we thought it was a presser on that explaining what was going on. what you just saw there, though is an amber alert that was issued along the east coast. that is why there's some breaking news on that. we had a little bit of confusion so we'll sort that out and get you back to breaking news out of california as soon as we can. in the meantime back to politics. jon: back to our discussion of funding the department of homeland security. neil and kevin are with us. mitch mcconnell has been over a barrel, trying this new tactic. the question is will it work? >> i think that the first thing we need to figure out is whether or not there are enough democrats willing to go along with even taking up senator mc connell's new plan. he would need obviously six of them if all the republican senators are in town just to take up this proposal to split off the debate over defunding or blocking funding for the president's 2014 immigration actions from the broader question of funding the department of homeland security but there might be a chicken in the egg problem

it's a great feeling. >> tom, you're known as a stoic competitor -- >> we'll jump out of this presserg victorious after his big mvp win. i have to say though andy he sounds really bad like his cold got worse. >> reporter: that's what a night of partying will do to a cold carol, when you don't go to sleep and stay up all night having a good old time. that's what you end up sounding like if you have a cold. nfl network is reporting this morning that patriots plan to fly back to boston later tonight and getting in around 6:00 p.m. eastern and they do plan on having a parade tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. i'm guessing that is based on the weather conditions and how they unfold later this afternoon. from what i understand it's not pleasant in boston right now. >> it's not very pleasant but i'm telling you those people know how to handle snow. i wouldn't be surprised if the celebration went on. we'll just have to see. >> reporter: liquid courage. >> that's right. nothing like it right? 110 million people watched the super bowl. not 49 million. i way underestimated that. 110 million people. a record

senator presser and i have been on the campaign trail together for a couple of months in the last year and we've met with a lot of members of the native-american tribes and they truly are a warrior society, and we respected what they have provided to our country in terms of service to the armed forces. my question to you today is that you're trying to put together a system that, while it is similar, at least you want similarities for servicing being provided you're trying to provide these services and benefits to a whole lot of different groups. you've got the folks that are over the age of 65. those between 60 and 65. retirees that have left the armed services with 20 years of service but have not yet reached retirement age. then you're also looking at those individuals that are still there within the military. and then you're looking at those who are looking at coming into the military. how do you transition this? from what it is today? i got a letter from a man who had served over in iraq, and he 20 years in. came back. he says after sequestration, the message he gets is my retireme

lead presser the central africa are in the cameroon capital to finalize an offensive against boko haramlator: this section is historic because we moved use it to stopped to the barbaric actions of boko haram. this terrorist group has the military and human resources of a conventional army but use i can a sim a sim he had crick methods. >> reporter: the cameroon and chad are among countries that have committed 9,000 soldiers to be sent to nigh year i can't. nigeria. thousands of people have left their home to he escape the fighting between the army and boko haram. so just as regional countries step up their cam marijuana the group is lawning more attacks outside of eights base. it's not just african countries. the u.s. military is conducting exercises in chad and niger to train regional forces. as you know, this exercise takes place in the context of everyone facing terrorists from all sides, particularly in africa. and particularly from boko haram. which is spreading terror. but it's in nigeria itself where people have suffered most from the violence of boko haram. thousands were killed

lead presser russia, ukraine france and germany agreed on the plan in the belorussian capital minsk.ove on. charles stratford has this report from ukraine. >> reporter: we drove across the fields to the frontline only hours ago the ukrainian military fired rockets at this road. the separatists fighter with us said we should switch off our mobile phones and drive fast. there are a few fighters here at this former ukrainian military base. they say that their primarily role here is to try to monitor ukrainian army movements. we are at a separatist defensive position south of donetsk the fighters tell us that the ukrainian forces are about a kilometer in that direction. they tell us that we can't go in front of this building because there is a danger of snipers. the fighters here are unsure what the minsk agreement will mean for them. >> translator: we will stay here unless we get honored from our commanders to retreat or advance. we are holding this defensive position to help protect the town. >> reporter: the separatist leaders said the agreement could have far-reaching implications. >

. >>> avid read presser far and wide are gathering in india for one of the most popular book fairs inhe kolkata book fair celebrates international literature and reflects india's much-loved reading tradition fez jamil reports. >> reporter: they come for the love of books. frank ford and london's book fares may be larger but more pima tend calcuttas. for local authors there is little profit in books but plenty of passion. >> i enjoy it. i told my first book and until then it is very struggling. though it is my passion i love it. >> reporter: the fair started back in 1976 and every year since it's drawn huge crowds of book lovers from all over the country and the world. the u.k. is this year's feature country as it also happens to be the 450th anniversary of william shakes pierce birth. the british delegation says despite modern distractions people at the fair see value in books. >> they want the knowledge, they want to be well red. and be part of a network so that they can go out and be part of the discussions and things like that. >> reporter: which brings people out to the fair year

he canceled his pressers. i don't know what it is, but it's like quick sand for these guys.ender is wisconsin's governor scott walker. he will be in britain all week. maybe he will break the curse, but be on the lookout for how these things urgely go. so scott walker in the u.k. today. chris christie off to iowa. rand paul still talking about vaccines, but jeb bush is rolling out his online jeb bush for president operation. they made a big deal about hiring this guy as his new chief technology officer. shortly after making the announcement of that hire, andrew kaczynski noticed that guy's history disappear. this couple from oregon, they are the proud owners of jeb bush for president.com. and they have been since 2008. c.j. phillips and charlie rainwater are self-described high-tech bears. they've been together for 20 years. they're both in tech and disagree with bush's record and remarks on gay rights. and thanks to them, there is a handy place to talk about gay rights, which is jeb bush for president.com. joining us now are the proud owners of that website. thank you for be

>> my sense from watching him during the presser of "rose water" is that was a passion project and i think he loved doing it. and my sense, i have no access into his thinking, is he probably just want today do different stuff. you're extremely accomplished and wealthy. you could make independent art house films, and i respect someone willing to walk away from something like this to under take other endeavors, don't you? >> yes, and with the timing of it, and if you were a close student of the show, i think every once in awhile the fact that he was a little tired was becoming more and more manifest. one of the things that i think we'll miss though, chris, is only lauren michaels was able to find and promote talent. you have steve carell, steven colbert, jon oliver, olivia munn, ed healms. >> jessica williams now who is absolutely incredible. >> yes, it just -- i do wonder about where that sort of apparatus that will make that comedic talent, some of them have blossomed into huge deals. >>> david, do you have any response, i think i'm too conflicted for a million reasons to comment on

presser ryan howard 30.26 inches. 25 in allentown. millville, clear skies we're down to 15. dover, 19. trenton, 25 and wildwood, 21, the satellite and radar clouds increasing from the west here's the leading edge of that shield of moisture, this is a large storm system, snowing heavily across indiana. this system will push east over the next 1 to 24 hours. this will get in here after the super bowl kicks off at #-- 7:00 p.m. this evening. large storm system sitting here, trailing cold front across the ohio and tennessee paralysis. this will act differently it's not going to cut into the great lakes, it will travel from west to east across the country and run over the appalachians and into the northern mid atlantic and the northeast. that's why we're not going to see a huge snowfall out of the storm, because the milder air will work in from the south and change everything over to plain rain tonight. if you're in the lehigh valley and the poconos chances are this will stay all snow. maybe you change over to a period of wintry mix sleet and freezing rain in allentown but it wil

he canceled his pressers. i don't know what it is but it's like quick sand for these guys.tender is wisconsin's governor scott walker. he will be in britain all week. maybe he will break the curse, but be on the lookout for how these things urgely go. so scott walker in the u.k. today. chris christie off to iowa. rand paul still talking about vaccines, but jeb bush is rolling out his online jeb bush for president operation. they made a big deal about hiring this guy as his new chief technology officer. shortly after making the announcement of that making the announce announcement, that guy's history started to disappear. new study confirms old belief. college art majors are sluts. or this one. most people don't know that halloween is german for night for girls with low self-esteem dress like sluts. or there are 12 girls that will never amount to anything other than being some girl that's left with tiger woods. so he seems nice. where did you find him? that's who jeb bush just hired to be his chief media officer. we don't know exactly what kind of website it is but we do kno

we'll go back to that presser as soon as we can get the audio back up. but it is a very emotional biography when you look at what kayla mueller did not just for syria, but latin america. this is a woman who cared about being a global citizen, who went to syria to be able to give the answer, where was the world in syria. she went there to say, we're right here. america is right here. >> she represents everything that is good in humanity. here is this young person who grew up in the united states not compelled by anything than her own desire to help the world and chose to go to a place like syria where there was a lot of suffering. her words resonated very loudly. you can see how impactful she was in the simple facebook posts. >> let's listen back in. >> kayla would stand on her head. those of us who know her and know what a free little spirit she was, we just delight in that that kayla remained kayla. they tried to silence her. they locked her up. they kept us silent out of here but now she's free. even in captivity and that she is grateful. her light shi

. >> so if you were director of homeland security and you just listened to john boehner's presser, whatking which is where is the leadership? leadership is not about authority. it's not about power. it's about responsibility. who can believe the american public, the men and women and hard working men and women in homeland security or reputation of government itself is well served by what's been going on and holding the department's budget hostage in the way it's been held over the past weeks and months. >> should politics play into this at all when it comes to the department of homeland security? >> at some level, you know certainly at this level everything is political and we all understand that. we all understand also leadership has responsibility. the department was created to help build and establish a safe and secure and resilient place where the american way of life can thrive. is the government doing everything it can to keep us safe safe? this doesn't pass the test. >> two former heads of homeland security will tell the nation what it will mean if funding isn't continued. >> the

this presser was notable for the fact that the va chief apologized over and over again. are his comments going over with veterans? >> right now this is the least of his worries, i can understand trying to relate with veteran army ranger which he was, off the train with special operations. we probably would give him a pass on this if this was the only mistake. but in the past few weeks alone he has not given accurate information when he was on "meet the press." he indicated he fired 60 executives, turns out only has been eight. prior to that he went toe-to-toe with a congressman on the hill proclaimed i run a major company. what have you done. the congressman was actually marine and army veteran. so i find that to be bigger, this is an element that shows bigger issue on his plate. gerri: jesse, i have to tell you, i feel your pain with all those things but i want to play the sound he is taking so much heat for tonight. listen to this. >> happen ton va veteran? >> yes. >> really? >> really. army navy. >> army? >> army. >> what unit? >> special forces. >> special forces? wh

you spoke at this presser and said two people had already been killed at this process crossing.ing forward, do you think it's important for oxnard to do something, to fix this dangerous crossing? >> well oxnard actually is doing something, jake, but it's going to cost $30 million to do. that is a flyover here at this street. once that flyover is in place, obviously this intersection is not going to be on that list. but $30 million is daunting for a local community the size of the city of oxnard, and, again, that's why the congress of the united states -- i know everybody blames congress for everything. but given these competing priorities i think 10,000 incidents a year in 2014 is unacceptably high. >> you're calling on congress to give you money to help save lives that the crossing. >> well if it's not congress, i don't think it's going to come from the state of california. we'll take it from anyone we can get it from. but, again, federal transportation is critical and we know that we have infrastructure issues and deficits in funding. hopefully now that the wars are winding do

and the latest from the presser and the police they're also telling us now why they raided an internetday. they found out that this man was actually there between 10 and 10:45. that was between the two attacks. patti ann: so what, what can you tell us, tom about the two men arrested today? what more detail? >> reporter: only details are how long they have been imprisoned. they've only actually been in prison for ten days, and that's without solitary confinement. that's a bit surprising. the defense lawyer says that's a signal that the evidence is not very strong, and i would have to agree because very often you see them get solitary confinement. so that's a bit interesting. patti ann: all right. reporting live for us, tom carstensen, thank you. bill: a frigid blast gripping the northeast. arctic-like temperatures sweeping across the area making shoveling after the latest snowstorm even more miserable. >> i'm just laughing at it, and i'm looking at the positive side. i believe i'm seeing a weather event that's probably not going to happen for another 50 years. bill: going to wait anothe

so, the original version was a rap, actually sticky fink presser on innings, rub it like this, and rubbingd then the new version was i don't need it. so it went from hip top to r&b. >> and then in the next hour, you're going to produce me, i'm going to sing this song, okay? i'm going to sing keep your money. you're going to produce me, see if he can make me into a superstar as you are. >> here is the problem. >> we'll see what happens. >> we've heard quincy sing. >> not a problem, mike. no, no, no. >> the other thing is you can keep your monday say good song, like it is one of my favorite songs on the show empire. so you can't mess this up. >> i can sing, guys. listen. hold on. here we go. here we are. hold on, hold on. here we are. do this. right here? okay. here go. >> ♪ >> no, oh, god. >> the man is not a miracle worker. >> oh, my god. >> ♪ >> quincy, you should look at his face right now. >> need a lot of filters. >> quincy! >> ya, we'll let you work on. that will we'll give you little time to put that together. because you're going to need some help. >> by the way one of the stars fro

and a presser later on this morning, so stay tuned for that.e "squawk on the street" ahead. >>> all right, it's a monday and a "mad dash." it's sleeting outside. not the greatest way to start the week. >> yeah flew in. i don't know, might be in dulles. dulles? dulles? >> it's a little ways from new york city. >> speaking of not stopping people have wanted to own qualcomm. every time it goes down there's always a new thesis about why it should go back. it doesn't really matter. you solve the china fine issue, and then you get back into at least the notion that they can get some momentum. remember, they had a little tip to samsung, too. i don't like qualcomm. >> you don't? >> there are other stocks that are cheaper in the semi business. like a cyprus semi is scheeper. sky -- cheaper. but this has always been the big mutual fund. >> it has. >> very smart company. but there's a lot of headwinds. >> yeah. >> all right. shake shack is our last one. >> it's still roughly a double. >> long bow starts -- shake shack with a sell. price target, 21. kind o

let's get some details on that because michelle as we both know head of state pressers can be mostlyremony. not today, president obama and the german chancellor will take questions. cnn will cover it live. please stay with wolf blitzer with that in the 11:00 hour eastern time. nick. >> meanwhile the u.s.-led coalition continues to pound isis conditions in iraq and syria. in iraq the air attacks are focused on the city of mosul. kurdish forces on the ground are attempting to surround the city and cut off isis supply lines. cnn's phil black spoke with the peshmurga about their plan to retake this strategic city. will ejoins us from live outside of mosul, phil. >> reporter: mikaela, good morning, we are on the top of the southern outskirts of mosul. behind me is a wide expanse of town virnlgs all still controlled by isis. it is a big chunk of territory. but it is significantly smaller tan it was and it now has definite limits. this position here is one fortified position along a long defensive line t. kurdish fighters in this region are now building digging in around isis. they've pushe

we do expect an ntsb presser within the next couple of minutes.t 8:00 we're expecting an additional press conference by one of the county executives here in westchester. to get more details as to what they know about why this happened. chris? deb, thank you very much. >> let's go to mary sciavo our cnn aviation lifrt and former inspector general for the u.s. department of transportation. you heard what metro north officials are saying this is the deadliest accident in their history. and we know that the ntsb has cited metro north as one of their biggest safety concerns. >> that's right. in a report issued last week of their top ten most wanted safety issues rail safety passenger rail safety is among the most urgent things in the country to improve the safety. there can be other entities involved as well. cognizant rail line or the cognizant responsibility for the signals, the lights and that particular crossing. might not necessarily be metro north. although probably it is. and then there are rules on when you can and can't blow your train whistle