morning? we made it. >> you are still going but it is friday. and after the weekend, it is friday. we were watching "fox and friends" first on friday morning. thanks for starting your day with us, straight our top story this morning donald trump vowing to do the right thing for the american people, democrats are intensifying spin tactics charging full force that ron rosenstein in the wake of . chris jenkins with more on how the white house is firing back. >> lester holt got an interview with donald trump yesterday where the president says he wants the fbi investigation done properly and he said former director comey lacked confidence. >> i want to find out if there was a problem with the election having to do with russia or

anybody else, any other country. i also want to have a really confident, capable director. he is not. he is the show boater. >> the president also said he made up his mind to fire comey long before he asked ron rosenstein to recommend comey's dismissal. >> the democrats like him, the republicans like him, regardless of recommendation i was going to fire comey knowing there was something else -- i said to myself, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story, an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that they should have won. >> democrats provide what they say is justification for coming max firing, explaining the rationale behind that, a surprised visit to the hill

yesterday, chuck schumer inviting him to brief -- we will see if that happens. comey invited to appear before the judiciary committee. a lot happening up there. also we saw andrew mc camp disputing that he lost the confidence of the fbi. a lot happening here. abby: thank you. acting fbi director andrew mccabe vowing the russian investigation will not end with comey's firing. some are questioning his new role. >> you cannot stop the men and women of the fbi from doing the right thing, protecting the american people. >> reporter: the committee chair focused on the conversation with the former fbi director. >> did you hear him say he was not the subject of an

investigation? >> i can't comment on any conversations the director may have had with the president. >> reporter: senior democrat focused on why comey wasn't at the hearing. >> for many people hard to avoid the conclusion the president's decision to move removed director comey was related. that is truly unacceptable. >> reporter: the commander-in-chief was singled out. >> donald trump's actions this we cost us an opportunity to get at the truth at least for today. >> reporter: they say mccabe is partisan because his wife took $7 million for 2015 state senate run for the democrats including a longtime clinton aid. widespread media reports that comey wanted more help before getting asked. >> on call for a special prosecutor. >> the fbi will continue to pursue this vigorously and

completely. >> mccabe asserting comey had wide support. counsel to the president kellyanne conway calling out democrats for hypocrisy and flip-flopping. >> they have no message. the message is resist, obstruct, deny, insult, insinuate. i was looking at a poll by the harvard harris poll survey and in march, 41% of democrats said they had an unfavorable view of jim comey to 12% who said it was favorable. why? they were trashing this guy through the fall and they want to make him a martyr. it was his decision to make. exactly what we have seen in the early administration. people questioning that listen to him in these interviews.

he made the decision and it is final. >> russia's cat and mouse game, firing between 20 feet of a navy surveillance, it was safe and professional. a series of provocative actions by russia over the past few weeks. north korea vowing to punish kim jong-il and's new threat days after a fourth us citizen was taken into custody for alleged crimes against the communist country of government. the white house slamming calling it hostage diplomacy used at the military and defense strategy. more than 1000 rank members arrested a nationwide ice sweep under the trump administration, the biggest of its kind to date. human smuggling, sex trafficking

and murder, 100 affiliated with the dangerous gang, the biggest race in houston and new york city. election integrity, donald trump launches a new commission to combat voter fraud. cheryl casone he from foxbusiness here with how it is going to work. >> the president signed an executive order for a commission that will review alleged voter fraud after he spent months discussing the issue during the 2016 presidential election. the presidential commission on election integrity as it is going to be called creating a bipartisan commission, you can take for granted the integrity of the vote. the canvas secretary of state will serve as vice chair of the commission, says the commission already has top agenda items. >> the government has a database on every known alien who has a temporary visa.

can we run our voter role, see if those aliens on our voter rolls. now we are going to run the database and see how many people are known aliens residing, never been done before. >> thomas perez, former labor secretary under president obama blasted the order calling it a trump sponsored propaganda factory. he went further saying the commission for the gop's a broader voter suppression efforts. a controversial executive order. abby: appreciate it. the weather forecast, janice dean warning us all week if you are in the northeast it will be a rainy wet one. >> i warned my family, we don't

care about the rain. look at the temperatures, 40s and 50s, 60s across the south along the frontal boundary where we have rainfall persisting in the northwest getting in on that rain action as well. this area of low pressure in the tennessee river valley and developing off the coast and bring us our weekend nor'easter, in some cases it will be a wash from jersey towards new england, saturday and sunday, the worst of the windss come sunday, the heavy rain comes saturday night into sunday, you can see the forecast several inches of rain along the coast dealing with the beach erosion. if this was cooler it would be a snow event, typical nor'easter but because it is warm sunday, across the northeast just prepare your cells and make sure you have magazines, movies and

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with on a pro rata town hall in new jersey. >> you have been the single greatest threat to my family in the entire world, you are the reason i stay up at night. you insist that i pay. that is immoral, sir! i will not forgive, i will not forget. >> very tense moments there. republican lawmaker who played an instrumental role passing the health care bill hoping to ease fears since he has been in their shoes, macarthur's daughter gracie passed away at the age of 11 motivating him to fix the system. >> i want to go back to my daughter for just a moment. i would say shame on you right

now. >> congressman macarthur joins us later to talk about his personal tragedy is behind the changes. abby: lawmakers closer to establishing a new va office ordered by president. it will be easier for the department of veterans affairs to fire poorly performing employees and protect whistleblowers, last month donald trump signed an executive order to create that office. cold snaps across the us will receive thousands of free doses of anti-overdose medication in hopes of curbing overdoses and addiction. >> 33,000 opioid deaths in 2015 alone, critics sound the alarm it could encourage drug use. the faith-based coalition, thank you for being here.

a drug addict yourself, 40,000 doses distributed to college campuses nationwide. >> higher learning education institutions to assist students, and getting higher education. they are promoting heroine and opioid addiction on campus. that is amazing to us. abby: some people would say we saved a few lives but it is worth it in the end. to try heroine and opioid, they have a reason to say that. >> decreased perception of risk of harm, you absolutely increase the use, this is what higher

learning education facilities are doing. we want to have that on campus but students know it is there and that encourages them to you, it encourages drug dealers to come on campus to say that the antidotes on campus if you happen to overdose, they can get to you faster and that is not the truth. the higher education institute, colleges and universities should be promoting prevention, not if you overdose, we can get to you. >> you say it is up to the schools to take on a bigger role here, what advice do you have as someone who has gone through it yourself? >> fire or expel students that are using drugs, stop messing

around, stop being soft. if your system is working it is not working, we have 91 deaths a year on overdose of heroin and opioids. students using drugs, expelled employers that are somehow assisting them and bring in a treatment facility and experts to educate the parents, students and faculty and they will see a difference. >> reminds us your personal experience and why you are so passionate and against this. >> i was on crack cocaine for 7 years of my life and no one should go through that hell. being an addict is not a self-promoting proposition.

in other words you just deal with it all by yourself. when you are an addict everybody suffers. the wife suffers, the children suffer, the house suffers, i was that addict. my fight will always be individuals want to do prevention and save lives. if you want to save lives i wish somebody would have helped me, stay away from drugs and crack cocaine and prevent all that difficulty becaun. >> thanks for being with us. >> 18 minutes after the hour, the mainstream media can't get

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>> donald trump marking his feud with rosie o'donnell on twitter. >> carly shimkus had that story and a lot more. >> this came as a big surprise considering they have been at each other's throats for a decade. if you're having trouble keeping score it started in 2006 when they got into a feud over the miss usa pageant, if you like ancient history, yesterday the president pointed out the two agree on something. rosie o'donnell posted this in december calling for james comey to be fired. are they ready to bury the hatchet? doesn't look like they are because rosie o'donnell responded saying you don't even realize the trouble you are in. comey's people believe in him for real, they have the proof you are a sadistic man. let the battle continue.

>> the battle on twitter. >> people like watching it, this came as a big surprise. another battle, sean hannity challenging that midler to a debate. >> sean hannity challenged bitler -- bette midler to a debate over this comment. >> we will cut through all the noise and nonsense on this program tonight, what the left will not tell you, james comey is a national embarrassment, it is plain and simple. >> bit midler responded with this tweet saying comey is a natural -- national embarrassment because of his erratic behavior. obviously he has him mixed up with the president. sean hannity through a curveball by tweeting how about a one hour debate, we can do it for

charity. if hillary clinton breaks the law and lied to the american people. i have a feeling she's not going to agree to those terms. a lot of money to be raised. last and standing getting great ratings. >> bad news for fans of this show the last man standing. abc has canceled it. it was an odd show starring tim allen who promoted a conservative worldview. >> i know what micro aggressions are, liberal attack on free speech. >> the deadline reported the cancellation of the show, and 6.4 million viewers. people disappointed on the cancellation including governor

walker looks like abc playing politics with your show despite decent ratings. sad. silica tweet trump would say. liberals in the hollywood, tim as a conservative, overruled ratings be damned and the shell on twitter, can't believe abc canceled last man standing, best show ever, both sides of tough and current issues, abc, because of the production costs and salary. that is true. >> we love them now. have a good weekend. it is 26 after the hour. if you think hillary clinton is in the clear again. >> i think she faces legal jeopardy. she still faces legal jeopardy. under president obama the justice department protected her. >> the firing of james comey a

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friends" first this friday. abby: it is 31 after the hour. donald trump defending his decision to fire james come bowing to do the right thing for the american people, democrat intensifying spin tactics charging full force said rob rosenstein. how the white house is firing back. >> donald trump not holding back on his feelings for james comey saying he lacked confidence calling him a showboat. he wants the fbi investigation done properly to do the right thing for the american people. >> i want to be done properly. i might have the investigation. he is the wrong man for that position. >> the president said he made up

his mind to fire comey before he asked rob rosenstein recommending the dismissal. >> democrats like him, republicans like him but regardless of recommendation how he will fire comey, and when i decided to do it, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story, an excuse for democrats having lost an election they should have won. >> what they say was justification behind comey's firing. senate minority leader chuck schumer calling on the attorney general to break the senate, and the senate intelligence committee where it yesterday we

saw andrew mc k disputing that comey had lost the confidence of the fbi. >> hillary clinton could be charged over her use of a private email server, the firing of james comey calling into question how the agency handled clinton's investigation. tom and in telling tucker carlson the case could reopen. >> i think she faces legal jeopardy. the justice department under president obama protected her, the fbi director misstated the law suggesting intense, they had plenty of intent. >> those who received immunity could be targets if they didn't live up to their agreement. >> democrats, press secretary sarah huckabee sanders firing at

the mainstream media and claims that vice president mike pence had no clue about james comey's firing before it happened. >> nobody was in the dark. you want to create this false narrative, talk about contradicting statements, people that were in the dark, how about the democrats, harry reid said comey should resign and be investigated by the senate, chuck schumer said i don't have confidence in him, talk about people in the dark. our story is consistent, the president is the only person that can fire the director of the fbi, he served at the pleasure of the president, the president made the decision. it was the right decision. people that are in the dark today are the democrats. >> sanders saying it is said the democrats changed their tune to play partisan games. the media claiming comey's firing is a conspiracy theory of watergate proportions, marielle hemingway calls this appalling, charles krauthammer says no one has the story straight.

>> i'm a longtime media observer but i'm gob smacked by media coverage of the fire, it is definitely a big story, firing at him fbi director but much media coverage turned this into something almost delusional, believe that comey who everyone agreed until a few minutes ago was really bad at his job and not done a good job managing the fbi, was fired as a part of a global russian conspiracy. >> they have this narrative there is a conspiracy they are trying to cover up. this was russian inside job, the trump campaign collaborated, you have to say -- these stories all night long, to a recommendation, it is completely undermined when the president said i was going to do it anyway. who to believe? nobody. >> demanding an apology after mike pence bumped him on the

nose. >> wonderful kids. >> barely bumped him but the vice president didn't realize it at first. military spouse appreciation day, when he heard the demand he gave an with heartfelt apology. ♪ >> talk about mother's day weekend, janice says she is in bed, i want to know what you are eating. >> no calorie count on mother's day. >> why don't you come too? social media. this area of low pressure traveling across the mississippi river valley, the energy we will see for the nor'easter, a tornado report across oklahoma,

no one is hurt. looking at t temperature, here is our storm system off the coast, the rain starts saturday morning and will continue until sunday, the winds will crank up sunday is the day. if you are traveling be on alert. if it was a little colder we would be talking a big snowstorm but the temperatures are warm. saturday and sunday if you have any outdoor plans you have to bring indoors including myself. i have a first communion going on, everyone will be inside my house, a couple inches of rainfall, we have to make the best of it. >> janice said mother's day is calorie free. thank you. >> 37 after the hour what happens when a high school senior uses a quote from donald

trump in the yearbook? the school takes every single one away, james comey got the united treatment on the cover of a major magazine. a whole lot sweeter, we will explain why next on "fox and friends" first.

>> welcome back to "fox and friends" first, the amtrak engineer behind the deadly derailment will be charged, philadelphia judge, concluded there was not enough evidence to charge brendan. and going over 100 miles an hour with the train flying off the tracks, eight people were killed. united airlines flight, when a scorpion goes missing on board. passenger claims the bug crawled out of a man's leave moments before take off in houston.

passengers put on a different plane to ecuador. a scorpion was found on a united flight, both originating from houston. a scorpion. what was it doing there? >> donald trump putting the final nail threatening to withhold subsidies given to insurance companies. >> cheryl casone he here with all the details. >> this is a threat from the president, health insurance companies hoping he doesn't do. doing an interview with the economist, the insurer of healthcare reform came up. folks in the business community, there is no obamacare, it is that and we are subsidizing it and don't have to subsidize it. if i ever stop wanting to pay the subsidies which i will anytime i want, a little bit of

a veiled threat from the president but if he were to follow through it would be bad news for healthcare companies which stocks would do better because of the fact it looks like the exchanges will be reworked. >> a vending machine will feed you booze. >> a prototype for american green, just an idea, and identifies how old you are, alcohol, pot, maybe a gun. casino chips, casino using technology but booze and part. >> i only imagine what my grandmother would think. i'm guessing it is going to cost

you. >> if you fly in the premium class in certain cities they start serving seasonal ice cream based out of that local city and it promotes local businesses which i really like, whether it is mint or strawberry, in a, jfk it is blue marble so each city with local ice cream purveyors. >> i got to ask, is anyone not on the show today? >> we have so many people on this program, we are serving them all ice cream. good morning to you. coming up on the program we will be talking to some guests about

this possibility, james comey firing could spur a new review of the hillary clinton camp, some of her top lieutenants wind up with immunity deals. j christian adams about that, and the great state of kansas and all sorts of things going regarding voter fraud. millions registered illegal immigrants and doctor bill bennett and it is friday which means geraldo day. we hope it doesn't get stuck in his mustache. 15 minutes from right now. there morning news. >> thank you. stick around, we will be right back.

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>> welcome back, 10 minutes to the top of the our, black lives matter bailing moms out of jail in time for mother's day after raising $250,000 in national bailout day, those women have not been convicted of crimes but they are stuck behind bars because they can't pay the bond that will allow them to go home. many of the women in jail for low-level offenses. some high school seniors won't have much to remember this year by, their yearbook got confiscated. north carolina high school taking back the books over what they consider controversial quote including this one that reads build that wall, a phrase used by donald trump, some students calling them offensive. parents are firing back, they should have read the quote before they were printed.

a new legend is born, king arthur returns to the box office today. >> another kingston your self. >> is it worth your box office bucks. kevin mccarthy is here. good morning. >> an absolute honor to be here this morning, king arthur coming out in theaters and guy ritchie is directing this movie. i have been following his career for so long, the sherlock holmes film, this movie, he is playing king arthur, slow motion, and amazing moment where king arthur finally takes control of excalibur and everything slows

down, taking out the bad guys and i want to know how they filmed that moment. watch this. >> the idea of playing with speed, excel over -- excalibur slowing down time for me to be moving at different speed, different time rates in people i was fighting. then shoot my stuff alone which created a physical challenge, to put that much force into a blow and stop the inertia your self, connecting with someone else requires enormous energy. >> most audiences know him from sons of anarchy but he is becoming a huge star. in this film he plays king arthur. the movie has some great action sequences, the editing is similar to what guy ritchie has

done with two smoking barrels, even though the film takes place many centuries ago that is what makes the film work, the action in the movie, the problem the movie is the beginning is a bit problematic, confusing and some cheesy moments at times but jude law is a great villain in the movie and before i did that interview i had the opportunity to stand in front of the go pro camera and film my own king arthur action sequence to tell him i'm taking over the role in the sequel. >> i might be taking your role in the sequel. let me know what you think. what are you thinking? you seem impressed.

i am something. i look cool. >> i don't know -- >> when you look at that, look at this phase he was genuinely framed guy ritchie would cast me as the next king arthur. i'm looking forward to the casting call. with 2.5 out of 5, the action is amazing, sherlock holmes as well, my full interview available on twitter which is kevin mccarthy tv, a wonderful weekend. >> i thought in's to graham -- best place of all time. >> olive garden is the greatest salad in the history of salad and my dad and i went there -- a

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demonstration outside the main entrance leading up to the smart of the ceremony. the annual awards held in dc to pay tribute to outstanding police officers across the country who are above and beyond the call of duty. nasa astronauts performing are 200th spacewalk, beginning historic walk at the international space station and taking 6 hours, jack fisher with kristin fisher. the good, the bad and the ugly. the victim of a hit and run in california, from mexico, 15 times. for lenox lake. the new yorker poking fun at fbi director james comey. attorney general jeff sessions

down the aisle. a politician taking matters into his own hands, a giant mousetrap -- >> i wonder if that would work on a human. happy friday. have a great weekend. >> regardless of the recommendation, a grandstand or, fbi, as if comey episode, over the edge. fire comey and we agree on something. >> leadership at the top of the bureau with the clinton case. >> would you be worried if you are secretary clinton? >> more than 1000 gang members in