>> it's friday february 27th. fox news alert. man behind the mask jihadi john trapped for five years, even detained. how the pair could have been stopped. >> here come the candidates. 2016 season now in spring. >> we need a leader who are say i will stand up and make the fight. >> these potential candidates who is em mekerging as the

frontrunner. >> is this white and gold or do you see blue and black? "fox & friends first" starts right now. >> let's get to the fox news alert for you. isis reign of terror spreading with a disturbing new video. sickening new images just released as a terrorist murdered four alleged spies. then accused of being a spy ring on behalf of the iraqi government. >> mass isis ex cushion ners marching these men into the woods where they are shot dead. those shocking new images coming hours after the hooded executioner known as jihadi john is unmasked. this butcher was tracked by british intelligence but eventually released. leland vittert is live from washington with brand new details. >> as you said the most stunning parts of the revelation about

jihadi john is the british intelligent services knew who he was. they were tracking him at times they interviewed him but they were able to give him the slip. he was identified as mohammed and he was 6 years old, as he grew up he became increasingly radicalized. a number of different occasions interviewed him and talked to him and eventually he was able to end up in syria giving the british services the slip. ice isis took center stage coming from two cabinet level officials. first listen to the director of national intel gichl. >> it has been the lethal year

for global terrorism in the 45 years since data has been compiled. >> this came 24-hours after john kerry was testifying before congress with a very very different message. >> we are living in a period of whether he is daily threat to americans and people in the world, less violent deaths today than the last century. >> the vie rent -- violent deaths continued. they showed smashing of artifacts in iraq. they kidnapped a number of christians now that number reportedly to increase above 200. we have learned there have been new air strikes over the past 24 to 48-hours. it looks like though, ainsley, that they missed their main target which was a leader of isis bag darral baghdadi.

but he gave them the slip. >> how are they explaining these very different narratives? >> it is interesting. they are saying the director of national intelligence james clapper was talking about the threat from isis. secretary kerry was talking about the capacity of isis to carry out the attack. it was interesting watching ed henry chief white house correspondent play the back and forth game. they explained how you have these two very different messages in 24-hours. >> very bizarre. like they are getting their messages crossed. they need to come together. >> questions arrive about if the administration understands the isis threats. >> the words not with standing

might be a lot of secretary of state said what difference does it make. >> what difference does it make? >> they are headed up at the secretary of state's office for sure. it is a little out of touch for reality. >> tell the 20 plus cop ticktic this has been a safe year. tell the people across the malls that are afraid to go because of the threat of isis. this administration needs to address it and address it straight up and give us a plan. tell us how are you going to deal with this? how are you going to make us safe? >> the only way to take out isis is boots on the ground. >> hours after jihadi john is identified the family of the victims are speaking out. they are now calling on the u.s.

to capture mohammed alwasbi. >> we don't believe the system failed anywhere in the contrary. we think it worked. the intelligence community was able to identify this man. they put him on a no fly list. >> that sentiment is not shared by the first american beheaded by isis in syria. james foley said the u.s. should have done more to save their son. >> our government needs to have a clearer policy and be more up front about what they can and cannot do and will not do. we felt we were in the dark a lot. we were not really part of the team. >> foley's father went on to say they didn't know if their son was dead or alive for almost one year of his captivity.

>> a brand new bombshell from the irs. while you were sleeping a stunning late night hearing on the hilary vealing commissioner john tuskanan was not exactly being honest when he said this. >> the actual hard drive after it was determined it was dysfunctional and with experts no e-mails were retrieved they were destroyed in the normal process. >> let's get to patricia stark for the breaking developments. good morning patricia. >> there's a big case of liar liar in washington right now. >> federal investigators revealing they have uncovered 32,000 e-mails possibly linked to allegations the agencies targeted conservative groups applying to tax ex emempt status. congress requested the e-mails from the agency but over the summer officials told lawmakers

most had been lost when the computer crashed. we are learning the irs never asked technicians to look for the tapes. when independent investigators started looking around they found it in just a few days. >> the irs takes four months to tell us something as important we lost lois earnlerner's e-mails. we are doing everything we can do to get those. when they make it public they didn't tell you ahead of time. all you do is get in the car drive to west virginia not that far one state over and get the tapes. >> the i are,s inspector general is investigating possible criminals linked to the e-mails and tapes. it is unclear what kind of information was found in the e-mails or if they uncovered any new information. >> we will find out more i am sure. >> thank you patricia.

>> the gloves are off. >> testing the water at c pack. >> we have the highlight from day one. >> cpac, this year they face direct questions from conservative pundits. governor ingram and chris christie how he can beat bush. >> they make back room deals decide who the president will be he is the frontrunner. if the people of the united states decide to pick the best president of the united states he wants someone who looks them in the icon nexts with them i can run. >> the country needs a new triks. cpacors need loyalty to principles and want to impose the common code education.

ted cruz takes a back seat to no one in the gop. >> if the president says they oppose illegal unconstitutional executive amnesty terrific. if the candidate says they oppose common core fantastic. when did you stand up against if? >> she lasted hillary clinton using hillary clinton's own tweets to talk about the ethical controversy and hypocrisy. >> she tweets about women's rights in this country and takes money from governments that deny women the most basic human rights. >> surging in the early polls was scott walker drew the biggest crowd. >> wisconsin will become the 25th state in america that allows workers the freedom to choose whether they want to work for a company and be in a union or not. >> protestors began to shout walker rallied the crowd to drown them out. >> those voices can't drown out

the voices of the millions of americans who want us to stand up for the hard-working taxpayers. >> a record breaking storm is crippling the south. up to a foot of snow falling in alabama making a mess on the roads. >> maria molina is tracking the news. the cold winter temperatures in parts of the midwest and into the northeast. we are expecting another winter storm across parts of the plains. as you head further quest you can see clouds moving close to oklahoma and texas. eventually we are going to be looking at the chance for snowfall even a chance of sleet mixing in out there. please be safe. that's across portions of the plains. otherwise the windchill temperatures across the midwest and northeast in places like chicago in kansas city and the southeast in the 20's in atlanta

and also the city of raleigh. the time now is 11 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up an explosive warning about our safety in the sky. the new worry about terror threats on passenger trains. >> how the president plans to use his pen to infringe on our second amendment rights. >> lots of folks not happy about that one. a hollywood who done it? the are will life mystery surrounding an oscar winning actress.

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>> we are back with a fox news lart for you u. isis releasing horrifying images showing the murder of four ladies and gentlemened spies in iraq. the men were marched into the woods and shot dead. this as a top u.s. intelligence official sounds the alarm saying the safety and security of america is in grave danger. >> when the final accounting is

done 2014 will have been the lethal year of global terrorism in the data has been compiled. >> they estimate isis has anywhere between 20 and 30,000 fighters. >> that warning comes less than 24-hours after secretary of state john kerry says the world is much safer. chief white house correspondent ed henry pressing the white house on mixed messages. >> how did he make the claim to the american people and the world that we were safer than we were before? >> he could do so with the evidence on his side. he was able to demonstrate and what he was discussing is the success our military campaign is applying significant pressure to the isis leadership. because of the pressure we have applied because of the strategy we have pursued to have fighters on the ground to take the fight to isil and back them up with military and coalition air strike. that pressure has been applied and that has reduced the ability

of isil to expand their reign of terror. >> thank you this is preventing them from expanding their reign of terror. >> we are seeing the isil leadership is not operating comfortably enough in that area of the world. >> earnest going on to say the threat is definitely still there. but he continued to success that the capacity has been diminished. >> now to a fox business alert. the tsa issuing a stark warning for passengers over a new threat. >> fox business is here lauren. this new warning is over the explosive over the therm might solution of rust and powder that can get past bomb detectors when it is ignited it produces a toxic gas that can act as a nerve boyspoison. it could as a resultresult in catastrophic damage and the death of every

opinion on boardperson on board a plane. they say right now there is no specific threat involving thermite by terrorists. another business topic. the controversial ruling that effects the internet as we know it. all of that content must be treated equally what does this mean for every american that logs on. >> the fcc ruling means the government ceased control of the internet. when they provide a connection to your home or phone. they cannot speed up or slow down content. heavy opposition to the new rules. verizon driving them as coming from the air of the telegraph they put out this statement on social media. they wrote it in morris code to make fun of it. what does this mean for you and me? possibly slower broadband speed new woulder res government can regular content.

the ruling will no doubt be tied up in the courts which may mean less investment and the build out of the internet. >> stop futures a little bit. nasdaq 12 points away from 5k. heather, back to you. thank you very much lauren. to find lauren on fox business network log on to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. it is 19 minutes after the top of the hour. on the run a desperate search right now for this serial shooter. they are targeting innocent people. >> the new spying tool for the secret service agency's plan to keep watch over washington. ♪

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>> armed and dangerous. they search for the man believed to be behind five shootings in the houston area over the last five days. one person is dead. the attacks are most likely completely random. all of the victims shot walking alone outside. now they are advising people to travel in groups in that area. they don't expect the shooter to drop until he is caught or killed. the road rage killing of a mother in las vegas. the suspect's attorney now asking for gun shot residue or a test on the residue. they want to test her body tammy meyers body. he is trying to prove self defense in this case. eric eric nausch is accused in the

case. they are trying to prove someone fired the gun first. he is back in court march 10th. >> calm and care free. aaron hernandez seen dancing on surveillance video. this was hours before the murder of owe den lloydoden lloyd. you can see hernandez. he is seen buying a pack of blue cotton candy bubble luscious gum. it was revealed last week that police found a bullet casing stuck to a piece of blue gum in the rental car hernandez rauz drive was driving that night. >> adrian peterson now eligible to play in the nfl next season. a judge ruling to end his indefinite indefinite for whipping his boy with a wooden switch. the league is planning to appeal that ruling.

>> a real life hollywood who done it. actress's oscar gown stolen from her los angeles hotel room days after the award show. the dress covered in 6,000 pearlings and valued at nearly 150,000 dollars. right now police are scouring through surveillance video at the hotel. what a beautiful dress. one picture as thehas the world divided. what do you see there? is it blue and black or white and gold? a woman posted the picture on-line after realizing she and her friends viewed it differently. now people on-line are going crazy talking about who is right and a lot of celebrities they are weighing in. taylor swift tweeting i feel like it's a trick somehow. ps it is obviously blue and black. julianne moore says what is the matter with you guys it's white and gold. you can see the original picture in the middle and the tint

changed slightly. the dress is actually blue and black. >> so weird. i see white and gold. >> i thought blue and black but i think i missed an earlier picture. it looked white and gold in that one. >> this might be a trick. taylor might be up to something here. >> maybe it is taylor swift again. >> it is 26 minutes after the top of the hour. another honor for the american sniper. a new push to recognize chris kyle's heroism. >> first on the senate floor one senator's creative move to disprove climate change. >> first on this day in history the constitution was ratified limiting the president to two terms. >> in 1992, 16-year-old tiger woods became the youngest pga gol per in 35 years.

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>> a fox news alert. >> alarming reports that the world's most wanted man could have been stopped as we hear a terrifying new warning about terrorism. >> when the final accounting is done 2014 will have been the most lethal year for global terrorism. >> the irs bombshell. brand new e-mails just recovered. >> looks like we have been misled or lied to. >> llama drama. the slow speed chase that took the internet by storm. where the dynamic duo is reporting. >> "fox & friends first" continues right now. >> good morning. the let's get right to the fox news alert. isis spreading their terror

message with a sickening new video. it shows the terrorist murdering four alleged spies in cold blood. the men are accused of spying for the iraqi government. >> the video shows black clad masked isis executioners marching the men into the woods where they were all shot dead. >> now those shocking new images coming hours after the hooded executioner known as jihadi john is unmasked. we learned he was tracked by british intelligence but still managed to flee withto syria to fight with isis. leland vittert has more. >> good morning to you. it is really stunning how many times the british intelligence services talked to this man now known as jihadi john and either let him go or he was able to give them the slip. first a little bit of history. mohammed emwazi is how he is known. he came from the united kingdom

to cue from kuwait. he tried to fight with the terror group al shabab. they knew who he was talked to him a number of times but somehow he slipped through the cracks inded up ended up in syria fighting for isis. isis has been on center stage in capitol hill over the past several days with different messages coming from cabinet level off fishicials. first take a listen to the director of national intelligence yesterday. >> when the final accounting is done 2014 will have been the most lethal year of global terrorism in the 45 years such data has been compiled. >> just 24-hours before that it was secretary of state john kerry with a very different message for congress and the american people. >> we are actually living in a period of less daily threat to americans and people in the

world and less deaths, less violent deathings today than through the last century. >> obviously the deaths continue in the middle east. new video coming out from isis of them allege eddie destroying a -- allegedly destroying artifacts. the number has increased to bv 200. shockingly, as this is all going on there were new air strikes that came ever so close to killing back carral baghdadi the lead -- back car al baghdadi. looks like they missed the one person they were really trying to get that being the leader of the group. >> going back to jihadi john though, could he be brought back to the u.s. to face charges if he is caught alive? >> it is certainly possible. we have seen the united states try to do these snatch and grab missions before. the latest one happening in

libya. the benghazi attacks brought back to the united states. they say they will be put back on trial. obviously you will have to find somebody in syria and be able to get in and get out which is easier said than done. >> leland vittert live from washington. thanks, leland. >> families of the victims are the family of the american israeli journalist steven sotloff calling ott u.s. to capture emwazi to bring him to the u.s. to face justice in our courts. they are putting the trust in the governments just like they did the entire time their son was held captive. >> we don't believe the system failed anywhere. on the contrary we think it worked. the tin gelintelligence committee put him on a no fly list. >> this sentiment is not shared by the first family who lost someone by isis. james foley's parents say the

u.s. should have done more to save their son. >> our government needs to have a clearer policy and be more up front about what they can and cannot do or will or will not do. we felt we were in the dark a lot. we were not part of the team. >> foley's father didn't know whether their son was dead or alive for more than a year of his captivity. >> potential presidential candidate scott walker sounding more like a presidential candidate. the wisconsin governor telling supporters that the conservative political action conference and our country's next leader needs to be tougher on terror. we have a president who draws lines in the sand and fails to act. a president who calls isis the jv club. we need a president a leader who will stand up and say we will take the fight to them and not wait until they bring the fight to american soil for our children and our grandchildren.

>> walker went on to say his experience as governor especially standoff with public employee unions prepares him for a be jo on the world stage. >> scott walker one of many presidential hopefuls testing the waters this week and our own sean hannity is there covering the three-day event in maryland. here is a look at some notable moments from day one. >> we cannot defeat radical islamic terrorism with a president who is unwilling to utter the words radical islamic ter rim. >> the state department spokesperson said recently we can't win this by killing isis. we need to give them jobs. >> what utter and complete nonsense. >> let's stop listening to the political left. we want to kill them.

>> i am putting healthcare in our hands and not in the hands of bureaucrats. and for balancing our budget. and for a fair taxation system that allows us to get rid of the irs. >> i start fighting people that i represent. i care about fighting the fights that are worth fighting. i am going to be passionate about it. >> flying over our nation's capital put them in the sky in the near future. the agency is not releasing exactly where the exercises take place just that they will involve restricted areas. this week after the government employee crashed a drone into the white house ground. >> here is something you haven't seen before on the senate floor. >> it is very very cold out. very unseasonal. mr. president catch this. >> he throws a snowball while

disputing climate change. the republican from oklahoma says this year's harsh winter contradicts the idea that temperatures are getting warmer. >> a winter storm slamming the south. the snow and ice too much for a north carolina gasoline station. the awning collapsing under all of that weight. >> no one hurt. >> thank goodness. >> maria molina is tracking the weather for us. maria, come on. >> it won't be over any time soon. we expect the lower than average temperatures to continue through early march. bundle up. hang in there. it will be coming to an end eventually. we are tracking a brand new winter storm this one is impacting oklahoma and texas. you can see the snow on the radar out there that is especially true across parts of the texas panhandle and across new mexico. a couple of inches possible across parts of the plains that risk will continue not only for today but also as we head into tomorrow eventually freezing

rain will be mixing in on that across parts of the plains. switching gears and taking a wider look at the country you can see the windchill temperatures are cold yet again across the northeast. below zero in buffalo, chicago, kansas city, and high temperatures are going to remain below average as well across portions of the great lakes and also into the northeast. you can we we are only going to be in the teens in minneapolis and chicago and cleveland. across parts of the plains on the chilly side too. high temperature in dallas 30 degrees. >> all of the llama drama is taking the internet by storm. the two llamas leading police on on a chase. shepard smith taking the chase live. >> it is a beautiful day there in sun city for a llama trot.

i feel like we could watch this all day. the relative of the camel -- uh-oh. doesn't want to be caught. faster than humans. >> the llamas were caught eventually after a couple of hours and they are back with their owners who are both retired police officers. twitter reacting to all of the chaos creating hash tags and inspiring an account even. sun city llamas they are there is an on-line quiz to take, which run away llama are you? the llamas now nicknamed as you can image, thelma and louise. >> i love that picture there. everyone is talking about this. this was the biggest story yesterday. we wanted to share with you. >> #llamas. #llama photo bomb. it's fun. >> 20 minutes to the top of the hour. banning bullets, the back doorway the president plans to restrict our second amendment rights. >> and before your breakfast you will want to hear this where a police officer says he would serve toxic tea.

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>> frightening new images showing them in iraq the men are marched into the woods and shot dead. those images were released hours

after the hooded executioner known as jihadi john was unmassed. emwazi was trapped by british and detained but let go. british authorities thought he wanted to fight with el shabab in africa but ended up fighting for emwazi in syria. he has been seen in at least 7 execution videos. >> now to a fox business alert a brand new bombshell from the irs. while you were sleeping from a stunning late night hearing at the hill the lost lois lerner e-mails are now found. cheryl cassone from our sister network fox business is here. >> good morning, heather. plenty of anger directed once again at the irs last night. at a congressional hearing thursday revealed that irs employees had not asked computer experts to retrieve tapes that contained more than 32,000 e-mails to and from former irs

division chief lois lerner who is accused of targeting groups by abusing her position at the department. they lost an unknown number of e-mails when they are computer crashed. at the time the agency was directed to find the e-mails. yesterday turns out no one at the irs did anything more about it. members of congress not happy about it last night. >> looks like we have been lied to or at least misled. >> we have been patient. we have asked. we have issued subpoenas. we have had hearings. it is shocking to me, you start two weeks later you are able to find the e-mails. >> back in june the irs commissioner told a very different story. >> i am advised the actual hard drive after it was determined it was dysfunctional and with experts no e-mails could be retrieved was recycled and destroyed in the normal process. >> was it physically destroyed? >> that's my understanding.

>> physically destroyed. >> jay russell says his organization has begun an investigation into possible criminal activity at the irs. >> we are going to hear a lot more about this. >> cheryl and fox business network all you have to do is log on to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. another miss for the department of veterans affairs. the new inspector general shows the little rock arkansas facility fudged patient's healthcare claims changing 20-year-old claims to appear only two weeks old. the report showing officials continued to tamper with patient records even during the nationwide wait time scandal. the president now taking aim at your amo. president obama working to use his executive action to ban some of the most used bullets in the country for the ar 15 semiautomatic rifle. the bureau of alcohol tobacco

and firearms explosives fast tracking the 5.# 6 millimeter bullet ban. >> another honor for the american sniper, the new push for the chris kyle. first let's check in with steve doocy to see what his favorite dessert is. good morning. >> so many to choose from. i love a good peanut buster parfait from dairy queen. >> sounds good. >> good morning to you, ladies. coming up the family of a teen murdered by an illegal alien said flawed policies led to his death. they are speaking out this morning. secretary of state john kerry says the world is safer but the director of national intelligence contradicts him. what is really going on? lieutenant colonel allen west reporting for duty. we have geraldo, we have chris

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welcome back to "fox & friends first." here's a new bush to honor -- push to honor chris kyle to posthumously award the sniper. it is the highest honor. >> it lets people and our soldiers, the best and brightest we have, to let them know we love them. >> some disagree saying

kyle's heroism is inflated by his hollywood story like this man on twitter writing the congressional medal of honor should never be awarded based on popular opinion. >> tainted teas sends a police officer to the hospital. now he might be suing mcdonald's. he filled his cup with sweet tea and knew something was wrong the second he took a sip. >> thought he looked kind of dark, took the lid off, didn't see anything wrong with it, takes a drink of it and his initial whole thing is burning. >> it turns out employees put cleaning chemicals in the tea dispenser and forgot to mark it out of service. mcdonald's has since apologized. >> that happened before. we did a story on it. it was at a but faye -- at a buffet somewhere. >> a study says there is a powerful link between sweet taste and emotions of love

especially when it comes to initial attraction. >> researchers say this explains why so many people call their loved ones pet names like sweetie and honey and sugar pie. >> the time is eight minutes till the top of the hour. trouble ahead. jeb bush getting ready to speak at cpac. tell us what color this dress is. next. ♪ ♪

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for a cleaner, fresher brighter denture everyday. 57 after the top of the hour. before you leave the house here's what's happening today, isis releasing sickening new images of alleged spies being murdered in iraq. this as it's revealed this isis executioner known as jihadi john was detained twice by british intelligence but released. the senate set to vote at 10 a.m. eastern time for funding on the department of homeland security. if it is not passed tens of thousands of employees will be newer load. former governor jeb bush will be speaking today at cpac. some intend to walk out because they don't think he is conservative enough. who do you think would be a good candidate? log on to #keeptalking. >>man's best friend is the

laboratory retriever. the american kennel club puts the lab at number one for the 24th year in a row but the bulldog is gaining popularity, up one spot from last year to number four up next, the bad. are you talking to me? >> you talking to me? yes, robert, they are talking to me. robert deniro hit with a $6.4 million tax lien by the i.r.s. finally the ugly, the maryland the 11 dispatcher who told a 13-year-old girl to stop whining as her father lie dying is now out of a job. it is unclear if it is because of a call. >> one picture has the world idlewilded. is this dress black and blue or white and gold? >> it is sparking a huge debate. in the originally picture the tint changed slightly. bill said blue and black?

>> richard says he sees white and gold. >> and faye on facebook says interesting yesterday when i saw it it was blue and black. today it is white and gold. the actual dress is blue and black. >> no way! >> "fox & friends" starts now. >> bye. good morning to you. it is friday february 27. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. less than 24 hours after secretary john kerry tells us the world is safer, the director of national intelligence issues this frightening reality. >> i worry a lot about the safety and security of this country for a lot of reasons. >> sharp contrast there. is the administration playing politics with our national security? >> i don't think so. meanwhile remember those e-mails that the i.r.s. lost after targeting conservatives? well guess what. somebody just found them, a lot of them. so did