retailers cutting temporary holiday help that they had hired. you'll recall the new claims had fallen to their lowest level over the christmas season. harris: devastating floods in australia and a drought in russia. why both could soon mean higher grocery prices for you and me in the united states. and the snow may have stopped falling in massachusetts, but the weather is not cooperating as people try to dig out from a major snowstorm. a live report on the winter mess, straight ahead. we know a lot of you are online while you're watching, multi tasking, we love that about you. if you want to get a jump on your own weekend forecast for your neighborhood, log on to foxnews.com/weather. we'll be right back.