thank you so much to everyone who responded today. we're not done hearing your responses. remember to keep talking. should tony stewart face criminal charges? log on to "fox & friends first" facebook page after the show, #keep talking. >> frocks frocks -- "fox & friends" starts now. >> good morning. it is wednesday, september 17. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. we begin with a fox news alert. this u.s. citizen behind bars this morning for trying to recruit americans to join isis. but his jihad does not stop there. wait until you hear his bigger plans. we're live with the breaking details. >> call it a white house divided. president obama's top general going against this continued mantra we've heard so many times. >> it will not involve american combat troops fighting on foreign soil. >> why general dempsey is now saying we may need boots on the ground to defeat isis.

oops. >> a football player's faith under fire. the nfl forces rg3 to turn his t-shirt inside out because it said, quote, no jesus no faith." should the nfl embrace that message, especially now? mornings are better with friends. >> hello there. this is grover from "sesame street." do you know the way to "fox & friends"? >> we're right over here. in fact, grover is going to be dropping by a little later on. big anniversary. >> with his friends. >> abbey premiered on this show years ago. >> she is sweet. >> a very busy program, and we start this hour with a fox news alert. this u.s. citizen behind bars this morning for trying to recruit americans to join isis. but his jihad doesn't stop this. anna kooiman is live on the

streets of new york city with a scary threat. >> reporter: good morning. federal prosecutors have now charged a 30-year-old american citizen with trying to recruit people to isis. originally from yemen, he has been the subject of an f.b.i. investigation for over a year now. a series of pro-isis tweets first tipped off the feds. now they say he has been attempting to recruit other terrorists and even was planning to kill u.s. soldiers returning from the middle east. a department of justice official tells fox news these are not isolated incidents. there are dozens of others being investigated inside the united states right now. this coming as a brand-new threat against new york's times square is revealed. a disturbing new report shows supporters of isis are being asked to use pipe bombs to attack american targets. lawmakers are calling for drastic action to be taken against isis including new york congressman elliot engel who fears another

9/11-style attack could be coming. >> i understand my colleagues are war weary. i'm war weary. i understand the american people are war weary. i'm war weary. but again, i think doing nothing would invite something very similar that happened to my city, new york city, on that fateful day of september 11, 2001. >> nypd commissioner bill bratton said cops are aware of the threat but they don't believe they are credible. back to you. >> anna kooiman live in times square. >> secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff were asked to go in front of the armed services committee and explain our method when it comes to fighting, defeating and destroying isis, at which time we'll have a chance to hear your statements and ask some questions. when they asked some questions, that's when the script went off and i think we got some candid comments, especially from general dempsey who many people in the military have been dispointed for because they know general dempsey

and they say how could he possibly be behind some of the strategies he's been trumpeting over the last few weeks. >> the president made a promise no boots on the ground. his aim is to establish a broad coalition of those that will put boots on the ground. not u.s. troops boots on the ground. in keeping with that promise, as you mentioned brian, some are asking how can the white house say that, yet general dempsey say this? >> my view at this point is that this coalition is the appropriate way forward. i believe that will prove true. but if it fails to be true and if there are threats to the united states, then i of course would go back to the president and make a recommendation that may include the use of u.s. military ground forces. >> they seem to be a house divided. if this coalition doesn't work, by the way, last night, in talking to his french counterpart, he said half of the troops in iraq,

half of those military combatants would not be able to actually continue the fight. so if that happens, if this coalition proves to be false he's saying i'll go back to the president and suggest our own boots on the ground. >> and that's what you'd expect. you want all the options on the table. the president seems to keep taking things off the table. at least general dempsey is being practical with this. go back a couple of weeks, remember he said isis is one of the greatest threats ever. then he got taken to the woodshed and he kind of backed that down. so it was refreshing and candid to hear him say there is a way we might actually have to see boots on the ground. charles krauthammer has looked into his crystal ball and has analyzed it and sees three reasons why dempsey may have said we might have to put people there. listen. >> either the president wants not to do it, which appears to be the impression he was definitive in his speeches.

this is not going to happen, no ground troops. and the military wants to go ahead and do it because it knows it's going to need to at some point. or obama is cleverly being the one who gives the good news and is having the general go out and talk about the inevitable bad news, the ground troops. or the third possibility is these guys have no idea what they're saying or doing and they can't agree on what's going on. >> i'm for one hoping for the second. >> i think three is more realistic. >> when you saw them scramble after this hearing when you had dempsey's press secretary, colonel ed thomas go we didn't say there's going to be boots on the ground. josh earnest goes we never said that. we're talking hypotheticals. then you had at the state department a spokesperson saying no boots on the ground, to reiterate. you realize when the general said i'm not going to go back and restate anything i said because i was being honest and everyone else tried to spin it forward, this became the

number-one story to emerge. on top of that, it is illogical to think 5,000 free syrian army people training for over a year and a half inside saudi arabia as well as what's left of the iraqi army and nobody else so far who has put troops forward are going to be able to suppress and stop 30,000 isis fighters. it's illogical. >> there are troops on the ground. there are covert operations. and the president's theme here seems to be operating within a covert nature. if that ends up whiepg out out -- wiping out isis, fine. but it's leaving the american people confused. >> leave all thethe table. about seven and a half minutes after the top of the hour hour with this busy wednesday. heather nauert with headlines. >> the minnesota vikings just suspended adrian peterson again. he is banned pending the outcome of his child abuse case. he was reinstated on monday

but in a new statement the owners say this now -- quote -- "after giving the situation additional thought, we have decided this is the appropriate course of action for the organization and for adrian. peterson accused of hitting it would of his sons, both four years old. peterson apologized but says his own parents disciplined him this way and it helped him become a football star. the search for a missing university of virginia student expanding this morning. police are moving the search after new surveillance video shows hannah graham outside the bar where she was last seen appearing drunk. this as her heart broken family pleads for help. here is what they're saying. quote, those of us who know and love hannah know she would not disappear without contacting family or friends. graham is the fourth young woman to go missing in this area in the past five years. brand-new information about the man who shot two pennsylvania state troopers in cold blood. he is a sharp shooting

survivalist who targeted cops and was out for mass murder. that suspect right there, the 31-year-old, his father says he is a skilled shooter who -- quote -- "does not miss. he is accused of murdering trooper byron k. dickson diks and critically wounding alex douglas before getting away. an incredible story of survival. three people, including a man with a broken leg, and a ten-year-old boy swam to safety in the pitch-dark water after a wave sunk their boat off the coast of kuai. the nightmare started when a massive wave hit the boat. all three were thrown in the water. one of the men suffering a broken hip and his leg broken in three places. he described it as the worst pain of his life. after four hours of unbearable pain they decided to swim for it. half an hour later they made it to shore.

good for them. where was that again? >> kuai. one of the islands off hawaii. >> i don't know that town either because i haven't been to hawaii. >> we went there for three nights, saw them all. >> what did you do, fantasy island? were you an extra? >> i was. >> it is a beautiful island. >> time to go back to the future. >> how so? >> we used to do this segment called choose your news and we're going to bring it back because america is clamoring. >> on a why not wednesday? >> you choose the news. we're going to give you three difn stories and we want -- three different stories and we want you to go to our facebook page and tell us which of these stories you're most infuriated with. first, rg3 dislocated his ankle on sunday. he went to a post-game press conference and he was wearing that t-shirt. it says no jesus, no peace.

as it turns out, the nfl uniform inspector was at the door and said hey, that's not a nike product. you can't wear it. he eventually turned it inside out. he later said apparently he did it himself rather than face a fine. but nonetheless, come on. nike product. clearly a christian message. do you have a problem with that? that's number one. >> number two is this. there is a teenager in arkansas, 13-year-old. she actually -- she wants wants -- she wore a t-shirt to school. she purchased it at a christian fair. it says virginity rocks. from arkansas middle school. the back says i'm loving my husband and i haven't even met him. this is just her freedom, her speech on her t-shirt. they said you want to be abstinent, take the shirt off. they gave her a school-issued shirt to wear instead because they thought the possibility was there that it -- quote --

"opens up too many doors for conversations about abstinence." >> apparently those people who said that have never been to a sex ed class in high school. they're graphic. >> her mom said her daughter needs to respect the leadership of this school and she will. she is a good kid. >> to south carolina where on 9/11 four high school students at woodruff high school decided to bring two huge flags to school in honor of those who lost their lives and showing patriotism on 9/11. all four kids came to school with large flags, they all got them taken away because we're not being anti-american. rules are rules. anything that creates a disturbance on campus or draws an unusual amount of attention to one's self- -- we all love americans and support our country. we value our americans. we've got to get into the first amendment. we cannot discriminate. >> which of those three

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e-mail, bad e-mail. anything that reportedly could have gotten them into trouble, colonel, was grinded up, was shredded and the review board never got all the documents. big deal. >> this is key because what they probably took out were the very authority documents, the accountability documents which were the heart of the accountability issue. let me be very clear on this. what they probably took out were documents with direct signatures, where people signed off on things and/or initialed things. a lot of times you get a packet and the principal will review it and initial off on it. i think what happened was anything that had direct, someone putting pen to paper was completely pulled out. that's what the accountability review board should have been focused on most viciously. >> i said this before. they should be more outraged than anyone because pickering's reputation on the review board. but they didn't have all the information. >> clearly this would have indicated other directions this investigation could and should have gone but

didn't. they are the ones on the hook saying we didn't have a complete investigation, but i don't see them actually saying right now here that we need to get the rest of the documents into the mix. >> when you were saying things with signatures on it, for example, if the secretary of state signed off on something, she knew about it. if she signed off on the security investigation -- >> or deny it. >> she could no longer deny it. hypothetically, you would think about the electronic pad because those had to be printed from something. you say the big picture, there's 15% left of this story. >> 15% of issues, items and specific incidents and people involved we don't know yet. we're getting close to the end here but this last 15% is going to be the most difficult to get to because all roads lead to principal officers. some of the documents we're talking about were probably the direct link to bad incidents, to include the holy grail, the obtaining of weapons from the libyan

rebels. some of the rebels ended up being the isis threat we're now facing. >> this is almost like a mini iran contra thing. >> absolutely. that is why i think representative cummings has been pushing so hard to say we've answered all the questions. they haven't. what we need to do is push hard because this is going to be the most difficult 15% to get. >> those weapons will be moved out of libya, that conflict to somebody else who needed those weapons. the democrats had a press conference yesterday saying they know everything so they don't want these hearings. thanks so much. get ready to give the government even more personal information to boy a gun. why the feds want to know your race to exercise your right. every year more than 70,000 kids under 2 are rushed to the hospital after taking prescription drugs by accident. an e.r. nurse here with the prescriptions you must keep away from your toddlers.

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went outside to the car to load something else up. child got into the medication. fortunately he was fine but this is something that happens all the time. just a brief oversight, a slip in judgment and your kids can get into your medication. >> there are specific medications you want to alert people to. three categories. the first is pain medication. >> pain medications are particularly dangerous. things like percoset can inhibit breathing in children, even as little as a half a tablet. >> would you know right away? >> a lot of times you would, but sometimes it can be five hours later, even 14. watch for a long period of time. >> blood medications. >> 23% of adults are on blood pressure medication. this is something in our house, all over homes in the u.s. these can cause low blood pressure, low heart rates in kids. while we want this in

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through a relative. if your kid is visiting somebody or you have somebody visiting you, what's your advice? >> tell them to keep their medicines out of sight. a lot of times we put medications in our purse, in your suitcase. they're not high in the medicine cabinet or the kitchen cupboard like they normally would be. educate your relatives they need to keep their medications out of sight of children locked up ideally especially when in your home. >> never describe your medication as candy? >> yes. parents want to avoid the fight of giving their kids medication so they say it's candy, it's going to taste good. while this is going to avoid temporary kicking and screej when it comes to taking medications, it is a bad habit over time. it leaves the kids seeking out medicine. kids need to view it seriously and responsibly. it is good training to fight the fight and make them take it. don't disguise it as candy. >> that advice gave me

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things. eagles football. he must have been happy yesterday. and "fox & friends" in the morning. thank you. >> so you can actually watch us and watch the kids on the trampoline or in the fort. trey writes watching from a drilling rig out in west texas. look at that. once again, we love to see more of the pictures of where you watch "fox & friends" or fox news channel. if at the gym take a picture of your workout machine with a little tv right there. if it's not on there, change the channel. you'll help people all day long. or e-mail us or twitter us or facebook us. >> remember you told everyone on jetblue to put up their hands or do something. so if you're on a plane, we haven't seen a plane shot yet. >> sounds like a challenge. >> there must be a flight ready to take off right now. >> if you're on an airplane and it is only 6:35 in the east. but if you're on an

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now charged with five felonies. and those are a look at your headlines. back to you. >> heather, thank you very much. we've got extreme weather to tell you about. arizona residents bracing for a monster storm. you can see them loading their cars with sandbags to put them around their houses. in arizona. >> that's right. maria molina is here with this very latest on odile. >> we're tracking odile, currently a tropical storm. the center is over very warm water so that is allowing it to keep its strength, maximum sustained winds at 50 miles per hour. temperature over the water is about 90 degrees. you can see that the center is forecast to come into arizona and just outside or over the city of tucson as we head into late tonight. we're talking several, many hours at least 12 to 24 hours of areas of heavy rain across portions of new

mexico and arizona. we have flash flood watches already in effect. locally up to eight inches of rain could fall across southwestern parts of new mexico. that seems to be the bull's eye but more than four inches could fall across the southern portion of the state of arizona as well. about a week and a half ago we had a little more than three inches in the city of phoenix and we had cars being washed away and significant flash flooding. it's going to be very interesting and hopefully not as bad across parts of arizona over the next couple of hours. otherwise, on the heels of odile, we have another tropical storm forecast to come very close, uncomfortably close to the city of cabo. we're going to watch the storm system, currently a tropical storm. could become a hurricane over the next few days. brian, let's head back inside. >> nascar legend tony stewart's fate in the hands of a grand jury. new york prosecutors deciding there is enough evidence from this deadly accident last month to move

forward with the case. kevin ward jr. was killed when he got out of his car and walked on the track to confront stewart during the race. stewart has maintained his innocence, releasing this statement. i look forward to this process being completed and i will continue to provide my full cooperation. nascar says they are closely following the case. more news. ray rice taking the first step to possibly return to the football field. the nfl players union appealed his indefinite suspension arguing he can't be punished twiews for -- twice for the same action. commissioner roger goodell initially suspended rice for two games but then increased. major sponsor movement. anheuser-busch sending a strong message to the nfl saying they are disappointed and concerned with the handling of behaviors that so clearly go against our company culture and moral code. they are worth about $400

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not beefing up security despite the credible threats. oh my. steve? >> get this. mid term elections heating up and we're talking about the seats of power as the republican party battles democrats for control of the u.s. senate. but what are their chances, the republicans? and where do they need to win? here with a look at three races is katelyn burns from realclearpolitics.com. good morning to you. we should start out by pointing out the republican party needs to gain six seats for a majority in the u.s. senate. that's the magic number. let's start in north carolina where right now, let's look at the latest polling. kate hey -- kate hagan is at 45%, a democrat. >> the north carolina race is an interesting race. i consider it one of the

bellwethers. mitt romney won this seat by the slimmest of margins compared to the other red states. in north carolina the interesting test is which is the stronger weight, the president and the national democratic party or the republican-led legislature in north carolina whose poll numbers are also not great. that's the interesting test there. and north carolina is one of those states we'll be watching beyond the senate race as well and into 2016. >> when you say it's a litmus test of the president, are you talking about obamacare? are you talking about isis? are you just talking about the whole package? >> i think the whole package. the health care law particularly is something that republicans are using there. also everything from the current events, current foreign policy to gun legislation. and so republicans are kind of building up that whole entire package, as they are in states across the country. >> meanwhile let's go to

arkansas where the republican challenger tom cotton is actually leading the incumbent democrat mark pryor. what's going on in arkansas? >> arkansas is an interesting test this cycle of whether red state southern democrats are going to be an extinct breed one day, or if they can survive. pryor is one of the candidates this cycle who is running on the family name. we're seeing that trend in places like alaska and louisiana as well. that will be a close race as well. >> now let's head out west to colorado where in the senate, mark udall, the incumbent democrat, is leading corey gardener. but wednesday again it's close enough, looks to me just about the margin of error. >> this is also going to be a close race, an intense battle ground, a place where republicans did a good job recruiting but also what i consider to be the ground zero for the so-called war on women. women's issues are prevailing from democrats there this cycle.

>> also i understand mr. gardener has made inroads with hispanics as well? >> right. colorado is an interesting state on the mid term level and presidential level because of the growing number of hispanics in the region, in the state. he has been trying to court those voters knowing that that's an important constituency for elections there. >> and before you go, so that we started this segment, the magic number is six. at this point what is it, a 50-50 shot that republicans will get it? >> it is going to be close. republicans already have about three seats pretty much in the bag, trying to gain three more seats while defending two. so this is going to be really close up until election day and really fun to watch for us. >> that's what we'll be doing. all right caitlin huey-burns from realclearpolitics. thank you. a doctor made her

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send a search party. ♪ ♪ >> another dead end. this looks like the right way. let's see. more like the wrong way. i don't think i'll ever make it out. >> no one has ever tried it. i did it! i found the exit and it only took me 12 hours. well, the fox film opening friday certainly put the taste in our pallate to do this.

you did okay. we have something behind us here. our own corn maze here. this is such a fun thing to doors especially during the fall season. we're already in september. >> was that fun? >> it was a lot of fun. >> you looked a little scared. any time you're looking directly at the cameraman, you're not alope. >> yeah. there was a whole crew behind the cameraman, too, we had the producer and friends. and didn't take me 12 hours as i said. it took me about an hour, hour and a half. >> still a long time to be in the corn maze. >> yeah. that particular maze they had some quiz questions throughout it. so you were able to stop and look at the question and answer it. it was also mental. not just physical workout. >> right. it's wednesday, later on today you're going to have help from grover. >> yeah. we're going to have sesame street edition. >> very nice. >> maria, thank you very much.

>> thank you. >> amazing. coming up, you choose the news from rg 3 turning his religious t-shirt inside out because the nfl said it didn't say nike. to american flags being confiscated on 9-11 at a school, which story has you outraged? go to facebook. >> then forget what you have been told about the importance of having a family dinner. our expert coming up says just skip them. eat alone instead. >> send an e-mail to each other. ♪ ♪

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good morning. today is wednesday, september 17. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. a fox news alert, another united states citizen busted recruiting fellow americans to join isis and his jihad does not end there. turns out he has even bigger plans. we are live with the breaking details. >> wow. it's one promise president obama says he won't break. >> it will not involve american combat troops fighting on foreign soil. >> but it turns out his top general is not on the same page. we'll give you both sides of that story. and what story we're talking about this morning makes you the most angry? r.g. 3 being forced to turn his religious shirt inside out, a teen-ager being forced to take off her virginity rocks shirt at school, or the four american flags confiscated from a school parking lot on september 11? now you can choose the news and that's what you're doing this morning right here on "fox &

friends". >> this is miss piggy and i just love -- what's the name of the show again? >> "fox & friends." >> "fox & friends." >> she seemed to know what she was talking about when she sat down. grover will be in the house a little later on. big milestone in the history of sesame street. but right now, we begin with developing story. get this, a u.s. citizen is behind bars this morning for trying to recruit americans to join isis. >> this is a terrifying new threat that is emerging to attack new york's times square. >> joining us live from times square with this breaking details, six blocks away, anna kooiman. last time we were there we were talking about the super bowl promotion. much more serious now. >> absolutely. this is a disturbing new message board post from isis. it's entitled to the lone wolves of american, how to make a bomb

in your kitchen. the encouraged targets are here in times square, las vegas strip and places in texas. we'll get to the police response in just a bit. first, federal prosecutors have charged a 30-year-old american citizen with trying to recruit people to isis. he's originally from yemen and has been the subject of an f.b.i. investigation for over a year. a pro-isis tweets first tipped off the feds. now they say he has been attempting to recruit other terrorists and even was planning to kill u.s. soldiers returning from the middle east. a department of justice official tells fox news these are not isolated incidents. there are dozens of others being investigated inside the united states right now. this is coming as a brand-new threat against times square is revealed. a disturbing report shows supporters of isis are being urged to use easily made pipe bombs to attack american targets. simple household products like sugar, christmas lights, and matches can be used to make these explosives.

lawmakers are calling for drastic action to be taken against isis, including new york congressman elliott angle. >> i understand that my colleagues are war weary. i am war weary. i understand the american people are war weary. i'm war weary. but again, i think doing nothing would invite something very similar that happened in my city, new york city, on that fateful day of september 11, 2001. >> reporter: as for the threats towards times square, we're hearing from nypd commissioner bill bratten who says they are aware of these threats, but they do not believe they are credible and they are ready for anything that could be happening as well prepared as any law enforcement agency possibly could be. back to you. >> all right. anna kooiman live in times square. be on the lookout for anybody buying christmas lights, which i have a feeling people are going to be doing in a month or two. >> exactly right about that.

breaking news on adrian peterson just in. heather, what do you have for us? >> stunning developments here. the minnesota vikings just suspended adrian peterson again. he's been banned pending the outcome of his child abuse case. he was reinstated on monday, but in a new statement, the owners say, quote, after giving the situation additional thought, we have decided that this is the appropriate course of action for the organization and for adrian peterson. peterson took to part after the news saying, many people doubted you. now look at you. you didn't only overcome major obstacles in your life, you identified who you were in christ. and brand-new information about the man who shot two pennsylvania state troopers in cold blood. he is a sharp shooting survivalist who targeted cops and was out for mass murder. that suspect, 31-year-old eric matthew freen. he's a skilled shooter who, quote, does not miss.

he is accused of murdering brian dixon and critically wounding another police officer friday night before getting away. the search area for missing university of virginia student is expanding this morning. police are moving the search after new surveillance video not released shows hannah graham outside the bar where she was last seen appearing drunk. this as her heart broken family pleads for help saying, quote, those of us who know and love hannah know that she would not disappear without contacting family or friends. graham is the fourth young woman to go missing in this same area in the past five years. to nasa now bringing manned space flight back to american soil. the agency awarding contracts to boeing and spacex to ferry astronauts to and from the international space station. the move will cut our reliance on the russians. the multi-billion-dollar deal will help make sure nasa meets its 2017 goals of manned space

flights. those are a look at your headlines. >> and good news for nevada. they scooped up tesla and said hey, come over here. so they're going to be working on their space x, which is part of that tesla organization because the taxes were lower in nevada. >> sounds like their rocket motors were cheaper. it's all good fort taxpayer. let's move on to isis. i got a feeling the guy who heads up the joint chiefs, general martin dempsey, once again yesterday gave his boss a bit of heartburn because yesterday he revealed -- just listen to this exchange with senator kelly ayotte. despite what we have heard, the mantra from this administration, no boots on the ground, the general seized a possibility there could be boots on the ground. listen to this. >> i'm not confident how this is going to happen without the assistance of our trained special operators on the ground

here. but i appreciate that you've said that you have not ruled this out. >> i have not in terms of recommendations. >> thank you. has the president ruled it out? >> well, at this point his stated policy is that we will not have u.s. ground forces in direct combat. so yes. >> including operators in j tech and imbedded on the ground? >> that's correct. but he has told me as well to come back to him on a case by case basis. >> he says he would recommend. there might be a case where he would recommend and used an example of mosul. he said we have trouble getting back mosul if the forces on the ground there aren't able to do it, he could see a scenario where we would do it. we already have 1600 special operators there. they're just not allowed to go out to the front lines with the people that they're directing or training. >> wait a minute. you're saying we already have 1600 boots on the ground? >> right. >> it would be boots on the ground. >> i would assume they are boots on the ground, unless they're in that michael j. fox hovercraft that, skateboard. >> i've been waiting for that

since "back to the future." but back to point here, i think we're all waiting for some sort of clarity. it seems like it's a house divided. general dempsey's greatest opposition may indeed be this mantra that the president continues to put forward. take a listen. >> we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq. american combat troops will not be returning to fight in iraq. i've been very clear that we're not going to have u.s. combat troops in iraq again. american combat troops will not be returning to fight in iraq. it will not involve american combat troops fighting on foreign soil. >> what's curious about that is while general dempsey being very honest, you know, i'll talk to him about it and he might authorize it on a case by case basis, when the president has made his case, the american people time after time after time, he never said case by case basis. >> why would he box himself in? he didn't have to. there was no urgency to do so. it wasn't going to affect the

election either way. >> it's politics. we need a commander in chief when it comes to military. the joint chiefs of state says we're going to evaluate. if plan a doesn't work, we'll significantly consider plan b and consider that. >> the general said 26 of the 50 iraqi brigades are capable of confronting isis. >> that's half, which is troubling. the good news is the president did order 3,000 boots on the ground to ballot ebola in liberia. >> can anybody else do anything? >> we got to help. >> our viewers can. >> can another country stop a virus? >> let's hope we can. >> could they choose the news? >> let's do it. >> our friends at home have been doing. we have three stories for you to choose the news. steve? >> first of all, on sunday after rg 3 dislocated his knee, he was wearing that t-shirt while on crutches. it says know jesus, know peace.

well, turns out some guy from the nfl, the uniform police guy said you got to turn it inside out. you can't wear that 'cause it's not a nike product. so he did just that. later it was revealed that he said that he did it on his own. he just didn't want to get a fine. >> right. more t-shirt controversy continuing with our second story. 13-year-old wore a virginity rocks t-shirt and it was banned from her middle school. it said on the back, i love my husband and promoting her idea of abstinence. the school said it would open too much conversation and told her she had to take it off. >> all right. now let's bring it to south carolina where at one high school, the principal told four students on 9-11 who brought four big flags to school, put them on their trucks, you got to take them off. rules are rules. i'm not against the american flag, but we don't want to do anything that's going to be distracting to people learning at that school. their superintendent also backed them up.

we all love america and support our country. value our veterans, but rules are rules. do you agree with that? what outraged you the most? >> we asked you over the last hour to vote and according to facebook, the results are in. 74% of are you steamed that the school yanked the flags, followed by rg 3's shirt inside out and the middle school virginity rocks t-shirt. >> they are not buying the principal's explanation. the flag is the flange and 9-11 is a special day. >> renee said this on facebook, not being able to fly the flag anywhere is the most upsetting to me. the bloodshed by my brothers and sisters of the armed forces paid the ultimate price for that right. >> that's right. how many kids who drove those trucks that day had family members who have fought in wars? meanwhile, crystal on facebook said, when did the display of our flag on days of remembering our fallen become wrong? >> i think it's time to call an audible. less israeli says -- less see

says, with as selfish as teens are today, the fact that they were wanting to do this and were thinking of their country is awesome. they were and they did. they do say this, the principal says they're not in trouble. we just took the flags. >> he made it worse. i mean, they went out in the parking lot and took the flags and at the end of school, they went and put the flags back up. doesn't that seem backward. >> it just looks bad, particularly on september 11. >> go to our facebook page and you vote on it. we're going to do more polling in the coming hour. coming up, the f.b.i. has joined the desperate search for a missing college student as her parents plead for help. a friend of the missing teen joins us live next. and here is one way to make your legislators listen. drop them in a dumpster. not a good time to be a law maker in the ukraine.

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we have a fox news alert for you. have you seen hannah? 19-year-old hannah graham, a sophomore at the university of virginia, disappeared early

saturday morning after leaving a bar. she texted a friend claiming she was lost. but hannah was spotted on her apartment building surveillance camera shortly thereafter and has not been heard from since. she's the fourth young woman to go missing from this area in the past five years. two are still missing. the other was found dead. joining me now is a friend and teammate of hannah's, katy shriver. thanks for being with us this morning. >> no problem. >> i'm sure this is not where you wanted to be searching for your friend. how did you know hannah? >> we played on the same travel softball team together. we traveled like all summer together, so we got like really close. >> when was the last time you spoke with her? >> i would say about two months ago. we always like tried to keep in touch, even after the season was over. so just even checking in briefly, just hey, like how are you? >> many communication can seem like nothing in the moment. looking back, is there anything

on facebook, instagram, any texts that indicated maybe she was changing feelings, indicating a new relationship, anything? >> not at all. nothing. she always just came off as the same like happy go luck yee-ha in a that i knew and loved. >> when you heard that she had gone missing, what was your reaction? >> i mean, knowing hannah, it's like so unlike her. i feel like that's important for people to realize, like she wouldn't just wander off. like she's a wise person, like, but she's still not wise enough that she has nothing left to learn in life. but i know that she wouldn't do this. >> in terms of going off on her own. >> right. >> so responsible, organized, highly organized. if she's listens right now, there is a chance she's hearing you right now, what do you want her to know? >> just that we're coming to find you. we all love you.

>> you're doing great work. i know had is hard for you and i know her friends and family are rallying around to try to get any information. we want to ask everyone right now if you have any information on hannah, have you seen her? do you know anything? please contact char lotsville police department. 434-295-3851. or crimestoppers at 343-977-4000. katie, thank you for being with us today. we'll keep her in our hopes and prayers. please call if you have any information. coming up, get ready for a whole new wave of illegals storming our southern border and just wait until you hear why. remember this, terry strugg winning gold for america with a broken ankle. but would you have you have the same determination in you, too?

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23 minutes past the top of the hour. time for news by the numbers. first, $21 million. that's how much federal money has been given to nonprofit organizations in florida to take in more than 30,000 illegal immigrant children. next, 4.9%. that's how much fed-ex is increasing its shipping rates for express and ground service. it goes into effect in january. and finally, three. that's how many women this casanova was dating until he got busted by, you guessed it, those three women when they discovered what he was up to, they publicly

embarrassed him at an airport right in front of his grandma. take that. brian? you're going to love this segment. this is right up your alley. what if you could take the winning spirit behind some of the world's all star superstar athletes and apply it to your very own life? that's the focus of this brand-new book called "the win within." joining us now is the book's author, dr. bert. he has worked with many top athletes, has come back with a common denominator to help each one of us score in each one of our lives and hit our lifetime goals. thanks for doing this book. >> it's a pleasure. it's been a fantastic experience. i've been on side lines, front lines. >> just back from the world cup. >> just back from the world cup. >> is there a characteristic that all these super athletes seem to share? >> it is. we all have this victorious spirit that wells up in us at an exact moment, especially with adversity. it comes out with an incredible

ability to be a winner. >> in all of us? >> we've been hard wire to do do that. our genes, it's our genetic legacy. birth right. and you see that in the elite athlete come out, like no one else. but we all have it in us. >> we probably show it in different days without the cameras around, but maybe we can use big examples. for example, what does beckham show you? >> beckham is a consummate professional, amazing, on and off the field. he has the ability, the charisma to do it. what it really comes down to, especially in the olympics in 2012 when he was left off that team, he put it all together, guess what? he becomes the face of the olympic opening ceremonies. fantastic guys. deals with adversity and all of a sudden manifests as a victorious spirit. >> tell us the spirit of landon donovan. >> another one, amazing. just think about one of the best american player ever. here he is in the world cup in 2010, that 91st minute goal,

the optimism of pulling it out gets cut from the team this year. pulls it all together. gets back on the field. breaks all the records. becomes the most valuable player at the all-star game. >> he's going to be coming back and be a big man and retire in a world cup national team jersey in new haven in a couple of weeks. tim dagget. >> we all know him as an nbc commentator for the olympics. but in fact, he was an olympic gold medalist, broke his leg in the world championship. comes back, he he wants to be on the olympic team. leg was broken. said i can dare to dream. i can do it. perhaps he doesn't do it. comes one point shy of really making the olympic team. but he really is a victor in his life. >> and the spirit of a fellow named cliff midle. what a story he's got. >> what an amazing story. 20 years old, 50,000 volts, damaging both his niece, could barely walk. we do 14 operations.

has a special spirit about him. says i want to do something. starts paddling, makes the olympic team. not the paraolympic team in 1996. then in 2000, i'm at the opening ceremonies in sydney, he's carrying the american flag for the olympic team into the stadium walking with a flag in hand and making us all feel proud. >> the key what you're saying is, you can have success, but that's easy to be happy when you have the success. but when you have failure, how are you going to handle that? those examples of people who said yeah, i deal with failure and i dealt with it and i came out better for it. >> we've been blessed to deal with adversity. that is our birth right. the human being is blessed to adapt to all kinds of adversity. guess what happens? we unleash this spirit that we all have, physical disability, mental disability, age. we've got it, all of us. and it comes out and becomes unleashed, the inner athlete that allows us to be victors in our life. >> read it in the new book called "the win within." thank you for joining us.

>> my pleasure. >> congratulations on doing the book and all you're doing with sports. coming up, are you a fan of the show "house of cards"? then you'll love our next guest. best selling author doug brunt is here. by the way, he's married to somebody you might have seen on the fox news channel once or twice. it could be that lady right there. >> every kid's favorite place, sesame street. grover and abbey are here and they're going to put your kids to the test. right now they're pretty much spying on elisabeth. ♪ ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> curious thity got the best of us. what are you doing while we're on? we asked you to send pictures of how you watch it and where you watch and here is one. >> this tweet says here is where i watch. on the road. look at that. >> looks like they've got fox news go. you can get that when you go to our web site. get the fox news app. mike shelly tweets, watching "fox & friends" for my radio show prep. thank you very much. good to know that you're going to be talking about what we're talking about. >> ed and cindy write, we watch you on our sailboat at home. the sailing vessel is called the wave dancer.

>> wow. and paula tweets this, sometimes i even watch backward in the bathroom mirror. you guys make mornings better with friends. wherever you are, we love that you are watching. >> sean is watching from fort knox. those are sean's feet. he's got his feet up so early in the morning, we would love to hear where you watch "fox & friends" in the morning, around the world. e-mail us and speaking of friends, look who is here. >> what a -- >> you were behind the curvy couch. grover and abbey kadaby. good morning. >> good morning. >> good to have you. >> happy anniversary. this is the 45th anniversary of sesame street and you ended up behind our couch. >> i know. i know. it's actually more comfortable back here. >> i don't blame you. >> that's where my mom cave is. that's where i keep all my

goodies. >> i found a quarter. >> are you taking my money? is it true that you have a bonus half hour coming up on sesame street during the week? >> yes, yes. i think we added a half hour to the day, didn't we? >> yes. pretty good. more time to play and visit with our friends. >> absolutely. >> do you guys get paid more for that? >> paid? >> they don't get paid. they're too young. >> she's only four. >> where am i supposed to put money? >> more play time. >> might have been a direct deposit situation. i don't know. >> their 45th season starts this week. it's an honor. you guys have been on this program for many, many years. we're glad you would come back. i think we've got a little snip pet of the new season. let's take a look. here they are. ♪ you're in school and in the classroom ♪ ♪ you got something to say

♪ when your teacher asks a question ♪ ♪ you know the answer right away ♪ ♪ before you speak ♪ raise your hand up high ♪ raise it up ♪ raise it up ♪ raise it up ♪ raise it up ♪ . >> i like it! >> we actually may have a happens to be raising our hands as you might because mav mow is actual -- maria molina is going to join us right now. she usually has trivia questions and some information for the three of us. maybe you could help us raise our hands. hey there, maria. look at our special friends. >> that's right. good morning. so great to have you. >> is it okay? >> that's right. they can play. it's science trivia time. so today's question has to do with rainbows. we know they form when there are some water droplets in the air. >> this isn't about reading rainbow, 'cause this isn't their

show. >> no, no, no. just going from a strictly science angle. >> all right. >> so rainbows form when there is water droplets in the air and the sun hits them at a certain angle and today's question is, how many visible colors are in a rainbow? >> all of them. >> a, five. b, six. c, 7. or d, eight? how many rainbow colors are in the rainbow? >> does anyone have an opinion? >> abbey, what do you say? >> i was going to say six or seven 'cause when you put red and yellow together, you get orange. >> good. >> that's two for one. >> i say seven. >> i say seven, too. >> they say seven. >> i would agree. >> they are correct. >> look at that! >> seven colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, endigo and violet. >> wow. i think we get to do a correctness dance. >> i love it!

>> obviously we should have planned a prize 'cause they did deserve a prize. >> they're so lively for 45. >> i got this quarterback here. >> they're going to join charles krauthammer on the panel today. that will be fantastic. >> a panel? i love panels. >> you can raise your hand there. >> okay. >> abbey kadaby and grover, thank you for joining us and congratulations. sesame street celebrates the 45th season on pbs. >> next time you come back, we want you on the couch. no more hiding behind it. >> what about the quarter? i'm just kidding. >> give me my money back and don't eat my snacks. 23 minutes now before the top of the hour. and heather has got some headlines. >> yes, we certainly do. love sesame street. serious news to tell you about. he told hundreds of healthy patients that they would die of cancer so he could pump them full of chemo and collect the profits. this actually happened. now the doctor is helpedded to

prison. he pled guilty to 16 counts, including health care fraud and money laundering. the government wants him to spend the rest his life behind bars. he will be sentenced in february. two 12-year-old girls admitted being inspired by the fictional on line character, slender man, to stab their classmate 19 times. now this morning many parents from their wisconsin town are outraged to learn that slenderman is a halloween costume that's being sold in stores. >> i think the stores could do a better job choosing their costumes for kids. >> they should pull it. especially in lieu of what's happened. >> no comment from party city and spirit halloween. the government claims that they have a handle on theof illo our country. but tell that to several hispanic leaders who are now warning about an imminent rush to the border. the reason? illegal immigrants are afraid

washington is about to shut the door with stricter laws. more than 90,000 illegals entered the u.s. this year. officials expect another 145,000 next year. and this is no joke. an angry mob throws a ukrainian politician into a dumpster and it's all caught on camera. he went right in. they did it because they were angry about his new bill banning protests outside parliament. the politician has a history of suing people who say bad things about him. those are a look at your headlines. >> what a lot of people would like to do to a politician. >> can you imagine? they can do. >> thank you very much. do your evenings ever sound like this?

>> (laughter). >> sounds normal to me. all i have to do is ditch the family dinners to survive that? is that a good thing? i want those kids sitting at my table. are you a fan of the netflix show "house of cards"? you're going to love our next guest, best selling author doug brunt is here. by the way, he is married to somebody who does not get up early here at the fox news channel. but he's going to join us live and talk about his new book about presidential politics. good morning to you. >> congratulations. >> while shaking hands, let me tell you the trivia question of the day. born on this day in 1965, this actor coached his way to an emmy in 2011. who is it? be the first with the correct answer and you'll get something special and free. ♪ ♪

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head lionels out of washington. potential gun owner also have to inform the government of their race and ethnicity before they get a gun. the atf claims they need the information to update their databases. but critics say that's a political move. compromise over abortion was one of the keys to the affordable care act. now word that compromise being ignored. contrary to the law, more than 1,000 insurers in 28 states have been providing elective abortions at taxpayers' expense. >> they're not supposed to do that. if you like the show "house of cards" on netflix, you're going to enjoy what we have next. a new novel just out called "the means" follows the life of two presidential hopefuls and the high stakes politics that come with the campaign trail. you may recognize the author, douglas brunt, married to megyn

kelly, who i assume is at home watching you. >> scrambling to get the kids out the door for school. >> sometimes she'll get out for school. first off, you're coming off a best seller right here. you combine this what you know of breaking news with now you've learned about politics. how does that fill into the means? >> what do you -- >> how does it fill into this story line? >> the story line, the main thrust of the book is politics, but it's impossible to talk about politics without looking at the intersection points with media and the news. >> you feature a lawyer turned journalist. who might that be based on? >> clearly there is some inspiration there. that's a fairly common path for greta and others. and the character also is a child actress turned lawyer, turned journalist. and at the time i was writing some of this book, i was reading melissa frances' book, and so that filtered in there.

i interviewed melissa, which was helpful. >> regardless of political affiliation, it's exciting. i want to know what megyn has to say about it. >> she actually was very involved? the early processes of the book. she's my first reader of all the stuff that i do. and she's so helpful, but she's, as you know, brutally honest. i get these thick stacks of first drafts back with red all over it and boring, boring. sorry, honey, boring. and things crossed out. you need an honest reader like that. >> you had to research the political process and research the breaking news process. you've been in the control room a lot when news breaks. that was learning experience for you. >> it is amazing. you guys know, but for someone who walks into that from the outside, it is so stunning and when you get into the control room, breaking news event is total madness. but it's all clicking and all comes together and everyone sort of short forming their language and as an outsider, you don't know what they're talking about.

what the viewer sees is this perfectly produced, most times, seamless presentation. what i wanted to do with the book was get behind that. so what most people see out there for both politics and journalism is a nice little tight package. but there is this crazy world happening and all these interesting characters that go into that. >> particularly -- you studied polysci in college. i saw one describe it, you take us into the back rooms and bedrooms of an anything goes presidential campaign. the last book, which is terrific, it was -- i'm going to say dirty. but it was racy. >> details. >> it was very graphic. how did that impact your mother's book club? >> it was an awkward moment in the room. oh, this is very interesting, doug. >> for moving into 2016 in elections here, this is probably

a really great way to get inside the gritty -- get inside the person that understands the means in which politics are really brought to the people. >> it is. that's where the title comes from. we all see the ends. but this is an examination of the means that fewer people get to see. i got a phone call from bob beckel. he read an advance copy and he calls me and said who have you been talking to? it fits perfect in particularly for his life on the campaign trail. >> you were able to go to them as a resource, some of these political guys? >> i reached out to beckel. but what i learned, i sent an e-mail and voice mail. he's at the stage where it's like, if you want to get them, you got to keep trying 'til you get him live. >> wait for him outside "the five." >> i had opportunity to meet with some terrific people who have run national campaigns, who worked in the white house and capitol hill and been imbedded as media traveling with campaigns. >> here it is, brand-new novel called "the means." doug brunt, thank you very much. >> thank you.

very nicely done. coming up on this telecast on this wednesday, is this what dinner looks like at your house? (screaming). >> what's a person to do? all you have to do is ditch the family dinners. our next guest says that's a good thing. have dinner without the kids. >> looks normal to me right there. but first on this day in 1977, andy gibb had the number one song in america "i just want to be your everything." ♪ open up the heaven in your heart and let me be ♪ ♪ the things you are to me and not some puppet on a string ♪

the answer to the aflac trivia question is kyle chandler. our winner is randy hu from missouri. he'll get a copy of brian kilmeade's "george washington's secret six." i think elisabeth loves it. >> i do. the guy is not so bad either, that brian guy. >> listen to this, do your evenings sound like this? (screaming). >> one new study showing that not only can meal time be chaotic, but it's becoming harder to pull off, due to lack of time, financial strain and picky eaters. >> our next guest says he has a solution. have dinner without children. it's all in his article called "why i don't eat with my kids." jeffrey is the editor at large for time magazine and joins us now. when i saw the topic and i saw that you don't want your kids at the table, i thought, what's the matter with this guy? i read it. you make a good point.

>> yes. i got blow torched on the internet. i was called a troll and much worse. but the fact is, parents and kids come to tables with different agendas. the kids come to the table with the agenda of fueling themselves as quickly as possible. >> they want to eat. >> they want to eat. they want chaos and pandemonium and they want to go. when i have dinner with my wife, we like to sit down. we like to taste our food. we like to be able to relax. so it's a -- not everyone's needs can get met. >> you're not denying the fact that din service a great time to have family conversation. you're saying seek alternate routes if this is not working for your family. >> that's right. the idea of the family dinner has become almost fantasized lately with good reason. there are studies that show that eating disorders, obesity can be addressed in those situations. you learn about kids -- if kids are doing drugs. there was one study that came out that said kids get cyber bullied less if they have the support of their parents. but there are other routes to achieve that. the idea that you're doing your kids a profound disservice by

not eating with them -- >> where do you get that intimate time, one on one time? where do you find it? different schedules, schools, sports, everything. >> often what i do is when i come home from work, my daughters are already ready for dinner. i'm a little too late for them. so i sit with them. so they're eating. they're eating fast. they're eating chaotically and i'm spending quality time with them. but my dinner isn't on the line. she's the key. >> is that what it comes down to? if you're having sword fish for $19 a pound and your kids are just running around the table, you're not going to digest properly. >> exactly. >> so you would rather spend time with them alone as they have the chicken fingers and then when they're on their own, your wife comes in and then you eat? >> exactly. >> maybe for men that works. for women, you end up having two dinners. >> that's right. that's the problem. there is a wonderful study out of the university of north carolina that showed that this burden falls disproportionately on women because whatever else we may say about an egalitarian

culture, it's still a patriarchal culture. it falls to women to feel guilty about this. as a result, women, too, can or should feel the freedom to not eat with their kids, sit with them if necessary, and then have dinner as a couple. >> i'm thinking two clean-ups doesn't work. i'm cleaning that table one time. >> one time. >> to be clear, the family dinner, everybody around the table is the ideal. but it just doesn't work. >> it's not realistic. >> so what do you think about what jeff said. family deny, don't put pressure on yourselves. go on facebook, let us know. >> thank you so much. >> and hopefully the internet will be kinder to you 'cause it's very kind to us. only positive comments. >> provocative. while you were sleeping, a stunning new reversal from the nfl. adrian peterson suspended again. dr. keith ablow says good. he's here to explain why next hour. they are the most moronic

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good morning. today is wednesday, september 17. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. a fox news alert, another united states citizen busted recruiting his fellow americans to join isis. and his jihad does not end there. turns out he even had bigger plans. we are live with the breaking details ahead. and it's one promise president obama says he will not break. >> it will not involve american combat troops fighting on foreign soil. >> well, unfortunately for the commander in chief, his top general not exactly on the same page. we'll explain. what story makes you the most angry? rg 3 being forced to turn his religious shirt inside out before his presser? a teen-ager being forced to take

off her shirt virginity rocks across the front before school or as she went to school, or the american flag confiscated on september 11 in one high school? you choose the news because mornings are better with friends. >> this is fuzzy bear. >> and this is kermit the frog. and you're watching "fox & friends"! >> as we learned in the last half hour, sesame street celebrating 45 years on television. do you know how many people around the world sesame street has taught how to spell and how to count? >> right. speaking about my own childhood there. abbey kadaby and grover right here. >> still on the street, no house, though. they should be able to settle down by now. one in a garbage pail. >> they made themselves comfortable. >> he digs it. >> i guess so. >> it was special indeed. we're going to begin now with a

developing story. a united states citizen is behind bars this morning for trying to recruit americans to join isis. >> this as a terrifying new threat emerges to attack new york's times square. >> joining us right now from times square, anna kooiman with the very latest. all right. give it to us. >> reporter: good morning. this is a troubling new isis message board post that reads to the lone wolves of america, how to make bombs in your kitchen. the encouraged targets are times square, las vegas strip and locations in texas. more on the law enforcement response in just a moment. but first, another headline regarding homegrown terror. federal prosecutors have in custody a 30-year-old american citizen charged with trying to recruit people for isis. he's originally from yemen and has been the subject of an f.b.i. investigation for over a year now. a series of pro-isis tweets first tipped off the feds and

they now say he was also planning to kill u.s. soldiers returning home from the middle east. these home grown threats are not isolated. according to a justice department official, there are dozens of others being investigated inside the u.s. right now. this coming as that brand-new threat against "new york times" square is revealed and more lawmakers are calling for drastic action to be taken against isis. >> i understand that my colleagues are war weary. i'm war weary. i understand the american people are war weary. i'm war weary. but again, i think doing nothing would invite something very similar that happened to my city, new york city, on that fateful day of september 11, 2001. >> reporter: this recent post also shows isis sympathizers are being asked to make simple pipe bombs using matches, sugar, and christmas lights. new york city police

commissioner said they are aware of these threats, but do not believe these threats are credible. back to you. >> anna with the very latest. so she's talking about threats from isis here in the homeland. now let's talk about what are we going to do about isis over there. yesterday the joint chiefs chair, general martin dempsey, was up on capitol hill, probably gave the white house a little -- he said what is true. despite the mantra from the white house, white house keeps saying no boots on the ground, he actually admits there is a possibility, hype thetically, that if things don't go well, if we don't get this coalition with all these people helping us, we might have to put boots on the ground even though we currently have boots on the ground. listen. >> my view at this point is that this coalition is the appropriate way forward. i believe that will prove true. but if it fails to be true and if there are threats to the united states, then i would go back to the president and make

the recommendation that may include u.s. ground forces. >> so right after that it was all hell broke loose. at the state department, he didn't mean that. josh earnest in a gaggle said he was just saying a different scenario. that's what officers do. he did not come back. general dempsey did not come back and re-mark his steps. >> he said enough. >> yeah. because he came back off questioning. hagel said i'm worried about our southern border. there was a lot going on yesterday that the president could not have been happy with. >> he said he is indeed worried about the southern border. many other questions came forward and he was honest. but americans are wondering why the divided house on this. why doesn't the president of the united states admit there could be a chance for boots on the ground? charles krauthammer gave us some analysis. three reasons why the generals may be saying boots on the ground, but the president won't admit it. here they are. >> either the president wants not to do it, which appears to

be the impression. he was definitive in his speeches, this is not going to happen, no ground troops. and the military wants to go ahead and do it because it knows it's going to need to at some point. or obama is very cleverly being the one who gives the good news and he's having the generals go out and talk about the inevitable bad news, ground troops. or the third possibility is these guys have no idea what they're saying or doing and they can't agree on what's going on. >> again, steve thinks it's the third. i'm hoping it's the second. >> do you have any evidence that they know what they're doing? we know that the pentagon and we've talked about this -- any time there is a crisis or situation, the pentagon, they've got planners, they come up with all sorts of scenarios. however, this particular white house is so worried about politics, there is that suit again -- i just think they're making it up as they go. >> by the way what, is wrong with the template that took down the taliban in three weeks? we used indigenous fighters with

our guys on the front lines, c.i.a., special forces out in front leading the charge, directing the troops. it was a template that worked in record time. meanwhile, something else is going on on capitol hill today. the house select committee finally gets underway. it's going to be chaired by trey gowdy. first things first, there was breaking news to start this week. >> of course. secretary raymond maxwell is alleging that hillary clinton confidantes were part of an operation to take out and clean up and wash, mop up some of the details and papers and the documents before they were actually turned over to the arb for review. so a lot of people then asking, wait a second. where is the truth in this? was this a cover-up? these are major accusations right now. >> yeah. so lieutenant colonel tony schaefer joins us earlier and talked about what's at stake with this conference. democrats said there is nothing going on there. and also talked about what is yet to be revealed. there is a final 15% which might be the most damning. listen.

>> i think what happened was anything that had direct -- someone putting pen to paper showing they saw it was completely pulled out. that's what the accountability review board should have been focused on most viciously. about 15% of issues, items and specific incidents and people involved who we don't know yet. we're getting close to the end here, but this last 15% will be the most difficult to get to because all roads lead to principle officers. >> okay. and who those principle officers are, finally -- despite the fact, brian, you're right. democrats have already come out and said, we already know the truth. there are three groups out, according to politico, that are going to be out there left and right trying to protect hillary. what's curious is what got the ball rolling this week was this raymond maxwell who had been at the state department, who walked in when they were scrubbing the documents. oh, that mentions hillary clinton, we got to put that over there. we don't know what happened to those documents. but apparently after he was placed on paid leave,

essentially kicked out of the state department for a while, he went up to the op budsman and he said this is not about you. you're not harmed. you're getting paid. don't watch tv. take your wife on a cruise. it's not about you. it's about hillary and 2016. so when he testified in front of the select committee, it is going to be testimony that will be rivetting because he will be under oath and that's what we want to hear is the truth. >> we'll also find out did he ever take his wife on that cruise. that will be interesting. it's just a suggestion. heather, you have the latest breaking news. >> yes. switching to problems in the nfl. the minnesota vikings just suspended adrian peterson again. he is banned pending the outcome of his child abuse case. peterson was reinstated on monday, but in a new statement, the owners say, quote, after giving the situation additional thought, we have decided this is the appropriate course of action for the organization and for

adrian. peterson tweeted this in response: many people doubted you. now look at you. you didn't only overcome major obstacles in your life, you identified who you were in christ. the search area for missing university of virginia student is expanding this morning. police are moving the search after new surveillance video not released shows hannah graham outside the bar where she was last seen appearing drunk. this as her heartbroken friends and family plead for her health. >> if she's listening right now, there is a chance that she's hearing your voice right now, what do you want hannah to know? >> just that we're coming to find you. we all love you. >> really heart breaking. graham is the fourth young woman to go missing in this same area in the past five years. brand-new information for you about the man who shot two pennsylvania state troopers in

cold blood. he is a sharp shooting survivalist who targeted cops and was out for mass murder. that suspect, 31-year-old eric matthew freen. his father says he's a skilled shooter who, quote, does not miss. he is accused of murdering trooper brian dixon and critically wounding alex douglas outside their police barracks friday night before getting away. and finally, an incredible story of survival. three people, including a man with a broken leg and a ten-year-old boy swim to safety in the pitch dark. the nightmare started when a massive wave hit their boat off hawaii. all three were thrown into the water. one of the men suffered a broken hip and broke his leg in three places. he described it as the worst pain of his life. after four hours of unbelievable pain, they decided to swim for it. they had no idea how far the land was. but half an hour later, they made it to shore. those are a look at your headlines. >> not only were they dumped in

the ocean, the boat turned over. but in the middle of the night. pitch black. >> yeah. how scary. >> they made it. >> i bet the last 30 minutes are the longest. >> no kidding. >> thank you. while you were sleeping, a stunning new reversal from the nfl. adrian peterson suspended again. dr. keith ablow says good. he deserves it. the doctor backing that up. >> and they are some of the most moronic classes being taught, like the sociology of freaks. we'll run down the syllabus you don't want on your schedule. ♪ ♪

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circumstances, since people will differ on this, including psychologists and psychiatrists, it can be acceptable, a light spanking. if that's what you're going to do. i don't recommend it. i don't think it's advisable. but it could be acceptable. but using a branch on your kid and breaking skin? no. >> where do we draw the line here? there is spanking. there is abuse. there is discipline. i think real discipline takes a great amount of discipline on the part of a parent. so where do you draw the line, dr. keith? >> listen, i would draw the line on whether it hurts the child. in other words, spanking is meant to send a signal. truly it would cause pain, i think it's inappropriate. also i think parents should really think this, if you're hitting your kid in any way, i think that you failed. you failed to communicate because you know what? ideally you being disappointed and saying so should be enough. that's the zenith of parenting.

you tell your child i'm very disappointed in you and that's enough. >> you heard charles barkley over the weekend, chris carter over the weekend, they were brought up, when they did wrong, they were hit. this comes back from generation to generation. you drink and drive, we know what's wrong. domestic abuse, we know it's wrong. there's a great chance that a lot of people hit their kids think they're doing the right thing. what do you say to them? >> i think they're probably not thinking. this idea you're going to tweet out these messages, adrian peterson and say that he's found his strength in god and he would have been a gang member if his father hadn't hit him, well, it's a culture of violence. and maybe what we should be looking at is whether this culture of violence toward children then begets more. >> is that an excuse that my dad did it to me and i think it helped me? is that an excuse for a parent to do the same to their kid? >> or is religion an excuse? >> it certainly isn't. it could be an explanation that

this person, adrian peterson, is unable to separate what he hopes are positive feelings toward his father from the brutality that his father may have inflicted upon him. but he certainly has visited brutality upon his own children or child, depending on whether the first case is borne out. and that can't be held out as any kind of standard or as anything that's acceptable. >> when you see the pictures, both the boy with the injured head and then the thigh with the markings on it, it gives you chills as any adult or parent looking at it. what do you say to someone in the moment? they're angry. the kids have disobeyed them. walk us through the steps of someone who is about to discipline a child that may actually cross the line into abuse. what should someone do? >> number one, go look at yourself in the mirror because often you'll be surprised at the rage showing on your face and it will wake you up to the fact that you've got to take it down a few notches.

secondly, sometimes it's good to literally take a three-second walk. get some air. thirdly, think this: my child loves me. all children want to love their parents and they feel it deeply. i can't link violence with that love or it's going to be an inescapable maze for my child. if pain and violence and surrender is linked with love that, will be a paradigm they play out possibly forever. >> and just because your parents hit you doesn't mean it's right for you to hit your kids. it's never right. dr. keith ablow, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> all right. take care. coming up, what if someone approached you and asked you this? >> we're trying to support isis. they're the islamic state of iraq and syria. >> do i have to sign it? >> yeah. can you help us out? >> yes. >> thank you so much. >> college students signing up for isis. are they living under rocks? are we doomed? >> and want to get paid to play

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now this, we're trying to support isis, islamic state of syria. >> do i sign it? >> yeah, just sign it for us. >> can you help us out? >> yeah. >> isis would be a high school j.v. football team. thank you so much. isis thanks you, too. >> i'm going to go cry now. >> that's at george mason university, washington, d.c. area. how sad is that? media research center tv reporter dan joseph collecting about a dozen signatures from clueless college students pledging their support for isis last thursday, september 11. maybe they're clueless because today students are taking some of the most ridiculous classes we've ever seen. caleb from campus reform joins us now from our nation's capitol. good morning to you. >> thank you. >> okay. i've got two kids in college right now. it's very expensive to put a kid

through college and if any of my kids ever took any of these classes, i'm missing the boat. we're going to go through some of them. the first one is, if your kid is at rutgers university, there is a chance they could be taking a class called politicizing beyonce. >> yeah. it's a class that's intended to study beyonce's twerk feminism, her activism that's surrounding that. and it's pretty ridiculous. they're doing it to see if beyonce's music is a catalyst for, and i quote, progressive social change in society. if that right there doesn't show the political slant, i don't know what does. what concerns me is that beyonce in many ways perverted and dumbed down the real and important meaning behind women's empowerment. and so this is a class with a political agenda. she does that to sell records and these kids, this is not what students should be going $30,000 in debt to be learning. no real world experience. >> i'm with you on that.

next at the university of vermont, some parents are paying for their kids to study the sociology of freakishness. >> sociology of freakishness. i did learn the course reading requirements did not include "fifty shades of grey." that's a good thing. but what we hear is from employers looking to hire young kids and they're saying they're not qualified coming out of college. and it's because of classes like this that are not giving them real world experience. >> appalachian state university, there is a class called what if harry potter is real? for openers, it's not real. but what could they possibly get from that class. harry potter good lit your, but real? >> yeah. the interesting thing about this class, and this is shock -- it is looking at history through the lens of harry potter. it's looking at race through the lens of harry potter. that has nothing to do with it. it is because of classes like this that isolate kids from the real world and learning real things that they then in turn

will hear somebody on campus asking them to sign up to support isis and they don't know what it is. 'cause they're living in a bubble of academia. >> sure. finally at the university of colorado, you can sign up for football 101 for women. >> yeah. i'm a colorado state university graduate, so cu is my rival. and i think cu is using this class to recruit potential on field talent. that's how bad the football team is. just kidding about that. but seriously, this was a class that's been going on since the 1990s. it's a class offered all across the country. football coaches come in and talk with women about the complex issues of football. and feminists with nothing better to do got upset that this is degrading and they're trying to restrict the female students' right to choose their own electives. and it's ridiculous. >> oh, man oh, man. you've just depicted four right there. if anybody is watching, knows of some crazy examples of college courses that you feel is a waste, please e-mail them to us.

all right. caleb from campus reform, thank you very much. >> thank you very much. take care. >> once again, harry potter not real. 28 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up, a bombshell new report. joan rivers' doctor in the procedure room apparently snapped a selfy with her when she was out cold on the examination table. the shocking allegations are coming up next. and what story makes the angriest on this wednesday? rg 3 being forced to turn a religious t-shirt inside out because it wasn't nike? a teen-ager being forced to take off her virginity rocks shirt at school so it didn't cause uncomfortable conversation? or four american flags being confiscated on september 11? go ahead and vote now. go to our facebook page. you're watching "fox & friends." it's wednesday. ♪ ♪ when fixed income experts

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but we'll do our best to help you connect to what is. i read queen elizabeth is trying to stay neutral about scotland's upcoming vote to leave the u.k. she's neutral based on her expression. not to be confused with her excited face. or her worried face. or herty face. >> do you think she ever wears the same hat twice? she's got a lot of hats. >> that's a deep one. >> little perks. >> all i can say is the queen can take a horse in this race. it's her kingdom. does she want a big kingdom? >> she's got to be neutral. >> that's what jimmy fallon said and he knows. >> that's true. all right. you don't have to be neutral. this is our segment called you choose the news. we give you three topics and you tell us whh of these is

bugging you the most. it's our freedom of expression edition. first one was on sunday after he dislocated his ankle, rg 3 wore that t-shirt to a press conference. it said know jesus, know peace. he was told by the nfl uniform inspector he couldn't wear that because it wasn't made by nike. so he turned it inside out. he didn't want to get a fine because he got a fine last year. >> right. our second story was an abstinence t-shirt. a 13-year-old wore it saying virginity rocks to school. she learned that the school certainly doesn't think virginity rocks. they asked her to take it off and wear a school issued one, saying it would cause too much controversial talk. >> on thursday, last thursday, it was 13 years since the 9-11 attacks. over in one south carolina high school, four young men decided to bring big flags and put them on their trucks on that day to

show they are proud americans. the response from the school? to take all the flags back, saying rules are rules. we're pro-american. i'm not mad at you. we applaud your patriotism, but they were not allowed to have any signs on anything that woodie tract from the school days. how do you feel about that? 76% of you said yanking the flags from those kids' trucks is the worst. >> right. 21% furious with the rg 3 t-shirt turned inside out. 3%, maybe not so upset about the virginity rocks t-shirt. >> the flag story is so outrageous, particularly on september 11. what if somebody would have driven a truck up that was just painted like a flag? >> or put stickers on the truck. >> yeah. but it seems a little tone deaf. we asked you what you thought. suzanne wrote to us on facebook and said september 11 is patriot day and national day of service

and remembrance and these kids were wrong for drawing attention to this. suzanne, you're right. >> ken on facebook says a misguided effort to avoid distractions, they created one. >> rita is on facebook. it's our country's flag and should be flown high with pride. many have died to defend that represents. so south carolina, one of the most patriotic states in the union, who knows if any of these kids have people still at war right now, or been fighting in the past. >> if it was going to be an issue, the school should have sent out a note the day before and said, tomorrow is a day, september 11, you may feel patriotic, but there is a rule, you can't bring a big flag. but for them just to go into the parking lot and confiscate them, seems crazy. >> you shouldn't need a permission slip to hold and carry the american flag. 67% of you felt the same way about those three stories and

feeling infuriated this these students are trying to just be great national patriots from trouble. the school says they're not in trouble. >> but you can't do it. you can't do it. you can't do it. >> that's our flag, old glory. >> who tossed to heather last time? >> there she is. >> whoever. i'm here. i wonder if they wore patriotic shirts if they would have gotten in trouble? >> don't know. if it distracts kids from the school day, then they would have been asked to change. >> the virginity shirt didn't make it. >> we do have other news to talk about. is isis expecting two european teen-agers who joined isis now claim to be pregnant. the pair of teenage jihaddists made claims on their social media accounts that they're pregnant and living in syria. the two fled austere i can't to join the islamic state. they are believed to have married a pair of chechen fighters in syria.

disturbing new details about the surgery which led to joan rivers' death. a new report says her doctor snapped a selfy while she was out cold. this was right before he performed an unplanned biopsy which cut off her air supply and ultimately killed her. the doctor also not authorized to practice medicine at the clinic. a police officer being hail adhere row after he put his car and his life right in the path of a wrong way driver. watch. the drugged up driver sped the wrong way down a texas highway at nearly 100 miles per hour. sergeant sharpen angled his car to protect the other drivers behind him. the speeding driver slammed on his brakes, but then took off again. officers finally caught up with the suspect who is now charged with five felonies. and you're going to like this one. if you are tired of mowing your

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handle. >> yeah. this has been happening because we had another storm system, norbert, that was in the eastern pacific ocean. some tropical moisture from that system made it over to parts of arizona, produced significant flood not guilty phoenix about a week and a half ago. they picked up a little more than three inches and we saw cars being washed away. we saw rescues being held. now we have another tropical system. this one is odile. this is still a tropical storm just to the south of arizona. maximum sustained winds now at 45 miles per hour and the center of it is forecast to move over southern parts of as arizona we head into later tonight. just outside of the city of tucson. that heavy rain has already started out here. you can see right there across parts of arizona, new mexico. flash flood watches in effect. locally more than eight inches of rain will be possible in southwestern parts of new mexico. so i think parts of new mexico are going to be some of the hardest hit areas in southern portions of arizona, we're also

looking at more than four inches. flash flooding a big concern out there, arizona and also in new mexico. that storm system hit cabo as a category 3 hurricane and take a look at what is on the heels of that storm. another tropical storm. tropical storm polo, currently tropical storm with maximum sustained winds at 50 miles per hour. we'll watch for that next system. otherwise, high temperatures across the country, in the 90s in texas. another cool day in the northeast and also in the great lakes. brian, you know what? it's already going to be fall officially coming up next week. feeling like it today in new york city. >> just promise me you're not going to wear a jacket because it depresses me and makes me think summer is over. >> i'm from florida. i'm already cold. i'm ready for a jacket right now. >> are you really? all right. just go against my wishes. it's okay. coming up straight ahead. is this what dinner time looks like at your house? (screaming). >> one expert says ditch the

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states like washington and colorado legalized the recreational sale of marijuana. that's the news. now this story. earlier we were talking with a fellow from time magazine. he's got an interesting proposition. at our house and at your houses as well, family time, dinner time, you all try to get together around the table. however, for jeffrey, editor at time magazine, what he said is at this stage in his kids' lives, they are so noisy and so uninterested in their parents, he and his wife feel it's better that they have -- they feed the kids and then they sit down there and they talk to the kids, but then when it's time for the adults to eat, they have a separate meal. here he is with his explanation for how family time without half the family. >> the fact is, parents and kids come to tables with different agendas.

the kids come to the table with the agenda of fueling themselves as quickly as possible. >> they want to eat. >> they want to eat. they want chaos and pandemonium and they want to go. when i have dinner with my wife, we like to sit down. we like to taste our food. we like to be able to relax. not everyone's needs can get met. >> what about you, elisabeth? >> i said i'm only cleaning up that table one time. we're not having two dinners. ann e-mailed us this. sean said family meals are a great time to teach your kids social graces such as how to hold a conversation, taking turns, which fork to use. as adult parents, we need to stop thinking about what we want and think about what our children need. >> right. kids love to have orders barked at them while trying to eat. jerry writes, taking meals as a family is important and worth making the effort, but there is nothing wrong with parents sometimes choosing to be without the kids. >> and leslie wrote in on facebook. i insist on my family eating dinner together every night. always have. always will.

great example from my mom. and that's the way we do it at our house and your house and your house. but you know what? for other families, according to jeffrey, just not working for them. >> sometimes you got sports, you have different times, two parent working families. you can't do it. and other times the food is just not good enough to attract the whole family. >> set the bar low. it will be chaotic. someone might not eat all their food. get the time together when you can. >> because before you know it, they're off to college and then getting married. this is coming up, why is there a giant maze on our plaza, you ask? because the stars of the new movie "the maze runner" are here and they'll put us to the test. first we'll check in with martha mccallum. >> good to see you all. we could see some fireworks on capitol hill this morning, everybody. told is the day congressman trey gowdy, after months of preparation, begins his hearing into benghazi. now he has subpoena power with

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the maze runner is the latest action thriller from -- good morning to you -- from 20th century fox. it's being called a mix of "the hunger games," "lord of the flies" and the show "lost". >> what's through there? >> a maze. >> when those doors open, the runners look for a way out. no one has ever survived a night in the maze.

>> scary. >> but before it opens in theaters this friday, we want to run our own maze. we figured who better to do it with than two of the stars, the maze runner themselves. so joining us, three stars for the maze -- two of them. jacob can't be here. round of applause for these two superstars. >> we know the book was so successful. that story told had millions captivated. this film seems to be exceptional as well. how close did the two of you get on set? i heard there was a lot of hanging out. >> there were a lot of romances. we would have a pot luck dinner at someone's room. we all stayed in the same hotel. that just kind of helped build camaraderie and hang out. >> does it really help how your performance turns out? you saw it, right? >> i think our relationships really come across on screen as

well. each one of us genuinely really liked one another. >> tell us about the maze. >> you know more about it than me. >> the maze is a dangerous place. you got to do some stretching before you get in there. >> what tips? >> limber up. make sure you pace yourself. good luck. >> real quick, the book was such a success, did you feel the pressure to make the movie a success? >> it's on all of us. we worked extremely hard. we enjoyed every minute of it. we hope the fans love it. >> the movie is as good as we possibly can. >> best comment you heard from a fan? >> they loved it. >> behind you we have a maze that's been assembled from the guys from bates hotel and haunted hay ride. you want to go ahead?

>> lead the way. >> you're the professional. >> we'll observe you go. >> you're experienced in this. >> i'm following him here. >> this is very complicated. >> i feel like something quite scary could happen. >> in the front, that's some good acting. to me, it seems like a bunch of hay bales. >> thank you so much. >> we did it. >> this is amazing! >> thank you. >> we wanted this to be a happy ending for you right now. fantastic. >> we all made it. go see the film. >> are you suggesting in the movie people don't make it? >> you know, it's very different because the walls are a lot higher. >> in the movie? >> yeah. in the movie. >> so they're taller than three feet? >> yes, they are. unfortunately they are, yeah. >> did you ever get scared or concerned while filming that you couldn't get out? >> no, no. we did fall a lot, though.

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by the way, thank you, randy bates from america haunts and the bates motel in pennsylvania for this amazing maze. very nicely done. >> keep sending your pictures of what you're doing while you watch us with the tv in the backdrop. >> maze or not. >> good luck with the movie. thanks o so much for coming by. it will be a big hit. >> it opens friday. huge following to come. >> we hope so. >> all right. thank you. >> thank you very much for

joining us here. round of applause for the movie stars! very nice. if you can, go to the after the show show. it starts now. bill: good morning. getting the facts on benghazi. a house select committee holding its first hearing within the hour. it may put hillary clinton back on the hot seat. martha: i'm martha maccallum. the bipartisan committee says today's agenda has two questions they want to gram with. could the administration have done more and did top officials working for hillary clinton scrub documents related to those attacks. bill: what can we