♪ >> good morning. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this tuesday morning. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for joining us. the fbi searching for an army recruit. >> he is planning a jihad attack. >> what do we know about the suspect? >> learning a lot more. the fbi isn't talking about this case right now. military and law enforcement servic services are searching for an army recruit who allegedly wanted to carry out a possible fort hood style attack on u.s. troops. foxnews.com obtained a copy of an alert sent out by fbi kansas city division friday. it is entitled plan the kansas

city division fbi became aware of an individual named booker aka mohammed abdel-llah atta who bid farewell to his friends and making comments indicating his jihad was eminent. he had been recruited by the u.s. army in february 2014 and was scheduled to report for basic training on april 7th. they interviewed him and it is unclear how they lost track of that. it appears there could be other individuals in addition to booker who may have expressed their intent to carry out the attack as well. a portion of the alert did not include the age or total demand

called booker. it indicateded the man they were looking for could still be if that area. >> kelly wright joining us this morning. thank you, kelly. >> first open enrollment season of obamacare ended at midnight. guess what? technical glitches plaguing enrollment even in the final hours. despite that the white house is still celebrating. peter doocy is live with the latest. good morning, peter. >> good morning. right around noon yesterday everyone trying to enroll for the first time in coverage by the midnight deadline couldn't because they had to take the tools of applying on-line. 100,000 people on the site at the same time they found the bug and needed to fix it. they have unknown visitors into the cue for several hours at the

time. the white house says despite all that open enrollment was a success. >> there had been a remarkable story since the dark days of november. >> the people signed up they didn't know how many were previously uninsured something lawmakers say we may never know. >> on the web site they don't ask when people sign up if they have insurance or haven't had insurance before the number one goal is insure the uninsured. they have a banner that the judge said open enrollment is over.

they add vise americans try logging in the account. they ran into tech problems or long wait times before the deadline. ainsley? >> peter doocy, thank you so much. in this case it's more like a look who is not talking when asked by a reporter from oklahoma city tv station about the unpopularity of obamacare. kathleen sebelius was at a loss for words. >> they are not buying into the healthcare plan. they don't like obamacare. they have been pretty vocal about it. that continues to be a tough sale. it continues to play out over the coming months. >> thank you so much for being with us this morning. i think we have probably lost sound here or something. >> i can hear you.

thanks for having me. >> you're welcome. >> but she had nothing to say. >> that ended there. you saw sebelius had not commented on exactly what happened. new for you overnight we have this medical examiner from washington released a name of 18 people, 18 of those killed in the devastating month right there. the number of those who have died that is now up to 24, 22 still unaccounted for. recovery crews are getting a break from the rainy weather. expect it to continue for the next few days. they say the search, it is still very daunting. >> there's a lot of work to be done yet. a lot of work in places up to 70 deep material. it is very deep in places. >> this comes as the governor is asking president obama to declare the mud slide a major

disaster which would mean more federal money for that region. this morning it is day two of the trial of the woman dubbed the stiletto killer. the mother of two are out on bond. they claim it was self defense saying that doctor anderson was known to abuse his client. prosecutors argue that trujillo stabbed him 25 times and smothering and strangling him. >> a missing 8-year-old girl. police think they found the body of her kid p in aer. alicia rudd was last season a week ago with 51-year-old tatum. tatum bought a container of

trash bags and was in a park for a long period of time. he's also suspected of killing his wife. the discovery of her body will not end the search for the little girl. malaysian officials said the message from the plane all right good night. turns out they were wrong. his actual last words from good night malaysian 370. although officials aren't sure if it was the pilot or co pilot who spoke those words. they wasted three-days looking for the jet in the wrong place because of poor coordination. the strong et earthquake in a beck kayed is caused by north korean's nuclear testing. the magnitude 5 quake comes days after the communists threatened to carry out a new form of nuclear testing leaving some to

wonder if the quake was caused by a nuclear device. it has also shown up on geological survey. this as the koreans fired nearly 1,000 rounds of artillery into waters of the maritime border. it took part in military drills with the u.s. >> vladmir putin announcing he is pulling some troops off of the ukraine border. if through it would be a welcome first step but ukraine said it could be a rotation of soldiers this as russian prime minister becomes the highest ranking official from moscow from the annex crimea began pouring into mainland ukraine. >> millions of people it will finally start to feel like

spring today. >> don't get too excited because you could be bracing for wild weather. maria molina is here with details. >> you are right. these warm temperatures are going to help. good news is warm-up in the eastern half of the country. high temperatures today in the 70s across the southeast. upper 50's in new york city. in cleveland wonderful 66 degrees for a high. you are going to remain relatively warm especially across the those highs steady in the 70s. in raleigh, north carolina at 80 degrees. this is in advance of the next storm system. it starts with texas and kansas and into missouri. take a look at what happens midweek wednesday.

a widespread risk of storms. the risk for severe storm continues. by the way heather and ainsley this comes after our blizzard across the upper midwest we mentioned yesterday snow totals over a split of you have. it is april fool's day. >> we wish. >> millions of cars being recalled just as the auto maker is set to testify about a massive switch problem. good morning, lauren. >> hi ainsley, good morning. the gmc verses federal regulators sparring over the 2.6 million recalls worldwide. some lawmakers are going to want names.

who as gm approved the switch made by delphi over a decade ago. recalling more than 6 million vehicles including another 1.3 million yesterday. that or a steering problem. the issue with the electronic power can stop working. all of these recalls come with a price tag $750 million. be looking to save on air fair. the best day to buy tickets is thursday. the best day is wednesday and return ton a tuesday. this according to numbers crunched by hubber. you buy, i fly. i wish. apple gets it it could cost 500 bucks. >> teachers like voice recognition and video recordings a $500 price tag could be

justified and that could be music to apple shareholder's ears. >> when is the next one. >> chris christie responding to critics of that infamous hug with president obama. >> they have no effect on what he felt objectively. >> what the new jersey governor had to say about the 2016 race. >> the air force forced to remove a key part of display honoring prisoners of war. first a look at late night with segment mey segment mey seth meyers. >> the secret service arrested a man today after he tried to scale a fence at the white house. the news said the man is sorry but you still have two more years mr. president. you have to stay.

>> good morning. welcome back. time now for a look who is talking. this morning new jersey governor chris christie is addressing his controversial appearance with president obama. remember that in the days before the 2012 election. he said this when asked if he thinks he hurt mitt romney's chances during an exclusive interview on "the kelly files." >> the best to worst of that information is not me. i have seen them publically safe over and over again. it is in terms of what the poles are like. the answer is no. there is not one person with the possible exception of mipaul ry

that works as hard as mitt romney. i traveled 26 states right up until the day of hurricane sandy. >> do you agree? he did not rule out a potential run for himself in 2016. but when asked who he thought would be a good candidate christie said former florida governor jeb bush would be an outstanding choice and wisconsin governor scott walker and representative paul ryan would be good, too. ainsley? >> trouble for president obama. veterans from the wars in iraq in afghanistan do not think the commander-in-chief is doing a good job. the "washington post" and kaiser foundation polling more than 800 veterans. of those 42 percent say president obama is doing a good job as commander of chief of the military. 48 percent say he is not doing a good job. that is much lower than his predecessor george w. bush. 65 percent say george w. was a

good commander-in-chief. >> april 1st everyone marks new gun laws. long guns cannot be sold or transferred without one of the following documents. a permit to carry pistols or revolvers. a long gun eligibility certificate. all permits have to go through the state police. >> turning to another gun control story the gun corolla in colorado that ignited a firestorm of backlashes finally getting its day in court. this is the same law that has democrats being recalled after the attack including the senate president. >> arguments inside the courthouse monday. new laws expanding background checks are unenforceable.

>> it is the result of these bills being forced through the legislatu legislature. nobody listening to the industry. president john morris lost speed last year during the gun laws they defend the laws. >> i do what they wanted done. they support the expanded background checks on private gun sales and transfers. the saturday arguing today that law makes it harder for criminals to acquire guns. they say limiting magazines to 15 rounds. >> they believe it is unconstitutional. the sheriff believes we are

unconstitutional. a way to have that result is through the court. >> kdvr in denver thank you for that report. >> they actually use it hundreds of times a day. >> for one dispatcher it is who was on the other end of that call that is truly a miracle. >> he's the most wanted high schooler in america. why this kid might have found the perfect college application.

>> scientists are clashing over a controversial new climate change study. one of the lead researchers wants his name taken off the sweeping u.n. report claiming it is too alarmist and includes silly statements about global warming. the report warns it could spin out of control if the world does not cut down on solution. >> controversy at patrick air force base. it included a bible. the bible is traditionally part of something called the missing man memorial table. but the base says someone complained said they took the whole memorial down saying quote the bible's presence or absence on the table at the riverside dining facility ignited controversy and division distracting from the table's primary purpose of honoring

pow's mia. the base replaced the memorial with a flag. >> banished historians claim they found the holy grail in spain p. they say the cup christ drank from at the last supper was fused into this ornate chalice. researches say ancient documents confirm it is real tracing the cup's journey from jerusalem to cairo where it was traded to a spanish king as a peace offering. >> a 911 operator in atlanta saved her father's life on her very first day on the job. natalie poso spoke about how he was she was able to stay calm in this crisis. >> so many people were in the room i didn't think i would get

the call. >> she had taken 40 calls that day but never thought she would hear a familiar voice on the other end of one of those emergency calls. >> i heard her voice and i saw her name pop up on the screen. i was like wait it's my aunt. >> her aunt dialled 911 after crystal's father had gone into diabetic shock. >> i did freeze. my hands froze over the key board. but i knew i had to go ahead and do it. she had to remain calm and she did through the entire call. >> as pair m sending paramedics help you. i will tell you what to do next. >> she walked her aunt who did not realize it was her through the necessary steps and got an ambulance over to her father. crystal's colleague who also trained her said she prepares the 911 operators to receive calls from family members on day

one of training. >> she got up after it was over and went out i checked on her. >> crystal said she was able to react as well as she did because of the training she received. >> without her i probably wouldn't have made it through training. she made sure i got everything. she is very detailed and she wouldn't let me sink. i am very thankful. >> what a remarkable story. >> her reks a solid. >> 27 minutes after the top of the hour. healthcare hang up so bad the obamacare web site shut down on the last day of signups. this morning the white house is celebrating. enrollment numbers straight ahead. >> a fed up and frustrated employee. have you ever felt this way? he had a message for his boss. that note cost him his job.

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manhunt after a terrifying alert from the fbi. they are looking for an ex army recruit could be plotting one like the attack at fort hood. the exclusive details straight ahead. >> lost at sea for over an hour. this traumatic res due. >> could you answer this question? >> he was president during world war ii. >> ronald reagan? >> what happens when you ask from the citizen test. the answer when we step into water world. "fox news first starts right

now. ♪ good morning. it is tuesday april 1st. welcome to "fox & friends first". i am heather childers. thank you so much for joining us. it is half past the hour. the fbi and military frantically searching. inspired jihad against our u.s. soldiers. kelly wright is following this alarming story for us. what do we know about the suspect. foxnews.com obtained a copy of the alert on friday. it is entitled planned fort hood inspired jihad against soldiers by army recruits. the alert states on march 20th, 2014, the division of the fbi became aware of an individual named booker aka also known as mow hack abdullah has sad.

he publically stated his intention to commit jihad and making comments indicating his jihad was imminent. it was recruited in february 2013 and was scheduled to leave for basic training april 7th. it is unclear how they lost track of him, but after that, we do know the search has continued to find him. law enforcement p tell fox news it appears there could be other individuals in addition to booker who may have expressed their intent to carry out jihad attacks against military bases. that's the report right now. >> thank you very much kelly. >> the first open enrollment of obamacare ended at midnight. technical glitches plaguing enrollment even in the final hours. but despite the stumble the

white house is still celebrating. doug law ziader is live. >> let's look at the web site and what it says right now open enrollment is open for 2014. we saw one problem after another at the web site through the course of the day. the white house seeings that as something of a positive sign. there's no question that procrastinators were out in force. they were going to sign up centers they tried to use the crash prone web site again and again to sign up for the plan. jay carney saw this as an i told you so moment. >> i dare say there are few people in this room including some of the folks who work in the white house who would have predicted that we would have gotten to that number. >> the associated press reports that that number could be 7 million. that was originally the minimum number of tthe white house saysy needed this before they began scaling back expectations because of the trouble with the web site early on. what we don't know is how many

of the 7 million if the number is indeed 7 million actually paid their premium. the white house can't or won't say. >> i think they don't want to give that number. the ee ralt of this is they had to provide the insurance paid at a certain number. they needed 7 million people to make the math work and a lot of those have to be young healthy people. the question of demographics whether you have enough young people buying into this to make it sustainable is still a big unknown. heather and ainsley. >> doug luzader live for us in washington. >> remember when susan race said this about the benghazi terror attack? >> what sparked the recent violence was the airing on the internet of a hateful very eventful video that has offended many people around the world. now a bombshell new document revealed the cia knew before the

obama administration line on national tv saying the attack didn't stem from protests. in fact the agency station chief in libya told his superiors no demonstration ever occurred. a full day before susan rice appeared on several sunday talk shows. despite this the information was not used in talking points that were written by the cia for rice. the question now is the then cia director michael fore rel and others agreed with the chief assessment or ignore the information. this question could be answered tomorrow during a house intelligence hearing. supervisors at the atf on the hot seat for allowing a former official who approved the fast and furious gun running program to double dip on his salary. a new inspector general report says that william han's supervisor exercised poosh judge pment for allowing him to collect his government salary even as he worked for jp morgan. the move created potential

conflicts of interest for the agency's financial investigations. it is the latest in a series of miss steps for the atf. director todd jones expected to testify before congress to talk about the issues tomorrow. a manning who fired an assault rifle will spend 23 years behind bars. here's the picture 23-year-old oscar ram row ortega hernandez fired 8 shots on the white house. he caused nearly 100,000 dollars worth of damage. his lawyer said he was suffering from extreme depression. >> the final message from the come pit of the plane was all right good night. it turns out they were wrong. his actual last words, good night malaysian 370. >> officials aren't sure if it was the pilot or co pilot who spoke the records.

they wasted three-days because of poor coordination. >> the medical examiner released the names of 18 people that were killed. the number who died was up to 24. 22 are still accounted for. >> they are getting a brake from the rainy weather. the search is still very daunting. they are still asking president obama to declare the mud slide a major disaster. the opening day coming with a little bit of controversy, though. for the first time ever a major league umpire gets over ruled by a computer. milwaukee brewers star ryan brawn called safe at first in a game against atlanta. well the braves manager challenged as part of a replay

system. the umpire got on the head sit and after a 58 secondary view the call rauz reversed. listen to this, a high school senior making aen incredible feat. he didn't just get into one i've l sri league -- ivy league univer got into all 8. he must decide between harvard, brown, brown, dartmouth, cornell and university of pennsylvania. he's in the top 2 percent of his class and scored 2250 on his sat the best being 2400. he wants to pursue music and medicine. >> threatening severe storms impossible tornadoes. >> today a april 1st and the

busiest month of may and also june. starting off busy across the center of the country. today we have a slight chance of seeing some of the severe weather across parts of kansas, missouri and texas. oklahoma city and little rock it continues into thursday. large hail damaging winds up to 60 miles an hour around tornadoes in all of the areas. it is in the center of the country. temperature wise in the east of the storm system will be very warm. feeling like spring out there across parts of the southeast temperatures into the 70s. upper 50's for new york city today. over the next few days those warm temperatures continue by wednesday we could be at 60 in new york city, 70 the a atlanta. thursday more warmth middle 80s for the city of dallas. head over to you heather and ainsley. >> spring is coming. even though officially it isn't

here. >> 19 minutes to the top of the hour. millions of cars recalled over a dozen dead and today those grieving families might finally get some answers. a preview of gm's big hearing on capitol hill. >> we showed you this grandmother who is as cool as ice when it comes to her dancing. now she has a little competition. the dancing grandpa going viral this morning. hi, i'm terry and i have diabetic nerve pain. it's hard to describe, because you have a numbness, but yet you have the pain like thousands of needles sticking in your foot. it was progressively getting worse, and at that point i knew i had to do something. once i started taking the lyrica the pain started subsiding. [ male announcer ] it's known that diabetes damages nerves. lyrica is fda approved to treat diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is not for everyone. it may cause serious allergic reactions

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>> tax payer money used to buy this artwork. planning to spend 400,000 dollars on that sculpture right there of a camel staring at an over sized needle. it would be placed at the new american embassy in pakistan.

it islamist values in that country. >> michigan gas station employee now out of a job after an angry note to his boss goes viral. he worked his over night shift but when it came time for the manager to come in and take over she never showed up. an hour later he wrote this note calling out his boss. >> i had enough of that unprofessional atmosphere and having to deal with that tardiness. >> his manager admitted to being late, but she claims that blumm never called her or any other employee to take over for him. >> by may 2018 all new vehicles will be required to have those rear view cameras. this is in an effort to lower the number of backover accidents. it comes from a push of consumer groups affected by the tragic accidents especially the ones

involving children. the new moves is expected to cost $500 million a year. >> meantime an apology issued for those affected by gm's fatal ignition switch defect. she heads to today's capitol hill hearing. why it took gm so long to do anything about the ignition switches. in her testimony she says she is deeply sorry especially for the family and friends who lost their lives they will testify before a house subcommittee today. they found the national traffic

safety administration failed twice to warn about the parts. gm issued yet another recall of 1.3 million vehicles because of problems with power steering. the latest recall includes chevrolet cobalt, chevrolet hhr, pontiac g 5, pontiac solstice, saturn ion amodel year 2003 to 2007. they are recalling 6.3 million vehicles. thank you, so much, lori. time right now 48 minutes before the top of the hour. would you know how to answer this question? oo oh my gosh. >> 300 something. >> so what happens when you ask americans questions from the u.s. citizen test?

>> it disappeared after falling from the sea. his incredible rescue you don't want to miss. >> first let's check into steve doocy on "fox & friends." >> the obamacare deadline passed for open enrollment. we have the fallout and the white house spin. enjoying us today lieutenant colonel allen west from duck dynasty dana kir p fitzpatrick will be here. stick around. starts 10 minutes from right now.

it is now about eight minutes till the top of the hour. welcome back to "fox & friends first" . some terrifying video this morning to show you. rescue crews are rescuing a british sailor who fell overboard during a yacht race in the pacific ocean. 46-year-old andrew taylor was knocked into freezing water when a huge wave hit the ship. he spent 90 minutes in that water until crews were able to reachç him. crews say his life jacket saved his life. he was treated on board for hyperthermia and shock. >> doctors discovered a real-life limitless pill to open up the closed portions of our brains. >> you know how they say we can only access 20% of other brain. it lets you access all of it. >> researchers say the drug currently used to improve memory function in alzheimer's patients can also help adults learn as

fast as children do. they say the pill boosts chemicals in our brain making them more elastic. doctors say it is harderç for adults to learn new things because the brain reaches peak development. >> move over john travolta. there is a new king of "saturday night fever." ♪ ♪ >> check out big john, the grandpa showing off his move to the bee gees. he got his name because of his height. he is six-four. >> in order to become a u.s. citizen immigrants have to take an exam testing their knowledge of america. >> jesseç watters goes to

see if americans can pass the test. >> cubans have communism and we have what? >> we have stress. >> we're capitalism. we have some socialism aspects of our economy. >> unfortunately -- >> how many senators are there in the u.s. senate? >> oh my god! ten. >> 300-something. >> about 25 or more. >> who wassed president during world war ii. >> theodore roosevelt. >> jfk. >> close. >> ronald reagan. >> it was not reagan. >> it had to beç nixon or something, i think. i don't know. >> sock it to me. >> truman. >> i actually know that one. >> let's go while we're young. >> i can't remember his name. >> oh my god. >> george washington. >> we're going to have to deport you. >> that's fine. >> roosevelt. >> george washington? >> always funny.

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before you leave the house here's what's happening today. the f.b.i. and u.s. military looking for an army recruit suspected of planning a fort hood inspired attack on u.s. soldiers.ç the c.e.o. of g.m. will be testifying today over faulty ignition switches. >> in connecticut residents will not be able to buy or transfer long guns without extensive documents. >> time to look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. first the good. a tribute to a 94-year-old world war ii veteran. vioala kaplan was honored. >> new york city mayor bill

de blasio was booed at opening day. the boos could be because he said he was a red sox fan. >> a man ends up falling off aç cliff while skiing in colorado. luckily walked away with only a minor injury. >> thanks for joining us. "fox & friends" starts now. >> it is tuesday, april 1. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. we begin with a fox news alert. an army recruit brags about his plans for jihad attack against u.s. soldiers. his inspiration? fort hood. this morning a manhunt is on to find him. a live report straight ahead. >> obamacare open enrollment ended at midnight. how did it go? kathleen sebelius speechless. >> i think we've probably lost sound here or something. >> i can hear you, but i -- thanks for having me. >> yeah, sure. we're going to show you what led to that awkward silence