Live. Good to see you. How is it going . Really well. The bulls are in charge today, fredricka, bouncing back from the biggest twoday drop of the year on wednesday and thursday. The strength is because of positive sentiment related to hewlettpackards results last night. They werent great but they werent as bad as expectations. Hp shares are up 12 and its the biggest gainer on the dow by far. Traders refer to this, though, as sort of a dead cat bounce and thats when stocks have fallen so much over a short period they have nowhere to go but up. So that doesnt necessarily mean that this rally will last until next week. The market is up 115 points as we get the closing bell. We have a busy week next week. Home sales, Consumer Confidence and Fourth Quarter gdp comes out next week. Ending the week on a high note, gives us a nice impetus and encouragement for next week. Felicia taylor, have a great weekend. That will do it for me, im fredricka whitfield. See you throughout the weekend. Right now time for the situation room with wolf blitzer. Fred, thanks very much. Happening now, the blade runner gets out of jail as the South African magistrate rips the prosecutions case against him. Fasten your seat belts for longer lines, big delays it at the airports, all because of washingtons gridlock. Plus, a fascinating discovery in the war on terror. Get this, terrorists have put together a list of ways to avoid becoming the target of a u. S. Drone attack. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with yet another sensational turn of events in the Oscar Pistorius murder case. After a week of shocking and sometimes heartbreaking testimony, pistorius is now out of jail. The onetime olympic athlete who is known worldwide as the blade runner still faces charges of murdering his girlfriend on valentines day. Cnns robyn curnow is joining us. Update our viewers, robin. Reporter hi there. Thanks for having me. Can you believe it, its only eight days ago that Oscar Pistorius admitted to shooting his girlfriend on valentines day. Its been such a roller coaster ride for all of us watching this tragedy, slowly learning about all of these new details and one part of the story which is certainly not over did come to some conclusion today as os star pistorius walked out of court and is spending the night at a family home. Take a look at this. A media frenzy on a road at rush hour. Cameras trying to see whats behind the tinted window of the silver land rover, a glimpse of Oscar Pistorius sitting quietly in the back seat. That over there is Oscar Pistorius driving to freedom. Hes just got bail and hes driving off down this street. In court this morning, the gold medal winner accused of killing his girlfriend was gaunt, motional, with no idea whether he would be granted bail. Following final arguments, there was live audio transmission of his ruling, a ruling that detailed the evidence of the case and the history of the laws are relating to it. Through almost two hours of presentation, the magistrate criticized the media and chastised the prosecution and picked at the case for defense for not presenting definitive evidence, not giving any clue which way he would rule until he finally presented enough evidence to grant bail. Released on bail. Reporter a short burst of joy from the courtroom but pistorius was still silent. No reaction, just drained. Outside a court that is hanging on each development was generally mixed about pistorius freedom. An innocent woman was murdered. We dont believe bail was sufficient at this time. I think oscar should remain behind bars whether or not it was premeditated. Reporter others are sympathetic. Im quite happy that hes been given bail. The nation is already divided and i think that more of the Younger Generation feel a bit of sympathy towards us and they feel that he should go to jail, be put to the sword. Reporter pistorius is out on jail on 112,000. The conditions including he should give up his passport, report to police twice a week, and he cant drink alcohol, which didnt bother his attorney much after the hearing. How concerned are you about the issue of alcohol . How concerned are you . He doesnt drink, so thats fine. Reporter hes also barred from going to the scene of the crime. As he was driven off this afternoon, he knew he could not go home and would be staying with his family. The family telling cnn theyll be watching him closely during this time. Now, this was just a bail hearing filled with emotion, conflict, and overwhelming Public Interest here, setting the scene for the trial of a revered home country athlete who is charged with the premeditated murder of a young, beautiful model, both with a promising life in front of them. No trial date has been set. We do know, though, that Oscar Pistorius legal team will be going back to that magistrate arguing some conditions of the bail and particularly the issue around alcohol. Its highly unusual here in south africa, nobody is quite sure why that caveat was put in there. Thats one issue they will discuss and they are also looking to bring the amount down. Beyond that, we will probably see Oscar Pistorius back for a Court Appearance in june. Then in terms of when an actual trial date will be set, no idea yet. His coach has suggested, robyn, that maybe he would even start training, maybe even as early as monday. Is that realistic . Reporter you know, i hate to give sort of blatant opinion here but i dont think so. I mean, we really have watched Oscar Pistorius physically sort of shrink in the last seven, eight days. The journalists in the courtroom have been observing how it seems like his hair is going gray and hes obviously lost a lot of weight. It looks like hes aged ten years. He looks physically weak. He looks physically really fragile and i think this also indicates that hes quite emotionally and psychologically fragile. We get a sense from his family and media reports that they are concerned about his mental state and they are going to keep a very close eye on him. So whether or not hes physically Strong Enough to go and have a run, thats one thing. But then just remember the sort of press interest. Hes going to feel very caged because his every move is going to be followed by, you know, a gang of fophotographers chasing him. I think is a man who is going to want to and his family is going to want to protect him and keep him quiet at least for the short time. We talk about oscar and how he is and, you know, weve got to be so careful that we dont get wrapped up in the drama of oscars story that we dont forget Reeva Steenkamp and her family are still struggling, of course, that this is the eighth day that they are going to sleep tonight knowing that shes never, ever going to come back. Robyn curnow on the scene for us in johannesburg. Thank you, robyn. Lets move on today to some other news, including new legal troubles for disgraced cycling champion Lance Armstrong. The Justice Department has decided to join a whistle blower lawsuit, alleging the government has been the victim of a multiMillion Dollar fraud because of armstrongs doping. Cnns ed lavandera is joining us with the latest. Whats going on, ed . Well, wolf, this is a serious case against Lance Armstrong that could, in the end, cost him tens of millions of dollars. But youll remember it was about a year ago that the Justice Department gave up on the criminal charges that it was pursing. I spent two years investigating Lance Armstrong for. But after his confession to Oprah Winfrey that he used performance enhancing drugs, the Justice Department is now joining a whistle blower lawsuit that has been brought forth by one of his former teammates, floyd landis, a Fraud Lawsuit saying that he defrauded the u. S. Postal service while he was winning those Tour De France titles. The Postal Service reportedly paid armstrong and the team 30 million over the course of those sponsorships. So apparently armstrongs lawyers have been negotiating with federal lawyers to come to some sort of settlement but according to a statement that we got a few hours ago from lances attorney, saying that lance and his representatives worked constructively to resolve this case fairly but those talks failed because we disagree about whether the Postal Service was damaged. The Postal Service own study showed that it benefited tremendously from its sponsorship, benefits totalling more than 100 million. This case will go forward now with the federal government joining in with floyd landis and this is a big monumental moment for Lance Armstrongs legal troubles. As i mentioned, wolf, this could cost him tens and millions of dollars. All right. Thanks very much. One quick question before i let you go. Is this a lawsuit that the Justice Department is doing only against Lance Armstrong or are other people involved . Well, you know, the actual whistle blower lawsuit is sealed but in the statement that we received from the Justice Department today saying that they are joining alongside not only Lance Armstrong but against tailwind sports, the company that owned the cycling team as well as one of the managers. I thought it was kind of interesting. This isnt just essentially turning the screws on Lance Armstrong but its also going after people around him which puts a great deal of pressure not only on Lance Armstrong but on lower profile people that have been around him for year gls ed lavandera reporting, thank you. Todays lead story in 50 states is the nearest highway, sidewalk, and airport is covered in snow. It didnt cause much for a plane landing in clevelands International Airport to slid off the slippery runway. Nobody was hurt. Buses took the passengers to the terminal. The storm is moving east. Our meteorologist car ren maginnis is tracking that. Whats going on, karen . Take a look at what happened in wichita, kansas. This comes from an ireporter. Amanda sent this in. She says she heard this terrible war at their Office Building and all of a sudden boulder size pieces of snow were following on the ground. Amanda, thats amazing video. But very dangerous. All right. We did talk about a storm system that is going to develop off the midatlantic coast. Thats this area of low pressure. Kind of a left over piece of energy that will move over to the atlantic towards new england. For boston, weve been looking at the forecast for quite some time now. Were not sure if its going to be all rain, all snow, or mixed. Its going to be one of those heavy, wet snowfalls. Our different models are saying it could be two to four inches but one of the models that weve seen for boston says you might see four to eight inches of snow. Once again, wolf, well watch as it impacts the northeast this weekend. Karen, thank you. 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Today we found out the impact it could have on consumers. 600 million slashed from the faa budget and theres a doom and gloom picture for flyers. A gummed up Transportation System could be just weeks away. Flights to major cities, like new york, chicago, San Francisco, and others could experience delays up to 90 minutes. Its all part of how the Transportation Department says they will have to deal with the looming budget cuts. To likely close more than 100 air Traffic Control towers at airports with fewer than 150,000 Flight Operations per year. That means smaller airports across the nation, places like boca raton, florida, joplin, missouri, will see their air Traffic Control towers shut down. What does this mean for you . If they have fewer people in these towers, they cant keep up with the pace of takeoffs or landings and that may mean fewer flights which could mean higher ticket prices. And thats not all. A representative for the air Traffic Controller worries about the impact. Its hard to see how its not going time pact safety in terms of the efficiency and safety of the system. So were very concerned how thats going to play out. But the Transportation Department insists these cuts will not impact safety, after the furloughs kick in around april 1st. Well, the government also says they would have to eliminate midnight shifts at towers, too, so lots of goods we depend on Like Pharmaceuticals, electronics, car parts, those deliveries could be delayed. As for security lines, those will be substantially longer. When i asked if there are any upsides, one of the representatives did say, look, there does need to be some sort of trimming. We do need to streamline but what were going to see possibly on march 1st is not the way to do it. Yeah. There is a smarter way to cut than this way across the board. Rene, thanks very much. Just this week, the transportation security administration, the tsa, apologized after an agent threatened to do a patdown search of a 3yearold girl in the wheelchair. And if the forced spending cuts kick in, checkpoint delays could get even longer. Joining us from austin, texas, the administrator of the tsa, john pistol. Mr. Pistol, thanks very much for coming in. Sure. Glad to be here. Lets talk a little bit about these forced spending cuts that go into effect one week from today unless theres some lastminute decision by congress and the president to avert that. How will it directly impact tsa authorities at airports across the country . Well, obviously were watching all the discussions about second be questions strags very closely. Were assessing how the impact how it would impact us in tsa and were also doing a lot of planning in case that does happen and then with the issue being how do we implement those cuts at what point, so were hopeful that sequestration does not happen but if it does, obviously the longer it goes on, the greater likelihood that there will be impacts at security lines and airports around the country. Explain why that will be the case. Will you have to furlough some of your security personnel . Yes. So as part of the plan, what weve had to do is assess how we will deal with those budget cuts and one of the obvious areas is at some point we would need to furlough at Security Check points and checked bags. And so the question is at what point does that impact the traveling public. Thats something were watching very closely. Right now people get to the airport an hour, hour and a half before their flights. What could happen if these forced spending cuts go into effect as far as tsa security personnel are concerned . Well, so obviously the longer the sequestration goes on, the greater impact it will have in. In the very short term we have obviously diverted resources and will divert resources from other areas to make sure that the checkpoints and checked baggage areas are staffed fully. The question is, the longer it goes on, at what point do we have to cut back in terms of furloughs and, again, were hopeful that that is resolved without having to happen. How much discretion do you have within the tsa, for example, to avoid furloughing personnel at airports but cut other places so that the traveling public doesnt feel the pain . Well, theres obviously some discretion there. The bottom line is we have a certain budget that we have to deal with and, as i said, the longer sequestration goes on, the greater like