>> it will be a lovely day. i love this time of year with all of the christmas lights on 6th avenue. tonight is the christmas tree lighting. >> it will be very crowded there on 6th avenue. you are watching "fox & friends first." i am abby huntsman. >> i am heather childers. good to have you with us. we begin with the president elect and his incoming chief of staff sitting down for a swanky dinner meeting with mitt romney as new reports surface. he's one of four finalists in the running for secretary of state. >> team trump is expected to make a big announcement as early as this morning.

>> we have known mitt romney is in the running for secretary of state for some time now. to see the former foes breaking bread doth in manhattan it was something to see. everyone in the restaurant was gawking. perhaps even more surprising is what romney said after. he didn't apologize for what he said during the campaign as some suggested he might do. he did make a confession mr. trump likely loved to hear. trump won but romney did not. >> it is not easy. i know that myself. he did something i trade to do and was unsuccessful in accomplishing. he won the general election and he opinions with a message of bringing people together. this visit connected with the american people in a powerful way. >> don't expect an announcement today but the trump transition team should be making two other appointments official. we have trump's finance share

and former goldman sachs partner steve mauchin and wilbur ross as commerce secretary. former labor secretary elaine chao had been tasked for transportation secretary. health and human services secretary. price is an orthopedic surgeon from georgia if confirmed will repeal and replace obamacare. >> heading to indiana for a big announcement as well. >> thank you kristin. >> thank you. the finances when it comes to the romney meeting. charles blaine of the "washington post" called it embarrassing for mitt romney. former speaker of the house newt gingrich doubles down on it being a big mistake.

>> my goodness,this is a guy who is going to have to apologize before he does this. he's a former nominee of the party being made to plead or ask or awe digs twice now in front of donald trump. if he ends up not getting it it will be kind of a humiliating experience for him. >> when you have potentially a rudy giuliani, you have ambassador bolton, you have a wide range of people you could reach out to. if you go back and play the tone, the hostility, the contempt of the romney speeches. these were whole speeches. >> went after trump harder than anybody. >> why would he believe trump will be his secretary of state? he will be romney's secretary of

state. >> we asked you who would you lake to see as secretary of state? 57 percent rudy giuliani 27 percent general petraeus and only 8 percent saying mitt romney. 10 percent swant someone else. who would you lake to see as secretary of state and why? join us on our facebook faj after the show #keep talking. three people are dead after a tornado rips through northeast alabama. the twister touching down right after midnight sending buildings crumbling to the ground. in mississippi the roof of a home collapsing right into a bedroom. power outages and downed trees also a problem in the area this morning. raging wildfires tearing through tennessee being called

apocalyptic. three people are dead and hundreds of homes reduced to smoldering piles of rubble. >> people are running for their lives. >> ripping through the resort towns of gatlinburg for a third straight gay. the smoky mountains a popular tourist destination and dollywood is safe but more than a dozen cabins affected. dolly said praying for the firefighters working so hard for everyo everykeeping everyone safe. >> a massive fireball shooting into the kie in kansas city airport. >> what caused it to rupture and explode? crews working to the seen said it could have been methane and

propane. a nightmare scenarios fer the doomed site carrying a brazilian soccer team. it may have run out of fuel before crashing into a mountain side. the pay lot reported an electrical failure moments before it disappeared from radar. the black boxes have been recovered. just six people on board survived. 71 others killed. among them six fox sports brazil journalists. our prayers go out to the families and all of those victims. isis claiming responsibility for the nightmare stabbing spree at the colorado university calling the man behind the attack a soldier of the terror group. >> jackie ibanez has new information on the situation. what do we know so far? >> isis praising the somali refugee who pull out a butcher's knife and started slashing at

everyone in his path. the lone wolf attacker abdul artan radicalized by radical propaganda. even the white house now admits the attack points straight to terror. >> there are plenty of evidence to indicate this individual may have been motivated extremism and may have been motivated carrying out an act of terroris. >> injured 11 people in a matter of seconds before being shot dead by police. one of his victims a professor describes the horrific scene. >> as i was walking i suddenly heard a shout and then this tremendous crash. it clipped the back of my right leg and basically flipped me up in the air. he exited the vehicle on the other side, the road side which is his driver's side and had

begun to attack students. there was a lot of noise, a lot of shouting. >> absolutely terrifying. men time a disturbing revelation about osu. a mosque located a whimile away from campus has been linked to six terror investigations. right now it is unknown if artan attended that mosque. >> could have been so much worse. >> if you listen to the 911 calls that has been released it was really dramatic. >> illegal immigrants won't be getting a free pass from president obama. immigration advocates pleading with the president to halt all deportation and they want to shield young immigrants known as dreamers from deport station as president elect trump vows to crack down on immigration. >> for the first time in u.s. history illegals were flooding federal court systems faster than fraud and organized crime

offenders combin offenders combined. they made up 50 percent of all federal prosecutions between october 2014 and december of 2015. that's nearly 70,000 cases. those hearings are also costing you the taxpayers ten's of millions of dollars. >> election officials in michigan kicking off a massive recount tonight. the taxpayers are expected to foot an estimated $12 million bill. they challenge them in the battle ground states but not without a fight. the michigan republican party trying to stop the efforts calling the recount a waste of tax payer money. >> a pivotal vote on capitol hill behind closed doors as house democrats hope to bring an end to their leadership crisis. tim ryan says he's within quote striking distance of the house minority leader post.

after stunning the party and challenging nancy pelosi who has held the position for the last 14 years. pelosi a fundraising powerhouse is still widely expected to win. >> 10 minutes after the hour. striking a deal mr. trump's hard work over thanksgiving has paid off. the agreement he just reached for the jobs in indiana. >> 1,000 veterans strong protesting after a college lowered the american flag to mourn hillary's election loss. this morning the college president cracking down on free expression. his message to students. >> forget broccoli. apparently yogurt is worse. the baby going viral for the reaction that will make your morning. you have to wait around for this.

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>> a live look at times square where the lights are always shining bright. welcome back to "fox & friends first." a new interview with rolling stone magazine. the president blames fox for the titanic election losses hillary clinton saying part of it is fox news in every bar and restaurant in big chunks the country but part of it is democrats not working at a grass-roots level. this is not the first time the president targeted fox news. remember when he said this last month. >> if i watched fox news i wouldn't vote for me either. you have this screen, this fun house mirror through which

people are receiving information. >> the activists set fire to sim dolph freed -- symbol of freedo. donald trump's tweet saying this. nobody should be allowed to burn the american flag. if they do, there must be consequences. perhaps loss of citizenship or a year in jail. critics attacks mr. trump. if they forget hillary clinton once called for the exact same thing? >> i hope, mr. president, that we can tackle criminal laying flag burning and desecration. i agree this burning, this desecration that can happen to our flag is something that people have a right to ask this body to try to prohibit and prevent. >> under today's law flag burning is protected by the first amendment and american citizenship cannot be revoked. so that brings us to our look at

who is talking. this morning fox news contributor charles krauthammer is saying the left should leave this alone. >> i don't understand why people are getting scandalized. it was i will add vised uncon constitutional. it is what 90 percent of americans think. scalia himself who was with the majority saying it is unconstitutional to prosecute any one, scalia said i would put him in jail if it was up to me. i would advise the left not to take the bait on this. >> now to a fox business alert. president elect donald trump already delivering on one of his major campaign promises. >> within 24-hours they will call and say, sir, we have decided to stay in the united states, we will stay in indiana or some place else. they are staying in the united states. >> cheryl casone with the

massive deal that he just struck to keep hundreds of jobs in indiana. cheryl already tweeting up a storm about this as well. >> this could be a vbig victory lap tomorrow morning. carrier is an air-conditioning company in indiana. remember they announced back in february they were shutting down their indiana plant and moving operations to mexico. they have had a change of heart. transition teams say they worked tuesday to work out a deal carriers said this. we are pleased to have reached a deal to work with president elect trump and vp elect pence to keep 1,000 jobs in had indy. now the company became a a target of then candidate trump a company executive was caught on camera delivering the bad news to employees. >> we are moving our operations to monterey, mexico.

>> trump and vice president elect mike pence who is still governor of indiana now anyway are going to travel to the state thursday to unveil details of this agreement. this a victory for the trump team. the candidate spent most of the campaign pledging to keep temperatur companies from moving jobs overseas. see what they have to say this week. >> big campaign promise. now to a fox business alert. burned to the ground an out of control wildfire burns deadly. >> the bizarre kidnapping of this mom. her condition that was found and the message burned into her skin. >> flag fury where outrage is boiling over after more than a dozen american flags go missing in a month. little dakota's nose was quivering in fear.

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>> welcome back to "fox & friends first." beaten bruised and branded the california mother now revealing horrific details about his wife's 22 day nightmare. he is saying his wife cheri was found thanksgiving day chained up along side the california roadway with a bag over her head. she weighed 87 pounds her body covered in burns her hachopped off. police searching for two hispanic females driving a dark suv. they say the kidnapping was part of a race war. they are looking into a racially charged blog post. >> the wal-mart truck driver charged in the deadly highway crash involving tracy morgan

pleading guilty. kevin roper was driving a semi when it crashed into a limo. he and three others were seriously injured. comedian james mcnair was killed in the crab. he could have his record wiped clean if he completes 300 thundershowers of community service. >> while you were sleeping he caught one of two inmates escaped from a california jail using bed sheets. ron campbell was taken into custody. his accomplice is still on the run this morning. last week the inmates cut through a cell bar to a second floor window in the jail and then lowered themselves to the ground with bed sheets and clothes. then they made a run for it. >> dramatic and brazen gun store heists all caught on camera. a truck ramming through the glass door at the tampa run company in florida. burglars race inside. police say they stole about 40

weapons including assault rifles and shot guns in less than a minute. it is the third gun store robbery in tampa in less than 13 months alone. >> time now 23 minutes after the top of the hour. they are praising the officer who took down an ohio state terrorist. a black lives matter activist sees it differently. >> this is fox news. you guys have a ras casirace ca. >> wait until you hear tucker carl son's response next. >> first on this day in 1940 the stars of i love lucy they tie the knot. >> maejichael jackson a-thrille was released on this day in 1982. ♪ people say,

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dinner for 3. the sweepstakes continue and mr. trump sits down for dinner with mitt romney and reince priebus. >> all of these things combined give me increasing hope that president trump is the very man that can bring us to the better future. >> what you thought you would never see. critical cabinet announcement is as early as this morning. >> isis now claiming the somali stabber as one of his own. why the investigators turned toward a mosque near campus. >> a disabled boy kicked off the flight for his very first vacation because his service dog was too big? "fox & friends first" continues rate now. >> we will have more on the stories in a minute. first we want to begin with a fox news alert. raging wildfires tearing through tennessee being called

apocalyptic. >> three people are dead in hundreds of homes reduced to smoldering piles ch rubble. brad jones from our affiliate fox 8 is live for us in gatlinburg, tennessee with the breaking details. gad morning, brad. been in that area plenty of times. this is really devastating. >> it is such a beautiful place especially this time of year. the leaves have pretty much fallen off the trees. but gatlinburg is a rae sort town already decorated for christmas. loving vacationers seeing christmas lights. a firestorm came rolling down the hill. not only a forest fair but also they had winds around 60 miles per hour pushing this thing. some people said they saw the flames cascading down the hill they had nowhere to go. when you are on vacation in a resort town you don't know where to go. these people blinded by some of the smoke there. they didn't know what to do. emergency crews had a hard job

getting around touching base with all of these people and trying to get them to safety. three people confirmed dead a am in of people treated for severe burns not only at vanderbilt medical center but university of knoxville. the governor says basically the worst fire the state has seen in 100 years. 15,000 acres scorched and this morning we are see ago powerful storm go through. we have emergency crews based here. water trucks at a high rate of speed left a few minutes ago. powerful winds obviously whipping up the flames that are out there now. back to you. >> they needed the rain but the last thing they needed were the strong winds and potential tornadoes. >> brad jones, thank you for being with us this morning. >> dinner for three the president elect and nominee for chief of staff meeting for a

swanky dinner. now reports are surfacing he's one of four finalists in the running for secretary of state. team trump is expected to maykea big announcement as early as this morning. kristin, i hear even sharing some frog legs. >> that and some scallops. just in case this wasn't shocking enough for you, after dinner romney made a concession that mr. trump had likely die to go hear he won and romney did not. they had an enlightening engaging evening. >> gives me increasing hope that president elect trump is the very man that can lead us to that better future. >> don't expect an announcement about secretary of state today. they are making it official later this morning. trump's finance share and steve

mu mon mo mnuchin. announced tuesday elaine che ch tom price are there. >> they are in the forefront not only to repeal obamacare but to put forth common sense free market solutions for the cost of health insurance without growing the size of government. >> repealing and replacing obamacare now mr. trump is thanking them for voting for him bay enl barking on this big thank you tour to five battle ground states going to michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania and florida and ohio. looks like he's taking a little bit of a victory lap. >> he will never take a

vacation. >> during thanksgiving it was a working vacation. >> isis meantime another big story claiming responsibility for a nightmare stabbing spree at ohio state university calling the man behind the attack a s l soldier of the terror group. new information on the investigation. good morning, jackie. >> good morning, heather. isis is praising the somely refugee who unleashed a nightmare attack. mounting evidence now this morning shows he was a lone w f wolf. officials believe the attacker acted alone when he plowed into a group of people jumped out of his car with a butcher's knife and slashed everyone in its past. his facebook post also mentioned american born radical islamic cleric. even the white house admits the attack looked like terror.

>> it may have been motivated an act to carry out terrorism. >> he injured to be shot dead by police right now. three people remained hospitalized one of the victims a professor describing the horrifying attack. >> the road side which is the drivers side which had begun to attack students. there was a lot of noise and shouting. one of the students with me said you are bleeding. i said, yeah, a good little blood. he said no there were footprints of blood all of the way down the hall. >> a new revelation about the community surrounding osu. a mosque locate add mile from campus linked to 6 terrorism investigations. >> the investigation continues on that one.

>> they are praising the officer who was killed by the attacker. a black lives matter activist sees it differently. she tweeted so white officer allen harushko who killed the stabbing suspect in ohio is paraded as a hero. that's interesting. tucker carlson called him out on his so last night. >> when you tweet out that this is a story of a white man killing a black man that is misleading. that's not at all what happened. there was no racial motive here and you are i am playing there was. >> that's not what i said. this is fox news. you guys are the race casino. forget about the race card. you play the race casino. >> i don't know one person on any network who looked at this and said u a white man killing a black man. you have a police officer representative stopping a mass murder from happening. >> shooting and killing a

terrorist. he said the officer was not wrong for shooting the terrorist. >> sparking outrage for banning the american flag ordering students after the lowered the american flag to mourn hillary's election loss and they removed it as one was set on fire as president trump's win. they e-mailed saying no protestors will be allowed to come on campus and media are prohibited from talking to students. >> 20 minutes to the top of the hour. dangerous de humid fiers. >> a major announcement from president elect trump expected within the hour. which rumored cabinet pick? our next guest says it would come as a surprise. >> all right, all right, all

right. >> a sur praise of a laf time college students order a ride home. who shows up? actor matthew mcconaughey. >> first a lack at weather across the country. severest weather in parts of it. take a look. ♪

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first" this morning. we always appreciate when you join us. donald trump donald trump expected to make a major cabinet announcement after picking elai elai elaine chao and tom price. >> seems like every day there's now announcements. but we are ex pecked to hear about steve monnuchin. >> he is a major donor to democrats. major money to hillary when she lost that race he put a lot of money into barack obama. he has already been involved in the campaign. managing the finances working with mr. trump. i am the last person in the world clearly he trusts him. that is the theme i think

through out his choices. so he's going to be doing a very good job. the democrats were also upset with him taking a job of finance director with the campaign but clearly it worked out. >> we have elaine chew for transportation secretary. she has past experience and the labor secretary under president george w. bush and we have tom price nominated for health and human services. >> both indicate important directions for mr. trump. >> that means we are draining the swamp but we have to get things done with people that know what they are doing. in this case that department will be handling a major project in all likelihood. tom price a fabulous pick. this is a man who not only is against obamacare but understands in and of itself it has to go completely because it signals that the government is supposed to be in charge of things like that. he wants to get rid of it.

he knows that we have to do something he knows it can't be ther that. this shows they are serious about dumping obamacare and coming out with something better this is government's role and government business. >> he also canwants to make chas to medicaid and medicare. you think this is a sign there are a lot of other changes to come? >> i do. it's not about the liberals taking three steps forward and a republican party taking one step back. this is about really moving back into the notion of smaller government, more efficient government which makes people's lyes better. we saw with eastbound oh care big government and government to come and help as reagan would say it is a scary phrase. it makes things worse. we shouldn't think about the notion of things changing and getting smaller and more efficient as bad. this will be very good. michael jackson changes across the board ther could never happen. a breaking of the bread between

mitt romney and president elect donald trump having dinner and meeting for the second time for potentially the job of secretary of state arguably the biggest job of the cabinet. this is someone who originally called him a fraud, a con artist. what do you think is going on there and how likely is it you think mitt romney will ultimately get this job in>> i think clearly this is a job in the making. i will confess i am a giuliani fan. i think he would be great for that job. obviously mr. trump views mr. romney as very important when it comes to the nature of the government. he understands the international scene at the same time. our works on the grass-roots was difficult. >> he shows you what mr. trump wants to do. he is going to choose the person who thinks will do the best job

in that role. if it is mr. romney, many people were accept that. i think it's going to be very difficult for others. but ultimately the goal will be to make sure that is the best person in that job. general petraeus has been considered for that role. he has other issues regarding handling of classified information. but i think you are going to hear about that job today. of course mr. trump goes on his thank you tour starting tomorrow. so we are going to have a good view of what the future will look like. >> wouldn't you have preferred rudy giuliani in that spot. >> i found there's only a down side with choosing mr. romney. you do upset the base. you have dynamic where trust is an issue. but clearly the president elect is meeting with mr. romney and is going to make a determination if he can trust him and we are going to have to trust his determination about that. >> they trusted him enough to elect him to the spot. we will see. >> could be a big day of

announcements. tammy, good to have you with us. have a good day. >> let's talk about now what's up on "fox & friends first." >> we don't see pete, maybe he is serving coffee. maybe he's back in the kitchen making some eggs. steve, are you there? >> i am only drinking coffee right now. >> i am here. we are here at mike's place in wisconsin. you are talking about pundits talking about who is it going to be mitt romney, rudy giuliani. we are talking about voters here in winnebago county who cast their ballots for mr. trump. it went to obama in 2008 and 2012. we want to know yeah they wuent to trump or what they think about romney and rudy giuliani. as much as we talk about it in new york city what matters is what average voters perceive and think about what's happening. on fox & friends we are going to be at the diner all day long. i lake toast in the morning with my coffee.

we are getting fired up. we are we have folks coming in right now. we are asking about that. plus flag burning what do americans think about that happening and constitutionality about that as well as blaming fox news for the election which barack obama did yesterday. >> a lot of questions. pete, how are your cooking skills that's what i want to know. >> they are poor, they are poor. my cleaning skills are good. >> toast is easy. >> that's right. >> different feeling as you head to other parts of the country as was the case with the election. thank you very much, pete. >> see you soon. thanks for staying with "fox & friends first." we will be right back. stay with us.

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check out. we're back with this story. american airlines sparking outrage for kicking a disabled

boy off a plane because his service dog was apparently too big. a 12-year-old boy suffers from a rare form of epilepsy. relies on this golden doodle to help him if he -- he was kicked off the flight but questioned whether he really needed that service dog. >> you can tell right away from her demeanor and her attitude and her body language that she did not like animals. she said i've contacted management and they're coming to speak with you. so the manager got on the plane and the manager told me i needed to exit the aircraft. >> who doesn't like a golden doodle? >> american airlines has apologized and offered the family a refund. here's a story you will not like. flag fury. hikers outraged after american flags were stolen from an arizona moun tar peak. park rangers removed the flags after orders from glendale city

officials. it's against code to leave anything in the park including flags. while officials applaud the patriotism, they say it's disrupting park preservation. millions of dangerous dee humidifiers are sparking fire now across the country. >> cheryl casone from fox business here with a safety warning that we all need to hear. cheryl, what humidifiers does this involve. >> the gree usa dee had you mied fires. 2.5 million of them in the united states out there now and the company is trying to get the word out they need to be brought back in. the cause of 450 fires and $19 million in property damage. they were sold at sears, sams club, home depot and walmart. they put out the warning today. frankly, the recall has been out but no one has been bringing back in the dee had you mid

fires. i got e-mails from jetblue saying 20% off of all flights. what's going on there? >> they went into havana, cuba. they have a 20% off deal. it's a two-day sale. travel has between december 7th and february 15th. there's some blackouts. it's a way to celebrate their 100th city. getting a free frosty at wepd i's. i like to dip my french fries in frosty's. >> you both like them? >> i like a mcflurry too. i don't know which i prefer. >> i'm a frosty gal. i'm excited about this. wendy's is offering. if you spend $2 and buy a key chain, you get unlimited frosty's through 2017 when you buy something else. that's catch. but, there's a good side of the story. the money for the key tags is

going to the dave thomas foundation. that's the former founder of wepd i's. he passed away it's to help foster kids. >> you can feel good about eating fast food. >> i always feel good when i eat a frosty. >> thanks, cheryl. going viral this morning. matthew mcconaughey wants to make sure college students get home. all right all right all right. >> the academy award winning actor participating in a program at university of texas offering longhorn students a free lift back to their dorm. worse than broccoli. yogurt? >> yummy. >> that is the baby repulsed by the dairy snack. even ducking from mom. trying to give her more. >> looked like it was a little sour. >> steal, smash and grab.

the thieves using a stolen dump truck to yank an atm from a store. they're called the tennessee 20. the factory workers playing the lotto for years and finally get a really big payoff.

two minutes before the top of the hour. devastation down south.

raging wildfires in tennessee turning deadly as flames race towards popular tourist destinations. in alabama, at least three people are dead after a tornado overnight. president-elect trump's team expected to make a huge announcement 30 minutes from now. steve expected to be named secretary treasurer and wilbur ross secretary of commerce. a massive recount tonight. jill stein promising to file a -- p factory workers playing the lottery for years we'll split a $421 million lottery prize. it would give each person $13 million before taxes. wow. next up. still smash and grab. surveillance video showing two suspects using a stolen dump truck to yank an atm from a store.

they attach the chain to the machine and yank it from the store. a wildlife camera metropolitan to watch mountain lions catching pictures of bizarre creatures. prank terse wrestling lions, an old lady with a walker and santa holding a beer. "fox and friends" starts right now. bye bye. it's wednesday, november 30th. i'm ainsley earhardt. we start with a fox news alert. deadly tornadoes sweeping through the south overnight. multiple children injured, damage reports just coming in. as wildfires turn deadly in tennessee, the inferno still raging this morning and we have the breaking details. >> hard to look at. the secretary of state sweepstakes continues. they're down to the final four with more high-profile meetings with the president-elect. including a sit down dinner with mitt romney at a swanky