♪ >> this is a live look down avenue of americas in new york city. some places have rain across the country. you are watching "fox & friends first." i am heather childers. >> i am clay mill-- clayton mor. brand new evidence shows a disaster waiting to happen. a building littered with hazardous conditions that he knew about for years. >> drawed yaw cowen is live at the scene where they are considering murder charges. claudia, good morning.

>> the investigation is ongoing. rescue crews are working cranes and heavy equipment as they continue their work. it is a delicate task because there might be more victims inside. this whole building is now a crime scene and the focus is squarely as you said on the warehouse manager. he has been hold up in a local hotel. he was on probation he sparked outrage online when the first reaction to the tragedy was the loss of the property not the loss of life. >> we have done everything we possibly could afford to do. >> most expressed is the

landlord. >> recovery crews face a daunting task. former paid hundreds of thousands to live there. he knew that was illegal housing and as police who responded to the call that the warehouse knew it, too. the city is not without blame in this tragic incident. hundreds remember the 36 missions at a p candlelight vigil. most were in their 20's and 30's. they managed to send good-bye messages to relatives and friends. one victim saying i am going to die. i love you. >> they have found bodies of people protecting each other, foldi holding each other. investigators are working to determine liability. the alameda county district attorney saying criminal charges could range from involuntary manslaughter to murder depending on the evidence. back to you. >> you put that facebook post up

and then thousands of people share it and he deletes it because i was more concerned about my pianos than loss of life. other news out of california this morning. commuters on high lart now to blow up a train station the target steps from university. calls in a tip from an undisclosed information overseas warning of a potential bombing today. security stepped up the police unit canine unit and random bag searchs. the airline sees 150,000 passengers every day. >> an isis supporter sentenced to 30 years in prison after an fbi scene plotting to attack the u.s. capital. he screamed allah is in charge not this judge. agents caught him by two assault rifles right before president obama's 2015 state of the union

address. >> he killed an unarmed man as he ran for a traffic stop waking up on house arrest. the jury unable to reach a verdict in the case against former charleston officer michael slager. a key piece of evidence is this cell phone video. he shot three fatal shots in the back. the state now vowing to try him again. >> a horrific tragedy to tell you about. a sink hole swallowing a sheriff's deputy and killing 16 others. he was driving from san antonio texas late sunday night when her car was trapped in 12 feet of water. the sink hole opened after a sewer line apparently ruptured during some heavy rain.

the politics now elect trump celebrating his win kicking off the second leg of his thank you tour today. >> not after high profile meetings at trump tower following surprise talk with al gore. >> who is the president elect seeing today? >> good morning. the short list of secretary of state is continuing to grow. mr. trump will be meeting with one of the names just added to the list. rex thurston is the ceo of exxon mobil. perhaps a businessman in the white house is going to want a businessman representing his administration abroad. other meetings include dc mayor laura ingram, muriel bowser and former secretary of state henry kissinger. former vice president al gore was there to meet with evivanka

trump about climate change. gore says they had a length yy d productive conversation. the two are at the opposite ends of the climate change subject. ben carson housing and development. chuck shuker said, i had serious concerns about doctor carson's lack of experience and expertise in dealing with housing he shall us. pike pence says he's the perfect man for the job. >> doctor carson is our intended nominee of housing and urban development. we are looking for a productive week. >> after a full day of meetings they are on the second stop of the thank you tour. then going to des moines iowa on thursday and grand rapids,

michigan on friday. that will be the final lap of the victory tour. >> it will be a busy day. >> democrats already targeting ben carson saying he's already qualified for that job. >> institute of politics says voters who put mr. trump in office are getting what they wanted to shake things up. >> there are legitimate concerns he's going to have to answer in the confirmation tour. there are things he never dealt with in the urban development and never won an organization. i would say the voters that put him in office wanted to roll a grenade into the room and to blow up this system. but we don't know what it's going to look like on the back end. putting the people in who know something about the subject matter with donald trump's perspective ghooift the people what they want. when you are putting in people who have no knowledge at all of

the policies that they are if to implement and the amount of money that the federal government spends on his policies then i think the questions need to be asked. >> something entirely different and new. the white house encouraging president elect trump to take advantage of his resources days after accepting a phone call from taiwan. the obama administration says he should check with the experts before making foreign policy moves. >> president obama over the course of his eight years in the white house has benefited significantly from the expertise, advice and experience of the state department. president obama benefited from it and president elect trump would as well. >> that depends who you ask about our foreign policy right now. mr. trump's team revealed he had spoken hto his leaders of taiwa something president elect hasn't done since 1979.

out of jill stein's play book demanding a hand recount of every paper ballot. please say no. who do they want to foot the bill? they want this guy president elect donald trump to foot the bill. he won the sunshine state by more than 100,000 votes. to recount michigan spearheaded by the green county candidate. they began recounting ballots in the largest county this morning which includes detroit. broken polling machines could make them ineligible. tech giants teaming up to take down terror. >> cheryl casone from our sister network is here to explain that. good morning, cheryl. >> good morning, guys. the biggest names in technology, facebook, microsoft, twitter and youtube are joining forces to fight back against terrorist trop b

propaganda. they will make a digital video print from terrorists. it is a way tore them to get ahead of new proposed federal regulations. change approved by congress may delay irs tax refunds for millions of americans expecting returns early. americans apply for the earned income tax credit or the additional tax credit will have to wait a faw extra weeks until february 15th. some of the taxpayers are used to getting the early refunds especially paying off some holiday bills. am son unve-- ama zon, they hav created a grocery store without any cashiers. high-tech sensors and artificial intelligence allow shoppers to swipe an app at the edge of the store. items are added to the virtual app as you add them to your grocery store. it is only available for amazon

employees right now. >> they are offering a limited menu of fridays suite tea and lemonade and a couple of different sandwiches. it will be open for business this month. they may span the idea nationwide. bru >> the time is 11 minutes after the top of the hour. how messed up is our immigration system. a fake u.s. embassy turning out a visa for a decades. the state department's shocking response. >> brand new concerns about kids and concussions raising a big question. should high school football be banned all together. this dancing top spreading a little bit of holiday cheer. do not miss charlie shimkus with fox & friends. she will be dancing just like that several places.

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oh>> thank you so much for sticking around with "fox & friends first." we begin with an old scandal following president obama out the door of the white house. >> remember rob blagojevich. corruption scandal. they have a right to know what then senator obama rahm emanuel and valerie jarrett knew about the scandal and attempts to sell

obama's former senate seat. >> the building was attodorned h the american flag. it had a picture of a flag hanging inside. they were made using stolen expired documents. never made it to america. >> no one was ever used in the united states. >> i am sure there are other operations ongoing. >> they have digital data and is nearly impossible to duplicate. >> foot your own bill. that is a message new york democrats are sending to president elect trump as the

calls for security pile up. >> they are turning to the white house for cold hard cash. asking for up to 35 million in reimbursement from the period november 8th to january 20th. >> a lot of the stores don't have customers walking in. >> kelly wright joins us live. good morning, kelly. >> good morning to you as well. as donald trump spends the majority of his time at trump tower police are setting up barriers and checkpoints for the building. the costs are adding up. that's why mayor bill de blasio wants the white house to cover the 35 million spent in security costs from election night through inauguration day. de blasio says protecting mr. trump and his family is costing the city nearly $500,000 per day. the nypd deployed trump towers

to help the flow of vehicles and they are start to go feel the effects. >> last month was the first time nypd had such a crucial role in providing security around trump tower. i know there has been legitim e legitimately a lot of concern about how that was going to play out. one of the concerns is about the cost. >> the mayor is specifically looking at the funds included with the spending bill expected in congress this week. meanwhile the cost of protecting the trump family will also continue after mr. trump takes office. melania trump planning to stay with her 10-year-old son barren while the president elect will make frequent visits. they are calling on new york to refuse to pay any more security costs for mr. trump to keep two residents once he is inaugurated.

clayton and heather it is lick going -- like going to an expensive dinner. >> he was trying to buy a purse at one of the stores he was questioned for five minutes. >> couldn't get in. >> not good for business. >> they were talking about moving business. >> well, the time now is 19 minutes after the top of the hour. skipping town why the california mother found beaten, bruised and chained on the side of the road just left town. >> brand new outrage over the atheist group urging people to make christmas great again by skipping church. their response to our story setting social media on fire.

>> welcome back. another bombshell report with taxpayer dollars. one of my favorite pieces of video slump on a treadmill. the "washington post" said it did a study on cost cutting it could save $125 billion it buried the results. didn't want people to see the cost savings. they feared they would use the study to cut their budget. pentagon spokesman tells fox news it has limited value to lack specific recommendations. but 125 billion could have been saved. >> that's a lot. could america's most popular sport beside lined at the high school level. they are concerned about the long-term effect of concussions arguing for bans on high school football. the risks out weigh the benefits. more than a million students who play the game across the

country. opponents of the ban saying pediatricians and coaches should work on making the game safer. so let's keep talking about this. do you think high school football should be banned? log on to the "fox & friends first" facebook page for a live debate #keep talking. they fear they are going it do it for college. >> skip high school all together and go right to football. >> atheist groups targeting christmas is firing back for the story on twitter. >> carley shimkus for sirius fm116 with the full story. >> american atheists are encouraging christmas to take christ out of christmas by launching an anti christian billboard across the country. one uses donald trump's make america great program to encourage people to skip church and a next a young girl sent her friends saying she doesn't believe in religion any more.

we featured these ads yesterday. the group responding to backlash of a series of tweeting anti christian not anti church. anti being forced to do things you don't believe may be. we are happy to discuss. they go on to tweet war on christmas. we are saying it is fine to celebrate christmas without the religious stuff. not sure how that's a war. they also tweeted saying religion doesn't have a monopoly of spending time with family. persecution, how will they carry on? others on social media saying people should be able to celebrate however they like. >> talk about election, done with it. we don't need to be talking about 2020 already but we are. >> e-oh, but we are. you might already know one candidate running for president in 2020. vice president joe biden telling reporters yesterday, quote, i am going to run in 2020. what the hell, man, anyway.

what does that mean? >> when asked by reporters if he was kidding the vice president said he is quote not committing not to run. on social media they are weighing in on the news. glad we made it almost a full month before starting the 2020 presidential campaign biden 2020. >> he is 74 now. he would be the oldest president. >> i think he's messing around with folks. >> he has a whole four years to hash that out. >> he has 30-days to figure it out. >> how about dancing police officers. they always have fun this time of year. >> an ohio police officer is showing off his dancing moves this holiday season. the cleveland pd showing this video that shows officer cutting a rug outside of a lobing cool wal-mart to help raise money for the salvation army.

promoting his wal-mart performances on socifacebook. i heard you promoting this. >> what we need is one of the bells in the bucket to raise money here. >> i think he raised a lot of money. >> i will bring that to you on friday. >> time is now 27 minutes after the hour. what goes around comes around. karma. >> how democrats are planning to delay president elect donald trump's cabinet pick and hamper his first 100 days in office.

>> murder charges could come in the deadly warehouse fire as the

manager speaks for the first time refusing to take responsibility. >> will i take blame or responsibility for this? >> we did everything that we possibly could afford to do. >> brand new evidence. the building was a disaster waiting to happen as crews comb through charred ruins for a cause. >> that was obviously something that would be a threat to my liberty and to my life. >> edward snowden's plea for a pardon getting more desperate why the nsa whistleblower is afraid for trump to take office. >> why santa is giving one young boy the best gift of them all. fox & friends first continues right now.

>> good morning. i am clayton morris. >> i am heather childers. it is half past the top of the hour. we want to go straight to the fox news alert. refusing to take responsibility. the california warehouse manager who posted about personal law after the deadly inferno speaking out for the first time and says that he is being unfairly blamed. >> the brand new evidence shows disaster is waiting to happen like a tinder box a building with hazardous conditions he knew about for years. >> we are live where prosecutors are considering murder charges. right, claudia? >> the criminal investigation is real gliting started. really the first thing here is to determine liability. here is the scene and i can tell you the work continues we saw a crane pull out a charred piano and recovery crews hope to finish the search for more victims.

they have about 25 percent of the warehouse to go through. it is a daunts tacks. these pictures are looking at what it is like inside. it is a dangerous situation for the recovery crews. they need to remove any bodies with dignity and respect and need to remove any evidence with ongoing probe. they have been talking to the warehouse manager and promotor. here is a mug shot from when he was arrested on a misdemeanor. he sparked outrage online when his first reaction was his loss of property not loss of life. now he and his wife are speaking out. oh oh do i take blame or responsibility for this? >> we have done everything we could possibly afford to do. a lot of people have turned their backs on us. most expressly, the landlord. >> hundreds of mourners turned

out to turn out victims at the candlelight vigil and offer support for their family. >> family members, the last moments they may have talked to their child or their loved one. those are things we will take with us for the rest of our lives. >> now we are hearing the heartbreaking stories. they send good-bye messages to their friends and relatives texting them good-bye and they love them. >> it is amazing with cell phones and that type of technology how people can reach out when things like that are happening. >> thanks, claudia. >> no mercy for the dad who left his toddler son to die in a hot suv. 36-year-old justin ross showing no emotion as he was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. the judge not minuting her

words. listen. >> he walked away and left that child in a hot car in june in georgia in the summer to swelter and die. >> harris was found guilty on all counts including malice and murder. he intentionally left his 22 month old son cooper in the back seat, left him there while he went to work in order to escape the responsibilities of family life. >> and the mom found beaten and branded after missing for 22 days suddenly skipped town. she disappeared while jogging and found thanksgiving day chained on the side of highway 150 miles from her home. they didn't feel safe any more so they packed their two kids up and took off. police in the hunt for her

captors two hispanic females believed to be armed that's what they are looking for. >> the accused new york city bombers part of the bigger terror plot cell in america. they are investigating home ground terrorists tied to ma'am ma -- hamas. the evidence connects to proeshs and they want a seal for trial setting off pressure bombs in new york city and new jersey back in september injuring more than 30 people. >> no regretting. snowed den is not sorry for leaking classified information to the world. trump called him a traitor during the presidential campaign. >> that was obviously something that would be a threat to my liberty and to my life.

>> he says he is scared. it was something he was not counting on. president elect talks continuing to celebrate his win taking off the second leg of his thank you tour. >> not before another day of trump tower following a surprise talk who is that? that's al gore. >> kristin fisher live for us in washington, d.c. with who the president elect is seeing today. good morning, kristin. >> good morning heather and clayton. what's the fun of winning the presidency if you can't celebrate a bit? right? he kicked off his thank you tour last week in ohio. he will be continuing it in fayetteville, north carolina in iowa thursday and michigan on friday. first mr. trump has a full day of meetings in new york as he continues the process of filling out his cabinet. he will be meeting with one person who was added to the short list of secretary of state. he will be meeting with dc mayor

muriel bowser iowa governor rex tiller son and laura ingram for press secretary and henry girs former secretary of state. al gore was there to meet with ivanka trump about climate change but he ended up meeting with the elect as well. gore described it as a sincere search for areas of common ground which is fascinating since the two men are at opposite ends of the climate change debate. >> the time was with president elect donald trump. i had an extremely interesting conversation and to be continued. i will leave it at that. >> the trump transition team says ben carson was picked for housing and urban development. they may make moran announcements, more appointments perhaps from president elect himself. it was first stop on the thank you tour. who knows what could happen

tonight. he lakes to put on a knew good show. >> you know who else was there? the naked cowboy again. >> again? >> he may be up for a cabinet position as well. >> chilly temperatures moving in as a blizzard warning hits parts of the country. >> janice dean tracking the cold for us. she joins us with more. >> i wonder how the naked cowboy would do we will talk about that in a second. the blizzard is in the northern plains of the midwest. we have heavy rainfall. potential for severe weather again today for parts of florida in towards georgia and we could see the potential for heavy rainfall and flooding conditions. there is your threat. the elevated risk for tornadoes in parts of georgia and florida. the colder air mass will be

dealing with temperatures in the teens and single digits for bismarck as we head into thursday, wednesday and thursday. it is arriving on wednesday and thursday. as far south as the gulf coast and east coast as well. it is that time of year. ♪ it's beginning to feel a lot like christmas ♪ >> it is. love it. >> thank you. >> you got it. >> it is 20 minutes after the hour. because providing education for illegal immigrants that's not enough. they are asking for sanctuary from student loans and final exams, too. >> what goes around comes around. democrats are delaying president elect trump's cabinet picks and hamper his first 100 days in office. >> there's no ray of light for madonna. why the singer is blaming women for mr. trump's victory. claer clear

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times is joining us. thank you for joining us first thing this morning. >> no problem. >> we have retired james mattis secretary of defense. betsy devos department of education. senator jeff sessions attorney general. congressman tom price for secretary of health and human services and steve mnuchin secretary of treasury. all possible delays. how would they accomplish that? how would they delay it? >> they do it by filibusterment let's talk about the strategy from the democrats how upside down it is. all election season long they have been talking about how donald trump is unfit for the presidency how if he had his hands on the nuclear code his temperament isn't right and the world could explode. now they are trying to delay him senate picks trying to real him back and lend some maturity to the office.

strategically the whole thing doesn't make any sense to me. the only two picks donald trump has made that don't have to go through senate confirmation general flynn the democrats caused islamophobe and steve bannon who theysy is a white supremacist. you think they would want to confirm them as soon as possible. >> this is karma basically. you did that to us eight years ago and delayed and delayed our cabinet picks, wouldn't even let us pick a supreme court justice. here is senator brown saying they have been awarded for stealing a supreme court justice. they are going to show oo nominee whom are disqualified. that's not obstruction. >> real mature. >> back in 2008 republicans when they were in the minority on the first day in office they confirmed 7 of his cabinet picks. the first time there was more than a dozen top officials confirmed. hillary clinton has always been controversial for republicans.

she was confirmed with roll-call vote with over 90 votes. more than 40 came from republicans. er are i go ho -- eric holder w confirmed with 25 votes. with cabinet picks republicans there is in the constitution advice and consent is what it says is the role of congress. so usually cabinet picks should move forward. >> there is possibly one issue that the secretary of defense has to be in the general public for seven years that's not the case with general maddox. >> you have some democratic senators saying they don't want to do this. there is a spending bill that rae publicans might roll off if concession and basically waving it formattis saying four years out three years out is enough to go on to be confirmed for cabinet. >> is trump to go ov a pass for

the 100 days? that's the time you need to get programs through whether it is obamacare or others. are democrats going to be retractable? >> they are going to be strong and obstructionists. >> there are options the gop holds. it was done by harry reid three years ago they can drop it like democrats and move ahead. >> thank you for joining us this morning. >> brian kelly is here with what's coming up. >> clayton says he wants to check with me. it was not in the prompter. >> this came from the heart. >> got the memo they forced me to. >> sorry. i got that wrong. going to sound like i am bragging. i have to promote the show coming up. great guests including in our studio we know security is here,

vice president elect mike pence will be here. he has a big speech later on today playing a key role with the transition team putting everybody in place for the trump team. laura ingaram will be here. she is up for the next president secretary. weigh in he illy if you watched spencer report. how does he feel about donald trump coming forward with a 35 percent tariff of american companies who want to move out. can he go along with that in dean cain is here. steve always has me by a wide margin. back in a moment. first heather and clayton will finish up and then we will be back for three hours. please get dressed. constipated?

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welcome back to "fox and friends first." heroes who fought for our freedom overseas and a new fight here at home, taking down political correctness. launching to defend our first initial tich, in an effort to protect the first amendment. the pc culture is out of control. especially on college campuses. pointing out that veterans didn't fight to defend freedom only to be silenced by our own government. first they walked out demanding a sanctuary campus to protect illegal immigrants, now students at george washington university are telling campus reform they want sanctuary from student loan debt and they don't want to do final exams. >> it's really hard to focus on your studies. >> yeah. so gw students want officials to ignore underage drinking laws because they would feel safer if they could drink without

breaking the law. >> all righty. chip gaines calling for respect. days after buzz feed published a feed on the pastor's stance against gay marriage. the hgtv star tweeting, i ask that people respect journalists who have been attacked online for their work. neither chip nor wife have made an official statement on the controversy. but chip solidifying his stance on twitter saying in times of trouble, you'll find the gaines family at church. liberals slamming president-elect trump's win but taking it a step further, likening his win to death saying to billboard magazine, it felt like someone died, it felt like a combination of heartbreak and betrayal. like when someone you love leaves you and also a death. the time now, six minutes until the top of the hour. samsung under fire. what type of phone exploded in a

bed. the receptionist who made a ridiculous error ordering christmas decorations for the office. imagine ordering a fake reindeer and a real one shows up at the office. >> that would be even better.

welcome back. it is 58 minutes past the hour much before you leave the house, here's what's happening today. train station bomb threat. steps from universal studios putting los angeles on high

alert. the train line services 150 million people every day. donald trump back on the road, kicking off the second leg of his thank you tour stepping off in north carolina. the grammy award nominees will be announced. adele and beyonce expected to lead the pack. the awards ceremony expected for february. the good, the bad and the ugly. the good first. christmas came early for a 12-year-old whose mom is is in the navy. >> big hug. petty officer julie workman surprising her son near cleveland while he was taking a picture with santa. the bad. more bad news. a michi claiming his galaxy note 4 exploded while he was asleep. his nightstand catching fire and acid burning holes in his clothes. samsung, of course, has issued a massive recall for similar problems with a galaxy note 7. and finally. the ugly. a receptionist accidentally

orders live reindeer for her office holiday party. the woman in the uk thought she was ordering reindeer ornaments. a breakdown in communication got her a real dancer and prancer instead. i think that's awesome. >> ainsley ordered the same ones for "fox and friends" which starts right now. >> bye. thank you so much, guys. good morning to you and your family. it is tuesday, december 6th. 2016. i'm ainsley earhardt. we start with a fox news alert. a firefighter responding to an emergency was shot on arrival while you were sleeping. a brazen attack on our first responders. another busy day of high-profile meetings at trump tower as the president-elect finalizes his cabinet. one person on the agenda, somebody you know from here on this show. plus, can we expect another surprise guest like yesterday? that guy looks like the guy who invented the internet, right? yep, al gore walked in. vice president-elect mik