officer annual event was. that's tomorrow night. follow me on twitter and into graham. thanks so much for watching me rick: it's been a pleasure. arthel: julie banderas is up next. julie: one of the most high profile federal prosecutors in the country says he was forced out by the trump administration after refusing the order to quit. i'm julie banderas, and this is "the fox report." preet bharara was the u.s. attorney for the southern district of manhattan known for his prosecution of public corruption. he announced today that he'd been fired and did not resign as asked. well, that request coming from attorney general jeff sessions who asked 46 u.s. attorneys held over from the obama administration to submit their resignations. well, today preet bharara tweeted this: i did not resign. moments ago i was fired.

being the u.s. attorney in sdny will forever with the great honor of my professional life. we should note a new administration cus hairly does replace all or if not most of the u.s. attorneys when taking office. we have fox team coverage and the rest of the day's political headlines. garrett alternativeny on the effort to push through the republican health care plan, kristin fisher at the white house, but we begin with the breaking news and rob schmidt here in studio with me on the dismissal of the u.s. attorney. tell us more, first of all, about this customary move. we shouldn't be shocked. >> reporter: you shouldn't be shocked, but it's kind of turning into a he said/she said kind of thing, a senior administration telling fox news that baa rah rah is blowing this out of proportion, he and 45 other obama-appointed u.s. attorneys out of jobs today. the white house asking for resignations. but baa rah rah now says he was fired. and a tweet from this afternoon he says: i did not resign. moments ago i was fired. being u.s. attorney will forever

be the greatest honor of my professional life. preet bharara was appointed by president obama back in 2009. he appeared to be in good standing with president trump after being told to is tick around -- stick around, is what he said in late november after heating with the newly-elected president at trump tower. after that meeting, he did speak to reporters. >> we had a good meeting. i said i would absolutely consider staying on. i agreed to stay on. i have already spoken to senator sessions who is, as you know, the nominee to be the attorney general. i'm, he also asked that i say stay on, so i expect that i'll be continuing to work in the southern district of new york. >> reporter: so that senior administration official telling us that was his account of what that meeting was, basically insinuating we never said you were going to stay forever. julie: certainly. and i think he kind of wanted this, he's getting a lot of attention. he had some major victories. >> reporter: yeah. nobody can deny he was good at his job, he was successful.

he was popular near new york. a bit of a swamp drainer himself, asking a couple serious political heavyweights in recent years. senator chuck schumer said friday while it's true that presidents from both parties make their own choices for u.s. attorney positions across the country, they have always done so in an orderly fax that doesn't -- fashion that doesn't put ongoing investigations at risk. they ask for letters of resignation, with but the attorneys are allowed to stay on the job until their successor is confirmed. priest baa rah rah was investigating mayor de blasio and also looking into new york's golf, andrew cuomo, for possible bribery, some of his aides. the administration says the first assistant will take over and the white house saying all these investigations will continue, everything will be fine and basically saying bharara was making more of it than needed to be made.

julie: all right, thank you, rob schmidt. well, the man accused of breaching the white house grounds appear anything court later this afternoon. in fact, these sketches were released just moments ago of jonathan train as he was ordered held without bond and a hearing was actually set for monday. that's as questions surface tonight over how the secret service actually allowed this breach to happen in the first place. and it's not the first time. now, this suspect was accused of scaling the fence and then accessing the south grounds of the white house while the president was inside. he responded today during a lunch with members of his cabinet and leadership team. listen. >> secret service did a fantastic job last night, i appreciate it. secret service did a fantastic job. it was a troubled person. the secret of service was fantastic. julie: kristin fisher picks up team coverage from here, she's live at the white house tonight. so, kristin, who is the suspect, and what do we know about a motive? >> well, you can often learn a

lot by what this person had on them at the time that they were caught, and in this case the intruder was carrying a book by president trump and a letter that he'd written to him. and when secret service agents asked him, hey, what are you doing here, he said that i'm a friend of president trump and that i have an appointment. so today president trump called him a troubled individual. his name, jonathan tran, a few hours ago he was charged with entering and remaining on restricted grounds while using or carrying a dangerous weapon, and according to court documents, that weapon would be two cans of mace. what makes this case especially unnerving is just how close this person got to president trump. if you take a look at this map, you can see mr. tran was caught right outside the south portico entrance, and that entrance leads directly to the executive residence which is where president trump was when all of this went down. the last time a fence judgementer got this far was omar gonzalez back in 2014, he made it all the way inside the white house with a knife. that incident led the secret

service director's resignation, it also led to a congressional investigation and, ultimately, a new plan to put up a bigger fence by 2018. that fence will be 11 feet, this current fence is only 6 feet and 78 people have been able to jump it since 991. 1991. julie? julie: this is one of the first weekends that president trump has stayed in town. normally, he goes to his estate in mar-a-lago. tell us how the president did spend his saturday after having this bit of a scare last night. >> reporter: well, he did not spend it playing golf, but he did go to trump international golf course in virginia. and he spent about two hours holding what he characterized as a working lunch with part of his cab net and several members of his senior staff. the president says they talked about the military, the economy and the house republicans' health care plan which president trump says is coming along quite nicely. another topic that might have come up -- and this is a big one -- the house intelligence committee is now asking the white house for hard evidence to

back up the president's claim which was made one week ago today that former president barack obama ordered the wiretapping of phones inside trump tower during the election, and they want that evidence by monday. now, so far the white house hasn't offered any evidence to either the rest or the public -- the press or the public, but this committee might have a bit better luck especially since the entire reason they are invest to begin with, all these wiretapping allegations, is because this white house asked for that investigation. julie? julie: all right. kristin fisher, thank you so much. well, the february jobs report is out, and it shows far more jobs added last month than expected, 235,000 with unemployment dropping to 4.7%. tomorrow on sunday morning futures maria bartiromo will go behind the numbers with new commerce secretary wilbur ross. that is "sunday morning futures," tomorrow, 10 a.m. eastern daylight time. don't forget that time change, everyone, right here on fox news channel. well, the trump

administration is rallying for conservative support of the republican plan to replace obamacare. the white house also suggesting it is open to negotiations to make the health care alternative stronger. meantime, vice president pence, mike pence be holding a rally in kentucky today where the new bill is facing vocal opposition from republican leaders including and the most vocal, senator rand paul and governor matt bevan. the vice president telling the crowd a passing the american health care act won't be easy. >> folks, let me be clear, this is going to be a battle in washington d.c. and for us to seize this opportunity to repeal and replace obamacare once and for all, we need every republican in congress, and we're counting on kentucky. president trump and i know at the end of the day after a good and vigorous debate, we know kentucky will be there, and we will repeal and replace obamacare once and for all. [applause]

julie: garrett tenney has more from washington tonight. so, garrett, what is the white house's strategy here? >> reporter: well, administration officials have said this is really where president trump is in his element, as a negotiator in and deal maker in chief. it's really the art of deal. and one of the most important parts of negotiating is leverage. and for president trump ever since he entered the world of politics, that leverage has been the backing of the american people, and that's why the white house is going on the road and making its case directly to the voters. particularly in states like kentucky where the president won in a landslide. today vice president mike pence aims to capitalize on that overwhelming support by pitting the health care plan's critics against the president and putting them in the same boat as the state's former democratic governor. >> now, i know that not every politician this kentucky supports our plan to repeal and replace obamacare. i know your former governor, steve bashir, has been defending

obamacare all over america. and he might even have something to say about my visit here today. and i welcome the debate, i really do. >> reporter: the white house hopes public support for the gop's plan will help get hesitant republicans onboard, and this morning the president weighed in on that front as well tweeting from both his personal and presidential account saying: we are making great progress with health care. obamacare is imploding and will only get worse. republicans coming together to get job done. of course, coming up on tuesday is when the white house will host some of the gop plan's most ardent critics when members of the conservative house freedom caucus head over for a night of pizza and bowling, two of the most powerful political tools in d.c., julie. [laughter] julie: interesting. i'll keep that in mind. are republican lawmakers still getting backlash at home, by the way, regarding the obamacare repeal? >> reporter: another weekend, another round of town halls for republican lawmakers including florida congressman ron desantos

who had a rather lively town hall where almost no one was happy about the obamacare repeal plans on either side. >> i am sick and tired of hearing people just blatantly denigrate the affordable care act like there's nothing -- [applause] >> that is not repeal of obamacare! [applause] we were promised repeal of obamacare, and that's ooh not -- >> of you have a lot of people who are now -- [inaudible conversations] that's just the reality of the situation. >> reporter: and with congress getting ready for another recess after this week, you can expect to see a lot her town hall scenes like that. julie? julie: thank you very much, garrett tenney, in washington. >> reporter: you got it. julie: well, more ahead on the political divide over repealing and replacing obamacare. we're going to take a closer look at why some republicans on the hill are opposing the gop plan. plus, the new challenges to the new travel ban.

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credit to help individuals purchase insurance is a new entitlement, that obamacare's medicaid expansion remains until 2020 and obamacare's so-called cadillac tax on high-cost insurance plans returns this 2025. and some representatives say house leaders aren't being honest with the white house on what congress memberses really think. >> we have to keep our commitments to the american people. we promised that we were going to repeal obamacare. the house leadership plan is not a repeal of obamacare, it keeps substantial parts of obamacare this place, it copies or repackages other parts of obamacare. >> reporter: a number of high profile senators have also promised that the bill as it stands would be dead upon arrival to the their chamber. but chairman of house committees that visited the white house on friday say despite disagreements, they are unified in the belief that obamacare needs to go. >> if you hear nothing else i say today, this is the most important one: there is so much

more that unites republicans than divides republicans on this issue. repealing these awful taxes, those subsidies, those mandates that have hurt our local businesses, we unite behind. >> the reforms that the american people asked us to do, we are ready to the go, and the worst thing we could do is hit the pause button and and continue obamacare and broken policies that are hurting our people. >> reporter: there's still a long road ahead for this republican health care bill. it will head to the budget committee this coming week and then the rules committee before the house floor. julie? julie: thank you. and now to the president's controversial travel ban. the federal judge in seattle who halted the original ban says he's not ready to rule on the latest version because of procedural reasons. well, the revised ban blocks new visas for people from six predominantly muslim countries and brings a temporary stop to the u.s. refugee program. now remember the original ban involved seven countries, that

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trump administration making a u.s. attorney step down, but the manhattan prosecutor is not going quietly. priest bharara was one of 46 leftover obama appointees whom attorney general jeff sessions asked to step down. pretty customary, right? bharara says he was fired. here to talk about it, judge jeanine pirro, why is he making such a big deal out of this? this happens in every administration when they take over the white house. >> because instead of taking what he does seriously, he's taking himself seriously. look, this guy has a big ego. priest baa hard rah is no different than any other united states attorney, and every one of them serves at the pleasure of the president. period, end of the story. bill clinton fired all 93 in one fell swoop through janet reno. they do it all the time. he, however, is under the impression that he is different

and, in fact, julie, yesterday they were all notified, those remaining 46, that they would be asked to step down. julie: right. >> and he then sends an e-mail and says me too? me too? not me, i'm priest baa hard rah. julie: yeah. >> and they said, yeah, you too. so he decides to make it an issue and saying i'm not going, the president is going to have to fire me. as if you're the first attorney general or united states attorney to think you're entitled to hang in there. you are not. and so this is kind of the left saying, oh, our cases are going to be affected, and justice is going to be affected. i'm amazed they haven't said the russians aren't affected in this thing, you know it, julie? [laughter] he's got to go. but he's using the word "firing" because that is a word that the president never used, that the united states attorney general never used. he's trying to pump this all up. julie: yeah. well, a senior administration official tells fox news, basically, that he may be mulling a run for governor.

>> that doesn't vise me. julie: he talks about that no matter what else i do or how long i live, that this job will be the greatest job he ever had. he's almost hinting at his next step. it almost seems like it's a political ploy. >> well, you know, first of all, let me say this, being the united states attorney in the southern district of new york is without a doubt the top prosecutor's job in the country. julie: right. >> the southern district in new york is the premiere district. it is the place in which you go there to all kinds of heights. this is no limit to where you can go from there. so i think what he should have done is he should have been a gentleman, like all of the others before him -- and i'll talk about this on my show tonight -- and simply recognize that you serve at the pleasure of the president. now, he comes out after a trip to trump tower, and he say, oh, you know, i have been sad if i'd -- asked if i'd consider staying, but you know what? that doesn't matter.

things can change on a dime, and you serve at the pleasure of the president. he's not making friends, and think about this, julie, if i'm going to hire this guy, i'm a little worried about hiring him because he's not a guy who goes quietly, you know? as an attorney or as someone who's a member of a law firm, is he going to make a stink every time someone lets him go for real, genuine reasons? julie: the real reason why these attorneys do not stay where is their loyalty? what president would want to keep these u.s. attorneys this their administration? >> it's not done. obama didn't do it -- julie: nobody does this. >> did you ever hear to the victor belongs the spoils? well, this is an example of it. i think he's trying to make this about himself -- julie: it's embarrassing. i'm embarrassed for him. >> the giants who have come out of that prestigious, you know, impeccable office. and, you know, people say, oh, he's got a great record, he is this great crime fighter.

well, you know what, julie? they all are. julie: he is a great crime fighter, but unfortunately, now his reputation is tainted because now he's gown to be remembered for this. >> he did it to himself. a sore loser -- julie: right. >> didn't want to go. thought he was more important than the office itself. he's not, and he's going to learn that. and he politicized it, and shame on him. and make no mistake, there are hundreds of united states attorneys and assistants who are on top of their game and step in at a moment's time. julie: justice with judge janine tonight at 9:00. you have more to say? >> yes. oh, that was nothing. julie: shocking! [laughter] we'll watch that show at 9:00 with judge jeanine. thank you so much. >> thank you, julie. julie: syrian president assad calling on the president trump administration to do more in the fight against isis. he has yet to see anything concrete from the administration, but he's hopeful that the administration will put their words into action.

they already have, this comes e as hundreds more troops aring with deployed to syria. 400 marines are on the ground. boots on the ground, heard of it? apparently, assad has not. general jack keane saying the success of the u.s. strategy to defeat isis comes down to syrians defending their own territory. >> what is the end state, certainly. we have the capability to deteat any enemy that's holding onto territory, certainly. the united states of america and the united states military will do that in conjunction with our allies on the ground this, to be sure. but the united states is not going to occupy portions of syria. we may maintain a base there, but we need syrian arabs to occupy their own territory, and that is part of the challenge that we're facing here. julie: meanwhile, dozens killed this twin explosions near shrines in damascus. so far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. john huddy has more from jerusalem. >> reporter: julie, it was a

bloody and vicious day in damascus after 40 people were killed and more than 120 others injured in twin bombings in a city that has already seen so much violence and a country that's been ripped apart by it. the attacks happened near a cemetery in damascus, officials say ieds targeted buses carrying iraqi pilgrims to the shia holy site. also other unupon unconfirmed reports of a suicide bomber. rebel groups fighting assad's government have launched attacks in the country's capital beforal long with isis although isis attacks are more uncommon in damascus. u.s.-backed syrian forces gear up to retake isis' de facto capital of raqqa. u.s. officials announced 400 more u.s. troops are now on the ground outside raqqa to provide logistical and artillery support for syrian democratic forceses

and the syrian ypg causing tension between the u.s. ask turkey. turkey considers the ypg a terrorist organization. retired general jack keane talked about the complicateed problems this syria. >> the ypg is affiliated with other kurds who are trying to overthrow the turkish government. so turkey has been attacking the very forces that our special operation forces are aiding and abetting. s that is how complicated this is. >> reporter: and these same u.s.-backed forces have also been fighting syrian president bashar al assad's regime. president assad said in an interview with chinese television he considers u.s. troops to be, quote-unquote, invaders because they don't have his government's permission to be on the ground in syria, and what has become an increasingly crowded battlefield. julie? julie: john huddy, thank you very much.

a major world headline today escalating tensions between turkey and the netherlands. local media reporting dutch authorities declared a turkish foreign minister an undesirable alien, and that is a quote, and have her detained. that sparking protests in turkey. the minister was traveling to the thetter lands to campaign for the referendum that extends the powers of turkey's president. well, the dutch call it a step away from democracy. the turkish president had called the netherlands, quote, nazi remnants. here's what an official for turkey's ruling party had to say. >> if we listen to the foreign minister of turkey, then as he say, as he say it will bring sanctions on economic and political relations between the two countries. julie: and on the other side, peaceful protests in the netherlands, pro-turkey demonstrators gathering outside

that consulate. police boosting their presence to match the growing crowds there throughout the day. well, there are some serious questions tonight about just how president trump's initial pick for national security adviser made it through the vetting process. this coming after the revelation that retired general michael flynn was actually working for a foreign government during the trump campaign. as a torn agent. chief -- foreign agent. chief washington correspondent james rose aren has more. >> reporter: two days after former national security adviser michael flynn filed new paperwork retroactively registering himself as a foreign agent of turkey for consulting work he did during the campaign and transition periods for a dutch company, the associated press reported that flynn had alerted lawyers for then-president-elect trump about the possibility that he may shield to register as a foreign agent. the white house contended the matter had been handled appropriately. >> we trust people to fill out the forms that they're required to do so this an honest and legal manner.

and in this case, he retroactively filed the forms he was supposed to do, but we adviced him to do what the legal and proper thing was, and that's the right thing for this administration. >> reporter: flynn was forced out of the top spot after it was revealed that he had misled vice president pence about meetings flynn had had, again, during the transition with russia's ambassador to the u.s. appriseed by fox news of the retroactive filing by general anyone, once the head of the defense intelligence agency, vice president pence appeared unfazed. >> disappointed by the story. the first i heard of it, and i think it is an affirmation of the president's decision to ask general flynn to resign. >> reporter: yet, the vetting process led to his second filing this week and points out the deficiencies of the trump administration in filling the subcabinet's 4,000 jobs, some 1100 of which require senate confirmation. >> president trump is behind, he does not have his full team on the field.

he's at 18 confirmed. but prior presidents haven't done all that much better. it really is a crazy system. >> reporter: senate democrats have openly boasted of their success in slowing down confirmation of the president's cabinet nominees, but with that process nearing completion, top white house officials seem to understand the to onus is now on them to find the president's remaining staffers. >> they're going to happen, and we're working with senate leadership to make it happen. >> reporter: elijiah cummings drew attention to a letter he sent to vice president-elect pence on november 18th raising questions about general flynn's work on behalf of turkish interests. aides to the vice president told me the letter never made it above the staff level to mr. pence's hands and that general flynn's white house job was announced the day that letter was sent. in washington, james rosen, fox news. julie: well, spring might be around the corner, but mother nature isn't finishes with us -- finished with us yet. a big winter storm bearing down on millions. we've got the forecast from the fox extreme weather center and

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with a facebook page called marines united. the site was allegedly used to share nude photos and foreign graphic videos of female marines. thousand the naval criminal investigative service, ncia, has opened a criminal investigation into the matter -- >> for those marines that are watching this or listening or may have been involved in this, if you're participating in this type of behavior in any way, shape or form, you're not helping me or your marine corps. >> reporter: the perpetrators aledly egged each other on to hack instagram accounts, find ask share photos some taken in locker rooms and showers when the women were not aware, others shared by former disgruntled boyfriends. marines like erin who says her photos were stolen a few years ago making her the summit of degrading comments. >> i had private photos of he from my myspace page fully clothed during a deemployment in

iraq and used to encourage during tent parties for males that would talk about assaulting me, what they would do to me. >> reporter: cuomo set up a facebook account called not in my marine corps to encourage other vix to come forward like -- victims to come forward like erica butner. >> we will not be silenced. as a rape survivor, i can tell you that this exact behavior leads to the normalization of sexual harassment and even sexual violence. >> reporter: defense secretary jim mattis, himself a former marine, described the allegations as egregious, unacceptable and counter to unit cohesion. quote: we will not excuse or tolerate such behavior if we have to uphold our values and maintain our ability to defeat the enemy on the battlefield. now we've learned the same site that shared nude foe toss -- photos of stars like jennifer lawrence has a military chat room in which other service members have been doing the same.

defense secretary mattis has ordered all military service chiefs and secretaries to root out this alleged behavior. jennifer griffin, fox news. julie: a fox weather alert now. temperatures this much of the country are falling, 10 and 20 degrees below normal in some places in the northeast, actually bracing for a major winter storm. and adam klotz is live in the foxwet center with -- weather center, and i guess we're expecting heavy snowfall in some parts. >> reporter: or yeah, within the next couple of days, and it's all being driven by that cold air you were just talking about. some of these numbers down in the 30s, the 20s. so the cold air is in place, we're just waiting for the moisture to move in, but it's definitely feeling like winter once again. where's the moisture right now? stretching from texas to portions of georgia, now into south carolina. you see the northern edge of that, maybe a little bit of snowfall. that's not the big snow i'm talking about. something that's happening over on the west coast is eventually

going to be affecting us in a big way. this is a low pressure system running onto shore, rain in areas like washington, oregon, over into idaho now at this point, but that low pressure system eventually is going to work its way all the way over to the east coast. here's how that's going to be playing out for us. here's our future forecast, and there it is. you see it in motion. kind of pay attention to the time stamp, that low pressure system being driven by upper level winds and eventually, yeah, we're going to be talking about a large system running up into the northeast by monday night into tuesday. and this, yeah, it could be a big one, maybe even a blizzard. here's some potential forecast precipitation totals and, again, this is on the west coast, so there's a lot of time for this to shift, but we're looking at areas that could easily get up to 12-18 inherent. s of -- inches of total snowfall, once we're paying close attention to as we wrap up the rest of this weekend and get into our monday and tuesday. and we are already yet beginning to see some winter storm watches and actually right along the coast, that's getting into a

blizzard watch which means the conditions are ripe where we could be seeing a very big system monday into tuesday. that's what we're going to be paying attention to. julie: i get a little giddy, i'm not going to lie. i'm like a child that's about to miss work, but the snow excites me. >> reporter: you have a lot to be excited for. julie: how many inches in new york city? >> we could see a foot or more. julie: all right. adam, thank you very very much. an elementary school getting some attention after doing away with a father/daughter dance, but why always controversy? that story next. plus, a hoverboard blamed for a fire that sent three girls to the hospital? to the hospital? afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine.

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julie: a time-honored tradition getting a controversial update. a california elementary school

changing its father/daughter dance to a family dance in an effort to be more inclusive. will carr has the story from our west coast newsroom. will, what brought this on? >> reporter: well, you summed it up right there, julie. they say they want to have everybody be able to participate in this, and while father/daughter dances have been popular for decades, it's become a controversial subject. at crocker riverside elementary in sacramento, the pta president says that several parents recently complained. in response, the school decided to rename the event the, quote, family dance. they're now pursuing more gender-neutral events. >> we got a request from a couple parents to be more inclusive and change the name. >> however the child wants to define their family, they're able to do that. >> reporter: we wanted to know what you think on twitter, outlaw 60 writes: sad, i find it disrespectful to hashtag fathers. and brenda tweets: father to

family doesn't diminish it for fathers, it lets all kids feel like they can participate even without a father. those are the ones i can read on air, julie. there are certainly strong opinions on both sides. julie: is this controversial in other states, or is this just a california thing? >> reporter: not so much, but in recent years there have been a handful of states outside of california that have seen schools transition from father/daughter to family dances including back in 2012 when the aclu got involved in rhode island of after a single mom said that she couldn't attend the dance. the solution for everybody there, they changed the name and allowed everybody to attend. julie. julie: all right. will carr, thank you very much. well, a fire blamed on a hoverboard, badly hurt at least three girls. that according to investigators this pennsylvania. it happened last night in the city of harrisburg. officials say one of those girls had to jump from the second story of the building, and then on top of all of that, a police lieutenant who was responding to

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