. >> those words had a personal effect on a anchor in huntsville, alabama, this week.fox 54 has just learned that a huntsville news anchor is being proposed on live tv -- >> all right. we're leaving right now. >> jillian pavlica, will you marry me? >> yes. >> ah. >> how about that? >> gets me every time. >> i know. >> as you heard, she said yes to her longtime boyfriend who managed to pull off this proposal as a complete surprise, and we say to you, congratulations to you both. >> confession here, i don't like gimmicky proposals. that one was good. i like it. thumbs up. >> good job. bs up. >> good job. i like it. [ male announcer ] it's surprising what your mouth goes through in a day. but what's even more surprising is that brushing alone isn't enough to keep it clean. fortunately, you've got listerine®. unlike brushing which misses 75% of your mouth, listerine® cleans virtually your entire mouth. so what are you waiting for? it's time to take your mouth to a whole new level of health. listerine®... power to your mouth™. and take the listerine® 21 day challenge. feel

but one such story caught an anchor in huntsville alabama by surprise, take a look. >> you have some breaking news to report to you fox 54 just learned that a huntsville news anchor is being proposed on live... right now. >> oh, my word. that is jillian padlik reading a personal story. her boyfriend convinced the station management to propose. after talking to her for moments and telling her how much he loves her the young man got down on his knee and popped the question. she did say yes and went on to finish the newscast. >> if you're going to propose that way, you better be 99% certain you're going get a yes. otherwise the end of the newscast is going to be unpleasant. >> she was very emotional. it's interesting she was able to finish the protest. >> you wish kevin proposed that way. >> you would have killed him. >> moving on. >> yes. >> let's go on to weather. >> yes. >> i want to show you live doppler 7. we're watching clouds ahead of the next storm approaching. there is a storm going to be moving across boston snow, sleet up tomorrow 39 degrees. chance of rain in miami. 87. 15 d

huntsville, alabama, also a little coating of snow. and north and west of nashville.y wanted a snow day yesterday. not sure they got it. but here's more snow for you. flakes flying from birmingham to huntsville. it's not a lot. but a lot of cold air with it. watch as the high pressure system pulls down. nashville's high today, only 40. but ten degrees or so below average in miami. 68 for a high today. all that cold air is settling and staying. freeze warnings in atlanta. 25 tomorrow morning. 29 by monday morning. new orleans, hardly at freezing. orlando, not a whole lot warmer. there's another storm i need to alert you about. it's going to move through the northern plains this weekend. and target the mid-atlantic or southeast. we'll be following that one and fine-tune it as it gets colder or closer. here's where you go to get warm. one more day. l.a., usually 68 or so. los angeles, today, 84. >> if you've been watching during the week, we've had the big snowstorms. i've been standing in them. but this is a really good way to see how fast it adds up. 11:15, to 1 1shg 4

now it's just a cold rain as we go through huntsville and eventually that works its way into atlanta. cool day there. heavy snow overnight on cape cod. you're going to be driving on slushy roads this morning, possibility of maybe an additional inch or two. that will be about it. even mere the great lakes, if you're in cleveland, even the tug hill plateau, you're dealing with snow this morning, too. it's a winter feel to it. and then we have what i think will be, i hope will be our last major winter storm of the season. this one will be starting on saturday in the denver area then spreading through colorado, missouri. really following interstate 70 right through st. louis. the indianapolis. everywhere in white is possibility of three to six inches of snow, especially on the grassy surfaces. it doesn't snow so hard in the mid-atlantic sunday night and monday morning. temperatures will be a little too warment aga. again, we're talking about a major snow event. nothing like that today but that's coming this weekend. we can't win. just got to wait. >> all rightment you just said last major

baton rouge, birmingham, huntsville, nashville we're getting a soaking rain, louisville, lexington, cincinnatis. detroit, looks like it's exiting your region. chicago, you look better. the only areas really left with some snow is from omaha to des moines. careful driving out here. as you head up 35 towards mason city, a little leftover snow. it's very cold on the back side of this. look at the wind chill in fargo. minus 10. that does not feel like the middle of march. this chunk of cold air is going to be with us as it goes throughout much of this week. if you're on the east coast, enjoy the warm weather. it will be the warmest day, 50s and 60s possibly around washington, d.c. >> we'll take as much as we can get. coming up, gas prices lower and two years after the most devastating natural disasters, japan marks the moment that tsunami and quake changed their world forever. "first look" is back in 3:00. [ male announcer ] why is kellogg's crunchy nut so delicious? because every flake is double-toasted... splashed with sweet honey... and covered in rich double-roasted peanuts. mmm. [ hero ] yumm

. >> reporter: how did this huntsville, alabama news anchor find out she was getting married? she heard herself deliver the news. >> and we do have some breaking news to report to you. fox 54 has just learned that a huntsville news anchor is being proposed on live tv -- >> we're leaving. >> -- right now. >> the list of the wzdx news team walked off the set, and jillian pavlica's boyfriend walked on. he had sabotaged the teleprompter. >> i can't picture a day of my life waking up without you by my side. >> reporter: then vince ramos dropped down on one knee. >> will you marry me? >> yes. thank you. >> i love you. >> i love you too. >> you made some cute but funny little noises. >> i told you. >> it was embarrassing. >> reporter: and now the backstory. the doctored teleprompter. the truth finally dawned on jillian when she got about 23 words in and finally read aloud the word "proposed." >> my main goal was for her to get at least 50% of the way through without her realizing it. >> a huntsville news anchor is being proposed on live tv -- >> all right. we're leaving. >> reporter:

. >> reporter: meanwhile, collective concern across the country from an army arsenal in huntsville, alabama where they're facing furloughs -- >> the sequestration will definitely affect my family. >> reporter: to the grand canyon. >> we're cutting travel. we're cutting training. we're reducing overtime. >> reporter: and on the arizona border where agents could see their hours cut back. >> cutting down the security of our nation i don't believe is the way to go at it. >> reporter: the disruptions will be felt gradually, some furlough notifications already having gone out like at the department of justice, but the first cutbacks won't happen until april. the defense department will be hit hardest with 800,000 civilian workers bracing for furloughs. cuts to the faa could slow air travel and educational officials say as many as 70,000 children could be kicked off head start programs. but in some cases the fallout has already begun. one of the navy's warships the carrier truman is not going to the persian gulf. the air force's world famous thunder birds have been grounded. hundreds of immigrants

is that in very isolated cases, some communities that are so dependent on federal spend, perhaps huntsville or hampton roads, they don't have a diversified economy. they are a one company town in many ways and there are others of these around military bases. those companies if they weren't prepared last year for this, they're going to be really surprised this year. there's just less spending. and we see it already as consumers, whether they're federal workers or contractors, or just sympathetic consumers, pull back on their retail spending. so there will be impacts in isolated areas and we can identify those. i think more broadly -- >> that's specifically the point. it is these isolated areas that are heavily dependent on the government in one way or another. this is not something that will have a devastating effect across small business across america, the 20 million, 30 million businesses out there. it will hurt the economy or it will affect the economy, but this is not going to be a traumatic thing that will knock us over the cliff. >> and my business will be affected, as well. we have l

ned in huntsville, alabama as our next caller. caller: good morning to you. the gun issue that we have at present, gun-control is not going to solve the problem that we have with violence in this country. but i'm not against it. it may do some good. the reason is, ours is a violent society. we live in a violent society where violence is glamorized. look at our sports. look at our commercials for the movies. look at the way we fight wars. our soldiers are really more like actors than they are soldiers and fighters. i don't know what to do about this, and i do not know if i have a suggestion for you, but as i was the president and wanted to address this, my first visit would be to hollywood. i would talk to the hollywood community and talk about toning it down a bit. and violence in sports, we should do something about that. he could talk about that, too. host: let's get tim gray's thoughts on that. what is the role of congress? you mention that senator jay rockefeller to contribute to this publication. what about congress and the white house? guest: i think th

and: let's talk to maryland huntsville, alabama. what are you experiencing?ar: well, i work at and huntsville. we call it rocket city. this is the home of the saturn 5. i am a specialist. my greatest concern is the on the future see of the workforce. we are losing more than half of the number of college interns that we normally have. host: science and tech? caller: yes. host: that has been decided at this point? caller: yes. it experienced a $38 million cut in fy 2013. host: is sequestration also impacting you? caller: absolutely, it is impacting us, not only sequestration, our economy is at a standstill because the program ended. we thought massive layoffs here. there was a delay in decisions on the replacement vehicle. host: here is how the facebook someis going so far -- are saying they are not seeing an impact because of sequestration. the next call, tulsa, oklahoma, independent. caller: good morning. i don't know where to start. the thing i don't understand is why is it that always the working poor are impacted the most? the top dogs -- i hope you'll for

fox 54 has just learned that a huntsville news anchor is being proposed on live -- right now.steve: oh, man. meet the anchor who got the surprise of her life on live television. >> brian: that is awesome. >> steve: it is. "fox & friends" hour two for tuesday starts right now. that's why you got to be really careful. we're very trusting of the people behind the scenes who put things in the teleprompter. >> what's funny is it took her a second, you know, fox anchor is being proposed -- oh it came out and then she realized. that's what happens with breaking news. >> brian: you see the guys leave like thank goodness this isn't me. i am out of here! >> how do you know they didn't have wedding rings on? >> steve: clearly the whole station was in on it except her because her co-anchors got out of the way. the producers had to know. somebody to put it in the teleprompter. we'll tell you her story, it's a good one. >> big day for her and big day fort billions of catholics around the world. you're looking live at pope francis greeting the faithful as we speak. officially beginning his m

breaking news for a huntsville, alabama, anchor woman. she goes to read thor to. from her longtime boyfriend. let's listen. >> fox 4 has just learned that a huntsville news anchor is being proposed on live tv right now. >> julian, will you marry me? >> yes. >> how great is that? >> i tend to not like these stunts but i i like this one. her twitter page is filled with congratulations and updates. she didn't have type to read the script before she did it live that's when they longtime boyfriend got on one knee and they're excited. there you go. >> more of this story if you're an anchor person out there in the world and lots of them watching, read your script. >> this just in, i want a divorce. that would not be good, right? >> all right. coming from a mom who has many, many sleepless day, i guess, because i work all night. apparently there was a study that came out that says one in three marriages come to a divorce because of crying babies. >> speaking of, one in three. >> you have a 33 percent chance -- >> i don't know if the math is all that great. 2,000 parents,

. >> military communities may be among those hit the hardest, like the red stone arsenal in huntsville, alabama where employees are facing a 20% paycut. the sting of sequester is already under way. the navy's uss truman aircraft carrier is no longer going to the persian gulf. instead, docked in virginia. the air force's thunderbirds are being grounded. and hundreds of immigrants facing potential deportation have been released from detention facilities. we asked for your tweets too and, boy, did we hear your outrage. from jim, the executive and congress are failures and should be replaced at our next election. all of them. i'm angry, sandra, that our so-called representatives aren't representing us at all. and another tweeted, seriously, these guys need to get it together. why should americans suffer through their stubbornness. >> we no longer have full body scanners so we are asking everyone to take a photo down the front of their pants and just text that to us. >> for "today", peter alexander, the white house. >>> david gregory, good morning. >> hi. good morning, lester. >> i want to

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. >> a huntsville news anchor is being proposed on live tv. >> now vince is the sales manager of a car dealership. he knows nothing about tv and needed an accomplish to common deer the teleprompter. julian's producer was instrumental in tricking the anchor for about ten seconds before coming out of the break. >> oh, my gosh. she was in my ear. julian, we have breaking news. just shut up and read it. >> their friends are joking about it being a ron burgundy movement. >> who cut the question mark on the teleprompter? for the last time, anything you put on that prompter, burgundy will read. >> reporter: the media blog ftv live wasn't feeling romantic. why should anyone else give a crap that news anchor's boyfriend wants to marry her? propose on your own time, not the viewers. >> everyone always says we want to see happy news. >> reporter: all of her precipitation led into the weather. >> 100% chance of tears of joy tonight. >> reporter: well, you may ks the bride to be. >> jeannie moos, cnn, new york. >> i love you. >> i love you, too. >> that is sweet. >> very sweet. it's like i'm gettin

pleaded vainly for mercy before they strapped her down to die in that anteroom of heaven known as the huntsvillestate prison. "justice for all" is a line item in the budget, sequestered now by the paul ryans of congress and the fix the debt gang of plutocratic ceos who, with a wink-wink from our president, claim, "oh, we can't afford that!" of the $100 billion spent annually on criminal justice in this country, only 2% to 3% goes to defend the poor. of 97 countries, we rank 68th in access to and affordability of civil legal service. no, we can't afford it, but just a decade ago we started shelling out $2.2 trillion for a war in iraq born of fraud. we can't afford it, while dick cheney's old outfit halliburton raked in $40 billion worth of contracts because of that war. we can't afford it, while the state department doles out $3 billion over five years in private security contracts to protect its gargantuan new embassy in baghdad. we can't afford it, in this golden age of corporate profits when companies pay below zero in taxes while hauling in tax breaks from congress worth millions upon million

secret generated by huntsville. they went on to say it is a major target. fbi spokesman paul damon said do you believe specific centers are targets? what are the targets? >> they are targets and recognize that as a significant threat. we have a program called agent in the lab where we host agents to 17 of the research facilities and laboratories around the united states. they are embedded in research facilities to better understand and address that threat. we also have a national security higher education advisory board. we try to educate the leaders of these universities as to the threats that can occur at our target their research facilities. i would say probably has gotten exacerbated in the realm of digital information and cyber attacks. you no longer have to rely on an individual becoming your asset to gather the secrets in the cyber arena. it is just as easy to have somebody familiar with a cyberworld sitting in shanghai are beijing or some place in russia to attack the networks and export the information. a threat is more substantial than it was 10 o

secret generated by huntsville. they went on to say it is a major target. fbi spokesman paul damon said do you believe specific centers targets? what are the targets? >> they are targets and recognize that as a significant threat. we have a program called agent in the lab where we host agents to 17 of the research facilities and laboratories around the united states. they are embedded in research facilities to better understand and address that threat. we also have a national security higher education advisory board. we try to educate the leaders of these universities as to the threats that can occur at our target their research facilities. i would say probably has gotten exacerbated in the realm of digital information and cyber attacks. you no longer have to rely on an individual becoming your asset to gather the secrets in the cyber arena. it is just as easy to have somebody familiar with a cyberworld sitting in shanghai are beijing or some place in russia to attack the networks and export the information. a threat is more substantial than it was 10 or 15

. >> you have to look at this truck teetering right now in huntsville, alabama.n an overpass when it hit two cars. the driver lost control. the truck ended up crashing over the guardrail and dangling on the edge. rescue crews were able to get the driver pinned inside. two people were seriously injured. one with life threatening injuries. >>> two strangers turned into good samaritans when they teamed up to take down a robber. look at this video. security video from a drugstore in mesa, arizona. a suspect demanding cash from the cashier. he got his cash but he didn't get away. two customers, jacob and justin, took the guy down. >> threw my stuff down and told him no. and he decided to try and get past me. my wife works as a cashier. and, you know, she was getting robbed i wish would step in for her. so. >> it's strange. it's been my neighborhood, and i'm glad i could help. >> pretty awesome that their gut instinct was to jump in and help. the guy had a gun. police got there a few minutes later, took that suspect to jail. >> good samaritans and -- >> coming up a gym

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. >>> huntsville, alabama, the truck going the wrong way on an overpass when it hit two cars, the truckinside. two people seriously hurt. one with life-threatening injuries. >>> pictures right now, convenience store clerk in virginia, turning the tables on a shotgun wielding robber. the suspect enters the store with the weapon raised, the clerk rushes him and takes the gun right out of his hand. the thief then ran away, gunless, and no one was hurt. >> pretty brave. >> a lot of brave people out there. >>> camden, new jersey, is apparently one of the most violent cities in the country if that's not enough, also has one of new jersey's high school graduation rates. this week's cnn hero is a mission to turn that around. taking kids off the streets. meet towanda jones. >> who are we? we what are we going to do? ♪ >> very hard for children growing up in camden today. it's dangerous. you can hear gunshots almost every other night. these kids want more. they don't want to be dodging bullets the rest of their life. my name is towanda jones and my mission is to empower youth of camden, new jerse

. >> reporter: collective concern across the country from an army arsenal in huntsville, alabama, whererlough. >> is sequestration will definitely affect my family. >> to the grand canyon. >> we're cutting travel. we're cutting training. we're reducing overtime. >> on the arizona border where agents could see their hours cut back. >> cutting down the security of our nation, i don't believe is the way to go at it. >> reporter: in some cases the fallout has already begun. one of the navy's warships, the carrier "truman," is not going to the persian gulf. the air force's world famous thunder birds have been grounded. and hundreds of immigrants who were facing deportation have been released from prisons. >> and even one more note. cuts in funds to philadelphia's meals on wheels could force the program to stop making deliveries to homebound clients or put on a waiting list for people with critical needs. of course, these are all just projections. if congress and the president reach a deal, alex, soon, most of these cuts can be avoid zbld we shall see. thank you very much, michelle franzen, f

john frost from huntsville, long, long-time safety expert at -- for army at redstone arsenal.y knows more about bad things that happen to rockets than any human on the face of the earth. dr. don mcerland is a fellow at l3 come, former chief engineer for naval aviation. dr. george nile, who is with us today. george, stand up so these folks can see you. will you? george is an active duty, i would say, civil servant with faa, long experience in both air force nasa. we're messed to have him. many of these future questions-future opportunities to be answered about commercial space, are in george's portfolio, and in the finest tradition of faa, he is both regulator and advocate. bryan conner is here somewhere. stand up, sir. former astronaut, former -- well, never a former marine -- a director of safety and mission assurance at nasa, brings deep, deep knowledge to the asap and very, very happy to have him. dr. pat sanders, patricia? pratt practice tissue should comes to us from ballistic missile defense after a long career in the department of defense. she has -- is an expert in tes

. -- in huntsville, alabama. my wife and i are both business owners.s will directly impact a lot of people's lives in the community. one thing that irritates me the most is a lack of leadership. i keep hearing republican and democratic. we're all americans. the federal government's job is to federalus. host: we have to leave it there and get guest: a responseg. guest: that area gets a lot of missile and space activity. he's right. there will be pain. in terms of the overall number for sequestration in the overall economy is not a huge number. but then it's concentrated in certain areas like hindsville, alabama. defense contractors will lay people off as their contracts are reduced. -- hunstville. federal employees will get 22 days of unpaid leaves, which is one of the bears salary being cut for the rest of the year. host: house republicans want to put a bill on the floor by thursday that would keep the sequester in place by giving the pentagon and veterans administration's some flexibility. what does that do with sequester? guest: with the veterans adm

ned in huntsville, alabama as our next caller. caller: good morning to you.un issue that we have at present, gun-control is not going to solve the problem that we have with violence in this country. but i'm not against it. it may do some good. the reason is, ours is a violent society. we live in a violent society where violence is glamorized. look at our sports. look at our commercials for the movies. look at the way we fight wars. our soldiers are really more like actors than they are soldiers and fighters. i don't know what to do about this, and i do not know if i have a suggestion for you, but as i was the president and wanted to address this, my first visit would be to hollywood. i would talk to the hollywood community and talk about toning it down a bit. and violence in sports, we should do something about that. he could talk about that, too. host: let's get tim gray's thoughts on that. what is the role of congress? you mention that senator jay rockefeller to contribute to this publication. what about congress and the white house? guest: i think they nee

huntsville, birmingham, montgomery, jackson. even the nashville area.through with possibilities of damaging winds and some large hail. this is like a late season storm. severe weather. then some nasty snow heading up to new york city northward, all through new england. couple snow showers in d.c. today. just an ugly march day. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. no they don't. hey son. have fun tonight. ♪ ♪ back against the wall ♪ ain't nothin to me ♪ ain't nothin to me [ crowd murmurs ] hey! ♪ [ howls ] ♪ >>> 21 past the hour on kind of a foggy, snowy day in washington, d.c. joining us now on the set here in new york, editor in chief of buzz beat, ben smith. also with us, edward mcbride. washington bureau chief of "the ec

jackson, mississippi, 64%. 56%.ngham, alabama, huntsville, alabama, 55%. you can see the list continues with the most religious u.s. gallupreas according to just put out on march 29, 2013. georgia, anton, independent, you're first on this, paul. what do you think, should a role? play caller: carrollton. no, i don't think they should. i don't think they should play a role because most people when candidates, they say i believe in god but the separation of church and state vote for candidates who say they go to church and what if people don't believe in they're like he might go to church but still do bad things so i don't see why they somebody's a role in decision. host: patricia in lancaster, texas, democratic caller. what do you think? caller: i don't think religious should play a role in politics. i would think you should leave that to the citizens. their idea of how people should live, let that be politics, no.but host: all right, patricia. the gallup poll also did a in december 2012 on those who with are opposed and support same-sex marriage. the bigges

you can go to top quality surgeons in mobile, montgomery, throughout the state, tuscaloosa, huntsville. this is true in every state in america. and for people to say our health care is not the best in the world, why do people come here from all over the world? that is one of the most horrible things i've ever heard, really, around here, suggesting. so we've got people that die sooner than some other countries. well, we have a lot of things. we have more obesity, more smoking, less people taking care of themselves sometimes. we have a lot of individual problems. we have a higher murder rate. we have accident rates on automobiles. so we have things that pull down our life -- that doesn't mean our health care isn't good. doesn't mean our health care is not the best in the world. all of us have seen that. so chairman murray, where are we now on going through the business of the day? i appreciate your leadership and sutionz as to what -- suggestions as would to what we should do now. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: i ask unanimous consent the following staff

. -- in huntsville, alabama. my wife and i are both business owners. this will directly impact a lot of people's lives in the community. one thing that irritates me the most is a lack of leadership. i keep hearing republican and democratic. we're all americans. the federal government's job is to federalus. -- is to protect us. host: we have to leave it there. guest: that area gets a lot of missile and space activity. he's right. there will be pain. in terms of the overall number for sequestration in the overall economy is not a huge number. but then it's concentrated in certain areas like hindsville, alabama. defense contractors will lay people off as their contracts are reduced. -- hunstville. federal employees will get 22 days of unpaid leaves, which is one of the bears salary being cut for the rest of the year. host: house republicans want to put a bill on the floor by thursday that would keep the sequester in place by giving the pentagon and veterans administration's some flexibility. what does that do with sequester? guest: with the veterans admin

john frost if huntsville. long, long time safety expert. he probably knows more about bad things that happen to rockets than anyone human on the face of the earth. he's a former chief engineer at naval aviation. dr. george nile who is with us today. as a matter of fact, george stand up so these people can see you. george is an active duty civil servant with f.a.a. he has long experience with air force and nasa. we're blessed to have him. many of these future opportunities to be answered about space are in george's portfolio. in the finest tradition of f.a.a., he is both regulator and advocate. brian o'conner is here somewhere. brian, stand up. former astronaut -- never a former marine. he's a director of safety administrator at nasa, brings deep, deep knowledge and we're happy to have him. dr. pat sanders. patricia comes to us from ballistic missile defense after a long career in department of defense. she has -- she is an expert in test evaluation and her tour could lose the rest of us in the grounds office of her budget. this has been an

. >> host: we will go to greg in huntsville alabama, republican color. you are on for robert levinson. go ahead. >> caller: thanks for taking my call. i was -- i'm not sure i know you are looking at dollar for dollar and i'm not sure you're looking at the population community and also i think per square inch we have more -- than anywhere in the world. here in madison county there are 350,000 people that are directly impacted. every job is impacted in the community. i keep hearing we are not going to feel the pain and it's not going to be an impact like everyone says. it's going to decimate -- and it's not going to be a good thing. the growing frustration on my part, we both have a business and is going to directly impact a lot of people's lives. .. and both the defense contractors are going to be people out as contracts are readers and the federal federal employees look at furloughed. it looks think they're going to get 22 days of unpaid leave the rest of the year. that's basically effective salary for the rest of the year. >> host: house republicans to