-- heather childers. >> i am leah gabrielle. president obama's leadership under fire as members of his own party blast the administration's handling of the agency. >> doug mckeller is live for us. >> what does the administration say now? >> cia director john bren nonin the aftermath of the intelligence report that found the cia engaged in such tactics waterboarding rectal feeding to get information. many condemn the report as a one-sided hatchet job now they say bush administrations helped over sea the tact -- oversee the tactics. >> he needs to purring those instrumental and in the running and development of this program. they are willfully providing information and misrepresent the

efficacy of torture. in other words, the cia is lying. >> henry asked press secretary about that. >> how can the president appoint john brennan and james cowan to cia and fbi if he believed they endorsed unamerican tactics? >> i can tell you he fall noose the same category as mr. brennan in terms of somebody whose advice the president is pleased he can rely on to keep the country safe. >> the architect of the program says it was less harsh than what the obama administration has done. >> to me it seems completely insensible that slapping ksm but send in a hell fire missile into a picnic and killing granny and killing everyone is okay.

>> the u.n. is demanding intel officials should be charged with war crimes. >> all right, thanks, doug. that brings us to look who is talking. vice president dick cheney slamming the cia report saying dick cheney needed to be done to deal with ter ris. >> i guess part of what really bugs me as i watch all of this process unfold is the men and women of the cia did exactly what we wanted to have them do in terms of taking on this program. we have to use enhanced techniques and find out who has -- khalid shaikh mohammed who killed 3,000 americans taken down the world trade center would have taken the white house and capitol building if it hadn't been the passengers of united 93. he is in our possession we know he's the architect. what are we supposed to do kiss him on both cheeks and say

please, please tell us what we need to know. we did exactly what needed to be done to catch those guilt on oy 9-11 and mref vent an attack. >> this report says -- >> excuse me. let me use the real word. >> as democrats criticize the cia interrogation tactic the white house supports extending the drone program. chief correspondent grilling josh earnest about the hypocrisy. >> can you explain how the president believes that it is unamerican to use these techniques, but it was okay to ramp up the drone policy and basically thousands of people around the world, innocent civilians killed, what's the moral equivalency there? >> there is significant care taken and there are significant checks and balances included in the system to ensure any counter-terrorism action taken by the united states of america does not put at risk innocent

lives. >> i understand there are safeguards but we have seen where drones have killed civilians. >> you are asking about moral authority. there is a very clear difference. there's a very clear difference between the tactics used by terrorism and the counter terror tactics employed by the united states. >> brand new fox news polls say americans are worried about another terrorist attack. asked will isis try to launch an attack on u.s. soil soon? 80 percent say it is likely up 6 percent from october. if an isis terrorist is cap pureed on the battlefield 59 percent say gitmo. others want the facility to stay open as do 66 percent of independents. is it okay to transfer detainees to a prison in your facility?

56 percent say so. if captured where should captured terrorists go? go to #keep talking after the show. they shut down streets for a fourth night. >> a campus forum forced to end early when protestors burst through the auditorium doors. some people in the audience chanting go home. the protestors took over before taking to the streets. berkeley high school participating in a walkout. protestors in ferguson are taking police to court. they hear a request for restraining order against ferguson police officers using unnecessary force. search for shane montgomery

analyzing surveillance video from a nail salon showing what is believed to be the 21-year-old walking toward a river. they say it is the biggest clue they have since montgomery disappeared after leaving a bar near philadelphia early saturday morning. a reward is now for 65,000 dollars. team doctors say he will not play sunday against stampa bay. he suffered two fractures when the truck he was driving flipped two times. posted a powerful message to fans on instagram along with a frightening photo of the wreck. he said in part, quote, i do not know where to begin because by the look of that picture someone is supposed to be dead or injured worse than i am now. while i am resting up what keeps in my mind is god is good and someone has a protective hand on

my life. >> in the wake of the ray rice and adrian peterson cases owners voting unanimously on the changes. a six-game suspension without pay the league will hire a criminal justice expert to oversee investigations. i have seen many times being part of the nfl is not a right. the measures adopted today uphold that principle. >> they include owners, coaches and team staff. the house is set to vote today on massive $1.1 trillion spending bill. opponents may drill the bill. democrats are fraught happy with the provisions on wall street and a measure that would loosen campaign finance laws. they are angered the deal full

hi funds the president's immigration action and obamacare. if the bill does not pass the government shuts down at midnight. >> what is in a name? according to former health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius, everything. obamacare has a bad brand that has been driven by a lot of paid advertising and i think may need to call itti something in the future different. >> sebelius resigned in april following the botched rollouts in obamacare frm her statement coming as a brand new fox news poll shows a record 58 percent of voters want to repeal the law. that is up five points from last year. >> two major storms hitting both coasts. dozens of schools already closed as hurricane force winds and heavy rains are expected to

cause flooding and rain slides. 20 inches of snow falling in new york. one interstate shut down for more than 7 hours. you are back. i know united been off skiing. welcome back. >> that's right. wept out skiing in colorado where the weather is beautiful. across the east coast and quest coast we have storm systems impacting both of the areas. across the northeast we have snow coming down across portions of pennsylvania and also across parts of person new york. you mentioned 20 inches of snow reported across the state. storm system is really continuing to impact the region not only with snow but also with strong winds blowing through the region. across parts of the west coast this is one of the strongest storms we have seen hit the area in years. we have flood watches across california and the san vfranciso

areas. it is possible we could be looking at 8 inches of rainfall. that's significant and a huge flood threat. we have high winds warnings in effect because gusts up to 80 miles per hour are going to be possible here. you will be looking at threats like downed power lines and also do downed trees. we have blizzard warnings in effect. temperature wise highs in the 30's. not bad in texas highs in the 60's and 70's and across the rockies colorado. take a look at denver. 59 degrees for the high temperature. not bad at all with some fun. >> we have the first little snowfall. mcdonalds is making getting a make-over they are ready for

you. >> we are here with what is coming off the menu. >> don't touch my big mac. mcdonalds is putting the menu on a diet. finally for this one. customers have been complaining the food takes too long to get to them. restaurants say the menu is too big. their kitchens can't handle it. all of that pushing mickey d sales down about 5 percent in november. eight items will be cut all together. not the big mac. the number of extra value meals goes from 16 down to 11 and there will be fewer choices for mcwraps quarter pounders and chicken sandwiches. they granted permits for commercial drones. they will fly ariel surveillance and site and oil rigs. this brings the total granted permits to 13 out of 167 requests bite faa. amazon and drone delivery aspirations they are not cheering yet. the regulations won't be finalized for years so we are seeing more companies taking

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21 at herald square. it is busy any time of year but particularly during the holiday season. a female driver who was allegedly under the influence of some sort of substance crashed into the store front of forever 21 apparently pinning someone between the hood of her car as well as a display case. we are hearing that person may be a 14-year-old child. five people were huit in total n front of macy's herald square half a block from where we are. according to police the woman hit a car there hit couple of other cars while trying to cross 6th avenue jumped the curb and mowed 5 people down. 6 people injured with serious nonlife threatening injuries. she is in custody. that's the latest from outside of forever 21 and harold square. >> poor 14-year-old if that's

the case. designed to go lethal in a matter of seconds. watch as navy laser weapons tak an suv goes airborne crashing to a roof's california garage. the driver appeared to lose control while taking a curve too fast. the homeowners were fast asleep getting a rude awakening. >> my wife thought it was an earthquake. she was really greeked out. i didn't even notice it. >> two-cars inside the garage

were damaged. the driver managed to get out of the car while it was wedged in the roof and ran away. he was picked up by police but hasn't been charged at this point. >> speak of bad driving. home to the worst drivers. car insurance comparison.com says it's a tie. montana and south carolina tied for first. falling behind are texas north dakota and delaware. they compiled a list based on several factors based on fatality rates and drunk driving crashes. the time is 19 after the top of the hour. right in the gut why a deal to keep the lights on in dc is bad news for the first lady. >> don't look down. the incredible moment a skier goes down into the smallest of spaces.

>> a modern twist on ferry tails and mythical epic coming to life on the big screen. exod ex -- "exodus"" and "into the woods"" are out. >> you got to go to both premiers? >> yes. trying to cram in as many times as i can before the oscars and before the holidays. we went to "exodus" which is about the ten commandments. we found one of the original reviews of ten commandments one of the best movies of all time. it is not just a great powerful motion picture it is that it is a new experience.

prince of the paramount pictures in place of its showing would be the focus of a worldwide pilgrimage. not too much to live up to there. we talked earlier this week about the controversy around it in terms of how he portrays god. >> a little boy instead of a burning bush. >> how he explains some of the miracles and events at that take place in the story, that said it is a huge epic movie done on a scale that is few and far between these days. we asked christian bale at the premer if there was a little measure doing a movie on this scale. >> i try to not think about that. you can't help it. especially when you are driving down to the set. it was in spain and really has some of the most incredible crafts men who work with him. you are driving down saying look

at this incredible work all of the people have done. you got to go fingers crossed i am not going to make a total fool of myself and i am going to be doing something worthy of all of these other people's work. >> exodus god's and kings opens up this weekend. >> i want to see it even though i am not a big bale fan. that's not the only movie coming out "into the woods"." >> we had jersey boys and now into the woods. steven sound himes, people love his lyrics. we asked what some of their favorite sound heimlich lyrics are? >> while her whither wiffers. so many other vehicles like thematics. he is such a genius. we just wanted to honor his work. that was everybody's goal.

>> it opens up this weekend -- christmas day. big christmas gift wrapped in a nice pack sandaling. >> -- package. we will take your advice. both of those thumbs up. >> you can find me on twitter and instagram. >> instagram really big. we were just talking about it. >> thank you, michael. l loou a leah over to you. >> going after gruber. now the man who called americans stupid has testified. what a top commander has said next. >> think about buying someone a lap top? the tech gifts you should avoid.

>> it is thursday, december 11th. president obama condemning the cia reports. but where is the accountability?

>> the president needs to purge his administration of high level officials who are instrumental to the development and running of this program. >> is the president trying to protect his inner circle? >> the bigwig movie producer who called actress ang green gnaw jolie a spoiled brat. >> request what happened when this guy tried to pull off a dangerous stunt on tv. "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ >> great song. look outside of the studio to get us started this morning. good morning. welcome to "fox & friends

first". i am lia gabriel in for ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. president obama blasted by his own party by the cia. he holds some of the blame for p controversial interrogation tactics because he is protecting john brennan. >> doug luzader live in washington so are they trying to play both sides of the argument? >> the normally secretive central intelligence agency may not stay quiet much longer. we may hear from john brennan about the allegations meantime one of two psychologists who were together paid some $80 million to design the cia's interrogation program to question the morality of the kurr p rent approach using drones to kill suspected terrorists without ever questioning them. that is a tactic that also led to the death of bystanders.

>> to me it seems completely insensible that slapping ksm but sending a hell fire missile into a family's picnic and killing children and children granny and killing everyone is okay for a lot of reasons. one of the reasons is, what about that collateral loss of life and the other one is, in you will yif you kill you can't question them. >> dark tactics by enemies that use car bombs to target civilians. >> still the administration is coming under pressure from democrats who are angry about this report and calling for the administration to fire cia director john brennan. a oo the president needs to purge his administration of individuals who ran this program. >> it seems for now the

administration is backing brennan p. >> doik lieu ziug luzader life m dc. dick cheney saying senate democrats have it browrong withe cia report and they didn't interview the right people. >> i think it is a terrible piece of work basically. i think it is deeply flawed. they didn't bother to interview key people involved in the program. i think it is sort of a classic example that you see too of oh ten washed where a group of politicians get together and serve professionals and us. we have seen it happen before. i can remember iran contra. what happened was we asked the agency to go to take steps and put in place programs that were designed to catch the bastards that killed 3,000 of us on 9-11 and make sure it didn't happen again. that's exactly what they did. they deserve a lot of credit not condemnation they received from the senate democrats. >> the democrats criticized the

interrogation tactics. they support extending the drone program. ed henry getting into what some would call hypocrisy. >> can you explain how the president believes that it is unamerican to use these techniques but it was okay to ramp up the drone policy and basically thousands of people around the world, innocent civilians were killed. what's the moral equivalency. >> there is significant care taken and significant checks and balances included in the system to ensure any counter-terrorism action taken by the united states of america doesn't risk people's lives. >> we have seen many cases where u.s. drones killed innocent civilians despite safeguards. >> you are asking about the moral authority. there's a clear difference between the tactics used by terrorists and counter-terrorism

tactics employed by the united states of american america. >> a terror transfer. the so-called 20th hijacker wants to be moved to gitmo. zacchaeus mousey says he is being harassed where he is serving a life sentence. he also claims inside knowledge about 9-11 and wants to testify in terror victim lawsuits. federal agencies have not responded to those claims. >> how did a most wanted terrorist cross into the u.s.? a bombshell report shows it happened multiple times. during one of the trips the popal kwied leader flew a private plane in new mexico and landed in an airfield in new mexico. he was charged with plotting to blow up a building in a city.

more crowds shut down streets for a fourth night. >> oo a campus forum forced to end early when protestors burst through the auditorium doors. some people chanting go home. the protestors took over before taking to the streets. hundreds at berkeley high school participating in a walkout. meantime today protestors in ferguson are taking the police to court. >> a federal judge et to hear a request for a restraining order against ferguson police officers accused of using unnecessary force. >> discourage -- gruber apologized. but it is said not to be enough. as for all of the money gruber raised... >> i think an apology is not enough. basically if you are a consultant for government you

are expected to be honest. he has now admitted and bragged about how dishonest he was. he should apologize. i think he should return his paycheck. >> in total gruber made $6 million from various government contracts. >> the house is set to vote today on the massive $1.1 trillion spending bill but opponents may end the bill. many conservatives angered they will fully fund the president's immigration accek action and obamacare. the government shuts down at midnight. >> you can call it a punch in the gut the spending bill is giving the school a pass on serving whole grain products on student meal. >> unappetizing pictures of food

and the caption thanks michelle obama. the number of lunches served dropped more than a million between 2013 and 2014. >> storms hitting both coasts. in california millions bracing for the most powerful storm in years. dozens of schools already closed. >> on the east coast, yes, up to 20 inches of this stuff, snow falling near syracuse, new york. one interstate shut down for more than 7 hours. can you image being stuck in that? maria molina is tracking that for us. >> we are tracking the storm system across the northeast after significant snowfall across the region. some areas reporting 20 inches of snow. you can see snow across pennsylvania and new york and across portions of maine. we have had areas of heavy rain

clearing up. conditions will continue to improve as we head into tomorrow across the northeast. still looking at the snow and possibly half a foot of snow of additional accumulation across interior portions of the northeast. out west we have one of the strongest storms that has hit this region in several years. you are looking at a flash flood threat as much as 8 inches of rain possible. flood watches are in effect across southern california. the wind will be an issue with this storm system. higher elevations the moisture hitting the mountains. we are looking at 2-3 feet of snow. it will make white out conditions very dangerous. >> speaking of snow, i love this. the moment that will make your stomach drop.

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>> welcome back to "fox and friend first. brand new jobless numbers are about to be released as new fox news poles reveal how americans really feel about the economy. ashley webster from sister network ashley has more. >> at 8:30 a.m. eastern time we will be getting the weekly jobless claims report. economists are expecting that number to come in at 295,000. that will be down slightly from the prior week that came in at 29 the 7,000. meantime according to the latest fox news polls it is the economy that is the biggest priority for americans. when asked what he wants president obama to work on now the economy by far was the number one choice at 38 percent followed by terrorism at 28 percent healthcare 12 percent immigration down at 10s percent.

those sentiments unchanged since the very was first asked back in july of 2012. obama's overall job rating held steady 32 percent of voters approved 53 disapprove. just before the mid terms it was 41 percent approve and 54 percent disapprove. by the way getting back to the economy we are getting the latest retail sales numbers in november which are predicted to be very strong. that is a positive sign of this busy shopping season. back to you. >> to find the fox business network log on to foxbusiness.com/channel finder. >> oo are you traveling for the holidays you should stay home next friday december 19th. that is supposed to be the busiest travel time of the season. airlines predicting 2.5 million

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three for that missing college senior shane montgomery. they have been looking over surveillance video but now video coming from this nail salon on main street a few doors down from the pub where he was last seen leaving. christie train owns the nail salon. she tells us she handed over surveillance video from cameras that shows him walking past her shop. the second angle shows him going over a footbridge across a canal towards a parking lot that goes towards the schuylkill riff but he never comes back down. the video not yet released by police but tran says she handed over the video hoping it would help find him. friends and family have been coming down here every day to do their part in the search. we understand the family reached out to a psychic to aid in the search and the reward money up to $65,000.

the author of rolling stone magazine's sexual assault story ne university of virginia admitting she shops around for victims. a video surfacing of the reporter in 2012 saying she once wanted to write about domestic violence but was looking for the perfect victim. >> do you he have want to expose a certain situation -- do you ever want to expose a situation or topic and search for a concrete story? >> yes, i actually do. i am searching for one right now where that is the case. >> students involved in the sexual assault say rolling stone never contacted them. >> the fallout from the hack attack on sony turns ugly. a e-mail shows a top producerring trash talking

angela jolie. the drama starting after jolie lured a famous director away from one of the producer's films to join hers. in the wake of north korea's retaliation for the movie "the interview" sony not allowing press questions at the whoold -- hollywood premiere responsibility. >> a treasure sure trove of classic cars that may be worth millions. after four decades a collection of 50 cars found in france. a french trucking magnate bought the cars over 30 years and when he went bankrupt the cars were forgotten. now the cars are put on the block. this ferrari is the crown jewel. it could go for $15 million. >> the time is now 55 minutes after the hour. diva demands. wait until you hear what

arianna grande asks for. >> playing with fire doesn't work well for this guy. the stunt that wasn't.

it is 59 minutes after the hour. before you leave the house, here's what's happening today, former v.p. dick cheney calling the c.i.a. interrogation report a bunch of, quote, crap. he says the agency did what it had to do to catch terrorists, as president obama comes under fire by

his own party for his handling of the agency. the house set to vote today on the $1.1 trillion spending bill. if it doesn't pass the government shuts down at midnight. in a few hours this year's golden globe nominations will be announced from beverly hills. time for the good, the bad, and the ugly. up first the good. police in minnesota brightening up a family's holiday. they replaced $600 worth of gifts stolen from under their tree. >> there's people out there that do care. >> so wonderful to see the family happy again. >> officers also replacing their lock. the bad a brazilian magic act goes up in flames when the presenter catches fire in front of a studio audience. the magician expected to be okay. the ugly. ariana grande's diva demands revealed. she insists on being carried like a baby when

she is too tired to walk. the celebrity posting photos on instagram of staff members carrying her around. don't forget to keep talking about gitmo. if it closes, where should terrorists go? go to our facebook page to weigh in. "fox & friends" starts now. good morning. it is thursday, december 11. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. fox news, following the hypocrisy on the heels of the c.i.a. interrogation report -- >> will you explain how the president believes it is un-american to use these techniques but it was okay to ramp up the drone policy? what is the moral equivalency there? >> well, the white house's response will leave you scratching your head this morning. we promise you that. >> he was at the helm when the interrogation tactics started. >> this report says it was not successful. >> the report is full of crap. ex