>> another round of gitmo releases. dangerous criminals some who killed americans about to be set free. >> garrett tenney is live for us in kraush dc with breaking details. good morning, garrett. >> u.s. officials described these detainees as the worse of the worse. a dozen of them are scheduled to leave u.s. custody. yesterday the pentagon notified congress they will be transferred to at least two countries in the coming weeks. with the first of the transfers happening in the next few days. according to the "washington post" one of the detains will be transferred a 37-year-old yemeni who has been on a hunger strike since 2007. gary ross dave this statement, i do not have a time line on when particular detainees will be transferred from guantanamo, but the administration is committed to reducing the detainee population and to closing the

detention facilities responsibly. president obama is working hard to fulfill its campaign promise from eight years ago to close guantanamo. when he took office there were nearly 250 detainees at the base now there are only 91 remaining. of those 36 have been cleared for release to another country. >> garrett tenney live for us. thank you, garrett. donald trump facing an uphill battle in wisconsin. new poll numbers from marquette, university showing ted cruz with a 10 point lead wiin the badger state five days from the primaries. the numbers coming on the heels of a fresh controversy that has pounce rivals pouncing. a comment about women being punished for abortion. >> the comments coming from a tense houn hall forum on msnbc

with host chris matthewsonald trump answering a question who that do to a woman if they have an abortion if it is illegal. >> there has to be some form of punishment. >> less than three-hour later with criticism flooding in he lookeded to revise the remarks striking a much different tone. saying it is the doctor who should be held legally responsible not the woman. the woman is a victim in this case as is the life in her womb. chris christie is defending the new york businessman on his radio show. >> people misspeak all of the time. with him everybody wants to make a bigger deal over it. >> the miss step giving fuel to rivals. ted cruz, once again donald trump demonstrated he hasn't seriously thought through the issues and he will say anything to get attention. democrats also weighing in it. bernie sanders saying it is

quote shameful. hillary clinton describing the statement as horrific and telling. >> nobody respects women more than donald trump. >> speaking in wisconsin he is looking to put the statement behind him. the remarks could haunt the frontrunner. >> this one will be hard to walk back if he is the party's nominee come the fall. >> it managed to outrage supporters on both sides of the fight. president of the march for life quote no pro-lifer would ever want to punish a woman who has chosen abortion. president of the nra action . >> you think the woman and doctors should go to jail. i think he should own it if that what he truly believes. border patrol council now throwing support behind gop frontrunner donald trump. it's the first time the union ever endorsed a primary

candida candidate. the trump campaign has always taken a hard stance on immigration a move the union claims set him apart from other political leaders. >> we have a president who has appointed a commissioner of customs and border protection who is more political than ever. they have carved oh you tell our emigration laws by policy where they are letting everyone we catch out the door. that is not border security. we need a president who understands the problem who will put the right political appointees and will allow them to change the law. >> we will hear more about the endorsement when the president joins us live in the 6:00 hour of "fox and friends." extreme weather. terrifying video capturing tornadoes touching down across the midwest. nine people hurt in oklahoma alone. >> there it goes.

it is foreign. look at that. >> so scary. the system moving to the deep south. texas, louisiana and mississippi all bracing for hail and devastating flash flooding. >> arkansas state university swimming in a flooded dorm there. look at that. clouds flooding florida the sky turning from blue to black in seconds. >> also ringing blinding snow to the rockies. utah father missing after going in to help his family. snow conditions causing a 30 pile up. >> hope they find that dad safe. >> it is not over, though. maria molina tracking more storms. >> the same storm system is moving eastward bringing yet again a threat of severe weather. it will be from the gulf coast to the parts of the midwest. as we head into your friday and saturday you will continue to see the renewed threat for

severe weather. the entire storm system spreading across the great lakes to louisiana continues marching eastward. there's a lot of moisture with the storm system. another problem will be how much heavy rain we are expecting from the storm. keep in mind over the last couple of weeks the entire regionsy cross the gulf coast and the u.s. will be receiving heavy rain and dealing with flooding. we are looking at another storm system coming in yet again and bringing in the threat once again across states like mississippi and alabama. locally we could receive more than 6 inches of rainfall in some of the areas out here. that's why the threat for flash flooding is in place again. it won't be until later in the weekend when the storm eventually slides off the east coast. reports of severe weather yesterday across parts of the plains including the tornado across the tulsa area. temperatures are relatively mild. 60's already early this morning.

70's out there. it will be very humid as well. take a look at how much colder it is out there. 29 right now in the city of denver. as we head into the afternoon the temperatures will keep climbing across the u.s. 70's and 80's in the forecast. >> thanks maria. we will check back with you later. a massive terror plot in france. police revealing the french man arrested outside of a parish days after the brussels attack had a quote unprecedented scale of weapons. they found dozens of assault rifles machine guns and materials to make bombs in rita arquette's apartment. it was a matter of time before a catastrophic and large scale attack. he has an extensive wrap sheet. he traveled to syria multiple times. meantime an american killed in the brussels terror attack has been identified as an air force

officer's wife. she was at the brussels airport with her husband and four children when the blast went off. the father who is stationed in the netherlands and the four children remain hospitalized. four americans were killed in the attacks last week including just ten and stephanie schultz. a 16-year-old taken away from school in handcuffs for allegedly writing a kill list and plan to go hurt several of his classmates. they are ramping up security at the high school after making the chilling discovery. they say no students were actually in any real danger. the teen is charged with communicating threats and he has not returned to school. first they crack the code on a terrorist iphone now they will help deliver devices with suspects in arkansas. they have delayed the capitol murder trial for hunter directionler so they can help the feds for help getting into

his iphone and accomplice justin stanton. they are accused of murdering an older couple who took one of the teens in. they had help from an israeli software company. more drug dealers will be back on the streets. president obama shortened sen tens for 61 drug offenders for selling or having drugs. a third were serving life sentences and they are scheduled to be released in jewuly. he has commuted sentences for 250 inmates. that's more than the last six presidents combined. >> it was the sex scandal that rocked the military and brought down a high ranking official. now jill kelly is opening up about her role in it all and the moment cia director david petraeus came clean about the affair with biographer paula

broadwell. >> he said, jill, it's paula broadwell. i never met the lady in my life. government official we trust went after the same sexiest speculation just as they got the fact that i could be having an affair instead of protecting me and my family. >> kelly says broadwell sent harassing e-mails spurned by jealousy. instead of protecting her they pinned her as the other woman before uncovering the other woman was in fact broadwell. >> the time now is 10 minutes after the top of the hour. a mid air collection, 14,000 pete feet up. the freak skydiving accident was caught on camera and why the jumper says he has no row grets. >> police now invading the library of congress. wait until you hear what it is now calling illegal aliens. >> an extra buzz with your break if as? wh -- breakfast.

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international. >> they could be in for absolute chaos there. they will shut down the rail lines for six months. the announcement receiving strong resistance for a dire need of more than a million dollars a year in additional funding for metro. any of the metro's six lines could be shuttered in full or in part. an official decision is expected to come within four to six weeks. >> spider-man the naked cowboy are all joining forces. they showed up at a council meeting to fight new proposed time square zoning rules. it would require the characters to stay in certain areas not beg passerbies for tips. instead tourists would have to approach them first. it comes after complaints about their aggressive behavior. >> university presidents responding to the trump chalk

backlash with chalking of his own. strauling emily stands tore free expression. it hoes the support on campus last week. students and staff were shocked over the chalking saying it represents an anti niernity reference that makes them feel unsafe on campus. to a fox business alert. a hospital being held hostage by hackers. the ransom fuelling fears of more attacks. lauren simonetti is here with the latest. they may have used what is called ransom wear. the virus will pay money to regain access. chipotle beyond burritos and a chain called better burger. it has the pizza joints and

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>> welcome back. several nba fans taking a tumble from the stands while trying to get autographs. watch this. >> here's what happened. railway giving way as four fans tumbled to the floor trying to get warrior's star seth curie's autograph during the game. no one hauz seriously hurt so we can joke a little bit. curie making sure each fan received an autograph before the game. >> two sky divers collide mid air. it was all caught on camera. you are checking it out right here. heart stopping video shows the two men hitting each other almostiately after jumping

out of a plane. you can see sebastian little spiraling out spiraling down to the ground as he went down. he is paralyzed from the wasist down but has no regrets. >> the leo is optimistic he will run day fly again. >> it is time now to brew on this. this is a quote. whites need not apply. that is the message from the broadway show "hamilton." ♪ >> the rap based hit put out a casting call seeking non white men and women aged 20 and 30 to audition. the musical is about life an death of founding father alexander hamilton. they say the main roles were bly

black and hispanics to celebrate their roots. that can't prevent a white actor from auditioning. >> if you were right you shouldn't apply. if you flip the script and said, white actors only, i mean al sharpton would be out there demonstrating. >> now the show is changing its tune saying the casting will be amended to also include language we neglected to ad. we welcome people of allest nis cities for "hamilton." >> what do you think? just fine or over the line? send comments on facebook, twitter or fox friends first@foxnews.com. right now an airplane passenger finds a whole new way to annoy her neighbors on a flight. a fondness for the camera. >> char lee shimkus is here with

fox news sirius xm 115. >> flying can be a drag when people don't respect people's personal space. congrats to the pony tailed young well no 22 b you have invented a new way to be awful at 35,000 feet. the tweet received hundreds of responses. one you should have cut it off for her, would have saved some other poor person from having to go through that. did you tell her it's one you didn't need to climb up. another taking a creepyer approach saying ask her if you can have some for your col legg. that would have made her move it. >> couldn't you say move your hair it's in the way. >> a piece of pizza and a fork causing an uproar for a gop candidate.

john kasich made a major food faux paus. some on social media are calling it unforgivable. the ohio governor ate pizza with a fork and knife yesterday. one person on-line calling the error appalling. governor kasich said i was eating pizza sdmrau doctor you were born. >> there was another politician who did that, de blasio. >> you heard of a potato bomb, but will a panda bomb? >> looks like animals of the kingdom appreciate a good selfing as well. he spent bonding time with his foster dad last week. the little cub even took a break from play time to pose for the perfect selfie after showering his favorite human with lots of hugs and kisses. how cute is that? >> a pup kicks back after a spring training game. a pair of philadelphia phillies

fans showed up at a spring training game with their little dog in a baby carrier. folks commenting how relaxed the booch looks. nom saying he's living the american dream. >> i am saying he was ready to catch the ball. >> thank you so much carly. appreciate it. >> the time is 26 after the hour. this michigan man accused of wanting to shoot up a church for isis, why he says it was for love not terror. >> why the state department should stick to international affairs, not affairs of the heart. wildlife rescue workers open up a lot of dawn. tough on grease...yet gentle.

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a oo for the woman. >> a shake up in the critical state of wisconsin. >> a travel nightmare ahead. how you may miss your flight this summer. an anal encounter caught on camera. "fox & friends first" continues. >> it is 5:30. i am heather childers. >> i am jackie ibanez. 30 after the hour. controversial comments from other candidates about donald trump. now the frontrunner is walking back his remarks. >> this just days before the wisconsin primary and trump could be in trouble there. doug luzader is live for us from a from wash dv. >> he said in this town hall

event in green bay, wisconsin. >> do you believe in punishment for abortion? >> yes. >> to the woman? >> of some form. >> that i don't know. >> that brought a predictable response from trump's democratic opponent but ran counter to the core of the pro-life movement. some of trump's republican competitors by law. >> donald trump will figure out a way he didn't say it or he was misquoted or whatever. i don't think so. it was not an appropriate response. >> it is a demonstration of how little he thought about the serious issues facing this

country. >> trump did issue a correction later. his campaign put out a kweet saying donald says the doctor who performed the illegal act should be responsible not the woman. >> the poll numbers came out yesterday not encouraging. he is down 10 points and nine points behind john kasich. time for look who is talking. the pollster who released that stunning survey. charles franklin said it should be the state that throw slows the trump train. trump who falls behind the average in wisconsin may have found a state where he does have it also shows political leaders in the state have come to coal less can behind cruz after

taking a while to do it. but in the last ten-days they have overwhelmingly embraced cruz as the choice in opposition to trump. most of that happened after the poll was going on. but i think it is clearly helping cruz. now to a fox news alert. dangerous criminals are about to be set free planning on another round of gitmo transfers. garrett tenney is in dc with the breaking details. >> they have described those criminals as among the worst of the worst. now a dozen are scheduled to leaf u.s. custody. yesterday the pentagon notified congress at least two countries the others are expected to be completed in the next few weeks. according to the "washington post" one of the detainees set to be transferred is a

37-year-old yemeni who has been on a hunger strike since 2007. he is said to be in rough shape after losing half of his body weight from refusing to eat. on the exact timing of the releases pentagon spokesman gary rostells fox news i do not have a time line on when particular detainees will be transferred from guantanamo. the administration is committed to closing the detention facility responsibly. president obama is working very hard to fulfill his campaign promise from eight years ago to close get mow. when he took office there were 250 doe tan knees at the base now only 91 remaining. of those only 36 have been cleared for release to another country. >> garrett tenney live for us. thank you, garrett. >> terrifying video. tornadoes touchdown across the midwest. nine people hurt in oklahoma

alone. >> there it goes. >> yeah, that's it. >> look at that. >> such powerful storms. the system is now moving to deep south, texas, louisiana, mississippi all bracing for hail and devastating flash flooding. >> students at arkansas state university even swimming in a flooded dorm there. looks like a school but it is not. that's a room. clouds hovering over florida. the sky turns from blue to black in a matter of seconds. maria molina is in the weather center tracking more. >> this massive storm system that brought severe weather across oklahoma and kansas and into arkansas. there's a lot of moisture associated with the storm system. we have rain from the great lakes down to parts of mississippi and also in louisiana. this is exactly where we have a tornado watch in effect through this morning for the potential for more tornadoes with the

storms rolling through the area. overall through the afternoon today and into the evening hours you have a risk for severe weather from parts of the midwest down to the gulf coast. the greatest risk is right here shaded in orange. this is an enhance the risk issued by the storm prediction center. we have potential for severe weather across the area as well. you can be looking at stronger tornadoes large hail and damaging winds across the zone. it could bring more storms as we head into tomorrow and head across parts of the gulf coast. we are expecting moul tim rounds of storms. we could pick up 6 inches of rainfall in some spots. that will be bringing in potential for flooding. number of watches have been issued because of that threat. otherwise temperatures ahead of the storm relatively mild. waking up to temperatures anywhere from the 50's to 70's there but much colder behind the frontal system. let's head over to you. >> thank you, maria.

he says he is not really a terrorist and he just wanted to impress a girl. a 21-year-old michigan man said he wanted to attack a detroit church and behead someone in the name of isis. his attorney got a hold of the text message exchange between him and posing as a 1-year-old jihadi and said his client was lonely and manipulated into saying these things. >> the fight against isis will see a metal he qualified for the inherent result campaign medal if they serve 30-days after june 14th of 2015. 11,000 troops are eligible. >> the library of congress is going pc nixing the term illegal alien from the international subject headings swapping them out with noncitizens. it comes at the request of

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s>> a nascar driver is arrested in what officials are calling the biggest tobacco smuggling bus in north american history. derrick white turned himself into authorities. he's one of the ringleaders in a scheme that brought tobacco into the u.s. and smuggled it into canada. it cheated canada out of

hundreds of millions of tax dollars. >> wouldn't hoopi goldberg laun marijuana business targeting women's health. it is under the brand whoopi and maya. she sells her product exclusively in california. $86 million of your money down the drain spent on this airplane that is still sitting on jacks in delaware for the next 20-years. it was supposed to be used for a dea in narcotics bust. according to a watchdog report. it is estimated to cost $22 million. that price sky rocketed due to upgrades and maintenance and construction of a brand new hanger there. it is a lot of money here.

>> are you fantasizing about a fabulous summer get away? i know i am. get ready for a travel nightmare. thanks to a failed tsa program. cheryl casone with a warning for summer travelers. great news. thank you. >> call me debbie downer this morning. good morning heather especially for you who does need a vacation. here's what's going to happen. the tsa precheck program seems to be having the opposite effect. the hope that that would make long lines at the regular checkpoints just a little bit easier. the passengers could leave shoes on, belt, light jackets and they could keep their lap cops and liquids with theirbeings. they have 300 passengers an hour. that is twice the line time. the screening by 10 percent across the country.

it has been happening over the last three years. unfortunately that is short of enrolling meaningful difference. >> it is a painfully long wait at the airport. the spokesman says the security koreani screening is already unacceptable. if you are flying domestic this summer you should get to the airport two hours ahead of time. i am debbie downer for fox business. back to you. >> you are warning us. appreciate that. >> thank you, cheryl. the time is 25 after the hour. fox news alert, a deadly collapse people trapped after an over pass scrumbcrumbled to the ground. >> the touching story behind this note. >> first steve doocy with what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> coming up on "fox & friends" you heard about the border

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>> 49 after the hour. three people are dead. dozens more hurt after an overpass collapsed in india. this is happening right now. you can see cars and trucks crushed under the debris and rescuers desperately searching for victims.

it is unclear why the overpass collapsed. >> they are threatening a florida mobile home park from crumbling to pieces. a small hole showed up a few weeks ago after they started to add filler and 3 inch water main ruptured. the hole is 80 feet wide and 35 feet deep. 20 homes were evacuated as a precaution. unclear when residents can return. >> i am excited about this one. he has a unique gift of connecting with those who have passed. >> i was able to see and feel things. most weren't able to. i feel like i have talked to people. >> picked up for the second season. stepping into the fox light with michael tam mer raw. into the foxlight

tammero. you sat down with him, i'm so jealous. >> i did. time and time again, ahead of his big season talent i sat down with the clairvoyant and connected with someone special. tell us about someone who is special. >> it was a comedian, and i do readings for celebrities. and i get to see unique sides. without having any clues of who i'm reading. >> this is interesting. >> i do see a residence change so -- i don't know. it's weird. i don't know why -- >> i consider what i have as an ability, the connection that i make with the loved one is the gift for my client inherently, that is unique. >> take a look at some of the highlights. >> okay. i have this interesting feeling.

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>> a cup of coffee before the segment. but it was great. it was a very interesting experience. and he doesn't know who he sits down with ahead of time. he goes in cold. >> he seems like that when you watch it. it seems remarkable. >> yeah, you can catch it this sunday on e! on 10:00 p.m. eastern. check out in foxlight.com. and follow me on twitter @foxlightmichael. >> i'm glad you heard something special to you. the time is about 8 minutes until the top of the hour. "hamilton" the hottest show on broadwayer it's changing its tune after saying nonwhites only on the casting call. have you seen this show? >> i did. and talk about a walk on the wild side. a rare animal encounter caught on camera. ♪ born to be wild

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it is about 3 minutes until the top of the hour. before you leave the house, here's what's happening today. dangerous criminals some of whom have killed americans about to be set free. the pentagon is planning to release about a dozen gitmo detainees in the next three days. >> the south is being pummeled by tornadoes, millions from texas to mississippi devastating hail and even more tornadoes. and airports across the country, workers walk the picket

lines they're asking for more money and protocols following the terror attacks in brussels. the protests happening at jfk, chicago o'hare and washington's reagan national. time for the good, the bad and the ugly. first the good. police in kansas, hunting for a teenage girl for all the right reason. she left two officers a hand writ note on a napkin. thanks for keeping us safe. now the officers are taking to facebook in hopes of finding her, isn't that sweet. and now the bad. terrifying moments unfold for a woman who meets a panther during her morning nature walk in florida. the woman remains incredibly calm during the rare encounter with a very busy cat stop to chat panther. oh, my goodness. finally, the ugly, the state department is in hot water for this tweet. here it is asking people if they were tense in the reference to their attractiveness.

there was backlash calling the tweet sexist. the state department says it was about being safe overseas but apologized. time now for your "brew on this" response. >> yeah, the broadway show "hamilton" is telling white actors that they're not needed for the musical. ♪ the rap-based show put out a casting call seeking nonwhite men and women to audition. the musical is about the life and death of alexander hamilton. producers say the main role, written for minority to celebrate the diversity of american roots. >> the show is now changing its tunes. the producer says the casting will be amended to include language. we neglected to add we welcome people of all ennisties. we asked is the casting over the top or on line?

lisa wrote, too late, you couldn't pay me to see it. and then there are roles that require male, female. >> and michael says, 100% over the line. >> thanks for joining us, "fox & friends" starts right now. bye. good morning, 6:00 on the dot here on the east coast. good morning, it's thursday, tail end of the week, march 31st, 2016. i'm ainsley earhardt. this morning, donald trump clarifying this moment. >> should the woman be punished with abortion? >> look, is this not something to be dodged. >> was it a misstep, a bad question or both? we report, you decide. meanwhile, america on edge this morning as the transfers from gitmo start again. dangerous criminals being called the worst of the worst about to be set free. where will they go? we'll tell you wha