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♪ >> there is a live shot where the snow is starting to settle, a little dusting on the ground, we have a lot of news to get to this morning. at 4:00 am but things are already happening, you are watching "fox and friends" first. let's get right to the fox news alert, monster winter storm barreling up the east coast unleashing snow, ice and hurricane force winds. the sunshine state looking more like a winter wonderland with snow in tallahassee for the first time in almost 30 years. the brutal below freezing

temperatures turning water fountains into icicles, ice statues and the same system setting its sights on the northeast, over a dozen states under a blizzard warning and the forecast just got worse. let's get straight to janice dean tracking the latest. what is going on? >> we haven't seen snowflakes in new york city yet but it is coming. yesterday i was talking about this storm might wobble a little to the west which would mean more snowfall totals and possibility of a blizzard for more people, that forecast happened yesterday and we expect a good indication to maine of 5 to 8 inches, in some cases we could get over a foot depending on where you live and blizzard conditions will kick in later this afternoon meaning winss in excess of 35 mph for three hours so people are urged if you can stay home today it is best to do so especially if you live along

the coast, the i-95 corridor and a lot of schools are closed. temperatures are cold enough for snow and snow is creeping in on the new york city area towards long island, long island under a blizzard warning as is boston as is coastal new jersey up towards connecticut and maine and that is going to be the case throughout the day today and it is going to be daytime, people are urged to stay off the roadways, you saw what happened in buffalo with a few inches of snow on the pavement and people don't know how to drive. just essential workers need to be out there. we want to make sure first responders have a clear path if they need to be out there. snow is starting to wind down. this is a very powerful system. you have heard bombohgenesis, the pressure will drop 24 mbar in 24 hours, that might double. for a very powerful system blizzard warnings unaffected for millions of folks to maine

including boston and here is the forecast radar. we are going to see an excess of eight inches in new york city, some places could see 12 to 18 inches so listen to your local forecasters and we will keep you up-to-date. i will be busy in the plasma. i expect the snow to fly within the hour. >> stay inside all day and watch janice dean, that is what people should do. thank you so much, appreciate it. millions are bracing for the worst of that monster storm is to gain steam. these pictures are amazing. todd picks up team coverage in long island where snow is already falling apparently. >> reporter: good morning, snow is already falling in islip in suffolk county. if you heard any news report in the new york metro area, suffolk county is going to get hit and

hit hard. the good news is not too bad right now, you see some cars getting an early start on their day and you can see blacktop so so far so good but this is very early on in the snow. it started snowing two hours ago. what makes this storm so unique is a few things. it is going to be really cold and windy but you are janice mention it is the coastal impact of the storm. starting off in florida people who go to florida this time of year to get out are getting hit in the northeast did get hit although to a lesser degree in florida. then there is georgia. you heard of georgia getting hit with snow. a number of my friends in atlanta say when it snows an inch the city shuts down. georgia also got it. the focus right now is definitely this part of the northeast, the new york metro area. you can see preparations in the new york metro area and boston,

the big concern for folks in boston is this is going to make its way up there and be very impactful for them but folks in the northeast are used to this, though not necessarily hurricane like wind we heard people talk about. heather: stay warm. i hate when people say that to me but i mean it sincerely. >> i try to stay warm. heather: appreciate your coverage. to another fox news alert, cease and desist, donald trump's lawyer threatening imminent legal action against steve bannon hours after the former white house chief strategist described a meeting between don junior and russians as treasonous. give jenkins live in dc where the war of words has reached a boiling point. amazing to see this unravel

yesterday. >> reporter: where to begin this war of words exploding between the president and steve bannon, donald trump's attorney issuing that cease-and-desist letter to bannon, following an anticipated book release, highly disparaging to the president and his family claiming among other things the president and son-in-law committed, quote, treason and were, quote, unpatriotic in reference to a meeting with a group of russians in 2016. bannon quoted as saying, quote, they are going to crack don junior like a nag on national tv. the white house responding with a blistering statement saying when he was fired he lost his job, he lost his mind. steve had little to do with our historic victory which was delivered by the forgotten men and women of this country, steve doesn't represent my base, is only in it for himself. steve bannon continuing weighing in on breitbart satellite radio

program last night. >> you know i support him day in and day out, giving the trump miracle speech, you don't have to worry about that but i appreciate the kind words. >> the words are anything but kind. the harshest words, donald trump junior responded to steve bannon sweeting steve had the honor of working in the white house and serving the country. he squandered that privilege and turn that opportunity into a nightmare of backstabbing, harassing, leaking, lying and undermining the president, steve is not a strategist, he is an opportunist. the letter is out, cease-and-desist, steve bannon continuing to talk out, we will see if this continues today, not sure what this service but it is something to watch today. heather: griff jenkins, appreciate it. hours from now, work getting

done, donald trump will sit down with senate republicans to discuss daca and border security, pairing the two, critical in passing government spending package by the january 19th deadline. congress has a march 5th deadline to strike a deal on daca which protects immigrants known as dreamers from being deported. donald trump has said he will not sign a deal unless it includes funding for the border wall. there are can be sanders says the gop is willing to work with democrats. >> we would like to make a deal on securing funding for the border wall and chain migration, the lottery program, we would like to do that right away. if democrats are willing to sit down and make that deal we would be happy to get that done by the end of the month. >> reporter: this as homeland security chiefs write an open letter urging congress to include daca in the january spending bill. the house intelligence committee announcing a deal with the

department of justice finally to turn over subpoena documents related to the anti-trump dossier. chairman devon nunez saying they will be turned over after threatening to hold doj and fbi in contempt. this announcement just hours after fbi director christopher ray and deputy attorney general rob rosenstein met with house speaker paul ryan in a closed-door meeting, the fbi has been accused of anti-trump bias by top agents during the hillary clinton and russia investigation. we will keep an eye on that today as well as paul man the laser before it fighting back against robert mueller and his russia probe. donald trump's former campaign chairman filing a lawsuit claiming the investigation has gone too far. man exhibit afort who was indicted along with his deputy on money-laundering charges that he was wrongly charged and mueller overstepped his boundaries since the alleged crime happened years before the 2016 election.

man's of afort and gates have pleaded not guilty. switching gears the powerball jackpot searching overnight to half $1 million after another drying yields no winner. the grand prize is now at an estimated $550 million which would be the eighth largest lottery prize ever and the next drawing will be saturday. the $418 million mega millions drawing will happen tomorrow. it is a record-setting $968 million. the time now is 11 minutes after the top of the hour. north korea, iran, pakistan all put on notice by donald trump. how will the world react now that america is no longer leading from behind you are next guest says how the president handles these rogue regimes is as important as defeating isis. fuel pump freak out, drivers owing to meltdown mode over having to pump their own gas.

here is a live look from maryland where the snow is coming down. we will continue to watch the weather throughout the storm, they are calling it the bomb cyclone as it continues to develop, stay with us. ♪

>> you are watching "fox and friends" first. if you're anywhere on the east coast it is time to bundle up. the bomb cyclone on the map actually looks like it, developing as it moves up the east coast, extremely cold temperatures, snow and ice predicted through an entire area. dennis dean is with us and will bring us the latest throughout this hour and the next hour so

stay with us. this bone chilling cold and winter weather sweeping across much of the nation is responsible for derailing an amtrak train carrying 300 people overnight. of presence which cause three cars to slip off the track pulling into a savanna georgia train station. the train was able to continue to new york city wreaking havoc already. the coast guard searching for a plane that vanished over the gulf of mexico, it took off from oklahoma city, but never made it. this flightpath shows the plane heading past where it was supposed to land in texas and straight up over the water and that is when the pilot stopped responding to air traffic control. foreign-policy, donald trump putting rogue regimes on notice calling out north korea, pakistan and iran in the span of just one week but it is more than tough talk because the administration is getting ready

to take action. what message is this sending the rest of the world? military analyst doctor rebecca grant, thank you for joining us. what a way to start the new year. foreign-policy front and center for this administration. the way the president and his administration response to these issues is just as important as how they dealt with isis. >> right because we are moving into the next chapter. donald trump could spend all day working foreign-policy crises. he has put each of these nations on notice in a different way. he is not risk-averse in the way obama was. trump calculates the risk and is willing to look for a better deal. obama does not see options but trump always wants to see a new

angle. >> we heard this issue of leading from behind, very clear that donald trump is going to the exact opposite specifically with what he is dealing with in terms of iran. such respect for the people of iran as they try to take back their corrupt government, you will see great support from the united states at the appropriate time. what do you think that means? >> once again he is being correct but cautious. he wonts the people of iran to know that we remember there tremendous culture they have a bright future but putting the mullahs on notice as well but not overstepping his bounds, making any threats, letting events in iran unfold, knowing the us and other nations around the world support a better future for iran at some point in time. iran is the walmart for terrorists. iran is in a little cold war with saudi arabia and we also see our us forces facing iranian

equipment on the battlefield. back this summer one of our pilots had to shoot down any iranian drone that attacked our forces interior. iran is a real problem and their reach for ascendancy in the middle east is something trump is determined to head off. jillian: another area, usama bin laden was hiding out, pakistan, the president said he would cancel security assistance to pakistan. what is your thought on how he is dealing with that? >> this is a careful tweet, read every word, he put them on notice but we do have a good quiet relationship with the military in pakistan. we could not do those operations in afghanistan without logistics through pakistan. trump, afghanistan strategy won't succeed if they go across that mountain border into pakistan.

he wants pakistan to clampdown on that border. he is positioning for a better deal in us relations with pakistan, much more to come. jillian: thank you for joining us, we didn't have time to get to north korea, so much on the plate for the new year. appreciate your insight as always. the time is 20 minutes after the top of the isa, isis terrorists talking america in our own backyard is new york city steps up security members, the time for profiling is now. >> so he and his stupid sons don't go to jail? >> will donald trump start a war with north korea to avoid his sons going to jail. social media is sounding off. carly shimkus is here with that reaction online. ♪ is this a phone?

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call, visit, or go to xfinitymobile.com. heather: social media exploding over the war of words between donald trump and steve bannon, the left claims steve bannon is their new champion. carly shimkus with serious xm 115 here with the reaction online. >> reporter: steve bannon at the comments attacking donald trump's own children in the president's response sent shockwaves across social media but looks like no one is enjoying this more than majority leader mitch mcconnell who sent this gift of his smiling face, send that out shortly after the president issued his response

was no secret bannon and mcconnell don't get along, bannon vowing to remove mcconnell as senate majority leader. there is so much more reaction on this story, trump supported bill mitchell tweeted did this, no one voted for bannon. the guy i voted for delivering in spades for me. the rest is noise was another twitter user right looking like this author is not credible, the trump train needs to put a stop to the left trying to divide us. speaking of the left some in the democratic party are embracing what bannon had to say, senator mark warner tweeted i don't often agree with steve bannon but we should be able to agree if a foreign adversary approaches you on a political opponent any true patriot would alert the fbi immediately. heather: it will continue to unfold today.

>> attacking donald trump yesterday, listen to joy trying to tie donald trump's tweets on north korea to the russia investigation. take a listen. >> my feeling is they are getting closer to him in the mueller investigation and that is what this is about. she will blow the world up so his stupid sons don't have to go to jail. >> laura says i can't believe anyone watches the show, similar from maureen who says why do people watch this ridiculously uninformed program. heather: i wonder if she knows there is not really a button. b goldberg has one. >> in oregon you have to pump your own gas and people are not happy about it. >> of 2018 historic change for the state. living in rural areas, don't have to pump their own gas

anymore or rather they could pump their own gas causing a whole lot of controversy on social media. one person wrote on facebook i lived in this state all my life and i refuse to pump my own gas. i had to do it once in california visiting my brother and almost died doing it. this is a service only a qualified person should be doing, park at the pump until someone pumps my gas. i can't even. >> i have never been to a station where i didn't have to pump my own gas. >> i agree it is serious stuff. heather: appreciate it. the time is half past the top of the hour. steve bannon trying to smooth

things over, calling children traders. >> the president of the great man, i support him day in and day out. heather: what is the chief strategist trying to help us by turning his back on the man or at least his children that he helped elect? credibility is key here. a massive winter storm continues to barrel on the east coast bringing snow and ice, live fox news team coverage up next. ♪

heather: welcome back to "fox and friends" first. fox news alert, millions in the path but dangerous winter storm, monster storm up the east coast, the powerful system packed with ice, snow and hurricane force winds with a dozen states under a blizzard warning and time to

prepare is now over, too lake, team coverage, let's get straight to janice dean with the latest on the path. >> reporter: the first snowflakes in new york city happening, it will start to come down now in earnest. on long island a couple inches of snow an hour and blizzard warnings up from delmar towards maine, starting throughout the day. stay inside, no school for millions of kids and if you are not any central worker don't be on the roadways. we have low visibility across portions of maryland, delaware, towards new jersey and the potential for blizzard conditions in new york city later today. there is the track of the storm. it is going to be a quick move are relatively speaking but so much energy that we could see in

some cases 12, 18 inches of snow when all is said and done. tomorrow it won't be falling from the sky but the colder will be in place, snow will not go anywhere. we will see potential for a lot of power outages up and down the coast, dealing with subzero temperatures into the weekend. people without power need to know what they are going to do and where to keep warm. we could get upwards of 18 inches along the coast and then have blizzard warnings. heather: people need power to stay warm. thank you so much. the monster storm will bring a foot of snow in some places, look at these snowplows, it is crazy, making travel difficult and dangerous.

live outside the train station in new york, the snow is coming down. good morning. >> reporter: we are getting fierce winds on our faces, the long island railroad, this is a huge and major hub a lot of people will be using today. commuters bracing for what is being dubbed the dangerous and difficult, treacherous decision to get on the rail and get on the roads today. if you choose to do so we are expecting blizzard warning, it changed over to that on long island, suffolk county could be getting 6 to 12 inches. let's talk about those plows, heavy blowing snow pummeling the island with fierce winds as it builds into that bomb cyclone we have been hearing about bringing

the severe drop in pressure, hurricane force winds, coastal flooding, sanitation workers all over the place prepping for this, the new york area alone has been seeing plows and salt spreaders, 2400 being used in new york city alone, the word of the days to stay off the roads, sanitation workers telling people to be ready. >> high wind and low temperatures, operating in white out conditions, we need to move more slowly and carefully. it also means it is not as effective as it would be if we were 15 ° warmer. >> reporter: this winter storm could impact 41 million people from northern florida to maine. 17 deaths caused by the extreme cold. as we monitor the commuting situation we will bring you more as we see people braving the elements. heather: appreciate you coming in early and covering this.

donald trump's lawyer putting steve bannon on notice after his bombshell book claims donald trump junior committed treason. the war of words between the president and his former chief strategist heating up. here to react is joe borelli. thanks for joining us. your first initial thoughts as this continues to unfold? >> it caught a lot of people by surprise. the first question is whether the author of this book is credible. this is someone who's credibility has been challenged multiple times and very familiar to this audience pointing out donald trump had been talking about john weiner for the past 7 years. >> reporter: he claims he didn't even know who john oehnboehner . >> then you see this author

talking about ivanka's pillow talk, essentially voyeuristic. if his goal is to sell books he is doing a great job because we are talking about it but if you doing it to be truthful not sure. heather: people quoted in the book said i say that. >> not many books have a page in the front of the book saying everything else we are writing may not be accurate. that is not something found in nonfiction books. beyond this, the president didn't take this as something steve bannon did not say. steve bannon sort of backtracked last night on the radio show, didn't deny it either. heather: he said he supports the president but he did come out and spoke very and kindly about the president's son and son-in-law. here is what his son had to say,

steve had the honor of working in the white house and serving the country. he squandered that privilege and turn that opportunity into a nightmare of backstabbing, harassing, leaking and undermining the president, steve is not a strategist, he is an opportunist. in the book, steve bannon allegedly said the russia meeting including jared kushner, paul man the they was unpatriotic. >> the media discounted everything steve bannon said in the past and attacking donald trump, speaking the gospel. the important thing is the mueller team is investigating this meeting, there has never been any one meeting looked into by the media and investigators as much as this meeting but no evidence of collusion or activity. despite what steve bannon said whether it is accurate or not it does not fit. >> paul man's of afort and his deputy, these were things that

happened in the obama administration. >> we see them going after every tidbit they could find and found nothing about don junior. the end of this week, even breitbart's comments, breitbart's viewers are taking donald trump's side. heather: people on both sides were shocked yesterday. we will see what happens with the cease and desist letter. appreciate it. time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour, donald trump standing strong against kim jung un but former vice president joe biden not taking him seriously. >> this is not a game. this is not about can i pump my chest out. it is not presidential. heather: a previous administration bashing the current president, is that presidential? airlines about to take away one

of the only good things about flying, what is that? let's take a live shot as we look at the storm barreling of the east coast, this is boston. looks pretty good right now, more snow on the way, stay with us.

heather: a quarter till the top of the hour, a live look at new york city where janice dean told us it is beginning to flurry on the streets of new york city.

maybe to your area on the east coast, stay tuned to fox news throughout the day for the latest on how it will impact you. in a few hours virginia board of elections will draw the winner of the state house race from a glass bowl after a judge denied a challenge by democrat shelley simmons to stop it. she was the initial winner but a three judge panel determined the race a tie. all this drama from a ballot where a voter field in the bubble next to both candidates giving each 11,608 votes. they are down to a glass bowl. the president and first lady going deep into trump country to attend the college football national championship game. security surrounding the event will be tighter than ever as you would imagine as police work with secret service, the showdown between alabama and georgia kicks off monday night and it should be a good one.

to the foxbusiness alert, washington state suing motel 6 for routinely giving guests information to immigration officials, the legal battle that is heating up. what is this about? >> reporter: the state of washington said this has been going on at least two years, motel 6 chains giving personal information like names, birth dates, driver's license numbers, even room numbers to immigration officials, they instructed owners and operators to stop doing this, motel 6 has come under scrutiny because the same was going on in arizona, two hotels there were found doing this as well. heather: let's go to airline travel, one of the great things is watching tv and movies especially on a long flight. >> reporter: that may come to an

end because those greens are being phased out because they cost too much money and airlines want to save a little bit so the new york times says they cost $10,000 a seat and they are bulky, not only expensive but also technologically obsolete. they are phasing those out. qantas airways one of the first to announce they will be using the apps and your personal device to stream any tv, the others in the us are doing this as well. heather: not good news. tsa announcing the top ten most unusual finds of 2017. >> reporter: they have found unusual things in carry on and checked bags. these -- they found them aggressive odor eater, not sure what that is, milwaukee airport, a replica rifle umbrella, a

carry-on item they have taken away, festively wrapped, and a face tenderizer. the tsa tweeted a picture of this, looks kind of like a weapon. not sure what you would do with it but it was found in a carry-on bag. everything from out of the ordinary items to strange beauty items. heather: satan's pizza cutter? let's investigate this. a lot of questions, thank you so much. crazy. the time is 10 minutes until the top of the hour. isis terrorist hunting america in our own backyard is new york city steps up security measures, former nypd commissioner bernard kerrick joins us with the time for profiling is now. ♪

heather: a chilling look at the face of terror threatening new attacks on new york city. he self proclaimed lone wolf jihadi posting this selfy in front of one of the busiest landmarks with a cryptic message we are in your home and it is not just new york being targeted. thank you for joining us, appreciate it. we were just discussing, no credible threat, nothing we are hearing specifically there is a difference. >> i would disagree. there is a credible threat by radical islam against the united

states, it is perpetual, orlando, san bernardino, a credible threat. heather: a selfy like that is pretty credible. >> we don't have specifics. we don't have a specific targeted place or thing but the threats are credible, they say we are coming, this is what we intend to do and we see an event on the west side highway, i can't believe it. >> that struck me when the news came out guy says we are here i your communities, we have to

admit that, have to agree with that and looking for them. we have come along way since september 11, 2001, in collecting intelligence between local, state and federal authorities but we are not criminally and predictably profiling. heather: we need to start profiling. >> no one can tell me he doesn't have associates he hangs out with in the mosques, places these guys hang out with, not to mention the websites, they get inspired online, they visit these inspirational websites online, how they do these attacks, how to put bombs together. heather: they don't like the term lone wolf anymore because they are not vulnerable, they may be doing attacks by themselves been inspired by other people.

>> everyone is focused on isis. forget isis whether it is al qaeda or hamas or hezbollah, it is radical islamic fundamentalism. at its peak, despises the united states. >> by profiling you mean -- >> profiling, going after the people, if that means go to the mosques, conduct surveillance around mosques, go to the places websites and profile those websites, collect that data on a real-time basis to see who is getting into the websites, collecting data that is what we should be doing. heather: i hope someone is watching and listening. thanks. it is 6 minutes until the top of the, country star facing major back lash, christmas gifts to his wife, luca bryant is in

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heather: joe biden blasting donald trump saying he is disappointed over his war of words against north korea's threat of nuclear war. >> this is not a game. this is not about can i pump my chest out bigger than your chest. it is not presidential. heather: this afternoon donald trump tweeted is nuclear but was bigger and more powerful than kim jung un's. iceland drying cheers from the left for taking a big step in closing its gender pay gap.

the new law in effect requires employers with 20 or more staff to get equal pay certification from auditors but they have certification by 2021 and renew every three years or face fines. iceland claim to the top spot on the world economic forum's global gender gap report for the last 9 years. country singer luke bryant peta's latest target slamming the significance tweet christmas if to his wife, two baby kangaroos. >> take a blindfolds off. >> oh my god! >> peta taking issue with where he can care for the kangaroos. they are actually the newest addition to his animal rescue barn. he created the barn for children after his niece passed away early last year. they didn't have all the information yet. that wraps up this hour of "fox and friends" first, see you back here tomorrow.

"fox and friends" first continues now. goodbye. jillian: it is thursday, january 4th, fox news alert, winter bomb cyclone, snowstorm slamming the east coast at this hour shutting down highways, airports, even cities with a to a foot of snow and hurricane force windss on the way. live fox news team coverage. >> furious, disgusted would certainly fit when you make such outrageous claims against the president, his administration and his family. >> donald trump's attorney giving his former chief strategist steve bannon the 4 hours to cease and desist capping a very interesting day, fiery exchanges, the reaction that is pouring in from washington. jillian: they are known for creating chaos and violence rallies but the d&d deputy chair once to promote the