0 terminal was shut down for six hours after a man ducked under security rope unnoticed by the tsa. we have reached out to the tsa for commented but nothing yet. no response from them as of yet. by the way, as for those pat-downs that some flyers find offensive, a former screener call them ridiculous you can't find anything using your back of your hand over certain areas of the body. >> gregg: that may be true. half-hour bathroom breaks? engrossed in reading the new york post. [ laughter ] >> gregg: okay, arthel nevil, thank you. >> heather: icy winter blast moving into the central part of the united states, parts of colorado getting this, more than a foot of snow yesterday forcing airlines to cancel hundreds of flights. passengers stranded for hours waiting for conditions to committee -- house budget committee chairman paul ryan who is working on his own proposal. let's turn to steve centanni. >> reporter: both sides are talking but they haven't reached an agreement in a battle over deficit reduction. congressman paul ryan chairman of the house budget committee did have lunch with the president on thursday and said today we'll find out in the coming weeks if its real insear out reach aimed at reaching common ground. ryan unveils his budget plan coming up on tuesday of this week. he says that is the only way to get america moving again is to balance the budget. >> we think we owe the american people a balanced budget. we want to respect hard working taxpayers and we think we have a responsible plan to balance the budget which the reason we do a balanced budget is not to make the numbers add up. it leads to a healthy growing economy that creates jobs. >> reporter: in addition to his lunch, he hosted a dozen republican members of congress for a dinner last week. it's part of an ongoing charm offensive as it is being called by the president aimed at reaching some kind of fiscal deal. democrats say it needs to be accompanied by movement on the g.o.p. side. >> the president has reached out more broadly among republicans which i think is a good thing. ultimately, of course, for us to reach an agreement everyone has to be willing to compromise. our republican colleagues are going to have to back on off their position when you can't close one single tax loophole for the purpose of reducing the deficit. >> reporter: the president has several meetings scheduled on capitol hill to meet with lawmakers with both parties this week. >> gregg: spring thaw, pick your metaphor. it may be four years too late. steve, thank you very much. >> heather: new fallout from the sequester budget cuts and how it is affecting the brave men and women who serve our country. the army is suspending it's tuition assistance for active duty and reserve members. that means soldiers who take weekend or night classes will have to pay for it themselves. >> soldiers are currently enrolled in courses that are approved tuition assistance then there is no change for them. they still have it approved, nod after today. >> bottom line is we hold congress is able to develop a budget that is approved by the president then we can reverse sequestration. >> heather: move will not affect benefits under the g.i. bill that paid for soldiers to attend colleges. >> gregg: a strained relationship between united states and afghanistan. afghan president hamid karzai making some rather wild claims that the u.s. and taliban are working together. the comments coming during defense secretary chuck hagel's official trip to that country. peter doocy reports from washington. >> reporter: afghan president made a sensational accusation against the united states this weekend telling a television audience he thinks the americans and the taliban have been coordinating terror attacks against civilians as recently as this week intending to show civilians how quickly the security situation will deteriorate after most u.s. troops have left the country. >> they are trying to frighten to think tlig twa the foreigners. we would be facing these sort of incidents. >> president karzai and chuck hagel cancelled a joint press conference for security reasons, but the two met anyway and hagel told the afghan president his claims are false. >> i told the president it was not true. that the united states was unilaterally working with the taliban in trying to negotiate anything. >> reporter: hagel says political pressure led karzai to speak out against the united states. john bolton gave a similar explanation this morning. >> it's a curious round of afghan politics to say the taliban and united states are cooperating but it's part of karzai's game. he wants to look independent of the united states and taliban. >> reporter: thinks swing through afghanistan is nearly done. he is expected back in washington tomorrow afternoon. >> gregg: peter, thanks. >> heather: we are now less than two days away from the conclave to elect a new pope. 115 cardinals from around the world are gathered in vatican city spending dated today in prayer in preparation for the secret vote. while the vatican itself is being transformed for the election meantime. amy kellogg is live in rome with more. >> reporter: in fact, heather, some of the cardinals gave mass here in rome. they have churches, they are assigned to churches when they become cardinals here in rome so they have a greater foothold here. there were huge crowds because there is a loss of curiosity on the part of italians toward some of the cardinals where there is a buzz. cardinal o'malley gave mass. at least one italian poll is putting him as the front run for the next pope. timothy dolan also gave mass amidst much excitement and curiosity he kept going on secret but there is a terrific spirit of fraternity and they are ready to vote. >> italians have a beautiful saying, you can only making with the dough you got. we say we want to be a good dough for the holy spirit to work through. >> reporter: cardinal dolan i have to say his typical joyous self. one of the italian journalists complimented on his italian and he laughed it off he does better after a couple. >> heather: thank you very much, we appreciate it. >> gregg: now to the story of seven construction workers kidnapped by islamist militant group have been killed. they were captured in a raid on a construction site in the northern state of bachi. they were citizens of italy, britain, greece and lebanon. william hague responding to the news today. >> it's great sadness i have to inform you we believe a british con construction worker that was taken hostage on 16th of february in northern nigeria and held hostage since then is likely to have been killed by his captures along with six other foreign nationals who were taken hostage at the same time. this is an act of pure cold-blooded murder which there can be no excuse or justification. the responsibility for this tragic outcome rests solely with the terrorists that took these people hostage and are now likely to have murdered them in cold blood. >> gregg: the terrorist group it carried out the raid inrevenge in atrocities by european nations against islam. >> heather: still to come an amazing journey to freedom for u.n. peacekeepers in syria. how they made it to safety. >> gregg: plus reports of a shocking breach of security in one of our nation's busiest airports. what a former agent has to say that should make flyers very concerned. >> heather: brand-new survey finding that 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