shannon? >> shannon: good at vice for every one of us out -- good advice for every one of us out there. it's a hard bat tle to kick cigarettes so maybe the president not immune as other americans wage the same battle with him. thank you. days after the bipartisan summit, healthcare reform was the hot topic on the sunday talk shows. the democrats seem to go forward even if they don't get republican support. pelosi surging the democrats to back legislation even if it costs them their job. julie kirtz joins us from washington with details. >> three days after the bipartisan summit moderated by president obama, it's as parody san as ever. polls show along with congress, the american people are divided on healthcare. many are against a big overall, but making rounds on the sunday talk shows, house speaker nancy pelosi urged democrats to make a bold move anyway. even without republican help and november elections on the horizon and she urged them to pass healthcare legislation saying it's what the a

shannon van sant reports. >> reporter: engineers for chinese-owned sany heavy industry company are on site here in johannesburg, south africa. sany makes machinery, and they're supplying equipment for another chinese company, covec, which is constructing a water extraction facility where water will be diverted from a river for industrial usage. jiang chen, an engineer and account manager with sany, says this is one of five construction projects sany has supplied equipment for in south africa. >> in south africa, three years ago, there is suddenly a need to build everything from the stadium, airports and roads, hotels. there is a shortage for the engineers for the material, for the equipment, and also the construction halls. the equipment costs are tremendously high, and i believe by the involvement from the chinese companies, the equipment suppliers can make the efficiency go higher and the costs could become lower. >> reporte it's part of a building boom in south africa that is drawing chinese firms like sany. in recent years, the south african government has built infrastructure and

shannon, thank a lot.>> thank you. >>> coming up, live from new york, creating delicious meals at home with just a kitchen grater. we'll have >> announcer: "today's cooking school" is brought to you by i can't believe it's not butter. >>> this morning in "today's cooking school," getting the most out of your kitchen utensils. chef and restauranteur jose andres is here to show how home chefs can do some amazing things with the humble grater. good morning to you, jose. >> good morning. >> we're talking about family-friendly, kid-friendly recipes today. you've got three of them. and your daughters are here. >> are here. >> they are colatta and? >> inez. >> inez are here to help us. starting with fried rice. how does this make a fried rice dish? >> this is so inexpensive, $10, in the market. >> i have one of these. i never know what to do with it. >> what can we do with it to feed the family quick, healthy. healthy is the word. you know how to grate? okay, careful with your nails. >> oh, careful with my nails.

>> shannon. >> shannon, thank you. >> it's just water, right? >> just water.oming up in this hour, we'll workout. celebrity trainer tracy anderson back and she has brought fellow pregnant women to show w us howe should exercise no matter what state we're in. >> do you still go to the gym? >> in my first trimester i didn't, but you go back slowly and it's good for your mind and the baby. >> all of that stuff. chris is at the news desk with a look at the news out in the real world. >>> good morning. as we've been reporting, a slow moving and powerful winter storm is pummeling the northeast. there are widespread travel delays and power has been knocked out to hundreds of thousands. jim axle vod in stanhope, new jersey. >> reporter:ed headline of this third major snowstorm in the month of february is high winds. in hampton beach, new hampshire, just about an hour north of boston, high winds fanned flames into a five alarm fire. knocked out a whole block of businesses up in hampton beach, new hampshire. they're also taking out a lot of pourer. 237,000 without power

. >> jimmy: shannon was not an the plane. >> not a coincidence. that means it's significant, right?s was not available. sure, exactly. >> we hope to see shannon this year. >> jimmy: season premiere of "lost" happen on groundhog's day, yet in "lost" the same thing is happen over again, but differently. >> right. >> jimmy: convince dent or not? >> absolutely planned. no. coincidence. >> jimmy: the space between l.a. and x in the title? >> that was very planned. >> it was a typo. >> we roll with it. we're like that's a total typo, that will drive people crazy. >> jimmy: that was planned. the meal on the flight, lasagna. >> we spent a month on the room working on that meal and came to lasagna. >> jimmy: you came to lasagna. >> look, we'll tell you, it is a vegetarian lasagna. >> and you didn't think you'll get anything tonight. it was vegetarian lasagna. >> jimmy: on this flight rose is calm and jack is nervous flyer on the first flight it's p opposite. coincidence or not? >> no, that is not. completely intentional. >> jimmy: jack spills his vodka while pouring a drink? >> not a coincid

>> tim: shannon from snaer, and he is fouled. that will go against david potter. the look outside. you just see the hands always and that ball looked like it was destined. booker didn't even try for it. hinge ewas just giving it up out of bounds. singleton made the hustle play. andre young will check back in, as will tanner smith. and david potler also take a seat. and oliver purnell is just in search mode right now. he's got the search engine going, trying to find some combinations that will work. >> tim: these interest first free throws of the season. gets one to go. he is at 50%. 17-6, florida state. stitt. every time he gets it, he attracts. >> mike: three white jerseys. >> tim: stitt gets caught. grant with the hook, trying to get positioned inside. you really can't stand to get. tanner smith just gave him the ball. found a hole. stitt, you can sense the frustration here. >> mike: right. this is what i talked about earlier with young and stitt out on the floor at the same time. they're undersized in the backcourt. and against florida state, it real slow shows

shannon butler is live from sea world in orlando with more.we're now hearing the accident happened in a holding tank? >> reporter: well there is a lot of different stories about exactly how it happened. sea world is saying that the trainer actually slipped inside that tank and that's when she died. but the witnesses tell us a whole different story. now what happened was there was kind of an area where people were having lunch, there is a program here where you can pay like $40 or so to have lunch while the what else do their kind of a show, and at that time is when witnesses tell us that the trainer was actually inside the tank with that killer whale, she has brown hair and a long pony tail in the video we have seen from witnesses and that her hair actually got caught inside the whale's mouth and somehow that whale dragged her underneath the water and basically she drown. sea world is not saying much. she is 40 years old and she was a very experienced trainer. now sea world is having a difficult time here because this is the first time it has

shannon, what's the latest there? >> well, we do know now that the trainer's name is dawn branchow 40 years old and apparently very experienced in working with when whale andsalso very experienced in working with this specific whale. everybody here kind of scratching heir heads trying to figure out exactly what went wrong. >> shepard: now, this whale, this particular whale has attacked people before? >> yeah. actually, there are reports of twice. one a canadian trainer and then back in 1991, one of three whales that actually killed someone else. now, we do know that a few years ago in 1999 there was a man who actually overnight had snuck into the tank here just an average joe and when the folks came in to open the park in the morning, he was actually draped over that whale. this whale in the past has been controversial. there have been even documentaries done. but at this point sea world said they felt, you know, confident enough to have this whale here as they try to piece together exactly what might have set this of

. >> area manager, steve shannon supervises operations across northern virginia and specializes in the unexpected. he took this job after leaving the pentagon, serving 21 years in the army with special operations. >> last year, we may have had total of maybe 6, 8 inches of snow total. we got that much in a couple hours last week, so, it is certainly challenging. >> when the snow starts, crews will first dump salt, then begin plowing operations. interstates and major routes will get plowed first, as for residential roadways, some of those are still covered from the last snowstorm. >> the snow that we get tonight isn't the big issue, it's the ice that is down now. i think it's going to be a minimum of two weeks before they actually see black tops. >> two weeks, not a comforting thought for all of the people digging out from the last snowstorm. vdot crews urging people to remain patient. they are going to get to every steat as they possibly can. it might take some time. reporting live, 9news now. >> we got to get you a hat, man. >> all right. >> i think i have a hood d y. >> so, how does

: will do. >> shannon bream in d.c.ton down the hatches, a huge winter storm is promising to make a mess of some spots of the country and talking about a blanket of snow that will be covering the area that you are looking at. we're tracking that threat, some areas will get hit hard with ice and we'll tell you who will get hit the worst, bill. bill: and breaking news in the arizona sweat lock lodge case, remember three people dead from the cleansing ceremony and police make a big break in the case and we'll tell you what that is in only three minutes. >> sure they are not breathing. >> no. >> is a nurse there? is she... >> there is a... an emergency first responder trying to do cpr. >> cpr is in progress. >> yes. >> okay. all right. boss: y'know, geico opened its doors back in 1936 and now we're insuring over 18 million drivers. gecko: quite impressive, yeah. boss: come a long way, that's for sure. and so have you since you started working here way back when. gecko: ah, i still have nightmares. anncr: geico. 15 minutes c

shannon butler, a reporter for wofl, fox fox news in florida is with you guess. >> they expect and update:15 and shamu did pull a trainer into the tank. some reports say that the -- the whale may have gotten her by her hair but they're not confirming it. the whale pulled the trainer inside the training. it wasn't during the two shows addai. it's a shamu show called believe. it was not during that show but there was some kind of like lunchtime or dinnertime with shamu. we do know there were dozens and dozens of witnesses. we're just trying to figure out what the whale was doing when the incident happened. >> well, what i was hearing from one of the witnesses whom i'm sure you've seen quote was there was an aftershow at the pool side but we'll have to wait. an update in -- >> there was a 12:30 show with shamu so it's possible that ran over and there could have been something after that. >> we'll check back with you during regular programming after we get the

what is at stake before the justices today, shannon? good morning. >> reporter: good morning, bill. basically it boils down to a showdown between the first amendment and issue of national security and protecting us against terror groups and organizations. you know, there's a law that says you can't render material aid to some groups that the u.s. government has deemed a terror organization. that seems to make sense to a lot of people, but there are groups who are challenging this, saying listen, it's too vague, what if i want to give to the charitable arm of hamas or another organization that has medical or educational outreach, those kinds of things, i want to be able to do that and give to the good side of the organization and not get in trouble and criminally prosecuted for not giving to the bad side. one of the groups supporting that is aiming for this constitutional project, talking about the importance to exercise that right. >> i don't know if many recognize how important that is to us in our daily lives and drawing these lines and carving out this balance can be difficult. >

i'm shannon bream. this is fox news where more captioned by closed captioning services, inc. > >>> with the majority ofamican americans saying focus on jobst the president set to make a major announcement on healthcare within days.ay dem reports are democrats will pocw ahead with their own plan.ne one they are now claiming will take care of jobs. four million jobs to be exact.b will it? hi, i'm brenda buttner. and this is bulls and bears. a th here they are. the bulls and bears this week. . gary, tobin, erik, democratic strategist, juliette. welcome to everybody. erik, 4 million jobs from their health care bill. you buy that? >> it's not a jobs creation. it's a jobs killer. there are a lot of reason why is this will not only create 400,000 or 4 million jobs, it will kill jobs. small businesses, think about this for one second. 75% of small businesses use the tax code as individuals. in other words, they make x amount of money and pay like individuals. this will push those small businesses into the 45% f

shannon: you are right on comparing the southside to haiti. millions in but sames to be a losing battle. charlotte: my family was directly affected by 9/11. i do not want the terrorists tried near my home the risk is too great. kevin: the haitian -- bill your criticism of the haitian telethon effort was totally uncalled for. please give them time. obviously we will give them time when we call asking for information about the financial planning and we don't get the information we must inform the folks who donated. that's what responsible reporting is the that 66 million must get to the haitian people and we want the mtv people to know we are closely watching. mark: bill, as you continue to investigate, please mention that some charities like catholic relief services are doing excellent work in haiti. dozens are doing heroic work there but the telethon is only donating to a few. lois: it took us 90 minutes to go eight miles and get into the sun dome in tampa to see you and beck. the show was one of the best birthday presents i've received. lois,

shannon bream covers the supreme court for us. she is live outside there now.ow exactly do these humanitarian groups wants the justins to draw the line. >> shepard, as you mentioned, the ban is there when it comes to money. but it's also there when it comes to things like teaching and training and offering expertise. these humanitarian groups say we want to offer training for things like peace-building efforts and those kinds of things we can't do that under the current law. they also say more importantly there is a threat here to free speech under the first amendment. here is what sharon bradford franklin of the constitution project said about that threat. >> it's not until that is threatened that many of us realize how important that is to us in our daily lives. and, you know, drawing these lines and carving out this balance can be difficult. >> a very difficult balance, that's why it's now arrived here for the nine most preeminent scholars, nine justices to make that decision, shep. >> shepard: pretty heavy hitters to back the current law. >> yeah. a number

lub bucksville, shannon reporting five inches. generally speaking three to five inches from d.c.outhbound. in the pennsylvania border we had nine inches reported by keith in pennsylvania. there's two pictures that best describe the difference between this snow and the snow from 100-plus years ago. this is how we're dealing with it in 2010, blame the weather man, not us, starbucks is closed. if eastbound february of 1899, the last time we had this much snow was twinter of 1899. this is what northwest washington looked like in the wake of the blizzard. no cars obviously, just horses and shovels. tom? >> great shots, chuck. >>> let's check the view at reagan national airport. there's a live picture. the visibility is down. and it is snowing moderately to heavily there now at reagan national where the temperature right now is at 28 degrees. so that snow is certainly sticking. temperatures as well in the suburbs, down into the 20s in montgomery, fairfax, arlington, prince george's county, in the 20s around the region and below freezing. we have wantder storm warning in effect form abo

shannon bream is waiting for the news conference, along with us. tell me how bipartisan this group is. >> reporter: jane, of course here in d.c., that is becoming a rare thing these days, so it is unique, a show of sticking together. we've got six senators on the democratic or independent side, senators lieberman, lincoln and also webb. as far as republicans, we've got graham, collins and mccain sticking together, senator graham's spokesperson says this is an amendment they'll try to tack on the first available thing that comes to the door. we know the jobs bill could be coming shortly as they call it, so that's a possibility. one very interesting thing, the fact that we're talking about senator webb being on board with this, a former navy secretary, a very important person to have, also members of the armed services committee, to have to -- to have him on board is a big plus as they move forward. jane: exactly what are they asking for? >> this group a few days ago put a letter together to attorney general eric holder to say we remain opposed to th

. >> and we got an e-mail from shannon.she just moved here four years ago from toronto, canada. and she said that she's never experienced this but 1999 living in toronto, the mayor of the city brought the army in for support. since you're right there with aberdeen, i would like to go to that point. >> aberdeen crew that have crew that are in desert places right now. in maryland, the national guard is helping us with the emergency vehicles. i live 2 miles from the national guard reservation and they don't have equipment like that, unfortunately. we will probably have to help plow them out so they can get on the roads and do the things that they need to do. so i a little different than in canada but we appreciate her call. i had gotten an e-mail from toronto said that you are not donning a really good job because i've seen in other places. but maryland is maryland. and we're a little different my sister lives like this in north carolina. they shut down and nothing happens because they don't plow anything so we're in the middl

with the exception of shannon dona county. and blizzard warnings until 7:00 p.m.nds have been starting to gust big time. >> this is still a southern town. i can recall when we didn't have snowplow equipment to tackle something like this. when does it mean when you say blizzard. >> here is the definition. you're going to get visibility a quarter mile or less due to blowing snow and wind gusts over 35 miles per hour or sustained for a period of three hours. and we're already getting gusts over 45. so we'll have the gusty winds for the rest of the day and this afternoon and even this evening. >> and it will be tough to see but with the snow blowing and strong winds, we're talking power lines down and -- >> definitely. trees and branches, the ones still weighed down by the weight from the snow from saturday. they're going over. a lot of these will just succomb from the wind. and we're watching this piece of energy coming out the west virginia. it's lining up across -- well northwest to southeast, coming across areas in southwestern pennsylvania right through northern