early to rise. david writes slacker. there is a lot of truth to the early bird gets the worm. they will be passed up in the real world. marie said my kurds first class for high school was 7:00 a.m. way too early. thanks to everyone who responded. "fox & friends" starts now. good morning. it is monday august 25th. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. state of emergency in california after 6.0 earthquake rocked napa valley. nearly 200 injured as businesses and homes crumbled. now experts warn there may be more to come. we are live at the scene straight ahead. >> and lucky to be alive. an american hostage freed from the evil clutches of al qaeda. this as authorities close in on james foley's murderer. now a new report claiming special forces mission that

tried to rescue foley delayed by the president. miley cyrus turning heads last night but not for what she's wearing. who is that random kid she sent to receive her award. actually a good story. mornings are better with friends. >> announcer: live from the news crossroads of the world, this is "fox & friends." >> wow, what a professional voiceover. >> we had the guy who does the promo say, hello, welcome to "fox & friends." >> i sure like that. good morning. >> good morning. we're all back together. we had a busy couple days. brian dropped off little brian at college. who cried more, you or your wife. >> we can't reveal that. a big week as he gets started this week. a big milestone. i couldn't believe the velocity of the stories and news coming out during last week.

>> as we were all different places we come together to bring you the fox news alert. a state of emergency in california after a six magnitude earthquake rocks napa. it is the worst earthquake to hit the bay area in 25 years and it is not over yet. experts warning of strong aftershocks this week to come. live in downtown napa. devastating images to look at. what are the experts saying is to come? >> that's the big concern. there is still over 30% chance we'll see a 5.0 aftershock or greater. a 5 to 10% chance a quake stronger than this one in the next seven days. that's a big concern. the reason it's a concern, you have buildings like this one behind me here that obviously have the damage visible to the eye. you can see bricks have been tossed over, walls are completely gone. everything hanging still from the ceilings, light fixtures, air conditioning, all of that. you also see the more subtle

cracks in the buildings. that's a concern as you go all around the town and around the greater area. so many of the buildings still have some sort of cracks in them. they have to get in and survey those buildings and make sure they are safe. if you have an aftershock that comes in after that, these buildings that are potentially weakened, it can cause more damage. a lot of structures not safe. they have deemed 90 to 100 buildings are uninhabitable at this point affirm lot of buildings maybe had not been retrofitted. a big concern, shake-up for people yesterday morning as they were woken to this at 3:00 in the morning. take a listen to what one of the residents had to say. >> i'm still kind of caught up in how vile enthe shaking was. yes, it's just amazing. you don't think it's going to happen in napa. you hear san francisco, l.a., for an epicenter to be right here in napa itself is kind of shocking. >> talking about that epicenter. when they had the big earthquake 25 years ago, 100 miles to the

south of the napa area and the folks here did not feel it as strongly as they did this one. keep in mind. if you are 25 years or younger, you did not experience that earthquake before. if you think californians are used toeshes, they don't happen that regularly and not at this magnitude. guys. >> remember it rock the world series at the time in san francisco. all right, rick. we'll check back with you. great report. it's amazing. with all the advances, you expect a warning, hey, an earthquake will hit. >> they had one. >> ten seconds. >> they are working on forty seconds or ninety seconds, in which case if somebody was in an elevator, they would be programmed to stop at the next floor so somebody wouldn't be stuck in it. they make sure if somebody is operating, they take the scalpel out. >> not enough time for life threateni

threatening. >> the question is how much time does ainsley need to get from her show to our show. >> we're on the 12th floor.n >> you insist on taking the stairs. >> no elevators as we know there's aftershocks. a scare in the air as american airlines is forced to make an emergency landing after a twitter threat. it leads back to video games. the hacker group lizard squad tweeted this at. at american air we have been receiving reports that j smedley's plane -- >> he's the president of sony online entertainment. just before that tweet was sent out, sony's online gaming network went down. the plane was forced to land in phoenix where all the bags were searched. fbi is investigating. today the family of michael brown calling for protest toss stop so their son can be laid to rest.

>> all we went is peace as our son is being laid to rest. can you please, please take a day of silence so i can -- so we can lay our son to rest. please. >> president obama is sending three white house aides to attend brown's funeral in st. louis, missouri. that service expected to start this morning at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. police searching for the suspect who opened fire inside a packed hollywood nightclub during chris brown's preparty for the video music awards. three people were shot at one oak including rap mogul suge night. new reports claiming 25-year-old brown was the intended target. beyonce proving why she won the michael jackson vanguard award lifetime achievement honor at the mtv awards. ♪ ♪

>> what a great song. the singer blew that crowd away with an epic 15-minute performance. amid divorce rumors she was greeted on stage by her daughter and husband jay z. >> i thank god for this moment. i love y'all so much. blue i love you, my beloved i love you. my fans i love you. >> the biggest award of the night went to miley cyrus. she took home video of the year for wrecking ball. even though she didn't twerk, she let her date, a former homeless teenager accept the honor on stage. those are your headlines. my friends, back to you guys. >> all right, ainsley. thank you. >> bad news last week was the fact that jim foley was beheaded. he was an american journalist. the culprits were isis.

we have a fox news alert. that's the image released in the youtube last week. now the news is good. we actually have news an american journalist by the name of peter theo curtis has been released by an al qaeda affiliate called nusrah front. once upon a time they were isis but didn't like the level of brutality so they unjoined the club. why did they release them now? jim foley's boss said nusrah realized it wasn't in their best interest to be holding an american hostage at this point. that was probably right. >> the curtis family statement indicated to plea for humanitarian efforts for those still in captive. a statement, bravery and heroic efforts firsthand efforts that rallied spirits of familiesí

adds to price. there's no one who is saying there was a ransom paid but there is a belief catr propelled the group to take over the large swath of iraq and of syria. so nusra trying to say we're not bad. we understand america you're about do bomb. don't bomb us. we think isis is over the top as well. that is yet to be seen. meanwhile we also have new information about who could be behind beheading of james foley. >> last week we told you about according to some of the hostages who were released,

obviously somebody paid money. three guys with british accents. they refer to them as the beatles. the guy standing right there in the mask, apparently they are pretty confident it is a former londoner by the name of abdul maj majid, rapper played on bbc 1 radio. his father is sitting in an american prison at this hour accused of being complicit with al qaeda in the bombing of the embassies. >> dad has to be proud of him. >> his mom wrote a book about the trauma it brought to her husband and family with the incarceration there and six children. there's been some written work depicting the pain they were feeling as it relates to this involvement there. you hear i have not listened to some of the music. he's aa there, which indicates to many that the outreach socially through media, be it music, rap,

twitter, that this group may indeed have, may be an "x factor" moving forward and the effect they may have on younger and younger recruits. >> meanwhile when the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, secretary of defense in the wake of the beheading of james foley comes out and essentially says isis is the worst we've seen, most potent, most well financed terrorist group that the world has ever known, then all of a sudden we realize the threat to america. other people are trying to sideline that threat and say don't overstate it. not representative trent franks. those who want to avoid it are just putting blinders on. listen. >> said you may not be interested in war but war is interested in you. the terrorists are at war with the united states and everything we believe in. if we don't get with the program, they will make horrifying gains before we wake up. this administration seems to be essentially asleep at the wheel. so yes, yes we are at war. we have been for a long time.

this administration just doesn't realize it. >> what will the president do. the president got back from his very long vacation in massachusetts. there he is arriving on marine one last night. interesting sunday times which also broke the news regarding the rapper is a suspect in the beheading. they say the hostage rescue of james foley came too late. pentagon forces to the columnist that obama was worried troops would be captured or killed. he took too long to authorize the mission. he was worried he would be carterized, reminiscent of jimmy carter who had the failed mission in iran. >> soviets invade afghanistan, bush 43 change, got rid of rumsfeld, staged surge enormously successful. bill clinton changed after

rwanda. will president obama say i know what i said but i'm going to change. >> if he changed he would have come home early. >> many say it's been going on many years. after this russian beheading war is declared on the u.s. we will all sit by and see what the president decides to do. >> we're waiting. exactly 13 minutes after the top of the hour on this very busy monday morning. coming up, authorities closing in on james foley's murderer reportedly. this british rapper turned terrorists. jihadi johnny. we dig into his past. even his father's tie to al qaeda. >> coming up, a man takes a leisurely stroll on top of the brooklyn bridge. now he's in trouble. the bigger question is how did he gets up there?

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british born rapper is the one they believe beheaded journalist james foley. here on the militant and more including the released american journalist with waleed.

what do we know about the bomber whose dad was part of the embassy bombing. >> abdel-majed is a 24-year-old british rapper whose music had a lot of violence and broadcasted on bbc. he joined jihadist networks and then isis. we're learning from british forces he most likely is the guy who beheaded the american victim. his father, actually, is in custody in the united states as part of the 1998 bombings in south africa. >> isis is about 10,000 strong. they have about 100 americans. how many brits? >> well, the sources that we have right now say european democracy of isis is 1800, one would imagine british in the hundreds and french in the hundreds as well. >> let's talk about great news. curtis is released, no ransom

paid. why debts out? >> it's fast to say no ransom paid officially. what we can say is al nusrah is part of al qaeda, al qaeda isú[ taliban. qatar host in their country, including five released by us from guantanamo. you can see the clear chain from al nusra. why they would do so accused in the media and world of being financier, funder of al nusra, isis and others operating in the middle east. >> you believe five released higher ups from gitmo pressured qatari government to give him up? >> the qatari government told them because they are living there on their soil -- this is an assumption, of course, not information. who are the highest ranking taliban in qatar? five generals released from

guantanamo. they do have connection, field connection most likely if it is them who has negotiated. >> here is the bigger question debated all weekend. many are thinking let's team up with syria and iran because we have a common enemy isis. would that be a wise move? >> that would ab+fn5îum other strategic mistake. if we team up with iran it means we come ally of hezbollah and therefore replacing isis with another organization. we've done enough mistake, it would be terrible. >> you think we should wipe them out on our own? >> form a coalition with many on the ground, jordanians. >> thank you very much. breaking news, wave released journalist. it doesn't seem as though any ransom was paid. we'll find out the details. thank you so much. >> thank you. coming ahead, it happened again. a man climbs the brooklyn bridge in broad daylight. no one stopped him until too

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hi, quick headlines. caught on camera, another brooklyn bridge breach. a backpack wearing thrill seeker sneaks past security and climbs up brooklyn bridge. police say the 24-year-old got to the top and started taking pictures with his iphone. he was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment and trespass. i'm just wondering who is watching the bridge. speaking about thrill seekers, is this the scariest selfie ever, on top of the fifth

largest skyscraper. the daredevils are infamous for scaling the world's tallest buildings. impress me. steve, elisabeth. >> i can barely look at that. >> he had his phone on a stick. 25 minutes after the top of the hour. >> king of late night jimmy fallon can still get ratings even with jokes about the commander in chief. >> the president really isn't helping himself by going on vacation. in fact i saw president obama played the eighth round of golf on his vacation today. he's played so much golf, i guess he's getting pretty good. he's still not at the pro level yet. here is rory mcilroy's tee shot. >> they are yelling get in the hole, get in the hole. you see the difference with obama'st?b watch this. >> back to work. >> back to the white house. >> get back to the white house. you know what, other comedians still protect the president as

one longtime "saturday night live" writer says, quote, it's like being a rock climber looking up at a 1,000 foot high face solid obsidian polished in oil. not a single thing to grab onto, certainly not a flaw or hookx5"u can caricature. here is weigh in hollywood reporter. good morning. >> nothing to grab onto. >> jim downey wrote for "saturday night live" on and off and mainly wrote political satire jokes. ones that we've laughed at at home with our families on saturday nights. he says in his books that there's really not that much to make fun of when it comes to president obama because he doesn't have those quirky little things like maybe former president george w. bush has, doesn't pronounce words wrong like nuclear. he feels as though obama is kind of this flawless person that you really can't make fun of. >> do you think that's true?

don't you think there's plenty of material there. >> listen, i don't think you can make fun of me but my family makes fun of me all the time. at the end of the day everybody is somebody you can poke fun at. >> of course. why do comedians choose not to. we heard from lauren michaels, if you remember, about six months ago. it says, republicans, it seems, can take a joke. it's hard to joke about democrats because they don't think it's funny and take it personally. >> for years, always long-standing in hollywood people have been primarily pro democrat. there is a lot of celebrities like beyonce and jay z, you have oprah, who have really endorsed barack obama. so it wasn't really cool to make fun of him. >> why can jimmy fallon get away with it. he certainly does. he has found a thing or two. >> his ratings going up. >> maybe his schedule. >> right in the beginning when he took over for jay leno, he was someone conservatives loved. he knew his audience probably would enjoy something like that but he wanted to tow the line.

now he's more free with his jokes. let's be honest. he wants a ratings boost. we're not sure if that's the case. people buzzing on twitter and social media. he's doing it for ratings. let's be honest. in 2016 he's going to want every person on that couch. he's not going to try to polarize people too much of it's interesting he started to poke jabs at obama. >> who doesn't want ratings particularly when it comes to late night. comedians love an audience. my question, isn't it worse -- >> look like you're in a tank. >> politically slanted. sentence that more something to fear? >> i can understand what you're saying and i worked for a brief amount of time as an intern at the colbert report. i see a lot of people get their news scarily from late night television and shows like "the daily show." you see stephen colbert is taking over for david letterman. i'm not really sure if that's going to hurt him in the long run. it is interesting he's finally getting the guts to do stuff

like this. >> interesting. is it about ratings, doing the jokes people in america want to hear. that's why jimmy fallon going up. we thank you so much. 28 minutes after the top. major shake-up. president of france has dissolved. does this proof socialism doesn't work? we'll tell you what we know. american airlines has a new target for fees. your kids. we'll explain that coming up. first we what to wish a happy birthday to country music star billy ray cyrus. he's 53 years old today and was probably really proud of his little girl last night. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ co: sometimes you don't know you need a hotel room

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>> it's an earthquake. >> while it was a 6.0, this morning experts warn of an even bigger quake hitting in the future. rick is in downtown napa right now where rick there are a lot of broken bottles, aren't there? that's one of the side effects of this shaker in napa valley is a lot of broken wine. >> yeah, think about it. it's obviously a big industry and think it's just wine we enjoy drinking. it's a billion dollar industry. a big hit. initial estimates on the cost of this earthquake is a billion dollars of damage. that is a very large natural disaster. the immediate problems, things like this. >> take a look at this, been here since the 1900s, couple of large earthquakes. it's got steel beams. the outside wall fell into the parking lot and crushed this car. you get an idea how big these

bricks are, how heavy. this happened at 3:00 in the morning. nobody in the downtown area. a lot of street cafes here. people out, been in the middle of the morning when people are out for brumpl, could have been a very different story. the bigger earthquakes always what is a concern. that possibly this earthquake could have caused more pressure to build up on fault lines potentially more damaging. that probably is the case. last night director of seismology was on to talk about that. take a listen what he had to say. >> we know there's a bigger earthquake coming. we just don't know when it is. in terms of an immediate aftershock from this particular earthquake, it's possible we would have a larger magnitude earthquake over the course of the coming few days or weeks. what we know is we're going to have larger magnitude earthquakes over the coming years. >> and the thing is, this

occurred on a fault line called west napa fault line. there are bigger and more dangerous fault lines very close around seven miles away. potentially the pressure that it released here transferred make of the pressure to the heyward rogers creek fault line.hv that is the one that potentially could be a stronger earthquake and more deadly. one of the concerns certainly they are watching. guys. >> rick, live in napa, california. >> thank you, rick. gosh, you hope they come up with that system that gives more of a warning, 90 seconds, before that big quake. >> they say animals can detect it. >> i bet they can. >> what do they do? >> they start yapping. >> talking a lot. >> squirrels and chip monks we know run for your lives. >> you never see dead squirrels

after an earthquake. >> just for a moment, i cannot recall thinking back. >> 24 minutes after the top of the hour. ainsley with big news out of france. >> i do. french president francois hollande just dissolved his entire government. a major blow to socialism. the prime minister resigned after harshly criticizing handle of the economy which has been down. you'll remember hollande raised taxes over 100%. he's ordered a new government to be in place by tomorrow. a man in custody after a tense standoff following three deadly shootings in los angeles. the unidentified man described by police as a person of interest in the case. the mayhem about beginning before 6:00 a.m. when someone opened fire on an suv heading to church. four family members inside were wounded, another woman died at the scene. 45 minutes later another man was shot and killed two miles away. just minutes after that, a 50-year-old woman was found shot in the head.

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for children five to eleven flying by themselves. those are your headlines. >> all right, ainsley. meanwhile big story this week, around the country, new york is u.s. open. it starts today. this year tennis stars giving fans a unique inside look with a major social media push. how do i know that? fox business network, good friend of ours told us. she talked to some of the biggest names in the u.s. out at flushing, new york. >> hey, good morning. i've got to tell you, in about three and a half hours from now, 700,000 plus over the next two weeks of fans are going to be rushing through these gates. yes, they are here to see the biggest stars in tennis. this year more than ever, a lot of big names in tennis using social media to connect to fans around the world. one of my favorites roger federer is all about social media. take a listen. >> it's an easy way to connect. i was always very wary of it. i thought it was maybe too much of a mean world out there. i don't know what to talk about. what are you drinking?

who cares. thesebqw things made me a littl bit funny, so i waited quite a while to take it up. now i actually quite enjoy it. i feel like i'm in contact with fans. >> i do enjoy social media. it's a great way for your fans to get to see you and get to know you. especially tennis players. they see us mostly on the tennis court grunting, running, sweating. so i think it's a good opportunity for your fans to get closer to you. >> reporter: i've got to tell you, serena williams has about 4.3 million twitter followers. she dwarfs my 22,000 followers. it's all about social media. if you're coming to the u.s. open it's about this stuff. wasn't to bring in mary ryan, director of merchandising. brought us what fans can buy here and on the website. you said the best sellers are t-shirts.

>> patriotic logo t-shirts number one seller. we offer up to 26 different styles, opening price t-shirts for men's. big sellers for us are the ladies. >> how much is the t-shirt right here. >> this t-shirt is $26. >> you've got the players signing these. >> correct. >> you've got hats. what do hats range? >> $26. >> i've got to show, my favorite, ralph lauren, he designed this is whath3:bñ the kids are wearing. >> ball kids wearing the jackets, shirts, hats, pants. all available ralph lauren store here on site, which is great opportunity for the fans to come out and shop. >> about 700,000 plus fans coming to the u.s. open. mary, thanks so much. it's all about the stuff, the fans, and, of course, being #better with friends. >> that's right. good reasons to be rushing to flushing. >> good one. look at that, cheryl just took

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to know i personally understood that mistrust. i wanted them to know while so much else may be uncertain, this attorney general and this department of justice stands with the people of ferguson. >> but does this only in flame racial tension and interference with the judicial system we wonder. joining us former labor secretary nominee for george w. good morning, linda. >> good morning, steve. >> you just wrote an op-ed, eric the arsonist, holder fans ferguson flames. what are you talking about? >> well, i didn't write the headline but i did write the column. what i'm talking about is the top law enforcement officer in the nation basically coming in before an investigation has even been complete, before the grand jury has heard evidence and basically picking a side. i think that is a terrible

travesty of justice. i think the media has not acted responsib responsibly. i think what is happening is not calming racial fears but actually enhancing them by acting as if this mantra of the unarmed black teenager shot by a white cop. that description in and of itself actually colors the way in which we look at this story. we're talking about an 18-year-old man who is 6'4" and weighs almost 300 pounds, who is videotaped just moments before the confrontation with a police officer strong arming an employee and robbing a convenience store. so you know, the way in which the story is being presented does, in fact, i think color the outcome. i think it's outrageous when a top law enforcement officer is the person who is helping do this. >> absolutely. you're supposed to be impartial,

particularly when you're head of the department of justice, yet there's been a rush to judgment not only by doj but this administration. i think they are sending three representatives to michael brown's funeral. when you look back how many did they send to the general's funeral a few weeks ago. it seems like there's something going on here? >> i do think there's something going on. it's politic, domestic politics. i think it's an exploitation of the black community. i think it's playing the race card and i think it's disgraceful. we have another life at stake here, the officer that shot the man. there's a grand jury hearing evidence. we have yet to hear what actually happened in that encounter. we do know officer wilson has a

spotless record. never a complaint filed against him, never any suggestion of racial animus. so the way in which this is coming down is not even allowing the grand jury to be able to impartially look at the evidence and make a a decision. you don't order a civil rights investigation before the it's so just take its own time. everything gets sped up so fast these days. lindaxsthavez joining us from denver, colorado. thank you very much. >> thank you, steve. >> you bet. ten minutes before the top of the hour. coming up, military malfunction. this training mission clearly not going according to plan. you've got to see the video. oh, my goodness. wait until you do. new attacking attack will make the one that hit target look like child's play. new details from the department of homeland security implicating over 1,000 scores and chris the cyber guy has crucial tips you need to know before you get

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happen. right now the homeland security office along with the secret service have come up with security companies with a tool that they can find what's called the back-off malware that affects cash register systems. what this means is now american businesses can go look and see if they've got this. the early detection is proving that a lot of them do. already seven of the companies that make this cash register kind of software have admitted to having some of their clients already have an infiltration going on, two of which ups. so if you've taken your box to the ups and used a credit card, watch out. your maim is now on the list of somebody whose personal information, your credit card, personal data for shopping, anything you gave them is out and open. what happens is hackers break in. they take this, they pilfer through it and they collect it and tell it out on the black market. so your credit will go down the toilet in a matter of seconds from these breaches.

another one was super value. if you shop there, you need to be aware of it. >> you were talking potential millions of people that are going to be affected about this. what do we do? >> undoubtedly. here is what you do. right now assuming you haven't heard any bad news that you've been affected, take a look at these tips. first, watch your credit card report and those statements like a hawk. keep your eye on them from now on. report any unusual activity, not just to your credit card company, but back to any retailer you see there. then avoid shopping with any sort of debit card. you have less protection with that than a credit card. >> specifically before you go, if you hear a company has been hacked that you do business with, what are your steps? >> i'm going to say not if, but when one of the companies you do business with gets on this list, assume all your information is gone. have a look at the fact that this stuff is gone. assume that you need to change your credit card numbers. assume you need to report that in and change your passwords and think of very clever passwords.

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good morning. it is monday, august 25. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. we begin with a fox news alert. the west coast still bracing for aftershocks after a massive earthquake. nearly 200 injured as businesses and homes crumble. now experts are warning the big one, we're talking 30 times as powerful, is coming. we are live in napa. the president back to work today and the former deputy director of the c.i.a. says he better do something about isisqc and he better do something about isis quick. >> long-term, 2 1/2, three years, we need to worry about a

9-11-style attack by isis. >> you don't want to hear that from the top c.i.a. guy. so what is the president's next move? we'll tell you. and at last year's vma's she twerked with a foam finger. this year miley cyrus did something that everyone is talking about today. the speech no one saw coming. we'll explain. mornings are better with friends. >> you're watching "fox & friends." that's a great way to begin your day. >> thank you, don king, whose birthday it was a couple days ago. he's 83 and a friend of the show. we've got a very, very busy day today. >> we sure do. let's get to that fox news alert. a state of emergency in northern california after a 6 magnitude earthquake rocks napa. it is the worst earthquake to hit the bay area in 25 years. >> you know what? it may not be over yet. experts warn an even bigger quake could be opt way.

>> rick reichmuth has been scrambled out to the west coast. he's in downtown napa. rick? >> we certainly know there will be a bigger one in california at some point. everybody knows that. that it's coming. also the possibility that this earthquake put more pressure on some of the other fault lines that are bigger and potentially more damaging. one of the people, one of the directors of seismology from the university of california-berkeley, talked to judge jeanine. listen to what he had to say. >> we're already overdue for a big earthquake. manage my do you do 7, which will affect a much larger number of people in the bay area due to the density, not to mention this will be 30 times as much energy. >> reporter: yeah. and the thing that's so important about that is earthquake, when you talk about a 6.0 to 7.0, it doesn't go up in a linear fashion. it goes up like a bell curve. so it is 30 times more powerful,

a 7.0 than 6.0. that's what's concerning. this is the damage from the 6.0. you can see it here. right in the center of the town of napa. and you can see the damage that you have from a 6.0 earthquake right here. the facade coming down, the corners of the building falling off. this an outdoor area where people hang out and dine. this actually is an outdoor eating area. had it happened in the daytime, it would have been a different story. 70,000 people were without power at the peak of it. that's been restored to 65,000 people, which is good. so still 5,000 people without power. about 100 residences will not be inhabitable because of the structural damage. any aftershocks, there is a 20% we could see one greater than 5.0 within the next seven days. that's a big concern, especially with the buildings that have possibly become weakened with this earthquake 24 hours ago. >> you got to be careful. rick reichmuth live in napa,

thank you. >> ainsley earhart is ready for us now. >> filling in for heather. a scare in the air all because of one vip passenger. an american airlines flight made an emergency landing after a twitter threat from the hacker group lizard squad. it tweeted out at american air, we have been receiving reports that jays medley's plane, 362 from dfw has explosives on board. please look into it. he's the president of sony on line entertainment and just before that tweet was sent, sony's on line gaming network went down. the plane was forced to land in phoenix where all the bags were searched. the f.b.i. is now65=ñ investiga. today the family of michael brown calling for protests to stop so that their son can be laid to rest. >> all i want is peace while my son is being laid to rest. please, please, take a day of

silence so i can -- so we can lay our son to rest. please. that's all i ask. >> president obama is sending three white house officials to⌜ attend brown's funeral in st. louis, missouri. however, the white house is selective when sending in representatives to funerals. only a low level delegation was sent to british prime minister margaret thatcher's funeral last year. police looked who shot inside a packed area. three people were shot at one oak, including rap mogul suge(ó1 night. he was hit six times, underwent surgery and is expected to be okay. new reports are claiming chris brown was the intended target. miley cyrus turning heads at the mtv music awards. she didn't twerk, but she still had got a lot of people talking. she let her date, a homeless teen-ager, accept her video of

the year award. >> i survived in shelters all over the city. i cleaned your hotel rooms. i've been an extra in your movies. i've been an extra in your life. so i may have been invisible to you on the streets, i have a lot of the same dreams that brought many of you here tonight. >> then there was beyonce, who blew the crowd away with a epic 15-minute performance. ♪ ♪ everybody on your feet ♪ >> amid the divorce rumors, she was greeted by her daughter and her husband, jay-z. they presented her with the michael jackson award. >> thank you all for this moment. we love you so much. i love you. my beloved, i love you. my fans, i love you. >> check out jennifer lopez on the red carpet. the 45-year-old in a skin baring

gown. then nicky minage, nearly naked. >> clutching the front of her black dress. you see it after a major wardrobe malfunction, trying to keep it up. those are your headlines. >> so it was a malfunction, not intentional? >> i'm not sure. >> 'cause it looked like it was intentional. >> the high split is trending right now. >> on twitter? where? >> are they zippers or just cut? >> that seemed to be a nonzipper on the side. i think there is a zipper so you can adjust it. >> brian has many fashion questions. mr. blackwell if you're watching, please call. >> or write us on facebook. fox news alert now. american journalist peter curtis has been freed after being held hostage in syria for two years. >> a hstage terror group had him. he was handed over to u.n.

peacekeepers on sunday. for more. >> we're going to head over to peter doocy in washington with the latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. the 45-year-old american freelance journalist who was held by terrorists in syria since before the 2012 presidential election is now free. the specifics surrounding how he was released are still unknown right now. but his family says the government of qatar helped facilitate the freedom. his family also says no ransom was paid to the al-qaeda offshoot and that the release was for humanitarian reasons. here is more reaction from peter's mother, nancy, who was in cambridge, massachusetts. quote, my heart is full at the extraordinary dedicated, incredible people, too many to name individually, who have become my friends and have tirelessly helped us over these many months. please know that we will be eternally grateful. the curtis family says now they plan to help other families of those being held in syria and a

similar promise is being made from foggy bottom. john kerry explaining every waking hour our thoughts and faith remain with the americans still held hostage and wi their families and we continue to use every diplomatic intelligence and military tool at our disposal to find them and bring our fellow citizens home. one of the americans still held by isis in syria, steven sotloff, was shown in the same video used to broadcast james foley's execution and isis is threatening that sotloff will soon die as well if the u.s. does not stop air strikes in iraq. back to you in new york. >> peter reporting live from our nation's capitol. the president of the united states returned to the nation's capitol last night. he was on marine one after his very long vacation out in martha's vineyard. the big question is what will the president do? listen to this prognosis.

>> i think there is three things we have to worry about. two are short-term. one is long-term. the two short-term pieces are number one, will they inspire somebody here to conduct an attack? the second is there is a number of americans and a number of canadians and a number of west europeans who went to syria to join isis to fight with them. any one of those could be directed back at the united states to conduct a small scale attack. over the long-term, 2 1/2, three years, we need to worry about a 9-11-style attack by isis. >> higher up long-time guy in the c.i.a. says look out. the head of the intelligence committee in the house, mike rogers, says they're a plane ticket away from hitting us here at home. general martin dempsey, who adds stark terms last week to describe isis says this. says there is no sign that the islamic state militants are engaging active plotting against the homeland. so it's different from which we see in yemen.

so no big deal at home, which means we're not going to hit anything until they're a threat here. >> no big deal at home is not what many others are saying, as we just heard from mike morell there. there are many levels to be considered here in terms of our safety, particularly when the threat from isis says specifically we will drown you in blood. i mean, i'm not sure what more of a threat besides our own being beheaded on the world stage, what more information do we need to understand that the threat is here, it is happening, there is a war? >> sure. the fact that they beheaded that american, that is an act of war. how about the isis spokesman who said that we will raise thegu s flag in the white house? how about the guy ho said see you in new york? for martin dempsey, him to say no syria action at this point, and the fact that he was much more direct last week, you got to wonder whether or not politics from the administration is coming into play, where after he said the stuff on thursday,

somebody from the white house called him and said, come on. we can't do anything right now. >> maybe the secretary of defense and the chairman were freelancing while the president was golfing? >> maybe. >> 12 minutes after the hour. up next, is this guy proof terrorists are already inside the under the circumstances us? why he's being called the first jihadi serial killer in the united states. but we promise you it is okay to watch. a boy run over by a car gets up and walks away. >> that is unbelievable. first, more beyonce from last night's video music awards. ♪ ♪ ♪

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over the last five months. his bloody crusade to punish the brown told cops, quote, my mission is vengeance. iraq, syria, afghanistan, all these places where innocent lives are being taken by america, by this government. so a life for a life, end quote. if you think he is a lone wolf, our next guest says think again. joining me is founder of the american islamic founder for democracy. thank you for being with us. that quote sending chills through many a spine. is he a lone wolf? >> i can't tell you how harmful this term lone wolf is because while at the last step they may act as part of their own actions as far as a terror violence is concerned, lone wolf implies he's not connected to the global narrative of radical slammism and isis is using and operating at a band width that we've never seen before. it's a significant threat and we

see the same thing that many apologists wanted to say after the boston marathon. there have been 300 arrests of radicalized muslims who may ultimately not be part of a big terror movement as far as their last steps of actions are concerned, but to drive the fuel that moves them is a narrative, a global narrative that anti-freedom, anti-western, that targets america, targets britain, targets all those that stand in the way of an establishing an islamic state and the islamist moved around the world. >> we heard from general martin dempsey that isis is not a direct threat right now on our soil, that this is not as big of a deal as we thought last week. what do you think about that? is he wrong? >> as somebodhññ is on the front lines, countering these ideologies as a muslim, it is just horrifying to me that we can't seem to yet get this right in that okay, fine, it's almost like we have a whacka mole

program, globally as far as boca haram, isis, muslim brotherhood and others, yet we say it's not a big threat, let's ignore it and it will go away. same thing with individuals, like mohammed brown, et cetera, we don't want to deal with the deeper problem and say the problem is bigger than ever since 9-11. and the reason they say there is no threat, because they don't want to operate in a realm where they have a strategy, where they identified that this is the new cold war of the 21st sentry. global slammism is on the rise. the president and his administration do not want to figure out what to fill into that vacuum, so they would rather say there is no vacuum of the for those of us trying to front on the front lines, we're hanging with no support. >> so you would say isis indeed may already be here? >> you know, the u.k. had more muslims go to fight with isis than they have muslim in the royal armed services. so there is 500-plus and there

have been almost 1,000 that have gone. it's not only here, it may be easier for isis rather than going to the middle east like syria or iraq to operate on the soil here and i hope and pray our homeland security is following it because it's not whenfy1ur -- if, but when we get attacked on our soil. i'm sorry to say. >> thank you. >> thank you. coming up, a star soccer player who scored the game winning goal killed before he even leaves the stadium. and the liberal mayor of new york city threatening to end the historic tradition of carriage rides on the street in the name of animal cruelty. but we have a doctor in the house who says carriage rides don't harm them at all. ♪ ♪

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time for news by the numbers. first, 25,000. that's how many homeland security workers had their personal data compromised after a company that provided background checks had their system hacked. the fear is the personal data could be used to exploit classified information from these workers. fantastic. next, two hours. that's how quickly china sub will travel from shanghai to san francisco. chinese scientists say they're one step closer to developing the technology. good luck. and finally, 200 years. that's how long it's been since the british said fire in the white house. the british embassy marked it with cape with sparkles around it. nice move, britain. we ended up beating you. >> well, he has been the voice of animals for over 40 years.

>> now tv's top veterinarian is back for a whole new season of the incredible dr. paul. >> hi, sweety. a heifer is a cow that hasn't given birth before. so you'll see complications more often in heifers than you will other cows. >> she does not surprise us. slow down. she is getting nervous. >> she is getting nervous, that's right. dr. paul also giving his own diagnosis of the controversy surrounding the horse-drawn carriages here in new york city. >> and joining us with him -- he's got a new book "never turn your back on an angus cow," also by our other guests. thank you for joining us, and especially what's the name of this horse? >> dicen. you visited where the horses are. what did you find?

>> i found that the stalls were clean as a whistle and the horses are very well taken care of. >> that's not what the mayor is saying. >> the mayor and his supporters have said that these horses are badly treated, they got to shut down the horse drawn carriage business that has been flourishing here for decades. >> yes. but for me, what i saw was fantastic. sometimes i say i wish my own clients were taking care of their horses as well as what they are here. >> really? >> in my book, you can see more about what i've had experience with bad horse people. i've seen it every day in daily life, in the show you can see some of it. these horse are looking good. >> what does it mean to you that you hear this now, obviously so many people enjoy the carriage rides. it's historic here in the city. seemingly the mayor wants to clamp down on it. but to hear this must be uplifting. >> it's another feather in our cap, between veterinarians like dr. paul coming to us and

weighing in on the issue, you know, without a biased opinion, it means the world to us, as well as this week having to work with family parties come out and support us as well. >> do you think it will change things in terms of what the mayor is pushing? >> it's up to the mayor. we're compiling our case, making a very good case, a very strong case. 66% of the new yorkers want us to stay. we have the manhattan chamber of commerce, 75% want to us stay. veterinarians coming from all over the world and our ridership is very good. >> we're lucky to have like the top vet in the whole plan the here, the incredible dr. paul. you got this new book out and that's the reason you were in new york city, promoting your new book. and somebody said, you got to look at the horses. what do you mean, never turn your back on an angus cow? >> if you turn your back, you don't know what's happening behind you. they can come after you, they can go away, if you're lucky. >> because cows can run faster than people? >> quite a bit faster, yes. >> who knew? in fact, you say pretty much any

animal can outrun a human? >> that's correct. most animal can outrun a human. never take your eyes off an animal that you don't know. >> this one doesn't move unless it's 50 cents a minute. >> would your new headline be never turn your back on the horse drawn carriage? >> you can say sit in it and enjoy it. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. high ho silver, brian. in to you. >> thanks. a great way to get home if you need a ride. not again. another security breach at the brooklyn bridge as a man climbs it in broad daylight. how the heck did this happen? by the way, why would he want to do it? the president defending his golf game, saying the american people do not care. but even his supporters are not donald trump who loves golf, i cannot wait to see what he has to say. he often has a direct opinion. ♪

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>> that's right. i will actually do my best to challenge somebody with the ice bucket challenge at the conclusion of today's program. donald trump, you're lucky you're not in the studio or you might leave damp. >> sounds exciting. >> he might challenge you. >> but they have raised a whole bunch of money for als, which has been phenomenal. this has caught on. >> having a ton of awareness. mr. trump, we're glad you're here with us today. obviously after james foley ex execution and all that we have found since, where did we go wrong and what should the u.s. do now to prevent an attack like 9-11 from happening here? >> i think isis made a terrible mistake when they did what they did obviously, but more importantly, from a certain standpoint by making such a public display of that horrible act. it awakens the lion. it makes people that frankly were very doveish and people

that i speak to all the time, they want to go in and bomb the hell out of them. i really think they made a mistake. they have somebody else over there and people are waiting foc that to happen, for that ugly act to happen. and we'll see. at the same time when it comes to terrorism, how can you pay in order to stop? it will just -- then everybody becomes victims and there will be more problems than you're going to solve. so it's a really, very, very tough situation. but i think they made a terrible mistake 'cause people that really wanted to stay out are actually saying we ought to go in and bomb the hell out of them. we'll see what happens. >> you know a lot about financing. these guys have billions of dollars in the banks because qatar is part of the united arab emirates and others are essentially paying protection money. they're financing these people. we could do a lot of damage not only by hitting with air strikes, but by stopping the money flow. >> they also have the oil. they've taken over a lot of oil

and they've taken over various sections of the oil and if you folks remember, i would always say during iraq, 'cause i was not a big fan and i was not a fan of what was going to happen after we left, i said we ought to take the oil and keep the oil and i took a lot of heat over it. and i said because if we don't take it, whether it's iran or isis or somebody else is going to take it. and that's exactly what happened. but worse than we ever thought took it. so they have oil money and they have a lot of other money and they have money from our so-called friends, the saudis and lots of other people are supporting them. when we look at ourselves and say, what are we doing? >> no kidding. after the news broke that jim foley was beheaded, a lot of people figured the president of from his golf vacation up in the commonwealth of massachusetts, but he actually didn't. he was enroute back on air force one when he heard the news and didn't turn around. then yesterday in the pages in,

of all place, the gray lady, the "new york times," maureen dowd talked about the golf war. david plouffe was on one of the sunday shows yesterday talking about the president's golfing and that really doesn't stop him from doing a job. listen. >> this is a political tradition. when you're the president of the united states, you're never really on vacation. you're on 24/7. i think this concept of optics fascinates the american people. >> i think he's wrong, mr. trump. i think if the image of -- on the cover of one of the new york tabloids on thursday was the image of jim foley being beheaded and then a shot of barak obama out golfing, that sends a terrible message to americans and to our adversaries around the world. terrific.

i read that. i think she's terrific. i do. i think she hit it on the head. look, it was a terrible image. nobody likes golf more than me. brian likes it. i've seen brian swing, he's excellent. he's getting better and better all the time. he'll be railing rory very soon. >> very soon. >> but the fact is that it was a terrible time. you have a beheading and then immediately after the news conference you run off to the golf course and the pictures of him smiling all over the place, i mean, was just terrible. so i thought it was -- look, nobody likes golf more than me and i think it's a great game. i think it's the greatest of all games. every athlete plays it. they literally retire from sports. all they want to do is play golf. it's doing great. it's a phenomenal game. and actually it's a great tool for the president. i'm not against him playing. he should be playing with boehner and he should be playing with not people that he's grown up with, which is who he plays with. he plays with the same three guys all the time. he ought to be playing with his opponents and become friends with them and make deals that are good for the country instead

of having this total gridlock. but this was a bad time to be playing golf. he could have waited a day or two days. i mean, he played right after the bombing started and he played right after the beheading. i think it's a terrible picture. you have pictures all overt world and people are very upset about it. >> do you remember when george bush stopped golfing because of the image it sent? >> well, i did hear that, yes. >> real quick, in the big picture, senator mick contain said listen, carter changed afterwards, george w. bush got rid of donald rumsfeld and put the surge together. clinton changed after rwanda. the president comes back, he's home today. do you think he'll have a different approach to isis? >> i think he will. i think he's going to get tougher. i think he's going to have to probably get tougher. again, the beheading was horrible to see that at this age and this day and age was just incredible. i certainly hope they have the one nabbed -- i would love to see them nab that guy and

frankly, we should do the same thing to them. as i said on one of my tweets, we will read them their miranda rights, we will have them in court for the next 20 years. it's ridiculous. they seem to know who did it, the beheading, and boy, i hope they get them. but you have to take strong action because ultimately some really bad things are going to happen for this country. you have to nip it in the bud and it's got to be nipped strongly. >> you do think he will take stronger action? >> i do see that, yeah. i think that's going to happen. i think it's going to have to happen. and the only thing is that countries that are really strongly affected by this aren't taking action. we're fighting for other countries and not being reimbursed. we owe $17 trillion and that number is going up rapidly. not being reimbursed. we're doing all of this work for other countries. why aren't other countries doing things? and countries that are frankly much more affected than we are? but yes, i think he will take

>> i hope his language indicates that as well. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. >> the first thing he should do is restore the financing to the military. he cuts it to the bone and asks them to do extraordinary things. >> let's see if he does anything. he could come back from vacation last week, but he didn't. headline time with ainsley earhart. >> good morning to awful you. caught on camera, another brooklyn bridge breach. this time a backpack-wearing security, climbing up that bridge. police say the 24-year-old got to the top, started taking pictures with his iphone. he was arrested and charged with wreckless endangerment and criminal trespassing. this comes a month after a pair of german artists confess to swapping out two american flags on top of the bridge with those white ones. a soccer player is dead after being hit by an object thrown from the crowd duringgvif game in algeria's top league.

that's the sound of the angry crowd just moments before he was hit in the head. the violence sparked after he scored the winning goal. he was rushed to the hospital where he died. so far no arrests have been made. look at this, caught on camera, a terrifying moment a mexican army paratrooper is dragged behind a plane. got caught. the chute failed to open during a training exercise. causing the cable to get caught. the soldier is recovering in the hospital. and watch this video. doesn't get much closer than this. that little boy in china playing on the side of his driveway is nearly killed when that suv runs right over him. amazingly, that little boy was low enough to the ground to avoid getting hit, or avoid

getting hurt. he walked away without a scratch. isn't that incredible? he gets up. >> and he was sitting -- sitting on his little legs, sitting up straight. those are your headlines.¥t >> amazing images. thank you. >> what was the guy doing? texting? runs over a kid and not slows down. >> china. 18 minutes before the top of the hour. coming up, so far the white house responds to isis has been a mixed matched combination of air strikes and military advisors. but is it enough? lawmakers calling for a clear cut strategy. >> and final exams for kindergarteners? yeah. it could be happening. a debate coming up. >> can you say red? ♪

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syria and iraq. the issue becomes will we in fact strike syria in a very hard directed way to take out isis command and control centers, 'cause we know isis speaks to syria and iraq. so to take iraq without taking syria becomes a real issue. >> well, we see that syria had a strategy. so they were being invaded by protesters. they asked us for some finances. they said they wanted to bring democratic principle noose that country. who knows, but it would be better than assad. we let them go. so assad thought i'll let the terrorists come in, wipe out the free syrian army and then i'll only have one enemy and the west will look at this enemy. that enemy got so big, no one could control it. >> the issue becomes now are we going to team up with assad? are we, according to some democratic liberals in this country, team up in a civil war with assad, the fellow who we regarded as an enemy?

this is what some people are saying we should be doing. conducting special op raids, air strikes, even close the turkish border which is the poorest bodier between syria and turkey. and the problem is intelligence going to the ready and willing and able point through articles in the "washington post," through other leaks are saying we don't have the capacity. the drones can't do it. we really can't bomb syria in a robust, effective manner. we shouldn't be doing it. we should wait for months. there has also been this liberal lean that somehow isis is not nazi germany. isis is not communism in the 40s and 50s. it's not a real threat, that it's a regional threat, that it's part of a regional civil war that we shouldn't be involved with. but we saw what happened to mr. foley and what happened to christians and what happened to other minorities. >> they promise to do do the same thing to the other westerners in their custody. when that was written last night, general dempsey saying

this is apocalyptic. this group is better financed, better trained than anyone we've ever seen. last night on the plane he tells a group of reporters that isis is more of a regional threat and is not currently plotting or planning attacks against the u.s. really? because 100 of the 10,000 are americans -- >> it's transformation. >> general dempsey said it was apocalyptic, it was end of days, that they had a vision for destruction. there were notions of a black flag over the white house. there were notions that there was going to be a second 9-11 attack greater because this is an organization that has a billion dollars in resources. clearly, clearly someone in the white house has gotten to general dempsey to say, you better pull those remarks back. we'll probably see those remarks being pulled back by secretary of defense hagel as well. we'll see this attack by liberal democrats in the congress that say, wait, wait, wait. we're war weary. we can't do this. it may be a risk of a second 9-11, but we can take care of it in other ways. we see now an international force of so-called seals and

green berets and other folks. we need a coalition of the willing. jordanians, saudi arabia, people in the middle east to stand with america against isis and against terrorism. we can not ignore this threat. >> not as a favor to us, for their own security. >> we are not ready, willing and able yet. hopefully we will become between. >> thanks so much. great to see you. and good donald trump tie. next up, final exams for your kindergartener. it could happen. is that a good idea? a debate next. don't tell him or her until we settle this. on this date in 1978, and in 1978, frankie valuey -- valli had the number one song in america with "grease." ♪ ♪ [meow mix jingle slowly and quietly plucks] right on cue.

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thousands taking to the street in new york city over the weekend as al sharpton led anti-cop rally aimed at seeking justice in the death of eric garner and michael brown. but new numbers show the city is a lot safer unless you happen to be a bad guy. so how did the nypd turn it around? we're going to ask former nypd detective, thomas ruskin who joins us now. good morning. >> go4j morning. >> first off, i want to step back. what do you think about the white house actually sending representatives to the funeral and services for michael brown today? >> i have never seen the white house send representatives to anyone's funeral. they've never sent it to my knowledge to any new york city police officer's funeral where he's been killed in the line of duty or anywhere else in this country. so for them to send three representatives to a guy who

robbed a convenience store, no matter what happened with the shooting, to me, makes my blood boil. >> it's interesting. you mentioned police officers who have died not had representatives from the white house at their services in the line of duty. 44 police officers lost their lives while protecting new york since 2000 alone. 23 on september 11. what is the message? right here in new york city, so much good has come from law enforcement really stepping it up, while the messaging is hey, police, stand back. what do you think about this? >> i don't think any police officer in this country who has sworn to give his life to defend other officers or civilians is ever going to step back. but you're going to think twice before taking certain types of actions? >> why? >> because if you're going to be criticized and second guessed day after day after day in the media with all these innuendos of what happened, dr. baden's

autopsy shows me he was shot with his hands down. he was shot three times in the arm in the front of his arm. not with his hands up. so if his hands were down, he didn't have his hands up. what you'll find through this investigation, i think -- and this has been my history in following these cases -- is that the people who originally come forward changed their story when they have to testify in front of a grand jury and give a testimony under perjury, under he were penalty of perjury. >> won't people take advantage of the fact that police going to be closer looked at in terms of their procedure? will there be those lurk to go take advantage of this moment post-michael brown? >> well, police departments routinely look at their procedures after any major shooting in this country. so i think that that's to be expected and police officers expect that. police officers will still go out there every single day and risk their lives around this country for the citizens that they are sworn to protect. >> i know a lot of lives have

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good morning. it is monday, august 25. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. we begin with a fox news alert. the left coast still bracing for aftershocks after a massive 6.0 earthquake.el4 nearly 200 injured as businesses and homes crumble. now experts are warning aftershocks could be even stronger than the original quake. we are live in napa. then an american hostage freed from the evil clutches of al-qaeda. this as authorities close in on apparently james foley's murderer. that man in the mask. now a new report claiming the special forces mission that tried to rescue foley was delayed by the president.

bret baier weighs in on that straight ahead. >> yep. and the challenge is on. >> i challenge steve doocy from fox news. >> wow. steve doocy accept kenny rogers' als ice bucket challenge? ♪ you know when to get covered in ice ♪ >> does that mean yes? >> stick around. you'll find out in 57 minutes. mornings are better with friends. >> you're watching "fox & friends," the number one morning cable news show in america. >> thank you, colonel david hunt. welcome aboard. live from new york city and washington, d.c. because bret baier joins us every monday at this time. good morning to you, bret. >> good morning. >> bret, isis is a big fat mess now and with the beheading, there were a lot of people who suggested the president should cut his vacation short. he didn't. but today he is back in washington, d.c

but yesterday's drum beat got pretty loud. we've got to do something about isis now or they're going to come get us. >> it really did. the president's got a full plate here dealing with this terrorist army. we've talked about it not only in iraq, but syria and the threats for attacks on western interests not only in europe, but in the u.s. they are continuing. you talk to intelligence officials here in washington and they will tell you that this particular brand of terrorist, this isis group, this terrorist army is really moreover lent, more dangerous than al-qaeda and they're a lot bigger. they originally thought there were only 10,000 or so. could be five to ten times that now. and it's growing. >> we know this, you can count on islamic extremists to always overstep. i would say, venture to guess, that the brutal beheading of this journalist, unprovoked, just covering a conflict, a serious civil war is the

overstep. now everyone is alerted to it. but you agreed reading between the lines. why would the chief of staff say to reporters on a plane last night that it's more of a regional threat, not really a threat to us at home? did someone pressure him? >> maybe, because boy, that's not the message you're getting from various intelligence committees up on capitol hill or frankly intelligence officials who speak to us anonymously because they look at it and they see a real threat to the homeland and real threat to european interests. hundreds of these isis guys have foreign european passports. >> we have a representative out of arizona who said this, we have a war, it's right here whether you want it or not. take a listen. >> trotsky said you may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you and the terrorists are at war with the united states and everything that we believe in. if we don't get with the program, they will make horrifying gains before we wake

up and this administration seems to be essentially asleep at the wheel. so yes, yes, we are at war. we have been for a long time. this administration just doesn't realize it. >> is part of the president's agenda right here because he has to realize that he can't be in denial, bret, to replace, talk about replacing, removing, why aren't we replacing funds in terms of our defense department? >> yeah. listen, when you see the justice department open up an investigation into the beheading of james foley, that's a different signal. it is a law enforcement action as far as many people call that an act of war with this group and they have to be taken out. we heard that this weekend. it's important to point out, to go back to what the chairman joint chiefs said, to hear the context. it is a regional threat now, but could it grow and be a threat and jump to a european or u.s. problem? that's really the question. >> sure.

on thursday we had jim foley's boss at that web site he worked at, he was on with us and he said that last spring when a number of european hostages were released, they told the intel people, hey, they're holding them in the city of raka, in the syrian city, that's where you'll find james foley. they didn't have the raid where they tried to rescue him until summer. you got to wonder why they waited a couple of months. now there is a property from the sunday times of london, which also accurately said that it looks like the fellow who did the beheading was a rapper, british rapper. now tony harnden says pentagon sources have said that barak obama worried u.s. troops would be captured or killed and he took too long to authorize it because he worried elder carterrized. what would to jimmy carter after he launched that failed mission in 1980 to rescue the american hostages taken by the iranians would happen to him. now the question is, did the

president wait too long? >> sure, i think there are going to be a lot of monday morning quarterbacking about what should have been done when and clearly in any operation into a place like syria, there would be that thought in the administration about 1980 and the failed effort by the delta force into tehran or frankly, blackhawk down more recently, some incident that would draw the u.s. in if they were not a what they did. this administration obviously launched the bin laden raid. clearly they made calculations to go forward before. but this time for one reason or another, they didn't. we don't know the accuracy of that sunday times report. i think that you are going to suspect and the british rapper potentially, he's one of the suspects. they're trying to do voice analysis as well as other investigative tools to try to pinpoint this group because

that's a real threat to great britain, which is why you saw the prime minister, david cameron, rush back. >> but if we handle the investigation like a criminal, like once we get him, the threat is over, i think we're fooling ourselves. so let's see what the president is going to do. i really got to ask you about another major issue of what's happening in ferguson. today we understand michael brown, the funeral will take place and the white house is sending three representatives. how unpress departmented is this? -- unprecedented is this? >> clearly they're trying to make a statement that they support the -- they want to call for calm on the ground. but it is interesting that the investigation obviously is still going forward, still continuing. we don't really have a clear sense definitively of where that investigation is going. but they are sending three white house aides. critics will say that that's premature and they look at other events like margaret thatcher's funeral where former administration aides were sent. but the father of michael brown

is calling for peace and silence and we'll see and hope that's what happens. >> he did. he did call for a at this of peace and silence -- day of peace and silence for their son. we spoke with detective thomas ruskin who mentioned that to the best of his knowledge, he doesn't recall the white house sending in a representative to any of the police officers that died, 44 of them, since early 2000. no one from the white house appeared at their funerals. >> no white house aides went to jim foley's service. >> that's right. >> but i'm not -- listen, i don't know what this sends. clearly the administration has been taking heat from the left for the president not speaking up more forcefully. and now he'll take heat from the right for sending aides. >> all right. bret baier joins us every monday morning at this time. thank you very much. >> all right. now to a fox news alert, residents in northern california surveying the damage following a

6 magnitude earthquake in napa. officials declaring a state of emergency, saying losses could top $1 billion. rick reichmuth joins us. that is a heavy load of damage financially on top of the physical damage we see. >> reporter: yeah, you're absolutely right. the earthquake was a $6 billion disaster 25 years ago. today's dollars is a different story. this is some of the damage you're seeing here. this is the obvious damage that you might see from an earthquake. take a look at some live shots that we have, live camera up now in a mobile home park that is just about two miles from here in downtown. these pictures are coming out of kttvu, one of our affiliates. this is a mobile home park that yesterday, one of the gas mains burst. a very large fire in this area. one of the residents in that area, 83-year-old man, had words to say about it. listen to what his experience

was. >> just like there was some explosion. it was burning and everybody was out in the street and i couldn't get back in the house. >> yeah, you can just imagine how terrifying that was. you have the earthquake, then the fire. four of the mobile homes completely destroyed. and people today having to begin to pick up those pieces. guys? >> all right. rick reichmuth live in napa, thank you very much. >> ainsley earhart joins us this morning. always good to see you. you have some headlines for us. >> i do. let me get right to those. a scare in the air. all because of one vip passenger. an american airlines flight made an emergency landing after a twitter threat from the hacker group lizard squad. it tweeted out at american air, we have been receiving reports that jay smedley's plane, 362 from dfw has explosives on

board. please look into this. jay smedley is john smedley, the president of sony on line entertainment and just before that tweet was sent out, sony's on line gaming network went down. the plane was forced to land in phoenix where all of the bags were searched, the f.b.i. is now investigating. the video music awards marred by a shooting at chris brown's preparty. someone opening fire there inside a packed hollywood nightclub shooting the rap mogul sug night. new reports claim chris brown was the intended target. knight underwent surgery and is expected to be okay. miley cyrus turning some heads at the mtv music awards. she did not we can twerk, but she had a lot of people talking. she let her date, a homeless teen-ager, accept her video of the year award. >> i have survived in she wanters all over the -- shelters all over the city. i've cleaned your hotel rooms, been an extra in your movies and an extra in your life. though i may have been invisible

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can he they be defeated without addressing that part of the organization which resides in syria? the answer is no. that will have to be addressed on both sides of what is essentially at this point a nonexistent border. >> okay. very clearly there, that was the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey on thursday speaking on the glow -- growing threat of isis, on the same day chuck hagel said it's beyond anything we've ever seen. very clear, isis bad. now a complete 180. general dempsey saying yesterday the united states faces no direct threat from isis and he wouldn't recommend strikes in syria yet. what the heck happened? fox news military analyst lieutenant general thomas mcinerny joinses from our nation's capitol. good morning to you. >> good morning.

>> yesterday dempsey said no, you know what? isis is just a regional threat. somebody on thursday picked up the phone and talked to the general, didn't they? >> absolutely. look, i'm standing by my comments saturday to uma pemmaraju on america's headquarters. unchecked, isis is annexes essential threat to the united states ask very soon. general dempsey was called by the white house and they told both he and secretary hagel, both of them who i commend greatly for what they said last thursday when they cried out for we've got to get on with it and there is this narrative in the white house that osama bin laden is dead. gm is alive. everything is okay. just like they did, steve, two years ago on benghazi when they knew an attack was coming and they ignored it. just for the election. >> that was on september 11, just before the election. all right.

you say this september 11, september 11, 2014, we'll have another strike. >> i believe that we should go to def con 1 and be prepared for another strike. there are too many indications. senator jim imhoff, senator who you just was on several days ago, said that he believed an american city was going to be attacked. i believe american cities will be attacked and that we should be prepared for it. and if we keep on the same modus operandi, this pattern of behavior that this white house always pretends leading up to an election that everything is okay, the american people are in danger. >> sure. >> we need a massive air campaign in iraq and syria. >> you say that one of the reasons the united states is in danger is because while dempsey may say it's a regional threat, isis is over there, because our southern border is wide open, we don't know who is coming in.

>> look, when we had this immigration crisis, which is still going on with women and children coming across, the border control people were saturated. the isis people have already come in. they are in our cities today. they are ready to attack us. 9-11 is a very attractive date for them. i believe we should be prepared and we are not. our commander in chief is not on the commander in chief role. he's out to lunch. >> all right. general mcinerny joining us with sobering words on this monday morning. while the president is back to work, let's see if they do anything. thank you very much. >> thank you. 20 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up, final exams in kindergarten? it could be happening at a school near you. is it a good idea or bad? we'll got a debate. it's talk show turf war. rosie o'donnell about to share office space with one of her greatest tv foes.

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their i.q. i worked very hard on that study. elisabeth? >> i can tell. thanks. florida law that goes into effect this year is giving school districts the option to test their students with some version of a final exam and that could actually include kindergarteners. should we be testing five-year-olds? joining us for a fair and balanced debate, senior fellow at the center for education reform and neil from the cato institute. we thank you both for being here. five years old, i've got a five-year-old. seems a little early for testing, and options sometimes do become quiet mandates. is there a problem? >> great education really is linked to the issues you've been talking about all morning, elisabeth. it's tied to a great economy, tied to a safe and peaceful and exceptional world. and kindergarten is where they use the kills. they need to learn play.

lay is actually a noncognitive thing that will help them for life and whether it's florida or indiana or washington or anywhere else, great schools need great teachers that guide our kindergarteners and kids at every other grade to learn how to be great at the things that we want them to know and be able to do to be productive. and is test not testing in kindergarten a bad idea? of course it is. they need new skills and anyone saying, which i don't think fellow there is, but anyone saying they need to have some standardized test is simply wrong. >> some of the questions they say could be as simple as what color is this circle? and you would have to answer red if the circle are red. neal, what do you say? >> i think it would be a problem if this was top down standardized testing where we have to treat every child as if they're exactly the same, as if people all had the same goals for education. of course people don't. do some people want their

children to know their abc's and maybe spell words and do some reading by the end of kindergarten? possibly. other people want their kids to become better socialized? certainly. so what we need is a system where you tonight get these top down mandates where every child has to be treated the same, but where you can choose schools, you can get different models and for some people, that may mean yes, i'd like to see a test of my child's literacy when they start, when they end kindergarten. but to have any sort of top down, one size fits all standardized testing regime would be a huge mistake. >> i think the fear, though, is that a child could be tracked as early as kindergarten when they're still in such a developmental phase of their education. >> do you know what the best anecdote to that kind of concern and worry? the reality is grade schools have great teachers and have lots of freedom and flexibility to do what they need to do. and yet be held accountable for firm outcomes and standards.

every state in this country has standards in place to tell the teacher, the parent, the community what kids should know and be able to do at every level. that's not rocket science. but the problem becomes, elisabeth, that when we actually mandate from the top down as neal was saying, when we require things at every given level and deprive the teacher of her freedom and his flexibility to do what they were trained to do is when we get a mess. so where are the great schools? where are the great systems? where parents and teachers have freedom to make choices is where we see the kids ho have come from the least advantaged backgrounds doing well and kids from the most advantaged backgrounds actually go farther than they normally would. >> we just want kids to be able to learn. will this help or hinder children, or is this just more about control over the system? >> i think it's a lot more about control and unfortunately, this is a trend we've been seeing for

20, 30 years now, is that we have this mindset where all kids have to be treated the same and they have to move in the exact same rate. treating them as if they're essentially all the same thing and are part of one big sort of american machine. but that's simply not what america is based on of the we're based on individual freedom, on creativity, on innovation, and all kids are different. so we need a system that instead of pretending we can be puppet masters, where we let individual children get the education that's best for them and thri(k/ and lead the lives that ultimately they want to lead. >> that's right. >> exactly. back to school time is a great time for us all to rediscover what it is we're supposed to do. it's not just a matter of parent involvement and teachers in the classroom. it's actually a matter of knowing what does the law say that created this frenzy over kindergarten testing? what's the role of the policy maker? what's the role of us? we as parents which should be more power and more control. >> jenny and neal, we thank you for being with us today.

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bioluminiscent marine animals. the man who took the video saying the colors are more stunning in person. we were trying to figure out what caused that. it looks pretty to us. how are you doing in there? >> speaking of in person, we're going to play tennis against jim courier, grand slam champion. you're going to have to pick one of the three of us to be on your team? >> i think that's an easy selection, to be honest. >> find out who he selects. but first let's go to ainsley who has the news. >> thank you. the search is on for a 21-year-old college student who never showed up for orientation at the university of montana. the man from california was last seen in southwest idaho nearly a week ago. he is driving a green 1997 subaru legacy with california plates and two orange kayaks on top of the car. police are asking for anyone with any information to please contact them. socialist france, plunging into a crisis now as the

president there dissolves his entire government. prime minister vols resigning after harshly criticizing the handling of the economy, which has been struggleing. hollande urging them to form a new government by tomorrow. he has a dismal approval rating of 17%. it's been 200 years since the british set fire to the white house during the war of 1812. and to mark the day, the british embassy tweeting, commemorating the 200th anniversary of burning the white house. only sparklers this

>> no, no. >> i don't know where that >> listen, to me, that's a homophobic remark. >> you might remember ripa responded by calling in to the view to defend her reaction after clay aiken covered her mouth. >> three kids, shaking hands with everybody in the audience. i mean, that's what i meant. and to imply it's anything homophobic is outrageous, rosy, and you know better. you should be more responsible. >> anybody putting on you, you don't know where they've been. >> i respect you. i have four kids myself. i understand cold and flu season. i'm just saying from where i sit as gay person in the world, i have to tell you, that's how it came off to me. >> almost eight years later, the two are going to be sharing the same studio. sources say they haven't spoken since that incident and the building might not be big enough for the both of them. and those are your headlines.

back to you guys outside. >> thank you very much. very exciting for us. why? we got to change outfits. new york city is serving up world class tennis today as the 2014 u.s. open officially kicks off. >> on this monday, who is going to take home the title? >> we're going to ask four-time grand slam champion and ten miss hall of famer, jim courier. do you have a favorite? >> serena williams, she's the best player. >> she's struggling. >> she has not played her best in the major this year, but she won two tournaments this summer. but she's finding her form at the right time. and roger federer, 33. he's the form player. this summer, finals at wimbledon. nidal. >> we all know women can destroy or make your career in the case of both these two, and rory mcelroy, it seems like it helped their careers. >> caroline is definitely very focused. she's played very well this

summer, which has been good for her and i think we're all cheering for her. she's great person. >> we're excited about the relationship between the tennis channel and business channel. >> fox business every morning. today kicks off the big relationship of all the games and matches. >> that's right. >> what else can you tell us? >> tennis channel, we'll be on live from 10:30 to 7 every day and then replaying at night. if you miss anything, go to the tennis channel or your tennis channel app. >> no app for this, we would like to actually play tennis, a real match against you. >> right. i'm a professional. i'm a professional, so we have to play for some cash. let's play for this here (. >> we're going to play two real points. >> i'll put it right here. >> perfect. >> two real points. >> you have to pick one of us to be your partner. >> my partner right here. >> look at this! >> you're smart. because i am terrible. >> you're going to lose your

money! >> here we go. i got it. that's one. may have missed a point, i'm not sure. >> that's mine. >> that's our $100. >> i'm just warming up. here we go. >> nice. >> you got it, brian. >> i like it. >> one more quick one. >> you got to make that shot. we're counting on it. >> who is going to give federer a run for his money? >> the number one player in the world, his wife is having a baby in a month or so. we're sure the $100 is staying with this team. >> we know that.

>> right there. >> how could you dress like us and we dress like you? >> you guys didn't get the memo that this was street clothes. that was our advantage. >> we're going to be watching on fox business. and tennis channel as the u.s. open kicks off. >> congratulations on your broadcast degree. you're doing a great job. >> thank you very much. >> coming up, this video is terrifying, but we promise it's okay to watch. a little boy run over by an suv and you know what? watch this. the little kid gets up and walks away. and the challenge is on. >> i challenge steve doocy from fox news. >> i have accepted and it's happening live right here. it will be courier and ice. ♪ ♪ we're the places you call home,

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welcome back. a look at headlines. caught on camera, a mexican army paratrooper is dragged behind a plane after his chute failed to open during a training exercise, causing a cable to get caught. suv drives right over a little boy in china playing on the street. amazingly, this boy gets up and walks away. thank goodness. and this scary selfy ever. three teens snapping a picture on top of hong kong's tallest sky scraper. one of them almost 1200 feet high. giving me chills to take a look at that. oh, my.

now to a fox news alert, residents in northern california surveying the damage following a 6 magnitude earthquake in napa. officials saying losses could> reporter: yeah. great question. he's been transferred to another facility that could better take care of him. he's been upgraded to serious but stable condition. that's great news. there is one other person who is still in critical condition from injuries sustained. in all, about 200 people sustained some kind of injury. but there is just that one still in critical and the 13-year-old in serious but stable. the damage here, we're able to get light on the courthouse. i want to show this to you. that was built in 1879. it's one of the oldest courthouses in california. you can see that damage

obviously, the big hole torn into it, but also the cracks. it's those cracks that are appear not guilty some many of the buildings that are making the manage potentially unsafe. if you do have aftershock and any aftershock of legitimate consequence. this building, you can see the wall that toppled off. that entire wall is leaning. you can see the bricks that have fallen onto the car. any aftershocks causing more problems like this. back to you. >> we thank you for that. coming up, the president defending his golf game, saying the american people don't care. but an insider who voted for obama said this mistake will haunt him. is it a double bogey? he's coming up with that. first we're going to check in with martha for what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> good morning. so big question today, is the big one on the way in california? we will look at the new data that is just coming in from this quake. and very mixed messages on isis

after days of drum beat for air strikes. now a change of tune from the pentagon. we're going to talk about that with the spokesman there. and michael brown's funeral is today. we will take you there live when we see you at the top of the hour

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critics are calling president obama disconnected from surgeoning from the golf course minutes after addressing the beheading of james foley. here is one of his close friends on "fox & friends" weekend. >> it hasn't sit very well with me for sure, you know. to me, it's personal, but also even beyond that. i think it shows quite a disconnect that the president talks about taking on isis, consoles the foley family and is out playing golf so quickly.

at the very least, it's very poor management by his handlers. but i think is those a callousness. >> michael goodwin joins us now. woodrow wilson played golf. eisenhower loved golf. what's the problem? >> look, presidents are entitled to a vacation, but there is just the question of how engaged this president is in the job. he seems almost fixated on playing golf. >> his speech was good. it showed he was emotional. >> i don't think it was a good speech. but then, there is no action. to get back on the golf course within minutes, i think showed a callousness that goes beyond the routine. i personally believe this president doesn't care anymore. i believe he's sort of fed up with the job, he's frustrated. he's failing. and i think he's just kind of checked out. so playing golf is his pleasure. he likes the perks of the job, but you look at the problems in the world, you look at the problems in the country, he's simply not acting as a president

who wants to get things done. >> at the very least, he should tell the photographers, not today. don't show up. 'cause he was laughing. >> you can't do that. that's the great thing about the american press is that we do have access. it is accepted that we will have access, but to show the president minutes after the foley beheading to be doing that, i think just shows he doesn't care what people think about him. >> david plouffe tries to rationalize yesterday. listen. >> this is a political tradition. when you're the president of the united states, urinary really on vacation. you're on 24/7. i think this whole discussion of optics is something that fascinating washington, but not the american people. >> that was even a weak spin. >> yeah. i think that the optics tell us something about him. anybody who could do that, it's not just how it looks, it's how it must be inside him to make that decision.

>> you wrote he looks hollow. >> he does. i think he's a hollow man. i think he has no compassion for the foley family in this case. but i think he also is not committed to the job. i mean, we are in a terrible situation around the world. the president essentially checked out. he's trying to do the minimum. you heard his defense secretary and the chairman of the joint chiefs talking about how serious it is. that's not what the president wants to hear. the president wants to hear osama bin laden is dead, gm is alive. we're doing great. let's get back to domestic issues. let's keep the senate in democratic hands. i think we'll see him campaigning. but he doesn't talk to members of congress. doesn't talk to his own cabinet. he's checked out from the real work of the president. >> we're going to check you out again on radio in about 12 minutes. thanks so much. >> my pleasure. we're going to come back with a special ice challenge next. >> i challenge steve doocy from fox news. >> and steve is gearing up to

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my niece stephanie challenged me, the same day that ed butowski challenged me. so in the words of kenny rogers, to hold em. know when to cool -- i'm cold. thank you. >> i think i got myself, too. >> there you go. >> we have somebody special on the phone. >> no way! kenny! thank you very much for the late morning shower. >> leave the bucket on. >> you can't leave the bucket on. >> you know this is a great cause. why did you choose steve? >> well, because i knew brian wouldn't do it with his hair cut. it would mess up his hair. >> that's very true. >> brian is agreeing with you. what did you think about steve's rendition of know when to hold him? >> very nice.

the road with me. >> you know, als ice bucket challenge has made we think $40 million? what a great cause. pete from boston college, who is suffering from it, he's been so inspirational and caused people all around the country. yesterday i think it was mitt romney who got ice buckets by paul ryan. >> yes. over $41.8 million in the past month has been raised. 739,000 new donations this year alone for als. the ice bucket challenge worked. how are we going to get dolly to do it, kenny? >> i challenged her and i don't think she's done it yet. i won't let her off the hook. >> i know she's never been in a wet t-shirt contest before, because that would have stood out. >> is that what i look like? >> a little bit. >> and by the way, my challenge, anybody watching, investigate als and take a look and see if you would like to donate money. >> pick three people. he has to pick three people and

challenge them. >> all right. i pick brian. >> okay. >> and two to be named later in the after the show show. >> can do you that? >> stick around. >> kenny rogers, thank you very much. >> thank you. great show this morning. now there are aftershocks today after a powerful earthquake rocked san francisco bay area. it was the strongest they have had in 25 years. that's a lot of broken glass. 6.0 in the heart of wine country in napa valley, sparking fires, damaging buildings there. it injured 170 people, leaving thousands of homes with no power. the positive there has declared understandably a state of emergency. good morning, everybody, on this monday morning. welcome, i'm martha maccallum in "america's newsroom." >> hello, everybody, i'm eric shawn in for bill hemmer this morning. the q