sees this as a year of action, to work with congress where he can and to bypass congress where necessary to lift folks who want to come up into the middle class. >> the president will say to the country he is not going to wait. he has a pen and phone. he will use those to move the ball forward to create opportunity. bill: republicans say quickly that congress can not be ignored. here is senator rand paul from kentucky on this. >> it sound vaguely like a threat and has a certain amount of arrogance one of the fundamental principles is checks and balance. it wasn't supposed to be easy to pass legislation. you had to debate and could convince people. bill: byron york, chief political correspondent "washington ex

surprises from bill o'reilly, megan kelly, joined by ainsley earhart and rick leventhal and bill hemmerselbeck will take it into the new year right here on the fox news channel. be there. >> how come there aren't any pictures of us. >> we're too good looking, we might blow up the screen. >> i'm committing myself to losing 25 pounds by june. >> you can do that. >> particularly if dana is on my back, i'll probably lose 50. >> she throws everything away. >> and not because -- not for you right wingers out there, it is not about that. it is to stay healthy and torment you. >> and anything to say about the new year's eve show, bobbie? >> you have to watch the new year's eve show you know why? >> why. >> because we are getting in the snuggy together. >> it will take the fire department to get us out. >> it will be cold. >> that is must-see tv. and andrea, you are up. >> a couple of fun facts, pro-seco is now replacing champagne as the drink of choice. and when you pour it, pour it as a 40 degree angle or there will be too many bubbles and you'll lose the alcohol and each bottle has 49 million

bill: i'm bill hemmer. hello to you. control over your data records and records of hundreds of millions of americans. white house correspondent ed henry waiting on this speech for a week there. ed, how big are the changes expected to be if at all? >> reporter: i think it will be medium, frankly by they will tout this inside the white house as very significant reform. on one hand it is because the president's officials are suggesting this morning, will say in the speech about an hour from now, basically the government should no longer handle the bulk collection of these phone records that have caused such a storm in part because of revelations from edward snowden suggesting that these nsa programs, whole series of them, not just the phone collection but how they're tracking text messages and the like, is growing much more out of control than the administration has suggested. that is the pressure on him. but that he, the president will then punt the decision about what it do with those phone records, to congress and others

. >> and i am greg in for bill hemmer. eight months ago president obama promised to hold those responsible accountable for their actions remember that? >> i sure do. california republican darril issa has been leading the charge for answers. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, alisyn and thanks for having me on, on this important issue. >> what was your reaction. barbara k. boostermap was going to be leading the irs probe. >> it how we found out that is interesting. we asked the administration who was leading the investigation and getting to the truth and they refused to answer, as we interviewed the irs officials, we asked you who is working with you. her name kept coming up. we discovered she was a consistent donor to obama's re- elect and democratic national committee and a obvious conflict of special. >> so you got the letter to the attorney general, what did you say in the letter? >> we believe that she should be removed from it, because of the appearance of conflict of interest. you know, this is not she

. >> and i am bill hemmer the board said the controversial program does little to catch the bad guys. kathryn is our senior intelligence. thank you, bill. this is pulled together by the excutive branch and fox news reviewed an advance copy and confirmed that the nsa collection of phone records under section 215 of the patriot act is illegal. when the practice began after 2001, there was no mention that it was intended to provide legal justification of bulk collection of business records and that encompasses american phone records. we have had reaction of the the of the republican house intelligence committee. he said the findings are inconsistent with the judges who say the program is legal and a senior democrat on the committee said this report shoes that the controverse yell nsa program must end because the panel found it was not legal or constitutional. the report comes at a difficult time for the administration, because officials familiar with the president's reforms said it may be impossible to implement a key provision bite march dead line. that will be moving the phone records

i'm bill hemmer in "america's newsroom." >> i'm patti ann browne in for martha maccallum.ly to boston. sending temperatures plunging to

good morning, i'm bill hemmer as we get started here in "america's newsroom." martha: hello, everybody. good morning, bill. i'm martha maccallum. so the first hearing that is set to get underway any minute the lead witness will tell lawmakers that your sensitive personal information is no safer on the website today than it was back on october 1. bill: that's a problem. mike emanuel leads our coverage live on the hill. mike, good morning. what will come of these hearings? what are you hearing? >> reporter: we expect chairman lamar smith of the science and space and technology committee will essentially set the table saying when healthcare.gov was launch ad few months ago the american people were told it was safe and secure. this committee and other committees here on capitol hill heard from experts that is not the case. when you consider that local physicians, major hospital networks, and hundreds of millions of americans are all going to be accessing this site, the fear is that that leaves many, many ways for sophisticated hackers to get into this network and f

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom" on a tuesday. martha: good morning, bill.s vowed to keep the olympics safe with a so-called ring of steel. but the 22-year-old widow of an islamic militant may already be inside that area. her face is placerred on wanted posters all around sochi. congressman

i am bill hemmer. >> and i am alisyn camerota.trip outside of the beltway. there will be a noticeable absence. democratic senator skipping theentious vent to stay in dc. brett hume is the analyst. great to see you. >> thank you, alisyn. >> should we read going to senator hagan skipping this? >> yes, she is in trouble and

welcome to hq, i am bill hemmer. >> thanks, i am doing well. i am alisyn camerota. union was supportive of the la. but not now. stove hayes is a senior writer for the weekly standard and a fox news contributor. >> hi, alisyn. >> the two labor unions wrote letters to nancy pelosi and harry reid saying obama care will lower their living standards, what is the problem in >> the unions want federal subsidies for lower paid workers in the unions so they will remain on their employer plans and take subsidies. they have tried to come up with work arounds and the unions are clearly not happy with this. i think if you are looking at it from the perspective of the unions, they are saying the changes to so many other aspects of the law. and their aspect is why not us, too? >> there was a time when the unions were all in and this was a statement they put out about their love or at lost support of the a ca. the a ca is the first step in expanding health care coverage, improving care and beginning to get control over health care costs. what has changed since then in >> they are s

had he embraced fannie lou hemmer, a moral thing to do, he thought would be politically costly.e hammered out this compromise which was not satisfactory to either side, in order to preserve his political prowess and political opportunity to carry the south. and we did carry several states in the south that i think he would have lost it he had not made this compromise. time, the moral embraced would have been the right thing to do, and that would have been the democratic and civil rights leaders into the democratic arty. he almost resigned then, the pressure so enormous, at least that is what comes out in "freedom summer." he was wondering if he would throw in the towel. he was torn between winning and doing the right thing. lyndon johnson was never an outstanding proponent of civil rights in the texas legislature, but his heart was always in the right lace. >> he had just signed the civil rights act earlier that summer. >> that is right. suddenly he was faced with a moral versus political choice. it created great tension. he was torn by what he had done. he was not sure that win

in new york, i'm bill hemmer, thank you for watching.n, how many different ways can you get the fox news channel? the answer, more and more ways every single day. >>> the year began with a victory lap. >> they said they would never agree to raise tax ratz on the wealthy americans. >> it is ending in frustration and apologies. >> nobody is more frustrated than i am. >> what is behind the obama breakdown. the stories you haven't heard. fox news reporting, behind the obama breakdown. from washington, d.c., here is bret baier. >> who would have thunk it. a tech savvy team obama struggling to get a website up and running. conservatives going for defense cuts, confounding

i am bill hemmer. >> and i am alisyn camerota. what will the state department.eat to see you, what will the state department concluded in the long- awaited report. >> the bus is that there is nothing environment willy imperfect and they can go ahead and that will toss the ball back to the president who will have 90 days to decide to go

we're waiting for bill hemmer's prediction. he will continue to boil the numbers. bill: chris christie tweeted that broncos and seahawks did not land in new york. they landed in newark, new jersey. martha: of course they did. thank you, governor christie. we have to run. have a good day. jenna: breaking news and today's top headlines and brand new stories you will see here first. jon: a utah doctor convicted of murdering his wife trying to overturn his conviction and trying to avoid trial on another charge. our panel weighs in on the martin macneil case. >>> a woman takes chances with her life trying to jump on a moving train. >>> this drug could stop cancer in its trackses. it is all happening now. jon: we begin with a new hearing on obamacare. hello to you, i'm jon scott. jenna: hope you're off to a great day, i'm jenna lee. let's go straight to capitol hill. as lawmakers await the president's state of the union address as he outlines plans for the year ahead but botched obamacare rollout is still doing the white house and moments ago congressman darrell issa bro

. >> i'm bill hemmer. we've got great ones we can't say on television. tomorrow, ciao. >> hi, everyone. we start with a fox news alert. i'm gretchen carlson. the polar vortex now freezing eastern and southern suns. in fact, it's colder in parts of the u.s. riot now than the coldest parts of sibera and over half the flights at one of the world's busiest airports, o'hare in chicago canceled because low temps are freezing fuel supplies. thousands of flights delayed around the country and lowest temp recorded today, guess where it is? in my home state, minnesota, 45 below zero without the windchill. for temps with state officials urging people to stay inside but not everyone can. fox affiliate in minneapolis spoke to some workers who have to brave the cold including the mail carrier who says he dresses in layers and tries to keep moving to stay warm. aaa worker who spends most of his day in the salvage yard no matter how cold it is. >> after a while you get used to it. negative 5 seems like negative 30 after working in it all day. >> wbff shows how much you

welcome to hq, i am alisyn camerota. >> and i'm bill hemmer.ut the ideas and there is plenty of reaction already. ed happen row has that from the north lawn, ed? >> mixed reaction. this was kind of a middling approach from the president trying to see all sides of the issue and coming down, basically in the middle. we have folks on the left and democratic senators who are pressuring the president for a

>> feeling good, hemmer, how are you? >> feeling good.the coast coast. right? >> all over the place we have ainsley earhardt in times square. griff jenkins covering the party sdmeen a local new york city hang out called bounce. and rick leventhal in is miami. >> yes. yes. rubbing it in. >> rocking it out. >> ainsley, hello. happy new year >> hey bill, hey, elizabeth. you're doing such a great job. happy new year, this is how our bodies feel. it's so cold, so much fun. we have a great family from north carolina a fellow carolina girl. you brought your daughters? >> i did. it's wonderful. we're enjoying ourselves. >> are you freeze something >> we have lots of hand warmers. >> is it worth it? would you do it again? >> yes. worth it. >> what is the best part? >> probably being so close to the artists. it's amazing seeing them so close. >> you're in front of the stage. >> are you having snun >> yes. so much fun. >> happy new year, girls! >> ainsley always goes for carolina crowd. >> she does. >> a little bit of home here in new york. >> i lov

i'm leland vittert in for bill hemmer.of the united states has called this a year of action and he says 2014 has got a lot ahead. on his agenda, job creation, raising the minimum wage and immigration reform, this all while issues from the health care law are still getting a lost attention and costing valuable political capital. senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler is traveling with the president on vacation in live from honolulu. where it is very early new year's eve morning. wendell what does the president have on his agenda in 2014? >> reporter: leland in his end of the year press conference the president wants to create more jobs and extend unemployment benefits for people who can't find work out of job six months or so. he wants to raise rates for folks at low end of the scale and as you point out he is also pushing for immigration reform to lure the country's 13 million illegal immigrants out of the shadows. republican divisions over the path to citizenship many see as amnesty make that a tou

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to america's newsroom. martha: i'm martha maccallum. this storm brought blizzard conditions and dumped plenty of snow. 16 inches in some places in knowledge. 15 1/2 in massachusetts and pennsylvania. and 10 inches in connecticut. this is a beautiful shot. look at this snowy winter wonderland. in scituate, massachusetts, the snow is still blowing. monthly line is in massachusetts where the snow is still coming down today. how is it? what are you waking up to? >> reporter: it's tapering off in some places. we are in hyannis. this is the main street. normally it would be a bustling street. the clock is telling us it's 9:00 and a quiet, quiet street. it's the visibility that's very, very poor out there as far as traffic is concerned and a lot of people staying home and the kid out of school. the street is winter street, living up to its name this morning. north and west of boston, far lower snow totals. south of boston there were a few communities that got up to 18 inches. and it's not quite over yet. we are still seeing the snow coming dow

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom." martha: i'm martha maccallum.

i'm bill hemmer. look who is back. martha: great to be back. hi, bill. happy new year.ody. it is weird. because it is 50 degrees here in new york as we look at the

someone tell bill hemmer. and that hasselbeck kid.ng you all the action up here. by the way, mike, check this out. even got the turf. fox spares no expense. and the lights. this is where the action will be coming. you guys going to be here in an hour and shortly drew brees will be out here. >> there is too many breezes right now. brian kilmeade on broadway, which was great white way a little while ago because it snowed overnight. in the meantime, thank you, brian. from cleatus and i into heather nauert with the news. >> thanks so much, steve. you guys aren't having any fun, are you? >> no. >> not at all. thank you so much. we've got some headlines to bring you. what was the most sought after photo op during last night's state of the union address? many say it was "duck dynasty"'s willie robertson and his wife, cory. you see them there. here he is with congressman paul ryan. lawmakers and journalists all using their smart phones to take quick pictures. the robertsons were the guests of congressman vance mcallister of louisiana. they're

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to america's newsroom. hope you are warm wherever you are.is new documents that show deep

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to america's newsroom. martha: these are the new fox news polls. 36% of americans say they support obamacare. that's down from 40% in june. but look at the number who oppose. 59%. that's a record high for the law. bill: chris jennings is out. the white house says he's leaving for family reasons. it's almost like the more people find out about it the more they do not like it. >> reporter: the drip, drip, drip, the steady flow of negative headlines. the rule changes. the chaos of implementation. the difficulty of knowing whether i have got coverage. 30% of democrats now oppose obamacare. that's a very high number. bill: you throw in the website woes. what do you know about chris jennings? >> he was the mr. fix-it. it was his job to fix the problems and he's gone after six months. he's gone because he says he's got health problems because he's working day and night on this. he's gone. bill: we asked whether the healthcare law would increase or decrease the following things. taxes, 63% said incease. insurance c

we're waiting for bill hemmer's prediction. he will continue to boil the numbers.ed that broncos and seahawks did not land in new york. they landed in newark, new jersey. martha: of course they did. thank you, governor christie. we have to run. have a good day. jenna: breaking news and today's top headlines and brand new stories you will see here first. jon: a utah doctor convicted of murdering his wife trying to overturn his conviction and trying to avoid trial on another charge. our panel weighs in on the martin macneil case. >>> a woman takes chances with her life trying to jump on a moving train. >>> this drug could stop cancer in its trackses. it is all happening now.