on. and nearby roads will be closed until they re finished. yikes. president obama marking the new year signing the 2012 defense authorization act. among other things, the bill provides 662 billion dollars for u.s. troops, pay raises, as well as continued military action in afghanistan and then in iraq. and still, the president expressed, quote, serious reservations about the bill and certain pre-visions that regulates the interrogation, prosecution of suspected terrorists. those are your headlines. let s check with janice dean in for rick reichmuth with a check of the forecast on this first day of 2012. hi, janet. hi, clayton. happy new year, a storm system moving across the northern plains and now situated over the great lakes, upper midwest, we have blizzard advisories for northern michigan and looking at winter advisories for the ups mo of west virginia. to the u.p. of michigan and
upcoming year. ainsley: here is break down the top five is ryan morrow, founder of world threat.com and national security analyst for christian action network. thank you for being with us, ryan. thanks for having me. happy new year. happy new year. clayton: i hope it s a happy new year with the threats. home grown jihad. break it down, is it as much of a threat in 2012 as 2011 or more? it s more. the pace of attacks, number of attacks is increasing and obama administration officials will confirm that to you. the latest poll. 5% of muslim american adults will say in the poll that they look upon al-qaeda favorably. even though that s a small percentage when you have nearly 2 million muslim american adults. that s a good pool to acan crew from. ainsley: kim jong un, the son of kim jong-il. he s a young guy without experience and a lot to prove and they believe they need
you men with your sports analogy, always. mike: what we know best, sports. ainsley: always seems nobody s right. that s what good coaches do. you look what happens, in basketball, same thing, the first three minutes, maybe at half time even, adjust and come up with a new strategy, what s the strategy going to be toed and tomorrow. clayton: right. and tuesday morning. president obama is trying to turn up the heat on congress and we showed you the poll numbers, all time low, 5% approval rating and 95% disapproval rating and now you see the new strategy coming out of the white house for 2012 and it s probably, you know, i don t know how you can argue that it s not a smart move, but here is obama s press secretary, he says this. in terms of the president s relationship with congress in 2012, the president is no longer tied to washington d.c., sort of fed up with congress. of course. if you have a 5% approval
engage in confrontation to make the price go up. clayton: and number one, this is scary. if iran gets the bomb. panetta says they could get one within a year and might have some sites engaging in uranium enrichment that we don t know about. it s a realistic possibility that they could get a nuclear weapon next year and would set off a nuclear race throughout the region. if you think they sponsor terrorism now, wait until they have a nuclear weapon. ainsley: what about ron paul s comment. is that dangerous? dangerous and insane. the latest iaea report, they re working on war design, and it s clear they re going after a nuclear weapon. clayton: and 2012 could be a scary time and we ll have to wait and see and follow this for us. ryan, thank you for joining us this morning. happy new year. ainsley: take a nap. i need it.
as we ve known it. mike: i don t know about this one, admit the economy will never go back to normal as we knew it. maybe in 20 years, maybe. ainsley: number eight. scrape up more than 2 trillion to repair critical infrastructure. clayton: e-mail and tweet us your new years resolutions and suggestions you have for the federal government. mike: keep them clean. ainsley: uncle sam is serious. clayton: 85% won t keep them. ainsley: 7.0, i guess a 7 earthquake struck off japan s southeast coast and you re looking at new video, the city of tokyo when the quake hit. officials say at the moment there s no danger of a tsunami. so far there have been no reports of damage or injuries so that s good news. a grim discovery in arkansas, police say they found a body miles away from the home of missing mother and police dispatcher, donna notski and