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January 29th, 94 degrees. 70 in topeka, kansas. 63 in chicago. that is all about to change though. it is changing here. you can see the temps have dropped by around 25 degrees all across the area behind the storm system and it will continue to change more. take a look at yesterdays highs here. 73 atlanta, right now its at 70. by friday morning 36. chicago youll be at zero friday morning, dropping 63 degrees in about three days. big changes in store. uma. uma: it is unbelievable that that kind of...

Workers satirically barring the patient from reentering the hospital, money changing hand and free stuff like laptops being given out. back to you, jon. jon: lets hope government money didnt pay to create that spoof. it was pretty professionally done. liz macdonald, thank you. >> sure. uma: well a dangerous storm system is sweeping through the u.s. at this hour. tornado warnings and watches are now in effect from ohio to the gulf states. the national weather service is getting hundreds of report...

Uma: right now a new judge in the fort hood shooting case is hearing arguments on whether to allow major nidal hasan to enter a guilty plea and avoid the death penalty. he is accused you may remember of killing 13 people in the 2009 massacre which was the worst mass shooting on a united states military base. were joined by fred tecce, former federal prosecutor. great to have you here. >> thanks for having me. uma: a lot of people would be surprised to know if he does plead guilty he does avoid t...

We have a border security, i think it is realistic to deal with it and theres a lot of other important irk issues other than just the path to citizenship. jon: well, we know that hearing on gun violence is still going on in your judiciary committee. we appreciate you taking a minute to come out and talk to us about it. senator chuck grassley of iowa. >> thank you. uma: a childs life is in danger as a gunman holds him hostage in a bunker for nearly 24 hours. what were learning about the suspect a...

About a hundred percent but we are headed towards 200% if we keep on the mace we are at with very low economic growth and very high levels of debt, youre right you reach this tipping point. i hate to say it, look what happened with greece, we have people rioting in the streets, people are losing their jobs. you have 20% unemployment. that is not the future we want for america. jon: steve moore from the "wall street journal." steve, thanks for breaking it down. uma: an emotional start to the sena...

Efforts were being made to strengthen border security on top of what we have right now and allowed the reforms to go through knowing that no more would be allowed to come in and we are working right now with those who are right here in the country and americans are basically very generous on that issue i think. >> thats petrie smart, and i think people are very conscious of the idea that 40% of the illegal immigrants in the country have come through the visa process and over stayed their visas. ...

Its foundation a cold and warm air weather system are colliding with one another. uma: much different from the arctic blast the nation experienced last week. >> reporter: these tornado warnings are typical in may, june. snow and black ice plagued much of the northeast. yesterday unseasonably mild temps skyrocketing to the 60s allowing folks to peel off the puffy coats and breaking out the flip-flops. weather technology has become sophisticated in recent years, uma, enabling more of a warning per...

Reform push isnt really about fixing a challenging problem in our nation, at the core its about securing future hispanic votes for the democratic party. how do you respond to this? >> thats part of it. clearly president obama won a huge percentage, i think its close to 70% of the latino vote if you throw in the asian vote also now the fastest growing immigrant community in our country you understand how overwhelming the politics are for the republican party. also that the democrats want to cemen...

The death penalty. uma: in terms of judge, what leeway does he have and discretion does he have when making his decision? >> that is an interesting question. i mean i understand what john is talking about. that is why he is good defense lawyer. theyre trying to get the death penalty off the table. the government has the right to seek the penalty it believes is commensurate with the crime and in this case i think it is death. the crime cries out for it. the guy is guilty. the answer to your quest...

>> youre going to block him. >> absolutely. what happened for seven hours? why were there no military assets available. uma: joining us john bolton, former u.n. ambassador and fox news contributor. let me get your reaction to lindsey grahams statements. what impact do you think it will have. >> it will show the appointment down. months after the benghazi attack we still dont know the answers to important questions. why requests for enhanced security from the ambassador werent granted. what actua...