in new york city for about 30 minutes. give it 30 minutes we will start seeing the sun. >> it is thursday morning. >> weekend is almost here. >> i am heather childers. eric cantor's historic upset setting off a leadership scramble on capitol hill. >> doug luzader is live from washington. what is eric cantor's exit plan. >> the personal set back is a setback for the republican party as a whole. here's what eric cantor said yesterday. >> while i intend to serve out my term as a member of congress in the 7th district of virginia, effective july 31st i will be stepping down as majority leader. it is with great humility that i do so knowing the tremendous honor it has been to hold this position. >> there are all kinds of

questions squirrelling around what this is going to mean for what happens next here on capitol hill for things like immigration reform for instance whether this stunning primary loss will have a big impact on what happens next. there is a new leadership election among republicans scheduled now for thursday next week. back to you guys. thank you very much doug luzader live for us this morning. >> now the race to replace. an election is set to fill cantor's majority leader post. here's some that could move up the ladder. cantor's pick kevin mccarthy who is already lining up committee chairs, articling from texas, pete sessions also of texas powerful house rules committee and jordan of ohio and hensarling. jordan will not jockey for the seat.

depending who gets the nod it could lead to a domino effect. >> the current gop with kevin mccarthy wants to move up the ladder but he will face competition. that could be a real race. if mccarthy wins the promotion the gop would need a new whip and there will be an el links for tha-- election for that, to. >> it takes place june 19th. >> this morning is former alaskan governor sarah palin and brent mosul. brat sends a clear message about what the american people really want. >> those who are absolutely shocked that this could ever happen let's not have their thumb on the pulse of what many americans are thinking, that is the status quo has got to go. those who have been kind of a part of the problem with failed policies and a failed agenda that is really driving america's economy into the ditch. well there's an opportunity at the ballot box to make a change. >> with all of this talk about

the conservative moment being dead and establishment mainstream republicans on the march, everyone is running as a conservative. whether it is mitch mcconnell or lindsay graham, look at eric cantor what happened. everybody is running as a tea party year. the social media that went around the establishment republican party. >> we are on the hill as chuck hagel defends the bowe bergdahl prisoner swap. it was too risky to notify congress. some lawmakers not buying it. elizabeth brprann is live in washington with the details this morning. good morning. >> good morning. while chuck hagel was in defense of the swap he coudid say negots were time sensitive and leaks could have jep arropardized the. notifying congress was not a

viable option. >> under these exceptional circumstances a fleeting opportunity to effect the life of an american service member held captive and endangered for almost five years. the national security team of the president of the united states agreed we needed to act swiftly. >> hagel said both he and president obama were on board with the call but the president made the final decision. after five hours of testimony some lawmakers think there's more to the story. >> secretary hagel didn't do this. department of defense didn't do this. this was carrying the state department. the secretary of defense to tell me he did not present the president with any other courses of action except for this one is laughable. it's an absolute joke. >> the administration did break the law by not notifying congress. >> the law says you have to notify congress 30-days before you do this. the other thing is it's not just hagel, it's not just the president. hillary clinton is now saying

you know what, the taliban is not a danger to americans. that is about as ludicrous as a statement i have heard. >> now one of the most intent parts is why bergdahl is still in germany and not back on u.s. soil. he will be back when he is cleared by medical professionals. a new bridge to the benghazi case according to local sources. spy agencies heard people talking about state department cell phones during the attack which left four americans dead including ambassador stevens. they knew early on the attack was knotted a spontaneous protest over a video. >> after they had left the consulate in benghazi and went to the state house they were getting reports that cell phones, consulate cell phones were being used to make calls to the attackers higher up.

>> security teams on the ground used that in real time. >> while you were sleeping drone strikes killed at least 10 people. the raid not far from the afghan border pakistani intelligence officials say a pair of person drones dropped three missiles on a compound. it was local al qaeda linked american groups. >> desperate iraqi leaders asking the u.s. for drone air strikes. the militants have taken away the city in a matter of days. 5,000 iraqis thread the northern part of the country to escape all of the fighting. militants have taken control of tikrit which was sadam hussein's home town. they are so evil al qaeda separated themselves from them. it is set to review a crisis. >> a deadly rampage at an oregon

high school was a 15-year-old freshman. jared padgett was carrying a case and a duffle bag inside. the assault rifle used in the attack plus a hunting knife a hand gun and nine extra clips of ammo that he got from his home. he went straight in the locker room and shot dead emilio hoffman before injuring another person and turning the gun on himself. the graduation is still scheduled for tonight. >> the drunk driver charged in that deadly crash involving tracy morgan pleading not guilty in a new jersey court. roper remained silent as he was released on 50,000 dollars bail. he has proclaimed his innocence on twitter saying he's a scapegoat because a celebrity becau was involved. police say roper had not slept for 24-hours. funeral services will be held

for james mcnair who was killed in that crash. >> the fbi launching a criminal investigation into the va scandal. they are looking into whether -- this as the senate passes the overhaul bill. the bill authorizes the construction of 26 va facilities across 17 states and puerto rico. 500 million to hire new doctors and nurses and allow vets to seek private care. it gives the va authority to fire under performing staff and eliminate the wait times as part of the employee performance reviews. >> day four of the stanley cup finals team looking to be the first team to sweep the finals since 1998. in the first period he shoots and benoit cool lat. kings win the series 3-2-1.

the trio of lebron james, duane wade and chris bosch vying for the big three. it might become the big four. athe heat making a move for the new york knicks star but he would have to opt out of the contract worth $23 million. >> that would be something, though. >> happy birthday to george h.w. bush. he will celebrate at home with dinner with family and friends. the president's library, get this, they are hosting a crazy socks party. that's right. visitors are invited to wear their craziest pair of socks in honor of the president who is known for his funky footwear. >> all right. well as we head into the weekend and closing out the week we are

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nevada. >> a jury in fresno, california let a career criminal walk free after members accidentally filled out a not guilty form. the judge had no choice but to let the defendant go because the verdict has been entered into the public record. the man was accused of burglary. jury members told the judge they were deadlocked and confused by the forms. people charged in a massive food stamp fraud case in georgia. it involved georgia's women infant and children program. the defendants allegedly purchased more than 18 million in vouchers and food stamps from cashewsing fake grocery stores. this is one of the largest federal food program frauds ever. >> now calls back more than 700

do -- 7,000 cars. >> good morning ainsley. this is a recall and investigation. toyota kau rerecalling more than 760,000 vehicles here in the u.s. because, you will never believe this, shrapnel can blast out of the air bags. they thought they fixed a problem but discovered the air bag supplier may have provided an incomplete list of the potentially defective units. it has a list of fines even jail sentences for its behavior. it may have sold bad air bags to gm, nissan, mazda and now toyota. more than a quarter million glass knobs sold at world market stores between october 2010 and this april are being recalled. customers complained. at least five said the knobs broke and the glass cut their

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>> dark heavy thoughts. giving a glimpse inside the mind of bowe bergdahl when he walked on a military base. what are we seeing inside of these writings? >> we are seeing a confused young man with possibly deeper issues hidden underneath. the journal injuries were sent to a close friend in basic

training to the last entry days before his de certification. they live on the fringes of this world after bergdahl was in if afghanistan more signs of a troubled certain surfaced. like i am pulling away from the human world but getting closer to people. i want to pull my mind out and drop kick it into a deep george. gorge. before he left he said this life is too short for those who compromise values and its ethics. i am done compromising. he never brought it up with any of his roommates. josh was a medic in his platoon but never knew about any of this. >> whatever he wrote that's what he kept to himself. he was a very private guy. he wasn't open about very much at all. he's obviously not going to share these super deep dark secrets and writings with

anybody but himself. >> he was discharged for psychological reasons back in 2006 after 26 days of basic training. bergdahl is currently in a hospital in germany but returned home when doctors cleared his mental and physical health. heather, ainsley. >> mary ann, thank you. >> ben affleck reportedly getting kicked out of another casino. >> it's the gambling business in costa rica. >> this time it happened in canada. security asking affleck to leave the table for being an advantaged player. casinos in las vegas flagging the 41-year-old actor for allegedly counting cards. his wife is fed up with all of the gablbling and cancelled a family trip. >> off the market after being are her 27-year-old boyfriend. she is dating dancing with the

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>> more citizens topple as iraqi insurgents make their way to baghdad. so evil even al qaeda doesn't want anything to do with them. what the growing threat means for us in america. >> giant sayings about the cute from the sun. why it could cut off communications across the globe. >> and suitcase shaming. the on-line trend calling you out for over sized carry ones. is it fair? we report, you decide. "fox & friends first" continues right now.

♪ what sounds good to us is you waking up and joining us. it is june 12th. welcome to "fox & friends first". >> i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. we are going to start with this. eric cantor's historic upset setting off a leadership scramble. what are cantor's exit plans? >> he said he will continue serving the rest of his term as a representative in hthe distrit of virginia. he will step down as majority leader at the end of next month. this will touch off a big scramble to figure out who is going to succeed him. he is aware of the fact it touched off a number of questions about the direction of the republican party.

>> i will not be on the ballot in november i will be a champion for those across the nation for those providing liberty and opportunity. truly what divides republicans pails in comparison to what divide us as conservatives from the left and democratic party. >> they will have leadership elections to see who will be majority leader. who may be in line ultimately to become the neblgs speaker of the house. >> only time will tell. doug luzader live from

washington. this is who could move up the ladder. cantor's pick kevin mccarthy. then jeb hensarling and pete sessions chairman of the house rules committee and jim jordan from ohio but he is saying he will not jockey for the seat. it could lead to a domino effect. >> it is not just the majority leader it it bump down. pete sessions from texas is in the mix. it will be interesting to see how moderate republicans use their position in the caucus now. some are worried.

>> chris mcdaniel both say this is a chance to change the stat cuss quo -- status quo in dv. >> people aren't happy with the same things in washington. they want republicans to be bold they want us to be for reducing taxes and against corporate warfare. they want us to be against raising the debt limit. they want us to stand firm on what we are supposedly for. i think the gentlemen who ran it was as much of an ascertainment he is somebody who will carry that forward. >> people of this countryfinall. they know washington, d.c. is broken. they know we are headed in the wrong direction. to fix that we can send new people to washington to represent us. he claims it was too risky to notify congress.

>> he did say the administration could have handled the announcement differently. he was defiant in the defense of the trade telling law americas negotiations were time sensitive and leaks could have jeopardized the deals. hagel said the administration dealt directly with the government of account tar and not just government networks. the men who were released are dangerous. all of these are seen another members of the taliban and seen another members of al qaeda i know nobody needs to remind you september 11th, 2001, they murdered 3,000 people on the home land. they have far too often been treated as a matter of partisan politics. these are the same people that

focused on a story of an sill will he intern-- silly internet. >> some lawmakers don't feel they are getting the whole story. >> secretary hagel will be coming out taking the flame for it which is very nice of him. it wasn't his fault. he's trying to cover now because you have to toe tw the line as secretary. this was a state department screw up all of the way. >> one of the most contentious parts of the hearing is when lawmakers asked hagel why bergdahl is in germany and not back on american soil. he will arrive when he is cleared by medical professionals. >> thank you elizabeth prann live for us. >> a new break in the benghazi case. according to multiple sources u.s. spy agencies they actually heard terrorists talking on state department cell phones during the attack which left of course four americans dead including ambassador chris stevens. it is more proof the obama

administration they knew early on the attack was not a spontaneous protest over a video. after they left the consulate in benghazi and went to the state house they were getting reports that cell phones, consulate cell phones were being used to make calls to the attacker's higher ups. >> security teams on the grounds in benghazi received that intel in real time. desperate iraqi leaders now asking the u.s. for drone air strikes to target militants that have taken over three cities in just a matter of days. more than 500,000 iraqis fled to escape the fighting. the latest city militants have taken control over is tikrit that's sadam hussein's home town. the insurgent said to be so evil even al qaeda distanced themselves from them. they have condemned the surge of

violence. they are set to meet later this morning to review the crisis. the world cup kicking off today in brazil. the group known as anonymous hacked into the server brought down and de faced the number of government web sites. workers at rio de janeiro now going on strike this posing another safety problem as thousands arrived for that tournament. >> they could find themselves stunted federal officials considering outlawing the popular swinging some say they are turning the arch into a sports arena. thrill seekers are taking a running leap swinging like a bend numb through five story stru structures. one person died last year falling from the rope. >> look at these stunning

pictures from 30,000 feet. fighter pilots snapping selfies as they escort a dreamliner in the skies above the netherlands. you can see the jumbo jet on the right and photos were captured using go pro cameras scrapped to the side of the cockpit. it warming up for the weekend in some areaareas. a real scorcher. maria is here to tell us about it. >> it is so hot over parts of texas the national weather service issued some heat advisories because we are talking dangerous levels of heat especially over the southwestern parts of the state of texas. dell rio the forecast is reaching 110 degrees today. 100 el paso and midland texas 96. in phoenix 108 degrees.

there are some other regions of the country that are looking at temperatures a little bit below average, 60s in minneapolis and rapid city in the low 70s in pennsylvania and florida we are expecting areas of rain yet again today and also into tomorrow. we do expect several inches of rainfall. flooding is a concern. a number of watches have been issued across wednesday pennsylvania, maryland, virginia and also the state of west virginia. be careful as we hit the roads. heather and ainsley the weekend looks good across the northeast. >> the time now is 40 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up from iphone to twitter to g mail account three new threats to your personal information. what you need to know to protect your privacy. >> igniting a ball of flames.

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>> hey, did you know tomorrow is friday the 13th? watch out for black cats and broken mirrors and also beware of that the sun. bursts of radiation on the sun's surface are effecting communications on earth. tomorrow will be the worst of it. a huge cloud of plasma could come into contact with the earth causing a shock wave that could disrupt electrical grids, radio signal satellites and other spacecraft. they say don't worry. they say it is no threat to humans but that looks pretty scary to me. a government union wants two duck dynasty fans fired. >> for years i have learned the art to be oblivious to chatter. i can turn it off and not even

hear a word. >> it is all over this i support fill robertson decal. two senior managers at edwin air force base posted the decals on their personal vehicles. the union says they are offensive and prove the manager discriminate against homosexuals and african americans. there was a firestorm about comments of homosexuality. the managers are in their rights to support duck dynasty. >> any one who has flown knows how annoying it is to have carry ones too big. hash tag carry on shame on twitter. they hope airlines will start cracking down on those annoying passengers. >> you are never one of those. >> never. >> from phones to social media security scares sweeping through

technology. lori rothman is here with how you can protect your privacy. this is important stuff. lori? >> another day, another security breech, these are happening too often lately. it is important to know how you keep your information private. >> they could have left the couch open to span. another bug in apple's iphone ios 7 operating system that let's hackers bypass your lock screen and get to your iphone in seconds. disable access to the iphone control center to the lock screen. >> they had the twitter app for several hours that a lot of attackers place computer codes in tweets and warn data could be compromised. log out of the tweet deck app and remove their apps. always smart to change your pass

words often. >> lori rothman thank you. >> 47 minutes after the top of the hour. home invasion one family never expected thousands of bees. a frantic effort to get them to buzz off. >> from magic mike to under cover cops we go one-on-one with the star up next. let's check in with steve doocy to see what's coming up on "fox and friends. >> what does the primary mean to the republican party? we will have analysis from hear m herman cain. >> shark girl swims with the most fear some sea predators. in fact she found a sea monster. she took her picture. she is going to show it to us. it kicks off in 11 and a half minutes right here right now on your channel for news. well, put on a breathe right

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two minutes till the top of the hour. before you leave the house here's what's happening today. a dramatic reversal in the family fight over casey kasem's health. a judge granting his daughter the authority to withhold food and pull his life support if she chooses. the f.b.i. launching a criminal investigation into the v.a. scandal to determine if officials in phoenix knowingly lied to get bonuses. >> time now to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. up first, the animal edition. first the good. an unlikely pair now b.f.f.'s. the six-week-old cheetah cub and seven-week-old puppy are being raised together at the san diego zoo. the bad, the five foot tall 100 pound black bear terrorizing a neighborhood in oregon.

he has been tranquilized and will be released into the wild. the ugly, thousands of bees making an apartment in connecticut part of their hive. tenants saying it is like national geographic. >> thanks for joining us. "fox & friends" starts right now. spo*eupl good morning. it's -- good morning, it's thursday, june 12, 2014. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. a fox news alert. iraq on the brink of another civil war. now baghdad could soon be in the hands of al qaeda. have the american lives lost fighting for iraqi freedom gone to waste? >> meanwhile secretary of defense chuck hagel went to capitol hill to reassure america that the taliban swap for bergdahl was on the up and up. here's how it went. >> i don't know all the history of that transfer. i don't know about the 80 or 90 number.