shasta, we understand. the reports are today are that the winds are up to 70 miles an hour on that mountain. and that is keeping the search crews far away. they can t even get in there with a chopper we re told to even investigate whether or not he s up there. the rescuers might have to wait until thursday to get the choppers to the high peaks of where they believe that thomas bennett may be. next hour a survival expert is going to join us to talk to us about what he may be doing up there right now to survive and what he needs to do to make it through to thursday, which is the first possible window to get some help to him as well, we re understanding right now. tough situation. bill: in the meantime, martha, there s the ninth arrest in connection to the midwest militia accused of plotting to kill police officers. a close look at this website shows mayor things statement and training videos hinting at the sinister plot. the feds saying that group, calling itself hutaree, plotted a serie
janice dean with a look at what is going on and those of you with a laptop and go to febru y foxnews.com/weather and, you can put in your zip code and know what the weather is in your area and, we want to show everybody else what you are going through, with the weather and, send the pictures to us and, we ll get them up on the air, the best we can. bill: and dangerous winds and stormy weather, efforts to save a hiker, thomas bennett is traveling to the summit, 14,000 feet, and is climbing his climbing partner saved after calling 911 and walking down the mountain and getting help and we are calling on a survival expert to help us with the story, and ross mcfadden is with me now, out of florida, good morning to you and i think the most good morning. bill: the worst part of the headline is the guy who was with him, climbing, his buddy, told authorities his friend was
not a big deal but that amount of wind, you re looking at issues with whiteout conditions as the wind picks up some of that snow. megyn: maria, thank you. the white house dumped a big report late friday on a holiday weekend that it said was good news on the economy. deep inside, however, new research on the disappearing american work force. that raises new questions about how we get to our unemployment numbers now. lou dobbs is next on that. plus, brand new details in the murder trial of former university of virginia lacrosse player george huguely, accused of killing his young girlfriend. just ahead, the powerful reflations from the letter he apparently wrote to yeardley love before her murder. you have not heard this yet. wait until you do. and we re now learning more about the deadly avalanche at a ski resort outside of seattle, washington, a group of skiers, dropping some 3000 feet. ahead, we will speak to a survival expert about what it meals like to be inside an avalanche li