>> it is thursday, august 21st a fox news alert. top secret intel release about the failed covert rescue mission to save american journalist james foley. how this could put our national security at risk. >> police officer darren wilson nearly beaten unconscious at the hands of michael brown. some brand new evidence you will only see on fox news. "fox & friends first" starts right now. >> good morning to you.

welcome to "fox & friends first". i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. thank you for joining us. >> let's get right to the breaking news. details emerging about the pentag pentagon rescue to rescue james foley. >> we are live with that. the expanded hunt for the masked executioner. >> story about a failed rescue attempt started breaking about 12-hours ago. the special operations team spent two plus hours on the ground in the desert in eastern syria even at the second location searching for the american hostages. intel a few days late. while they killed a number of isis militants they did not find any americans at the location. the focus is also shiftingbhz the other man in this video the execution video of james foley. they are looking into his killer. the guardian newspaper reports he is a british national from london who goes by the name of

john and is part of an ultra mad cal group of isis fighters inside syria. he was a ringleader in a ransom swap for 11 other hostages. isis offered to free foley for $100 million and other demands but the white house would not negotiate with terrorists. >> in governments and peoples across the middle east there has to be a common effort to extract this cancer so it cannot spread. the group like isis has no place in the 21st century. >> coincidence or not his statement and details of foley's death occurred on the same day the pentagon discussed sending 300 more soldiers for security around baghdad. they also announced more air strikes around isis targets in iraq. there are still 2 other americans held hostage by isis.

whether or not there will be another rescue attempt is yet to be scene. the special forces team involved in the last rescue attempt all came home safety save one with a relatively minor injury. >> leland vittert. thank you. >> it happened about month ago but just made public after foley's execution. why release that information now? joining us the ceo of concerned veterans of america and fox news contributor. >> why release it now? >> they wanted to show they made a proactive attempt to free foley. sendi setting aside whether they put out classified information i am glad they did it. i am glad we didn't p pay $100 million or a ransom. this is a classified information

that shouldn't come out for dozens of years. these are the types of things that are buried secrets that come out later. this is the pattern we see with the administration when they are politically under the gun that's the time they leak something. even if they never would have done it or somebody elts leaked it they would be in a lot of trouble. >> it was a failed mission. is it smart to release the information does that em bold enus to our enemies? >> i will be honest you have failed missions and successful missions. they went out there based on the intelligence they have to try to find their captors. the fact that they didn't get them it might em bold enthem but it gives them a signal you hold people we are coming after you. read between the lines of the president's speech it shows we have it in us still. >> educate me. i think when there's a hostage we should be able to find them and get them easily. but i feel like we have intel. am i completely wrong?

>> it all depends on the intel. in this particular case maybe they were a day late, two-days late on the intelligence. maybe they were misled slightly. maybe they gained intelligence from the first that led to the second. that's how these things happen all based on time sensitive information. in this case they didn't get it right but they are doing everything they can. >> let's hear from the president. this is what he said yesterday about the isis. he said history will take care of itself. >> people like this ultimately fail. they fail because the future is won by those that build and not destroy. the people is shaped people like jim foley and the overwhelming majority of those appalled the people who kill him. >> many are appalled the white house didn't do more to rescue these people being held captive. >> i wish he made a stronger

statement. he talked about justice it was muted wasn't passionate. we need to look through iraq the next two-days to see what kind of activity builds there. the future depends on how we oppose it how we stand up to them. we need to make clear public statements. secretary of state john kerry talked about the need to crush and defeat isis. that's the kind of rhetoric not read between the lines we know you are not real muslims. we got that. we know that. the point is we have killers beheading people, journalists, innocent civilians. we need to go after them, find them and kill them. that's what the president should have said. the future does not be long to isis. it better ng r be long to us. there is no one out there to lead the way. >> many people will be watching. >> watch the action. that's how it is to be judged. >> now it is time to take a look at who is talking. former vice president dick cheney weighing in on president obama's handling of isis,

beheading an american. he said that president obama has a pattern of being all talk no action in the rest of the world including the terrorists, they know it. >> he has managed in so many different ways to be infective when he responds, draw the red line in the sand and never respond to it to make threats and never act. it reached the point where i think around the world people, other leaders see him as weak and infective. we have seen it in terms of putin's actions in crimea and w ukraine. we see it with what china is trying to do in the south sea. he is perhaps the weakest president in my lifetime and he doesn't have a clue about what needs to be done. >> and now to our other top story. ferguso ferguson, missouri to chaos, calm and back again.

changing by the minute. >> heavy rain not enough to keep demonstrators from flooding the streets. we are live on the scene where several people were just arrested. is that right, garrett? >> that is right. but really last night was the polar opposite of what we have been seeing for much of the previous nights here in ferguson. there were six arrests but that's compared to 47 arrests the night before. police say the crowds were smaller as well and that they were much more peaceful. they were down to around 800 compared to the several hundred that we have been seeing through out the last week. police say wethere weren't any major clashes between police and protestors. captain ron johnson called it a another small step in the right direction. >> tonight was a very good night in ferguson. crowds are smaller. they were calm. we had to respond to fewer incidents tonight.

there were no molotov cocktails no fires no shootings. we did not see the single hand guns. there were no confrontations. >> several supporters of darren wilson who shot michael brown and showed up to the protest as well they were quickly whisked away by police for their own safety after other protestors began to surround them. captain johnson this morning also addressed the case of an officer who on tuesday night pointed a semiautomatic assault rifle at a peaceful protester threatened to kill them. our cameras were there when it happened. take a listen to that.

>> that officer has been relieved of duty and suspended. >> attorney general eric holder back in washington, d.c. at this hour after meeting with michael brown's parents. at a private meeting lasting about 20 minutes last night. prior to that holder met with fbi investigators and prosecutors from the justice department and u.s. attorney's office. he is promising the community that change is coming. >> people know a thor re federal investigation is being done being maned by the very capable people. my hope is that will give people some confidence that the appropriate things are being done by their federal government. >> calls now growing for prosecutor robert mccullough to step down. criticses saying he cannot

prosecute the case without bias. that's because his father a policeman was killed on the job by an african american. a p grand jury investigation now underway expected to take weeks. ling foxnews.com major bombshell officer darren wilson was badly beaten by michael brown moments before he shot and killed him. mary ann is here. >> the source close to the ferguson police department saying officer darren wilson suffered severe injuries to his face including a broken eye socket. the confrontation began when michael wilson ordered brown and friends to stop blocking the street. he got out of his patrol car but the source says they shoved him right back in that's when brown leanss in beating him in the head and the face. the source says there was a struggle then brown started to walk away he ordered him to

freeze that's when brown turned around raised his hands in the air and said quote, what, you are going to shoot me this this new claim sports what his friend josie said earlier this week. >> so he stands up and yells freeze. michael and his friend turn around and michael starts taunting him, what are you going to do about it, i-you are not going to shoot me. >> we are told brown then charged wilson prompting him to fire six shots including the fatal hit to the head. criminal defense attorney ted williams said it could be a major turning point in the case. >> that could be a game changer in this process. if the grand jury hears that, i expect the grand jury would, look, you must remember a law enforcement officer can use deadly force if he feels that his life is reasonably in fear of great bodily harm. he can do that.

>> the source says wilson is tear fied the grand jury will make a example out of him and vote to indict. >> marianne rafferty. thank you. >> 12 minutes after the top of the hour. the deadly ebola virus could be in another american hospital. the shocking reason it is being kept a secret from patients and visitors. >> they have the gall to do that and nbc news is paying him. my god, why is that accept table? >> bill o'reilly has a message for al sharpton. if sharpton doesn't listen, ferguson will never be able to heal.

>> new details in the california school shooting plot which police stopped in the early stages. the two unnamed teenagers

accused of planning to shoot up a school stopped. they charged him with threatening to kill another boy after telling them about their plot. the teens deny it. they caught the teenagers after discovering their plot on-line. >> convicted boyfriend killer jody arias giving more time to fight for her life. acting as her own lawyer arias asked the judge to delay her sentencing retrial saying she is having trouble interviewing witnesses from prison. >> in 2013 the judge agreed arias brutally killed alexander but could not agree on her punishment life in prison or the death penalty. the judge giving her an extra three weeks before jury selection. the crisis getting worse in west africa. the death toll now topping more than 1300. >> another ebola scare on u.s.

soil. this time a patient being treated at the california hospital but the hospital didn't tell any one. >> has more. what concerns some, hospital and health officials in sacramento did not tell the public when or where the patient came from, what airport they landed, how long they had been in the u.s. or any of the facts that might reassure people they did not come in contact with this patient. we do know that kaiser permanente in south sacramento is treating a patient who may have been exposed to ebola. she is in isolation. while the dcd is testing her blood government officials say it is highly unlikely this patient has the virus. kaiser never foirnled visitors for those being treated at the hospital of the ebola patient. >> i am speechless. >> we have been in this hospital all day walking around.

this is the first time we are hearing this. >> they should have let us know so we can take action upon ourselves instead of hearing it from you guys we should hear it from the horse's mouth. >> the cdc says ebola is spread only through direct contact with bodily fluids blood, urine, saliva, mucous. it is not transmitted through food, water or air. more than 1200 have already died from the ebola virus. they are setting up centers in west africa to stop the outbreak by spreading to steep sick travelers from getting on the airplane. they have tested 6 samples in the u.s. all negative. >> ainsley and heather, back to you. >> thank you, william. >> isis bee heads an american journalist and president obama asks other countries for help.

why our next guest says be careful what you ask for. >> the grand jury, why we may never know what really happened.

>> welcome back. the brutal meeding of james foley putting the u.s. militants against isis militants puts it under the microscope. >> he's got a pen and a telephone start attacking communications inside syria. you can't give terrorist organizations a safe haven. we have learned nothing sings vietnam. a safe hay enis a formula for disaster. >> so is the u.s. doing enough to stop this threat and what is our next tactical move?

>> joining us is lieutenant colonel schafer. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for asking me on. >> what should our next move be when dealing with this terrorist army, isis? >> first thing we have to do is get a handle on attacking the command and control. these people are not guy p ants. they can be had and they can be had in syria and as much as president obama can finally reluctantly made the right call to relallow our tier one specia forces that didn't get them because they delayed too long you have to go into syria go after the leadership and making it clear you are not going to allow them to continue to consolidate their games. we have to consider showing psychologically we are going to break the back of their advances. unless we do that they will continue to multiply and advance. >> syria may be their home base but they have a desire to move

way beyond syria. do we need other help in our endeavors other countries. >> be careful what you ask for. there are other interests in the region iran for one and also the russians. let me paint a picture for your audience. image if you will russian airplanes coming in on air strikes via friendly airspace via iran. vladmir putin could come out of this looking like a hero while he is laying down bombs supporting his guy president assad and make the world think he is a good guy. we have to be careful about this. we have to be the ones leading the way here. i don't want to sound like i am proposing we invade i am saying we can do the right things with the kurd on the ground we can get command and control and do so and try to gain back logs ground. if we don't others will act. it is certain. >> colonel schafer thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. it is 25 minutes after the top of the hour. call it the al sharpton factor.

>> we have had enough. >> enough, al. enough of what? police efficiency? >> bill o'reilly's message to em ins of the liberal media in ferguson, missouri. why he says they are making it impossible to discover the truth. >> devastated but determined, james foley's parents delivering a message to their son's killer.

>> it is thursday august 21st, a worldwide manhunt underway for the killer of an american journalist. the president ordering more air strikes. are boots on the ground next? >> controversy resting overnight in ferguson. now another police officer pulled from duty. the confrontations that could cost him his job.

>> good morning. this is thursday, august 21st. welcome to "fox & friends first". i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. the hunt is on for the mass executioner in the brutal beheading of james foley. >> the point gone's secret missions to rescue hostages held by isis. leland? >> good morning, ladies. this story breaking in the last 12-hours since we learned about this special operations rescue mission. the team spent a while on the ground in eastern syria searching one compound and then went to a second location searching for a number of american hostages but left empty handed. while they killed a number of isis militants they didn't find the american hostages when tho believe now are earlier. focus shifting to the other man in the video that is his killer the guardian newspaper reports

he's a british national who goes by the name of john allegedly from london in a radical group of isis operating inside syria. he was reportedly the ringleader in a ransom for 11 other hostages. isis offered to free foley for $100 million but the white house refused to negotiate with terrorists. >> the united states of america will continue to do what we nmus do to protect our people. we will be vigilant and relentless. when people harm americans anywhere, we do what is necessary to see that justice is don't knowed we act against isil standing along side others. >> coincidence or not his statement and details about foley's death occurred on the same day the pentagon discussed sending 300 more u.s. troops to iraq namely to provide security

assistance in and around the u.s. embassy compound in baghdad. they announced more air strikes against targets in iraq. there are still other americans currently held hostage by isis. whether or not there will be another rescue attempt is yet to be seen. we know the special forces team the all made it home safely, save one with a minor injury. >> that's good news at least. leland vittert live in dc. >> james foley's parents calling his death horrific but saying he was a martyr for freedom and a great american. >> they are very ruthless. they knew jimmy was a symbol of -- >> the goodness in america. the best in america. >> we beg for mercy for the captors. they a they never hurt anybody. they were trying to help. >> the foley's want their son to

be remembered for his humor his love and ability to comfort others. and now to today's other top stories. brand new clashes overnight in ferguson. the heavy rain not stopping protestors from marching in the streets. let's get right to garrett jennings who is live on the ground where they just made several arrests. garrett? >> yeah, heather. captain ron johnson says it was a very good night for ferguson. this is after a peaceful night, a relatively peaceful night on tuesday night as well. there were only six arrests after 47 arrests on tuesday night. things seem to be moving in a better direction just as police were hoping after the attorney general visit to ferguson yesterday. the crowds were smaller as well. they were down to 100. police were not wearing full

riot gear. no smoke grenades or gas canisters were firing into the crowd. captain johnson said just because it was quiet last night for the most part there is still room to improve here in ferguson. >> this was not a conflict free night and about 8:00 p.m. one of our officers was hit with a bottle but fortunately he was not injured. >> several supporters of officer darren wilson who shot michael brown they showed up to the protest as well. police whisked them away quickly when other protestors began to surround them, though, and police took them to safety. captain johnson in the case of an officer who is suspended and released from duty. he pointed a rifle at a peace protester and threatened to kill him. our cameras were right there

when it happened. >> you are going to kill me? >> your right i am. >> what's your name, sir? >> put your gun down. >> captain johnson said that kind of behavior is a disgrace to every person wearing that uniform and that type of behavior will not be tolerated heather and ainsley. >> garrett tenney live on the ground. the country should not try officer darren wilson or michael brown on television. >> bill o'reilly breaking it down in his talking points memo. >> i came back from vacation because i am furious, furious about how the shooting death of 18-year-old michael brown is being reported and how various people are reacting to it.

mr. brown is a victim shot six times by police officer darren wilson who up until august 9th had a very good record. the grand jury is hearing the case. also attorney general eric holder p went to missouri to meet with fbi agents and state authorities who are con sukti sukting -- conducting separate investigations. they should look into this case and their investigation should be transparent. they should get hard information as it comes out. which brings us to this video of mr. brown stealing from a convenience store and pushing the clerk around. agitate tors call it a smear against michael brown and his family further inflaming the situation. the facts are not smearings. this goes to mr. brown's state of mind on the day he was killed. americans ahave the right to knw

facts leading up to the shooting. only one side of the story is being reported by the media which is generally terrified of any racial situation. then there's the looting, disgraceful, then one guy has a gun shoots the lock off the door while his cohorts break in and steal the merchandise. it doesn't get any lower than this. the people rioting in ferguson are dishonoring the memory of michael brown and his family. they are insulting them againnd flat out disgraceful. they arrested on monday night 78 people were taken into custody and we believe about 30 of them have criminal records. only 4 of the 78 are from

ferguson. the others streamed into town. the liberal media will never report that. nor will they report the true picture of criminal justice in the usa. instead nbc news pays al sharpton to deliver garbage like this. >> a young man 18 years old shot down in the streets unarmed and rather than addressing you try to smear the young man rather than uphold the principles of justice in dignity. i want you to know they are n these parents are not going to stand alone, they are not to stand alone, they are not going to fight alone. we have had enough. >> enough of what, al? enough of what? police efficiency? in 2012 the last stats available

in the fbi there were about 12 million arrests in the usa. that averages out to 30,000 arrests per day. in 99.9 percent of those cases the perpetrator was not killed by police. in fact, just over 400 fatal police shootings a year are reported to this country according to the fbi. 12 million arrests a year, 400 fatal shootings, many of them justified. al sharpton has the nerve to assault the american police community, men and women risking their lives to protect us. this charlatan has the gall to do that and nbc news is paying him. my god, why is that acceptable?

also on nbc another agitate tore said this. >> there is a war on black boys in in country. there is a war an af condition american men. it is an absolutely deplorable situation that the united states which is supposed to be the greatest nation on earth allows black boys to be murdered. >> black boys being murdered in if the context of ferguson. are you kidding me? the truth is that 91 percent of black homicide victims are killed by other blacks. 91 percent. if that woman tries to mislead folks by accusing american law enforcement of shooting down young black men in the streets. it is beyond belief. what is going on in this story is p beyond believe. if these people get away with it in perscertain places they are respected. al sharpton is going to speak at

the funeral of michael brown. hands up don't shoot. they believe michael brown is trying to surrender when officer wilson shot him down. maybe that's true. we will find out. msnbc put a person in the air who said mr. brown waudz shot in the back. that turns out to be false according to an autopsy. we also hear that officer wilson has an orbital blowout fracture of his eye socket. the factor has not been able to confirm that and we do not want to try this case on television. we are only reporting the alleged injury to demonstrate wi there will be much more to come in this place. that is why there is a januaried grur reand a trial process. but to some he is already guilty. they have convicted him. their slogan is no justice, no

peace. those people will never accept anything other than a conviction of murder in this case. they don't really care what happened. they want officer wilson punish punished. he should be punished if he murdered michael brown. if a jury finds wilson guilty he should be put in prison for the rest of his liech. officer wilson is entitled to the presumption of innocence that we all have under our constitution, something al sharpton will never give him because sharpton only cares about his own self agranizement. if he has to stoke racial hatred to get that thaet what sharpton will do. i know this man. his record defines him. he has succeeded in bringing his brand of racial grievance to the white house. when president obama announced

his brother's keeper initiative i was there and sharpton was there. the president was completely correct to call for calm in missouri that is his job to lead the nation. now the president should step aside and allow his own justice department hetered by eric holder certainly sympathetic to michael brown to call the facts. our justice system can be very flawed but it is all we have. it is the only thing separating us from the anarchy that al sharpton and others want to impose. whether what happened to michael brown should not happen to any american. what happened after his death should never happen in this country. what is happening only the truth will over come the chaos. >> the time is 43 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up behind closed doors in the ferguson shooting grand jury. why we may never know what really happened. and a failed rescue mission to

save journalist james foley. what it exposes about american intelligence.

>> last night the most peaceful in days as the grand jury begins to examine all of the evidence in the fatal shooting of michael brown. here to breakdown the process is defense attorney eric guster. can you breakdown the process? >> the grand jury process is a secret proceeding where only the prosecutor will present witnesses and the autopsy report. the defendant can testify. >> there is justifying doubt if there can be an indictment. >> if charges can be formally filed in this case. >> that all depends on the evidence and we don't know much about evidence. we don't know what his reports say after the shooting.

>> that is one of the big issues with this case. the public wants to know exactly what's happened. that is what is very frustrating to the people of ferguson they want to know what the officer said what witnesses are saying. that's what we don't know. in the grand jury process those witnesses will take the stand under oath and testify truthfully. >> the officer's attorney his defense attorney will not be able to be in there unless he testifies. correct? >> correct. >> would you let him testify if he was your client? >> it depends on what he has to say. a lot of it depends on what he said after the shooting and what other witnesses may say. i know we have had witnesses who appeared on television but a lot of these witnesses did not. so attorney general eric holder sent fbi agents to ferguson to interview people. the defense attorney may have privy to that information but can't release it. >> in a political case such asuh as this is it smart to ask for a

sgrand jury. if it there is not an indictmen they can say we presented our case in front of a grand jury there wasn't enough evidence to indict. >> that's where mccullough needs to step aside. he needs to step aside just for the appearance of bias. >> he lost his sfr as a police officer. >> he lost his father and he knows the police officers. he worked hand in hand with these police officers. with the public not trusting him, he needs to step ahid just to make sure the process works properly. >> eric guster. we will toss it over to you. >> it is the only look at a terrorist and the victim. these images could be the key to finding james foley's killer. he hadz hunted terrorists examines those pictures next.

>> it is the only look at a terrorist and his american victim. these images could be the key to finding james foley's killer. joining us to weigh in jonathan gillian. >> you have first hand experience hunting down these terrorists. what do these pictures say to you? >> first of all we can look at this from an intelligence perspective. there are topographical different types of programs where you can look at and try to decide where this might be. >> you are looking at the background. >> i think the intel is going to be able to tell you quite a bit. there are some people that are really good at looking at pictures trying to come up with -- they know the region so well they will be able to pick it out hopefully. the problem over there is you may not get a lot of intelligence just by looking at

the background of the picture. >> let's take a look at the image of the terrorist in question. >> the close-up image you are not going to get a lot of detail. when you back out you get the height, the stature of this individual, that is going to tell a lot. i know from criminal investigations we get -- we do know the height of the reporter and when he is on his knees you can gain the height of this individual as well. >> the voice as well. we heard him speaking had a british accent. very well spoken. what does that tell you? >> i will tell you that they would not put a guy in this p position for the world to see unless he was somebody of importance. the way he spoke with calmness and the fact that he is british is a message coming out clearly that hey we are not just from this region. we are every where. >> we have another image we were going to talk about the eyes and the hand here. what does this tell you? >> i has a weapon in his hand.

the way he is standing through out the entire video, he is preparing to actually kill this individual. he is very, very calm. also, you can tell by the way somebody may hold a weapon if they have had certain training with that weapon as well. >> we have already talked about the landscaping and what that will tell us. you wanted to talk about specifically what was said and the mention of the caliphate. >> this was the first time to my knowledge. i have looked at a lot of these videos. this is the first time the person actually said who we are fitting is the islamic state of the caliphate. people want to say it's like iran where there are borders.

>> a worldwide manhunt behind the beheading of the american journalist. what we are learning about the masked murderer.

>> ferguson police officer darren wilson nearly beaten unconscious at the hands of michael brown. p brand new evidence you will only see on fox. >> the deadly ebola virus could be at another american hospital. the shocking reason it is kept from patients and visitors. "fox & friends first" starts right now. >> good morning to you. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this thursday morning. i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. let's get right to the fox news alert for you. the brand new information about the secret mission to rescue american hostages in syria including slain journalist james foley. >> leland vittert is live in washington with that and the expanded hunt for this mass executioner. >> good morning, ladies. this all started breaking 12-hours ago as we were learning there was a rescue mission

attempted for foley and other american hostages. a special operations team spent a while on the ground in the desert of eastern syria searching one compound, then they went to a second location searching for those american hostages but left empty handed. while had he killed a number of isis militants they didn't find what they were looking for. they believe they were probably moved a couple days earlier. focus is shiftling ing to the o man in the video that is foley's killer. the guardian newspaper reports he is a british militants who goes by john. he is reportedly the ringleader in a ransom swap for 11 other hostages. the new york times reports isis offered to free foley for $100 million but the white house refused to negotiate with terrorists. >> let's be clear about isis. they have rampaged across