>> not at all. >> the president as confidence and attorney general sessions and the work he is doing. >> there are republican forces trying to stop him from doing his job. that is not what america is all about. >> the president is going to speak to world leaders about investing in the united states, moving businesses to the united states, hiring american workers. >> we are trying to do what is in the best interest of communities they live in, they care about and trying to improve them. i admire that a great deal.

♪ >> live shot the streets of new york city, watching "fox and friends" first this wednesday morning. straight to our fox news alert, bombshell admission from the fbi raising brand-new questions about the russia collusion programs credibility is brand-new evidence reportedly surfaces proving their is an anti-trump society, griff jenkins has breaking details.

>> a remarkable look behind the scenes at the inner workings of the fbi, new text messages suggesting two days after robert mueller was appointed, peter strzok -- his gut sense, writing on may 19th, the odds are nothing. if i thought it was likely i would be there no question. i hesitate because of my concern there is no big there is there. and another revealing text referencing unfinished business using and why he, the code for the clinton email case, a sense of unfinished business unleashed with need to fix it and finish it, they are under fire for exchanging numerous anti-trump messages in the president is weighing in whether the 5-month gap of missing text messages, the president tweeting where are the 50,000 important text messages between lisa paige and

peter strzok blaming samsung as senator ron johnson who released the messages also says fbi officials talk about a secret society within days of donald trump's election. >> more than bias but corruption at the highest levels of the fbi, secret society, and informant talking about a group holding secret meetings off-site. so much smoke here. >> a secret society, secret meetings outside the justice department and you have an informant saying that. >> reporter: democrats like chuck schumer says this is all a distraction. >> i think there has been a great deal of activity on the other side intending to either diverge attention from mueller or even stand in his way. >> the fbi blames a technical problem for the missing messages

and will not comment on further attempts to recover them but we can expect several congressional committees to press harder because there may be some conflict between the bible to justice's inspector general the seventh to those texts and what the fbi's official line is on it. >> just the beginning of this. thank you, appreciate it. republican lawmakers say that the texts are more evidence of political bias as donald trump calls the missing messages one of the biggest stories in a long time. ohio congressman jim jordan says all the evidence piling up against peter strzok is too overwhelming to be a coincidence. >> the guy who identified peter strzok talking about the insurance policy, this latest batch talks about unfinished business, unleashed it during the midyear exam, now he says i need to finish it and fix it.

four minutes after that text message he sent another message to lisa paige where he says an investigation that leads to impeachment, if that doesn't go to their entire plan, and the animus they had for donald trump, i don't know what does. never forget peter strzok was the key guy in the clinton investigation committee interviewed clinton, he was the guy who changed the exoneration. >> the mainstream media grows -- ignore the growing countries, abc news ignoring the story altogether with nbc and cbs barely referencing the text with another stories. since the jaw-dropping text messages surfaced, gop lawmakers calling into question the credibility of james comey's testimony specifically the timeline of when the former fbi director decided not to press charges against hillary clinton

the private email probe. >> did you make the decision not to recommend criminal charges relating to classified information before or after hillary clinton was interviewed by the fbi? >> after. of colleagues of ours believe i'm lying about when i made the decision please urge them to contact me privately so we can have a conversation about this. >> reporter: political reporting congressman john radcliffe may be contacting comey about returning to the hot seat. donald trump will put america first when he heads to switzerland later today. he is attending the world economic forum where he will meet with world leaders and business executives pushing to stop unfair trade and protecting our economy. >> america first is not america alone. we are open for business, we are a competitive country, the president is going to speak to world leaders about investing in the united states, moving business to the united states, hiring american workers, changing the direction of our economy to be one of the biggest

and best and most efficient economies in the world. >> steve mnuchin and jared kushner also heading on that overseas trip. donald trump blasting chuck schumer after he takes his promised border wall deal off the table. todd pyro here with new developments in the immigration battle. >> the president not very happy with the senate minority leader tweeting this, chuck schumer fully understands especially after his humiliating defeat that if there is no wall there is no daca. we must have security and safety, safety and security, together with a strong military for our great people and this comes after schumer offered and rescinded a deal to support border wall funding in return for an immigration package that permits dreamers -- a schumer

aid confirms $25 billion in funding, the negotiations with the president on the government's spending bill friday. democrats agree to reopen the federal government after republicans assured him the senate would soon consider legislation to deal with those dreamers. >> we have to start, start on a new basis. the wall offer is off the table. >> schumer takes something off the table we will take something off the table. >> director of legislative affairs, the commitment to get a deal done. >> seems like negotiating with schumer is like negotiating with jell-o, one day for the border wall, the next day against it. >> we should willingness to negotiate, they should willingness to negotiate, we're going to get a deal. >> reporter: their sanders said the president opposes the flake durban deal because it's not meet border security, chain

migration, visa lottery and daca. the latest are two weeks away. jillian: appreciate it. a student opens fire at school killing two classmates. packing into a church to pay their respects hours after police say a 15-year-old boy sprayed his high school with bullets leaving two teenagers dead and more than a dozen injured. a witness said he knew exactly what he was doing and looked determined as he fired. >> i took off, started running, scared for my life. terrifying, like something out of the movies. >> reporter: the suspect surrounded by police, faces murder charges but a motive is still unknown. three students remain hospitalized this morning and this marks the 11th school

shooting since the new year. the bodies of five workers in a fiery explosion have been recovered. oklahoma search crews uncovering them in the spot where the fire started and had to wait until the area was pulled off and stable before going in. reports suggest the men were killed while trying to shut down the well. 17 employees escaped with minor injuries. . latest chemical weapons attack, secretary of state rex to listen speaking at a conference in paris on ways to curb the violence and at the un nikki haley saying russia is, quote, running from the facts. >> no denying russia by shielding the syrian allies breached its commitments to the united states. >> russia has the audacity to lecture the security council

about how to stop the use of chemical weapons. russia all on its own killed the mechanism we had specifically passed to identify those responsible for using chemical weapons in syria. >> dozens of people in syria treated for chlorine gas exposure after an attack monday. marines giving the final salute to the first ever enlisted fema marine to retire from active duty. ♪ >> catherine murray was a supporter of the marines until the day she died serving for 20 years after enlisting in 1943. she was assigned to motor transport duties until 1946 where she drove sedans and 5 ton trucks during world war zero mac. murray who lived to be 100 years old died december 20th at her home in fort lauderdale,

florida. the time is 11 minutes after the top of the hour and a bombshell admission from inside the fbi appearing to confirm republican believe the russia investigation is just a witchhunt and the question, can the fbi ever be trusted? my next guest is absolutely not. >> she had been coming out to meet me for a long time. >> did the doctor know about this? >> i wouldn't be here today if he had. >> the new effort to get president reagan the honor he deserved. speaking of honors, a magazine cover wasn't enough to praise colin kaepernick. how is being celebrated yet again. ♪

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jillian: welcome back. no big there there. fbi official peter strzok appears to question the entire investigation into russian collusion, answers about the so-called secret society working against the president. >> what we have seen, he saw more manifest bias against donald trump all the way through the election into the transition. >> what happened to months of messages, between strzok and lisa page. and joining us this morning. >> happy to be here. >> bring up the text, no big

there there. can we trust the fbi? let's begin right there. >> last time america faced a politicized fbi was under j edgar hoover, larger than life called personality type where the president is feared. this time it is different, hundreds of elected bureaucrats that are part of the swamp in washington, thinking they are above the law. a lot of emails going back and forth, and the tongues -- demonstrable. heather: the timing of the missing texts is key as well. >> absolutely. the inspector general told

congress they had all -- november 2016. last week miraculously they didn't have -- and may 17, 2017, significant because covers the firing of comey, the inauguration, magically recovering these texts the very day robert mueller was appointed special counsel. under section 18, usc 15-19 a federal crime punishable by 20 years in prison for destruction, alteration or interference of documents, electronic or otherwise to an investigation. this is a paper trail electronic crime, once verizon or at&t are subpoenaed or examination of these.

can honestly be made. heather: they say it is samsung, technical glitch, delete these text messages, disappeared on purpose. a couple more with the text we have. two days after mueller's appointment you were talking about, he says for me in this case i have a sense of unfinished business. i unleash it with nyd and need to fix it and finish it. and the next text, we have a tweet from donald trump referencing what you said, where are the 50,000 text messages, peter strzok blaming samsung. blame being put on samsung and additional text messages that

have been released from strzok. i'm interested in the one about the secret society. >> the secret society texts and texts prior to the start, talking about making texts disappear, intent to destroy this information. the laws of cumulative probability, the most important period of time and the text messages are magically recovered on may 17th, stretches believability. on the other hand you have to prove it. verizon, at&t, get hold of the phones, this could be easily untangled but difficult to believe because it is an improbable set of coincidences. heather: thank you for joining

us. the time is 20 minutes after the top of the hour, north korea becoming a nuclear threat no longer if but when the arms race about to begin amid shopping -- shocking warnings from the cia coming up. ♪

heather: outrage growing after the super bowl ad that simply says please stand encouraging football fans to honor our nation's heroes as the nfl commissioner says he is proud of the players for protesting. kelly wright live in washington dc with the latest move of the league. >> reporter: here is a look at the ad which shows the american flag with the words please stand

next to it was the nfl concluded the ad was too political and rejected it. number 6 in st. louis, veterans are not happy. >> please stand, it is not political. it shouldn't be controversial. >> reporter: roger goodell, freedom of speech works both ways, we respect the rights of those who choose to protest and these rates are precisely what our members have fought and died for. and imposing corporate censorship to deny the same right to most veterans who secured it for us all, and totally beyond the pale. roger goodell admires nfl players for their protests. >> at the core, what is in the

best interest of communities they live in that they care about and improve them. i admire that a great deal, and standing for the national anthem. we took time to understand that. trying to get to a better place. >> we stand for veterans. roger goodell announced an initiative called let's listen together, working to racial issues to improve education. and community and economic

development. and the decision, and you can email us at foxfriends the first@foxnews.com and we will share them later. 26 minutes after the are, donald trump launching an aerial assault on afghanistan as terrorists kill multiple americans in a recent bombing attack, the strategy to put a stranglehold on the terror group starting with this. from prison to the polls, florida on the verge of allowing ex-cons the right to vote, controversial bill now being considered. my name is jeff sheldon,

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agent peter strzok texting fbi lawyer and his lover lisa page about his hesitation to join special counsel robert mueller's team saying this, you and i both know the odds, and i would be there no question and because of my gut sense and concern that there is no big there there. 50,000 texts between strzok and page have gone missing. sarah carter says all of this is just the start. >> right now, we have peter strzok and lisa page, they were reporting to someone. we are focused on them with good reason but think about the people they were reporting to. i want to know what andrew mccabe, deputy director, was texting to others, how he was involved in that before. and now we know mccabe is

leaving in march. there is so much more to the story. >> ron johnson has an informant that backs up the existence of an fbi secret society working to undermine donald trump. a chilling warning from the cia, north korea won't rest until it can launch multiple attacks on americans. >> the frequency of tests that are materially successful has improved putting ever closer to where americans are held at risk. the logical next step would be to develop an arsenal that donald trump was directing the government to figure out a way. jillian: cia director mike pompeo believes kim jung un could use nuclear weapons to take over the entire korean peninsula. he insists the trump administration is working to

find a diplomatic solution. we are learning multiple americans were killed and injured in the deadly weekend attack on a couple hotel where the telegram claimed responsibility and donald trump ramps up the fight against the terror group. and more troops ordered to afghanistan. and calling out the legendary a-10 thunderbolt jet blue shirt away and is lucas tomlinson. thank you for joining us. how significant is this move to bring in these jets? >> they have not been in afghanistan since 2014. ground troops love this jet. it has a 30 mm gatling gun designed to loiter over the battlefield for hours and show

the direction which secretary mattis, the pentagon and others are going, more us troops coming in this spring to raise the number to 50,000 troops but this jet is very important. these reserve squadrons are originally going to turkey for the isis fight but because of the success of ice in iraq and syria, these jets were more needed in afghanistan to ramp up the fight against the taliban. >> the troop levels that increased in afghanistan under donald trump, january 2017, over 8080500, 11,500, 14,000, january 2018, 15,000 have been announced. >> that of a far cry from the 100,000 us troops when president obama ordered a surge of troops

in 2010-2011, 100,000 troops. what is interesting is last year the us military dropped more bonds in afghanistan than any time since 2012 when you had 20,000 troops but troop members are double what they were when donald trump took office but still far from what they used to be. >> anything additional to report on multiple americans we learned were killed in the latest attack at this hotel in kabul? >> the state department is not confirming reports out of the region, three americans were killed or wounded in that hotel, very popular hotel, it speaks to the security situation that one reason more troops are going to afghanistan was to shore up the afghan security force decimated by the tell a man in the past few years, and another attack on a children's aid organization in afghanistan which killed at least one child and wounded others. >> we have troops all over the

world and our thanks go out to them. nice to have you with us. >> oh my goodness. oh my god. oh my god! >> some extreme weather, the dramatic video of a pack school bus sliding backwards on an icy road, slamming into a car before coming to a stop in massachusetts, no one was injured and in pennsylvania ice jams causing flooding and closing streets, the coast guard working to break up large chunks of ice in connecticut and more cold weather on the way. just when i thought maybe things were going to warm up. >> we will be bouncing back and forth, because of that system you were showing, a little bit colder air moving into the

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gruesome murders and terrorizing communities with drugs and violence and now feeling pressure from the trump administration we are learning ms 13 wants to shed even more blood. >> the policy of this administration to dismantle, decimate and eradicate ms 13. >> officials reporting the gang wants to send younger more violent members to the us and we appreciate it when you come in for us. let's talk first about how we know about these younger, more violent members to the us. >> the fbi testified at a congressional hearing about intelligence that ms 13 in response to donald trump arrested thousands to send younger, more violent reinforcements to build their ranks back up. >> the numbers are overwhelming,

40,000 members worldwide, speaking of the us specifically, 10,000 members and 1000 gang members in 2017, that number as well that we had for you. what will the plan be moving forward. >> the government strategy, the justice department strategy is to keep the pressure on ms 13, but these negotiations with border security should be taken into consideration when looking at physical barriers, technology, human resources patrolling the border and they have to be part of any immigration bill that comes up. >> what reforms need to be made to the program? >> there has to be some accountability to the sponsors,

there is no accountability. they are not held accountable for the hearings in the home they are assigned to. >> they don't have to stay in the home they are assigned to. >> there is no accountability to the office of refugee resettlement to enforce these rules. >> suffolk county, you have been successful in trying to fight ms 13, 22 murders attributed to ms 13 just this year in suffolk county. what are you doing that is successful? >> partner with the justice department, the fbi and long island regional gang task force and great inroads prosecuting these gang members and as you

said, very young, violent people. >> people that may run across someone from ms 13, what should they do? >> ms 13 really praise on the immigrant community by extorting money and trying to recruit them, in the united states, exporting other immigrants, when you encounter a gang member, threatened by a gang member you have to feel comfortable and we are here to help you. >> a lot of times they can't do that. >> that is an unjustified fear especially on long island where immigrants can come forward to give us information on crimes. we want to help, nobody should be preyed upon by these animals. >> if you see something say

something, take that to this as well, thank you for joining us, appreciate it. the nfl under fire, colin kaepernick a finalist for the mvp award, the former football player started the national anthem protests by taking a knee and is one of five up for the prestigious award which recognizes players for exceptional community service. colin kaepernick donated $1 million to charity. another name on the list, jj watt who played for the houston texans, he not only raised $37 million for hurricane harvey disaster relief but also volunteered. ronald reagan's former press secretary leading the charge toward the late actor and honorary oscar. mark weinberg telling martha maccallum reagan was hurt about never being credited with that achievement. >> he said to me once that he would think doing what i have done and accomplished what i

accomplished, the motion picture business would commemorate or honor it in some way, but i guess their political agenda has taken over good manners. imagine if obama or bill clinton had come from that business i have a feeling the academy would recognize them. >> there is an online petition to get the academy to give him the award. the time is 6 minutes until the top of the hour. we all know someone like this. >> good for you. >> i started smoking. >> i love you too. heather: how dependent we are on our devices even at the dinner table. ♪ what you got cooking ♪ how about cooking ♪ of hundreds of families, he's most proud of the one he's kept over his own. brand vo: get paid twice as fast with quickbooks smart invoicing.

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>> new york city is taking the opioid epidemic to court, filing its $500 million lawsuit against major drug companies arguing they were getting away with murder. bill diblasio says the industry used deceptive advertising and flooded the market with drugs, several companies denying those allegations saying they follow all state and federal laws. philadelphia thinks they have the solution to the opioid epidemic, the first in the nation with designated injection

sites, to shoot off under supervision of a doctor to prevent overdosing and others propose similar sites but none have been established just yet, 1200 people fail he overdosed in philadelphia last year. and a familiar scene at the dinner table, burying their heads in their phone. >> >> started smoking. >> i love you too sweetheart. >> going to a new study. >> 70% like to watch tv when eating, and they enjoy it more than family or friends. that wraps it up in the first hour of "fox and friends" first.

it continues tomorrow. >> it is january 24th, shocking new messages two days before robert mueller took over the trump russia probe, showing some in the fbi doubted they would uncover any wrongdoing. also evidence of an anti-trump society within the department of justice. >> negotiating with leadership is like negotiating with joel, one day the border walk over the next day against it. >> we should negotiate, we are going to get a deal. >> no wall, no daca, donald trump fire back at crying chuck schumer after the minority leader walked back his offer on the border wall. the immigration battle raging on in washington as congress tries to hammer out a deal. >> rallying the resistance from the beginning saying she won't survived the trump presidency.