first." thank you for starting your day with us. we begin with this alert. crippling computer glitches causing complete chaos. >> united airlines grounded flights. the new york stock exchange halting trading. and the wall street journal website crashing within hours of each other. >> and quick to call it a coincidence, but not everybody is so sure about it. kristen fisher is live with the very latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the new york stockkck exchange united airlines says there is no evidence it is a cyberattack. united airlines grounded all flights for over an hour due to a computer problem. it caused major delays and cancellations, the effects of which can still be felt today. then the wall street journal's website went down and then the new york stock exchange shut down for nearly three hours because of a technical outage. president obama was briefed on what was happening, but yesterday the white house

spokesman said there was no evidence the events were connected or in any way malicious. listen. >> there is no indication that malicious actors were involved in the technology issues. >> the same goes for united airlines and new york stock exchange. united blamed it on a router yirn issue, the second time flights were delayed due to a computer glitch. and the stock exchange blamed it not on a cyberbreach. but some security analysts aren't so sure. >> i would love to know what kind of computer glitch would take down the entire new york stock exchange in conjunction with all of the flights from united that they declared it was a routing issue. something is just not adding up. >> and at the end of trading yesterday, the dow closed down 261 points. back to you. >> all right, kristin, thank you. i understand the international hacking community is anonymously

posting something on twitter raising a lot of eyebrows. so what do you know about that kristin? >> last night, the night before all this happened anonymous posted this message on twitter. it said wonder if tomorrow is going to be bad for wall street? we can only hope. now, again, u.s. officials aren't making any connection between that tweet and all of those technical issues. but it certainly is a little odd, don't you think? >> yeah. thank, kristin. >> breaking overnight, flying no more. the south carolina house voting overwhelmingly to remove the confederate flag from capitol grounds. the final vote at 94-20 after more than 13 hours of passionate debate. >> our heritage with the flag out front has been hijacked. it hurts me it pains me the outside forces are coming down in a couple of weeks to march here. >> it is about the people of

south carolina who have demanded that this symbol of hate come off of the state house grounds. >> the bill now heads to the desk of governor nikki haley, who has been vocal in her support of banishing the flag. ainsley in. >> baltimore's top cop is out of a job today. anthony batts fired by the mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. she said it is because of the city's recent descent into chaos. >> the people of baltimore deserve better. the brave men and women of our department who put their lives on the line every day to make our city safer deserve better and we're going to get better. >> in the two and a half months since the death of freddie gray and the riots tha arrests have plummeted in that area. murders have shot up. city's homicide total this year 156, a 48% increase from last year. the interim commissioner says the department will focus on violent offenders. to lockok who's talking. rudy giuliani is calling out the baltimore mayor saying she's

making the police commissioner take the fall. >> you got a family at home a mortgage to pay, kids that have to go to school and you make the slightest little mistake, this mayor is going to turn on you. as i watched these two, the mayor and the police commissioner she was the one doing most of the talking. and, you know you fire somebody maybe she should have fired herself. and the police commissioner seems like he's a scapegoat in this situation. maybe he didn't do the right thing, maybe he did, but somebody has to find out what was he hearing from the mayor. >> mayor versus sheriff. san francisco officials trading blows now as they try to pass off the blame for the murder of kathryn steinle. >> a war of words brewing in san francisco following the murder of kate steinle by an illegal immigrant already deported five

different times. san francisco mayor ed lee now blasting sheriff for not notifying the feds when alleged killer francisco sanchez wound up in his custody. >> a simple phone call from the sheriff letting him know we're about to notify them of a release of someone they gave us custody off would have been preventive of this. >> the sheriff firing his own shot back saying if he called ice, he would have been violating the law mayor lee signed into effect in 2013. we're now learning more about the gun used in the gruesome murder. the bureau of land management confirming it blopged edbelonged to one of their agents but was stolen out of a car last month. it is unclear how sanchez got his hands on it. he now sits in jail on a $5 million bail the extent of the criminal history is coming to light. listen to this sanchez has a rap sheet too long to list. several of his felonies included heroin possession manufacturing narcotics, and felony re-entry

into the u.s. california state senator jeff stone is now trying to fight those controversial sanctuary laws that don't require local officials to enforce federal immigration laws. >> i want to make sure this type of senseless murder never happens again. and so i've initiated some legislation that is going to require any public safety official from a county or city that has a felonious illegal immigrant in their custody they want to release, they have to contact ice and let them know they're going to release that convict and they have 48 hours to pick up that convict. >> stone adds if a law like this was already in place, kathryn steinle would still be alive this morning. >> jackie thank you. now to extreme weather. millions of people across 18 states bracing for severe storms today after heavy rains hit the midwest. >> in branson, missouri a woman is rescued after her suv is swept away by rushing waters while trying to cross a flooded

roadway. let's check in with maria as the storms now head northeast. >> we could be seeing some severe storms here in the northeast. but that's a perfect example of what you mentioned there of why you should not be driving through flooded roadways just don't know how deep they are, sometimes you can't tell. that's something to keep in mind across many states today, anywhere from parts of texas to parts of the northeast. we do have that potential for flooding. early this morning, we already have some heavy rain across texas panhandle. there was severe weather with that. and a confirmed tornado out there across portions of -- as that storm system moved through new mexico and texas panhandle over the past 12 hours. a lot of severe weather out there. otherwise, a very widespread area dealing with that rain early this morning, across parts of the midwest. we'll keep a close watch on many storm systems as they still have that potential to produce more flash flooding across the area. here is how much additional rainfall we're looking at. we could be looking at as much as 2 to 3 inches from the northeast back to parts of western kansas and the texas

panhandle. we have a number of flood watches and even some warnings where flooding is currently ongoing out there, places like illinois and indiana and here is a look at the severe weather risk for today. we have one area of concern across parts of the rockies, into the plains but in the northeast, we have a slight risk for severe storms including the mid-atlantic and there is also a tornado concern out there. we could be seeing a few tornadoes out there in parts of eastern pennsylvania and temperaturewise, ahead of that front, still very warm 97 degrees for your high temperature in the city of raleigh, north carolina. you factor in the humidity and it will feel hotter than the midwest, relatively cool temperatures in the 70s. anna and ainsley? >> thanks maria. she openly bashed the country that made her famous but now pop star ariana grande says it was all a misunderstanding. >> what the [ bleep ] is that?

>> you can see what she said on the screen. grande caught on camera at a doughnut shop in california. in addition to those comments she's seen licking doughnuts on the counter, sparking a police investigation at the shop. grande now apologizing for her comments saying she is extremely proud to be an american. she goes on to say we need to do more to educate ourselves and children about the dangers of overeating. >> rob lowe firing back as my grandpa would say, yeah sure pull the other leg. it plays jingle bells. #lame. >> ariana grande pulling out of the mlb all-star concert on saturday she claims it is due to wisdom teeth surgery. demi lovato will perform instead. >> this story getting a whole lot of attention on social media. gary says boycott her stuff. do not give her american money. >> pam says i believe her. in the context she made the statement. it was an exaggerated statement about our food addiction. >> and larry says i never liked her music, but she just loves the money her fans give her.

not the fans or america. keep those comments coming. nine minutes after the hour now. kidnapped, hooded and forced to rob a bank. what one bank employee had to endure and now his family -- how they got out safe. and a san francisco murder other families who lost loved ones at the hands of illegal immigrants are pointing fingers. >> the leniency our government showing illegals is costing innocent american lives. >> more outrage from those families straight ahead. and do you think this tank for teenagers is offensive? one anti-gun mom does and she wants it off the store shelves. but are the pc police going too far? sun's out, guns out.

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bank in knoxville, tennessee. the family says tanner harris his wife abbie and 5-year-old son were hooded and forced into their car by two masked men. the suspects made tanner drive to the bank where he works, go inside and rob the bank. all while his wife and child were held hostage in the car outside. once he handed over the money, the suspects drove away with the wife and child and eventually left on the side of the road unharmed. a witness says she ended up in a car and then drove up to his business honking and screaming. >> she was crying really bad and shaking. we tried to open the door. she didn't know how to open the door. she didn't know where the lock was at. i had to open the door for her. >> the suspects are still on the loose. a lover's quarrel causing a transatlantic flight to change its course. a plane forced to land in boston after a man took his shirt off and began assaulting his wife in

the middle of the flight. other passengers got involved and restrained the man. the police then took over. comments about the american workers are getting some people all worked up. in a recent interview, the gop presidential candidate -- people need to work longer hours to grow the economy. now bush is saying his comments were taken out of context. what he meant was some workers can only find part time jobs and he intends to change that. and donald trump's immigration controversy is not -- in north carolina. a new poll is on top of the republican field in the tar heel state, earning 16% of the vote in the public policy polling sr veigh survey. jeb bush and scott walker are tied with 12% and mike huckabee with 11%. it is time to brew on this.

>> a florida woman is crusading against this tank top featured in jcpenney and the sales flyer. it reads, suns out, guns out, a popular reference of showing your muscles in a sleeveless shirt. >> even though the shirt has nothing to do with fire arms the woman is demanding jcpenney take action. >> i did a double take as to when i saw the ad for this shirt on the front page. i would hope they would take it off the shelves immediately. >> she says it glorifies gun violence. >> we want to know does she have a point or have the pc police gone too far again? >> send us your comments on facebook or twitter or e-mail. we'll share some of the comments later on the air. a warning to drivers, land rover issuing a major recall after learning parts of the car could actually fly off while you're driving.

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literally. levis recruiting alicia keys to sell its new women's jeans featuring flexible denim, like was found in yoga pants. back to you. >> thank you, lauren. you can logon to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. >> you've heard of states going to pot. but would you want your house made out of the stuff? the crazy new idea this could go up in smoke. >> and brodie jenner is getting pretty personal about his relationship with his dad caitlin jenner. >> it is a whole different person. and it is pretty inspiring to watch her transformation. >> more from the interview that michael got. don't miss it.

happy thursday. good morning to you. kate steinle's murderer deported five times sparking a national debate on immigration. despite the outrage, little has been done to change sanctuary city policies. families of victims killed by illegal immigrants saying there is only one place to point the finger of blame. >> the strange thing is spencer's mother and i, we don't think about the killer that much. we feel like he was more or less a foot soldier and it is our government that did this. the laws are being cherry picked and there is consequences of that. and my son paid the consequences. >> my heart is ripped apart. i've been fighting about this. i know other families know they have been fighting this for years. >> the leniency our government is showing these illegals is costing innocent american life. if people don't start speaking the truth and acknowledging that we have a problem at the border for the sake of getting votes, i

am getting more and more disgusted with politicians in this country. >> also this morning, a new twist in the mysterious watcher case. the family claims their home is being stalked and reportedly has not sent copies of the threatening letters to the previous owners. they're suing the previous owners for three times the purchase price claiming the previous owners knew about letters from the watcher demanding young blood from their children. but the former homeowners say they had no problems while living there. ainsley? >> thank you. so who got this reality show start as a teenage cutie on the hit show the hills. remember that? this member of the kardashian clan is all grown up.

brodie's >> remember the hills? i loved the hills. a got a chance to sit down with brody to talk about his new show and his dad and his message to the critics. >> thanks for stepping into the fox light. >> thank you very much. >> tell us about your new show "sex with brody". >> me my self dr. mike dell and stevie ryan a comedian, actress, we talk about sex, relationships, play games, we go on the street we teach people we laugh. it is a wild show. it will make you laugh. >> what's going on, everybody? i'm brody jenner welcome to the podcast about sex, sex and more sex. any questions? >> what was the best piece of sex advice you ever got? >> probably don't rush. i would say make sure the other -- your partner is pleased. >> appreciate it.

we helped that one. >> we did. >> we have sam on line. what is going on with you? >> how is your relationship now with caitlyn. >> everything is good. a whole different person. a much happier one. me and bruce -- we got along, but we didn't hang out that much. caitlyn -- bruce was filled with a lot of secrets and caitlyn is not. so it has been good. >> do you have any message for the critics? >> just be open. be open to anything. and don't be judgmental. everybody is dealing with things and it is all about looking at best in people. caitlyn is a freer, happier person. let her do what she wants to do. >> brody jenner's new show premieres on e this friday. for more interviews go to in the fox light.com or twitter and instagram. >> he got his own show and so

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. fox news alert, a tech trifecta. >> there is no indication that malicious actors were involved. >> something is just not adding up. >> was this just a coincidence or did america just get hacked?

>> and breaking overnight. the future of the confederate flag at the south carolina state house just decided. is the flag fight finally over? she sings about one less problem, but now arianna grande has one big one, caught on camera saying this. >> i hate americans. i hate america. the pop star's outrageous comments and the backlash. "fox & friends first" starts right now. >> hope you're doing well. welcome in to "fox & friends first." >> thank you for joining us. we begin with a fox news alert. a tech trifecta. >> united airlines grounding flights, new york stock exchange halting trading, and the wall street journal website crashing. all within just hours of each

other. >> officials quick to insist it was all a big coincidence. not everyone is so sure. kristin fisher has more for us. >> the obama administration says it appears these events were not connected. both the new york stock exchange and united airlines say they did not experience a cyberbreach. the timing looks suspicious. first, united airlines grounded all flights worldwide for over an hour due to a computer problem. then the wall street journal's website went down. around the same time the new york stock exchange shut down for three hours because of a technical outage. it was an unprecedented trading halt. yesterday, the homeland security secretary said there was no evidence these three events were connected or malicious. >> it appears from what we know at this stage that the malfunctions at unite and stock exchange were not the result of any nefarious actor. >> the same goes for united

airlines and new york stock exchange. united blamed it on a router issue. and officials with the new york stock exchange blamed it on a configuration issue, not a cyberbreach. some analysts aren't so sure. they say something is not adding up and they think the u.s. government should be doing much more in terms of cyberdefense. >> i am partners in a cybersecurity company and i can tell you the stuff we save is a atrocious atrocious. and this is the way we win wars now and this is the way we have a healthy infrastructure or we'll go down. >> and adding to all this confusion, a tweet two nights ago from the international hacking group anonymous wondering if yesterday was going to be a bad day for wall street. again, for now, no connection but it certainly is raising some eyebrows. >> cryptic coincidence there. has this happened before? how common is it? >> the new york stock exchange is experienced technical issues in the past. this was the second time in as many months that united delayed flights due to a computer

glitch. so it is definitely happened before. just not quite as severe. and rarely does it ever all happen at the same time. >> kristin fisher thank you so much. >> you got it. >> flying no more the south carolina house voting overwhelmingly to remove the confederate flag from the capital grounds. the final vote at 94-20 after more than 13 hours of passionate debate. >> i cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful. >> it grieves me too that some people see that in a hurtful and dishonorable fashion. >> the bill now heads to the desk of the governor nikki haley, who has been very vocal in her support of banishing that flag. baltimore's top cop out of a job. police commissioner anthony batts fired by mayor stephanie

rawlings-blake. she says it is because of the city's recent descent into chaos. >> the people of baltimore deserve better. the brave men and women of our department who put their lives on the line every day to make our city safer deserve better and we're going to get better. >> in the 2 1/2 months since the death of freddie gray and the violence the riots that followed arrests plummeted and murders shot up. the city's homicide total this year is 156. that's a 48% increase from last year. the interim commissioner saying the department will now focus on violent offenders. a war of words, officials go after each other in the wake of kate steinle's murder by francisco sanchez. jackie is here as we learn new information about the murder weapon. >> mayor versus sheriff. that's what we're dealing with here. san francisco officials trading blows following the murder of

kate steinle by an illegal immigrant, already deported five different times. san francisco mayor ed lee now blasting the sheriff for not notifying the feds when alleged killer francisco sanchez wound up in his custody. >> a simple call from the sheriff letting him know we're about to notify him of a release of someone they gave us custody of would have been preventive of this. >> the sheriff firing his own shots back saying if he had called ice, he would have been violateing the law that mayor lee signed into effect in 2013. and we're now learning more about the gun used in the gruesome murder. the bureau of land management confirming it belonged to one of their agents but was stolen out of a car last month. it is still unclear how sanchez got his hands on it. as sanchez now sits in jail on $5 million bail, the extent of his criminal history is coming to light. sanchez has a rap sheet too long

to even list. several of his felonies include heroin possession manufacturing narcotics and felony re-entry into the u.s. california state senator jeff stone is now trying to find this controversial sanctuary law that don't require local officials to enforce federal immigration laws. >> i want to make sure this type of senseless murder never happens again and so i initiated some legislation that is going to require any public safety official from a county or city that has a felonious illegal immigrant in their custody they want to release, they have to contact ice and let them know they're going to release that convict and they have 48 hours to pick up that convict. >> stone adds if a law like this was already in place, kathryn steinle would still be alive today. >> jackie thank you. answers in the wake of kate steinle's murder. jesse waters went out in san francisco to confront the mayor there, ed lee, and the 11

supervisors. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is jesse waters with the o'reilly factor at fox news channel. i'd like to address your dangerous sanctuary city policies. i'd like to show you a picture here. this is kate steinle. she was murdered by an illegal alien who had been deported five times. and over six felony convictions. but for some reason the city of san francisco let this guy out. you guys aren't even looking. look at the picture. are you afraid? you guys don't have anything to say? >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> watters tried to get an interview with the mayor ed lee but was told to speak with his communications director. 37 minutes after the hour. american citizens enjoy the right to vote but some d.c. lawmakers are trying to make that right not so exclusive.

city council members are voicing their support for legislation that would allow noncitizen legal residents to vote in local elections. councilman david grasso saying residents should be able to have their voices heard. but opponents say the citizen and noncitizen registrations would cause confusion at the polls. forget one less problem. ariana grande has one big problem this morning. ♪ the pop star cooking up a lot of controversy when she visited this california doughnut shop. workers say she was rude and caught -- look at that on camera licking one of the doughnuts on top of the counter. that sparks a police investigation. but even more disturbing is how she reacted when a worker brought out the oversized doughnut.

what a reaction. grande apologizing for those comments saying she is extremely proud to be an american. but was outraged by the big doughnuts because of the childhood obesity epidemic saying this ainsley. >> anna we need to do more to educate ourselves and our children about the dangers of overeating she says. >> rob lowe appearing not to buy it fired back tweeting as my grandpa would say, yeah sure play the other leg, it plays jingle bells. #lame. >> grande pulling out of the mlb all-star concert saying it is due to oral surgery. demi lovato will take her place. >> this is getting social media attention. janis saying the only reason she says she's sorry is because she got caught saying it. >> jay on twitter says this free country, free to leave, problem solved. >> thank you for your comments. strong storms hit the midwest. they're moving over to the east.

>> here is maria in the weather center. you're tracking it all for us. good morning. >> good morning, that's right. we're tracking several areasrstorm activity early this morning, a pretty busy radar cross the nation. you have showers out west in places like new mexico very heavy rain across the texas panhandle and showers and storms pushing through parts of the midwest. we have that flood potential throughout the day today. we're talk about several inches of rainfall from texas all the way to parts of the northeast. we have a number of watches that have been issued because of that flood concern across many of the states. now, the other concern with these storms is the risk for severe weather. just a marginal risk across areas in the west and rockies and plains. but across the northeast, we have a slight risk issued across places like maryland pennsylvania and also a tornado risk out there. make sure you have a way to get the warnings out there, northwestern new jersey you're included in that area. high temperatures ahead of the system so very warm and very muggy out there, temperatures well into the 90s and the carolinas, behind that system a little cooler highs in the 70s

across the great lakes. >> maria, thanks so much. it is now 20 minutes until the top of the hour. the fbi sounding the alarm on a new wave of cyberterror. >> this is not your grandfather's al qaeda. >> why he says companies are not doing enough. and this is a bit hard to watch, a manager at panera bread wallops a female employee in the face even knocking her to the ground and the whole incident caught on camera. south carolina might be taking down the confederate flag but the pc police are moving in on other flags saying these state flags are also offensive. history or being pc? we report you decide. >> come take a look.

good morning. 44 minutes after the hour on a

thursday. fox business alert for you. federal officials sounding the alarm on isis in america and just how far reaching the terror group's capabilities truly are. cheryl casoni here with the latest. >> the threat of cybersecurity attacks by isis and other enemies of the state -- the united states prompting fbi director james comey to issue a warning. the terror group is using encrypted communications to recruit vulnerable americans urging them to carry out attacks here at home. dianne feinstein spoke out during a congressional hearing yesterday. >> this is not your grandfather's al qaeda. they're pushing this through twitter. so it is no longer the case that someone who is troubled needs toaganda and motivation, it buzzes in their pocket. there is a devil on their shoulder all take long saying kill kill kill kill. >> the companies do not proactively monitor their sites to identify such content.

nor do they inform the fbi when they identify and remove their content. i believe they should. >> so feinstein's comments comey's testimony, the latest effort by thewe baumbama administration to get silicone companies to implement software designs. comey said isis attracted at least 21,000 english speaking followers on twitter. very concerned about this. back to you. ainsley and anna back to you. >> thank you. pay up or else. the christian bakers who refuse to mack ake a cake for a lez dansbian couple's wedding ordered to pay a fine or the state of oregon could put a lien on their house.

they say babing thee ing baking the cake would be a violation of their devout christian beliefs. we wanted to know what you thought about this. on facebook john you wrote and you say they were practicing freedom of association, a right guaranteed by the u.s. constitution. this case should have been thrown out. edwards says they have the right to stand up and refuse anyone. it is a private business. anna? backlash over the confederate flag is sparking a debate about political correctness all across the united states. now critics want big changes on the minnesota and massachusetts state flags. take a look. they say native american on the massachusetts emblem does not accurately represent their history. critics taking offense to the nature ev american holding a spear and writinge inginge inging riding away. head to the fox and friends first facebook page right after the show for a live

debate #keeptalking. a loss off the field for the washington redskins. a federal judge ruling the trademark is offensive to native americans. this does not ban the team from using the name redskins. but it could cost the team millions in revenue since they would not be able to block the sale of counterfeit merchandise. the team is expected to appeal that decision. 48 minutes after the hour. a quick thinking save caught right on camera. >> you're not going to believe this the incredible rescue made by a selfie stick. >> and it is one of the most famous gangster movies in hollywood history, why one alleged real life mobster has a big problem with goodfellas. >> first, here's steve with what's coming up on "fox & friends". >> good morning, ainsley. good morning, anna. coming up, a big program.

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governor nikki haley's desk after being passed early this morning. and the good, the bad and the ugly. and the guitar from the grateful dead bringing in money for charity. next a panera bread manager caught on camera punching a female worker in the face. was told to quit in the middle of the shift and now both employees are fired. this monster story was made famous because of "good fellows." and a woman is up in arms over this featured in a jc peony flyer. >> it reads suns out guns out.

a reference there. >> susan in connecticut saying gone too far. this country is becoming a country of people who look for anything that offends in any way. >> tracy in alabama says i love the shirt and will probably get one now. that woman needs to get a grip, she says. "fox & friends" starts now. good morning to you. it is thursday july 9th 2015. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. the illegal immigrant who killed an innocent the woman in broad daylight not new to the life of crime. his rap sheet is a mile long and now the politicians are pointing fingers at each other. just wait until you hear their blame game. meanwhile, the left is calling it jeb bush's biggest gaffe yet. >> people need to work longer hours and through their productivity gain more income for families. >> he wants people to be able to work harder. is there anything really wrong with that? we