coverage. new shocking revelations in the attack on benghazi. leon panetta painting a frightening picture about how the white house responded, or didn t. was there a crisis in leadership. we have a new cohost, his name is norman and he s the scooter dog. he s a diva. all right. he s getting ready for the show. so are we, fox & friends on this snowy saturday morning starts right now. hi folks, this is larry, you re watching fox & friends, if you ain t, why not? all right, let s get to the big story, the extreme weather at this hour. a monster snowstorm is pounding the northeast in new england. this morning more than half a million homes and businesses are without power. the blizzard also blamed for at least four deaths. we have fox team coverage in
as these holidays wind down. the president yial campaign sean is heating up. one week from tomorrow, the iowa caucuses will mark the first formal votes in the 2012 race. right now, it s too close to call, statistically speaking. according to a poll from the american research group, ron paul, mitt romney, and newt gingrich are locked in a three-way statistical tie. you can see it there. 21, 20, 19% apiece. paul steinhauser is in des moines with more on this three-way battle. and no clear front-runner at least for iowa, paul. reporter: no clear front-runner. and that poll you just showed from arg came out on friday. the most receipt polling we have of people likely to take part in that caucus on january 30. it also indicates with just a week to go 1-10 still say they haven t made up their minds. and a sizeable amount are saying, i m backing this candidate or that candidate, but i may change my mind. three-way traffic jam, i guess you could say, for the top spot. ron paul, tho
sign for the u.s. and also coming up, hollywood s hurting. moviemakers are struggling. we ll see why there s such a slump at the box office. if you haven t been to a movie lately, you know what we re talking about. they say a lot of people just aren t going. and tickets in new york aren t cheap, on top of that. that s true. so we will see. first, we want to discuss how the northeast will spend the first day of april digging out from another monster snowstorm. hurts to hear that. and in florida, much further south, they re cleaning up after severe weather and even twisters hit the center of the state. wftv s tim barber reports on the path of the destruction in suburban orlando. reporter: fallen trees gave myra williams the ultimate blackout. i don t know what i m going to do. reporter: they tore her power lines and are even blocking her windows. the phone, the food, everything, i mean, i have nothing. reporter: down the road progress energy promised john his power
or has recently received a vaccine. with 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses, it s stelara®. now, another quick look at what s ahead on the rundown. an american in egypt. we re going to talk with a teacher caught in the middle of all of this chaos, and the lighter side of that monster snowstorm. that s right, from snow zill a to a giant giraffe. people are finding creative things to do with all of that snow, plus president obama s personal talk about his religion, and your chance to talk back. and, finally, j.r. s return to dallas. one of the stories that is trending today. it s now time to go beyond the headlines. egypt is not the only country to see a popular uprising against the government. market, we have seen protests in
now, behind this, it has been cold enough to support all that snow in the midwest. absolute blizzard raging on from chicago into detroit with wind gusts as high as 40 miles an hour. significant blowing and drifting. with the winds themselves, visibility very low as well. these winds and the snow continue to build into the northeast where places like syracuse could see another 6 to 10 inches of snow on top of what they ve already seen. chicago itself likely to be buried in 12 to 24 inches through the total of the storm. could be the worst they ve ever seen. back to you. rob and vinita. you know, when you re driving in conditions like this, even though so many people are allowed to stay home, there are so many people who still have to go to work. as you re heading out there today, especially today, keep in mind safety. it s so important that you re not abruptly slamming on the brakes because you will just end up it s like a sled in conditions like this. we also to want remind people,