>> good morning to you and your family. i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us. we begin with a fox news alert. the hammer dropping on brian williams. the nightly news anchor suspended for six months without pay after falsely claiming for years he was on a helicopter shot down by enemy fire during the iraq invasion. it made it seem more perilous. >> it wasn't until a few weeks ago he was caught in a lie forcing him to apologize. >> the story actually started with a terrible moment a dozen years back during the invasion of iraq. when the helicopter we were travelling in was forced down and hit by an rpg. i wanted to apologize i wanted to say i was in a helicopter hit by rpg fire i was in the helicopter behind it.

we sent two harrowing nights in the sand storm in the iraq desert. it was a bung elled attempt by me to thank one special veteran and by extension our brave military men and women. >> while some see it's appropriate punishment others see it as a way to push williams off the air for good. >> as strange as it sounds for nbc to be sus spending the franchise for six months for use of inexcusable and preach of trust this is a way to save him. >> a lot of people think he should be fired he should be out of there nbc realized not only did brian need to be held accountable but he had to be seen paying a price for ratings crisis. they have moved on from the era crisis.

they knew he was a serial i am bell lisher they would like to see this crisis go away. >> let's talk about brian william's extension. did nbc make the right move and what should happen next? log on to our facebook page for a live debate at hash tag teep caulking. another fox news alert. breaking overnight security concerns in yemen forcing the state department to close the u.s. embassy there. the embassy has been operating with a severely reduced staff. that's since january. all of the workers are evacuated by the end of the day. officials say yemen is not safe for americans since last month's shiite takeover. as the british and french embassies also closing their doors. >> the last american hostage held by isis is dead. the pentagon saying kayla mueller was killed at the hands of the terror group. leland vittert is live with her

capture and capture activity details. >> they had to prove the claim she died in air strikes. the administration makes clear they hold isis responsible regardless. by all accounts she was a remarkable young woman captured back in 2013 while leaving a doctors without borders hospital. her parents released a letter she had written in captivity saying in part if you could say i have suffered it all through out this whole experience, it is only in knowing how much suffering i have put you all through. president oib moved her plight and issued a suggestion the u.s. didn't do enough to free her. >> dede voted enormous resources to frame captives or hostages anywhere in the world and i

deploy deployed an entire operation at significant risk to rescue not only her but the other individuals that had been held and probably missed them by a day or two. >> president obama remains steadfast with the long standing u.s. policy of not paying ransom for u.s. hostages. doing so he said would only put more americans at riske globe. we are learning more about kayla's life in captivity. one report they often spotted her at the same level as a isis commander meaning she was in some form of forced marriage. back to you. >> live for us leland vittert. thank you. >> marco rubio saying swapping those five for accused deserter bergdahl set a dangerous precedence. >> people noticed it, enemies

noticed it. we said at the time they would put a price tag on the head of every american abroad. isil even as we speak is actively looking at others kid to kedidnap especially americans. they can publicly butch he haveer them or hopefully in their minds they think they can get a trade or money. there's no doubt in my mind that prisoner swap created that incentive. the president expected to request formal authorization from congress today to fight isis. the request will limit the use of ground forces and expire after three years. the plan also allows the military to wage war against groups associated with isis. democrats weary of getting involved in another war while republicans doubt the president's strategy to defeat isis. the vote on the authorization is expected in the next few weeks.

the administration slowing down the troops in afghanistan. for a second time the pace is under scrutiny to ensure african troops are-- afghan troops take over. >> all eyes on a small texas town of one of the most talked about murder cases in years gets underway. hours from now opening statements begin in the trial of the man accused american sniper chris kyle who is up first on the witness stand. >> among the first to testify against 27-year-old accused murderer eddy ray rouse is chris kyle's widow and mother of his two children. he's facing life in prison without parole if convicted in the shooting death of chris chile and chad little field two years ago. they will try to prove he was

insane and suffering from post traumatic stress disorder at the time of the shooting. but kyle has publically spoken out against that argument. >> i feel like whatever you were before you went into war is what you are going to come out and be on the other side with a major twist. they are going to have moodiness you are going to suffer. we need to do a better job of taking care of those guys. we are doing a better job. i don't buy it. i doesn't think it's appropriate and i think it's a lame excuse for herible behavior. >> not minuting her words there. lawyers hope 12 men and women they hand picked for the jury will see things differently. >> they were asked for their feeling on the american sniper movie the military and mental illness. the ptsd may be a hard sell for the jury since routh never actually stepped on to a battlefield. they released these photos of

him smiling and posing with guns. the jury expected to handover a position on routh in two weeks. >> standoff coming to an end as police capture a man considered armed and dangerous. accused of killing san diego karl it will at least twice as he was backing out of his driveway. 54-year-old mike montana opened fire shattering the back window of the news caninganchor's car took off in a white painting company van. he turned himself hours later after an intense swat team standoff. crass could you is out of surgery and is expected to be okay. he was targeted but they don't have a motive. this comes two months after crawford was shot outside of his waco tv station. that shooter still at large.

>> the family of bobbi kristina brown giving an update on her condition. she is improving but she is still in a coma after being found in the bathtub. >> christina is doing okay there are signs she is going to be okay despite what people are saying over the internet. christina is fine. >> bobbi kristina's father bobby brown slamming reports the family planned to take her off life support today. he said this quote this is a criminal investigation and the integrity of that process requires silence. >> to extreme weather now video overnight in massachusetts where more than 500 guard troops are helping dig out from record show. the last time they had to go and clear off the snow back in 1978. >> look at this.

these people are standing on top of that massive 60 foot snow pile in boston and there's no relief in sight. two more storms ahead through valentine's day. the first expected to hit tomorrow. maria molina is tracking both of them she will have an update for us in about 30 minutes. >> a major media shake-up. john stewart is stepping down as the face of the daily show on comedy central. >> 17 years is the longest i have ever in my life held a job in my heart i know it is time for someone else to have that opportunity. >> he will stay on the show until later this year. some are speculating stewart may be replacing brian williams now that he has been suspended. they considered stewart as a potential host for "meet the press"." >> power ball jackpot is $485 million. that is the 5th largest prize in

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bunch of violent, vicious zealots who behead people or randomly shoot a bunch of folks in oo deli in paris. >> when asked to clarify the white house doubling down. >> i believe what the president was trying to make is these individuals were not specifically targeted. these were individuals who happened to randomly be in the deli and were shot. >> after that the state department spokesperson called the terror attack anti-sematic. >> we have always been clear the attack on the grocery store was an anti-sematic attack that took the lives of innocent people. >> he called out the president for the real reason he won't call the attack anti-semitic.

>> they are so uncomfortable with the woshd war if they don't talk about it the war will go away. this is not what barack obama was elected to do. he wanted to change healthcare and. if they turn the page the war will go away. if we don't call it anti-sematic attack it will go away. they won't go away. they want to destroy us. >> 20 months after the irs scandal rocked the obama administration the white house still refusing to release the documents. multiple freedoms of information request have gone completely ignored by the obama administration. there are more than 500 documents about the tax agency's targeting of conservative groups that will not be released that is in addition to the lost e-mails of irs employees. news week's twitter k hacked by a cyber caliphate. a group taking control for 14 minutes claiming affiliation

with isis sending out at least three tweets one a chilling threat against the first family addressed to michelle obama. another tweet claimed to show confidential pentagon documents to show private information. there was a haunting message from isis. officials saying this is the same group that hacked sent come's twitter and youtube weeks ago. >> hackers found a new way to steal credit and debit card numbers just by walking past you on the street. >> lauren sem netimonetti has more. >> your credit and debit card numbers can be stolen on the street in line on the store or standing there in an escalator or when your cards are from your wallet. this is because of new devices thieves are using. if that device is within 6 inches of the card it can swipe a number. cards at risk have radio technology that allows you to wave and pay and pay pass

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>> good morning from time's square where the lights are shining bright. thank you so much we appreciate it as always. we have this story to tell you about now. religious and political materials have no place in schools in orange county florida. the school board making that controversial decision because satanists wanted to hand out coloring books to students. although bibles were allowed in schools although they had to reconsider the policy. a board member who voted for the policy worried about the national implications saying it could force the groups like ymca and boys and girls clubs to stop handing out any fly ars. a religious group already planning to take it case to court. >> a probe into a little league. officials from little league baseball investigating whether the chicago team who won the 2014 u.s. title may have cheated. there have been allegations the much celebrated squad used players that lived outside of the geographic area that the

team represents. no word if the team could be stripped of their title. jackie robinson west was the first african american team to win the championship. >> lawmakers in puerto rico were trying to decide it is improving excess weight for parent neglect. >> if after six months changes in the diets were not made and weight doesn't always come from neglect and it would be difficult to assess. >> the navy wants you to come up with a new slogan. a good slogan has been seeing shown the door now that would be unpopular with them. it will be used in commercials and used for recruitment. the time now 25 after the top of the hour.

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oh >> the face of nbc news suspended. brian williams paying his price for the lies about iraq. >> two years since he was killed in cold blood the trial for chris kyle's accused killer begins. what happens now in the real life ending to the "american sniper sag snipe" saga? >> packing heat and proud of it. where the signs are keeping drivers and hopefully the

criminals away. ♪ flush >> there's a lot of neon lights in new york city. some not so subtle. owe >> i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. the hammer dropping on brian will am yeahs. >> the nightly news anchor suspended for 6 months without pay after falsely claiming for years he was on a helicopter shot down by enemy fire during the iraq invasion. he has been embellishing the story since # 2003 making it

seem more and more perilous. >> it wasn't until a couple weeks ago he was caught in the lie making him apologize. >> it started with a terrible moment a dozen years back during the invasion in iraq the helicopter was forced down after being hit by an rpg. i want to apologize i said i was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by rpg fire. i was in a following aircraft. we all landed after the ground fire incident and spent two harrowing nights in a sand storm in the iraq desert. this was a bung elled attempt by me to thank one special veteran and by extension our brave military men and women. cheryl atkinson quick to draw the comparison between williams and hillary clinton both falsifying stories while others hoped the nbc anchor can move past the ordeal. >> one is very much like the other. however you feel about one

incident you should logically probably feel about the other. if you don't care in either case if you don't think it's an important breech then you shouldn't care if you didn't care the first lady former secretary of state made you shouldn't care about brian williams. >> we were white house correspondents i found him to be great company, good friend, hilariously funny. i never detected in his work as a journalist there any tendency to embellish or exaggerate or not tell the truth. once exposed as someone who repeatedly told the tall tales that's a hard thing to come back from. >> let's keep talking about brian williams' suspension. did nbc make the right move? what should happen next? head to our facebook page after the show to weigh in #keep talking. >> we are hours away from opening statements to the american sniper murder trial. a former marine facing life in

prison for killing chris kyle two years ago. what we can expect to see today. >> the fate of eddy ray routh is now in the hands of 12 carefully selected men and women on a texas jury. among the first they will hear testimony from is chris kyle's widow and the mother of his two children. routh faces life in prison without parole if convicted for the murder of chris kyle and his friend at a texas range two years ago. they will try to show routh was insane and suffering from post traumatic stress disorder at the time of the shooting. taya kyle spoken out against that. >> i understand the media reporting that because that's what they would like everybody to believe as almost like an excuse to hang the murders on but it was a double homicide. >> that ptsd argument would be a hard sell for the jury since according to the war fighter

foundation routh never stepped on to a battlefield. they also released these photos of him smiling and posing with guns. the jury might be asked to consider ralph had been drinking smoked marijuana and threatened his girlfriend with a knife on the day he shot and killed kyle in little field. the jury is expected to hand over their final decision on routh in about two weeks. >> thank you jackie. >> breaking overnight security concerns in yemen forcing the state department to close the embassy see there. they have been operating in a severely reduced staff since january. now all of the workers are being evacuated by the end of the day. officials say yemen is not safe from americans since last night's shiite takeover. the british and french embassies also closing their doors. >> the pentagon now confirming the last american hostage held by isis is dead.

they say she was killed by the hands of isis contrary to the terror groups have said. the white house is praising her for trying to help those in need. >> heather good morning. the isis threat has been driven home by the death of american aid worker kayla mueller. it comes as congress is going to get a real wake up call today about how effective isis has been in recruiting westerners to join the fight. >> kayla has touched the heart of the world. the world grieves with us. the world mourns with us. >> in kayla mueller's home town of prescott, arizona the terrible cost of the isis conflict is painfully real. mueller's family grieves her loss even the details surrounding her death remain unclear isis claims she died during a jordanian air strikes last week. there is no proof of that. the pentagon says she clearly died at the hands of terrorists. president obama spoke with mueller during an interview with

the int -- spoke of mueller during an interview withat the white house. >> they know what she stood for and how it stands in contrast with the barbaric organization that held her captive. >> but while the president argues mueller's death will touch off revulsion isis is counting on a different action. every move they make is designed to recruit more followers. intelligence agencies will tell congress isis and groups like it have recruited thousands of followers from around the world. 150 americans have at least tried to join the fight in syria. it comes as congress will have to decide how much authority to give the president to wage war on isis. ainsley? >> doug luzader live for us in washington. thank you. new overnight a tense standoff comes to an end as police capture a man considered armed and dangerous surrenders to police. that man accused of shooting sports anchor twice as he was

backing out of his driveway. mike montana opened fire shattering the back window of the anger man's -- anchor man's car. the swat team surrounded him and his home. he the anchor man is out of surgery. police say he was targeted but they have not released a motive. >> will her testimony help or hurt aaron hernandez? the fiancee of the former patriots player striking a deal to take the stand in his murder trial. this is in exchange of immunity for her pending charge of perjury. she lied to the grand jury dozens of times about her conversations with hernandez shortly after the death in 2013. hernandez is accused of murder. new video overnight from massachusetts where national guard troops are trying to help people dig out from record snow. look at these guys. they are standing on top of that

massive snow pile in boston. there is no relief in sight. maria molina is tracking the storm for you. >> good morning. incredible amounts of snowfall across parts of new england with many areas seeing more than 50 inches of snow so far this season. we have another storm system on the move and forecast to bring more snow across the region. snow in the great lakes. we don't know how much snow we are going to get from this storm system. we are predicting a little bit more some of the computer models were. it may be a relatively weak system and have several inches of snowfall accumulations across new inge lapped. temperatures are going to become a much bigger story over the next several days. today you are relatively cool across portions of the great lakes and northeast. what starts to happen thursday into friday much colder air

moves southward and eastward. forecast low temperatures new york city low monday morning 1 degree, 11 below zero. let's head over to you. >> no love for mother nature for valentine's day. >> a major media shake-up to tell you about. have you heard? john stewart is stepping down as the face of the daily show on comedy central. >> it is the longest i have ever in my life held a job. in my heart i know it is time for someone else to have that opportunity. >> he has done a great job. stewart says he will stay on the show until later this year. some speculating he could replace brian williams now that he has been suspended. nbc reportedly considered stewart as a potential host for "meet the press"."

>> things keep getting worse for brian williams adding insult in injury. an updated list of the most trust worthy people he plummets from number 23 to 835. the ratings has tom hanks in the top spot. other news anchors include robin roberts number 11 diane sawyer and katie couric. at 815 none other than duck dynasty willie robertson. brian williams once the most trusted name in news is below our favorite reality star. >> the time now is 20 minutes to the top of the hour. if they can get past the secret service they can get anywhere. now a new fight against drones for homeowners and businesses every where. what you need to know and looking for love, you are not alone on the dating apps. why you might end up with more than just a dinner d valentine's

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>> it is enough to get you grooving and moving. thanks for joining us. you are watching "fox and friend first. we appreciate it. president obama wants to let millions of immigrants to cross over our borders and to work in the u.s. it turns out they are already here. new government data shows the u.s. accepted two new immigrants for each additional job created in the last 15 years. the number of working immigrants increased by nearly 6 million since 2000. but 127,000 less americans hold

a job. urban outfitters is in hot water with a jewish civil rights group for selling this tap pest tree resembleing the uniforms of concentrate camp uniforms. the group says it is offensive and demands it is all pulled from the stores. this is not the first time that company has dealt with controversy. in 2012 they had a t-shirt criticized an offensive reference to the holocaust. >> are you worried about drones? homeowners now have the option to set up a no-fly zone. ashley webster from our sister network fox business is here to explain. >> things like national parks military basis all within a five mile basis but no restrictions exist to homeowners and

businesses over the crime and property. they are teaming up on a global data base let's you have a no-fly zone. they entered into that data base. people who live near a blocked property of which to fly their own drone must provide proof of residency. ultimately drones will allow the data base but there are limitations. drone owners are under no obligation to agree to the snow fly zones. updates to the data base are not made automatically. as they i am limit rules about drones at least they are taking proactive steps to self regulate. >> thanks ash. on the fox business network you can log on to

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two minutes before the top of the hour. before you leave the house here's what's happening today, opening statements in the trial of the man accused of killing american sniper navy seal chris kyle. kyle's wife among the first to testify. the state department officially closing the u.s. aceh in yemen over security

concerns. nbc suspending brian williams for six months after he lied multiple times about his being shot down while reporting in iraq. did nbc make the right move? head over to our facebook page to weigh in. #keep talking. >> time for the good, the bad, and the ugly. first the good. this 58 cent sweater from the good will could go for as much as $20,000. the rare football find belonged to football coach vince lombardi. it is up for auction. parents stormed the court, punches thrown after a player hit the wall. games are canceled for both teams. >> ugly, looking for love on your phone? i.b.m. says 26 out of 41 dating apps they analyzed show a medium or high security risk of obtaining

security information. the apps in question have been notified. >> i didn't know there were 41 dating apps. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> have a great day much good morning to you. it is wednesday, february 11. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. a fox news alert. brian williams takes the fall. the face of "nbc nightly news" pulled off the air for six months. is this the end or just a move to save his job? >> the white house doubles down on the president's claim that the terror attack on that kosher super market in paris was just random. >> the individuals who were killed in that terrible tragic incident were killed not because of who they were. >> but wait until you hear how they backtrack when they realize the whole world knows they're spinning. >> on a different note, it was personal information i didn't want out there. >> brian