senator coming to the president s defense and c.i.a. nominee. he says the obama administration must be more forthcoming on benghazi or else. i don t think we should allow brennan to go forward with the c.i.a. directorship, hagel to be confirmed as secretary of defense until the white house gives us an accounting, did the president ever pick up the phone and call anyone into the libyan government to help these folks. what did the president do? gregg: thousands still without any power right now after the first blizzard of 13 and there is a powerful new winter weather system threaten threatening to be the unwanted sequel. we ll get the latest. heather: and caught on tape, mayhem at mardi gras. police are searching for a gunman that struck four people in the big easy. gregg: we begin with a fox news alert. awaiting a los angeles police department news conference.