here's martha. martha: so the dance begins now between president obama and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. many republicans are ready to challenge the president on key issues like energy, health care immigration, tax reform the list goes on. thom tillis says they also want to break away from years of partisan gridlock. >> we'll take up a lot of those bills, dozens which had strong bipartisan support and start sending legislation to the president's desk. when american people voted for republican majorities in november they really voted for people who will go up there and start working again. martha: will they get it, that is the big question? steve hayes senior writer at "weekly standard," fox news contributor. happy new year. good morning to you. >> good morning martha. martha: what happens now? the first move will be very telling. >> i think it will be. if you look what mitch mcconnell already said he want to push hard on energy. immediately wants to push on keystone and i think one of the

martha. martha: so some new roadblocks in the benghazi investigation. we'll tell you about the fight within the special committee that is bringing this investigation to a halt. bill: also this stunning video here. a pilot crash lands his plane in the pacific and the whole thing, from the beginning to the very end is caught on camera. and we will share this with you, with captain chuck nash in a moment. bill: we mentioned this a moment ago. starting to get images in from around the boston massachusetts area. they are stunning from the storm. that is flooding. that is a neighborhood. that is not good. sit you it, massachusetts some other images from around the area. this is just beginning of what we expect to be the visual damage from this storm. we talked about it missing new york city. we were told we were going to get hammered t did not happen. other people in the eastern long island and massachusetts rhode island, connecticut, up in maine, new hampshire and vermont. if you get a storm like this and you're on the ocean it is a double-whammy. martha: ev

here's martha. martha: speaking of all that isis marching across iraq and syria, beheading hostages taking over major cities, while new al qaeda offshoots keep appearing. has the president dropped the ball on the war on terror? senate armed services committee chairman lindsey graham joins us live to discuss that and possible breaking news he wants to announce as well. plus this. [shouting] bill: that's a scuffle at city hall at a meeting that was supposed to ease tensions. we'll tell you where this happened and why it is in the news. bill: tempers flare, bringing a st. louis townhall meeting to an abrupt end here. watch. [shouting] apparently a scuffle broke out when business manager of st. louis police officers association push ad woman. that is what eyewitnesses say. he says that is simply not true. >> two or three other anti-police radicals rushed over and things de-escalated or escalated from there. >> you didn't push a woman though? >> no. bill: the meeting was held to talk about possibility of

martha: i'm martha maccallum. at issue did the pats deflate 11 of the 12 balls used against the colts sunday. a softer balk make it easier to throw and catch. but a former patriot said he thinks the team is getting bad wrap. >> i think the patriots don't get the benefit of the doubt whenever things like this arrive. ever since the so-called spygate issue in 2007 came about everyone started to question their super bowls and wins. bill: spygate reerchess to an incident when the patriots illegally video taped their opponents and were caught. jonathan hunt is with us. are there accusations that the coach belichik was behind this? >> reporter: i think there are meantive accusations against coach belichik just because of the spygate history you just mentioned. in the slightly more rational world of sports analysis there are two schools of thought on this. nothing whatsoever happens in terms of football operations within the patriots' organization that coach belichik doesn't sign off on. if this did happen. if there was

martha? martha: tomorrow charlie hebdo magazine will release their first issue, and editors are not giving in to fear. the muslim prophet muhammad will be holding a sign held by so many french people and really around the world yes swee charlie. the text above reads "all is forgiven." the magazine planning to print up to three million copies this round. their usual print run is only about 65,000. katie pavlich is the news editor for townhall come and a fox news -- townhall.com and a fox news distributer, and she has written a piece. but what's your reaction, first of all, to this publication, katie? >> i think it's a strong stance for what the editors who were killed last week really believed in. you know, they weren't going to cower in fear despite being under attack since 2011 for simply drawing and publishing cartoons that a lot of radical islamists thought were offensive. and i think that the fact their going to publish three million copies shows not only are they getting support in franc

martha: good morning. i'm martha maccallum. this was a stunning image showing key leaders united against radical terrorism. bill: the headlines in "the new york daily news," "you let the world down." martha: first we take to you paris where rick leventhal is standing by. >> reporter: the focus today is on more boots on the grounds. the french minister calls on 10,000 soldiers and thousands more police officers to add a new layer of protection around sensitive sites primarily jewish schools and synagogues and mosques. there are 700 jewish schools in france. the country remains on high alert. the terrorists made a video warning of more he tacks. someone helped make that video. authorities are hunting for coulibaly's common-law wife. they believe she is hiding out in syria. martha: pictures splashed pack all the newspapers of these leaders. what was it like on the streets yesterday? >> reporter: it was incredible. we were part of that largest demonstration in french history. it was bigger than the demonstration after the nazis wer

martha: good morning everybody i'm martha maccallum. a top terror chief is warning that the terror theft is so significant that it will be extremely difficult to stop all planned attacks. rick leventhal joins us live in paris with the very latest. tell us what you know about the new arrests that happened where you you are overnight. >> reporter: martha, this is a result of ongoing investigation and search for possible accomplices to the gunmen behind last week's attacks in paris. the paris prosecutor's office says 12 people were arrested in anti-terror raids overnight. what we're now hearing these are people already known to police for other common crimes. there were eight men and four women arrested in the greater paris area and they were possibly providing logistical support to the gunman who attacked the kosher grocery, amedy coulibaly, who himself claimed allegiance to isis and may have bought his arsenal of weapons in belgium. coulibaly had outside help with a terror organization as well as the kouachi brothers who attacked "charli

martha. martha: president obama trumpeting the progress of the economy of the administration last night. critics like rob portman who was just on the program saying not so fast. listen to the president and the response here. >> wages are finally starting to rise again. we know that more small business owners plan to raise their employee's pay than anytime since 2007. we need to set our sights higher tonight, together. let's do more to restore the link between hard work and growing opportunity for every american. [applause] >> i thought the president was talking about a different economy than the one i experience when i'm back home. this notion that everything's great i think just doesn't square with reality for most of my constituents. >> where does the truth lie? stuart varney joins me now, host of "varney & company" on the fox business network. stuart, good morning good to have you with us today. i just want to put up one poll here. does your family feel like the recession is over? this is

bill: martha has more. martha: the taliban claimed responsible for an attack on an airport in kabul that killed three american contractors. officials say the taliban fight for wore an afghan police uniform and managed to infiltrate thing ranks of afghanistan's military to pull off this attack. there are over 10,000 u.s. soldiers and military contractors in the country serving support roles to the afghan * military. bill: jack keane called the prisoner swap for bowe bergdahl a bad thing from the beginning. jack keane is coming up on that. martha: a deadline has passed for the possible prisoner swap and still no word on the fate of the jordanian military pilot and the japanese hostage being held by isis. the terror group demanded jordan release the would-be suicide bomber showing off the outfit she wore that did not detonate in 2005. she is wants neksd change for this pilot. conor powell is live on this? jerusalem. are the three sides still in discussions here? >> reporter: not a lot. there is no real word co

martha: i'm martha maccallum. the critics say tonight's speech will be more about politics than actually setting an agenda and atmosphere that might be realistic about getting things done with congress. he's expected to make a push for income equality. republicans are saying that that is for them a non-starter. >> the president is trying to tune up his version of that old bj thomas "somebody done somebody wrong song." it's always somebody else's fault. the american people aren't listen together it they don't agree. bill: he will be pushing his plan for free community college and extending sick leave. martha: freed american hostage allen gross will be the guest. bill: will the president finally use the term islamic extremism? bill: josh, first on these ideas for americans. why is the middle class still in need of so much help? >> we saw the middle class were hit the worst by the economic downturn. we have made tremendous progress in the economy. we have seen the strongest growth that we have seen in a decade. the f

martha. martha: how about this story today. protesters against police violence are trying a new tactic invading what they are calling, quote white spaces with a black brunch. plus this. [screaming] bill: you have seen these before. these are zip lines. new year's eve, a dangerous turn when the zip line snaps dropping a mother 30 feet to the ground. bill: some tense moments as a woman falls three stories from a zip line. happened on new year's eve. watch here. >> to it for me mama. [screaming] bill: that was tabitha baker. she is a mother. she fell 30 feet to the ground. she suffered a broken foot, crushed heel and some back injuries doctors say it could be several months before she walks again. all this could have been a lot worse too. near dothan, alabama. no word exactly why that line broke. martha: all right. you saw a little bit of this before we went to the break. a group of petesters targeting what they call, quote white spaces. in new york city and oakland california, over the weekend. tweeting hashtag black brunch. here

martha. martha: interesting. so we're learning a lot and what else are we learning from the raids we're seeing play out overseas catherine? >> reporter: martha, the republican head of the senate intelligence committee that relieves regular classified briefings says these waves of arrests in france belgium and germany will be a treasure trove of data to track operatives who may well be inside the united states. senator richard burr suggests that the material largely coming from the exploitation of electronics will provide a web of contacts to pursue and on "fox news sunday," another senior senator who oversees homeland security says possible operatives in the u.s. need to have a second look. >> i'm not aware of any specific cells, any sleeper cells but when you see what's happening in europe and seeing how widespread that is from france to belgium, to germany, i think you have to assume that is certainly a risk that we do have to consider. >> reporter: yemeni government officials this morning that two french natio

meantime here is martha. martha: mitch mcconnell. as we've been talking about all morning three masked gunmen still on the loose after storming a paris newspaper office and opening fire. at least 12 people are killed in the most horrific terrorism attack that france has seen in more than 20 years. it could rise, that number. there wereer people confirmed to have been injured in the attack. we have a massive manhunt underway because people who did this got away. we watched them escape in a getaway car in a very well-orchestrated moment. watch. [gunfire] [shouting] martha: horrible. that is the moment when a police officer was executed after he had fallen down, being wounded on the sidewalk. i mean it is just horrific to watch these images play out. the white house condemned the attack. but last time the obama administration said anything about terrorism was december 19th before they discussed it this morning. that is when the state department issued a travel warning to americans going overseas for the holidays. we asked this question

martha: good morning. i'm martha maccallum. isis released a video threatening to kill a jordanian pilot and japanese prisoner holding his prisoner if they did not release a woman held in the death of 2005 oman hotel bombings. bill: john huddy live in jersey with more than. does this include the release of the japanese hostage who life appears on the line now? >> reporter: at this point it doesn't, bill and martha. jordan's offer doesn't make any mention of kenji goto the 47-year-old japanese journalist one of two japanese who is stallingses. this is against jordan's hard-line terrorist and united states its ally approach not to negotiate with terrorists. that said isis militants released a photo holding the a picture of the pilot threatening to kill both men in 24 hours. today jordan's minister said they are will be to swap the pilot for the woman zahid yaw al-rishawi. it is unclear in jordan's exchange would include goto's release. bill: to be clear, have the militants said they are willing to make a trade for foto, yes or no?

martha: scary right? call to nine one one brought the police but their tasers failed to subdue the man. the hero dad finished to subdue him with that bat. wow. bill: growing controversy over a new move by the obama administration that would seek to designate at alaska's arctic wildlife refuge, known as anwar a new classification. this well north of fairbanks. congress may not to along with it. the designation would eliminate any chance of development or oil drilling in the future. jonah goldberg fox news contributor, senior editor, "national review." you've been to this part of the world as have i. the secretary of the interior said this is part of alaska is like the grand canyon or yosemite. no one goes north of fairbanks. there are no, people, jonah. what is the obsession with northern alaska? >> look in all honesty my brother-in-law my wife is from fairbanks, alaska. there are a handful of people that go hunting up there. there are a few indian villages up there but anwr is the size of south carolina.

martha. martha: a lot to work out. wasn't assistant secretary of state tony blanken scolded earlier this week about senators not keeping them in the loop about the whole reset? >> he was. back in his confirmation hearing late last year blanken asked whether there would be any unilateral changes in cuban policy he appeared before the committee wednesday to answer that question. >> i asked you a question at that time during your nomination about whether there would be any unilateral changes or changes in cuban policy your answer, i i want to quote it to you, quote anything in the future might be done on cuba would be done in full cult attention with real meaning of word consultation that just alluded to with this commit. >> senator i regret i did not live up to the standard i set during that hearing. >> reporter: with only sparse progress with the talks the two countries planning a next session at some undisclosed date. that is about the limit of progress thus far. martha: thank you very much, doug. don't miss a special

morning, martha. martha: good morning bill. good morning, i'm martha maccallum. we have to be clear two separate active ongoing hostage situations. one in northern france you see on the map. this is 25 miles outside of paris. it is five miles from degaulle airport. it is called dammartin-en-goele. that is where the kouachi brothers are holed up. this one involved 25 minutes ago. some reports say there may be as many as two people dead. we're working to confirm those numbers. bill: a lot of information may change and likely will throughout the morning. be patient with us as we work through it. start with northern france. police made phone contact with the suspects. we know up to 1500 police officers have been deployed to the scene there. 1500. the suspects holed up at a printing company after apparently working their way through a forest earlier overnight. we're also hearing they reportedly have one hostage in that situation as well. martha: next in paris, two terrorists taken multiple hostages' we said. this is situation is in a kosher grocery store. these two si

martha: one lucky guy. bye, everybody. jon: fox news alert and a new timeline emerging on the terrifying ordeal for passengers trapped on a smoke-filled subway train in one of the busiest stops in our nation's capitol. it was an agonizing ordeal one woman died, dozens more got sick during the incident monday on washington's metro. the official timeline now released by washington officials confirms passengers had to wait more than a half hour for help. the information released today does not give the exact time paramedics reached the train. meantime the national transportation safety board is still investigating what caused that choking cloud of smoke.

martha: i'm martha maccallum. al qaeda in yemen congratulating the kouachi brothers saying they soothed the group's pain. bill: all that in english on the streets of paris. still refusing to say the u.s. is at war with radical islam. rick leventhal is leading in the our coverage from paris. what else do we know about the claim of responsibility? >> reporter: the top leader of al qaeda posted that video on internet. he says france belongs to the party of satan. he says it was arranged by anwar al awlaki before his death. this seems to confirm what paris said yesterday that they were well financed and got their weapons stockpiled from abroad. in a newly released amateur video the brothers can be heard pledging their allegiance to al qaeda in yemen saying the murder for retaliation for "charlie hebdo" publishing cartoons of' prophet pro the prophet muhammed. bill: the new edition is out and it's a * popular item. >> reporter: it's flying off the shelves and it was sold out in two hours. people were lining up to buy t

martha: stay tuned, right? bill: you said it remind us a lot about boston when it played out year-and-a-half. it was monday afternoon when the bombs went off. found them on thursday night. three, four 1/2 days later. let's hope that the is case. martha: that they can find them. much more today on fox. great to have you with us as always. "happening now" starts right now. jenna: they're armed they're dangerous, they're on the run as search for two prime suspects in the paris mass cure intensifies. france observe as day of mourning with ceremonies across the country to remember victims of that deadly terror attack. i hope you're off to a great day so far i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. police working out to capture the two most wanted men in paris. they say they gunned down editors and prominent cartoonists in a newspaper office in the heart of paris leaving 12 dead including two police officers. a third suspect turned himself in last night but the kouachi brothers remain at

john, good evening. >> martha, good evening. yeah isis has given japan until friday, 27 hours to pay that ransom. the clock is ticking for two hostages. this is all too familiar. the video with the same desert landscape. orange jump suits being worn by the hostages. what appears to be the same executioner. really the only difference is different hostages. the video shows the two men. freelance journalist who has been in syria and iraq reporting on the syrian civil war and of course the fight against isis. and the other one is described as a private security contractor. really unclear what exactly he was doing in syria. if he was fighting with syrian rebels or working as a security consultant. that said japanese prime minister who has been here in jerusalem as part of the middle east visit said in her press conference earlier yesterday, remember we are in the overnight hours here wednesday morning. he said that his country would not give into the demands of terrorists and he also called the threats to kill the hostages if the ran

martha. >> trace, thank you. joining us now general jack keane, retired four-star general, former army vice chief of staff chairman of the institute for the study of war and fox news military analyst. general, good to have you here this evening. this is the big question we want to answer. what is the united states strategy to take on this global threat that exists in all these forms with a common purpose? >> well, sadly to say we don't have a strategy to cope with it. and as the intro implies and as you're leading up to in my belief this is radical islam is the global security challenge of our generation. as much as naziism for 20 years in the middle of the last century and communism was for 40 years in the latter part of the 20th century but this challenge with radical islam martha we've been at it now for 20 years. it began with the world trade center in the early '90s, the u.s.s. cole, 9/11 and all the things happening since. and after 20 years martha, the facts are that radical islam is on the rise. it has qu

ed. >> martha, good to see you. bottom line the president was back on the road today another campaign-style event. this one in iowa where his whole political rise really started with those caucuses more than six years ago. and was teaching out domestic issues, he seems focused on that state of the union. paris is very much focused on the state of something else the state of al qaeda and this terror threat. you mentioned that number about this increasing fear about the threat of terrorism. another question the president prepared to do what it takes to defeat islamic extremists, 55%, no he isn't. 38% yes, he is. 53% of the country right now disapproving, 39% approving. when i talk to top white house officials say they look they know there's a threat out there the president has been on top of this from day one. he's still going to be all over it in the wake of paris. but there's one thing we know the bold claim the president's been making for several years about al qaeda being on the run, it's a claim he can't make any

martha. >> trace, thanks. joining me now general jack keane, chairman for the institute of chairman of war and former army chief of staff. what's your reaction to all this? >> well, it's frustrating to be sure. obviously there's no operational command information that these guys have gained from this, but that wasn't their intent. their intent was a propaganda victory, and they've achieved that. and i think what disturbs me the most that maybe terrorizing and intimidating our soldiers and their families. if they release some information about them even though it's available on other sources, the fact it's in such a public way that that information is released. i mean, our soldiers and their families go through enough challenges and stresses in terms of their deployment separations and threat of losing life and limb. without this added baggage to everyday life. so that really frustrates me. what the media's doing -- what the military's doing is like other government agencies they're trying to open themselves up

>> well, martha look, i think it's ridiculous. it shouldn't take a lot of political courage to stand up and say we are going to end late term abortions in america. america is one of only a handful of countries in the entire world that allows these late term abortions without restrictions. we elected a conservative republican majority to stand up for our values. one of those important values is the dignity, the sacredness of innocent human life. we signed a similar bill here in louisiana that would end abortions after 20 weeks. it was a bipartisan bill. great bipartisan support. i wish the leadership had had the courage of their convictions. yesterday they said they've were going to bring this bill up for a vote today. they blinked. they didn't do it. now they are saying some time in the future. i think it's a shame. here we are looking at the anniversary of roe v. wade. one small step we could have taken as a country is to have joined the rest are of the civilized world and banned late term abortions. >> let's talk about some the

>> you know, martha, it's possible. the one thing about the flu that you can be sure, it's really unpredictable so some of the pattern you see you can kind of guess what's going to happen but at the end of the day it just evolves and difficult to predict. >> one of the things clearly different about this year is the flu shots are not as effective, maybe just 60% effective. >> no, 30 something. >> 30 something. >> 67% uneffective. >> uneffective and even worse than i thought. >> right, yes. >> so should people still get the shot? >> absolutely. martha, absolutely because even though it isn't a good match to what is circulating, with the h3n2, remember, there is an h1n1 and b which matches well with the vaccine even though that's not the dominant strain. even though it's not a good match to h3n2 getting vaccinated can give you cross-protection. it could be the difference between getting very sick or beinjust mildly sick, the difference between being hospitalized or not so strongly recommend people getting vaccinated. >> t

martha stewart, my dear friend, martha stewart, she is here tonight. so excited she is here. [ applause ] this just happened. i -- she said, "where were you for new year's?" i said, "i was in iceland." she says, "did you stay at the president's house?" [ laughter ] and i said, "no." and she said "oh, that's where i stayed the last time i was there. where did you stay?" and i said, "oh, i don't want to tell you now." [ laughter ] cause it's not as nice as that. can't do that when someone says they went on vacation, you just name the nicest place in the country. i saw a lot of beautiful things in iceland. i saw beautiful glaciers. beautiful shorelines. water falls. beautiful water falls. we had a tour guide. i saw his full genitals. [ laughter ] i feel like i can just move on. maybe i will tell you why. we went to a hot spring, we walked to a hot spring and we got to a hot spring, we all had to strip down and put on our swim suits and i think maybe because of we're americans, we are a little shy about that stuff. my group was a lot like quick changing an

martha stewart, my dear friend, martha stewart, she is here tonight. so excited she's here. [ applause ] this just happened. i -- she said, "where were you for new year's?" i said, "i was in iceland." and she said, "did you stay at the president's house?" [ laughter ] and i said, "no." and then she said "oh, that's where i stayed the last time i was there. where did you stay?" and i said, "oh, i don't want to tell you now." [ laughter ] because it's not as nice as that. can't do that when someone says they went on vacation, you just name the nicest place in the country. i saw a lot of beautiful things in iceland. i saw beautiful glaciers. beautiful shorelines. waterfalls. beautiful water falls. we had a tour guide. i saw his full genitals. [ laughter ] i feel like i can just move on. maybe i'll tell you why. we went to a hot spring, we walked to a hot spring and we got to a hot spring, we all had to strip down and put on our swimsuits, and i think maybe because of we're americans, we are a little shy about that stuff. my group was a lot like quick chan

>> you know, martha, it's possible. the one thing about the flu that you can be sure, it's really unpredictable so some of the pattern you see you can kind of guess what's going to happen but at the end of the day it just evolves and difficult to predict. >> one of the things clearly different about this year is the flu shots are not as effective, maybe just 60% effective. >> no, 30 something. >> 30 something. >> 67% uneffective. >> uneffective and even worse than i thought. >> right, yes. >> so should people still get the shot? >> absolutely. martha, absolutely because even though it isn't a good match to what is circulating, with the h3n2, remember, there is an h1n1 and b which matches well with the vaccine even though that's not the dominant strain. even though it's not a good match to h3n2 getting vaccinated can give you cross-protection. it could be the difference between getting very sick or being just mildly sick, the difference between being hospitalized or not so strongly recommend people getting vaccinated. >>

>> well thanks martha. first, we have seen the number of attacks across commercial sectors and government sectors increase over the past few years. th destructive. >> this is a problem we're not ready for. >> it's a problem we're not ready for. the sony attack clearly highlights that we're not ready for that. here's a destructive attack by a nation state. it shows we're not ready. it shows the way we're protecting our networks is not working. >> does this still keep you up at night even though you're out now? >> it sure does. but i think there's a solution. and i thing -- think weave got to do that. it begins with what the president says on cyberlegislation. and what the president and the british prime minister says. we have to work with our allies. >> it's an urgent problem. thank you, general alexander. sflonchts with all these threats around the world, t the gig question how vulnerable are we here at home? could there be sleeper cells among us? >>> plus the new steps the police in the u.s. are taking rig

and martha, people at home are going to be asking, why can't we get this guy? >> reporter: it's incredible, david. we have so much equipment over there. we've got surveillance, reconnaissance, drones over there. we just don't have people on the ground. and that's what it takes, intelligence on the ground to figure this out. plus, jihadi john, as he is called, he knows not to communicate on cell phones and other things that the u.s. would be able to pick up. but the president tonight is going to say, "we will defeat and degrade these terrorists in isis." >> we'll hear that a short time from now. in the meantime, the other breaking headline involves yemen. you've been there several times. the presidential palace surrounded for a time. what's the latest on that and what's the status of the u.s. embassy there? >> reporter: the presidential palace over there, still surrounded. the president of yemen is not inside that. he's inside his house, but he's also surrounded there. the embassy, they believe, is safe at this time. they are not planning on evacuating it. but t

>> well thanks martha. first, we have seen the number of attacks across commercial sectors and government sectors increase over the past few years. they're becoming more destructive. >> this is a problem we're not ready for. >> it's a problem we're not ready for. the sony attack clearly highlights that we're not ready for that. here's a destructive attack by a nation state. it shows we're not ready. it shows the way we're protecting our networks is not working. >> does this still keep you up at night even though you're out now? >> it sure does. but i think there's a solution. and i thing -- think weave got to do that. it begins with what the president says on cyberlegislation. and what the president and the british prime minister says. we have to work with our allies. >> it's an urgent problem. thank you, general alexander. sflonchts with all these threats around the world, the gig question how vulnerable are we here at home? could there be sleeper cells among us? >>> plus the new steps the police in the u.

abc's martha raddatz is right here tonight. and i wanted to take our viewers at home back to that image of jihadi john. the brazen videos we mentioned. so many of them taped in broad daylight. people at home are going to be asking why can't we get this guy? >> reporter: it's incredible david. we have so much equipment over there. we just don't have people on the ground. and that's what it takes, intelligence on the ground to figure this out. plus jihadi john as he is called he knows not to communicate on cell phones and other things the u.s. would be able to pick up. but the president tonight is going to say, "we will defeat and degrade these terrorists in isis." >> we'll hear that a short time from now. meanwhile, yemen. you've been there several times. the presidential palace surrounded for a time. what's the latest on that and what's the status of the u.s. embassy there? >> reporter: the presidential pal lals over there, still surround d. the president of yemen is not inside that. he's inside his house, but he's also surroun

i'm martha shade reporting. >>vicki liviakis:other democratic possibilities include vice president joe biden and u-s senator elizabeth warren. all this presidential talk is happening amid the backdrop of tuesday's state of the union. president obama is set to square off against a republican- controlled congress for the first time in his presidency. martin luther king jr. day is tomorrow. in his rememberance oprah and the stars of "selma" marched in the alabama town today. the film's director and star joined the talk show host in the day-long event. the film tells the story of the three month period that king led a movement for voting rights. the group marched to edmund pettus' bridge. where civil rights protesters were beaten and gassed by state troopers. paramount, the film's production company, is holding two free screenings in selma tomorrow. the 18-year-old that led his 13-year-old girlfriend on a crime spree says. he just wants to come home. the kentucky teens were arrested late last night in florida after

>> martha raddatz once again on the story for us tonight. martha, thank you. >>> we do move on now to the dangerous conditions out there. winter weather and freezing rain advisories from arkansas through the ohio valley. a dangerous mix for anyone on the road. and tonight, new images of that horrific highway accident in michigan. cars and trucks slamming into one another, leaving one person did. dead. here's abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano. >> reporter: tonight, snow falling at up to four inches per hour. burying parts of upstate new york in nearly four feet of snow. watch as this snow squall slams watertown. radar showing nonstop streams of heavy snow ripping across lake erie and ontario. covering roadways, reducing visibility. driving again treacherous. in michigan, lake effect snow dropped visibilities to near zero friday, leading to this. new images from that frightening pileup involving nearly 200 vehicles on i-94. watch as car after car hits the crash site. the chaotic scene leading to one death and 23 injuries. blinding snow l

abc's martha raddatz now. >> reporter: the u.s. naval base at guantanamo is a town unto itself, with more than 7,000 military and civilians. and tonight, that small navy town has been rocked by scandal. >> the base commander has been relieved. >> reporter: the commander, captain john nettleton, helicopter pilot, iraq war veteran, has been stripped of command, after officials say the husband of his alleged lover was found dead. the coast guard discovered the body of christopher tur, a former marine and father of two, in the waters offbase. his wife, lara, had reported him missing the day before. there was no indication of suicide, but it has not been ruled out. officials tell abc news that it was in the course of the investigation they learned of lara tur's alleged relationship with captain nettleton. nettleton's command did not include the infamous detention center. he has now been reassigned to duty in florida until the investigation wraps up. adultery is a crime in the military, but this case seems to go well beyond that, david.

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martha mccallum loving lucy and ethel. "the factor" tip of the day, brand new history project called legends and lies. you're going to like it. it's hip. moments away. >>> "the factor" tip of the day, new history series that will debut on the fox news channel in a moment. first the mail, panhandle, texas, bill, if you read sheryl attkisson's book stonewalled, you know why scott pelly -- does not provide the why around scott pelley's editorial decisions. he's not a fan of me investigative reporting on the federal government, otherwise his motives remain unclear. obama's a muslim. when is the media going to wake up and admit it? perhaps when a shred of evidence is produced, keith. so far zero on that front. sherry eureka, illinois. bill, why won't you admit that the reason abc and cbs news won't report negative things about obama is the fact that george soros gives them orders not to. i'm sure you know all about him. i do indeed but i'm unaware the radical leftist soros is now calling shots at the two networks. fascinating.

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martha? >> reporter: david, this is an international airport i have been through so many times. there's security on the perimeter to even get close to it and heavy screening to get on the airplanes. but the shooter was apparently himself one of those afghan security officers or dressed like one. and without question, those three contractors would be easily identifiable as americans or westerners. over the last five or six years, there have been more than 100 attacks by afghan forces on u.s. and coalition troops but the number has gone down dramatically in the last few years. but this shows, david, that despite the drawdown, afghanistan remains a very dangerous place. >> all right, martha raddatz with us tonight. martha, thank you. >>> and to another developing headline at this hour, the deadline passing on that prisoner swap to save two hostages held by isis. isis had been offering a deal to jordan, asking for this woman, a would-be suicide bomber, that vest of explosives, to be freed. in exchange, they would spare the life of a jordanian pilot and free that japanese journalist.