jenna. jenna: interesting story today. one of our top stories. peter, thank you very much. a little later this hour we'll look at what these new rules will actually mean for drivers on the road. that is coming up in a little bit on "happening now." jon? jon: as the president, jenna, prepares to make that big announcement, republicans apparently want to take a break from the spotlight. reportedly they're trying to shift the focus back to the botched rollout of obamacare and all the other problems with the law. they're hoping for a strong showing against democrats in the november midterms. what does that mean for the prospect of new legislation? ellison barber is a staff writer for the "washington free beacon" and joins us now. the hill.com is reporting that essentially republicans want to take a break from writing big legislation. nothing big will be coming into the pipeline up until the november midterms. does that strategy make sense? >> it does actually. if you think about where they're at

jenna: that's right. i'm jenna lee. jon: and i'm jon scott. g.o.p.roove back as it sees the electoral seat in its favor. many races once seen as out of reach are now turning competitive. the turn around in the party's fortunes coming as some democrats back a we from president obama seem to go keep him at arm's length on the campaign trail. bret baier is anchor of "special report." is it all about obamacare or is there something else afoot here? >> good afternoon. it is a lot about obamacare for republicans. they believe that issue has changed the entire dynamic and fundraising efforts have comb f improved in the wake, they say, what has been a horrible rollout of obamacare and there is this increased confidence in the republican side that they can pick up the six seats. there's a long way, as you mentioned, between here and november and a lot can happen, especially in primaries around the country. so a lot of republicans are cautiously optimistic, some more optimistic than others. jon: the politico website today had this interesting headline. it says

jenna? jenna: such a sad story overall. steve, thank you.y's jobs report showing many employers might be slowing down hiring. what does it mean for the economy and for the millions of americans still looking for work? we'll break it down with "the wall street journal"'s chief economics correspondent next. >>> and the fda proposes tough new rules for baby formula. how this could impact all you new parents out there. [ dennis ] it's always the same dilemma -- who gets the allstate safe driving bonus check. rock beats scissors! [ chuckles ] wife beats rock. and with two checks a year, everyone wins. [ female announcer ] switch today and get two safe driving bonus checks a year for driving safely. only from allstate. call 866-906-8500 now. [ dennis ] zach really loves his new camera. problem is...this isn't zach. it's a friend of a friend who was at zach's party and stole his camera. but zach'sot it covered... with allstate renters insurance. [ female announcer ] protect your valuables for as low as $4 a month when you add renters insurance to y

jenna: you never know. we're mentioning a television station being hacked, but emergency alert system part of the federal communications commission, hackers were able to make that emergency alert which looked very real. this report saying basic hackers have access, how basic are we talking about? >> people didn't change the password, they were using the default password, they were not putting it behind a firewall. these are rookie mistakes you and i have talked so many times over the years, these are rookie mistakes. do simple stuff like encrypt things, use passwords, strong passwords, hold people criminally accountable for what is going on here. jenna: these are all in connection, nuclear regulatory commission as well, skewed in exchange commission, this report audited. what does the cyber security look like? there was a law created in 2000 that said if agencies have to make sure they keep their systems updated, but there is no consequence if you don't. so what would work? is it new legislation that says i

jenna: thank you.: if you love classic cars you will want an update on this story we first brought you yesterday. eight prize corvettes end up in a mangled heap underground. we have some video showing how that happened, plus what you don't know about vitamins could ruin your exercise routine. some startling new research suggests those supplements could be doing more harm than good. also a jury deciding the fate of the man accused of killing a florida teenager because the music he was playing with 2 too loud. >> he told the officers i have everything good in my life, i'm not looking for trouble at all. why would i do that? jon: this is the story that had jenna openly weeping yesterday. eight prize corvettes simply gone with a massive sinkhole opened up below the national corvette museum in kentucky. surveillance video captures a moment the ground gave way swallowing the vehicle. an engineering team is now on the scene assessing the damage as well as the stability of the surrounding area. fortunately the

jenna: jon?r the record i down ad couple of sliders during super bowl but they were chicken. jenna: you look very skinny this morning by the way. jon: i'm not sure about that. >>> new details in the trial after woman accused in the brutal murder of her husband's former girlfriend. we'll have the latest on the trial of amanda hayes. >>> plus the weather barely held out for the super bowl. now snow is hitting the northeast and more on the way. jenna: writes now today's top headlines, the stories you will see here first. jon: dÉjÀ vu over the debt ceiling. both parties gearing up for a familiar battle that has huge implications for the nation's economy. graphic evidence in a gruesome murder trial. amanda hayes accused of killing her husband's ex girlfriend or a custody dispute. a case getting a lot of media attention. and winter is not relaxing its grip, a trio of storms now racing across the country. ready to drop serious amounts of snow again in some spots. it's all "happening now." jenna: the big

jenna: dr.r biological clock at age 30, we're talking about it even before that. this looks at a biological clock that was at 45 for men, so is there a scale, an equal risk, if you will, regardless of whether you're male or female? >> well, the risks that can affect female reproduction are much more colorly defined. we do know -- clearly defined. we do know specific disorders that result from advancing age, and we can correlate them with specific ages and see how often they change for women of a certain age. the study doesn't necessarily look at that correlation. it's harder for us to say when these risks may be increased for men. all we can say is that as we proceed as a society and as couples consider having children later in life, there are risks associated with it. it's hard to describe those risks, but they need to know ant them. jenna: one of the big stories is the, quote-unquote, designer baby story. the fda was in a conference, they were looking at whether or not it was a procedure that

thank you. >> thank, jenna.hat we don't see is ed jumping up every five minutes to shake the snow off the tent so it doesn't collapse. the primaries leading to the midterm elections kick off exactly one week from today and the races could be a big test for the tea party f. their congressional candidates win, that would shift the balance of power between the g.o.p. establishment wing and the tea party activists who first burst onto the political scene five years ago. they've seen their influence on the decline recently on capitol hill or so it would seem to most outside observers. joining us is john mccormick and the reporter at real clear politics. the tea party has been with us about five years. does it still have clout? >> we have seen in recent debates on the budget and the debt ceiling that they didn't really have the influence that they wanted on those debates. clock voted on a debt ceiling increase recently. what they're looking at now are the midterm elections and getting involved in primaries of their re

jenna: great to see you, everybody, i'm jenna lee. with a little more than a month to go before open enrollment ends, the vice president says they may fall short of the white house's unofficial goal. >> initially we talked about by the end of this period having seven million people lined up. we may not get the seven but we'll get to five or six and that is a hell of a start. and there's a drop-dread date for the first round in the beginning of march but, but there's a lot going on and so i mainly came to say thanks for negotiating this. thanks for helping people negotiate it. and just see this getting better and better and better. jenna: our chief national correspondent jim ingle live in washington on this story today. jim? >> reporter: hello, jenna. aside from confident claims we get from other officials about how many people are signing up for obamacare and will sign up before the march deadline, listen closely as vice president joe biden suggested the totals might be lower during that stop in minneapolis. listen. >> initially we ta

jenna. jenna: amy, thank you. interesting to hear from a scholar there said russia can do some things but the united states and europe can not. we'll ask ambassador john bolton will join us and we'll ask him to weigh in on the bigger picture here and what can the united states do, if anything, to get involved. jon: sad and frightening situation there. >>> right now california's is facing its most severe drought emergency in decades, this after three consecutive years of below-normal rainfall and the disaster is now ramping up a political fight with the president and democrats blaming climate change. the gop though generally not convinced with some republicans reason charging that the federal environmental regulations actually are making things worse. doug mckelway is live in washington with more on that. doug, i guess there are members of the california delegation who want hearings on this? >> reporter: that's right, jon, energy and commerce committee ranking member henryings waxman and nancy pelosi and 35 members

jenna: i am jenna lee. more than 100,000 customers are without power in georgia, 30,000 in south carolina, and those numbers have been growing all morning. there is the explanation. hundreds of flights cancelled at the nation's biggest airport in atlanta causing a ripple effect across the country. the national weather service calling this a one-two punch. a catastrophic storm saying travel will be impossible in the hardest hit areas. live with more on this now. jonathan. reporter: right now we're overlooking the downtown connector where interstate 75 and 85 converge and stayed together for several miles through the midtown and downtown area of atlanta. it is normally busy 24/7, but here it looks like a ghost town. people are heating the warnings from local and state officials to stay off the roads if at all possible. the dot has pretreated interstate system and kept open at least two lanes in either direction open for emergency vehicles. you still have to get the ambulances in, the fire trucks and dot truck

jenna: great to see you as always. thanks >> thanks, jenna.reat lakes looking more like a frozen tundra. bitter cold winter causing ice to cover more of the lakes this year than any of the past two decades. the coast guard is trying to keep shipping lanes open for roudz critical for commerce. mike is live on lake michigan. >> well, goes without saying that it's been an unusually rough winter, especially given everything you see behind me. just like the roadways, when the weather locks up the shipping lanes on the great lakes commerce locked up as well so the nation depends on the ice breakers with the u.s. coast guard. with ice on the great lakes nearing record levels, the crew of the ice breaker biscayn ebay finds themselves close to chicago. you can see it from the satellites. great lakes are nearly 80% frozen. usually the normal tugs can handle the ice but this year it's getting a little too thick for them so the coast grd had to bring in an ice breaker to help. >> ice is broken from the weight of the cutter. even the wake is enough to caus

jenna.e to be with you. jenna: a lot of criticism of president's use of executive actions and push on the economy as we mentioned. do something different today for viewers and not go down the path of criticism and talk about the republican plan. the president is traveling all over the country. what is the republican plan? what are your major themes when it comes to job growth and the economy. >> for one thing we would do right away, jenna, and i think it is ironic the president is traveling to minnesota today because his medical device tax in obamacare is costing thousand of jobs in a state where they employ literally 30,000 people empty medical device manufacturing business. so we would repeal that. we actually got 79 votes in support of repealing the medical device tax last year in the budget, which included 30 democrats. there is bipartisan support for it. the president issued a veto threat on that. the best thing for jobs in minnesota, would be to repeal the medical device tax and withdr

jenna. jenna: we'll watch for it certainly. james, thank you. well two very different takes on what to expect in the midterm elections. james carville, writing in "the hill," that the days ahead are not so dark for democrats. he writes, the republican party is at an all-time low in terms of identifiers and public image and people who want to associate themselves with it. but, in the "wall street journal" karl rove writes this. five republicans outraised their democratic opponents including in all three states, montana, south dakota, west virginia, where the democratic senators are leaving and in two of the four states, alaska, arkansas, louisiana, north carolina, where democratic incumbents are trying to hold on. talk about it with angela mcglowan, a fox news political analyst. the point that james carville seemed to make, angela, was that as bad as things are for the president, his favorability ratings just about as low as they have been in six years, carville says that republican favorability ratings are even lower and therefore things are loo

jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee.se lawmakers are now poised to recall former cia deputy director mike morrell in an effort to get to the bottom of whether he gave misleading testimony on the white house's role in crafting those flawed talking points in the wake of the deadly attack that claimed the lives of four americans including ambassador chris stevens. our chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is following the story from washington. >> reporter: republican allegations that the former acting and deputy director of the cia misled congress over the white house's role crafting the talking points is taking a significant turn with mike rogers of the house intelligence committee telling fox news it's likely he will be called to testify, and investigators are also reviewing the testimony of his former boss, david petraeus, to assess whether he should be recalled as well. >> we're looking at director petraeus' transcripts and reviews, looking what information we have now available. sometimes that second int

jenna. jenna: a big story, jennifer, thank you.er new york city mayor, rudy giuliani, joined fox's greta van susteren for "on the record." talking on the controversy of killing u.s. citizens over drone and expressing concern the way the issue is being handled. listen. >> very concerned four american officials are talking about this to the press off the record. that is a serious breach, protecting our national security. if this guy has any brains he already figured out who he is and he is hiding somewhere. so, you know, a lot of the, a lot of the ways which they can protect us already have been come pre miced by the fact this has been leaked. jon: in just a few moments we'll be joined by former attorney general michael mukasey will give us his take on the situation. jenna: is one pain reliever safer than another when it comes to your heart? an fda panel is voting on that. dr. siegel breaking down what you need to know. >>> major demonstrations to mark a turning point in history, the 1979 iranian revolution. today in iran they're bur

. >> and i am jenna lee. we are waiting for a briefing from defense secretary chuck hagel in two hours where he is going to a announce cuts of slashing the army since before the world war ii build-up and eliminate an entire class of milita military jets. it is the first push of the military off the footing they have gained after the 9-11 attacks. we have an analyst here and what is your reaction? >> i am surprised we have making the cuts right now. we made a lot of cuts in the past and always lived through the day. i don't think anybody would disagree with the ending of the war in iraq and afghanistan, or soon to be end, that we can make cuts. but i am not sure they need to be made at the expense of the young men and women or the retirees. the army could take reductions. but i think the reductions we are seeing from secretary hagel reflect the white house that believes the world is a safe place and al qaeda is on the run and we have no big enemies. we may live to rue the day when when we regret these. >> what

jenna: u.s.icials consider making talking cars mandatory, meaning the vehicle to vehicle technology that allows cards to communicate to help avoid accidents. we are concerned the government could start tracking you as well. >> that is right, jenna. those who cherish the american tradition of freedom of the open road may limit this decision but it is coming and it will increase safety. there is little doubt about that. it is called v to v technology. your car is surrounded by 360 degrees bubble of collision avoidance technology. early studies show v to v has ability to avoid 70 to 80% of vehicle crashes involving unimpaired drivers. >> and it comes to v to v, it is also the case the drivers privacy is secured. the technology that does not involve exchanging or recording personal information, the way it works, it does not track movements. >> is that true? one of those who designed this priority say it is indeed a step forward in terms of safety but it is two steps back in terms of privacy. in an ag

we have jenna elfman here. >> and jacqueline bisset and we just checked with her. and that's the way you pronounce her last name. >> people set bisset and that's what our crew who has been salivating over her said, but it is bisset. >> from her own beautiful lips she told us that. >> jane seymour. >> another gorgeous woman downstairs. >> they'll talk about the body image thing. and speaking of body image, this gentleman came to my home yesterday, his name is diogo morgado. he is the actor -- the very fine actor who plays jesus in the new upcoming movie "son of god." he came with roma downey to my house who plays his mother mary in the film as well, executive producer along with her husband mark burnett and we had the most unbelievable afternoon. >> i want to hear that podcast. >> i'm telling you, just to spend -- to hear the stories of how they made the movie and to be with them. i think she has the most beautiful speaking voice i'vive ever heard in my life. >> when you meet jesus who will be on today, you'll say to yourself, once you watch the film, there is no on

she did not get to go, but jenna, that was a lot of fun. we still get to go.e have been back to glacier and yellowstone and probably not too yosemite because it is just too hard for us at our age. >> have you been stopped and recognized? >> we always do. we have one party as a fundraiser. a lot of the western parks have friends groups. this summer, we had a big party at the superintendent's house for all the supporters of yellowstone national park to come. that was fun. >> what do you enjoy most about being texas first lady? >> i love being texas first lady because i love my state and i know my state so well. i have always lived here. i have traveled all over our state. i do not think i made it to every single county. i think there are 253 of them, but i did make it almost every one. in many cases, it was nostalgic. being a part of the state that i visited with my parents. we would go on summer vacations or a part of the state where my grandmother had lived in el paso or lubbock, where my dad's mother lived. so i love that. i also loved getting to see the very

jenna is horrified right now. >> if my dad went on tv and said jenna is extremely single, that would pretty much sever ties. >> like, dad. >> he's adorable. >> he is. >> he's so cute. >> that's so sweet. >> i think it's lovely. so tucker, we wish you the best. if you would like to send him a message, #teamtucker. we have all the links on our website today.com. we'd love to hear all about it. >>> still to come at this point -- >> i think he's great. wonderful. >> now that we cleared that up, jenna is totally hash tagging tucker. coming up we'll talk with the sisters who won the gold and silver in the moguls competition. that's coming up after this. [woman]ask me... [announcer]...if you think the best bed for one of you might be a compromise for the other one... [woman]ask me about our tempur-pedic. [announcer] they're sleeping on the newest tempur-pedic bed... the new tempur choice... [man]two people.two remotes. [announcer] firmness settings for the head,legs,and back... and with tempur on top,that famous tempur-pedic comfort comes any way you like it! [woman]ask me about the lumbar

there's savannah and jenna versus johnny weir and tara lipinski. >> whoo!een on a court before. >> yeah, that's true. >> in the meantime, it's hard to believe, but we only have one day left here in sochi. we've got some big things planned for our return back to the u.s. next week. we have a lot of athletes that will be joining us in a big home come ing. >> yeah, we've got a lot to get to. we're kicking off a series called "love yourself." this is all about body image. we'll hear from cameron diaz, maria shriver as well as first lady michelle obama. we'll go on the road with her. >> we are. >> go on today.com and the twitter and facebook pages and get in on the conversation. it all starts next week on "today." >> anyone know in russian how to say you can stop waving now? >> i know. >> yeah. there you go. thank you very much. let's swing it over to willie in the orange room. willie? >> never stop waving, guys. never stop waving. those girls are so cute. speaking of cute, these dogs we've been telling but that are and the olympic park for the last few weeks, a

>> ours is better. >> wait, jenna needs a hat.ank you, lester, we love it. can't wait to see what else you bring back. >> yes, i've got gifts for all of you guys. i will bring them to you next saturday. we'll unveil them on the air. this has been fun. it's our final show from sochi i'm pretty sure the back door is locked. anyway, what could happen in a couple of hours, right? [ male announcer ] when you're worried about things at home, it's impossible to think about anything else. adt gives you fast-response monitoring for burglary, fire and carbon monoxide. honey? you okay? [ male announcer ] plus, you can control your home from almost anywhere. call now and get adt for just $79 so you can get back to date night. ♪ bananas... rice cakes... raspberries... toast! [ kelly ] jif hazelnut spread makes anything your new favorite thing. spoons! which is why this choosy mom chooses jif. suddenly you're a mouthbreather. well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose up to 38% more than cold medicines alone. so you can bre

. >> our investigative unit joins us with reviewing documents that show, jenna, the problem could be worse than we were initially told. >> yeah, that's right, jess. the san jose fire department has dealt with major cuts. straining its emergency response, but it still has a contract with the county to respond to medical emergencies within the city. we filed public records requests months ago for internal e-mails about response times. we received those documents just last week. they reveal a confused state of affairs if you're seeking medical attention in san jose. >> 1234 for response. 19 street for a 33-year-old male a abdominal pain. >> the service they're getting and what they're being told. >> reporter: from inside sources, to revealing internal e-mails. this isn't just a story about the san jose fire department failing to meet response times. it's about a much bigger problem. >> the department has aucoften looked at ways to recreate reality. >> reporter: you see, these aren't the real numbers. no, those are much worse. >> my life depends on them. >> reporter: john and shanda mitc

jenna is not a great improviser. to be honest, lemon, uh, i'm a little apprehensive about going to this thing. i haven't seen a lot of these people

jenna: if brain? bill: oh, the brain. jenna: the size matters. bill: see you, top of the hour. bill: lawmakers taking a look at a serious issue, the persecution of christians. hot spots all around the world, that's next. ♪ ♪ martha: well, another day, another sinke for the people in one pennsylvania town. the latest -- can you imagine if your whole town started sinking into the earth? it has swallowed part of a business. directly across the street, the appropriately-named sinkhole saloon and grill, we hear now from its owner. >> to have done something to it, and just the fact that when water freezes, it expands and contract, that'll make everything move a little. martha: wow. nobody was hurt, thankfully, in that latest collapse. engineers are working on the best plan to fix it. ♪ ♪ bill: christians under attack, the focus of a hearing underway right now. this as we see an escalationing in vicious and often deadly assaults on christians in places like egypt and other places. shannon bream is on that live in washington. how bad or widespread is this now, shannon? >> reporter: wel

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at her mother was general luis uise andtill -- jenna lo is still alive.t 17, laura was in a car crash resulted in the death of a close friend of hers and stop she spoke about that and she wrote about in her book at our recent interview. let's listen. about abush, you write and ault period of 1963 loss of faith. your faith. why? >> i was in a car wreck. i wrote about extensively in my book. the whole time i was in the hospital, not injured really. i had a cut at a broken ankle. that the otherng person in the car would be ok and the other person in the car was one of my best friends. i did not know. . do not really recognize that his father came up. -- he lived past where the car wreck was. i recognize his father but i did not understand that was my friend who was there. because i prayed over and over again for him to be ok and if he wasn't, i thought nobody listened. god was not listening. i went through really a very long time of not believing and not believing that prayers could be answered. it took me a long time broadly that it -- a longtime really and

jenna is here with that. good morning. >> an epic drought has 25 million people bracing for the worst this morning. major water cut backs. officials say they will not be sending water from the state's reservoir system to local agencies. they were told to reduce water usage by 20%. >> so the pressure is on for president obama to decide whether or not to go ahead with the proposed keystone oil pipeline project. the state department released a report saying that pipeline would have minimal impact on the environment. that clears a major hurdle toward it's approval. it would carry 830,000 barrels of oil a day from canada to the u.s. gulf coast. the teen from texas that nearly died in a skydiving accident in oklahoma is back in her home state this morning. she'll be spending the next few weeks in a dallas ft. worth rehab facility recovering from a shattered pelvis and lacerated liver after falling 3500 feet saturday when her parachute didn't open. >> residents are picking up their towed cars following a snowstorm t

jenna: absolutely. bill: thank you, jenna. vintage car loves, you may want to look away.sicnú corvettes ata museum. in a matter of seconds, they were gone. is there any way to know before the ground starts to move that you might be a victim? what do you think that runs? what is that, there are 70, $80,000? martha: that looks like an old mercedes. ♪ ♪ get 36 months interest-free financing and save up to $500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. get a sealy queen set for just $399. even get 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. but only through presidents' day at sleep train. martha: so the 24-year-old champ of the show "the biggest loser," responding to the controversy over her loss of 155 pounds. she went from 260 all the way down to the 105 you see on the right-hand side of your screen there. rachel fredrickson is her name, and she confess today people magazine, quote, maybe i was a little too enthusiastic in my training to get to the finale. a went52ñ to assur, however, that she is healthy x the biggest loser's executive producer saying she has passed all of her

jenna spent months looking through boxes. >> we added it all up and found the board of commissioners spent nearly $150,000 going to conferences over the past three years. but we also uncovered some of that should never have been paid. the authority gives commissioners a daily stipend for meal when's they travel. but we reviewed thousands of records and found some getting paid double, others getting meals provided, but still pocketing the daily cash. we asked the commissioner who spent the most on travel, $63,000 over three years about some of the trips. >> you charged all of that to the housing authority. >> no, i did not. >> it's right there. >> excuse me. >> on the travel days you received double payment. >> no. i don't get double. >> but you did. >> tonight at 11:00 we also found flights to places like nashville and las vegas with no documentation. we'll have those details and you'll hear from the executive director about what action he is taking. that's tonight after the olympics. back to you, jess. >> if you have a tip for your unit or jenna give us a call or semd us e-mail to t

she succeeded in saving the three younger sisters from jenna to meet a nation here in germany defence minister was low on the line is making her first trip to german troops deployed in africa. she's been in senegal where she visited troops that their patients also in the west akron country of mali arrival comes a day after the german cabinet approved an increasing number of german soldiers there. as part of an eu led. defence minister is keen for germany to increase its military engagement in crisis regions especially now so one day line is we see no telling just a day after the german cabinet agreed to boost for his friend troop numbers in mali. the defense minister is already on the ground meeting with molly leaders discussed the details. when used as part of the un mission. aimed at providing training to moline troops to help them fight off the islamist insurgency. two hundred and fifty german soldiers will no be involved. friends claims to have sixteen hundred troops stationed here long term. on the first link is for africa trip. one day lying visited troops in neighboring senegal

they were perfect for barbara and jenna. beds so theyuble can invite a girl so eight girls could stay in those suite of rooms. that happened a lot. they were freshmen in college. they never really lifted their almond they stated their -- never really lived there, and they stayed there. their friends would come to visit or for weekends or holidays. renovations did you initiate at the white house? >> we worked on the lincoln bedroom which was so much fun and so interesting and i worked with the white house historical association advisory board which is art curators and furniture experts and wallpaper experts. historians. that is how i got to know bud. he is the director of the new african-american smithsonian oneum is going up right now the mall in washington. that's was really great to know him like i did working on all of those rooms. i know he loved working on the lincoln bedroom. the lincoln bedroom when he lived at the white house was actually his office. until teddy roosevelt built the west wing which he just a dead to g

keir, thanks. >>> jenna has a look at the rest of the top stories. >> hi everyone.escue efforts are underway in indonesia volg a deadly volcanic eruption. officials fear the death toll are rise. the volcano on the island of sumatra was erupting for four months but not deadly until now. >>> after weeks of mass demonstrations, voters in thailand finally got to cast their ballots in the general election. voting in the north was peaceful, but in the south protests blocked millions from getting into polling stations. demonstrators are calling for the prime minister to be stepped down and replaced by a council. >>> we learned that a diver working to salvage the costa concordia cruise liner has died. he is said to be the first worker to die on the job since the ship capsized two years ago killing 32 people. >>> the video we're about to show you is stirring up a great deal of controversy on social media. it shows a michigan police officer chopping off the air weave of a young woman arrested back in november. you see the woman is tied down in a chair before her braids are cu

jenna elfman, thank you so much.st "snl" for the first time, plus the rockettes take over the plaza for a preview of their brand new show. but first, this is a tuesday morning, this is "today" on nbc. >>> we're back now at 8:39 with "snl" on "today." saturday night live returns with jim parsons. best known for his emmy winning role on "big bang theory." good morning to you. >> good to be here. >> you've been over to the studio yet? >> yesterday. >> did you walk down that hall where all the pictures are there? >> rather intimidating. >> there it is right there. . >> yeah. >> every big name in entertainment, music, comedy, on the walls right there. >> it feels like i am ruining the club that they created. you grow up going that's hollywood royalty. and apparently i was wrong because here i am. >> you are deserving of the role -- >> you're very kind. thank you. >> people love you. do you like live? >> i love live. i really do. >> we know you best from a sitcom. >> we taped it live. and while you do get a chance to go ov

jenna was attending college there at the time. and going to -- with jenna to a department store. and there were a couple of middle eastern women behind the counter who thanked her for making that speech. and raising awareness about the brutal treatment of women under the taliban in afghanistan. and she realized at that moment what a profound difference that she could make. when you're in a studio, making a radio address, you don't see the people that it affects. but it was that mofmente that told her that she was making a difference. >> and how did she use that voice when she found it? >> well, i think that she's always been torn. because she is one of the few people i've ever encountered in washington who refuses to take credit for what she has accomplished. that is city where people are always taking credit for things they have nothing to do anything with. and for instance, she was instrumental in spurring a program whereby liz claiborne nd the singer sewing machine company donated goods to women in afghanistan so they could become self-sufficient. our previous caller, one of t

we know you jenna. we know what you're about.. >> look at natalie even when eating pizza she's gorgeous. >> thanks a lot for comparing many to natalie. that cheesy bread is the best thing you've ever tasted. >> and a little vodka too? >> we don't talk and drink around here. there might have been a shot or two. >> we know athletes have the go to face when they are about to compete. you have a couple to show us? >> yes. this is the luge face. look at that face. i'm not sure exactly what that person is preparing to do. here's another one. >> wow. >> and finally -- is that our last one? that's it. we have two. >> looks like they had gas to me. >> let me see your faces as you prepare for action is this. >> that's our selfie. give our love to my mother and my grandmother are very old fashioned. i think we both are clean freaks. i used to scrub the floor on my knees. [ daughter ] i've mastered the art of foot cleaning. oh, boy. oh, boy. oh, boy. [ carmel ] that drives me nuts. it gives me anxiety just thinking about how crazy they get.

jenna: hope you're staying warm on this valentine's day. i'm heather childers in for jenna lee. nice to be here. the latest blast of snow and ice cold schools and businesses and brought major businesses to a stand still. jon: at least 20 deaths are blamed on the storm including a pregnant woman struck and killed by a snowplow in new york. utilities crews from as far away from canada coming to help. a lot to get to this morning. laura ink fell live in new york's central park this morning. laura? >> reporter: it may be beautiful to look at as we give you a live look at central park. we're here on the west side of the park. you can see the snow accumulation. it has created a huge headache for many people all over the northeast, trying to navigate this mess. most of the snow has been plowed from the city streets but it is still a pain to get out. now inside the park, joggers of course are doing their thing as they always do. the sun is shining. they're enjoying it. we caught up with some tourist who is were quite happy to see the snow. >> mice change actually. i know it is cold and

bill: jenna lee standing by. "happening now" comes your way in 12 minutes. how are you, jenna?much. we have a big show coming up. president set to sign minimum wage increase but critic sass this will not bring the down the unemployment rate. we'll get into that with a panel. was she a participant or willing to participate in cold-blooded murder. her story in her own words. you will hear that. you think your stressed, right? talk to your teenager. a new survey shows teens are more stressed than adults. we'll tell you why and what it is doing to their health. maybe they need to toughen up, bill? i don't know. maybe that is the issue. bill: something to do with the cell phone in their pocket. see you, jenna. "robocop" is closer to reality. why this guy will help veterans and dig abled officers get back on patrol. ♪ get 36 months interest-free financing and save up to $500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. get a sealy queen set for just $399. even get 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. but only through presidents' day at sleep train. martha: well it is a flintstone find

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>> jenna bush hagar had experience on that. >> jenna bush hagar. >> did chellie clsea clinton ea shotpportunity. >> paul mccartney's daughter. >> i love getting interviewed by somebody who knows what it is like. >> give me a break. it is so selfish. it's unfair. >> you agree? >> i agree with this one. >> my point is this, if people show that they have some ability, once they have received some benefits then in general the public is really perfectly prepared to accept it. >> i am not fine with those two women. thank you adam bellow. >> what happens when government tries to back on special trifl ledges. some who have grown accustomed to the handsouts riot. >> in one case entitled dairy farmers spilled truckloads of milk on the ground. [ male announcer ] frequent heartburn? the choice is yours. chalky... not chalky. temporary... 24 hour. lots of tablets... one pill. you decide. prevent acid with prevacid 24hr. [ male announcer ] to truck guys, the truck is everything. and when you put them in charge of making an unbeable truck, good things happen. this is the ram 1500. the 2014 motor tre

as jenna said, this is a global spectrum environment, and pretty much you need to be on the same page. but at the same time, you know, let others to kind of take the lead and see if it works out and maybe follow with that. that's a good approach too. >> great. >> so at the technical level there's a lot of work going on internationally. universities and so forth. so you go to a conference, as peter and i and i'm sure there's others here go to, called dice band which has been going on ten years? >> 2005, yeah. >> yeah. it's a bit surprising how much work is going on on dynamic spectrum access around the world. and, you know, the normal process is you first see these things in the laboratories and in the universities, and then assuming they still have merit, they bubble their way up through the policy ranks. so i'll just focus on a couple of things. tv white space in the database model that we adopted here in the united states, it's been embraced already by a number of countries around world that are deploying systems either on a trial basis, experiment someplace operational. in many of

jenna bush hager, you went along with her. >> i did.reat time with her this week and sat down with her and started off by asking her, has let's move worked? >> really just changing the entire arc of their day and creating healthy environments for kids from morning until night. and i think with those small changes, we're starting to make some progress. >> the first lady of the united states and my best friend, mrs. michelle obama. >> it's been a whirlwind week. mrs. obama's been making big announcements in her own unique way. talking fitness and smart food choices with a bunch of little kids. >> i like to get relaxed, too. >> and one big one. >> also, is diet cola, is that a vegetable? >> grabbing the biggest headlines, a change that will affect us all. >> you also announced today, we're going to change the way food labels look. >> for the first time in two decades, the fda is going to improve those labels to make them easier for consumers to read and figure out, what's healthy, what isn't. >> how active were you in that process? and wha

jenna's dad, george bush, did go to beijing in 2008 for a coming out party for the chinese.but it's not all that unusual for a president not to travel to an olympic games. >> exactly. >> matt, i've got to tell you, you have set off a firestorm on this desk. because you said it might be changing that they cannot bring any liquids, moisturizers, makeup in check said bags. >> what? >> we have it all here. >> oh, no. >> we have it for you. >> i have seen matt's cosmetic bag. it is quite large. >> o'dell on delta, no liquids in passenger cabins. so you can check it. you have no idea. >> you freaked us out. >> let's talk about the opening ceremony tonight. this is when matt and meredith are incredibly evasive. can you give us just in a word what we can expect tonight? >> spectacle. >> for sure. >> thanks for that. >> summer olympics opening ceremony, not winter. that's the scale that they were looking at. they looked at beijing rather than vancouver. this is the biggest country in the world. they think it needs to be big coming out of the box. >> are there any jaw-dropping, i can'

(jenna) i really like that. that'll be great. thank you. hey! i just got a call from security.t? that's ridiculous. why would i steal a file from personnel? what? uh-- no. claire is in the lobby. claire harper? from chicago? yep. fun, crazy claire. oh, man, do you remember that night we all danced in that open fire hydrant? yeah. her roof parties. karaoke in boystown. the all-night scavenger hunts. do you remember when we crashed that polish wedding? yeah. she's exhausting. oh, i know.

they were perfect for barbara and jenna. i put into double beds so they can invite a girl so eight girls could stay in those suite of rooms. that happened a lot. they were freshmen in college. they never really lived there, but they stayed there. their friends would come to visit or for weekends or holidays. >> what renovations did you initiate at the white house? >> we worked on the lincoln bedroom which was so much fun and so interesting and i worked with the white house historical association advisory board which is art curators and furniture experts and wallpaper experts. historians. that is how i got to know bud. he is the director of the new african-american smithsonian museum that is going up right now on the mall in washington. that was really great to know him like i did working on all of those rooms. i know he loved working on the lincoln bedroom. the lincoln bedroom when he lived at the white house was actually his office. until teddy roosevelt built the west wing which he just did to get out of the house because

as jenna said, this is a global spectrum environment, and pretty much you need to be on the same page. but at the same time, you know, let others to kind of take the lead and see if it works out and maybe follow with that. that's a good approach too. >> great. >> so at the technical level there's a lot of work going on internationally. universities and so forth. so you go to a conference, as peter and i and i'm sure there's others here go to, called dice band which has been going on ten years? >> 2005, yeah. >> yeah. it's a bit surprising how much work is going on on dynamic spectrum access around the world. and, you know, the normal process is you first see these things in the laboratories and in the universities, and then assuming they still have merit, they bubble their way up through the policy ranks. so i'll just focus on a couple of things. tv white space in the database model that we adopted here in the united states, it's been embraced already by a number of countries around world that are deploying systems either on a trial basis, experiment someplace operational. in many of