story the -- your morning with . >> motel 6 up in flames. debris shown every where. the blast coming just 30 minutes after someone reported spellime gas. the hotel manager pulled a fire alarm at the last minute likely saving lives. the blast blew back firefighters more than 20 feet. one is in critical condition. investigators are trying to figure out what caused the blast. >> wildfires burning out of control across 10 western states showing no signs of slowing down. they are using new fatactics called smoke jumpers. 200 active mill tear retroops begin today to help combat the 95 or so wildfires that already

destroyed hundreds of homes. >> the man in the yellow shirt didn't act alone. the suspect seen dumping a backpack leaving 22 people dead. experts say he's a torner working with a network of people from thailand. the government also saying they see similarities between monday's bombing and a smaller blast yesterday. a direct connection has not yet been made. iran will have the capabilities to shoot down american jets all thanks to russia. the two countries moving forward with the sale of an advanced missile system despite a ban on weapons shipment to iran this has the obama administration worried about iran ca's nefario intentions. they will sign the contract next week. >> they may be feeling the pressure. the democratic presidential hopeful in a heated exchange

with our own ed henry about her private e-mail server. >> my personal e-mails are my personal business, right? so we went through a pain staking process and turned over 55,000 pages of anything we thought could be work related. under the law that decision is made by the official. i was the official. i made those decisions. >> (inaudible question) >> what like with a cloth or something? i know you want to make a point. i will just repeat what i said. in order to be as cooperative as possible they can turnover the server. thank you all very much.

>> she is still talking out there. they can delete some of the data. >> we have learned exactly how is secure the firm that was hired to manage the clinton server is. kristin fisher has the latest. >> whether or not she did or didn't wipe it clean they will delete some of the files from the server. they are gracively trying to do so. that's from an intelligent source close to the information. the person who maintains the e-mail account was run out of a company in denver. the server was kept in a closet with no alarm systems. not the most secure place for the secretary of state e-mail and classified information.

whether or not classified information got out is a point of contention hillary clinton is continuing to put. yesterday at a town hall in nevada the question the were mostly about her e-mail. she regrets this has become such a big deal for her campaign. she doubled down and repeated her campaign that she didn't send or receive any classified information on her private server. >> what i did was legally permit it. number one. first and fore coast. number two, i turned over out of an abundance of an attempt to be helpful over anything that i thought was even vaguely related. i know there's a certain level of anxiety or interest in this, but the facts are the facts. >> clinton ended the q and a by saying nobody talks to me about this other than you guys meaning the press.

this isn't an issue going away any time you have the congressi hearings around the corner after summer break. >> remember when hillary clinton said this when testifying on benghazi. >> what difference at this point does it make? >> you probably remember that. critics saying hillary is striking the same tone when it comes to her e-mail scandal. here is charles krauthammer. >> i am waiting for her to say at this point what difference does it make, her standard answer. it enters the realm of farce. it is as if we entered the punch line of the joke the answer is in a closet in a bathroom in a loft in denver. the question is where are the highest secrets of the state department kept. that's actually what happened. it is in the realm of farce.

she is not going to be able to stone wall because it is out of her hands. that is why they are so scared. >> the gop candidates taking on the administration. scott walker promising to repeal obamacare. >> my first day as president of the united states i will send legislation to the office to once and for all repeal obamacare. >> we have to repeal it and give americans the opportunity to get the insurance they want with their own tax money from any state across state lines that will sell it to them. >> in new hampshire six gop candidates will take on the hot issues of education at the

summit. rosie o'donnell's teenaged daughter is back at home after she went missing for a week. her safe return could be thanks to social media. anna kooiman as a look at how it happened. >> rosie o'donnell taking a sigh of relief hours after knowing her daughter was missing she is back home. she wrote chelsea has been found and is safe in police custody. thank you for the help and like #missing children. the teenager has a mental illness and was not taking her medication we are told. yesterday rosie asked the public for help chelsea and her dog bear may be in new york city. she was found at a home on the jersey shore after her friends told police she contacted them.

police notified her mother. >> i saw them briefly about the status of her daughter and her welfare. at this point she is received she is okay. >> they were looking at whether or not chelsea was going to see her birth mother in wisconsin. she tobing to her earlier this month saying she asked me where i was looking because she was going to come see me. chelsea's birth mother told the national inquirer rosie stole her daughter from her in 97 because she was on drugs when she gave her up for adoption. tornadoes and land slides causing big concern in alaska. heavy rain buried in neighborhood under logs and money. >> the who houses are now gone.

they were brand new. >> declaring a state of emergency after two and a half days of rain. >> check out the funnel cloud at least two tornadoes reported in the chicago area. another cloud across iowa. >> tracking the latest on the forecast for us good morning to you. >> good morning. we spotted funnels out there in parts of the midwest. we will be looking at more of the activity with the same storm system. a large cold front pushing eastward down to texas. you are looking at the risk of severe storms with damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes will be possible. you have summer like conditions triple digits across texas. take a look at the weather behind the storm.

high temperature 57 degrees. 70's in chicago and kansas city. i want to take you to the atlantic now. tropical storm danny moving west ward very far out into the atlantic ocean. we have many days for you to determine that. it is something to watch. again maximum sustained winds at 50 miles per hour tropical storm status. >> glad we can watch you. thank you so much maria. >> thanks. >> the time now is 10 minutes after the top of the hour. tensions are rising as illegals are put into political office. >> there's a difference between immigrant -- (inaudible). >> should they be allowed to serve? the heated debate. >> approving the little pink

pill, but don't get too excited. why it could be a long ways to get l actually get it. >> could this be the next villain? that right there russian president. what vladmir putin is up to now.

>> tensions boiling over after two illegals are appointed to city council. francisco rivera a legal immigrant from mexico. >> we have all of the qualifications that need to be followed. how can we be a great nation when we reward people that come to this country.

>> illegals will not be paid and will not return the policy. it's around 6:20 this morning. >> former subway pleading guilty to child pornography charges. the sandwich chain ended the relationship after federal agent raided his home in indiana last month. the search tied to a pornography investigation into the former head of his charity established to phyto bees city. convicted national security leaker chelsea manning will not spend time in solitary confinement at fort leavenworth. she was given three weeks for violating prison contra ban rules. among those items she had a copy of vanity fair and expired tube of toothpaste. she is serving 35 years tore giving hundreds of thousands of classified documents>> a massive

out cry. the court updated the parenting planned form after the supreme court redefined them calling moms and dads parent 1 and parent 1. the move sparked outrage as you can image. they are going back to using their old forms as they are reviewed by the state and judicial conference. the title land of the free may be at risk. they ranked the freedom of countries around the world has the united states in the 20th spot. that is a drop from last year when it was listed at 17. the study claims the steady growth of government and increased regulations on business are to blame. it has them lagging behind countries like the united kingdom and chile. >> the united states will get a new dose of british royalty. he will cross the line coming over to america. he will publically announce the

second annual invic to us games. they support wounded injured troops or veterans as competitors. >> it looks like a scene out of a p bond film. that is russian president vladmir putin trying out a mini submarine in the black sea. you can see him in the dome of the research vessel there. russia ceased crime mia from ukraine last year. well, it is time to brew on this. the major league sized scandal involving a little league softball team. >> the washington state softball coach is accused of throwing a game in the little league world series in order to face easier teams later on. they bumped a tough iowa team out of the running. girls from that team understandably were upset. >> it was not really right. i felt that we needed a second

chance. >> league officials ordering the washington team to face the iowa squad again in a one off game. the girls from iowa beating them -- excuse me. >> bless you. >> they beat them 3-2 i was so excited about it. advancing in the national tournament making it to the semifinals. >> after the softball saga we want to know where competitive sports going too far especially at a young age? send us a comment at facebook or foxnews.com we will share them later on in the show. >> a plan plane hitting runway lights. what officials are saying might be the cause of that. >> what this bad bird did that landed him in jail. >> the white house is worried about joe biden's potential run for president. the source says they fear they wouldn't have quote the right outcome. that's right. they think he might win.

>> an extremely close call. a u.s. airways plane landing after dangerous wind sheers were knocking it into the ground hitting lights into the runway. he decided not to land and flew back up into the air. 159 people were on board. another plane being hit by wind sheers tossing it back and forth. u.s. airways plane successfully landed on the second attempt. thankfully nobody was hurt. a second person is being treated for the plague at the national park. the tourist getting sick earlier

this month. a child came down with the plague you might remember in jewel. a popular camp site is currently shut down after two squirrels died of that disease. >> the hunt is on for two heartless thugs who punched and church. police in nebraska say the 76-year-old was reading a book when the teenagers attack ers came from behind. the woman was taken to the hospital but is doing okay. police hope that someone will recognize the men in this video. >> we have seen far too many cases of stolen valor. >> you are military right? >> you know you can't be in uniform if you are not. >> pennsylvania now creating tougher punishments for people

impersonating members of the military. any one who lies to get a veteran's designation on their license will pay a $125 fine and a year -- up to a year in jail. 150 applicants improperly received that special designation. >> night light dangers. major recall that every parent needs to hear. let's go to lauren simonetti from fox business. >> ikea is recalling 442,000 night lights for shock risk. this is what the lights look like. they are dome shaped they come in pink, orange or white. ikea is removing them from store shelves and urging them to bring them back in the store. this after a child received an electrical shock. call it the little pink pill. the fda approved drug to boost

women's sex drive. it should be available in mid october. there will be a list of safety restrictions on that label at this me which bheens it may not receive the blockbuster sale of viagra. >> royal carry ban is putting a water park on the world's biggest cruise ship. it spirals for five depths. take a look at that. how fun. among the other ride a huge bucket that spills water on sun bathers below. it hits florida next november. >> breakfast two times a day. they like mcdonald the best. good news as the all day breakfast reportedly starts this fall. >> lots of people excited about that. to find loren on the fox business network you can log on to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. donald trump isn't the only

tough talker in the race for the white house. what lindsey graham just said about the donald. >> might need to work on the arm after this failed pass. oh.

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you will never believe whose e-mail is tied to it. >> this dad won't be getting a dad of the year award. >> has the glo and child at hand almost go over the railing. >> very close a furnish der fire for nearly dropping his child to catch a home run ball. can you image what mom thinks? >> florida georgia lime. my favorite. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. thank you so much. half past the top of the hour. hillary clinton cracking under pressure. the presidential candidate getting grilled over the private e-mail server.

ed henry pressing her about wiping her e-mail server as she again tries to laugh it off. >> my personal e-mails are my personal business, right? so we went through a pain staking process and turned over 55,000 pages of anything we thought could be work related. under the law that decision is made by the official. i was the official. i made those decisions. >> (inaudible question) >> what like with a cloth or something? i know you want to make a point and i can just repeat what i have said. in order to be as cooperative as possible we have turned over the server. they can do whatever they want to to figure out what's there and what is not there.

>> (inaudible question) >> nobody talks to me about it other than you guys. whether the server was wiped clean or not the fbi is optimistic but they can recover some of the deleted data. have you heard this as we learn how insec toure the man who hade server is. >> listen to this. according to the daily mail the company that maintains the private e-mail account was run out of a an apartment in denver. the company servers were kept in a bathroom closet, no alarm system. not the most secure place for the secretary of state and potentially classified information. whether classified information got out is a point she continues to dispute. the questions from reporters

were mostly about hadder e-mails. she regrets this has become such a big deal for the campaign. she repeated she did nothing illegal. instead she blamed it on a dispute between two government agencies the state department and justice department. >> a personal account or government account. i did not send classified material and i did not receive any material that was marked or designated classified, which is the way you know whether something is. a what you are seeing now is a disagreement between agencies saying they should have and the other saying no they shouldn't. >> this isn't an issue going away any time soon. there is this ongoing justice department investigation. according to intelligent source the fbi investigators are confident they deleted some of the files from the server.

>> kristin fisher live for us 'n on nbc. >> thank you, kristin. i have a feeling we are not in washington any more. lindsey graham comparing donald trump to the wizard of oz. in it the interview graham says trump's immigration plan is gibberish and will undue his campaign. graham saying trump is the odds in the presidential race right now. there's really nothing behind the kurcurtain. the more he forces himself to be unworkable the carpal starts to fade when you realize there's nothing behind the curtain. trump is leading the path onned yellow brick road. he talks to the gop field at 24 percent. graham did not make the top 10. sarah palin throwing all of her support behind donald trump. >> i think with donald trump he is the best thing to happen to the permanent political class

since, i guess the beauty of the tea party genuine movement grows up and shines light on crony capitalism and pulled the rug right out from under status politicians, he happens to be extremely successful and charismatic with very large platform, joke six-pack, but amazing how he is connecting with the people and what it is we have been saying all along. somebody we have someone with the guts who isn't bought by any one. he doesn't be long to any one. he's his own man. he's very independent. so i am very pleased he is offering himself up in the name of service to our country. donald trump and jeb pubush are headed to new hampshire where they will have dual town hall meetings. new overnight the bangkok bomber intensifying as police reveal the man in the yellow shirt did not act alone. the suspect seen dumping a

backpack before monday's explosion leaving 22 people dead. investigators saying they think he's a foreigner working with a network of people from thailand. there's a 28,000 dollar reward for information. wildfires burning across 10 western states showing no signs of slowing down. firefighters who parachute to fight the fires on their own and hike back out. the wildfires already destroyed hundreds of homes. the troops battle on sunday. >> maria molina is in the weather center with that. >> today the cold front is going

to bring president risk for severe storms across parts of the great lakes down through texas and large hail and damaging winds and isolated tornadoes will be possible. isolated tornadoes possible especially through the parts of the upper great lakes region. you have warm temperatures in the 80's, 90's and triple digits through the eastern u.s. down through the gulf coast. take a look at the temperatures behind the front. much cooler and as much as 10-15 degrees below what is average for this time of the year. 75 degrees for a high 7 kansas city through chicago minneapolis as cool as 60 degrees. that's the forecast high temperature for today. through the atlantic ocean tropical storm danny at 50 miles per hour. it will continue to be west ward

out here. it will limit it for the next few days. days away from possibly being a threat. we will keep you updated. we will be listening. thank you so much maria. >> 20 minutes to the top of the hour. you have heard it happen before lasers being pointed at planes and helicopters. these picked the wrong pilot to mess with. how they became the target. >> the sketch that made the handsome tom brady look kind of ugly. big news on whether it is headed right no you. >> the dog who has guilty written all over its face. ♪ it's a calling.

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they leak private information leaked millions. >> they have dumped 9.5 gigabytes of data. names addresses and phone numbers also included. also exposed what members are seeking on the site such as quote looking for someone who isn't happy at home and is bored and looking for some excitement. they have 40 million users that is investigating the situation and the hackers have deemed themselves the judge, injure or and executioner of society.

several united nations e-mails have been published from the hackers data dump and it will get even more interesting. back to you. >> thanks, cheryl. to find cheryl at the fox business network log on to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. police find rosie o'donnell's missing daughter. it could be thanks to social media. anna kooiman is here with the latest. >> hello to everyone at home. shell chi o'donnell is safe back home after being missing for a week. yesterday the teenager's adopted mother and t shshg host took to twitter to break the good news writing this. chelsea has been found safe. thank you for the help and like

#missing children. >> she was last seen in her home august 11th. the teenager has a mental illness and she wasn't taking her medication. on sunday police started searching for her. yesterday rosie asked the public for help tweeting this chelsea and her dog bear may be in new york city. the teenager was found at a home in the jersey shore after friends tell police chelsea contacted them. she pinged her cell phone and police then notified rosie. >> i contacted her about the status and welfare of her daughter. she is relieved that chelsea is okay. >> police are looking into whether or not chelsea was going to see her birth mother in wisconsin. the woman telling radar on-line she spoke to the teenager earlier this month. she asked me where i was living because she was going to come see me.

the birth mother told the national inquirer rosie stole her daughter from her in 97 because she was on drugs when she gave her up for adoption. anna kooiman live for us in the steweudio. >> patriots tom brady will be a no show he attended the hearing after he told the nfl they needed more evidence. the court sketch might soon be sold to the heist bidder. the image went viral after missing the mark on the quarterback's good looks smashing countless jokes among the interested buyers the sports museum in boston. he tossed a football. >> the florida senator throws a

decent ball but ends up hitting a little boy right in the head. ouch. the clip is going viral. the boy is okay. it is not like it didn't happen before with our own brian kilmeade. basketball phenom titus. >> you are a machine. >> how do you stop this? brian and marco now have something in common. >> this guy will not be getting bad of the yedad of the year. >> child in land almost goes over the railing. >> the child is under fair for nearly dropping his child to catch that home run ball. did he go too far? >> this is sure to put a smile

on your face. a video of a baby and her cat now going viral. >> let's get reaction from brian kilmeade. and what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> all right ainsley, heather. hold your personal responses for dragging me back into that great moment of my career. >> it's never going to die. >> i apologize to children every where who were forced to watch that. you saw hillary clinton go head to head with her own ed henry. ed will be live to give us the inside story. outrageous desire for veterans. there are headstones being used for the patio. the va is on the case. plus a special concert with tobey mac all coming up on "fox & friends." please get dressed unless you choose not to.

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>> welcome back. it is the video that has everybody talking. a dad nearly plunges over the barrier with a child in his arms all to catch a ball. parents going to dangerous lengths for a souvenir. >> we have the story and a lot of reaction. >> the play became the catch of the night on tmonday but for al of the wrong reasons. take a look. >> there was a fan that wanted the baseball had the glove and child in hand almost going over the railing. watch the girl holding on to dear life as the father loses his lals and almost falls on top of her. he throws it away to another

fan. they send another ball to him. >> the people calling him the worst dad of the year. even news reports calling him an idiot. but it's not the first time it's happened. another father made a similar play in june reaching out on to the field interfering the game to snag a foul ball. he makes the catch and celebrates the baby unharmed. then in a minor league game a foul ball stands up and makes the catch. a mom and oakland a's fan makes a snag and bounces over a few other people in the stands. this latest catch is sparking most of the criticism.

some in all of these incidents no parent or child was actually hurt. >> patricia stark live for us in the studio. they picked the wrong pilot to mess up with. caught on camera aiming at the pellet gun with it aimed into the cockpit of the plane. police canines caught up with him and he was k-9s caught up w and arrested them. fires rage on out west. boots set to go on the ground from the military. and a little league team throwing a game just to get

ahead in a match-up. are competitive sports going too far? your emails next.

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this golf course is electric... it is now three minutes before the top of the hour, before you leave the house, here's what's happening today, the hunt continues for the bangkok bomber. police say he did not work alone and might be working with a network in thailand. troops plan to troon 30,000

firefighters battling wild fires by sunday. and a popular camp site has been shut down due to the plague. the animal edition of the good, the viral edition that will make you smile. [ laughing ] >> oh. that adorable baby getting such a kick out of her pet cat, she laughed uncontrollably from excitement. this dog may be naughty but at least he's honest. >> ralph, did you eat my tater tots. oh, keep them. and finally the ugly, the foul-mouthed parrot has the right to remain silent. police in india arresting the bird for cursing at an 85-year-old woman. the owner, the stepson, train

the bird to curse at her every time she passed his home because of a property dispute. a washington state coach is accused of throwing an earlier ga game. the iowa team wins, so we asked are competitive sports going too far? tom on twitter writes, yes, parents are setting a bad example for kids and then many parents question their kids' honesty down the road. and scott says don't blame the he coaches involved in it. and teresa in florida writes this. >> yes, those children don't have a clue as to what is happening. corrupt adults ruin these games for these young children. shameful. >> let's keep talking about this

as well, the hillary clinton email scandal. the presidential hopeful laughing off questions by our own ed henry about wiping off emails from her server. what do you think? weigh in, #keep talking. "fox & friends" starts now. ♪ ♪ good morning, today is wednesday, august 19th. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. it's the shrug seen around the world. check out what happened when our own ed henry asks hillary clinton who erased all of those emails. >> did you wipe the server? >> like with a cloth or something? >> i know. that's just the start of it. there's more. meanwhile, the latest dishonor to our veterans might be one of the worst yet. those are patio steps made out of veterans' head stones. we'll tell you what we know