kentucky. it's not stopping everyone from enjoying the snow day. be safe. most-watched, most trusted, most grateful you spend the evening >> the current leadership plan is proposed, we will have all the discussions tomorrow morning. >> a country that is on the right track, working on immigration reform and we will solve that problem. of the democrats wanted to they could. >> no reason to think the president has any issues with his thought process. >> what does this say about immigration from african countries to the united states. >> let's move away from the countries and look at the

individual. ♪ ♪ in the usa ♪ heather: good morning from the streets of new york city, it is 4:00 a.m. on the east coast and appreciate you waking up and rocking with us, rainy day here to start the day, you are watching "fox and friends" first wednesday morning. fox news breaking overnight, with the threat of a government shutdown just days away republicans are deadlocked on a short-term spending bill but the house not giving up on a bipartisan daca deal. doug luzader with the breaking

developments. >> even the temporary kick the can down the road temporary spending deal appears to be in peril making government shutdown even more likely. the latest development the house freedom caucus, the most conservative members of congress not willing to sign off on a temporary deal unless it includes more money for the military. >> there is not support for the current leadership plan as proposed, there are two or three options out there. >> the hope for gop leadership is there would be support to do a stopgap spending deal to keep the government open as the larger debate continued over what to do about the daca program that shield illegal immigrants that came here, donald trump suggesting some democrats just don't want a deal. >> we have a country that is on the right track, working on

immigration and immigration reform and hopefully we can solve that problem. if democrats wanted to but they don't but they don't want to. >> in regard to immigration and daca we have learned the justice department is going to appeal the decision that blocked the white house from ending the obama era program. an interesting move they are going to appeal this to the supreme court as they tried to get this decided quickly. heather: so much happening overnight. sparks flying on capitol hill in the fight to keep americans safe. lawmakers relentless in slamming donald trump and kiersten nelson for their insistence on building a wall. >> my priority is to increase border security and build that

wall. >> a wall is last century's technology. with $18 billion how many more cvp agents could you hire? >> walls work. we have examples of that, documented data. i don't know if anyone saying it is last generation technology. >> we are talking about a wall the length of our country. >> we are not, the president is made that clear. >> nielsen went on to say border security also involves more agents and technology where there will not be a wall. donald trump given a clean bill of health but not enough to satisfy the mainstream media. >> can you assess the president as mental fitness. >> i have no concerns about his cognitive ability. >> anything you're keeping from us for privacy reasons. >> there is nothing i'm withholding. i told the president that if he got healthier he might live to

be 200 years old. >> that grilling went on for an hour. let's go to kelly wright in washington dc. >> it was remarkable to watch and donald trump likes to eat a cheeseburger and doesn't exercise but doctor ronnie jackson says when you are commander-in-chief, in great shape physically and mentally. >> the president's overall health is excellent. he continues to enjoy the significant long-term health benefits that come from accidents from tobacco and alcohol. >> donald trump also requested cognitive and neurological tests, picking the more difficult montréal cognitive assessment exam checking for early-onset alzheimer's and dementia. no signs of the president having any of these issues. >> the president did externally well on it so that is not driven

by any concerns i have but the president's wishes. >> in the fallout from michael wolf's book that caused donald trump's mental health and to question some reporters during the white house press briefing influenced by claims of that book and the president being in poor health expressed skepticism. >> explain how a guy that needs mcdonald's and all those diet coke and never exercises is in as good shape as you say using? >> and ask, i don't know. some people have great jeans. >> reporter: reporters went on for an hour with this questioning. doctor jackson who serve former president obama, behavior prompted mike huckabee to get involved weing doctor jim acosta, doctor halley jackson, come to er staff, not to give meds but to take some.

you guys look like mo, larry and curly, take some time off, have a cheeseburger and get healthy because you guys are about to have a stroke. this is the first time the president that doctor has given a white house briefing, donald trump told doctor jackson to speak to reporters and answer every question from reporters, the president making it clear he is fit to carry out his duties. >> it is like they want to find something wrong. >> that is not for me to say but you have to watch and see what develops from here on. >> more cheeseburgers is fine with me. thank you. does the mainstream media think doctor jackson is part of the white house came to cover up mental health issues? based on the barrage of questions one might say so but it is time to drop the baseless attacks and focus on the substance of the president's

policy. >> doctor jackson is not some hack. he is a well-regarded professional who has credibility so i always thought this attack about the president's mental fitness was a disservice to people who are trying to criticize him in a way that is reasonable. when we are talking fitness, to meet is not about cognition, it is about character and other things and that has been the case. mental fitness is a different question from overall moral fitness for office or high office like this. maybe we can put aside this silliness and address what he is doing, what he is saying and the outcomes of his policies. the real attention should be if you're the democrats get off these crazy thing and say he is doing bad things, we need to hold them in check, vote for us, much better plan of attack. >> there is work to be done too coming up, the president is not legally required to undergo the

exam. nor has he obligated to release the results but he did. some brand-new disturbing details about 13 siblings held captive, some of them chained to bed left to starve in their own homes. neighbors in california describing them as robotic and marching military style and doing yardwork late at night. their parents told family, quote, god called on them to have so many kids. police in california say louise was, quote, perplexed when officers arrived in the home and we are seeing new surveillance video of her arrest. they are facing several charges including torture and are said to appear in court tomorrow. a horrible story. the new charges could soon be filed three months after the deadliest mass shooting in us history. lawyers for the las vegas police asking to keep sealed search warrant documents from being released to the public next week, no word on who would face

charges, this after documents already release show the shooter's girlfriend admitted to handling the ammunition used to kill 58 people. rex tillerson warning the threat from north korea is growing. the secretary of state telling 20 nations in vancouver there must be new consequences for the north's continued aggression. >> we need to be very sober and clear eyed about the current situation. if north korea is -- does not choose the pathway of engagement, discussion, negotiation, they themselves will trigger an option. >> hr mcmaster met secretly with japan and south korea last week agreeing that the north's participation in the all the pics next month is just the divergent. a few hours, former republican senator bob dole will receive

the congressional gold medal, the highest honor congress has. congresswoman lynn jenkins will present the award to the world war ii veteran who served the state of kansas for 35 years before winning the 1996 republican presidential nomination. donald trump and mike pence will both be there. and congratulations to him. it is 11 minutes after the top of the hour. a threat from a group of college students to set police on fire. how officers are responding. whose fault will that be if the government shuts down? republicans, democrats, the president, we debated. escaping an inferno, a desperate family pulls their child out of a third story window as their apartment goes up in flames. meet the hero firefighters who cut that child right there.

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jillian: donald trump hammering democrats over their refusal to cut a deal to keep the government funded as republican signal their plan might have the support it needs to avoid one. if there is a shutdown, whose fault will it be? democratic strategist chuck roach and his hat, and jen kearns, thanks for joining us. a little impromptu poll of our twitter viewers last night, overwhelmingly they are blaming democrats for this, that if there is a shutdown come friday, democrats take the blame, what do you think? >> if you look at how democrats have behaved in the last year. they said it themselves the

slogan for the air. and the hypocrisy here. and when barack obama was in power, look what the democratic leaders had to say, you have chuck schumer saying ted cruz was holding cancer patients hostage, defending obamacare, nancy pelosi, a legislative arsonist trying to burn the place down and barack obama himself, you cannot refight the election results once they happened and that is what democrats are doing. jillian: for sticking point we have been talking about is the daca deal, democrats what a separate clean daca deal, what you think? the republicans don't even have

-- >> you make the best point. the things they are hearing are crazy. let me give everybody a civics 101 listen in washington dc, there are 248 republicans in congress, 192 democrats, 54 republicans in the senate, 45 democrats control nothing. republicans want to fund the government, they don't need one single democratic vote to do this. they cannot put any of this on democrats, no part of this operation. jillian: is that why they don't seem willing to talk about the issues when it comes to border security, chain migration, the visa lottery program? listen to what cory booker did, and opportunity to get to a compromise but instead they want

to talk about this. >> when ignorance and bigotry alive with power it is a dangerous force in our country. your silence and your amnesia is complicity. jillian: i want your response to that. >> democrats don't get to sit in any committees, no negotiations, the first time cory booker was the microphone where he got to say what he felt because democrats have not been part of the process at all. jillian: he was talking about the derogatory comment made or not made, and need to be negotiated to move forward. >> reporter: i think cory booker's comments had more to deal with cory booker running for the white house in 2020 than they did about the government

shutdown, daca or chain migration, democrats taking every opportunity to grandstand over some of the issues like identity politics, lost for them at the polls which is why we have republican majorities right now. i think democrats are barking up the wrong tree this week, republicans don't want another temporary continuing resolution. we had four of those but if push comes to shove and democrats won't cooperate, republicans are going to bite the bullet to do that. jillian: go ahead, last word. >> lots of people's job, people depend on the government, we should figure out a way for these great guys to come together to get a deal. jillian: thanks for coming in so early. 19 minutes after the top of the, steve bannon grilled on the hill, the x trump campaign manager said or didn't say about

russia that led to a subpoena for robert mueller. could we soon be getting a 51st state? craziness on the coast spiraling out of control, carly shimkus with the liberal state trying to split into two. ♪

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heather: donald trump is in excellent health but the mainstream media not so much, melting down about the president's great medical test results. >> how a guy who eats mcdonald's

and potato chips and all the diet cokes and never exercises in it is good shape is you say he is in? jillian: not sure he is in good shape, one reporter asking the president to hop on a scale in public. carly shimkus with serious xm 115 here with reaction. >> doctor ronnie jackson, rear admiral in the navy has been the presidential physician since 2013 but yesterday he made his most publicized diagnosis declaring the president mentally and physically fit. some people went so far as to question that diagnosis on social media including nbc reporter ken delaney who tweeted seeing a lot of skepticism over the idea donald trump weighs only 239 pounds. will he step on a scale in public to prove it? his tweet and sweets just like that sparking a lot of reaction

on social media. doctor jackson has been the presidential physician since 2013, give the conspiracy theories a rest. sloan on twitter said you're saying rear admiral ronnie jackson is a liar? the same white house position that took care of bush and obama. paul on twitter also said missed the constitutional amendment that requires presidents to do public way ins like they are about to prizefight. heather: the president of the united states deserves a little more respect to prizefight i wonder if he would win i think he would. talk about calling for law enforcement. >> anarchist group at the university of texas sparking outrage with this sweet writing instead of law-enforcement appreciation day how about law enforcement incineration day? this tweet got the attention of a lot of law enforcement including bill johnson,

executive director of the national association of police, these antics are so disrespectful especially from texas where so many police officers help with recovery efforts after the hurricane and police officers died in dallas. including one tweet from sherry who said this rhetoric is dangerous and stops a lot of people wondering what the college is going to do about this, spokesperson told foxnews this group is not affiliated with the university itself but they will go ahead and investigate. heather: let's go to california. they want to have a new california. >> california might split in two states, a group called new california wants to break away from the coastal areas. listen to the founder. >> it has been ungovernable for a long time, high taxes,

education, you name it, 48 or 50th in the business climate. >> new california would incorporate most of the state's rural areas leaving the coastal areas to themselves. he said this is the same problem urban areas in red states deal with and you don't see them trying to defeat snowflakes, it doesn't like that idea. you have to add an extra star to the flag. heather: thank you appreciate it. it started as a revolt against mainstream media bias, one of the most iconic phrases of the trump presidency. >> it is all fake news, phony stuff. it didn't happen. fake news. fake news. fake news. heather: today donald trump is supposed to call out the worst of the worst, who deserves the fake news award? you are going to love kristen tate's prediction, stay with us.

>> defendant feeding fire and fury slapped with subpoenas after refusing to answer questions during a 10 hour hearing behind closed doors. the new twists to the russia collusion investigation, 10 hours and it is not over. >> the 1-time bright partners head testified before the house until committee but it wasn't enough. he faces two subpoenas, the subpoena by robert mueller could require bannon to appear before a grand jury investigating russian meddling in the presidential election. sources told foxnews despite the subpoena he could instead be interviewed by mueller's office, the subpoena from house until committee chair devon nunez came

in response to refusing to answer questions. >> this was effectively a gag order by the white house preventing the witness from entering almost any question concerning his time in transition and many questions even after he left the administration. >> having been around congress for several years as an advantage for democrats dragging this out as long as they can and really reticent to start so once you are reticent to start that tells the you don't have an end date. they want to retake the house. it is our responsibility to conduct as thorough an investigation as we can and do it in the most expedited way they can. >> this comes after the infamous michael wolf book fire and fury where bannon blasted trump's elder son, jared kushner and paul manafort.

he will speak with house until committee tomorrow afternoon. heather: 10 or 12 more hours. donald trump doubling down on the need for new extreme vetting policies as is part of justice releases a new report revealing three out of four terrorists convicted in the us are immigrants which our commander in chief tweeting we need to keep america safe including removing away from random chain migration and lottery system to one that is merit-based, jeff sessions emphasizing the need for americans to know that is coming to the us don't pose a risk to national security. >> anytime you come up with a reform that works, gets blocked so donald trump has said we have immigration, we went immigration but we want to bet these people. and make sure they are going to be productive people who

flourish in america, who will not be terrorists. it is unbelievable to me that we have the resistance we are having today to reforms that are on the verge, we are close to having reforms that will actually work today. heather: sessions saying the american people wanted have a right to a lawful immigration system. the department of homeland security asking federal prosecutors to look into criminal charges against the leaders of sanctuary cities. this news as dhs secretary kiersten nielsen answered questions from senator harris who the state of california had several thing to worry cities. >> the question is whether dhs is working with the justice department to bring charges or any criminal charges against state and local officials. >> the department of justice reviewing what avenues might be

available. >> the doj has threatened for months to keep millions of dollars in federal funding from sanctuary cities. donald trump not shy about calling out the fake news media and today he is recognizing the worst of the worst with his dishonest and corrupt media awards. who deserves to win? a contributor for the hill joins me with her predictions, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. heather: let's look at the study by the media research center on 2017 media coverage of the president, they found 100 hours of evening coverage of donald trump in 2017, 90% of cable coverage of the president was negative. 43% of evening news coverage of the president focused on controversies so there has been a lot of talk about

controversies, negative coverage and a quinnipiac poll, 58% of people actually disapprove of the media coverage, 38% approved. a lot of people watching for these awards, what do you think? >> it was genius for trump to create these awards because it will force the media to cover its own bias against him but there is fierce competition for most dishonest media organization, msnbc his anchors never said anything positive about trump, the failing new york times, the washington post with a seething hatred for the president and cnn which used to be a respectable news organization but morphed into essentially an arm of the democratic party during trump's first 100 days in office, 93% of cnn and nbc coverage of trump was negative and that is compared with 41% of negative coverage of obama and after the first 100 days the bias just continues so there are a lot of

patterns, it will be fun to see. heather: all finance games except it does do a disservice to americans when they see this repeated negative coverage and negative things happening when we had a lot of positive things that occurred under the president in the first year. >> absolutely but americans see what is going on and happy to see trump shining a spotlight on media dishonesty, there's a reason only 32% of americans today trust the media and the longer this bias goes on the less influence these outlets will have blue cnn, nbc, the washington post and the new york times, these outlets are not changing people's minds anywhere, displaying to an increasingly small slice of the far left wing and ultimately trump's actions will have greater influence on voters than the media and he has a lot to be proud of, the economy is

booming, the stock market, unemployment is the lowest it has been in decades. unemployment among african-americans is the lowest it has ever been and as a result today among african american voters trump has an approval rating double what it was in 2016 because he is putting policies in place that actually mess up these communities and these policies have greater influence than any speech obama could have given. jillian: no one hears about it but we are going to talk about his economic accomplishments a little later in the show. thanks for joining us, we will see who wins the awards if they end it happening this time. have a great day. the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour, the trump economy setting records as the tao source passed 26,000 for the first time ever but don't expect to hear the liberal media singing the president's praises.

heather: the dow jones having a milestone topping 26,000 during tuesday's trading session, this in line with soaring stocks and economic confidence and donald trump took office almost one year ago. whatever economic successes have donald trump seen since entering the white house? the chair of the business and finance program at the kings college in new york city, thank you for joining us, really appreciate it. we were discussing how we don't hear about positive things happening, one of if not the biggest one has been what is happening to the economy. >> the economy has been remarkable, when donald trump took office people said the stock market is going to plummet, no way the economy will grow 3%, middle-class americans

are not going to the benefits of the tax-cut and every one of those measures they've been proven wrong this year. we have to remember the context, how amazing it is to be given the expectations. heather: let's look at some of that is you are discussing it, the economic successes, the tax reform bill, gdp above 3%, that couldn't happen and all the new jobs, 1.8 million, unemployment rate dropping, we talked about a record highs over and over, it keeps going up and the economic confidence that a 17 year high. >> the last one is a big one, small business confidence last year was at the highest level on record consumer confidence at the highest level, business confidence advertise level driving so many good things we are seeing in the economy stock market rates up 80 record highs, that is what is driving economic growth above 3% to three

quarters in a row. you are starting to see wages go up. >> wages going up, 401(k) going up and as you are discussing fat, looking at it visually, the tao milestone, in 2016, 19,000s, above 26,000. >> businesses and investors love the president's economic agenda, going after regulation, business owner after business owner talks about how important that is to unleash capital and they love the tax reform. they put more money in the hands of businesses, put more money in the hands of investors because they know how to use it better than the government does, the president's economic agenda, they are cheering it while experts on the left are dividing it and we are seeing the result, hard to argue with results.

heather: breaking down the demographics of the results, the unemployment rate in terms of african-americans, hispanics directly impacting them. >> one thing we don't talk about this past year we have seen 200,000 job gains in manufacturing. the year before we saw a lot of 16,000 jobs, the president said i want to bring a resurgence back and we are seeing it. heather: bring manufacturing back to this country. >> again it comes back, you cut regulation, give businesses freedom to invest, lower their taxes so they have more money in their pockets to put in workers pockets and invest in new equipment, you get good results, that is how it works, starts with giving more freedom to individuals, that is what the president is focused on. jillian: they came to an agreement on its tax reform bill, government shutdown coming up on friday, i have to ask you this, will discontinue?

as we were discussing people said this is going to happen, now they say it won't last. >> a lot of reasons you will continue to see gains in 2018. corporate profits high, businesses, consumers, unemployment low, one risk we do have is interest rates, the federal reserve will start raising rates, they will continue to raise rates next year because rates have been so low for so long, sometimes that can have a negative effect on the economy and the stock market. watch that in 2018, see how the fed manages interest rates. it is an important factor. of that is kept at a moderate pace you will see gains continuing in 2018, consumers feeling good and that is good for the economy. jillian: what is the main factor if you had to pick one main factor that shows the economy doing great? >> i love the business confidence, people think we are

excited about hiring and investing and the way the economy is going and feel good about the policy environment, that is the kind of thing that translates into new jobs and new investment, when businesses feel good they act on it. patty: 1 president said jobs jobs jobs and it is happening, appreciate it. coming up a major health alert, the flu epidemic is getting worse, the latest claiming a 10-year-old boy up next. ♪ better, faster" by daft punk is heard throughout.) (sound of typing) (sound of exhaling) (sound of drilling) jimmy (shouting): james!

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heather: twee to enable commanders facing homicide charges after separate incidents last year, the fitzgerald collided with a commercial ship off the coast of japan in june killing 7 sailors, 10 were killed then in august when the uss john mccain crashed into an oil tanker in southeast asia. they are accused of dereliction of duty, hazarding a vessel and negligent homicide. the hearing is scheduled to determine if they will be court-martialed, several low-level officers also face charges. the man responsible for the 2016 blast injuring 30 people in new york city reportedly trying to radicalize other inmates in prison, boasting about his bomb making abilities, prosecutors filing the documents claiming a rahimi is sharing this material a fellow prisoners and making

light of the september 2016 attack. they say he should be sentenced to life when a judge decide his fate on february 13th. a former cia officer facing federal charges for allegedly keeping classified documents. the doj says ching lee had top security clearance until he left the agency and during property searches in 2012 agents found secret meeting locations and contact information for covert operatives in a notebook in his hotel room. the 53-year-old was arrested at jfk airport, facing maximum of 10 years in prison if convicted. the nsa warrantless surveillance program was a step closer to renewal with another senate meeting today, senators voting 60-38 to advance a bill to the floor for a vote that now needs only a simple majority to pass. it will extend the spy program the next six he is allowing the nsa to gather texts and emails

from foreigners even if they are talking with americans. congress will question the fbi director's chief of staff as part of the hillary clinton email probe. the washington examiner reporting, meet with the house oversight committee tomorrow, looking into the use of private servers and for fbi director james comey's decision to not pursue criminal charges. the committee requested interviews with the agency lawyers and deputy director andrew mccabe who testified. the time is 8 minutes until the top of the hour. the deadly flu epidemic strikes again. this time a 10-year-old boy. potential medical breakthrough that could protect you from the virus for life. ♪ the great emperor penguin migration. trekking a hundred miles inland

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coast. there is some advice. nine young men facing charges in the november death of florida state university student at all campus frat party, a judge issuing the arrest warrants overnight for the men raging in age from 25 to 22 years old. andrew coffee passed out at the party but no one called 911 until 11 minutes later. he had a blood alcohol level more than five times the legal driving limit. deadly flu virus strikes again. a 10-year-old boy died after feeling sick for a hockey tournament in new york. he had pneumonia, the cdc says 20 children have died from flu related illnesses in this flu season on was experts urge everyone to get the flu shot as

the virus is widespread in every state except hawaii. the university of central florida researchers working on a more powerful vaccine attacking all strains of the flu and they say it is so powerful it could last a lifetime. doctors say the current antidotes rely too heavily on guessing which strain will circulate this season, this could solve the problem by keeping the fighter cells in the body but it is still about ten years away so that doesn't do us any good this year. that wraps it up for the 4:00 am hour on "fox and friends" first, "fox and friends" first continues, we will see you tomorrow, goodbye. >> there is not support for the current leadership proposed. rob: a fox news alert, shutdown showdown, republicans revealing their plan does not have enough

party support to avoid a government shutdown as a bipartisan group gets ready to reveal a new daca bill today. >> and never exercises in as good a shape as you say he is in. >> some people have great jeans. >> fishing for illnesses, reported hunting for evidence that donald trump has health problems as his doctor shut them down. rob: the threat to set police officers on fire, the anarchist group calling for law enforcement incineration day. "fox and friends" first continues right now. ♪