it s chilly out there. erin, we are expecting to get this trifecta of rain, ice, and snow. how long do you think this will last? brianna, hopefully not that much longer. it has been snowing off and on all day, but we got rain last night and that s why we have this slick thick layer of ice underneath all of snow. that s made the roads around here very slick. we have seen a lot of cars sliding on this road out here right in front of the capitol. monday is a very busy day in washington. you have lots of commuters from all over the country trying to get into washington for the week s business to start. that has been slowed down and also the white house briefing was canceled and obviously there is a lot of news going on out of russia and ukraine. it s too bad the briefing has been canceled. tomorrow is another big day in washington as you know. the president s budget will be delivered to capitol hill
to shape it. the outcome could give early indication how much of a drag of obamacare is on democrats looking ahead to the november elections. jenna: will be interesting to see the results. john, thank you so much. reporter: thanks, jenna. jon: there are new concerns about the price of beef in this country. because of the drought in california. it is having a devastating impact on farmers and cattle ranchers there who are expecting to lose billions in revenue. that means consumers could end up paying more for meat and other products. robert gray of the fox business network live in california for us now. robert. reporter: hi, jon. that s right. it is not just ranchers and local residents feeling the pain but you may be too as well a the your grocery store if you re buying beef or going out to restaurants for a steak or a burger. because of the lack of rain, now we did have a little bit of rain last night, less than an inch fell where we are in the east bay here in northern california
franklin graham with see how syrians first are are getting help they need the most. this is exploding humanitarian crisis. here is a look inside the refugee camp. i m greta van susteren in iraq. and behind me is a valley of refugees. up to 17,000 people who are stateless. and homeless. but there is hope here because people are helping them. it poured rain last night. snowed where we were up in the mountains earlier today. on this day it was near freezing. and the people we met with reverend franklin graham in the refugee camp had little or nothing. they need the heat but they need clothes for children. as you saw, there were kids with those little sandals with no socks. bare foot. bare foot. some kids were just like in a t-shirt. inside one tent, i sat down with a 90-year-old woman who was sharing a heater with multiple families. how long do they get to keep the heater? we were told a couple
franklin graham with see how syrians first are are getting help they need the most. this is exploding humanitarian crisis. here is a look inside the refugee camp. i m greta van susteren in iraq. and behind me is a valley of refugees. up to 17,000 people who are stateless. and homeless. but there is hope here because people are helping them. it poured rain last night. snowed where we were up in the mountains earlier today. on this day it was near freezing. and the people we met with reverend franklin graham in the refugee camp had little or nothing. they need the heat but they need clothes for children. as you saw, there were kids with those little sandals with no socks. bare foot. bare foot. some kids were just like in a t-shirt. inside one tent, i sat down with a 90-year-old woman who was sharing a heater with multiple families. how long do they get to keep the heater? we were told a couple
week. they will debate it all week. the expectation is that the democrats will take out this condition of defunding obamacare, and then take only 51 votes to pass it and send it back to the house. we expect the house will be in session next week, but go down to the wire and vote on this again. jessica and victor? yep, the senate is the president s hope right now. erin mcpike, thank you so much for reporting live from washington this morning. still to come on newsroom, carlos diaz is live in baton rouge at the largest game of the weekend. but, carlos, i looked up at the return monitor, and i thought i was looking at colorado. what s going on behind you? reporter: yeah. i tell you, it looks like i have a lake behind me. this is one of the main roads leading into tiger stadium. we have such massive amounts of rain last night here in baton rouge, louisiana, this is what the roads look like heading into tiger stadium. in fact, i was helping push two police officers who got their