satellite feeds from all over the world. take a look at remote 218, there s a live look at the dow. it crossed the 13,000 barrier just a couple of minutes ago. has fallen back down to 12997 or so. but we re keeping an eye on it. it looks good throughout the day. take a look at the white house, on remote 233. president obama is going to take a victory lap of sorts to announce that he and congress have come to a deal on the extension of the payroll tax cuts. he had hoped to sign the bill today but doesn t yet have it from congress we re told. on remote 293, that s a look the at moisture across the cascade range in oregon and washington. extreme avalanche danger as a result of 2-3 feet of snow that s just fallen. you might remember a few over the weekend, a few skiers and snowboarders were killed in an avalanche, very dangerous conditions in the high country there. jenna. jenna: i like aqui center
saturday afternoon, they never showed up. opening arguments today in the trial of the one and only person charmed in connection with a deadly crane collapse in new york city. the crane owner, james lomas charged with manslaughter for the disaster back in 2008. seven people died when that massive rig collapsed on a building not too far, in fact, from fox news headquarters. and a report on cocoa puffs, a washington state woman charged with murder are arguing their client should be allowed to eat cereal and other sugary snacks. right now she s being denied access to the jail s cafeteria. jon: let s get back to speculation about who will be tapped as the gop vice presidential nominee. the leading contenders so far might surprise you. chris stirewalt, fox news digital politics editor and host of power play on foxnews.com live joins us now. you would think when you get
would be unfair to the current candidates and would reward someone who didn t have what he called, quote, the courage to run in the first place. mccotter also worries it would be insulting to all those primary voters who cast their ballot. jon? jon: shannon bream live in washington, that ll be interesting, thanks. jenna: a lot more to talk about when it comes to politics. we know the front runners, but who tops the list of vice presidential candidates? a few of the names might surprise you. chris stirewalt with his power play is going to be joining us right after the commercial. i m a marathon runner,
reporter: now, all four of the leading candidates are arriving in the valley of sun within the next 24 hours in many preparation for a debate tomorrow night. jenna? jenna: alicia acuna for us in arizona today. jon: well, republicans are looking ahead to august when they officially choose a nominee for president. will it be romney, santorum, gingrich, paul? who knows. there is a small chance, though, when the candidates arrive for the convention, up in of them none of them will have gathered enough delegates to clinch the nomination. shannon bream is live in washington with a look at what could happen. reporter: well, jon, there is a split about what might happen in that situation. there s one camp which believes there s almost no chance the gop goes into a brokered convention. count karl rove among that group. i think it s about as rehot as life on pluto remote as life on pluto. it could happen, sure. you could make up all kinds of
this rule unfairly punishes citizens inboarder states who have the right to purchase firearms to protect themselves and their families from dangerous drug traffickers and human smugglers. senator chuck grassley weighed in. says, quote the administrations continues to over reach and it s a distraction and a week less policy to allow guns to walk into mexico. the president will also deal with gun control issues, possibly with something to do with making changes with the database that is used for background checks. that is sparking reaction from capitol hill who says the president is doing an end run around congress on a very important issue, the second amendment. patti ann: shannon bream live in washington, thank you. greg: right now a mid air collision between two planes in alaska is making headlines but not as a tragedy. amazingly both planes managed to land safely with nobody on board