let's go to peter doocy where the wind is just -- snow is just coming down now. >> these flakes are bignd it's wet. it feels like a rain storm but you remember everybody out in tv land remembers there is talk about the owe tension threat of the sequester. so far we haven't felt the impact of the sequester. the snow quester shut down business for the day. nonessential employees can stay home. at the capitol behind me on the other side of this metro bus we are told a lot of lawmakers are going to try to wrap up, work on that continuing resolution to fund the government past the end of march by 1:00. one is about cyber security one is about the threat for asteroi asteroids. the president has postponed meetings due to weather. the white house is anticipating so many problems in such a wide area and also anticipating people being able to get into work the first lady actually canceled or postponed until monday a twitter question and answer session, so things obviously really bad. so far this is pretty typical traffic for a wednesday at 5 in the morning in washington. but the roads are slick,

peter doocy is covering this story in washington. with us. >> the only official comment we have about the rocket attacks is coming from an israeli police spokesman who said two rockettes landed in southern israel more than an hour away from where president obama was at the time. one of the rockettes landed in someone's yard. another one is still unaccounted for. no injuries resulted in the president's itinerary has not been impacted at all. the president did see the dead sea scrolls and he will have a joint news conference. he made news when he talked about reports that syrian presidential assad used chemical weapons. he promised to act if the reports are verified. >> when you start seeing weapons that can cause potential devastation and mass casualties, and you bet that genie out of the bottle, you are looking potentially at even more horrific scenes we already seen in syria and the international community have to act on that additional information. >> president obama and prime minister netanyahu appear to be getting along as well a

peter doocy has been following live. what a marathon. >> it really was, heather. it's the filibuster went until 12:39 a.m., 12-hours and 52 minutes the whole time senator paul was on his feet in the chamber with no bathroom breaks. senator hall was protesting the nomination of john brennan for cia director. the larger point he was trying to make is about his belief that it is unconstitutional to use drones against american citizens. >> to be bombed in your sleep? there's nothing constitutional about that. he said trust him. he says he doesn't intend to do so but he might. mr. president that's just not good enough. >> senator paul made frequent trips to a deck on the floor that is full of candy for fuel and was joined by at least a dozen other senators in his effort including democrats. not all republi with this man. >> we are not fighting a crime we are fighting a war. i don't think he believes we are at war. i believe we are at war and i believe al qaeda is trying to recruit american citizens as i speak. >> just a few wieks aeeks ago president obama tried to answ

peter doocy, thanks very much. good to see you.u earlier, senator lindsey graham opening up about the deadly terror attacks on americans in libya and outcomes. and the survivors of the september 11th attack are being told to keep quiet and he's urging them to subpoena for details. if necessary. joining me is john bolton, former ambassador to the united nations and now a fox news contributor. good to see you. >> hi, harris, how are you. >> harris: i'm doing great. what do you think if anything is going on diplomatically to get answers? >> well, the administration says it's still pursuing leads, but you know, they have, i think, bungled this from the start, treating it as if it were a criminal investigation of a bank job or a second story robbery, rather than what it was, an act of war, targeted attack on the president's representative in libya, killing him and three other people. i'm afraid pursuing a law he be format approach is not going to come up with much. there's talk of another possible suspect held by the libyans, that would

>> arthel: peter doocy, thanks. >> rick: we are just getting started for you this saturday night. american family begging lawmakers in congress to help them get to the bottom of their son's death. it happened overseas in singapore. authorities there say he committed suicide. his family doesn't believe it. they think that it may even be linked to our national security. we'll explain. >> arthel: plus, who says you can't fight city hall? we're going to introduce to you an 11-year-old boy who calls outlaw makers for being rude. we'll explain why and have their reaction. >> rick: also a capital seriously divided. what will it take to get everybody in washington to work together? >> we'd be happy to provide the president with a flexibility to reduce exactly this amount of spending over the next six months in a different way. but we're not interested and will not reduce a penny less in spending than we promised the american people i'm still stubbe. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your w

peter doocy reports from washington. is snow in the forecast but there is a formation of a line on the cold sidewalk in front of the supreme court even though arguments in the highly anticipated cases do not start until tuesday when the constitutionality of california's 2008 ban on gay marriage will be argued and on wednesday, the justices hear arguments of defensive marriage act that says that federal agencies must define marriage as between a man and a woman. supporters of traditional marriage are warning about cultural changes that could accompany laws that permit same-sex marriage. >> it is about altering all of society. >> with marriage goes what our children are taught, parents losing the right to define the morals for children, it is about religious freedom. they are interwined in our culture and it is about right to conduct your business. >> support for legal same-sex marriage has group but the latest poll shows 49 percent, less than half, of registered voters favor it. but one attorney arguing for the equality is

peter doocy live on that in washington. peter, great to see you. how much was the vice president actually driving around in paris? >> reporter: jamie we went back to the official schedule it shows on sunday, february 3rd, after spending the weekend in germany the vice president and his wife, dr. jill biden touched down in paris. the following day, monday february 4th, they met with u.s. embassy staff and their families in a closed press event. then the vice president traveled to the presidential palace for a meeting with french president francois hollande. that was it for france. two events on the schedule in the morning and early afternoon before the bidens flew to london. the contract listed online is ringing in at $326,000655. that includes all the travel for everyone on the trip build to the limousine company, based in paris. it was awarded before the final cost of transportation for the trip was tallied. it represents the most that could have possibly been spent on travel there, jamie. jamie: obviously there were other charges too. we're in a

peter doocy has more on that and the other most clicked stories. 7-year-old says he was trying to make his straw betterly pastry into the shape of the mountain but the teacher thought it looked like a gun so the boy was suspended for two days and a letter was sent home explaining that "a student used food to make an inappropriate guess tour." a massachusetts woman is suing fed ex because she claims the company sent drug dealers to her house. she accidentally got a package full of 7-pounds of imagine. fed ex gave the intended recipients tobin's address. police have made an arrest but the woman is still worried about her family's safety. >>> yosemite park rangers got a surprise delivery. two sticks. a girl apologized for taking them and askd that they be returned to nature. read more on fox news .com. back to you. that is a perfect example of something that cannot be sent as an e-mail attachment. >> now, i feel guilty about the seashells i picked up on the last vacation. >> send them back, you will be on the news. >> shannon: me on the news? peter, t

that's scheduled to happen next year, of course, and peter doocy is following this live from washington. good morning, peter. >> reporter: good morning, jamie. afghan president had hamid kari was describing the role of women in the military. he essentially said bombings were caild out by th carried oun and that the united states is posed to withdraw troops bit end of next year. karzai suggested the u.s. is using terror attacks to preview how things will turn once they leave. >> they're trying to frighten us into thinking that if foreigners were not in afghanistan, we would be facing the sorts of incidents. >> a u.s. official who spoke to reuters said the allegations are simply incorrect. shortly after the comments came to light, a scheduled joint news conference karzai was to hold with defense secretary chuck hagel was abruptly cancelled. a pentagon spokesman said the schedule changed for a variety of reasons including security issues in kabul. representatives at the afghan presidential palace are reportedly blaming a schedule conflict for the cancellation, but the american defense depa

peter doocy live from our washington bureau with a bit of a preview. what's he been up to, peter? >> reporter: we heard mitt romney say in his heart thought he was going to win. in the time between the presidential election and this week's interview at his house in san diego. he's reviewed all the good and the bad from his campaign and when he talks about his role in the future and wanting to have influence still over republican policy, you get a sense of how hard it is to come so close to the presidency and lose. >> well, i recognize that it's the guy who lost the election. i'm not in a position to tell everybody else how to win, all right. they're not going to listen. i don't have the credibility to do that anyway, but i still care, and i still believe that there are principles that we need to stand for. i look at what's happening right now. i wish i were there. it kills me not to be there, not to be in the white house doing what needs to be done. >> reporter: ann romney flatly blamed media bias in favor of president obama as a major reason for her husband's failed candidacy. me

peter doocy reports from washington. wasn't until eight or 9:00 on election night that mitt romney realized he would not be moving into the white house as america's 45th president. >> we were convinced we would win. we saw the polls were very close but we knew that energy and passion was with our voters and my heart said we would win. >> the former g.o.p. nominee believes incumbency and the popularity of obamacare propelled president obama to re-election and thinks lately the president has approached battles over sequestration and immigration by campaigning. >> wish i were there, it kill me not to be in the white house doing what needs to be done. the president is the leader of the nation, the president brings people together and does the deals and the trades and knocks the heads together and the president leads. i don't see that kind of leadership. >> romneys have 20 grandkids and fill their day with charity work and family time but the abrupt end to the campaign was difficult. >> i cried. when you pour that much of you

. >> peter doocy now has more of the exclusive interview tonight from washington. peter? >> harris, we know it wasn't until 8 or 9:00 on election night that mitt romney realized he would not be moving into the white house as america's 45th president. >> i think we were convinced we would win. we saw the poles were close. we knew the energy and passion was with our voters. we knew we were going to win. >> the popularity of obama care propelled him to reelection. lately the president has approached battles over sequestration and immigration by campaigning instead of leading. >> i wish i were there. it kills me not to be there not to be in the white house doing what need to be done. the president is the leader of the nation. the president brings people together does the deals does trades, knocks the head together. the president leads. i don't see that kind of relationship. >> they have 20 grand kids and fill the dates with charity work and family time. ann says the abrupt end to the campaign was difficult. >> i cried. when you pour that much of your life and energy and passi

peter doocy leads the coverage in washington. how certain are the lawmakers that chemical weapons have been used, peter? >> reporter: not 100% certain, bill but senator feinstein says lawmakers have seen the same intelligence the white house has seen. mike rogers the chairman of the house intelligence committee said in an interview about syria i have a high probability to believe that chemical weapons were used w we need the final verification. i, mike rogers, chairman. intelligence committee would come to the conclusion they are either positioned for use or ready to do that or in fact have been used. if a final verification about chemical weapons use is made, congressman rogers says the united states is morally obligated to take out syria's weapons delivery systems and i suggested in that interview a limited military strike as one way to do that. bill: we mentioned the chief of staff. what is the latest word this morning from the white house on these reports, peter? >> reporter: the latest word, bill, that the obama administratio

peter doocy live in washington. what would this bill of rights do, peter?, it would guaranty refund for passengers who get stuck on a ship stranded at sea where there is no place to go to the bathroom or see a doctor or enjoy modern luxuries like lights and air-conditioning. senator chuck schumer from new york is leading the charge for the new cruise ship bill of rights. he said yesterday cruise passengers shouldn't be forced to live in third world conditions when they go on vacation. >> these ships are regulated by foreign countries who have virtually no regulation at all. they dock in our ports. they're often, they advertise all over america. the majority of their passengers are americans but they fly foreign flags. one of the reasons they fly foreign flags is because there is virtually no regulation. >> reporter: without proper american regulation, senator schumer says cruise ships have many about the wild west of the traveling industry. bill: what are the passengers saying about this? are they calling for it? >> reporter: really depends which cruisers y

peter doocy is live in washington with the latest. >> sequestration is on the horizon if things continue as they have. by this time tomorrow president obama will have signed an order putting the automatic spending cuts put into effect. 57 percent of registered voters think the automatic spending cuts are necessary to get the deficit under control because congress can't seem to agree on any other way to do it. that's according to a brand new fox news poll that also found 29 percent of voters think it would be better to let democrats and republicans just figure out some other kind of solution. here is the latest from the leaders of each party in the senate. >> we thought we should give congress true flexibility, flexibility to cut loopholes, flexibility to ask the richest of the rich to contribute a little bit more. instead they completely become inflexible. >> 11th hour deal. we have known this was coming. why are we here? why are we here at the 11th hour? no more 11th hour deals. >> a majority of registered voters in the fox news poll disagree with his strategy of skipping town to make h

peter doocy has more from washington. >> good morning ainsley.e got a sense yesterday that the defense of marriage act could either stand or fall because of how justice anthony kennedy who is known as holding a swing vote on the supreme court viewed safe rights. he signalled during arguments and uncertainty about whether or not marriage is something the federal government should medal in. >> question is whether or not they have authority to regulate marriage. >> to understand why the specific case made it to the supreme court you have to learn more about edith winsler. when her partner died in new york where they lived same-sex marriage was not legally recognized she got stuck with the bill, a tax bill that would have been much smaller if her partner was her spouse. she sued to over turn the defense of marriage act after years of legal battles here we are. >> they touch every aspect of life. your partner is sick. social security. it is pervasive. it's not a federal sphere it's not only a tax question. as justice kennedy said 1100 stat tuts. it ef

it is the bottom of the hair and peter doocy has more on this and the rest of the stories making news >> president obama said congress can turn off the cuts any time if they will compromise. mr. obama blamesment republicans for the sequester saying it was not necessary for things to gets this far. the gop said the house passed measures and the senate didn't . the new york court will review whether the state's new gun controls were rushed into law in violation of the sate constitution. it vilastes the free speech and property owners and right to decision government . 2000 illegal immigrants have been released from jail thanks to the sequester budget cuts that. is significantly higher than the few hundred quoited by the obama administration. there is to lead to another 3000 this month . california legislator want to ban people state wide from smoking in multiunit complex like apartment homes and condos, free standing homes would be exempt. >> thank you, peter. >> and former republican presidential candidate mitt romny speaking to chris wallace. he's largely out of the lime light since t

peter doocy now with the news from washington. peter? >> reporter: harris, afghan president hamid karzai made a sensational accusation against the united states this weekend telling a television audience he thinks the americans and the taliban have been coordinating terror attacks against civilians as recently as this week intending to show civilians how quickly the security situation on the ground will deteriorate after most u.s. troops have left the country the end of next year. >> they are trying to frighten us into thinking it was foreigners, were not in afghanistan we would face these sort of incidents. >> reporter: president karzai and visiting defense secretary chuck hagel canceled a joint press conference for security reasons, but the two met anyway and hagel says he told the afghan president his claims are false. >> i told the president it was not true, that the united states was unilaterally working with the talib-- that the states wasn't unilaterally working with the that be. >> and senator john bolton gave a similar explanati

peter doocy in the newroom with more are. peter?the way to "finish off the nra" would be to release the images from the newtown shooting. several families expressed outrage. another story several of you are reading online a maryland dad is appealing his son's suspension after the second grader was accused of chewing his shaw strawberry breakfast pastry into a gun. it asks that the punishment be removed from the boy's record. also trending a bizarre are video that shows jodi arias moments before being charged in the brutal murder of her boyfriend in 2008. the phoenix woman is caught on camera, singing laughing and even doing a headstand. the video is admissible in court but hasn't been shown to the jury. lifetime also announced plans to turn the scandalous trial into a movie. for those stories and more log on to foxnews.com. shannon, back to you. >> shannon: i think it would be news if lifetime announced it was not turning that trial into a movie. >> i think a sure fire way to tell that things in your life are not going well, is if l

peter doocy has more on the cases that the justices will thr week. the line's cueing up. >> for the first time since the big health care case, people are already camping out, outside the court, waiting to get inside or holding places in line for other who is want to get in line for the argument. tuesday is when the justices are going to hear in favor and in opposition to california's state ban on gay marriage, prop 8, which voters approved in and on wednesday, the defense of marriage act will be argued, saying that federal agencies will define marriage as being between one man and one woman and advocates are warningave major cultural shift if marriage equality becomes part of the law of the land. >> i wish it were just about the marriage altar. it is about much more. it's about altering all of society, with marriage goes what our children for taught, parents losing the right to define the morals for their children. it's about religious freedom. they are intertwined in our culture. it's about the right to conduct yours business as you see fit. >> supp

peter doocy. alisyn. were arrested in southern france in connection with a deadly terror attack in the city of toulouse last year. they were linked to islamic terrorists that killed seven people including a rabbi and three jewish schoolchildren. this comes day as of the french president said it is tightening its intelligence gathering to prevent further terror attacks. bill: tensions in korea between the south and north again. planning to cut off the military joint hotline with that country. that hotline is critical because the koreans use it to communicate. hundreds of workers travel back and forth on regular basis to run the industrial complex in the southern part of north korea. they unleased a torrent of threats against the south an u.s. angry over military drills and recent u.n. sanctions. >>> got some breaking news now. want to take you to the high court. look at the crowd that is assembled for a second day on the steps of the u.s. supreme court. today now is a bit different from yesterday. today th

peter doocy. bill: new reaction from the attorney general eric holder.e of drones inside the united states now. kapt to*pt toll hill hearing that did take place today. holder says he has no intention of allowing drone strikes here at home, from minutes ago. >> what i said in the letter was that the government has no intention to carry out any drone strikes in the united states. it's hard for me to imagine a situation in which that would occur. we have within the united states the ability to use our law enforcement capacity. as i laid out in a speech that he gave at northwestern university with regards to the use of these kinds of letha onel things was that the possibility, the niece built of capture was difficult in foreign lands, afghanistan, pakistan, other parts of the middle east, that is not the same thing here in the united states where the possibility of capture is obviously enhanced, and as a result the use of drones is from my perspective something that is entirely, entirely hypothetical. bill: there is more to this. i want to talk to retired ca

peter doocy with more of the most clicked.rs spent 13 years in prison on charges he murdered a 76-year-old woman in 1999. a district court reversed the convection after testing showed that dna evidence wasn't from him. the state decided not to retry him and a federal jury awarded him $13 million because they ruled two cleveland police officers violated his civil rights by coercing information out of him and withholding evidence. another are story trending online. a feel good story about a man reunited with his georgia tech class ring after losing it more than 40 years ago. he lost it out the car window and was shocked when his brother saw the ring on facebook. the woman who found the ring posted a picture of it online in hopes of finding its owner. mission accomplished. >>> finally, a united airlines crew held up a flight for a san francisco man to make sure that he was able to say goodbye to his dying mother. his flight to texas was delayed and he was at risk for missing the connection. the crew stepped in delaying takeoff fo

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lot of questions of why he was in iran in the first place and now we are hearing from his son, peter doocyas more from washington. >> harris, last time dan had contact with his dad, he got an e-mail about how proud he was of his son. robert leavenson kidnapped in iran where he was working on a case related to cigarette smuggling. he was last seen in these photos. >> you are devastating to see him but happy to see that he is alive and he is relatively well. >> dan and his mom met with secretary of state john kerry here in washington. officially the state department said the united states continues to welcome the assistant -- assistance of the partners and calls on the islamic republic of iran to find him d return him safely to his family. dan said he has confidence to kerry. >> he's been related to the case a long time . knowing he's in a new position, he has more ability to urgeently press it. >> the white house said the iranian government offered assistance locating mr. leavenson. we look forward to receiving this assistance even though we disagree with other key issues. there is a millio

this could change the course of the very issue, peter doocy with the news from washington. >> reporter, here in washington there's snow he in the forecast, but that's not stopped the formation of a line on the cold sidewalk in front of the supreme court, even though arguments in the highly anticipated marriage equality cases don't start till tuesday. and when the constitutionality of california's 2008 ban on gay marriage, prop 8 will be argued and on wednesday. and the marriage act, must define marriage as between one man and one woman. supporters of traditional marriage are warning about cultural changes that could accompany laws that permit same-sex marriage. >> and it goes to altering society and parents losing the right to define to their children. it's about the right to conduct your business as you see fit. >> support for legal same-sex marriage has grown although the latest fox news poll shows less than half, 49% of registered voters now favor it. still, one attorney arguing marriage equality is predicting a win. >> the right to marry is well established. the supreme court ruled

peter doocy has interviewed his son and has the latest on this story. >> as you said, robert levinson is a retired f.b.i. agent and was on kish island investigating cigarette smuggling as part of his new job as a private investigator in 2007, when he was kidnapped. six years later, his son tells me he hasn't spoken to his dad since the day before he disappeared and that seeing proof of life photos of his father years after captivity, is very difficult. >> it's a mix of emotions because at one time you're devastated to see him in the state he's in, but you're happy to see that he's alive and that he is relatively well, considering the circumstances he's in probably. >> yesterday dan levinson and his mother met with secretary of state john kerry. the state department now says the united states continues to welcome the assistance of our international partners in this investigation and calls on the government of the islamic republic of iran to uphold its offer to help find mr. levinson and return him safely to his family. just a day after their meeting, dan told me this morning he hopes t

. >> harris: peter doocy has more of the exclusive interview from washington. >> reporter: harris, we know now it wasn't until 8 or nine o'clock on election night that mitt romney realized he would not be moving into the white house as america's 45th president. >> i think we were convinced that we would win. we saw that the polls were very close, but we knew that the energy and passion was with our voters and my heart said we were going to win. >> the former g.o.p. nominee believed incumbency and the popularity of obamacare propell propelled president obama to reelection and lately the president has battled sequestration by campaigning and not leading. >> i wish i were there. it it kills me i'm not in the white house doing what needs to be done. the president is the leader of the nation, does the deals, does the trades, knocks the heads together, but the president leads and i don't see that kind of leadership. >> the romneys now have 20 grandkids and fill their days with charity work and family time, but ann says the abrupt end to the campaign was difficult. >> i cried. when you pour

thank heaven peter doocy is joining us live from washington to explain how and why that may happen, peterdar, 23 days from now, furloughs as a direct result of sequestration are going to start taking effect and one day later, funding for the the government runs out. so there is a risk of a government shutdown. >> march 27th when the government runs out of budget authority, then you would see a partial government shutdown and then you would see government employees sent home and that might be very disruptive. especially because government agencies have a tendency to want to do the things that are most visible. i mean, what is the secretary of interior, mr. salazar say, we have to close every national park, well, that's ridiculous, i hope they come to an agreement on the 27th, government shutdown doesn't help anyone. >> back in 1995 and 1996 when clinton was president and gingrich speaker, the government shut down twice for a total of 28 days, at which point some government parks and monument closed and longer than normal wait for some government services like passport offices. the day befo

peter doocy live in washington with more. >> brian, senator paul says his feet hurt and that he wasn'tfortable shoes for his 12-hour and 52-minute long filibuster that started before noon and ended at 20 to 1:00 o'clock in the morning. the junior senator from kentucky says he didn't really have a plan going into yesterday, but he clearly stated many different ways that he does not think it's constitutional for the american government to use drones against american citizens. >> to be bombed in your sleep, there is nothing american about that. there is nothing constitutional about that. but he says trust him. he says he hasn't done it yet. he says he doesn't intend to do so, but he might. mr. president, that's just not good enough. >> a milky way bar that looked delicious helped curb senator paul's appetite. he also got a food assist from senator mark kirk who brought him an apple and green tea to keep going. a total of 15 senators, including two democrats participated in the filibuster. generally asking long questions to give paul a breather, but at one point, texas senator ted cruz rea

state john kerry making a trip to iraq this morning, flew into baghdad a few hours ago. >> clayton: peter doocyd morning. >> reporter: good morning, clayton. secretary kerry and al-maliki wrapped up a behind closed door meeting and two were in very good spirits he joking around with each other before they got down to business and we're told that secretary kerry's top priority is telling al-maliki to stop letting the iranians fly the plane loads of weapons over iraq and into syria. the weapons shipments are reportedly contributing to the sustained blood shed in syria. and if iraqis are not going to let them stop flying, they want to put in an agreement to get the flights inspected. if al-maliki is offering him a theoretical seat at the table when it's time for leaders to s decide what to do once assad is gone for good and the provincial elections in parts of iraq that prime minister delayed for six months. the secretary thinks that should be be reconsidered. kerry thinks by the end of this year, the american embassy in iraq needs to shed hf its staff. right now there are 10,500 employees and he

peter doocy is live in washington. peter, does it look like either side is ready to give any ground? >> reporter: it depends on which interview you with a watched this morning, john boehner told abc news president obama already got the new taxes he wanted back in january so more taxes shouldn't even be on the table this time around, but another remember can bob corker indicated on fox that new taxes could be part of the discussion if democrats agree to serious entitlement reform. >> think republicans, if they true entitlement reform, would be glad to look at tax reform that generates additional revenues. that doesn't mean increasing rates. it means closing loop homes and arranging our tax system so we have economic growth. i think we've been saying that from day one. >> reporter: the house budget committee chairman paul ryan says he thinks president's trip to capitol hill to meet with republicans is a good start but he thinks the bipartisan spirit needs to last through summer at least if any problems are going solved. >

peter doocy reports from washington. >> reporter: afghan president made a sensational accusation against the united states this weekend telling a television audience he thinks the americans and the taliban have been coordinating terror attacks against civilians as recently as this week intending to show civilians how quickly the security situation will deteriorate after most u.s. troops have left the country. >> they are trying to frighten to think tlig twa the foreigners. we would be facing these sort of incidents. >> president karzai and chuck hagel cancelled a joint press conference for security reasons, but the two met anyway and hagel told the afghan president his claims are false. >> i told the president it was not true. that the united states was unilaterally working with the taliban in trying to negotiate anything. >> reporter: hagel says political pressure led karzai to speak out against the united states. john bolton gave a similar explanation this morning. >> it's a curious round of afghan politics to say the taliban and united states are cooperating but it's part of karzai's

. >> fox news peter doocy is is here to tell us who will feel the pain and when. > hi, alisyn. the cuts that will impact people most directly are the furloughs. some agencies have already sent notices to their employees saying that they are going to be forced to take 14 days of unpaid leave between april and september. here are some of the important dates coming up. march 26th. those furloughs begin one day later. march 27th. the temporary budget that's funding the government expires a government shutdown is possible. a few weeks later in the middle of april, democrats in congress need to come up with a budget blueprint and a month or so after that, the debt ceiling will need to be raised again if america wants to pay its bills. this calendar is spread out over several months. and president obama says that's how long it's going to take to feel the pain. >> just to make the final point about the sequester, we will get through this. this is not going to be an apocalypse i think as some people have said. it's just dumb. and it's going to hurt. it's going to hurt indiv

peter doocy live with more. >> reporter: right now senator chuck schumer, democrat from new york whereruise passengers spent more than $120 million last year ashore is trying to drum up support for the passenger bill of rights saying cruisers should not be force to live in third world conditions when they go on vacation. >> these ships are regulated by foreign country who is have virtually no regulation at all. they dock in our ports. they're often, they advertise all over america. the majority of their passengers are american but they fly foreign flags. and one of the reasons they fly foreign flags, is because there's virtually no regulation. >> reporter: so without that regulation schumer says cruise ships have become the wild west of the travel industry and he reportedly now wants secretary of state kerry involved to help negotiate terms with these foreign companies for protections that he says would be similar to the airline passenger bill of rights and would penalize cruise lines anytime passengers are denied toilets or power and guaranty refunds for last-minute cancellations. we'

peter doocy is taking a closer look at this morning. who did the state department pay for these limos?. >> reporter: jenna the contract was awarded to a french much company based in paris about 20 minutes away from the eiffel tower. the exact figure, $321,665, represents the maximum amount that was set aside to shuttle around almost everyone on the vice president's very elaborate trip. the vice president's personal car is of course flown in from the united states. the vice president arrived in france on february 3rd after a few days in germany and while he was in the city of lights he met with u.s. embassy staff and their families. then had lunch at the presidential palace with french president francois hollande. they discussed terrorism in mali, civil war in syria and iran's nuclear program and the eurozone before he boarded air force two. this is different trip that he took last week to attend the installation mass for the pope at the vatican. jenna. jenna: every administration takes these sort of trips. they haven't normally happened

peter doocy up with us now from washington. have we heard from senator paul since he left the floor of the senate overnight? >> we have, bill. he said last night after exiting the floor to a big round of applause, that his feet hurt and he wasn't wearing the most comfortable shoes during that 12-hour, and 52 minute long filibuster, which he couldn't sit down and couldn't leave the floor but he was energized when other senators would join him. in all 15 senators participated including two democrats and two republicans who came over from dinner with president obama. the theme of the night was protecting civil liberty abouts. >> if you're sitting in cafe and somebody thinks you e-mailed your cousin in the middle east, and they think you're conspiring with them, you should be charged. you should be, you know, imprisoned, if they can make the charges stick. but they shouldn't just drop a hellfire missile on your cafe experience. >> reporter: a milky way bar gave senator paul a little energy boost during the dinner hour. he said he m

peter doocy is live on the mall near the capitol with the very latest.d it's getting white down there. >> that's right. and sequestration last week didn't shut down dc, but snow questerration as some are calling this, it's the reason that all federal offices here in washington are closed today, all nonemergency employees have already been told they can take paid leave today. they don't want anybody on the roads who doesn't have to be. those employees have been told if they have to go to work, then they can. but otherwise stay off the roads because we're told this storm is about to start getting bad. at the capitol behind me, some hearings have been postponed, including one about cyber security and one about asteroids and we're told that congressmen and women in the house will work today until about 1:00 o'clock. then they're going to leave. they're going to spend the morning work on the continuing resolution to fund the government through the -- past the end of march. then they're going to go home as well because this afternoon is when they think the roa

peter doocy life in washington. >> by the time congressional leaders meet with president obama at the morning at 10, sequestration will be 14 hours away, but these automatic and across the board cuts and the rate of spending growth have been a possibility for 18 months ever since overwhelming majority of both houses in congress passed the budget control acts with the understanding that if the debt reducing super committee failed, sequestration would happen. that committee did fail and lindsey graham is now saying everyone in washington is at fault. >> you've got one obligation that nobody in this body has. you're the commander in chief of the united states. they trust you. they need you. how any commander in chief could have been comfortable with the idea that if the super committee fails we're going to gut the military and you haven't lift add finger in the last year to do anything about it. this is pathetic behavior by the commander in chiefment this is the low point in my time in the united states congress. >> today's meeting at the white house will include senator harry reid, cong

. >> peter doocy joins us live. john mccain doesn't like the idea of pocket nyes being on planes. >> the tsa have decided are okay for air travel beginning april 25th have blades up to 2.36 inches long that are less than half inch wide because the tsa does not think these short blades could help someone brein down an entire airplane. now the air marshall's union says they weren't consulted about letting small knives on planes and many pilots and flight attendants stepped forward to express their concern saying they don't feel safe knowing how many easier it is for passengers to attack them. john mccain says we need a congressional hearing on the whole issue of what is a danger to the entire flight. i think we need to call witnesses since they have made this policy change. the tsa administrator is for now standing by this new policy and has not indicated any kind of a change based on the concern of these advocates for flight groups. >> we are dedicated to preventing terrorist attacks, reducing the vulnerability of ou

. >> clayton: peter doocy has not been cancelled his office is open. he is in washington, d.c.morning with the latest on this. are these the self-guide tours, clayton? clay lay there is. >> there is a phone number at the white house. every since the administration decided tours are going to be a casualty of the sequestration. simple message all tours are cancelled effective saturday march 9th, today until further notice. we heard some folks looking around the white house yesterday. even though they were on the right side of the cancelled tours, general consensus is that there is no need to cancel them for everyone else. >> we fly here, this is the only place we saw lines at t.s.a. so, i don't think it was a reasonable decision. this is our house. we should be able to go into it. >> in terms of the overall cost of operating the country and the government, small change. i think it's for posturing more than anything. >> yesterday, a white house spokesman tried sequester tours into context. >> both the seat of government, the residence of the leader of the country but also a museum