meanwhile, parts of florida's panhandle could get some snow. same for houston. freezing conditions there and much of the south, as well. most-watched, most trusted, most grateful you heather: we stand in solidarity with the iranian regime long-suffering victims. >> california better hold on tight, you will see a lot more deportation in the state of california. if politicians don't want to protect their communities then ice will. >> orin hatch, the longest-serving republican in the senate and a former boxer is throwing in the towel. >> knows when to hang up the gloves. ♪

>> good morning from the streets of new york city. it is a brand-new day, your first live program of the day at 4:00 on the east coast, you're watching "fox and friends" first on wednesday morning. let's get to the top story, donald trump drawing a hard line on dreamers, a critical meeting today. his top aides sitting down with democrats and topping the agenda a deal on the budget. chris jenkins was us live in dc, what can we expect today? >> they have until january 19th to come up with a plan to avoid a partial shutdown, democrats ho funding talks over a dac a 6.

what to do with dreamers? dreamers facing a march deadline, something donald trump tweeted about yesterday, democrats are doing nothing, just interested in politics, it will go hard against dems, start falling in love with republicans and their president, we are about results, this comes as you just saw white house budget director mick mulvaney and legislative affairs director mark schwartz hands up to capitol hill to meet with big four leaders to try to hammer out a budget deal with immigration front and center, sarah huckabee sanders addressing the white house's main goals. >> the president once responsible immigration reform laying out principles and immigration reform, that is part of any package that includes daca. we hope to work with members of congress to get that done. >> reporter: democrats have been firm in their position as nancy

pelosi reiterated last month. >> the dreamers as a discrete piece that need protection now, not wait for the entire comprehensive immigration reform to be resolved before dealing with this emergency. >> expect capitol hill meeting to be very important, not just limited to immigration because they could bring up things like infrastructure, something the president wants to get done and attract some bipartisan support, as he has tweeted in recent weeks, it is obvious that shutdown would certainly hamper progress on all those things. >> thank you. the democrats in the meantime say they are acting in the best interest of dreamers but steve cortez, member of the hispanic advisory council says the left is banking on amnesty for their own games.

>> legal immigrants go through a difficult long process to become american citizens, they are the most cheated when we allow and tolerate illegal immigration but to your point, what is the motive, why does the left went amnesty, be honest, they want their votes, they think the more amnesty they grant the more votes they will get. they are having a hard time in america, systemic decline particularly in statehouses and american elections, millions of new workers who will flood the workforce and create an unnaturally low-wage to compete with american workers, many of them hispanic, they don't care about that but they will also get millions of votes. it is a crass political calculus they have engaged in and are pursuing and let's be honest

about it. >> a key step toward seizing sessions between north and south korea, a cross-border hotline just reopened between the two countries, it comes hours after donald trump fires back at kim jung un at nuclear button threat. >> as the war of words heats up between north korea and the united states, south korea has begun primary talks with north korea after north korea dictator kim jung un said he wanted to reopen talks with the south to cooperate on winter olympics. the state department believes the attempt to talk with the south is an attempt to disrupt the south's alliance with the us, the move comes after kim made a provocative announcement on new year's day, a nuclear button is always on his desk. donald trump responded in kind with a tough tweet stating north korean leader kim jung un stated the nuclear button is on his desk at all times.

someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that i too have a nuclear button but it is a much bigger and powerful ones in his and my button works. nikki haley, us ambassador to the united nations says north korea must been its nuclear weapons to have serious talks with the us and its allies. >> we consider this a reckless regime, we don't think we need a band-aid or to smile and take a picture, we need to have them stop nuclear weapons now. north korea can talk with anyone they want. the us is not going to recognize or acknowledge it until they agreed to ban the nuclear weapons that they have. >> a north korean defector told authorities the regime planned its biggest ballistic missile launch ever on it 70th anniversary which occurs in september. donald trump says sanctions are having an impact on the north.

the trump administration also adds china must be more active in persuading kim jung un to end nuclear program and ease the escalating tensions developing over there. heather: other stories, massive profession honoring a california deputy who died days after a violent attack on new year's eve, dozens of fellow law enforcement lining up saluting as his casket was removed from the hospital but then larry fallsy was beaten after an off-duty car crash as driver of the other cars accused of beating him unconscious suffering a major blow to the head leading to his death. falsey was the oldest deputy for 36 years. that suspect is in custody. an american hero has fallen killed in the line of duty in

afghanistan on new year's day in the action district where isis is known to operate. cory booker identifying the soldier as sergeant first class bowling serving afghanistan in 2009. he reportedly immigrated from latvia 13 years ago and, quote, wanted to serve his new country immediately. he had a 6-year-old better. four other servicemembers were also injured. dangerous winter weather ramping up across the country is a monster storm moves north. the unrelenting call blame for 18 deaths. white out conditions causing this deadly pile up near buffalo, new york. >> this is bonkers. >> one person was killed and all that. several others injured. >> you can't see a thing in front of you. complete white out right now. i still can't feel my

fingertips. >> even florida not spared. flurries are actually falling in northern parts of the state. janice dean is tracking this. joining us with more on what we can expect. nice to have you with us. >> a big winter storm we are tracking, snow along the gulf coast, snow in northern florida and we see snow move up the east coast in the next 12 to 24 hours, the past 12 hours, some snow and mixing of freezing rain and sleet across north florida coastal georgia towards the carolinas. a pretty impressive storm that is just getting attacked together. we have light rain in gainesville but north of that, a dangerous situation, they don't have this kind of weather a lot in northern florida so people are urged to stay off the roadways, stay indoors. a lot of kids are not going to

school. this is a hard one to forecast as we go through the next 12 to 24 hours because it comes so close to the coastline. that is why folks all along the east coast need to monitor the progress of the storm, listen to local officials. here is the future radar snow along the coast towards the mid-atlantic. how much will be get in the big city? a sense of nowcasting and watch to see how close this low tracks inland. i think it will be a close call for places like long island, coastal new jersey towards connecticut, you could see 6 to 12 inches, new york city on the cusp between the warmer air and colder air, it would not be out of the question to see this storm overachieve from the forecast totals. i will give you the latest.

>> i heard people calling a winter hurricane. >> it will be a powerful storm, one of the most powerful winter storms we have seen in years. heather: orrin hatch will not seek reelection this year. the 83-year-old lawmaker announcing his retirement after serving since 1977. >> when the president visited utah, he said i was a fighter but every fighter knows when to hang up the gloves. >> donald from calling his career incredible writing he has been a tremendous supporter and i will never forget the beyond kind statement he has made about me as president. he is my friend and he will be missed in the senate. the announcement clearing the way for mitt romney to return to the national stage by running for the sin to be vacancy.

overnight he said he will throw his hat in the race updating his twitter location from massachusetts to utah. more than $800 million is still up for grabs after the megamillion jackpot overnight for the 23rd straight time. surging to $418 million and your next chance to win is friday. the drawing is at $440 million. the combined total of $858 million is the biggest in history. possibly join in on that. fox news alert. i man by nicest terrorist post itselfys outside a tourist attraction. for lone wolf attacks. and the trump administration calls on the rest of the world

to take notice. >> a long oppressed people rising up against their dictators. heather: this shows trump's leadership against iran is working. secretly slowing down older iphones, to customers. is it enough?

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the days ahead, we will be calling an emergency session, we must not be silent. the people of iran are crying out for freedom. heather: here to wayne is managing director for the israel project. thank you for joining us. lots going on with these protests, donald trump tweeting his opinion on it, also needs to act. >> the president has been very clear his support for the protesters isn't going to be rhetorical. they are going to do something and everyone is approving of the president's statements. the president has been very clear his words are backed by actions, now the question is what is he going to do? heather: what should he do? should he push for regime

change? >> the fundamental problem is the regime, how we get to solving that is an open debate. one of the things that is a no-brainer is the regime is using its resources to shoot people in the streets and enormous leverage to cut off those resources. we know where the supreme leader gets this. >> some of those sanctions. >> we used to have harsh sanctions on the central bank of iran. the supreme leader business dealings. and human rights reasons, using their resources in the streets. heather: is that why we are hearing from former members of the obama administration saying don't do anything, be quiet? >> exactly right.

they manufactured any number of reasons for inaction, they are hardliners, alienating europeans. those are just excuses not to act because they know that the deal they worked out has enabled a lot of people. heather: these protesters are different than 2009. >> these protesters are driven by economics, 2009 was a more political concern, billions of dollars since the nuclear deal and we haven't seen any of that and the reason is the regime has been taking the money they got and spending it. lebanon, hamas and god and protesters saying enough is enough, the regime is committed to spending its windfall overseas. heather: they have a different

life. >> these people, since 2009, people know they have a different life but what is going on is economically disadvantaged people, since the nuclear deal -- heather: thank you for joining us. looks like this will not end anytime soon. a jeopardy contestant loses the lead over two letters. >> gangsters paradise lost. >> our judges have reevaluated, 3200 away from you. heather: can you guess why? did you listen closely? carly shimkus is here with what the internet can't stop talking about.

heather: welcome back to "fox and friends" first faith under fire, former, councilman michelle bachman says she will turn to god to help decide whether to run for out franken's senate seat. >> i fulfill the calling god gave me so the question is am i being called to do this now? i don't know. >> twitter is attacking the potential republican candidate. carly shimkus with serious xm 115 is here. >> that comment crating a bunch of bows on social media, some attacking her for saying she's turning to god for help. one twitter user tweeting this minnesotan helps the bishops michelle bachman runs for senate because he doesn't have a chance of winning and will help dems across the statement. i hope god tells her yes.

others suggesting she is crazy for saying she is communicating with god. conservative commentator michelle mauk and tweeting i counted 16 liberal journalists so far tweeting mockery of michelle bachman and added keep openly mocking people who lean on their faith when making momentous life decisions. there is also some buzz whether or not mitt romney might run for senate in utah. take a look at this. he recently changed his twitter profile. it used to say he lived in massachusetts, now it says he lives in holliday, utah, a clue he might be interested. heather: this jeopardy contestant lost a lot of money because of two letters. >> he pronounced the word gangster incorrectly.

listen to this. >> what is gangster's paradise lost? >> our judges have reevaluated one of your responses. you said gangster instead of gainga gangsta. you are in second place. >> people are brutal, people and social media going nuts. imagine going on jeopardy and losing points for speaking proper english. is that proper english? jeopardy responded saying they deleted his winnings because the word gangster and gangsta are listed separately in the oxford english dictionary. who knew? the time is 26 minutes after the

hour. former sailor convicted of mishandling classified photos praising donald trump for calling out the double standard that cleared hillary clinton of her private email scandal. >> she should be prosecuted through the same legal system that went after me. >> this whole thing ruined his life and his new hope for a pardon in a fox news exclusive. ♪ 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. and for fast acting nasal relief, for up to 12 hours, try zicam extreme congestion relief and zicam intense sinus relief. for colds and allergies, get your better back with zicam.

>> he needs to send a message to the doj and the same message to hillary clinton. >> the former navy sailor jailed are taking a picture inside of the marina plotting donald trump for calling it a blatant double standard after hillary clinton's top aides failed to follow security protocol. and a full investigation.

>> one of the calls from the president's. in a tweet donald trump wrote, quote, crooked hillary clinton top aides accused of disregarding basic security protocols, she for classified passwords into the hands of foreign agents. remember the picture on a submarine? jail, deep state justice department must finally act on comey and others. the year in federal prison for taking photos of classified areas in a nuclear submarine, for his new job with his family. the felony conviction with dishonorable discharge and lost veteran benefits. the president's tweet or news hope for a pardon and a double standard, prosecution in his low-level case compared no prosecution with high-level information on hillary clinton

and comea. >> the same fbi supposedly protecting us from people mishandling classified information setting an example. this egregious violation hillary clinton at homea, top-secret fbi, highest level, confidential pictures, not trying to minimize what i did. i made a mistake and took responsibility, just so happened my case was gratuitous for them to prosecute to take the heat off hillary clinton. >> the state department, and estranged husband anthony weiner. and then isis terrorists, the

net museum. and and packed with millions of tourists. and the pick to run base, on so-called sanctuary cities. the golden state refuses to help the fed's crackdown on illegal immigration and thomas homan telling neil cavuto california with the a surge of agents to keep people safe. >> if you think ice is going away we are not. california better hold on tight. they will see more special agents and deportation offices in the state of california. if politicians in california don't to protect their communities then ice will. >> gerri brown signing a lawmaking california sanctuary

state effective january 1st. jeff sessions calling for tougher measures for sanctuary cities, imposing millions of dollars of federal grants. >> and immigration showdown is the big four congressional leaders are set to meet on the hill today. daca will be a big ticket item but the president says no deal is made without the wall. the director of public surveys for the center of immigration, jessica, thank you for joining us, appreciate it. the president is saying no deal without the wall. does that make sense? >> absolutely it makes sense. every time amnesty has been discussed by congress it provokes more illegal immigration. there are so many problems that need to be fixed before congress should pass amnesty that items like the wall, chain migration

and the lottery addressing sanctuaries have to be part of a package if congress is going to an act amnesty for people who have daca. >> there are thousands of those. >> this would offer amnesty for 2 million people. the core group at issue here are those given work permits under the obama administration under the daca program, 700,000 people now. heather: this tweet from donald trump saying dreamers will soon like republicans better, democrats are doing the 4 daca. daca activists and hispanics will go hard against dems and falling in love with republicans and their president, we are

about results. do you see that happening? democrats willing to shut down the government over this. >> we are going to find out how important this is to the democrats that if they actually want to pass some kind of amnesty for people with daca, they are going to have to pass some offsetting provisions the president and congressional republicans understand need to happen including trimming back chain migration, ending the visa lottery and improving border security through the wall that this amnesty simply is not going to be acceptable to the president or voters without those offsetting provisions, not just dealmaking, provisions are necessary to mitigate the effects of an amnesty, both the

cost that will be enormous for taxpayers but to prevent more illegal immigration and offset the chain migration that without changes is going to happen. >> the result of chain migration when you take a look at that is staggering. and posted online, and we appreciate you being able to join us this morning. time now is 20 minutes until the top of the hour. should homea everything go to jail for allowing secrets to fall into foreign hands. tom witten joins us live with evidence he says will infuriate americans. timing is everything, the new diet that says eat whatever you want as long as you have a walk. ♪

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heather: donald trump slamming hillary clinton's top paid for forwarding sensitive information to her yahoo account. the daily caller reporter who broke the story explaining to "fox and friends" first the severity of the problem. >> they sent her a password, first thing she does is turn around and email it, in 2012, yahoo has these issues, 5 days later sending classified information about syria to yahoo. heather: should the doj investigate. and if it wasn't for judicial watch none of this would be happening. you are responsible for this

story. and and they are only releasing it now. heather: there is classified information in these emails which is against the law. >> classified information out of unsecured systems. with the clinton email system that was set up, abedin testified last year, abedin was the only other state department official as far as we know with an email account on the system and she was sending material to hillary clinton that was classified and receiving that material as well and it turns out you had classified material on abedin's husband's laptop, the infamous anthony weiner. comey and the rest of the fbi,

the anti-trump fbi counter until person, and 18, they let this go by with prosecution. heather: take me back to that moment they announced they did find additional email on anthony weiner's laptop but let it go. >> they did and presumably these four or five documents were known to the fbi at the time but they let it go. there is other classified material they knew about, outrage on top of outrage in terms of failure of the fbi following up on this. the problem is the tarmac meeting, andrew wiseman who was conflicted out, his wife's campaign funding.

and comey what he was thinking at the time. no one can trust that investigation and most americans here, classified information, they of why wasn't there a criminal investigation or prosecution. heather: that happen to other people talking about the sailor who was jail because he took this picture inside a submarine. >> mrs. clinton was warned repeatedly about the use of unsecure systems to conduct government business and did it anyway. none of this would have happened if not for mrs. clinton's unsecure system set up, if i were the justice department under donald trump i would do what the american people elected them to do which is reevaluate

what went on with respect to the criminal investigation and initiated to make sure it is done honestly and fairly. heather: why is it not just a given? why is there a question that it would be happening at the president has to send out this tweet suggesting it needs to? >> a real crisis at the justice department they are defending and protecting hillary clinton, no surprise to us we are litigating against the justice department, the state department, the fbi, director of national intelligence whether they will do a damage assessment, national security damage by hillary clinton's mishandling, the justice department is defending hillary clinton saying it wasn't that serious.

after learning what was on and weiner's laptop the president should demand damage assessment and tell appointees to start with a fear-based decisionmaking, they are taking on the clinton machine and enforce the rule of law. >> not just the classified emails showing pay for play as well. >> what happens in that investigation was going on last year. was it closed? it out to be reinvigorated if necessary, emails that show pay for play, the go-between between the clinton foundation and the game for clinton foundation donors in the state department. >> we look forward to hearing from you more because something else is down the pike. thank you for joining us, appreciate it.

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>> the teenager accused of murdering his family just minutes before the clock struck midnight on new year's eve will face a judge.

police say the 16-year-old shot and killed his parents, sister and a family friend inside their home at close range using a semi automatic rifle legally registered to a family member. his grandmother, brother and a family friend escaped as those shots rang out. he is expected to be charged as an adult four count of murder and weapons charges. taliban hostage said to be in court today facing 15 charges including sexual assault and death threats. all since he and his family, rescued in october. he and his american wife were captured by terrorists in 2012, backpacking across afghanistan. there are three children boil in captivity, he refused to border us plane for fears he is arrested. donald trump signing off on a disaster declaration in the

state of california giving several counties access to federal funding, and several wildfires that began in early december claiming two lives, the thomas fire alone scorching 300 acres, the largest in the state's history is the commander-in-chief giving the okay to disaster relief funding in maine, severe storms. a fox news alert, california has gone to pot but now there is no way of presenting their plants from going to the black market. the tracking system delay. >> this is a $7 billion industry we are talking about here and opened up earlier this week and there is supposed to be a computer system in place to keep track of everything. the state fda who oversees pot in california says it was

implemented, but storefronts haven't been able to use it because they don't have proper training. all that will be implemented later on in the year so for now they are using paper invoices to keep track. it has been a rough start in california. heather: speaking of rough start airline employees will get a bonus after the tax bill. >> great news for them. southwest and american airlines employees will see a thousand dollar bonus because of this tax reform windfall their companies will be taking advantage of so american airlines says it will cost $130 million come all those bonuses and southwest also says they are going to be investing in 40 new jets from boeing and able to donate an extra $5 million this year to charity because of this money too. jillian: does that mean less

fees for us? >> probably not. heather: fresh beef from mcdonald's. >> mcdonald's testing the arch burger that uses fresh beef and arch sauce which is a combination of mayo and mustard. mcdonald's testing this in seven locations in oklahoma and texas, they want to appeal to gourmet minded customers. that is $2.19. jillian: does mcdonald's have a lot of gourmet minded customers? >> they are trying to steal those away from you. they focus on the fresh -- heather: nothing against mcdonald's, love their fries, appreciate it. apple trying to save face after admitting to slowing down old

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heather: welcome back, bombshell report finds tens of thousands of federal employees are making money than our 50 us governors. the report produced by watchdog group says 30,000 federal employees make more than $190,000, 407,000 employees raking in a 6-figure income. they found those making $200,000 or more has increased by 165% from 2010-2016. apple is trying to save face with millions of customers by offering discounted replacements

to iphone batteries, can be exchanged for $29 even if tests show they are not slowing down after the company apologized and admitted the older phones slow down parking multiple lawsuits even though they said they did it for us. electronic cigarettes, a new study finding teenagers who use them are 21/2 times more likely to become regular smokers within a year. teens say their cravings are better satisfied by traditional cigarettes. other smoking alternatives had the same affect. their goal was to cure diabetes but instead they found a breakthrough treatment for alzheimer's. the drug developed for type 2 diabetes her first memory loss in mice and was approved for humans and that means it is something that could hit the market a lot faster. there are 5 million americans

living with alzheimer's. that would be a huge development. "fox and friends" first continues, see you back here tomorrow, by. jillian: it is wednesday, january 3rd. deal or no deal? donald trump blasting democrats at of the high-stakes immigration meeting happening today. live in washington the race is on, the january budget deadline. >> snow and ice blasting the country, blizzard conditions in buffalo, new york causing a massive and deadly crash. more than half the country is under an alert. janice dean tracking where this monster storm is heading next. jillian: in the doghouse, one nfl player firing back at critics after tweeting happy birthday to his dog. "fox and friends" first continues now.