wisconsin potentially one of five states to our viewers that could prohibit atlantic tiff bargaining. we ll see if it happens right now. doesn t look like the governor is willing to bulge on that. jon. jon: congress is right now considering how to overhaul the housing finance system in this country, and a big question, what to do about fanny mae and freddie mac, the two mortgage giants, once considered by some to be stepping stones to the american dream. now they are seen by many as the poster children of what went wrong in the housing crisis. so what could happen to fannie and freddie and what does it mean for american homeowners and homeboyers. james rosen is in our d.c. bureau with part one of our series, shattered dreams. seems like the looming question about what to do with fannie and freddie is not getting the kind of attention spending cuts are getting. reporter: that s true. it stands to have an enormous impact on 0 homeowners and would be homeowners across the country. the o
reminder, just to be careful out there, huh, jon. jon: let s hope he wasn t heading to the emergency room to do surgery or anything like that. jenna: absolutely. jon: thanks. a major budget battle looming on capitol hill. democrats and republicans at odds over what to cut from the federal budget. could the standoff actually result in a government shut down? i may be mud, but i have standards. mops? please. some of them have bacteria. and they try to pick me up? ew. i m really hard to get. uh! what about love?! [ male announcer ] swiffer attracts dirt. used mops can grow bacteria. swiffer wetjet s antibacterial solution eliminates 99.9% of bacteria that mops n spread around. i like yr pad! [ male announcer ] swiffer cleans better than a mop or your money back. curtis: welcome back to geico gecko: kate from mill valley, it s all yours. kate: well, i m shopping for my first car. gecko: nice! i do hope you ll choose geico and save a good bit of cash.
jon: yet another big winter blast for much of the country on this president s day holiday. that is bad news for travelers across the u.s. trying to sneak in a long weekend. hundreds of flights canceled today alternate the minneapolis st. paul national airport, the twin cities hit with more than a foot of snow. wisconsin s department of transportation warning drivers to stay off the roads as well after responding to several crashes on highways there. and the national weather service declaring winter weather advisories for parts of new jersey. that state hit with a new blast of snow after last week s mid-winter warm up. shay ryan is live in the fox news extreme weather with the latest. i couldn t believe it. we were supposed to get one to three inches at my house, we got i think five when i left this morning. reporter: even newton, new jersey receiving eight inches of snow. definitely higher totals to be found across the northeast. luckily we re seeing this coming to an end right now a
taliban and tries to work out some type of political deal with them, at what point does the karzai administration look like the very taliban regime that was overthrown 10 years ago? that is what a lot of human rights groups and diplomats are beginning to worry about here in afghanistan, jon. jon: coner powell reporting live via stream box. thanks. jenna: we ve been telling but the pension battles raining across the country but for many pensions are increasing becoming at risk and historical footnote. a lot of us don t have pensions. we have 401(k)s. the question we have today are 401(k)s safer than pensions? if you think your 401(k) will protect you. we have new reporting that 401(k)s are not cutting it at all. median household headed by person 60 to 62 has less than a quarter what is need in retirement. less than a quarter in their 401(k)s. ceo of strategies, charles
a broad proceed democracy wave you mentioned all the places its hitting. the most significant today is libya, this would be the toughest regime to take down if in fact they succeed in taking down a regime which has lorded over them since 1969. jon: talk about a bloody regime, these reports that libyan air force jets are actually firing on civilian protesters, on the ground, that suggests that moammar kadafi or his military are feeling very threatened right now. it does. when this is said and done we may find that this level of regime violence comes close to the 1989 tienamen square massacre, or some of saddam hussein s activity in the wake of the gulf war. it s remarkable that the libyan people have persisted. some media reported that the barrier of fear that existed has been torn down and has reached a critical mass. when these protests started the big question was whether they would go beyond benghazi where there have previously been