>> it's friday, may 16th, 2014. the head of veterans affairs grilled on capitol hill. >> any add versus incident like this makes me mad as hell. >> but is that enough? new polls for lawmaker rs asking eric chin sshinseki to step dow. >> a riot at a high school after a serious kress code crack down. 160 students yanked out of class from everything from piercings to wrong colored shirts. we will take you incited the

chaos. >> should they really be making it easier for players to get high? we report, you decide. "fox & friends first" starts right now. ♪ >> let the good times play it's friday morning. you are watching "fox & friends first". i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. 5:01 on the east coast. grilled on the hill. eric shinseki hammered by lawmakers oversee kret waiting lists at clinics across the country. >> a lot of fireworks at the hearing. >> lawmakers argued on one hand reform is needed from top to bottom which includes a leadership shake-up. eric shinseki promised an

exhaust i haive review. he vowed to get down to the bottom and take action and also defended his agency. >> this is not a job, i am here to accomplish a mission i think they critically deserve and need. i can tell you over the past five years we have done a lot to make things better. we are not done yet. >> some republicans called for shinseki to step down man fee want to see the completed probe first while others are frustrated signs were missed. white house deputy chief of staff who assisted in the review john mccain says problems created a much larger crisis calling for much larger consequences. >> whether he resigns or not is important. but if these allegations are crew people should be going to jail not just resigning their

positions. this is shameful under any circumstances. it is ten times more shameful because it is being done to the men and women who put their lives on the line for us. >> he is working with federal prosecutors to weigh whether criminal charges are warranted in the healthcare scandal in phoenix and in other facilities. >> elizabeth bran in washington. charles krauthammer sounding off on special report about whether the va scandal is much different than benghazi or the irs. >> it won't be easy for the administration to thrsweep it ur the rug. >> they will protect the veterans they will not allow the usual i am mad at hell how can

this be happening under my command. then they say this is all under investigation so i can't really answer your questions. this is like the irs the eavesdropping scandal this is how they would like to do it. after all of that they say after the investigations are conducted it is already a year down the road you say hey, dude, it happened two years ago so who cares. they are not going to get away with it. democrats are on this and that's the reason it is going to go very far. >> listen to this a pregnant woman sentenced to death by a sudanese court because she is a christian. miriam ibrahim convicted of apostasy or disaffiliation from a religion because she left islam to convert to christianity in order to marry her husband. the court gave her four-days to repent and she refused. the death penalty is expected to carry out after she gives birth

next month. >> double murder charges against former nfl star aaron hernandez. he's accused of gunning down a man before signing a 5 year million dollar deal. he is awaiting trial in the 2013 shooting death of 27-year-old oden lloyd. he is plead the not guilty in lloyd ace case. russian space launch not going as planned. just nine minutes after this rocket launch from kazakhstan a veered past causing a shut down. the rocket which was carrying a communications satellite broke apa apart and burned up into the atmosphere. the small pieces could actually fall back to earth. terrifying moments to tell you about. flames shoot from an engine. the flames heading to tulsa,

oklahoma, when one of the boeing 757 two engines caught fire. american airlines only saying the planes suffered a quote maintenance issue. >> tens of thousands of people are on the move in southern california. they are trying to escape all of the planes that ravaged 10,000 acres there. they are trying to determine the cause and they are not ruling out arson. >> extreme weather as rains leave heavy rain. a possible tornado rips trees from their roots. >> a tornado touched down at an airport. it turned roads into rivers during rush hour traffic. this morning a fresh threat. >> maria molina tracking it for

us. >> good morning heather and ainsley. the storm system that produced all of the severe weather from tornadoes to flooding this area today will be seeing the heavy rain system and could be seeing 3-5 inches of rain that's the reason we have the flood threat. we have areas of rain out here and the ground is already saturated. you are looking at the runoff and again flooding. i want to show you the temperature in chicago this morning. it is very cool out here even for main standards. we have a number of freeze warnings in effect. you are seeing temperatures that are dipping down below freezing. highs well below average across parts of the great lakes 50 in

chicago, 50's in kansas city, minneapolis. still another hot one. you could reach 91 degrees today for your high in the city of la. warnings across parts of southern california. heather and ainsley as we are heading into this weekend temperatures will be cooling off a little bit so it should ease the fire danger across the region. maria molina live for us this morning. a riot at a texas high school when nearly 200 kids are suspended in a dress code crack down. no piercings, no open towed shoes, no untucked shirts. students are ready to rebel. anna kooiman is here with more about how they are fighting back. >> cell phone videos shows chaos in the hallways after finding out several students were sited for violating the dress code

policy. listen. >> more than 160 students were sent home during the random dress code crack down. the violations included piercings, large belt buckles open towed shoes and un shirts. the policy has been in place all year long but students say this is the first time it has been n enforced. >> they are enforcing the years. to not do that and now they want to enforce it. >> officials say the dress code promote a safe and orderly learning environment. they will protest the policies for the remaining weeks of school by showing up to school in violation of the rules. there's a movement to get the dress code repealed using a change.org petition which has over 400 signatures. >> if that's true they haven't enforced it all year long why do it the last couple weeks. >> thank you.

nice to see you. legendary radio host casey kasem was never in danger. he was just on vacation? police now saying the 82-year-old who has dementia can no longer speak and he appeared in good shape when they found him at his friend's house in seattle with his wife. his daughter wants him back in california. she has been battling her step mother in court to see him. >> barbara walters, she is signing off from the view for the last time. the 84-year-old is retiring today. yesterday the veteran journalist shared this same stage with ten of her former co hosts on the show including our own elizabeth hazs hasselbeck. >> you told me be prepared to be unprepared. that has really helped me through so many situations both in work and now fox news and on "fox & friends." i think of you every morning.

>> over here she thinks of them. >> although walters isn't retiring she isn't going away. she hinted about her future plans and they might involve creating new shows. >> it is 10 minutes after the top of the hour. should the president be doing more when it comes to the va n scandal? is law americas say he's simply in spin mode. the de humid fier could go up in flames. oprah may be loved by millions but her neighbors not in the fan club. ♪

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he was charged with involuntary manslaughter. kelly and a group of 10 others were taking turns shooting at the bulletproof vest. he was one of those wearing the vest. police say the bullet fired kelly hit him in the chest. it is not clear yet if others will in fact be charged. this is a crazy story. she fooled everyone for more than six months. she is 44 years old charity johnson and she is face ing charges for pretending to be a 15-year-old high school student. johnson enrolled as a sophomore at new high christian school in october using a fake birth date and the name charity stevens. she told the woman she lived with the two working at mcdonalds together. >> a story about abuse by my biological father then he passed

away and her biological inner is dead. i sympathized with her and invited her into my home. >> well, lincoln discovered the con after getting a phone call from a needy children's group johnson tried to join. her motive that, ainsley, remains a mystery. >> donald sterling will not go quietly. in a letter he says he is refusing the league sanctions and threatening to sue. this after being threatened with a lifetime ban after a racist rant. they fined him $2 milln and is fast tracking the sale of his team. oprah slapped with a lawsuit because her house is too big. her planned mega mansion cuts off access to the trails he and residents had rights to use for nearly three decades. oprah is set to build the mansion this summer. allergy suffers beware.

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>> they asked the president of the united states to get involved. it is more crisis mode, spin control if you will. >> there is mounting pressure on the president to take action. you might remember the president talked a lot about veterans. he promised a lot when he was courting their votes. >> ed henry is looking at whether the president has been all talk. >> ainsley and heather veterans

affairs expert faced a grilling on capitol hill yesterday. the republicans are shifting their focus and demanding to know why president obama has not taken a more hands on role himself as commander-in-chief in dealing with this scandal. house majority lederer rick cantor put out a blistering statement saying this is a pattern here at the white house. the president put rob neighbors in charge of finding out what went wrong and how to fix all of this. republicans are saying look the president has to take at that more direct involvement. he has only commented once when i pushed him. >> commander-in-chief specifically pledged to fix that. >> i believe they have to get

the benefit and services they earned. my budget reflected that. >> he made bigger promises to veterans than giving them money in the budget. he talked about reducing wait times for hospitals. >> we are going to fund the best ideas and put them into action, all with a simple mission, cut the backlogs cut the wait times and deliver benefits soon. i know you have heard this for years. the leadership and resources we are providing this time means we are going to be able to do it. >> the president's speech in 2009 promising veterans all of these things happened to take place in phoenix. that is the site where the scandal began. 40 veterans died in phoenix waiting for care at a va medical center. >> ainsley, heather? >> those numbers are incredible.

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>> it is friday may 16th.

2014. the head of veterans affairs grilled on capitol hill. he says he is quote mad as hell but is that enough. new call for lawmakers for eric shinseki to breakdown. >> they are breaking their silence jay-z beyonce and her sister speaking out on what really happened inside that elevator. >> does your ride to work look like this? >> the ambulance driver and his dance going viral. >> it must be friday.

>> happy friday, guys. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this friday. >> thank you for starting your day and ending your week with us. we begin with a thrill on the hill. eric shinseki hammered by lawmakers oversee kret waiting lists across the country. peter doocy is live over what some are calling now for more than just their jobs. >> they are figuring out if any one broke the law by making va's wait longer. they want to see those responsible for nmanipulating records thrown into jail. >> whether she resigns or not is important. but if these allegations are true people should be going to jail not just resigning their positions. this is shameful under any circumstances. it is ten times more shameful

because it is being done to the men and women who have put their lives on the line for us. >> eric shinseki said the reason he hasn't resigned yet is because he's trying to accomplish a mission to make things better for veterans and he's just not done yet. there is not yet any direct evidence linking long wait times for the deaths of any veterans. he says the allegations keep popping up across america must be checked out. >> in your judgment are people quote-unquote cooking the books? is that in fact a problem within the healthcare system? >> i am not aware other than a number of isolated cases where there is evidence of that. it behoves us to take a thorough look. >> we only need to wait three weeks to get the first result from the audit of all va's

ability. that will help determine who needs to be held accountable. heather and ainsley? >> somebody does need to. >> now it's time for look whose talking. we are talking about a heated debate over whether general shinseki gets to keep his job. the ceo of concerned veterans for america. >> you can't blame general shinseki for 50 years of under funding and neglect. he can't fix all of that in five years. i am not going to help the washington witch mob. not only an honorable veteran but a wounded veteran's health and had a land mine in vietnam served in uniform almost 30 years retired as chief of staff of the army. this problem is much larger than secretary sin she can can i.

y -- shinseki. you need someone at the top. he is an honorable man like the colonel said. i think colonel peters is dead wrong here. secretary shinseki has not been the kind of leader they need. he has not been a forceful reformer that has cut through read tape tells it how it is. no general in charge of a unit fails continuously for six years keeps their job. >> in other news she was convicted of murdering her own two children. now a florida jury rejects the insanity plea for 53-year-old julie shinaker. the formerling gikwis is mental ill. she was sane when she killed her daughter. she tells the judge she takes responsibility for the crime and was sentenced to two life terms.

>> new double murder charges against former nfl star aaron hernandez. he's accused of gunning down two men in a drive by outside of a club in 2012 weeks before signing a five year $40 million deal with the new england patriots. he is behind bars awaiting trial in the 2013 shooting death of o owe den lloyd. he has pleaded not guilty in the lloyd case. a pregnant women sentenced to death because she is a christian. she is convicted of apostasy or the disaffiliation from religion as she left islam to christianity to marry her husband. john bolton on the record saying this is the latest example of radical islam in the region. >> it demonstrates the risk when sharia law is implemented to the fullest extent. this relates directly to boko haram in nigeria. one more indication of what a serious problem it is and why

the united states and others need to take a more comprehensive view. these are not isolated incidents. what happens in sudan, what happens in libya, what happens in nigeria this is part of a larger pattern. so far we haven't heard the president speak to it. >> the court gave her four-days to repent and she refused to do that. the death penalty is expected to be carried out after she give birth next month. sad story. top army ranger who helped rescue jessica lynch dies after being shot by a sniper in afghanistan. sergeant major martin begguny st multiple tours in iraq and afghanistan. this after five years in the marine corps. originally from arizona 49 years old. the air tors will test a pilot program offering airmen temporary leave to start a family. the program will start with 20

officers and 20 enlisted airmen and expand if it is successful. it will open men aallow men andn to leave three years to raise a family while getting full health and dental coverage and they would be allowed only to take this family break once. >> what do you think an early 2016 endorsement of conned lisa rice. giving high praise to former governor jeb bush saying this about his prospect for a run for the white house. >> i think jeb would be fantastic. he is a friend. i hope he does, frankly. >> asked if she would in fact ever run for president himself or even as vice president rice says, it is not in her dna. >> bad news for house minority leader nancy pelosi. according to a gallop poll he's the most well-known congressional leader but also

least liked. 49 percent rated her unfavorable. boehner second police in 47 percent unfavorable rating. more rain is in if the forecast in the northeast today. but it is the weekend. maria has the details for us. >> i have good news in the northeast. before we get there we have to deal with a cold front today that will be producing areas of heavy rain and even possibly some flooding. a number of watches are in effect through up state new york down into the state of virginia and as much as 3-5 inches of rain across the mid add lat tick an it will be sticking around today and tomorrow. clearing out in the northeast for the weekend.

much cooler across parts of the great lakes. take a look at chicago current temperature out there 39 degrees only in the low 40's in kansas city and minneapolis. there are areas in there that are looking at temperatures hovering around the freezing mark. freeze warnings are in effect. high temperatures across those areas being below average. high temperature of 50 in the city of chicago. i want to take you further west across parts of southern california and arizona. temperatures very hot. humidity and gusty winds. the forecast out here does improve as well. temperatures should cool of oh a little bit. it should be helping with the fire danger. >> beyonce and sister solange breaking their silence on the

leaked video showing solange attacked in an elevator. the family drama has been ironed out. they are a united family. the standard hotel by the way in new york city has fired the security guard who sold the tape to tmz for 250,000 dollars. >> robin chicago not givi-- rob thick not giving up on winning back his estranged wife. ♪ >> tmz reporting he will be performing a brand new song at the billboard music awards on sunday basically begging paula patton to give him another chance. the two split back in february after nine years of marriage. here they are with their little son. maybe no twerking with miley

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>> it is a good thing writing is not the vice president's day job. according to the form joe biden made $201 in realities to his book promises to keep last year. his wife fairs better. his children's book they made 50,000 thousand dollars. >> one in 8 americans is addicted to the internet. are you one of them? is comcast may start limiting how much data the customers can use. lori rothman joins us to explain this. how can they do that? >> this is the story. not only internet but tv watcher get ready to pay more. comcast will cap the amount of data cable and internet users will receive. that will include time warner cable customers, too.

they are looking at the takeover of time warner later this year. they explain they start doing this over the next five years by implementing a usage based billing plan so heavier users pay more. they are figuring out the best on data services. >> i think one or two may revolt over that. >> i know. the thank you, lori. have a great weekend. it is 47 minutes after the top of the hour. a family trip to the beach takes a terrifying turn when a woman is attacked by a shark. that woman now opening up about the horrifying ordeal. >> you can text 911. the brand new way to get help. this is a good thing. >> coming up on friday show outside. >> i have gone outside because

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♪ ♪ looks like it's shaping up to be a great day in new york city. thank you for waking up with us. we appreciate it as always. we begin with this for this particular segment. it's scary. a shark ripped a chunk out of a woman's leg while she was swimming. it happened in melbourne beach, florida. she was body boarding with her brother while her two children played in the sand. that is when she felt a sharp pain in her calf. people who live in the aerokra say they are seeing more attacks lately. >> my cousin got two of his fingers bit off. two of my friends got bit. it's been getting crazy.

>> the woman did lose a lot of blood but her brother says she is going to be okay. >> new surveillance video captures the moment a heisman trophy winner stole crab legs from a store. you can see winston picking up the crab legs and walking past the checkout and through the front door. the florida state star says he forgot to pay. he was not charged. >> you'll be able to text your emergency to 911. available in select markets in 16 states and all four major carriers, you can text your emergency to first responders rather than call. however, it might be a little easier to pick up the phone and call considering you have to type out your full name and your address, something that could take precious seconds in an emergency situation. the service should be hraufrplged nationwide by -- launched nationwide by the year's end. >> a new study says most americans believe that they are smarter than most americans.

55% of americans say that they are smarter than average. the survey finds that men are more likely than women to consider themselves much more intelligent. a recent report ranked the u.s. education system, by the way, as the 14th best in the world. >> check out this hilarious video that went viral this morning. >> he might not be the picture of safe driving but this paramedic knows how to bust a move dancing to rihanna's pour it up, the video prompting a tweet from the prompt star herself. she said this paramedic guy just reminded me why god sent me here. >> it was moving for a little bit there. but that was very cool. we like it. the time is six minutes till the top of the hour. coming up, a sleeping man

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after five decades in television the 84-year-old is retiring. time for your brew on this responses. -l nfl loosening its pot policy. according to espn the league is planning to reduce the penalty for positive marijuana tests. lindsay says they should let team owners decide if they want their employees smoking since it might affect their job performance. michelle tweets only in america does the nfl loosen reins on marijuana yet sends players to sensitivity classes for personal comments. to show youth is okay to use any type of drug is despicable. >> time to look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. up first, the good. a homeless man's honesty tested twice after finding a lost wallet filled with cash once again. he turned it in to police.

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