Ago, the ceo of lockheed martin came downstairs, of course, she has been called out by the president-elect during the transition for having lockheed martin famously go over budget on the f35 project, she said they are close to a deal to bring the cost of the project way down, and to create several thousands of jobs across the country in the next few years. gregg: peter doocy outside trump tower, thank you. jenna: another big story we are walking, crippling ice storm creating dangers travel conditions in the nation s midsection, lease one person killed in missouri after their suv veered off the highway. more than 100 flights also canceled at the airport in st. louis for chief meteorologist rich wright with his and that weather center with a forecast, that is just the beginning of it. it is a long-duration event, we have had so much snow across parts of the west, some of the energy moving toward the central plains. when you have snow, four-wheel-drive can handle it but when there i
In law enforcement in kansas, you have a series of events, first of all the power goes out than civil unrest than emergency services that cannot get there than hospitals who need power. imagine a sustained attack, imagine the chaos it would cost, the civil unrest, we are not prepared to handle something of that magnitude. had riots over the past few years, imagine doubling or tripling or quadrupling that, orders of magnitude of ten. this way happen in a sustained attack, i m not saying this guy is fine but we need to be prepared if that happens, but we are not prepared for it. gregg: the new president said within 90 days, he s going to have a major plan to stop the hacking phenomenon. is that, morgan, doable? first of all, i would not call it a phenomenon like we just discovered it, it s been going on for years. second of all, 90 days to have a plan is a good start but as in washington with anything, what you say in what you do are different things, do not look at what they say, lo
Clear weapons, any kind of digital missile shield. that is not to say that there are some people doing it right, but overall, if you gave us a great, we get in a on offense and d or f on defense, and you and i had a great conversation about the office of personnel management and all the records that were hacked. power stations have been hacked. ukraine, a year to the day they were hacked and black energy, they got hacked again. people who do not think this will happen in the u.s., there will be a day of reckoning and it will be fairly severe. gregg: you brought up the power grid, is that the one that is really worrisome? america s power grids run mostly by computer systems, not to mention our banking services. if those go down, if those are hacked, all of that together could just cripple the united states. i think it was an israeli general of the air force he said if you want to go after a nation, you go after its power or water. imagine taking out the power, imagine having spent m
Both the democrats and republicans have been spending a lot of time looking at this. what is working about the affordable care act, what in the minds of the new republican emaciation is not working. the desire to keep that piece of the act that extends healthcare insurance to stay on your parents plan until the age of 26. there is a desire to address somehow, if you have a pre-existing condition, you can still get healthcare insurance peer there are solutions. proposal by the republicans as well that may cost more or less, may involve a tax deduction or joining a high-risk pool, but there are a variety of different proposals out there. i think the public should just be prepared for this to be a long issue project from the desire to change the law to the actual changes happening. gregg: is there a problem within the republican party? i m speaking specifically of the house freedom caucus, which is ultraconservative folks, and they are deeply concerned,
Martha: terror gripping the seventh floor of a hotel in mali right now. a deadly terrorist attack is underway at a upscale hotel that often houses lots of westerners. that is clearly the case. we know at least three people are dead. that number could clearly rise. there were hundreds of people in the hotel. there are about 138, that is the best number we ve pot in terms of hostages currently being held. the group taking responsibility for this is an al qaeda-affiliated group. we re working to zero in on which group it might be. obviously a lot of islamic radical terrorist groups are active in northern africa. as we welcome you this morning to a very busy morning of america s newsroom. i m martha maccallum. gregg: i m gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. authorities say 10 gunmen stormed that hotel this morning, yelling allahu akbar! in