>> giving america tax breaks instead. is the deal too good to brepass? >> millions of americans will drive them to work today but today honda says some of the vehicles may be unsafe. the air bags unexpectedly exploding. >> any minute now diehard apple fans will get their hands on brand new iphones. worries are growing on wall street that the new models could be a block.

>> good morning. it is friday. i am heather childers. people are already in line for the phones. >> lightening is being blamed for two separate deaths in indiana. sparking several fires across the state. a father is dead and his newborn child is in the hospital after their house was struck by lightening. investigators say a bolt of lightening which blasted through the trees and into that front window ignite add fire. >> it was like a bomb went off.

>> another man was also struck and killed while he was working on a billboard. >> overnight horrific violence in the streets of the already crime ridden chicago. 13 people including a 3-year-old boy are injured after men opened fire happened in a park on the city's southwest side. witnesses say 2 men began shooting from inside a gray sedan just after 10:00 p.m. last night. three of the victims including the boy are in critical condition. no arrests have been made. listen to this, new details now in the washington navy yard shooting. it is being revealed to us that the same company that did a security clearance on this man aaron alexis also did a follow up investigation on edward snowden. alexis killed 12 people before being killed by police. he is currently under investigation into possible criminal violations involving over site of background checks.

congress asked for full investigation into how alexis awarded clearance. >> the house is set to vote on election of 2014. house speaker john bay nard said t -- john boehner said the main goal is to keep it open. >> we want to find a way to pay off our debt. that's why the house lacked on a plan that will reduce the deficit and includes economic reforms including a delay of the president's healthcare law. >> it's a waste of time as i said before. i told the speaker that last week. i am disappointed that he has decided he is going to move

forward with full knowledge. >> the white house threatened to veto the legislation as well. >> tense moments on capitol hill as law americas thrilled leaders of the benghazi internal review board. house republicans calling it an inside job saying they gave hillary clinton a heads up on the report. elizabeth prann has the latest on this story. >> it was a tense day for government officials. congressional repub cans say the review board which reviewed the terrorist attack which took place more than a year ago that left 4 people dead thomas pickering and former chairman of the staff general mike mullen today

stood by the board's findings. the investigation began with low level employees and found middle managers to blame. th told lawmakers there was no need to go hire. >> they didn't interview the secretary of state. she interviewed four of the five members of the board? >> yes. >> it looks like sort of an inside job of an investigation. department of state lacking at the department of state. >> they acknowledged clinton's role in select the investigators for the board which is mostly interview summaryings rather than depositions. republican law americas say there hasn't been a measure of credibility. there w the review was comprehensive. >> elizabeth prann live for us in washington, thank you. talk about the criminal

conviction of former congressman tom delay. there wasn't enough evidence of finding him guilty of illegally funding money to republican candidates. delay said a big part of his conviction was where they tried him. >> it was unconstitutional number one to try me in austin, texas the most liberal start of the -- part of the state. the you couldn't find a pool of jury whatever jury knew me would con vukt me. the house votes to slash money for food stamps they propose cutting $4 billion from the program annually. the vote is for the opposition. the cuts would happen by allowing states to increase requirements for food stamps and test applicants for drugs. the bill also targets able

bodied adults who don't have dependents. the white house threatened a veto. >> andy reid back in philly taking on his old team the eagles. it was a rough night for the eagl eagles quarterback michael vick. the chiefs running game finishing things off. he find the end zone. they win 26-16. now tore some extreme weather. the death toll rising to 97 as hurricane manual slams into the pacific coast. >> maria molina is here with what they can expect today. >> so much devastation all because of a storm system. man well which has anticipated maximum sustained winds right now about 30 miles an hour. the big story p and the big

concern was really always the amount of rainfall they were expecting with it especially along some of the higher elevations here. guess where the moisture is headed? it is headed toward the north and east. across portions of texas and oklahoma. we are seeing heavy rain out here and a number of flood washes because several inches of rain are forecast across texas. some areas could pick up 8 inches of rain today and tomorrow. enhancing that precipitation is man well and cold front behind the system much cooler like in minneapolis 63 degrees for high temperatures today. cool down for you in kansas city and dallas, texas. ainsley and heather usually i am telling you about the

temperatures in the 90s. they are start to go look like fall as well across the rest of the country. >> bet they are liking it. >> honda issuing a major recall on a mini van. let's turn to lauren simonetti from the fox business network. >> good friday morning heather. honda recalling 374,000 vehicles because of problems with the air bag. minivans 2003 and 204 mod will years and 56,000 acura mdx crossover suv's. the air bags can inflate anywhere and not with a crash like they are supposed to. we are 11 days away from enrollment in the obama care health exchanges. government software system is having problems figuring out how much people need to pay for

health coverage. the government left scrambling to iron out the kirks in the final days. if the tech glitches are not fixed by october 1st, '36 customers in 36 states where the government sment running all or part of the exchanges can be effective both in emergennew je florida, texas, ohio this is you. finally how much more would you pay to send a letter or a card or a bill? telling the senate committee an emergency rate hike may be needed just for the postal service to stay afloat. it expects to lose 6 billion this year on top of the 16 billion last year. they are considering cost cutting moves saturday delivery and door to door delivery is on the table and the plan to ship alcohol. either way emergency rate hike plus an annual increase would

really pinch customers as well as businesses. it is expensive at $0.46 right now to mail something. >> this is true. thanks so much, lauren. >> busted in a major security breech. wait until you hear what tsa workers were caught doing instead of working on your bags. >> and storms so bad look what image see that go in your yard. crocodiles looking for shelter flipping and flopping around. rl ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good around ♪ ♪ turn around barry ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪

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>> it is friday, thank you so much for waking up with us and joining us. appreciate it as always. the man who shot up the headquarters of the family research council will spend the next 25 years frin prison. he plead guilty in february to last year's shooting. an unarmed security guard was shot in the arm before subduing co corkin. tsa agents were behind this, the workers setting up an office betting pool at the air force and put money on major supporting events like the -- sporting events like the super bowl and march madness. no criminal charges will be filed. 5 employees were recommended for termination. >> so the fda spending 180,000

dollars on facebook and twitter. we are serious about this one. the fda is asking a company to analyze test presence on social media to see whether it's on-line campaigns are being well received. critics are asking if the agency should be spending this kind of money when other agencies are dealing with the sequester cuts. >> the iphone 5 will go on sale and stores and apple fans have been lined up for hours all over the country to be the first to get their hand on the new phone. teresa is live there. you are brave. >> i am not the one waiting in line. i am just covering it. >> have you ever waited in line for something like this? >> i have not. i let others get out the kinks

first. >> i am with you. they are outside of the store some say a few days the end of the line since midnight tonight. they are all waiting for one of two iphones that will be released at 8:00 a.m. when this store opens. they went on sale at 9:00 but the store opens at 8:00. the most refined iphone to date a faster processor and something cool called the touch id which is the finger print pass word. the one that is creating quite a buzz which is 5 c, c standing for color. this is a jazzed up version of the phone that was released last year. but according to apple they call it beautifulbly unapoll getcally plastic more colorful and creates quite the experience. you talk to people here they say it's about the experience. many of them have done this before. others say after this one they

probably won't do it again. nontheless store opens in a few hours we will be here waiting. that's the latest from 5th avenue. >> teresa thank you so much. live for us in the apple store in mid town manhattan. >> are you going to get a new phone? >> i don't know. i am was just looking at mine. i am not sure what the difference is. >> controversial comments from the post. he wants catholics to be more accepting on issues like this. >> a shut down in global warming. what happened? [ female announcer ] the best thing about this bar it's not a candy bar. 130 calories 7 grams of protein

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>> good morning on this friday. disturbing new information on that asian gnaw plane crash back in july. a new report says the federal government might have known about some of the issues with that plane before it crashed. it hurt rescue efforts. a new report shows the national transportation safety board had concerns about the flag for years now. the report on global warming may have a big problem. the data doesn't add up.

turns out research shows global warming tests have slowed down in the past 15 years even though a greenhouse gas emissions are rising. humans are cooking the planet by burning coal and gas. they blame the apparent slow down on a quote statistical mirage. >> the obama administration wants to take the christian craft store hobby lobby to the supreme court to make them comply with the obama care mandate requiring companies to pay for birth control and the morning after bill. it granted hobby lobby a preliminary injunction from the law allowing that company to avoid fines while challenging the case. the core will consider the government's petition in the next six weeks. >> a major shift for the catholic church. pope francis speaking out saying the church is quote obsessed by small minded rules about how to

be faithful. it is stirring up controversy. anna kooiman has more. >> it is a major shift and tone from his predecessor. pope frances suggests the church is too focused on issues like abortion, homosexuality and con v -- contraception. they should exercise compassion over condemnation. >> we have to find a new balance. s likely to fall like a house of cards losing the freshness and fragrance of the gospel. >> frances's new ideas of the church were in the jesuit journals in more than a dozen countries. he didn't suggest a change in church keeping and reform was not quickly. >> the church sometimes locks

itself up in small things small minded rules. the most important thing is jesus christ has saved you an the snirns of the church must be ministers of mercy above all. >> this morning a number of church goers are applauding the pope's message. >> the catholic energy is a very good one social view of ones is not so good. something to prove that would be the church. >> you have to change with the times. >> they have already publically spoken out against the pontiff saying he hasn't hammered home church teachings on abortion and contraception. >> thank you very much, anna. a lot of people talking about this and this is what we would like for you to brew on today. let us know what you think. we want to know what you think about the pope's shift. send us at e-mail at

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>> the house choking off funding to obama care and give americans tax breaks instead. it is a deal too bad to pass up. storms are so bad look what washed up. crocodiles heading into the city for shelter. if your kids get rowdy in a restaurant should the employees be allowed to throw you out? it happened to one family. f fox and friends first starts

now. ♪ >> we have an appropriate song for you this morning. finally friday you made it through the workweek. congratulations. thank you for waking up with us. i am ainsley earhardt. >> not only is it friday, it's your birthday. happy birthday. >> we don't want to highlight that. 29 again. >> and holding. >> i am heather childers. thank you so much for watching "fox & friends first". we appreciate it. first story lightening being blamed for two separate deaths. sparking several fires across the state. a father is dead and his newborn in the hospital after their house was struck by lightening. a bolt of lightening which blasted through the trees and right into the front window you go knighted a fire.

th felt like a bomb or something. >> a man was killed while struck on a billboard. >> the already crime ridden chicago. 13 people including a 3-year-old boy are now injured. after men opened fire on a park in the city's southwest side. witnesses say the two men began shooting from inside a gray sedan after 10:00 last night. three of the victims including the boy are in critical condition. no arrests have been made. new details for you in the washington navy yard shooting. it has been revealed the same company that did a security clearance background check on the gunman aaron alexis also did a follow up investigation of nsa leaker edward snowden. alexis killed 12 people on

monday before being gunned down by police. the company is currently under investigation under possible criminal violations involving over site of background checks. congress asked for a full investigation into how alexis was awarded clearance. john kerry firing back at bashar al-assad that his regime did not use chemical weapons on his own people. >> the world can decide whether it was used by the regime which has used chemical weapons before. the regime which had the rockets and the weapons or whether the opposition secretly went unnoticed into territory to help control the fire rockets they don't have containing sarin they don't possess to kill their own people and without even being noticed they dissembled it all and packed up and got out of the center of damascus controlled

assad. please. >> earlier this week they said investigators overwhelmingly fou undisputebly found sarin gas but did not assign blame. >> the constitution is supposed to accept but what happens when you don't share the constitution. he was told he was not allowed to pass out copies of the constitution on campus. he was handing them out on tuesday which was constitution day. campus authorities told him he could only pass out the free copies in a tiny designated spot on campus only if he scheduled it several days in advance. an off duty firefighter goes above and beyond the call of duty risking his own life to save two strangers from a burning vehicle. the firefighters happened to come upon the scene in l.a. on a

freeway there told t-- pulled te driver and another person from the inferno. one of the victims also had burns on about 15 percent of his body. both were taken to the hospital for treatment. >> the house is set to weigh today on the short term spending resolution in 20014 includes de funding obama care. doug luzader is live with more. >> the insurance exchange is about to open in about a week and a half. many republicans are making one more chance to make a stand. they keep flowing without eruption for tuntil the end of month only if obama care is de funded. >> it is an attempt by republicans to lead to a government shut down. that could not be further from the truth. >> we will go to the very brink

of disaster hoping we can pull out of it but letting most americans hang by their thumbs wondering what we are going to do. >> the president would veto it. but it is possible senate republicans could mass a filibuster. >> this is a moment for republicans to unite for every senate republican to stand shoulder to shoulder with the gentlemen here and republicans in the house who have been courageous doing the right thing. >> this is just the start of the big money battle here on capitol hill. we come up against the nation's debt ceiling and president obama is already refusing to in egg yat. >> doug luzader live from washington. thanks, doug. >> capitol hill an intense moment as republican lawmakers grilled leaders in the review board. house republicans calling it

quote inside job. even going as far as they gave hillary clinton a heads up on the report. elizabeth prann is live from washington this morning. >> congressional republicans probe leaders accountability review board or arb which internally reviewed the terror attacks a little more than a year ago the one that left 4 americans dead. aside from picking apart the review lawmakers ask could more have been done. >> it is an embarrassment to the united states of america that we could not get them out there it is time to theepz people. we didn't dry we didn't ask for clearances. didn't even try. >> leaders of the board thomas pickering and former chairman of chi joint chief of staff. they say the investigation began with low level plies and found middle managers to blame telling

law americas there was no need to go any higher. >> didn't interview the secretary of state. she appointed four out of the five members, is that correct of the board? >> she did. >> and it looks like sort of an inside job of investigation that department of state looking at the department of state. >> at the same time co-chairs acknowledged the role for investigators for the board no threat of a formal deposition for m four mid level employees were disciplined but none fired. republican law americas said there hasn't been any measurable accountability. democratic counterparts are saying the review was xrae hencive and it is time to move forward. >> elizabeth prann live this morning. thank you. it is gone in seconds.

look at that. the final 600 foot section of the old madison milton bridge demolished in spectacular fashion. crews will pull the pieces of the truss of the 84-year-old bridge from that river dismantle them and sell them for scrap. >> amazing how they are able to do that. >> the deadly storms in mexico are getting dangerous for a whole new reason. ainsley loves this story. the flooding is washing crocodiles into city streets leaving them trapped. acapulco residents are trying to fight off one of the crocks trapped in the city center. >> i can't believe i am saying this. i actually feel sorry for the crocodile. for the latest on the storm we bring in maria molina. terrible weather in mexico and in indiana with the lightening strikes. >> they are related. we have what was man well. it was a hurricane when it was

impacting parts of mexico impacting that part of the world. then we have kennedy responsible for storms affecting indiana. both storms will be coming together and producing a lot of rain across texas and the plains. first i want to talk about man well. it was a hurricane and maximum sustained winds. the big issue with man we manue. we have seen incredible flooding across this part of the world. western parts of new mexico pummeled by a lot of heavy rain. you can see a lot of that moisture has moved from mexico up towards parts of oklahoma and kansas across the state of texas. it is already in effect. take a look at the forecast friday into your saturday up to 8 inches of rain possible in texas and louisiana. big concern out here with

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>> we survived the workweek. thank you so much for starting your morning early with us. we appreciate it. parents are outraged after their 9-year-old son is suspended for bringing a toy gun to school. >> they are kids. the imaginations and i don't see any reason why. it doesn't look like a gun. >> the michigan 4th grader pointed the toy at his friend and said bang, bang. the boys dispute that. gauge was suspended indefinitely. his parents say he has epilepsy and school hours are critical to grasp reading and writing. they have not heard when or if he will be allowed to go back. how accurate is the expiration date on your food?

we are actually throwing away billions of dollars worth of food because the dates printed are inconsistent. if the food looks or if it smells bad sure throw it away. being past the ex tir rigs ba-- expiration date doesn't mean it is unsafe. >> i don't know about that but i think my mom went with that. >> bruce jenner had cancerous tissue removed after sun exposu exposure. he had a previous surgery for skin dancer last year. environmental protection agency plans to release a draft legislation to emit coal from power plants t. furthers the war on coal. diane macedo joins us now with more. gad morning diane. >> good morning.

they are sit could require some costly changes for coal fire plants. the new rule requires all new plants limit emissions for carbon solutions for megawatt hour. the 2012 drafts which set the cap at #,000 pounds. it will kill jobs raise electricity costs and hurt the economy. coal is the largest source of u.s. electricity providing 37 percent of the total last year. but it also emits disproportional amount of greenhouse gas wormore than natl gas. it will have to utilize expensive car upon capture and seek station policy not only costs billions to install but has to be used in new jersey coal plant worldwide. it is not fair to require technology that hasn't proven itself either way this law is a ban on new coal plants.

but this proposal is likely just a warm-up for more to come. president obama has directed epa to impose a cap on plants and finalize it by june 2014. like it or not more to come here. >> thanks so much. if your kids get rowdy in a restaurant should they be able to throw you out? they are being criminally charged. fox and friends will have more on that. any study any couch potato will love. how being lazy can benefit your health. >> speaking of couch potatoes? brian kilmeade with what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> i am a little hurt. but i am going to power through. >> i am going to power through on behalf of ainsley's birthday. that's what she would want me to

do. fox and friends on your way. a major attack. republicans fracturing actually coming together. any fireworks in benghazi? yes w. he will show it to you. clayton morris is not here. he's looking at the iphone 5 s which means all parents have to upgrade their kid's phones or they get very angry. we head to hang out with duck dynasty the final part in our series. they are sicker of us. elizabeth will go up against scott taylor two of america's finest in the motorola on the mroz sgl plaza. that's what the plaza looks like with mud on it. ♪ and there's nothing good around ♪ ♪ turn around barry ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪

>> it is now eight minutes till the top of thó hour.çóqñi a texas couple kicked out ofñiñiñi this popular restaurant chain apple beñie's because aheir kids were too loud sherrifs department that gave them a warning. a staff member gave them an apology and offered the family a free meal. the family says they will never goñi back. >> fantastic news for couch potatoes. exercising for half an hour could actually be better for you than exercising for a full hour. the study found shorter exercise sessions left people happier with more energy and motivation for continuing a healthy lifestyle. on the other hand, people who worked out for an hour were more likely to feel burned out. i agree with that. i've been saying it for years. >> a small act of kindness by a minnesota dairy queen

worker is getting praise from all over the world. >> i can do that too. >> humble. >> you just thank me. >> and hard working. joey is being called the good samaritan bu@i doesn't care for the title. the owners of the dairy queen on main street in hopkins had no idea what e9=9ó+sáuj e-mail passedan along from corporate. >>xd dear owner i wasñi at your store on december 10 duringñiçó lunch. i was standing inñr line as one ofñi youri emplo serving a gentleman. >>ñi he always pays with a tkeubt card because -- debit card. i don't know if he is partially blind or fully blind. >> afterçó being served i noticed he dropped a 20 dollar bill on the ground. >> a lady behind him pickedñi it up and i figured she would hand it back. she put it in her purse after he walked by so he had no idea. >> he started to say

something to her. the employee steppedñ he politely asked her to give the $20 back to the youngñr mue] >> she stood there and looked at me and then looked at the guy and she was like no, it's mine. i was like okay. if you're not going to return the money, i need you to leave the store. she goes it's mine. i go please leave the store. >> what happened next i would have never expected. your employee approached the young man, tookñr out his wallet and said, sir, on behalf of the dairy queen, i would like to give you the $20 that you d+g(pezez the ground. >> nancy posted the letter for all of herñi employees to read. someone put it on facebook and from there it's gone viral. >> it's ni%ñ to see a young man do theñi right thing and get recognized for it.a6jqr>> ig nor did i frankly want anything from it be5áñáq itñiñii wasn't anything that i wouldn't have done on any other day. >>ñr heçó deserves all the praise. good for him. coming up next, your e-mails on the pope's

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>> time to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. baseball edition. first the good. pirates catcher tony sanchez makes an incredible tkpwhrab. -- grab. he slips into the after making that catch. this player grabs a fans matchçó -- nachos. finally the ugly, añi former president of the,$ttle league has been arrested for stealing $20 thousand from the kids overñi the past year. her move forcing the season to be canceled. >> the pope wantsçó catholics to back off the controversial issues. we asked for your e-mails, what you think. dan says the word of the bible and scripture isñi either taught, followed and

practiced or it'sñi not. changing it to suit the convenience is foolingñrñr one's self. >> steve wrote the pope is a man asñi we all are. the christian message should change wording not message. >> chris says the pope is showing consideration of the big picture. >> thanks for responding. "fox & friends" starts now. bye. >>elisabeth: good morning. it's friday, september 20. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. republicans ready to pass a plan to keep the government open, but the president already saying don't bother. i'll veto it. >> while the president is happy to negotiate with vladimir putin, he won't engage with the congress on a plan. >>elisabeth: which side is right? we are live in washington where açó major showdown is about to begin. >>steve: hey, mom, what does pimp mean? imagine that