the week. >> you almost made it there. i am heather childers. >> it is a shoirter week this week on the holidays. the va scandal. today we will hear from va officials on the list of the phoenix facility that led to the death of at least 40 veterans. we are live from washington with what we might learn. >> we may hear some more details today. they will be focusing on the va facility weight list allegations after the request of congressman jeff miller. legislation affairs joe moody as well as michael huff. a number of officials on the hill as well as investigators say they have been on the problems at the va.

they have been on problems and they have been scheduling the issue since 2000. most recently in 2012. there is evidence to support delays in care cannot ee arms in veterans our -- worsening conditions or death. the outcomes may not be as good as if you had detected the condition earlier. it also sent down a fact sheet regarding veteran's access to care. offered services that are specialized to prevent in the areas of mental health spinal cord injuries or other areas unique to healthcare delivery and hard to find out side va. the scrutiny increases. they will meet with senior pentagon officials today.

he will discuss the 90-day review of the military system. still a lot on the issue ahead. >> elizabeth prann live for us in washington. thanks elizabeth. >> that brings us to our look who is talking. this morning radio show talk host rush limbaugh. >> limbaugh on the record the va scandal is a glimpse of why big government doesn't work. >> it is here something left to the private sector despite all of the good intentions of the world they are just not egypt to do this kind of thing well, you can ask why all day if you have the courage to come up with the truth when you ask why, the answer is they are not qualified. they are not qualified to run obamacare. they are not qualified to run energy, they are not qualified to run the economy. they don't have anybody that knows what they are doing in anything. everything is smoking mirrors.

>> a major update on the longest war in american history. president obama announcing plans to drawdown troops in afghanist afghanistan. but america's presence in that country is far from over. doug luzader joins us live with washington with the latest. >> after nearly 13 years of war in afghanistan there are now plans to bring almost all u.s. forces home that's according to a surprise announcement yesterday from the president. >> america's combat mission will be over in a year. they will be fully responsibility for securing their comfort. they over saw a massive expansion there are 32,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. that number is going to drop to

a thu or so by the president's second term. that may be generally in line with what commanders have seen. the strategy of publicizing the time frame. >> why would would you need to let the enemy know there's no need to do that unless the need is hole cal in some strategically it makes no sense, tactically it makes no sense. >> there are questions about the timing of this announcement yesterday. the president preempted himself. he was loriargely expected to m the announcement today during a commencement address at west point. there is speculation they tried to avoid it as they inadvertently released the name of the cia station chief. that was something that stunned the intelligence committee.

>> to the hostile crisis citizens urged to get out. state department all warning u.s. citizens in libya to leave immediately saying the security oo administration is unpredictable and unstable. u.s. citizens may be kidnapped attacked or killed. it w with 1,000 marines to evacuate americans in leaving if it is necessary. >> with heavy hearts students returned to class this morning at uc santa barbara after elliot roger's deadly shooting spree. they had them on campus in honor of those victims.

it has almost become a normal thing for us. it doesn't have to be normal. it doesn't have to be like this. >> that was the father of one of the six people murdered. happening today former nfl star aaron hernandez being arraigned on double murder charges. he's accused of shooting two men outside of a boston nightclub two years ago. hernandez is behind bars in the shooting death of oden lloyd last year. carlos ortiz pleading not guilty he was involved in his death. other teed rtiz is being held w bail. >> happening today facing death threats and with little help from his government the marine jailed in mexico nearly two months finally getting his day in court. what can we expect today. people want to know bottom line could he have been released? >> the mexican legal system is

quite different from our own and it is widely known for being unpredictable. what we know is the marine sergeant will state his case before a judge and the mexican custom agent and soldiers who arrested him will make their statement. a judge can continue to detain the american or let him go free. >> the process is unpredictable because it is up to each individual judge when they want to hear each of the evidence which is a problem for the defendant. >> they arrested him believing he was smuggling the guns in mexico. >> i worry about post traumatic stress disorder. i can't image everything he is going through right now. >> u.s. border off if i weicials

they could have been stopped if they used a little discretion and made phone calls. we will hear from the sergeant's mother. >> look at this. he captured this unbelievable view while taking cover in his truck. did all of that kyled weather calm down a little bit? >> the same area hit by the tornado in the last few days across western north dakota there is a risk of more ser storms in north dakota and eastern montana.

along the gulf coast the concern isn't only damaging winds and large hail but a heavy rain threat and we could see 8 inches of rain as far as florida and alabama. a number of watches are already in effect here. temperature wise a little bit cooler today further west heather and ainsley minneapolis 80, 88 in rapid city, 87 for the high in kansas city. warming up across the plains. >> skipping past the plains this

summer. >> three men missing in a massive colorado mud slide is called off. they are afraid another slide could happen. the massive slide swept through a remote part of the county. the search could stretch well into the summer. a sudanese women sentenced to death for marrying a christian man gives birth to a baby girl in prison. they sentenced miriam ibraham to death for mary ago christian man and refusing to announce christianity. she was also convicted of adultery because her marriage to a christian man is void under sudanese law which says muslim women cannot marry none muslims. she will be in the prison to nurse her baby then hanged. >> 21 month old child also being

held there. sterling going down without a fight in a response filed with the nba says the league is using an illegal recording to strip him of his ownership and he plans to fight it. sterling was banned for life after racist comments that he made were leaked. a meeting is set for june 3rdrd. a two-thirds vote by the nba board is required to strip sterling of his ownership. the former president george w. bush recovering after having a partial knee replacement. a spokesman saying bush is doing great and already up and walking around. the president bush 43 has become quite the athlete even hosting a 100 kilometer race to support wounded veterans. just last month we told you about that. hopefully he is back up on that bike soon. >> fit is 11 minutes after the top of the hour a mom is reunited with a new born baby after it is kidnapped.

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>> welcome back. an investigation underway at the white house mistakingly leaking a top name of a top spy in afghanistan.

a reporter who released the mistake said it was junior people trying to follow the order. many are saying it's another sign of problems within the presidency. political analyst brit hume sat down with megyn kelly to weigh in. >> this man is in afghanistan on the front lines of a shooting war. so the danger is obvious as a mistake who is pretty plflagran. you are beginning to see a pattern the fiasco rollout of the healthcare program with the web site scandal. then you have the message of the va where he was on to and he was seasoned with and he was going to fix it. of course you have this mess out there, this scandal.

it could put their lives in danger with their family. the state department a back killing u.s. soldier. they apologized for tweeting the controversial muslim's father whose organization has backed hamas. he is one of several clerics who endorses the killing of u.s. soldiers from fighting in iraq. the tsa missing ak-47 magazines in a man's luggage. a member any magsnal and his friend were stopped and questioned about their one way tickets to yemen. that's when they found both men had the over the allowed currency movement. it wasn't until they missed their first flight and about to board the second when custom officials reexamined the bags

and that's when they found the empty clip. >> how much about it take to clean up the city of detroit? $2 billion. the task force says they need $850 million to tear down vacant houses and a billion to clean up v industrial properties. they hope to have it done somehow in five years. >> the heat is cooling down in california over that hot cause controversy. remember that? the mayor of urbandale now plans to ask the city to drop the public nuisance order and lawsuit against the company that makes the popular siracha hot sauce. the plant's spicy odors make them sick. newly installed stronger filters will block this. listen up. packers are now cracking into apple devices and holding them for ransom. loren simonetti is here now with

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>> it is wednesday may 28th and finally getting his day in court. the u.s. marine in a mexican jail goes before a judge for the first time. could he be heading home? looking for a new set of stars. you have to be comfortable partying on camera like you are on the jersey shore. get this, you have to be 13 years old. the ridiculous new reality show casting call that you will not believe. >> i was going to sign up. what do you do when this happens? crashes a bachelorette party. get his take on marriage of

course between the wedding advice that you will want to hear. "fox & friends first" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> what a sweet song if you listen to the lyrics. i love that one. there is 5th avenue right before our studio. that picture really pretty this morning. good morning tu it is wednesday may 28th. welcome to "fox & friends first". i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. thank you for being with us. it is half past the hour. we begin with a u.s. marine jailed in jail sergeant

tahmooressi will be in trial. >> the mexican court system is so unpredictable but for two months he has been detained in a mexican jail. he gets his court appearance to state his case before a judge. his case as he describes it is he got confused about making a u turn accidentally entering mexico when authorities stopped him and found dlee guns in his car they were legally registered but he was arrested under suspicion of gun smuggling. >> angry at 60 days out, but relieved and andrew is relieved he can finally tell the judge who is presiding over the case and who can make a decision what happened that night when he accidentally entered mexico. >> sergeant andrew tahmooressi has been held in two mexican prisons. he tried to escape after he

received rape and death threats. his day in court may prove to be his greatest challenge yet. >> i worry given his diagnosis post traumatic stress disorder. i can't image everything that he is going through right now. there is going to be some level of disappointment after tomorrow's hearing i predict. >> she was speaking on greta last night. joe tahmooressi says she has no confidence in the mexican justice department but she believes she and hhe will be se free. >> my some miracle today. >> thanks so much kelly. >> the va scandal we will finally hear from va officials about the ladies and gentlemened secret list of the facility that led to the death of at least 40 veterans. elizabeth prann is live for us in washington with what we might learn. good morning elizabeth. >> good morning heather.

there are some heeding the request of jeff miller. veteran's affairs officials will be zeroing in on the va healthcare system wait list allegations. we have got to find out if there is any criminal activity involved. i think that's the thing that most people want to get to the bottom of besides providing the healthcare that the veterans themselves have earned by their service to the country. >> those eattending thomas lync, legislative affairs joe mooney as well as congressional relations officer michael huff. critics say they have been alleging delays for years. >> they are reporting on wait time problems and outpatient ap appointment scheduling issue since 2000 if they issued a report in 2000, 201 and 2012. they released a statement saying veterans can explore private

options but have a fact sheet regarding veterans for care and specialized for vets in areas of mental health, spinal cord injury and many other areas unique to va healthcare delivery and hard to find for the va. chuck hagel with meet with senior pentagon leaders. >> thank you elizabeth. >> the denver facility notifying 239 patients their personal information may have been leaked. they sent out a letter informing patients quote the disclosure including your name, date of birth and social security number. no other information about you have any kind. this comes weeks after thousands of veteran's medical records

released from a wyoming va. >> the longest war in american history. president obama promise to go drawdown troops in afghanistan. but america's presence in that country is far from over. >> the president over saw the expansion in afghanistan after 32,000 u.s. troops there now he is talking about bringing nearly all of them home. >> america's combat mission will be over by the end of this year. starting next year afghans will be fully responsible for securing their country. american personnel will be in an advisory role we will no longer control afghan cities or towns mountains or valleys. that is a task for the afghan people. >> the plan he outlined involved getting 10,000 u.s. forces by

2015 down to a thousand or so by the time mr. obama talked. >> why would you need to let the enemy know that you are going to be leaving or over how much of your force you are going to drawdown. there's no need to do that unless the need is political in some way. other than that, strategically it makes no sense tactically it makes no sense. >> it was something of a surprise he thought he was going to get into it today during a commencement address in west point. instead he's expected to outline his broader foreign policy vision today. of course an ainsley it bares mentioning we have lost more than 2,000 u.s. forces in afghanistan since the work began. >> wow. we will never forget the sacrifices they have made. thank you, doug. >> thanks. that brings us now to look who is talking.

steven haze from the weekly standard says the troop drawdown is going to back fire. >> with that fru troops on the ground you don't have the kind of infrastructure that allows the troops to do what they need to do to be successful to continue to take the fight to al qaeda, to the afghan taliban. where are we moving our veterans they will be largely confined to cable. that doesn't suggest there's a commitment to success in afghanistan which the president points out laid out in december of 2009. this is an incredibly shortsighted move that this was the good war this was the crucial war. we had to win it. >> in other news happening today aaron hernandez being arraigned on double murder charges.

hernandez is already behind bars awaiting trial for the death of owe den lloyd last year. ortez pleading not guilty for charges he was involved in lloyd's death. >> the oldest member of the u.s. house is ousted after 31 years in congress. he loose his first runoff to tea party backed candidate john radcliffe. he is head to go washington because he's running unopposed in the general election. the republican leadership conference welcoming a special guest this year. >> i want to thank you for another good day on planet earth. thank you for the fish you provided for us. thank you for your love and mercy and it's in his name i pray. >> duck dynasty scar phil robertson addressing the conference opening day in new

orleans. the rnc chairman prooef srevis senator ron johnson. >> former president george w. bush recovering after having a partial knee replacement. a spokesman saying push is doing great. he is already up and walking around. since leaving the presidency bush 43 has become quite the athlete even hosting a 100 kilometer bike race that supported wounded veterans last month. we covered it for you. hopefully he is back up on that bike soon. his dad jumped out of a plane on his 80th birthday. >> quite the athletic family. >> on the schedule for today talking about temperatures, they are rising and a lot of flooding out there, too. >> that's right. good >> good morning henter and ainsley. talking flooding across parts of the gulf coast. take a look at the flood watches

in houston and louisiana and parts of mississippi. we have been seeing heavy rain moving over the southeast. on top of the rain we are talking about as much as 8 inches potentially even more than that forecast for today and also tomorrow. this will be a big concern across the gulf coast. they are in louisiana and parts of mississippi today. they are looking at potential for large hail strong wind gusts and maybe isolated tornado down there. another area looking at the threat for severe storms today is montana and also north dakota. the tornado had a hit about two-days ago in north dakota producing damage. temperature wise a little cooler today across the northeast. we had a book door cold front. that is like a cold front that goes backwards.

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>> it is a victory for freedom of the press. the new york court's ruling to not fort fox news reporter janna winter to testify and reveal her sources for her story on the colorado movie theater shooting suspect. lawyers claim her sources violated a gag order undermining his right to a fair trial. >> the owners of the tallest tower making it cheaper months before it opens. the race is too high. the owners cut the rent by nearly 10 percent about 45 percent of the office space has yet to be leaked. wondering where to plan your next vacation? look no further.

a new trip advisor study ranking the best cities for shopping, restaurants and hospitality coming in at number three barcelona, spain, number two, new york city, and finally the best city for travelers tokyo, japan. how about wings to travel? google headed in a new direction this morning. announces it will start making the new car of the future that drives itself. we have a preview. i am not sure if this is a good idea. >> well, here's all of the information and then decide. heather and ainsley the bigger picture these days that everyone has smart phones has been a problem for companies like apple, samsung and google. smart phone market is saturated so now they are scrambling to the next big thing maybe they are desperate like a driverless car. the next generation of technology has to change the way we live and has to meet the expectation of smart phones. they are optimistic about their

smart phone software. they are announcing next week the latest software that turns the ipad into a remote control for everythinging in your home security system ac lights you name it. then there's google who just introduced this driverless car. the co founders introduced it at a conference in california yesterday. it has no steering well ak cell rate tore pedals relying on sense tors and software to, would. they plan to build 100 prototypes. the technology can reduce accidents and deaths. google plans to start testing early versions of the car also equipped with manual controls this summer. i know it's not that iesh luvis pleasing. it is hard to let go of control i think, too. >> and then you hear about hackers all of the time. >> argbsolutely. >> 48 minutes after the top of the hour.

50 cent may want to stick to what he knows. the pitch was way outside. >> the advice about marriage when he crashes a bachelor party. >> but first let's check in with steve doocy to see what is coming up on "fox & friends." >> coming up on fox and friends congressman adam kin singer reacts to the va scandal. sounds like some vets will be able to get private care. then to president for the pope a look inside marine one from the former pilot. also first it was light bulbs now the feds may be targeting your soef sue hardy on that. the plus it is national hamburger day. we have splash burgers out on the plaza. stick around. fox and friends kicks off later on right here on your channel

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welcome back to "fox & friends first" . the first american jihaddist may have carried out a suicide bombing attack in syria. that american joined the islamic terrorists trying to overthrow the assad regime, al qaeda's official branch in syria. the front reportedly posted a picture of an american on twitter and made the claim saying the american did it in conjunction with attacks by three other bombers. so we'll see. the u.s. meantime could get more involved in the civil war in syria. president obama apparently wants to train rebels. officials telling the associated press that the president may soon sign off on a project to train and equip moderate syrian rebels. the opposition forces have been asking for military

help over the last three years in their effort to oust president bashar assad. the mission would instruct members of the free syrian army on attacks including counterterrorism operations. >> the military is developing a brain shot to treat mental illness. darpa announcing a $26 million project to develop technology that would treat things like ptsd, anxiety and depression. the goal is to create an implant that can rewire the brain. check out this new technology that will help our brave men and women fighting on the front lines. a small device attaches to their helmets and gives soldiers live updates. commanders can send maps, satellite footage and location of the enemy wirelessly. then it is displayed over one of their eyes. it is very similar to

google glass. the material girl switching gears. a no show at jury duty. ♪ ♪ and i am a material girl ♪ >> madonna reportedly got a doctor's note to excuse her from having to show up at a manhattan jury pool. funny thing, the day earlier she tweeted about riding her horse and frolicking on the beach over the holiday weekend. >> actor bill murray crashing a batch hrar party at a steak house in charleston, south carolina, offering words of wisdom. >> if you have someone that you think is the one [bleep] don't just sort of think, your ordinary mind, okay, let's make a date, let's plan this and make a party, we're getting married. buy a plane ticket for the two of you to travel all around the world. when you land at jfk and you're still in love with that person, get married

[inaudible] >> great advice but who has that kind of money to travel around the world? murray speaks from experience. he has been married twice. good advice if you can do it. >> the time is five minutes till the top of the hour. coming up, out-of-control kids wanted for a reality show. the outrageous casting call trying to lure boys and girls as young as 13. >> where you can get freebies on national hamburger day. bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards even cash back. and my rewards points won't expire. so you can make owning business even more rewarding. ink from chase. so you can.

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