♪ >> good morning to you and your family. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this wednesday morning. i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather nauert. >> a 12-hour hos staj standoff. anna koyman has the breaking details this morning. a anna what can you tell us? >> around 1:00 a.m. eastern they shot and killed the 20-year-old after storming a bank in st. joseph where he was holding two people hostage. as the swat team entered they shot the hostage in the chest one of them died. one is in critical condition. a man walked into the bank yesterday around noon with a hand gun and took three employees captive. they eventually released one of

them. >> we are learning new details about the gunman's possible motive. officers describing him as a paranoid schizophrenic. at one point during the standoff he told hostage negotiators he heard voices and wanted to have a device removed from his head. authorities believe he planned the entire thing. they found the book on hostage negotiations at the bank after he was killed. >> we will check with you later on in the other development. >> there has been new chaos taking place right here. >> we are just about to take a live look attica rear square where military clashed with ousted president mohammed morsi.

there are two camps right there. they are trying to move the protestors out of this location. an ee gepgs official says four people are dead including two security members 50 more others have been hurt. it is the latest round of turmoil in egypt. morsi was removed from power last month. we will keep you posted on the development. >> hannah anderson breaking her violence on-line. she posted this new picture of herself and answered the questions on a social media sight about her horrifying ordeal. james dimaggio tricked her family into going into the house and tied up her mother and brother in a garage. their bodies were found inside the burning home. dimaggio quote got what he deserved. he was shot and killed after firing an fbi agent. >> a painful nightmare for a family down in florida.

a rare brain eating ameba has his 12-year-old son fighting for his life in icu. he contracted the infection through his nose after playing in a ditch near his home. a 12-year-old arkansas girl contracted the same parasite at the water park. since 1962, 128 people have been infected in the united states and just three of them survived. >> we know what story michael hastings was working on when he was killed in a fire in a car crash. he was working on an expo say his widow says about john brennan. he was linked to a crack down on an investigative journalist when he was counter-terrorism advisor. it is expected to be published soon in rolling stones magazine. he is best known for an article on stanley mcchrystal which led to his resignation. a tornado touches down in

the jersey shore knocking down trees and power lines and damaging several homes. a two-mile long pass bringing winds up to 85 miles an hour. >> my air-conditioning unit started coming through the window and i heard wild bangs. i was like freaking out. >> it is terrible. we just got cleaned up from sandy not lopping ago. >> no other reports of injuries. >> mother nature is not done yet. we could be seeing more wild weather this morning across the southeast. >> maria molina is here with the details. lots going on today. >> good morning everyone. that's right. we are talking about severe weather. yesterday like you mentioned you have that confirmed tornado out of ocean county and new jersey right along the shore the new jersey shore. winds anywhere between 75 miles an hour to 85 miles per hour. that is estimated with that system it would make it a e f0

tornado. multiple trees down across the area. that happened because we had a strong cold front. showers thunderstorms behind it we are looking at much calmer weather. it is across northeast and parts of the great lakes. also looking at cooler weather. take a look at other temperatures it is still summer and still august. international falls, minnesota, 38 degrees that's your current temperature only 46 in green bay in the 50s like buffalo, pittsburgh and detroit. chicago unusual waking up on the chilly side across sections of the great lakes and also in the northeast. high temperatures will remain below average. high temperatures in the 70s on average this time of year. 80s as well on average and in new york city. take a look at the forecast today high temperature only 74 degrees. lower humidity as well. feels very fall like out here across parts of the northeast. like you mentioned we are

looking at rough weather across sections of the southeast showers and storms 2, 3, locally hire amounts. i don't think flooding will be a major problem. take the umbrellas. >> all right maria, thank you so much. talk to you in 9 next half hour. they are going to help insurance companies but not you. >> it comes as there are new reports and administration officials are having obama care. >> one of the provisions are out of pocket healthcare costs. >> medical conditions could pay twice as much as they would have if the 6300 per person cap was in place. insurance companies which don't necessarily have the same software and computers to talk

to each other and different companies have different limits hence the need for more time to figure out a way to keep track of all of the out of pocket costs. dr. ben carson was on greta van susteren's show last night and he said in the end it will hurt the middle class. >> in this case we are helping out the insurance companies but what about the average joe? what about the averaged person. now we are saying to him the insurance companies can do pretty much anything they want for another year, year and a half to build up the coffers on your back. >> the unexpected policy shift will be a complete disaster. the president staying course he warned but said there are also very positive results in the sweeping healthcare law.

>> they have spent hundreds of years trying to get good at it. >> elizabeth pran in washington, thanks. those three teenagers charged with beating a 13-year-old on a school bus could face probation and random drug tests if prosecutors have their way. they are appearing in juvenile court for a pretrial hearing. that is when they recommended their punishment. the father of one of those teens expressing remorse. >> (indiscernible) my son isn't a bad person. he got involved with bad people that's all. >> the victim suffered a broken

arm and two black eyes. they will return to court in two weeks for their sentencing. >> happening today the fort hood massacre trial resumes for major nadal hassan. they will hold a session without the military panel to go over autopsy photos. >> an hour later that trial will resume. yesterday fbi agents will be responding to the shooting testified one calling it the worst crime scene he has seen? 23 years on the job. another agent said there were bodies and medical equipment quote all over the floor. >> the justice department filed suit against the merger of u.s. airways and american airlines. if it does happen if this merger happens it could end up costing you. we will hear about that story and all of the other top business stories this morning. jolene, good morning. >> good morning. yesterday the department of justice sued american airlines and u.s. airways over their

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>> good morning. it's august the 14th. we have a fox news lart. breaking overnight a 12-hour hostage standoff at a louisiana bank coming to an end. the suspect and one victim both dead after gun fire erupts there. we have the latest development coming right up. >> we have more at the center of the irs scandal. why lawmakers are asking lois lerner are handing over documents from her personal i mail account. >> a frightening discovery for a texas couple where they heard voices on their child's baby monitor but it wasn't an intruder, it was hackers. a warning for every parent. "fox & friends first" starts right now. >> good morning to you everyone as we wake up here on the east

coast half past the hour. good morning to you. it is wednesday morning and welcome to "fox & friends first". i am heather nauert. >> it is 5:30 on the east coast that means we are going to get right to our first story a fox news alert. a 12-hour hostage standoff ending with the gunman and one of the hostages dead. >> anna kooiman has all of the breaking details. good morning to you, anna. what can you tell us? >> police identifying the gunman at around 1:00 a.m. eastern. they shot and killed the 20-year-old after storming a bank in st. joseph where he was holding two people hostage. but as the swat team entered the suspect shot both hostages we are told in the chest. one of them died. at this hour the other is in critical condition at the hospital. authorities say ahmed initially walked into the combraingd around noon with a hand gun. took three employees hostage. meantime we are learning new details about the gunman's possible motive.

>> he was mad at people. he was mad at people he said were mean to him, that he had voices in his head. >> authorities believe he planned the entire thing and we are told that they found written notes and a book on hostage negotiations inside his apartment. ladies? >> thank you, anna. >> well, for the first time we are hearing the frantic 911 calls made just moments after a sink whole swallowed part of a resort near disney world. >> we have a building that potentially collapsing. i don't know if it's a swhoij h what. they say it is collapsing they don't know if they are going to be get to all of the rooms. >> all 105 guests wereable to get out safely. the 100 foot sink hole has stopped sinking and this morning the summer bay resort has reopened for business. frienting. >> teenager hannah anderson now breaking her silence on-line.

she posted this new picture of herself. you can see right there. and then answered questions on a social media site about the horrifying ordeal. to reveal to her kidnaper james dimaggio tricked her family into going in her house and tied up her mother and brother in the garage where their bodies were later found in his burning home. she wrote that dimaggio, quote, got that he deserved. he was shot and killed after he fired at an fbi agent. house oversight chairman darrel issa asking for lois lerner documents on her personal e-mail accounts. she used it for official irs building and that could violate federal records requirements. learner on paid leave was in charge of the unit. the e-mails could give lawmakers some long-awaited answers.

>> they want to know what happened. they want to know what she did with that, did she take the documents and alter them did she share them with other people and pass them on to other people inside the government or outside of the government. they want to be able to follow the trail. >> the irs says they will review the request. families of murder victims in the city of vic say new york city could be in the same situation. after the nypd shop and frisk policy was ruled unconstitutional. she was shot dead one week after she sang at president obama's inauguration. her father who attended the state of the union with his wife says if crime rates are down nothing should be changed in new york. she learned the judge could soon from flood on their hands could soon be in new york and cops are killed. >> one in the midst of a prayer

fight freedom from religion threatening to file a suit against league city after the repeated calls in council meetings were denied. they have no plans in the prayer. >> prayer is a deep rooted tradition at council meetings which dates back several decades. >> a weather alert to bring you right now. today's crews good samaritans alike will dry up homes and businesses under water since last week's storms in the state of colorado. >> long time to be under water. maria molina mother nature cooperated with cleanup efforts or is even more wet weather on the way? >> for today we will see more possible showers and storms firing up in states like colorado.

for today we have a pretty significant chance about 40 to 50 percent of seeing a shower or thunderstorm through that area. that will not be good for any cleanup efforts. for the next several days thursday, friday saturday and even into sunday the chance for storms will continue to diminish and eventually we are looking at drier conditions. there is some improvement on the way in terms of weather conditions for parts of colorado. it is hurricane season we are still in the atlantic hurricane season it has been quiet for several days in the ocean and caribbean. the national hurricane center is giving it a 30 to 40 percent chance of being a possible cyclone. we are keeping up on one of the storms. regardless of whether it becomes a tropical storm or not we have a chance of heavy showers and storms across sections of the southeast especially along the

gulf coast. 4 inches of rain will be possible. i want to bring your attention to great lakes where temperatures are much cooler. take a look at international falls. 38 degrees right now. it feels much more like fall only 46 in green bay. temperature also remain below average. in cleveland only gets to 68 degrees today. >> kind of a nice change. >> if we can extend fall it's good. >> thank you so much. there's even more problems brewing for the president's healthcare plan. this morning yet another delay and new questions about costs. doug luzader is live for us in washington with more. good morning, heather. we are learning more about the costs associated with the president's healthcare plan. and people who purchase their own health insurance could be in for a big hit with news of another delay. this time a requirement that insurance companies limit out of pocket costs for many customers

adding fuel to the fire. the administration already gave the delay to businesses that won't be required to provide health insurance for another year now. the waiver of the employer mandate for one year is so that the employers are ableto get their computer system stat. >> one insurance company said the delays are not a surprise. >> what they are going to learn is this is not so easy. >> now a new study shows about half of those who currently purchase their own insurance will ultimately get help from taxpayers. the rest could see huge rate hikes. while republicans see it as evidence of failure the point person on healthcare says the

law is now inevitable. >> it was passed and signed three years ago. it was upheld by the supreme court a year ago. the president was re-elected. this is the law of the land. >> it may be the law of the land but congress still has to continue funding it and this is going to be at the heart of budget and debt limit battles that are still ahead in the coming fall. >> doug luzader in washington. thank you so much. >> this next story out of colorado gaining a lot of attention this morning. 16-year-old kristen has cerebral palsy and she can't walk. she uses this wheelchair to get around. that's why her parents built this ramp outside of the house. their neighbors have a major problem with it and they want the ramp torn down claiming it devalues their next door property. now they are threatening legal action. kristen's parents will be reacting live this morning on

"fox & friends." >> how cruel of this neighbor certainly. can't wait to hear from the family. >> image being stuck inside an elevator for hours and hours. that is exactly what happened to four co-workers who were on their way to lunch in miami. it took rescue crews hours to safely remove the men from the express elevator. officials say they had to bring in a working elevator and put it parallel to the working one and create ladders for a bridge for the workers to cross over. they are looking into what caused the malfunction. scary. >> two stars of the real housewives of new jersey are due back in court this afternoon. they set to enter a plea before the judge. they expect to plead not guilty. they are accused of exaggerating their income and hiding their fortune in a bankruptcy filing.

>> they took home a third of the power ball jackpot holding a press conference yesterday. some members say the new found fortune won't change a thing for them. >> i will be at my log cabin or multiple acres of land. >> love that. you can't blame them. wonder if that's a disguise or a real thing. >> brothers like darlene who lost her home with super storm sandy says it's a chance for her to rebuild. >> first thing i am going to do is buy me and my daughter a home and bring my dog back home. all 16 will walk away with 3.8 million after taxes. in the meantime we are still waiting for the third power ball winner to come forward. >> i love that story. >> 41 after the top of the hour a terrifying discovery for one father about his daughter's baby monitor. it turns out he wasn't the only

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strange man cussing and making lewd comments in the bedroom of their 2-year-old daughter. >> they said wake up allison. (bleep). as a father imposed am suppose protect her from someone like this. >> a hacker was able to take control of the camera and see his daughter's name on the wall. the girl was not disturbed by the hacker's calls because she was born deaf. have to be so careful of that. >> what would you do if you saw that on the highway. look at that right there. that is a dog being dragged in some sort of a crate or a cage attached to the back of someone's suv. one woman who saw it said she couldn't believe what she was looking at. she snapped the photo and called cops who stopped the driver and rescued the dog. the pup has been placed in protective custody. >> canada's transportation agency is hitting the breaks on

the company responsible for the run away train that exploded last month. montreal made at atlantic railway will have operating license in canada. the company is no longer about to operate with the required insurance coverage. we have a crash in quebec leading 46 people dead. >> have a g mail account? listen up. we have a warning for you. fox business network diane macedo has the details. they care about the privacy of their e-mail not to use g mail due to what it calls a stunning admission by google. google responds to accusation of privacy violations by saying quote all users of e-mail must necessarily expect their e-mails will be subject to automated processing just as the center of a letter to a business colleague can't be surprised the recipient's assistant can open the letter.

people who use web e-mail cannot be surprised it is used by e peshg s pro vierd in the course of delivery. the file something part of a response to a class action lawsuit. it accuses the company from violating violator's tap laws what observed based on the content. consumer watchdog says the response is simply an addition by google that they don't respect privacy and people who value the privacy of the e-mail correspondence should not e-mail the services. john simpson adds quote google brief uses the wrong analogy sending an e-mail is like giving a letter to the post office. expect the post office to deliver the letter based on the address written on the envelope. i don't expect the mail carrier to open my letter and read it. >> makes you wonder if we have any privacy on-line. thank you diane. >> 48 minutes after the top of the hour. still ahead the woman at the center of the latest anthony

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hostages dead. >> the postmaster general recently said he wants the agency to start delivering beer, wine and other alcohol to make up money. it lost $15.9 billion last year. the real housewives of new jersey's star teresa giudice due back in court today, expected to enter a not guilty plea, indicted last month on federal fraud charges. >> time to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. first the good. a mama panda bear and baby reunited at a zoo in taiwan. the two had been apart since the cub was born a month ago. all cuddles there. >> next the bad. a truck crashes into a house in texas causing a gas leak. five homes had to be evacuated. the driver hit two mailboxes, parked truck and fire hydrant before crashing into the house. finally the ugly, prisoners in brazil breaking free, hopping fences, sliding

down trees. the thing caught on camera. it happened after inmates began rioting inside. 50 escaped, 17 recaptured. >> nice prison there. not that part. i like the tree next to the window. everybody have a great day. "fox & friends" starts right now. see you tomorrow. >> good morning. it is wednesday, august 14. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time. it's dark behind me, isn't it? brian is looking like it's -- am i missing something? >>brian: i need a floor plan to get here. we moved. >>gretchen: a fox news alert and the alert is that it's dark outside as well as this, a hostage at a louisiana bank over. the gunman had been killed. >> kidnapped teen hannah