and friends" first, at 11:00 am, goodbye. >> december 28th, from las vegas to new york city, new year's security expected to be the tightest ever, brand-new measures being taken coast to coast. >> anyone who broke the record of harry truman. legislation of all legislation. >> ending of the year on a high note, touting victories and talking taxes as the war of words heats up between him and former president obama. >> she quit her job to lead to resistance, took aim at first lady melania trump, now she is upset because donald trump is

killing birds. wait until you hear this one. "fox and friends" first continues now. ♪ >> dance moves coming on. rob: a beautiful shot of whatever that was. jillian: people would love to see it. good morning. you are watching "fox and friends" first on thursday. rob: thank you for starting your day with us. an unprecedented show of force like you have never seen before

for new year's eve. jillian: law enforcement beefing up security from new york city to las vegas, live in the studio what is being done to keep millions of americans safe. >> law enforcement officials say get ready to see security like you have never seen before and all across the country, nypd beefing up its counterterrorism unit, heavily armed officers will this end on time squares people pack in to watch the annual is the target of two recent terror attacks, the city is on high alert after a new threat from isis urging fighters to kill drunk party years bringing in 2018. security experts say cops will not only be looking for the obvious but subtle hints of trouble too. >> the individual whose back

doesn't match, a $1000 bag and wearing something else, look for someone white knuckling a bag, see them hold onto that thing really tight, staring with those eyes and steaming towards the direction holding the bag, it is a problem. >> there will be increased security at and on top of office towers and hotels in response to the las vegas massacre. nevada lawmakers, $350,000 for new year's eve security compared to 120,000 spent last year in the national guard will also have boots on the ground. >> years past we had two quick response teams on the east and west side of the las vegas strip to assure response in case of a critical incident but this year breaking into smaller teams and efforts will be doubled. >> the internet will be heavily patrolled, law enforcement agencies will be vetting social

media, scouring the web for any credible threats out there. heather: keeping everyone safe where they are located, a lot of the stress pop up. rob: scary times. heather: a fox news alert, dozens injured after a bombing attack overnight in kabul, afghanistan. 3c explosions initiate muslim cultural center and afghan news agency. us coalition troops were hurt but many victims are students, the afghan president is calling the attacks a crime against humanity. the taliban denies involvement but in recent months isis has been targeting shiite neighborhoods. rob: vladimir putin called a

bombing at a st. petersburg supermarket terrorism. the shrapnel bomb exploded in a store, 13 people were hurt, no terrorist organization has claimed responsibility. vladimir putin calling donald trump earlier this month thanking him for attempt to stop other bombings in russia's second largest city. jillian: donald trump ending on a high note, at a west palm beach fire station. rob: he fired back at jabs from his predecessor. griff jenkins joins us with more. >> reporter: final days and the president visiting palm beach fire station number 2, thanking firefighters, paramedics and first responders for their service in delivering a report card of his own administration's accomplishments. >> the stock market, 84 times since november 8th so that is something, a record level. a record for stopping regulations and proud of that.

>> stayed fairly busy on twitter addressing things from next year at legislative agenda to the russia probe and taking a shot at former president obama as news of the defeat of isis and iraq comes to light, twoed this picture comparing the day he was inaugurated on january 20th soup with ice fighters controlling iraq and syria to new estimates last week down to 1000 fighters left. the former president remained silent. and interview with prince here he took aim at donald trump without mentioning him by name. >> one of the dangers of the internet is people can have entirely different realities. they can be cocooned in information that reinforces their current biases. >> public events in florida, the president will stay there through the new year. we are learning the president when he returns from camp david with paul ryan and mitch mcconnell to map of the

legislative agenda, infrastructure, healthcare, we will have to find out. >> no matter what it is it will be a busy 2018. thank you. heather: a study compared how donald trump and past presidents have been treated by the media and as you progress from clinton to bush to obama to trump, donald trump wins for the worst most negative coverage. rob: this is exactly why the president tweets, to get messages to his supporters that the media won't. >> reporter: twitter is indispensable to what the president is doing, direct connection to the american people. he is facing unprecedented hatred from some members of the mainstream media. the harvard study said 80% of the coverage of his first hundred days with negative and a new research center, 90% of coverage in the first year was

negative, he has to use twitter to attack the fake news onslaught coming directly at him unlike president obama where most of the coverage was positive. >> former state department employee at the center of john mccain subpoenaed over connections to the fake trump dossier, the intelligence committee demanding answers from mccain institute staffer david kramer with firsthand knowledge of the bogus report. according to court records kramer met with the author hired by fusion gps to write the salacious dossier that helped start the fbi russian probe. roy more still not giving up weeks after alabama's special senate election. his campaign filing a complaint alleging voter fraud and calling certification of the declared winner democrat doug jones. the complaint says he successfully completed a polygraph test claiming the

multiple sexual misconduct allegations made against him are false. the state board is scheduled to meet today to certify the result even though he has not yet conceded. >> the happiest place on earth after being left in the dark, massive power outage stranding riders during one of the park's busiest weeks. >> small world, the lights go up. >> the idea of a power failure affecting your day. >> people had to be escorted off a dozen right after 20 minutes but the good news is no one was hurt, disney is blaming a transformer issue and restored power in 6 hours. guests demand a refund. dozens of passengers stranded in frigid temperatures overnight, take a look what happened in new york city, 27 people were on board when the boat hit a sandbar, one passenger said felt like a car slammed on the brakes, larger rescue boat

stayed away because the water was too shower, they had to evacuate passengers two at a time, it took 3 hours to get everyone off the ferry. >> removing the historic jackson magnolia tree deemed dangerous now underway. employees at the white house starting to cut down part of the 200-year-old 3. the us national arboretum recommending the removal because the tree is dead and falling down. first lady melania trump requested would from the iconic 3 be preserved and plant a new magnolia in the same place. this wasn't melania walking around the grounds, that one is out. -- was going -- it is going to merge with them. rob: it is 10 minutes after the, disturbing the threat from isis calling on lone wolves to use america's gun laws to build an arsenal for terror. the man behind the message claiming to be an american.

rob: disney resorts doing away with the do not disturb sign to keep better tabs on guests but is this a necessary step? we are going too far. our next guest says this is our future. >> how else do you meet unsuspected hate groups? take up a new hobby in the new year, literally anything that will keep you from running again. >> vanity fair urging hillary clinton to hang up her presidential hopes. is this the height of hypocrisy? lilly. she pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. but once a week i let her play sheriff so i can wash it.

i use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. you are free to go. tide and downy together.

>> disney world hotels getting major security overhaul. the most magical place on earth and of the employees will conduct daily inspections of

every room lose the question is is this an invasion of privacy or a good move to protect against security threats. here to weigh in his national security analyst for the clarion project, thank you for joining us. let's go over what is changing as far as disney resorts go, the do not disturb signs will change to room occupied. employees must enter rooms every day and there will be changes at all resorts in the upcoming weeks. do you think this is a good idea? >> i do. not like there's going to be random inspections where they go through your stuff. the idea is they don't want to 24 hour period where someone is just using their room which is part of a private business to make these decisions using that room to engage in committal activity or terrorist or violent activity.

we saw stephen paddock preparing the attack using his hotel room and going further back, 911 hijackers did this and it is widely known in the law enforcement community this is typical practice of criminals and terrorists and you have got to respond to it. heather: i was in las vegas covering that shooting for a weekend a lot of hotels changed their policy after that happened after 58 people were killed, hundreds of others injured in october. i wondered, we talked how long these changes are going to last and this could be what we are used to going forward. >> i think it is inevitable because if you want to see the future of the united states you have to look at europe and if you want to see the future of europe look at israel in the middle east. when i travel to several middle eastern countries and seen these security procedures, that includes metal detectors at the front of those hotels that were

bigger. it wasn't that bad. i don't want us to get into a constant strategy of defensive measures, that makes life more of a hassle. this makes sense and i forgot i was going into the hotel for metal detectors as i was traveling. heather: disney has not said they did this is a response to what happened in las vegas. people are assuming that could be the case. at what point is it too much? at what point should people take this as an invasion of privacy? you could be sleeping and someone is knocking and announcing themselves and then wake up, are they going through your things are using metal detector to see if there are any explosives, when is a line crossed? >> if we get to the point they are calling the room and just going in anytime looking through your bags i would say that is an overreaction but i don't think we will get there because businesses have incentive to

keep the customer happy but also to keep the customer safe. all you need is a thwarted plot being assembled with the hotel room to lose a lot of money and also a story of privacy violation to lose a lot of money. it is in business interests to find that fine line and this falls into the realm as being described of responsible but it is true. ultimately the way to fight this threat is going to be overseas and intelligence operations domestically, we can't constantly respond to everything by saying what defensive measure can we put in place and so we are just living in our homes and not going outside? heather: we appreciate it. a lot of people say better to be safe than sorry. time is 18 minutes after the hour. it has been the rallying cry for democrats since inauguration

day. >> i will fight every day until he is impeached, impeach 45. >> democrats turning those words into action. the new online army and the billionaire liberal behind it. >> coming back around. >> hollywood making blockbuster after blockbuster, kevin mccarthy breaking down the best movies coming up next. when a cold calls... achoo! ...answer it. with zicam cold remedy. it shortens colds, so you get better, faster. colds are gonna call. answer them with zicam! zicam. get your better back. now in delicious fruit drops.

>> chelsea handler slamming donald trump about, quote, killing birds, tweeting another nice touch, trump administration eases rule against killing birds. others online quick to pick out the president is only going back and obama era policy that finds power companies when birds fly into clean power windfarms. >> hillary clinton supported slamming vanity fair over the magazine's new year's advice to . >> this is a group of people, kathy griffin included who thought it would be funny, a

joke to decapitate donald trump, but now if we make fun of hillary clinton, going in the woods or going to whole foods, that is below the belt? i don't see it the way they do. >> a magazine spokesperson says it was supposed to be a joke but missed the mark. if you make a joke you got to own it. some of mine are just so bad. these are awesome. from dunkirk, wonder woman, blade runner, logan, the list goes on, blockbuster stepping up the game. jillian: which were the best, he with the top five is fox news contributor kevin mccarthy. let's start with number 5. >> happy new year, so many holidays happening, lots of films, over 100 movies this year counting down from 5 to one, 10 through 6 on my twitter if you go to kevin mccarthy, number 5

is logan, the r-rated wolverine movie transcended the superhero genre very similar to what the dark knight did and the dark it was a film that had batman but felt more like a crime drama, this feels like a western, one of hugh jackman's best performances of his career, brilliant in this movie as is daphne keane. this movie has everything going for it, the score, every element of this movie works. my number 5 is logan, no question. number for this year, the shape of water, this movie blue me away, this was made for $19.5 million which is a lot of money, but in hollywood that particular film looks like a $100 million movie, michael shannon, a huge cast, great ensemble, beautifully shot, doug

jones is a sea creature who falls in love with a woman, sounds crazy but it is very realistic and grounded at the same time ironically and it works, beautifully shot and doug jones plays a sea creature, 90% prosthetic, incredible in the film. >> how about blade runner and number 3? >> this movie, every single side is masterfully executed, directed by the director of prisoners, arrival, never made a bad movie in his career as of yet. returning as rick deckard, harrison ford. it improves on the ridley scott film, it is a true modern-day masterpiece. i love the cinematography and the score by hans them or, absolute leading characters in

this film. every time i watch this movie it grabs me and does not let go. 2 hours and 40 minutes or so, it goes by very quickly, to fully recommend seeing the original blade runner first and then watching is this. it is a continuation, not a sequel and it is better than the original film. heather: that along film. rob: i don't like any of the genres but this is the best movie i have ever seen, spectacular, get out. >> i agree with you. i thought it the first time and it me away. i watched it the second, third, fourth and fifth time. every time i watch it i find something different about it, jordan peele makes his directorial debut as a comedian but this touches on a lot of social issues but also an insanely well-made horror film. i feel when i watch it i am seeing a young hitchcock,

director every element, allison williams, her performance is so great, talk about why she is so great for second or third time when it is happening, the twist at the end will blow you away but go back and watch multiple times and find little easter eggs throughout. heather: dunkirk. >> no question, i've seen it eight times, six times in theaters, the 70 mm imax experience one of the best experiences i ever had, christopher nolan's dunkirk told three different time structures on land, sea and air, absolute masterpiece, see it on the biggest screen possible but i cannot believe we live in an era this film exists, brilliant film and i love this movie, one of the best film that will hopefully be talked a lot for years to come, those are my top five for 2017. >> have a great 2018, we will be right back.

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>> back with a fox news alert, isis fighter with an american accent is calling on muslims in the us to carry out terror attacks, the chilling propaganda video released by the islamic state shows an unmasked man holding a pistol as he calls supporters to take advantage of us gun laws and stating donald trump's war on islam is opening the door for attacks. not clear where or when that video was recorded was more disturbing evidence north korea's nuclear program is poisoning its own people. south korean media reporting foreign defectors near the test site show possible radiation exposure supporting previous warnings from nuclear experts the launch site could contaminate the area and comes after antibodies were found in another defector, donald trump getting back up to help and

force the law, lawmakers throwing their support behind our commander-in-chief's appeal to punish sainsbury's to be the group urging the appeals court in san francisco to revise the negative order and cut off federal funds for undermining ice and refusing to help the board illegal immigrants. record-breaking snowfall bearing parts of pennsylvania and new york as bitter cold temperatures toward the nation. upstate new york issuing a state of emergency and travel advisor, firefighters rescuing a woman trapped in her home using shovels and a plow to dig her out. a small planes getting off the runway in indiana in a cornfield, and arctic blast in the northeast making temperatures feel like 20 to 30 ° below 0, that is expected to last through the new year. >> winning the war on tax reform divisive rhetoric from democrats and the battle over senate seats, huge year in politics in 2017 but what stories can we

expect in 2018? the editor-in-chief of the daily color news foundation and author of the art of the donald, chris bedford, great to have you here. let's start with something percolating in the air. in the business of journalism we report facts not rumors but the fact is a major paper will be disclosing a number of harassment allegations that could sweep up dozens of politicians in dc. what can you tell us? >> that is the way to begin the next year, continuing amount of stories about sexual harassment. a giant list of congressman, the house and senate, who have paid out people for sexual harassment allegations in the past, we don't know who the list contains the rumors around washington dc start because reporters call staff members, leadership, and saying we have this story in january about these misdeeds was what can you tell us? it starts to spread as fear grows.

the scandal continues to grow, 2017 may be the end of it and we will see resignations in congress. rob: without names attached to that what do you anticipate for the balance of power in 2018? >> so far the sexual-harassment scandals mostly had democrats and their supporters because it hit hollywood first, and even in congress the fewer republicans getting in trouble, more for piggish behavior than traditional sexual assault or something like that was that could change. a lot of things can come out but so far devastating the war on women narrative liberal politicians have pushed, maybe they will switch the other way again. >> one reason seemingly popping up a lot more as the number one legislative agenda item, infrastructure. does it get done? >> i am skeptical that it does.

republicans are traditionally against spending. tax reform is difficult, you will see more pushback from conservatives. democrats who are typically for infrastructure are okay with federal spending don't want to give donald trump a win or give the republican party anyone and the base doesn't want to give donald trump a win and one of the main reasons is the upcoming midterm elections 2018. >> it is so early, we don't know who is running in many of these races but sitting here 11 months before, do you have any predictions for how the legislative map will look in november? >> we don't know but we do know every member of the house of representatives will defend their seat against one third of the u.s. senate. the senate to me look safe, republicans are not in trouble generally, pro-trump districts, the house of representatives,

republicans going to lose some colleagues, that happens when a party is in power the first year. maybe americans won't rebel, we have prosperity, rising stock market, wars in the middle east going pretty well, donald trump -- the left is very energized, they have shown it so far and republicans are going to lose seats if they can't move on to the house, they would have to lose 40. >> what a year in 2018. thank you. >> 37 minutes after the hour, public university under fire for a new class called the problem with whiteness, the school reviews it to change course. >> backup! >> police officers in danger after a car rose into flames with people trapped inside, incredible rescue caught on camera. >> looking for love, the answer

might be in your genes, using your dna to find the love of your life. ♪

>> 41 minute after the university of wisconsin madison will offer a course titled the problem of whiteness despite calls from gop lawmakers to cancel it. according to the description, students understand how whiteness is socially constructed and experienced to help dismantle white supremacy. republican representative dave murphy find it concerning the university think this class is appropriate. professors suggest students where cards with gender pronouns, two professors want to

adopt a social justice agenda. they believe the name cards will avoid anyone being mislabeled from the first day in the two are urging professors to establish group guidelines so students feel comfortable. >> democratic donor tom stier is resorting to building a digital army with one goal, to impeach donald trump. >> we started a campaign, the american people raise their voice to say this president is unfit for office and needs to go. >> a list of 4 million activists through an online petition on websites after he spent $110 million of his own money to take the commander-in-chief down and threatening to cut ties with democrats in 2018 if they do not support his fight. he may have supported hillary clinton in 2016 election but bill diblasio is turning to her primary opponent for support,

bernie sanders will swear in the new york city mayor for his second and last term, on the million or alternative tax proposal, former president bill clinton presided over bill diblasio's first inauguration. >> they could be running against each other. if you are looking for love you may want to check your genetics. >> in a dating apps using that concept to help singles find their perfect match. >> cofounder and ceo, thank you for being here. this is fascinating, just doing research on this it seems what it does is take all these online apps and dating websites incorporate what you think you know about your self using what you are.

>> exactly what we do. a portion of your genetics and coat attraction and when you see this instant spark, that is what is at play but dna isn't everything. we look at your likes and interests and hobbies, put that together and make more important decisions about who you want to go on a date with. >> this is set to launch before valentine's day, walk us through of somebody wants to try this, what do they have to do? >> launching in houston first, and the genetic tests, downloading their favorite apps on their phone, and the percentage, how compatible science says you will be. heather: critics say this removes the fun of the chase. >> that is something, we are

hopeless romantic too but a lot of those miss connections we hope we will find, romantic connections, this is just a way to find them better or even find more of them. heather: it combines genetic information with social media data so you are getting the all in one help scientists predict the attraction and cost $15 and 99 tests, is that the only fee? >> a one time fee of $15.99 to do your genetic test and the monthly membership fee is waived for everyone who is coming to the platform first, and expanding early next year. >> any tests on people that this worked? >> harris we for decades of research that validated this biological attraction exists. we haven't done tests specifically because the science is already there but we will be testing the user interface

getting feedback and making sure they are happy with it. rob: we need to check in next valentine's day, this is fascinating. >> the icons acting, that attraction. thousands of jobs up for grabs in the new year. the ten companies looking for workers right now. >> let's check with brian gill need to see what is coming up on "fox and friends". >> of the camera can find me i will find the camera. here is how it sounds. did you see this major league baseball draft pick paying off his parents mortgage for christmas? the emotional reaction. >> all the sacrifices you made for the family. >> the entire family will join us live, the latest on the

russia investigation, how trump compares to obama, i urge you all to please get dressed. you actually like what you do. even love it. and today, you can do things you never could before. ♪ ♪ you're developing ai applications on the cloud. finding insights hidden in decades of medical documents. and securing millions of iot sensors. so get back to it. and do the best work of your life. ♪ ♪

jillian: pretty quiet in times square, that will change. rob: midtown, we will get to that in a little bit. people scrambling to prepay 2018 property taxes but maybe they shouldn't. jillian: tracy is here to

explain. >> reporter: taxpayers trying to get that rush to pay their property tax bill before it hits next week because it caps state and local income tax, property tax deduction and $10,000 so we are seeing lines at fairfax county, virginia, 1700 people rushed to pay their property taxes, $60 million was collected, the irs said hold on because these may be tax deductible only in certain circumstances so this may not even count. it can be very confusing. consult your accountant. >> and your town, that is a big one. speaking of the new year ten

companies hiring thousands. >> this comes from glassdoor, a job searching website, 10 companies looking for thousands of employees across the country, amazon, home depot, liberty mutual insurance, ibm and target and the things these companies make them appealing for jobs for competitive wages, good benefits, and give back to the community so great place to work if you are looking for a job. they would not let a holiday pass without coming up with a new drink to celebrate. this is a black-and-white mocha that looks like a little tuxedo for new year's eve, black and white chocolate mocha with espresso and cream and chocolate black-tie available right now through the first week of january to ring in 2018.

that is what they say. rob: producers tell me starbuck sells regular coffee. >> reporter: i can confirm. rob: a confederate statue vandalized with pink paint, clay leader nathan bedford forrest, for more than 20 years, the crime violates his personal -- >> why should i take something down as private property? a first amendment right. >> the statue has been shot six times in the past, they hope security footage will help track down the latest vandals. >> the powerball jackpot surging $84 million after no one hit the jackpot, last night at $337 million drying, the largest in us history, check your tickets, smaller winners, the numbers

were 3, 9, 16, 56, 60, powerball number 3. the next drawing is saturday, next, $292 million. lottery officials blaming a computer glitch for turning winners into losers on christmas, south carolina education lotteries is a programming error caused too many people to win the top prize of $500, one winter claims he won $29,000. >> thought i was winning and i kept playing. >> the game is suspended the lottery officials tell players to hold on to their tickets until the review is complete. >> the times square ball ready to be dropped, grews installing 3000 crystals on the new year's eve icon.

it is called the gift of serenity made to look like butterflies flying over a meadow. when the ball drops, 32,000 led lights, it will be so bright you can see it from space. when i hear the name of it i say serenity now. jillian: amazon wants to deliver by drones but drug dealers are beating them to it. >> someone was thrown in jail for it. jillian: take a look at the weather across the country. ♪ . .

♪ ♪ jillian: good morning to you on this thursday. a little calvin harris to

get your day started as we take a live look at washington, d.c. still dark out there and quiet. and it's time for the good, the bad, and the ugly. first the good, dramatic body cam video showing the moment milwaukee officer pulling two unconscience teens from a burning car. a third teen was able to escape on his own by kicking out the window. >> no better feeling. i think that officers just like us, every milwaukee police district station even across the country, they would do the same thing because that's why we joined joined and that's why we are cops. jillian: the two cops will be nominate go nominated for a t aaward. rob: neighbors grew suspicious of the drone. jillian: hair cut from your nightmares. this hairdo lands a wisconsin style isles behind bars after sniff ago customer's ear and ran the clipper down the middle of their head which she claims was an accident. he was arrested on suspicion

of mayhem and disorderly conduct. what? that is terrible. rob: they say fashion shouldn't be a crime. it was. jillian: thanks for watching. have a good day. >> at least 40 are dead and dozens more injured after a bombing attack overnight in kabul, afghanistan. fox news is told no u.s. or coalition troops were hurt. many of the victims are students. >> caught red-handed, china accused of illegally selling north korea oil defying u.n. sanctions. >> we need to tighten the screws on china now obviously. they are not doing their part. >> president trump wins the award for the worst, most negative coverage conducted by pew research center. >> with an interview with the soon to be married prince harry former president obama took aim at president trump's twitter habit. >> the notion you are going to attack the president for using twitter is akin for attacking fdr or