. >> the other announcement was that michael mcfall, not mccall, but michael mcfall, the u.s.eave after sochi. he took them on on social media, supporting dissidents and protesters early in his tenure. but he says it's time to return home. he's very highly regarded as a russian expert. what is your takeaway as to whether the russians have made life so difficult for him diplomatically that it's time for him to leave, or is le behe forced out or is this the right time for him to leave? >> i spoke with ambassador mcfall before i left for sochi and met with him. his relationship with president putin is very strained. i think president putin is a little bit paranoid that mcfall was leading some sort of revolution within russia. it was very odd to hear that. and i think mcfall and the ambassador are very bright, talented, dedicated public servant. i'm sorry to see him leave, especially right before the olympics. but i give him high marks. >> let me also ask you about edward snowden. when you were talking to officials in russia, did you bring up snowden, and bring up the issue that m

joined now by the chairman of the house homeland security committee, michael mcfall. can you tell us the enormity of this arrest? what does it really mean to the average american? >> this is a significant victory for both mexico and the united states. this is the world's most notorious drug lord that got taken down. he's really the godfather, if you will, of the cartels that has smuggled so many drugs into the united states, killed so many people in mexico and around the world. and to bring him to justice, finally, after so many decades, is a great victory. and i do to want take a chance to applaud the i.c.e. agents, the dea agents that worked this case and the mexican authorities that stepped up to the plate and showed great cooperation with the united states to make this happen. this is a huge event. it's sort of like, you know, again, the godfather, the al capone of chicago. in chicago, he's the number one enemy. it would be similar to pablo escobar in colombia being taken down, after which the drug cartels began to unravel. >> given what you've said, chairman, the

we'll see, they think it's going to be another year of selloffs. 9,000 kilometers, michael mcfall doesfornia, mcfall announced he'll resign. he's faced criticism from russian officials, but he says he leaves russia reluctantly. this is one of those posts that will not be going to some donor, by the way. >>> next up $115 million. that's how much a new ad campaign is aimed to get people to quit smoking. >> pucker up. >> cigarettes are bullies, don't let tobacco control you. >> the fda is putting ads in mtv, teen vogue, and social media. next number is a shocker, $2.5 billion. that's how much the bad weather cost passengers in january. cancelled about 49,000 flights, delayed 300,000 more. analysts say the total disruption was the worst than the one caused by superstorm sandy. ten, as in ten years, that's how long facebook is still around. so how's it still around? facebook went from a few users to 1.2 billion users worldwide and counting. oh, the poor winklevoss twins. as a sitting president, visited venezuela. it was on this day in 1992 when venezuelan soldiers launched an unsuccessful m

michael mcfall will resign from the winter olympics, many successes in u.s.ussian relations, he has been criticized by russian officials in the face of rising anti-americanism in that country. hamid karzai has been holding secret peace talks with taliban official. relations between the u.s. and afghanistan have been strained since november when hamid karzai said he would not have a security deal lasting in the presidential election in april. those are your news headlines on the fox business network. dagen: winter has been cold and a brutal but it has been great news for belt makers. in peru, ill.. >> who is happy about this snow? this cold? our first is skiers and snowmobile riders and dealers and you have had an incredible winter? >> this is what we have been waiting for the last ten years. >> look at the numbers on snowmobile sales worldwide? the u.s. the biggest market as well as canada for snow mobiles and it is important for these snow mobile companies when you have this bad winter doesn't do much for you. >> no it doesn't but this is making up for the l

we spoke with russian ambassador michael mcfall.d about the story of the hour, which is whether or not there is a fear that russian's will send in troops to the ukraine if things there get too chaotic. and i asked him what he thought. he said he did not think it was in the russian national interests. take a listen. >> i can't imagine anybody's thinking of thises is a russian national interest. because let's be clear, if this country is divided or moves down that path, you will have political violence in europe and, second, you'll have an economic total meltdown. >> the concern, of course, is not just that the russians would send in troops but that the country would split, one side of the country being more pro-european, the other side being more pro russian. a lot more of that interview coming up on "the lead". >> we will watch it in seven minutes from now. >> thanks, brooke. >>> coming up next, dr. drew pinsky's daughter is speaking out about her eating disorder. she said even the daughter of dr. drew can have an eating disorder. y

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for that let's turn to michael mcfall, outgoing ambassador to russia and just left a couple of days ago with a significant time change as you just returned to the united states. i want to ask you about what phil black just said that there are several ukrainian media reports that russian military aircraft are flying through ukraine's airspace. what do you make of that? that seems to be heightening tensions, ratcheting things up even more than previously thought. >> well, this is just being reported as i drove over here so i don't want to confirm it yet. if it's true, obviously, it's a major escalation in what russia is doing inside the ukraine but even if it's not true it's a very dangerous situation, extremely tense. you have soldiers with guns very well armed in crimea, a part of ukraine saying they want to be, are now loyal to russia. very, very dire situation, it reminds me unfortunately of other parts of the former soviet union where you had breakaway regions that were in this kind of suspended sovereignty, neither here nor there that led to conflict, i'm thinking principally of geo