Good morning. Reporter yeah. I get all the rough ones. Good to talk to you this morning. The colors of mardi gras lighting up the dome. Comes in the middle of that festival. And a lot of people as you said looking forward to kickoff. But others looking forward to seeing something else. We have a sneak peek at some of what youll see. Hey son . Have fun tonight. Come on, get happy you guys are three minutes late. Dont be a cloud on our sunny day. Sir . Reporter a lot of fun during the break and action on the field and a very special moment before the game. 26 students from sandyhook elementary will be here to sing america the beautiful flown in after an anonymous donation after someone paid to have them flown here to new orleans. Thats the latest live in new orleans. Back to you now. All right. That should be a very poignant moment. Thank you very much. For the First Time Since the inauguration, beyonce has broken her silence about the lip sif g sinki sinki sinki sinki sinki sinking con troe versy. That settles it. At a news conference, she erased all doubts about her ability to perform it live. After the song, mrs. Carter took questions and she commented on the controversy. Due to the weather, due to the delay, due to no proper sound check, i did not feel comfortable taking a risk. Beyonce will be performing the halftime show at sundays super bowl and says, yes, she will absolutely be singing live. The first jobs report of 2013 will be released this morning. The experts predict unemployment will stay at 7. 8 . Late thursday, the Senate Passed a bill extending the Borrowing Limit but just for four months. Tracie potts is live in washington with the latest. Good morning. Lets get started with the jobs numbers. What are we expecting to see . Reporter 7. 8 is where we are, 7. 8 is where economists think well stay. Its below that 200 mark that is a benchmark for continued growth. Were seeing back and forth indicators like more people applying for Unemployment Benefits in the past week. Growth which was lower in the fourth quarter. But then personal finance and some other things are up. The economy on a bit of a sea saw. The jobs council the president created, that now goes away. The white house says they have other things in the works with the business community. And then the debt limit. Its been raised. We can borrow more money to pay our bills. But only for the next few months until midmay. All right. Tracie potts, thanks so much. The family of a 5yearold boy being held captive in alabama says they are holding on by a thread waiting for the boys release. The hostage standoff is going into the fourth day. Jimmy lee dike is accused of kidnapping the boy after storming his school bus and killing the driver. Authorities say 5yearold ethan is being held in an underground bunker and reportedly not been harmed. Joining me on phone now is former fbi profiler clint van zandt. Good morning. Thanks for joining us. Good morning. Good to be with you. So what is happening in the negotiation process right now . Theres a lot of things going on. Basically, simultaneously, they have to be prepared to do an emergency rescue. If they had to. And, yet, they want negotiations to work. Thats the nonviolent weapon thats going to carry the day on this. Theyve given it three days. They know the little boy is healthwise, even though its a terrible situation, healthwise, hes doing okay. Hes supposedly eating. He has medication. The last thing police want to do, fbi wants to do is storm that facility and have a little boy hurt or kill the suspect. They want to give him reasons to come out and tell his story. Why he did this in the first place. If they can just be allowed to continue that, hopefully this will have a happy ending. Clint, you know, every time we talk i ask you this question, what can we learn about the criminal from the crime, the twha boy was taken, the way he is being held, the fact police say he is not harmed. What does that tell us about the suspect . I think we have someone with a Significant Mental Health issue. Its been there for a while. We know he shot a bus driver. I think it was likely unintended but nonetheless, that was the result of it. He is using the little boy for a shield. He was supposed to be back in court for the second time. In his mind, i believe he thought he was going for jail to jail. He panicked. He thought the little boy could be used as a shield to keep Law Enforcement at bay while he thought this out. Well, hes had three days to think it out. He hasnt made plans what his next step is going to be. Law enforcement negotiators are trying to help him put that successful plan together that will extricate both him and the little b little boy without anyone being hurt. I hope he continues to listen to the negotiators. Thank you very much, clint van zandt. It was a dramatic and contentious day of testimony for former senator chuck hagel. The president s nominee to replace leon panetta as defense secretary. Kelly odonnell has more. John mccain seized on hagels vocal opposition to the surge of troops in iraq in 2007. The question is were you right or wrong . Thats a pretty straight forward question. Well, im not going to give you a yes or no answer. Over his 2008 comments related to israel that a jewish lobby, intimidates a lot of people in congress. Name one person in your opinion who is intimidated by the israeli lobby in the United States senate. Well, first name one. I dont know. Hagel was repeatedly pressed by both democrats and republicans to make clear his commitment to israels security. I strongly support israel. And clarify his stand on iran. He incorrectly referred to the policy on iran and Nuclear Weapons as containment. Ive just been handed a note that i misspoke. Reporter he said he fully backs the president s position that iran cannot be allowed to get Nuclear Weapons and says the u. S. Should talk to iran. Thats Kelly Odonnell reporting. Three stories that will be developing later today. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton says goodbye its at the white house and then gives a farewell address later in the afternoon. John kerry takes the oath and title of secretary of state. Meanwhile, keep an eye on Vice President joe biden who is in germany meeting with chancellor angela merkel. Now heres your first look at this mornings dish of scrambled politics. Chris christie praised president obamas response to Hurricane Sandy and he says they had a fun chat at the white house later about how much money the government would give to the victims in new jersey. On monday, governor christie sits down with david letterman. Hes been known to make jokes about christies weight. He says he hopes theyre funny. Mitt romneys campaign donated 90,000 to the red cross to help victims of soup storm sandy. Geraldo riff yar is considering a run for the senate in new jersey in 2014. So that could become a race against newark mayor corey booker who already said hes interested in running for the democratic nomination for that same senate seat. The federal Election Commission reports that president obama raised over 738 million for the 2012 campaign. Final pricetag for the entire 2012 election totals 7 billion. Thats a new high. But a new poll says trusting government is at a new low. 53 of americans say they believe the federal government threatened their personal rights and freedoms. And thats your morning dish of scrambled politics. And now for your morning look at the weather. We turn to bill karins. Good morning. Good morning. This is a happy friday. It is happy friday. We have Super Bowl Weekend. A lot to look forward to. Good weather to look forward to . I dont know. Thats not the point. Good morning, everyone. We do have very cold air once again to talk about. We have snow chances over the next three days. Some areas havent seen a lot this winter. Well start with the wind chill values in the midwest. Just like yesterday morning, another painful day to be outside. Minnesota, north dakota, south dakota, wisconsin, iowa, illinois. And now even down into indiana. Your wind chills at minus 12 in indianapolis. So this is as cold its been this winter throughout many areas of the country. Were watching the snow bands coming off the lakes here. Were going to continue from erie to buffalo just around syracuse, watch for snow. Weve also had snow overnight in areas of west virginia. I know we picked up four inches in the charleston area and mountains of North Carolina picked up a coating. Anyone traveling there, use a little extra caution. Then, of course, were going to deal with more storms over the weekend. Were going to have a couple chances at some snow. Well have clipper lows diving down from the Northern Plains through the area around kentucky, the southern ohio valley to the east coast. Not today. As we go through your weekend, well watch saturday in the Northern Plains and then by the time we get to sunday, we have snow on the eastern seaboard. Its one, two, three fluffy inches. But for people traveling on saturday and sunday, it could cause roads to get slippery. All right. Thanks so much, bill. Straight ahead, stocks rock for the month of january. 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