fox's joel waldman has more from washington. : slug: bc-fox-85- aehq:-gop-debate- preview-update-1/27 category: national/ politics/ aehq item: 85 block: evening slug: aehq: gop debate preview update 1/27 (joel waldman aslive pkg) source: fox trt: aslive runs 1:40 notes: ++trump sot -- andatory courtesy: "the o'reilly factor" / fox news channel (already burned into video)++ florida is cleaning tornado blows the winds from that storm -- flipping up. plus-- after a proposal to move jim morrison's grave to central florida... officials from his estate are saying "no way!" staying in jail. that story tops our morning rush. yesterday a judge ond to 22 year old skylar francis. he faces two counts of attempted murder on a law enforcement officer deputies marie skinner and michael hriciso say they responded to a fight 2incis and his girlfriend, 22 year old courtney johnson, tuesday. they say francis attacked them, and johnson resisted arrest. johnson bonded out of jail. the deputies are recovering. osceola county house fire-- as a murder-suicide. over the weekend-- first responders found a husb

in washington, joel waldman, fox news. nasa has also released a photo from the hubble telescope - of a new galaxy forming. the space agency says this shows two galaxies merging into one - after colliding. scientists say the new galaxy will become stable. it's located about 230 million light now fox5 weather 24/7, with meterologist les krifaton welcome to 2016. for the next few days expect to see increasing cloudiness and slightly warmer temperatures. as a low approaches the coast on monday it will help deliver some unstable weather to our area staring tuesday. rain chances increase tuesday and wednesday to 60%. then on thursday we see rain potentially sticking around with the chance of rain at not as high. temperatures for the week will remain around or just slightly below normal. welcome to 2016. for the next few days expect to see increasing cloudiness and slightly warmer temperatures. as a low approaches the coast on monday it will help deliver some unstable weather to our area staring tuesday. rain chances increase wed

waldman has more. waldman-evening- debate-1/13 category: aehq / item: 90a block: evening slug: joel waldman evening insert- fbn/gop debate 1/13 source: fox / pool runs: 1:09++ notes: ++check wires embargo: nns (anchor intro) already arriving in south carolina... ahead of tomorrow night's prime time g- o-p presidential debate there. the debate is set to air at 9pm eastern on the fox business network. fox news correspondent joel waldman has the latest from the debate site in north charleston, south carolina. (take pkg) chyrons: 0:15-0:25 sen. marco rubio/(r-fl) presidential candidate a form substitute teacher accused of teen in osceola county... is arrested again! still ahead... why authorities say she :%q! evidence. plus-- a car that was frozen solid in buffalo, new york is finally free. how they were able to remove the car from it's icy cage--straight ahead. you're watching fox 35 good day orlando. it's ringling brothers and barnum & bailey kick off the first of their five shows at the amway center tonight. the show starts at 7-30... but all ticketholders can come an hour early for the all

in washington, joel waldman, fox news." the iowa caucuses are the first in the nation. they take place monday. a cemetery in washington state - is being threatened by landslides. geologists say heavy rain caused the hillside to give out late last week - and have ruled it unstable. at least one burial site has been disturbed - with a headstone visible in the rubble. volunteers retrieved the casket and plan to relocate it to a different spot. family members say another headstone - close to the edge - was placed there just last week. the cemetery is currently closed to cars - but is still reachable by foot. insurance won't cover the damage.... so the cemetery is reaching out for federal funding now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty a nice warm-up for us over the next few days with 62 degrees on wednesday, then mid to upper 60s for thursday through saturday. we'll see changes as soon as saturday with southwest gusts to 20 mph in the afternoon with a slight chance of mountain showers. sunday we'll have good chances of area showers with west gusts to 25 mp

joel waldman has the details. despite a series of the use of a private email account while secretary of state, hillary clinton has long been the overwhelmingly favorite to win the democratic nomination. but, now, the tide may be turning ....as a new poll shows bernie sanders maintaining his lead over clinton in new hampshire .....and pulling to within the margin of error in iowa. sanders says: "i find it rather ironic that in the midst of all of the contrary evidence, secretary clinton is running an ad suggesting she would be the most electable." clinton says she remains focused on her campaign ...hitting back at two g-o-p candidates who have been relentless in their attacks on her. clinton says: "donald trump and ted cruz and their powerful friends may be trying to drag us back to the stone age, but we got our sights set on the future." donald trump and ted cruz are locked in a tight battle of their own among iowa republicans ...with cruz at 28- percent, trump at 24-percent...still within the margin of error. the

fox news correspondent, joel waldman, has the latest from washington. waldman says: "here in washington, the federal government shut down early and schools closed... as officials are taking no chances with this monster storm." more than 85 million people -- in at least 20 states --are now under blizzard, winter storm or freezing rain warnings .... with a potentially historic snowstorm now threatening to shut down cities from arkansas ... to the carolinas ... to bowser says: "we see this as a major storm it has life and death implications and all the residents of the district of columbia should treat it that way." gale force winds began hammering the mid-atlantic coast friday ... major airlines already canceling more than 6- thousand flights across the u-s ... with air and road travel expected to grind to a halt throughout much of the weekend. mos says: "i was hoping to go to raleigh durham, north carolina and i just found out my flight was canceled." tennessee, north carolina, virginia, maryland, pennsylvania, the district of columbia -- are among the s

in north charleston, joel waldman, fox news. ahead .. a story for anyone who likes to stay on top of fashion.. why this store in california is selling out of this colorful 'shorty' shirt. keep watching for an all new more it's called a rigged economy, and this is how it works. most new wealth flows to the top 1%. it's a system held in place by corrupt politics where wall street banks and billionaires buy elections. my campaign is powered by over a million small contributions, people like you who want to fight back. the truth is you can't change a corrupt system by taking its money. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message. if you need a reason to start celebrating super bowl 50 early - i'll give you two. get a large,1-topping pizza foronly 50 cents when you order any large pizzaat regular menu price. better ingredients. better pizza. better football. here's a look at some of the 'all new' stories we are working for fox5 news at ten. a several hour standoff ends in north las vegas... how social media played a role in today's events... a

in washington, joel waldman, fox news." it's been a decade since pluto lost its status as the 9th planet in our solar system. now scientists believe they've found a replacement. with less than a month before the super bowl ... now is the time for you to find some super savings! what that is.. it's been another rough day on wall street .. at one point this morning, the dow was down 565 points!.. huge stockpiles of crude oil around the globe are weighing down the price of oil, which is dragging down stock prices. by the end of the trading day .. the dow closed down 249 points.. or about 1 and a half percent. nasdaq was also down .. but only by a fraction. teh s and p fell a little over 1- percent. a survey says you could get a good deal on a new big screen t-v if you shop soon. more people plan ahead of super bowl sunday than at any other time during the year. that's according to fat wallet- dot-com's annual tv buyer survey. it found 26- percent of americans are expected to purchase a new television this year... and a quarter

fox news correspondent, joel waldman, is in washington with the latest from the campaign trail. a new quinnipiac university poll shows it's still very much a two-man race in iowa between g-o-p rivals... donald trump and ted cruz ... separated by just two-percentage- points. but, being atop the polls comes with its challenges ... cruz taking heavy fire from his opponents ... as the battle for iowa, just six days away, rages on. trump says: "ted cruz thought that he had sarah cruz hitting right back ...with so much at stake in iowa ... cruz says: "one of the candidates has a lot to say. each day i learn new and interesting things about myself he's tossing insults my way- well i have no intention of to democratic likely caucus-goers in iowa, bernie sanders appears to be closing the gap with hillary clinton. the latest fox news poll showing clinton's 14-point lead has been slashed to just 6- points ...each making their final pitch in iowa before the caucuses ... clinton says: "i believe that i'm the better person to be the democratic nominee and the president and the commander in ch

joel waldman has more from north charleston. the stage is set here in south carolina for the first g-o-p debates of 20-16... and political insiders are expecting fireworks between frontrunner donald trump and his closest challenger, senator ted cruz. presidential candidates squaring off in the prime- time debate -- set for nine p-m eastern on the fox business network. spicer says: "i think you're going to see a very very economic-focused, and possibly some national security issues come up tonight with what's been going on overseas." donald trump has been hammering ted about his citizenship... raising expectations that trump will target debate. cavuto says: "we do know that every mr. trump has done that, the person he's targeting, their poll numbers go down. it remains to be seen if the same will apply to senator cruz." "you're going to see trump being very tonight, i think really a factor here. rubio not so nice, and he's going cruz." three g-o-p candidates taking part in the earlier debate at six p-m eastern on fox business net

fox news correspondent joel waldman was more from washington. g-o-p frontrunner donald trump greeting a crowd in new hampshire this morning--after skipping last night's iowa debate to host an event he says raised millions of veterans. trump says "whatever the end result is i did the right thing. i did the right thing because i did something great for veterans." elsehwere on the campaign trail-- several republicans spent the day celebrating their debate performances. christie says "last night was a lot of fun. i always enjoy getting up on that stage, and mixing it up with other folks in this race. i thought it went really well. i felt good about the answers we gave." rubio says "so i had this thing going on last night--this if you saw it. it was a lot of fun. i actually had a little bit more time than usual. i think there was somebody missing." but it was back to business as usual for jeb bush's low- polling campaign. bush says "we're working hard here. we have a great grassroots organization and working very hard to get people out to the caucuse

in washington, joel waldman, fox news." bernie sanders says his meeting with the president went well - but didn't consider asking for an endorsement. "what the president has tried to do, what vice president biden has tried to do is to be as even- handed as they can be." sanders says the white house was productive - and a number of issues were discussed. polls show sanders and rival hillary clinton are neck-and-neck among democrats in iowa. today - sanders got some celebrity support in the state - from actress susan surandon. "i don't like clinton's ties to monsanto and wall street and she really lost me when she voted for the war so if you're gonna go with somebody who has the courage to make moral decisions when they're not popular i think this is the guy." clinton was also busy campaigning in iowa today... and even met with voters at a bowling alley. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty the warm up for us from thursday through saturday is on track with mid to upper 60s expected. saturday southwest gus

in washington, joel waldman, fox news." hillary clinton and bernie sanders went at it last night.... during the last democratic debate before the iowa caucus. clinton accused sanders of wanting to do away with obamacare... and starting over with a single-payer health care system. "i want us to defend and build on the affordable care act and improve it." "we're not going to tear up the affordable care act. i helped write it." "you've received over $600,000 in one year." polls show both candidates to be neck-and-neck... in both iowa and new hampshre. new diplomacy between the u-s and iran... leads to a swap of prisoners. and - economic sanctions are now being lifted. are the two incidents related? "really knew their hearts and love for people, their generosity, was unbelievable." plus.... a woman survives a tornado that kills her husband... but ends up dead... on the way to the hospital. "there ain't way to hide your lyin' eyes..." and... a founding member of the switch to centurylink prism tv, and get the same great channels

in washington, joel waldman, fox news." in iowa ... donald trump held what he called a 'very big event.. and talked all day about a big announcement. former alaska governor sarah palin is endorsing him. trump issued a statement, reading: "i am greatly honored to receive sarah's endorsement. she is a friend, and a high quality person whom i have great respect for. i am proud to have her support." palin, who was the 2008 republican vice presidential candidate, said she was "proud to endorse" trump. coming up, ticket sales for the new los angeles rams get a big boost from a former laker. and former major leaguer pete rose is going to the hall of fame... he always wanted a scary moment if you need a reason to start celebrating super bowl 50 early - i'll give you two. get a large,1-topping pizza foronly 50 cents when you order any large pizzaat regular menu price. better ingredients. better pizza. caught on camera the clark county school district says no students were on board this bus when it caught on fire. this happened in the southwest

in washington, joel waldman, fox news." british lawmakers in parliament debate whether to ban donald trump from entering the country. more than five- hundred-thousand people have signed an online petition supporting the ban. under british law, any petition supported by at least a-hundred- thousand people is considered for parliamentary debate. paul flynn/ labour party member of parliament "the great danger by attacking this one man is that we can fix on him a halo of victimhood, we give him the role of martyrdom, which can seem to be an advantage among those that support him." paul scully/ parliament "i've heard of a number of cases where people have been excluded for incitement, for hatred. i've never heard of one for stupidity and i'm not sure that we should be starting now." tulip siddiq/ labour party member of parliament "his words are not comical, his words are not funny, his words are poisonous, they risk inflaming tension between vulnerable communities." the debate comes after trump called for a temporary ban on all

fox news correspondent, joel waldman, is in washington with the story. waldman says: "republican frontrunner, donald trump, says he's passing on the debate to raise money for veterans ...a move his competitors don't seem too heartbroken about." paul says: "is a host of new issues in the debate and thank goodness donald trump and his super huge ego has taken going home, all the better for the country as far as i am concerned." a double win for rand paul ... who is also getting back on the main stage ... after skipping the last debate himself because the kentucky senator was relegated to the so-called happy hour debate. marco rubio, running third in most polls, says his game plan remains the same ... sticking to the big issues facing our nation. rubio says: "i'm going to focus on the future of america, i'm focused on defeating hillary clinton and ensuring that we don't have another four years like the last seven years." two-thousand- and-eight iowa caucus winner, mike huckabee, finds himself toward the back of the pack this time around ... kicking up his g

fox news correspondent, joel waldman, is in washington with the latest on today's clean-up efforts. "there's no point getting upset about it. there's nothing i can really do." residents along the eastern seaboard are working to get back on track ... lending a hand to neighbors left stranded by this weekend's record setting blizzard. keller says: "this city truly has come together ... we've seen neighbors helping neighbors, we've seen volunteers helping folks to shovel out .. and we're asking you to continue to help us with that process." schools in washington, d-c, baltimore and, philadelphia remain closed ... the federal government also closed ... after nearly 30-inches of snow covered areas around the nation's capital ... officials are asking for patience ... urging people to stay indoors and allow crews to continue clearing the streets ... rawlings-blake says: "everyone keeps saying this is an historic snowstorm ... and we say that so people can have a clear this is not business as usual." bowser says: "i continue to urge people to stay off the roads as well ... we need access to

joel waldman is in washington with the latest. "the man at the center of all the buzz? g-o-p frontrunner donald trump ... who has decided *not* to participate in thursday's showdown ..." trump says: "i just don't like being used ... and when they issued that tweet or whatever that was that fox issued, i guess it was like a press release ... it was like done by children ... .... i think it was inappropriate .... " bill o'reilly: "if you're elected president, you're gonna get a lot more than that ..." while critics argue donald trump is stealing the spotlight ... the billionaire's opponents hope to take advantage of his decision to skip the debate ...looking to gain some last minute momentum ... as some alive ... carson says: "if we don't get serious about this and stop worrying about personalities and start worrying about solutions to our problems we are going to go over the cliff." // ++butted to++ // huckabee says: "frankly, this is a lot of drama that involves i think the networks, it involves some of the candidates. but most of the people in iowa are concerned about

joel waldman is in washington with the latest. "the man at the center of all the buzz? g-o-p frontrunner donald trump ... who has decided *not* to participate in thursday's showdown ..." trump says: "i just don't like being used ... and when they issued that tweet or whatever that was that fox issued, i guess it was like a press release ... it was like done by children ... .... i think it was inappropriate .... " bill o'reilly: "if you're elected president, you're gonna get a lot more than that ..." while critics argue donald trump is stealing the spotlight ... the billionaire's opponents hope to take advantage of his decision to skip the debate ...looking to gain some last minute momentum ... as some campaigns struggle to stay alive ... carson says: "if we don't get serious about this and stop worrying about personalities and start worrying about solutions to our problems we are going to go over the cliff." // ++butted to++ // huckabee says: "frankly, this is a lot of drama that involves i think the networks, it involves some of the candidates. but most of the people i

fox's joel waldman tells us: there's sure to be fireworks. 3 3 several gop presidential candidates...detouring from iowa and new hampshire... and getting some campaiging in here in south carolina ... ahead of the next debate as momentum builds towards thursday night's gop prime time debate in south carolina... a number of candidates - including senators ted cruz and marco rubio - arrived in the palmetto state early. rubio is now attacking cruz as a flip flopper...rubio " he is someone that supported legalizing people who were here illegally, now he says he's against it. he supporting doubling the number of green cards, now he says he's against it, rubio: we'll have a conversation and debate about that." cruz is currently at the top of most polls in iowa...neck and neck with donald trump... trump, meanwhile is still firing off questions about whether cruz is even elidgible to be president...because he was born in canada even those his mother was a u-s citizen. trump: got a little problem. you've got to sort of make sure you can run...you've got to make sure you can run. a lot of lawyer

in washington, joel waldman, fox news. >> parts of new york digging out after the weekend's blizzard. mayor de blasio issuing a travel advisory through friday night and much of the snow turning to black ice. the blizzard was the second biggest in the city's history >> a tight fit, huh. >> goodness. no snow here, in central florida. >> right. >> snow flurries in the panhandle? yeah. >> flurries. >> but a big change in the weather. >> rain is on the way and it will be on the heavy side as we get into the day tomorrow. first thing in the morning, heads up for rain showers, around right now little sprinkles, and showers sitting offshore and they are northbound, and they are not moving ashore. we had light showers over land earlier, brevard county and for the most part most of the showers are offshore and can't rule out a sprinkle for this evening in brevard and volusia county, but that should be about it. temperatures right now are pretty warm. mainly in the 70s, across the areas in response to the increase in the humidity. and also, of course, the approaching storm system. temperatures r

fox's joel waldman has more from north charleston southto carolina. >> reporter: the republican repb presidential candidatesntial cas squaring on and off a showdownd in south carolina.outharol with all eyes focused on focused donald trump who has been h going after his closest rival r ted cruz.. seven gop candidates takingatesn part fielding questions aboutnst the economy, terrorism and national security.it donald trump has been raising ri questions about ted cruz's canadian birth and his a h eligibility to be president.dent >> there's a big question marksm on your head and you can't do that to the party. >> reporter:. rep >> listen i've spent my entire n life defending theen constitution before the u.s.on b supreme court and i'll tell you i'm not going to be takt inn legal advice from donald trum trump. >> reporter: cruz is facingac new scrutiny for failing toaingt disclose a loan from goldman gol sac and campaign reportsand related to his 2012 senate s bid. >> yes, i made a paperworkmade r error disclosing it on one on piece of paper instead of the ie other but if that's the bestt'

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and as fox's joel waldman reports... expect to see plenty of fireworks: 3 (on cam intro) several gop presidential candidates...detouring from iowa and new hampshire... and getting some campaiging in here in south carolina ... ahead of the next debate((pkg)) as momentum builds towards thursday night's gop prime time debate in south carolina... a number of candidates - including senators ted cruz and marco rubio - arrived in the palmetto state early. rubio is now attacking cruz as a flip flopper...rubio " he is someone that supported legalizing people who were here illegally, now he says he's against it. he supporting doubling the number of green cards, now he says he's against it, rubio: we'll have a conversation and debate about that." cruz is currently at the top of most polls in iowa...neck and neck with donald trump... trump, meanwhile is still to be president...because he was born in canada even those his mother was a u-s citizen. trump: got a little problem. you've got to sort of make sure you can run...you've got t

a couple of fiery exchanges between donald trump and ted cruz fox news correspondent joel waldman has more the mother of a teen orange county is death. 14-year-old michael rodriguez was killed wednesday after he was hit by two cars young parkway. the victim's mom improvements made to make it safer for people walking. troopers are investigating the accident... but say the road was very dark. new this morning-- a man accused of breaking into 22 vehicles in the apopka area... is off the streets this morning. police say thomas jordan and two accomplices stole thousands of dollars worth of property from vehicles across the city recently. they say the 20 year-old planned to steal even more... he admitted to trying to break into 300 vehicles... but the group only stole from vehicles that weren't locked. a news alert now out of china-- at least ten people are dead and 7 are injured... following an explosion at a fireworks factory. this happened yesterday-- at the factory in central china. authorities say it's not immediately clear what caused the explosion. china is less than a month away fro

in washington, joel waldman, fox news." reports coming out that the west actively spies on israel allegedly going so far as to hack their drones. john huddy has the story from jerusalem.. 0:37 - 0:401:09 - 1:131:19 - 1:22 an armed israeli drone, hacked into, spies watching live video from a fortified mountaintop base in cyprus. it reads like a thriller. but this story is apparently real. the investigative website the intercept reports that the national security agency and uk intelligence officials have spied on and infiltrated israeli intelligence for the classified program code-named "anarchist". the reports are based on documents exposed by former nsa contractor edward snowden.shapiro says: "i will not comment on intelligence affairs. i can confirm that the cooperation between us, the us and israel on intelligence best there is." the video and images reportedly show reconnaissance missions over gaza, the west bank and other middle east, including iran. the anarchist images don't show any israeli drone attacks. but they pr

in washington, joel waldman, fox news." governor haley also went on to say how americans are more worried about a terror attack than ever before. a unlv student was in the audience tonight in washington. tania dawood is in her second year at the university... and was invited by senator harry reid. i feel very humbled because it's an opportunity that i understand not a lot of people can have so i want to make the most of it and take it all in and be very grateful. " tania serves on the unlv muslim students association. tonight without dave rice. he was forced to resign sunday night as head coach. some fans we spoke to had mixed feelings about the situation. "its very unfortunate. i like dave rice a lot i just think he was learning on the job. maybe he wasnt strong enough with the players to get them to do what he needed them to do and we just need to move forward." "they've had good years and bad years and when you can recruit and get good people which i think hes been trying to do. it just doesnt make sense." assistant todd

fox's joel waldman tells us how the candidates... are already taking shots at one another. a number of gop candidates firing warning shots at competitors as they get ready to square off here in the early voting state of south carolina tomorrow night. (vo) new jersey governor chris christie...warning in new hampshire not to nominate another first term senator like president obama... christie says: "he was us senator, a first term us senator. he had never run anything of consequence in his life." christie aiming directly at senators marco rubio and ted cruz. new polling showing cruz leading in iowa... where the race is extremely tight between cruz and donald trump. while trump continues to float questions about whether cruz, born in canada to an american mother, is even elidgible to be president. cruz is fighting back...in iowa...and also in new hampshire where he lags far behind trump. meantime today trump also taking on south carolina governor nikki haley. trump says: "perhaps, if i weren't running, she would be in my office asking me for money." analysts say haley appeared

fox's joel waldman is live in washington, d.c. where people are digging out after the storm. good morning joel. @

p>> alcides: joel waldman looks pback at the week of politics in pthis week's "washington report." p>> in the face of what he says pis congress unwilling to stand pup to the gun lobby, the resident announcing he's again pexercising his unilateral pexecutive authority this time to pmake sweeping changes to gun psales on this edition of "the pwashington report." p>> we are the only advanced pcountry on earth that sees this pkind of mass violence erupt with pthis kind of frequency. p>> until now only federally plicensed gun dealers had to pconduct background checks on pcustomers which created a ploophole for private individuals pthat sold online or gun shows. pdwing of a gun dealer will he pcan -- expand to include anyone pselling guns regardless of the pvenue. pbut critics including most gop prepublican candidates say the resident is overstepping his pconstitutional authority. p>> this president is obsessed pwith undermining the pconstitution in general, but the psecond amendment in particular. phe's obsessed with undermining pit, and it will do nothing. p>> congress is pushing back

in washington, joel waldman, fox news." hillary clinton-- is sanction another debate before the new hampshire primary... as bernie sanders paid a visit to president obama. the two anti- abortion activists who undercover shot videos of conversations with planned parenthood members have hired a legal team. attorneys jared woodfill and terry yates say they believe this is what they called a runaway grand jury.. "instead of indicting the wrongdoers here the organization trafficking in baby body parts they've gone after the whistleblower they've gone after the folks who have spoken the truth." the center for medical progress founder david daleiden-- and another activist was indicted monday on a felony charge of tampering with a governmental record.. daleiden was also charged with a misdemeanor count related to offering to buy fetal tissue. michigan officials say that water samples in flint are improving, but still it's too soon to give the go- ahead to people to resume drinking unfiltered water. people have been using bottled wa

in washington, joel waldman, fox 35 news. >> someone is cutting the cables. >> and now, the fbi is worried. crooks could be plotting against the super bowl. >> this is a possibility. but, keep an eye on things, and let's not dmn iminish it and overlook it. >> the recent hits that have investigators concerned. coming up. >> forecast hear in central florida is cold. and it is getting colder. we'll talk about that and also the chance of rain with our friday cold front coming up. >> and this might warm you up. gas prices, the pump patrol, gas is $1.71 on citgo and kennedy racetrack on south cimarron >> is the cincinnati reds take pete rose into the hall of fame rejected for reinstatement last month. >> it's an honor -- you can't believe how you feel. growing up here. i've always been a reds fan and have respect for all the reds players and i haven't given up on cooperstown and i am not the type that will give up on anything. this is fine, i'm happy. >> reporter: he was banned from baseball for life in 1999 for betting on games. >> the fbi is looking into what could be what -- what they call a

oval office with some unfinished business, but made it clear america's future is bright fox's joel waldman reported, that a broken navigation system may have caused 2 u-s navy ships to sail into iranian waters. iran's state-run media is making those claims, after they say iranian officials interogated 10 u-s sailors -- who have been detained. secretary of state negotiating their safe return -- which iran promises. iran's state-run media reports its foreign minister has called for the white house, to apologize for the ordeal. the ships were reportedly traveling between kuwait and bahrain in the persian gulf. it is being reported that the sailors could be freed as early as this morning. in orange county -- the driver accused of not stopping after hitting a 3 year old boy, will be in court today. fox 35 was there as "billy gibson" turned himself into police yesterday. he's charged with leaving the scene of an accident with injuries. winter garden police say gibson hit the boy monday night and left the scene because he has a suspended license. the boy's mother says despite a few big bruises, t

pin washington, joel waldman, fox pnews. p>> anchor: we want to go to fox olitical editor craig patrick. pcraig the projections favor pclinton and cruz in iowa. p>> that differs from what we're pseeing in polling a because he's pradio caucus rules in iowa oop pyou have ted cruz slipping to pdonald trump and you have bernie psanders surging. pbut, phase projection models not pjust on polls, but on a turn out pmodels the history of iowa, and pon other states, and the prior erformance of those polls, with pthat in mind, the projection pfrom 538 is still giving ted pcruz a slight edge. pgiving him a 48 percent chance pof winning in iowa. pto 43 percent for donald trump. pnow if you nip over to other arty, hillary clinton in the rojection model is doing far pbetter than sanders. pshe score as according to 538 a p67 percent chance of winning psanders. pof course you're seeing olls. pbut you have to remember you pcan't always trust polls we plearn in greece and great pthis country, why you're looking pa much more than just at botto

in washington, joel waldman, fox news. >> it was graduation day for some people in san francisco. one graduate's mother received a standing ovation when they handed tout diplomas. >>> also ahead, a pledge from bart to have working cameras on its trains. and why ktvu crime reporter henry lee says this is a major about-face. announcer: ifis the staying awake part...y [train horn blares] sleep train has your ticket to a better night's sleep. with a 100 night low price guarantee, sleep train's love your mattress money back guarantee, same day delivery, plus helpful advice from the sleep experts, it's no wonder more than a million people fall asleep each night on a sleep train mattress! ♪ sleep train [train horn] ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> the family of a man facing deportation is demanding answers from authorities. they say he was a victim of a crime but that his interaction with authorities led to his arrest. >> reporter: demonstrators outside police headquarters are urging a halt to the deportation of a father who went to the police station to recover his stolen c

. >>> we want to go live to reporter joel waldman in washington d.c. oel, thanks to some good forecasting there was plenty of warning about this potential blizzard so how have officials there prepared? >> reporter: heather and frank, good evening to you. i'm not sure if i heard that correctly, but the gentleman jogging, that is one thing i certainly will not be doing i have a get off of this shift. it is pretty brutal here. over the last 25 minutes or so you can really feel an up-swing in the wind, and that is exactly what forecasters were calling for, but just for a little bit later, kind of friday night late here into saturday morning with as much as two inches of snow falling an hour. so back to your original question, every which way we turn here we are seeing plows trying to get ahead of this, but there is a whole lot of snow falling, and obviously the real challenge now will be to stay ahead of that snowfall. i can tell you i've been watching some local reports. they're having a very difficult time of that in virginia just to the south of us. they

fox's joel waldman tells us it's a move his competitors don't seem too heart broken about. >> reportere's a whole host of real issues we can debate and thank goodness donald trump and his super huge ego and he's take his ball and going home. that's all the better for the country really as far as i'm concern. >> reporter: a double win for rand paul whose also getting back on the main stage another kissing the last debate himself because of kentucky senator was relegated to the so-called happy hour debat demark company rubios his game plan remain the same sticking the big issues facing my nation. >> i'm focused on defeating hillary clinton ensuring we don't have another four years like the last seven years. >> reporter: 2008 iowa caw cause winner mike huckabee finds himself towards the back of the pack kicking up his ground game heading into the final stretch before ballots are cast. >> 150 events in january here in iowa. we're doing that because i don't believe there's a short, in iowa caucus. it will change forever the future of the caucus. >> reporter: hillary clinton dawling of calli

as joel waldman reports, new numbers show trump and ted cruz are neck and neck in iowa. >> reporter:shows donald trump 20 points ahead of ted cruz in new hampshire but that has not stopped the two from beating each other up on the campaign trail in an epic fight over iowa. >> we are seeing the washington establishment abandoning marco rubio. i think they've made the determination that marco can't win and they're rushing to support donald trump. >> reporter: conservative cruz losing the endorsement of sarah palin who once backed his texas senate run. but questions remain whether palin backing the billionaire will really have an impact on trump's campaign, especially in iowa where cruz appears to have a slim lead. >> sarah palin is not going to out-conservative ted cruz. she was a great way for donald trump to get back on the front page. >> reporter: marco rubio, who some think has the best chance of catching the front runner is trying to gain ground in new hampshire by piling on hillary clinton. >> the most important thing is to keep hillary clinton out of the white house because she'

. >> joel waldman live in washington, d.c. it's evening there where this potentially historic winter storm is creating havoc. >> reporter: mike and keba, good evening to you. so far this storm living up to its billing. we first heard about this about monday when the models started to come in. man oh man, we are in the bull's-eye, the federal government getting let out today around noon. schools were closed all day long as officials are not messing around with this monster of a storm. more than 85 million people in 20 states are now under blizzard, winter storm, or freezing rain warnings with a potentially historic snowstorm threatening to shut down cities from arkansas to the carolinas to the nation's capital. >> we see this as a major storm. it has life-and-death implications, and all the residents of the district of columbia should treat it that way. >> reporter: gale-force winds began hammering the coast friday, major airlines canceling 6,000 flights. with air and road travel expected to grind to a halt throughout much of t

in iowa joel waldman, fox news. > an importadline to tell you about, if you haven't signed sig up for private health insurance you have until 11:59 to get it it done if you live in d.c. or virginia. maryland is giving you until unt next friday to sane up. it's extended the deadline to february 5 because of the blizzard. people who remain uninsured will face the fine, the minimum penalty is 695-dollar as if you remain without health insuranceinsu for the full year. > the sex assault case against bill cosby will take center cen stage in fifth a hearing will bering held on tuesday. defense charges will attempt to to get the charges against cross did i thrown out. they say he had a previous deal with authorities that allowed a him to testify in a civil suitivil his accuser filed years ago.ears cosby says he was told information he disclosed in that deposition would not be usedused against in i am in a crime california trial. prosecutors say they have no evidence of an immunity deal. we should learn more about what caused an amtrak train to derail d in philadelphia last year. the national

. >> let's check in with joel waldman. he's following the republican debate and he's live from washington d.c. and, joel, you guys, it's all on your plate. it's not just a debate and it's trump's event as well and bernie sanders and hillary. there's no -- they're still campaigning. >> bob, i lost a lot of calories tonight trying to keep up with this on the news channel and on other networks on twitter and as you said, hillary clinton and bernie sanders. it's been an exhausting, sort entertaining and informing rights. candidates hitting on substantive issues, and frontrunner was conspicuously absent. >>> dominating the news cycle for months, donald trump was in the headlines, skipping the g.o.p. debate just as he said he would do, but the billionaire's promise became promising for some of his political rivals, capitalizing on trump's absence by getting more face time for themselves. >> i'm a maniac, and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly, and ben, you're a terrible surgeon. now that we've gotten the donald trump

joel waldman looks at how the leading campaigns are shaping up... for both the republicans - and democrats. a new, national poll suggests the presidential race appears to be stabilizing . republican frontrunner, donald trump, is holding a strong double digit lead over his next closest competitor - ted cruz. on the democrat side, hillary clinton leads bernie sanders by 16- points. but, in iowa, it's neck-and-neck between the top tier candidates on both sides. sanders says: "today, the inevitable candidate does not look so inevitable as she did ago." clinton was in iowa herself last night ...and while she didn't mention sanders by name, she indirectly took issue with his proposed healthcare plan, arguing president obama's law needs to stay in place. clinton says: "i don't want to put any of that at risk. the republicans have voted to repeal it. thank goodness president obama was there to veto it." donald trump took a brief break from hammering ted cruz to take a shot at jeb bush, who has fallen into a distant fifth place. trump says "how do you win wh

. >> fox's joel waldman doing a great job for us out there in the elements. thank you, joel. stay warm if you can. and now a tremendous picture when you look up what happened in charlotte, a lot of ice and then virginia is leveled and d.c. is getting whacked. it's everything you told us it would be a couple of days ago. >> and these days of social media, and everything else you think are you overhyping this? but no, this is the real deal, and d.c. getting their biggest new york city may be a top ten snowstorm and you wonder why. there are thousands upon thousands of flights cancels. this has ripple effects across the entire country. >> and so we won't complain too much that it's a little cold at gasparilla tomorrow. >> you can't shovel sunshine and mid 50's and so just bundle up, that's all you need do. and check it out. you see the wind really start to gust here and you can see it in the waves. the waves picked up later this afternoon, and by the evening, you see the waves out by the beach cam, and i would not be surprised if into the day tomorrow we see the waves really, re

pin washington, joel waldman, fox pnews. p>>> this sunday night at 11:30 pon money, power and politics our olitical editor craig patrick plooks at the battle for the soul pof the gop and he'll plain how piowa and new hampshire turned pinto such nail biters. p>> the friendship and separate partistic geniuses of salvador pdali and walt disney next big pshow here in st. pete. pit opens this weekend at the pdali museum. psort of a recreational of a precent exhibit in san francisco. pboth artist became world prenowned in 1930s dali is pflamboyant spanish surrealist pand disney entrepreneurial pamerican animation artist. pand that really explains the pexhibit which include a mix of poriginal painting sketches and pfilm. pthey were just so equally pthey each kind of built our pimaginative environments. ptheir images govern our emotions por they describe our emotions. pthey may even book end them. pboth artist incorporated modern pscience and mathematicsic into psome of their work. pin spirit there's virtual preality experience that

fox's joel waldman is in north charleston the site of tonight's debate. >> reporter: the stage is sete in south carolina for the first gop debate of 2016. and political insiders are expecting fireworks between donald trump and his closest challenger ted cruz. seven republican presidential candidates squaring off in the prime time debate set for 9:00 p.m. eastern on the fox business network. >> i think you'll see very very economic focused and possibly security issues come up tonight with what's been going on overseas. >> donald trump has been hammering ted cruz with questions about citizenship, raising expectations that trump will target cruz in tonight's debate. >> we do know every time mr. trump has done that, the person he's targeting their poll numbers go down. remains to be seen whether the same will apply to senator cruz. >> you'll see trump be very nice to jeb bush tonight. rubio, not so nice. christie not so nice. he's going to go right after cruz. >> reporter: three gop candidates taking part in the earlier debate at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the fox business network. among them f

joel waldman, fox news. >>> all right. right now, here is central florida continuing to keep a close eye of the developing storms out to the west. so far this evening, we have some scattered showers in our coastline and there's been a steadier rain, and now some scattered showers along the west coast but they are dissipateing because, again, the air over florida, central florida, to the north is a little bit over dry side. and here is what's going on over to the rest of us. dry air in orange. upper level divergence, classic what we call -- producing severe weather right underneath there and this upper level low and that's going to combine here, and get it even stronger and then it's going to race to the -- race to the northeast and work its way through north florida as we go through 55 in de lance, and look at the warm-up. temperatures are 10 to 17 degrees warmer. tonight compared to last night. live picture out of central florida and on top of the hyatt regency orlando, looking out to the west. no lighting and again, we w

in washington, joel waldman, fox news. >>> it's official. 2015 was the warmest year in the last 136 years. that's according to a new report released by the national oceanic and atmospheric association. it found that across the globe december was the warmest month ever recorded at nearly 2.5 degrees above the 20th century average. >>> january has been wet so far. that rain and snow starting to make a dent in the state's low water levels after years of drought. the rain here means several feet of snow in the sierra since the first of the year. that's great news because the sierra snowpack provides about one-third of the state's entire water supply. officials say snowfall has been close to average up and down our state. >>> happy wednesday afternoon, everybody. we got a break. we needed it. light misty dribble up north of mendocino county. the next system will be here later thursday, and friday night and saturday. but until then come patchy fog, some higher clouds. let's look at the rainfall. santa rosa to state 1837. last year at this time 18.66. december was a whopper last year. then every

fox's joel waldman has those details. >> reporter: unlike the president's previous six speeches, thehite house is promising this last one won't be like anything we've heard before. forget the usual list of grand proposals, presidential appeals and new policies. president obama whose running out of time to push a new legislative agenda put the finishing touches today on what's described as a non traditional speech about the two things which help get him elected in the first place. the hope and change he wants to see in our nation's future. >> what the president is hoping to do is to actually look beyond the next election and focus on the next generation of americans both to talk about what we can do to keep the country safe report the president optimistic about how every american has a shot in this changing economy after its bottom nearly fell out back in 2008. >> what i want to focus on in this state of the union address not just the remarkable progress we've made, not just what i want to get done in the year ahead but what we all need to do together in the years to come. the big thi

in washington, joel waldman, fox news. >> the republican candidates face off for their sixth debate onin north charleston, south carolina. you can watch it on the fox business network. >>> today the u.s. supreme court is hearing arguments over a case that involves california's largest teachers union. they gathered outside the court in washington, d.c. this morning. the case centers on some teachers who want to leave the union without having to pay a fee that's now required by the state. the teachers and other public employees say a decision against the union could cut their political strength at a time when unions are under attack. the cta represents some 325,000 teachers across the state, including those in the napa valley, mount diablo, richmond and palo alto school districts. >>> union school was established in 1895 in the hills south of petaluma. it is a public school and teaches 2nd through 5th grade from marin and sonoma county. the problem is california schools are required to have a daily attendance of six students and with sick days union schools average attendance is 5.89. >>