heather: department of justice launching a lawsuit against the state of california alleging interference with federal immigration. >> we are prepared to go whatever path. >> a gathering of information. >> shoppers buying last-minute goods to get ahead of wednesday's storm.

♪ a beautiful morning ♪ ♪ i think i will go outside for a while ♪ >> a positive note, it is cold and blustery with laurie pfister hitting the northeast for the second time in a week. a lot of people still without power from the first time around, ice and snow in new york city. good morning, it is beautiful, you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning, appreciate you being with us. atty. gen. jeff sessions will head to sacramento to make a major announcement about the state's century city policy just

hours after the doj slammed california for a lawsuit for interfering with ice roundups. more on the sanctuary showdown. >> atty. gen. jeff sessions seeking an injunction to block enforcement of three controversial state laws to protect illegal immigrants, writing the department of justice will fight these unjust, unfair and unconstitutional policies imposed on you. i believe we are going to win. these three state laws, cooperating with ice when it comes to access, and notifications, and federal detention facilities, and california governor jerry brown

responded, jeff sessions will come to california to polarize america. and they don't work here. california's atty. gen. says we have seen this before. we are not doing their bidding on immigration enforcement and deportation but nevada's atty. gen. says the state laws are not protecting citizens. >> these are dangerous policies. this is common sense that our law enforcement needs to work with federal authorities to get dangerous felons and out of the communities. >> reporter: a showdown, addressing california peace officers association.

heather: thank you. missouri police officer paying the ultimate sacrifice, three clinton officers shot and one killed while responding to a 911 call, of the two officers and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, the suspect was found shot dead inside the home after barricading himself inside for hours. this tragedy coming three and months after gary michael was shot and killed during a traffic stop. >> another tragic event in the specialist police department. heather: the second death in the line of duty at the department. brutally more during four people, pleaded guilty yesterday to killing new jersey student brendan hedlund in 2014. in a surprise concession he took responsibility for killing three

other men where he has been charged. brown called the wave of violence a mistake saying the murders were revenge for us action in the middle east. we have been talking about the snowstorm that hammered middle america in the northeast, two states have issued state of emergency. janice dean with us this morning, joins us on the plasma to let us know what we need to know. >> reporter: and his flurry eating a little bit, it is a bit of a wet snow. a bit more rain than snow. 34 ° in new york city, but we will get the changeover in the next hour, snow in the forecast, winter storm warnings in effect all the way to maine. we have the rain snow line on

new york city. a lot of local forecasters biting their nails. a bust potential meaning we are forecasting 48 inches but as it turns into a rain event we will cut back on those totals in parts of long island towards boston more of a rain event and we cut back on those totals. interior sections of the northeast will get jackpot amounts of over a foot and a half, some areas could get two feet of snow. future radar further out in time, and all snow event in western long island, we have to see where the temperature hovers and dynamics of snow action, winter storm advisories and warnings, and up-to-date as the forecasts, where it is.

heather: very busy yesterday, appreciate you joining us. heather: republican sen. ted cruz will face off against democrat o'rourke in the november election. greg abbott clinching the republican governor nomination, democratic challenger determines in may. 886 cast early ballots. the highest early voter turnout, in texas history. much more that happened in texas coming up. donald from's top economic advisor resigned hours after refusing to support tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. gary cohen had been discussing leaving the white house for weeks, he later said it was an

honor to serve in the white house and the president said he did a superb job and then making a decision soon on the appointment of new chief economic advisor. will still serve for several more weeks. democratic sen. joe mansion says west virginians know how badly the united states is being taken advantage of, about time we have a president who put main street first. >> i support 1000%. i come from west virginia, good jobs we lost, good paying jobs with benefits, these are jobs no one thought would have a chance of coming back. donald trump is giving them a chance for that to come back in. we are talking about fair trade. free trade has not worked out well. this is not about jobs or main street. this is about wall street

pushing back and main street, those are the people who voted for donald trump, respecting that and coming through on the commitment he made to make sure we are treated fairly throughout the world. heather: some members of the steel industry are plotting the proposal. foreign product impacts on the market of 70%, 30% left for domestic supplies, based on all the company situated in the united states we are not able to compete with those prices. sticking to west virginia, school back in session today is west virginia teachers get the pay raise they demanded. estate lawmaker voting unanimously to grant a 5% raise and other state employees.

kept more than a quarter million students out of class. we will talk about this on "fox and friends". the time is 9 minutes after the top of the hour. potential diplomatic breakthrough. kim jong un willing to talk about giving up his nukes but is at all smoke and mirrors. >> hopefully a peaceful beautiful path, we are prepared to go whichever path is necessary. heather: breaking down the critical step. >> if you don't know what it is like, you don't have to beat them and that is what teaches them. heather: the dad going viral for his tough love joins us live with a message to his critics. meet the walmart worker, a stunning national anthem performance of her own.

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heather: north korean dictator kim jong un shocking the world by saying he is open to the possibility of denuclearization if his regime stayed in power. donald trump cautiously optimistic. >> we have come a long way at least rhetorically with north korea. these are the cards we were dealt. we are handling it properly. as i said hopefully we will go to peaceful beautiful path, whichever path is necessary. one way or the other we have got to do something. heather: here to weigh in is our foreign-policy panel, international relations expert dr. rebecca grant. thank you for joining us.

i will start with you. were you surprised to hear this from south korea saying they were able to work this out in north korea is willing to talk? >> surprised and delighted but kim has been hinting since last fall that he might be ready for talks. when mattis said we could annihilate north korea he started to change his tone. he has given some hints that he is ready to talk, stopped the missile test for now and all impact diplomacy have gotten us on the right track. heather: who do you credit for getting us to this point? donald trump's increased sanctions and things like that? >> a tough president prepared to use military force if necessary, north koreans have not seen this since the korean war.

there has been cheating. china is considering changing its policy toward north korea, looking at north korea as a liability and worried about radiation leaking into china if there are further powerful underground clear tests. these have changed the equation. heather: if you think back to the tweets between donald trump, north korea slammed donald trump in september, then donald trump calling kim jong un talking about him as rocket man. here we are. >> trump rushed into a burning house to reverse our north korea policy. obama couldn't get it done in eight years, the obama policy collapsed and trump has done it. credited to listen and mattis

and vice president pens who have been on airplanes, on the phone making it come together diplomatically. the us south korean cooperation here, i am hopeful for what these talks in april. heather: in terms of moving forward, we don't want this to become another situation like the ear and nuclear deal. how do we know if north korea says they are willing to denuclearize, they say so? >> i'm extremely skeptical. north korea has a history of manipulating negotiations and cheating on its agreements, has a long way to go to convince us there is any interest in denuclearize in. we have to see some major steps, shutting down nuclear sites, intensive inspections, we will see how we can get there. heather: as they make their way back here to disclose what the

offer is, the united states would consider real and authentic, we will see. thank you for joining us. fox news alert, deadly basis inspired thought, deadly bomb at school. a student's chilling plan to kill classmates. the nra is a terrorist organization. those words from rosie o'donnell. carly shimkus is here without the nra spokeswoman dana lash is firing back. you know what's awesome? gig-speed internet.

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heather: controversial muslim extremist arrested again for civil disobedience at the us capitol, known to support jihad and sharia law in handcuffs along with muslim activists. and speaker paul ryan's office demanding a meeting about daca. and also arrested last year at trump tower in new york during a day without a woman protest. declaring war on winston churchill on social media over gary oldman's portrayal of the prominent leader. one person calling churchill idl little different from hitler, culpable and starvation deaths of 3 million been dollies. another calling him a genocidal racist and said the film is an

attempt to rehabilitate the british empire's war criminal. so far gary oldman has not responded to the criticism. someone responsible lot is rocio donnell and she is taking aim at the nra calling the gun rights group a terrorist organization. carly shimkus with serious xm 115 here with how nra spokeswoman dana loesch is firing back. >> rosie o'donnell and nra spokeswoman dana loesch proving how polarizing this is, it started when o'donnell ripped into her on twitter writing i have no interest in talking to you, listening to and engaging with you. look at your life. jesus christ on the cross, have you no soul? you have two kids and you -- think about your life.

dana loesch responded she did not see that tweet because rocio donnell has her blocked. sorry that you can't accept women who think if relief from you, adding god bless at the end of that tweet. rocio, fired back i can't accept a woman who is the mouthpiece of a terrorist organization listings ended when 28 responded, and honest and logical discussion like accusing millions of innocent people of being terrorists because they disagree with them on the second amendment. heather: conversations go back and forth on twitter. those two should have a conversation in person on fox news. women joining the marines in west coast combat. >> history being made, women will be allowed into a previously male only training course, 40 marine students arrived at the combat battalion at camp pendleton yesterday, it

will not be made easier because of the women being a part of it. the office of marine corps communications tweet this is outstanding saying there open to marines on both coasts and a veteran also said i hear glass ceiling breaking. a lot of applause. heather: i watched g.i. jane the other day. this went viral. >> she brought the house down with a special version of the star-spangled banner. listen to this. ♪ over the land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ >> that employee, sabrina barnes, says she is singing that

song at the ribbon-cutting, it has special meaning because her son joined the military and she says that song means so much more than it has in the past. heather: god bless her, thank you. have a great day. the time is 26 minutes after the top of the. adjoint plea, republican lawmakers demanding an investigation into the fbi's abuse of power allegations. >> the effect the obama justice department and fbi utilized what they knew was fabricated evidence that makes watergate look like small potatoes. heather: new call to jeff sessions to take action. texas primary result pouring in overnight, democratic turnout boosting enthusiasm on the left. our next guest so they shouldn't celebrate just yet. ♪

heather: the call for special counsel to look at alleged fisa abuses to reaching a fever pitch, claiming there's evidence of bias against the trump campaign. kelly right with new accusations. >> reporter: in a letter to the atty. gen. and the deputy attorney general the chairman of the house oversight and judiciary committees same matters have arisen that necessitate employment of a special counsel adding the public interest requires action in this case. trey gowdy and bob goodlatte investigate conflict of interest and decisions made and not made by justice department officials.

>> what changed is the knowledge 2 dozen witnesses that michael horowitz would not have access to. your options are doj investigated themselves because of conflict of interest. >> was abused by gathering of information in suspects source, not disclosing that information to the court. getting authority to look into backgrounds of an american citizen, a serious concern. >> the trump dossier, donald trump tweet his displeasure with jeff sessions asking the inspector general to investigate fisa abuses. adam schiff is blasting republicans stating this may help serve the president's interest but does nothing to

serve national interests. republicans maintain there's evidence the fbi and justice department displayed bias against candidate trump at the highest levels of leadership. heather: thank you very much. we now know that anti-trump fbi agent peter stzrok new hillary app server had been infiltrated by the russians have kept it to himself. trump campaign advisor roger stone said the abuse of power in the obama administration blows watergate out of the water. >> this whole discussion is meant to distract from the content of the disclosure. showing hillary clinton to be a greedy corrupt up to her nose in campaign dirty tricks and distract from the fact the obama justice department and obama fbi utilized what they knew was fabricated evidence to justify

legally the surveillance of the republican candidate for president. this is an abuse of power that makes watergate look like small potatoes. it is obvious the question that must be asked based on the fbi text messages is what did obama know and when did he know it? heather: this is coming days after a dozen other house republicans penned a similar note requesting the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate the same issue. fox news alert, isys inspired teen brings a homemade bomb to a utah high school and tries to blow it up. students were evacuated when the bomb started to smoke, the police disarming it and they say had it gone off it would have been deadly. the suspect was arrested, please find an isys flag in his home. the same student admitting to find a terrorist flag outside

another school last month and spray painting isys is coming on the building, he is facing several charges including use of a weapon of mass distraction. two survivors of the parkland school shooting filing lawsuits against the school district and broward county sheriff's department. and both agencies failed to protect students during the attack. he remains hospitalized and unable to walk. the second survivor planning to sue the fbi for the department of children and families for failing to act on some tips about the gunman. he is recovering at home. we wish them both well along with all the other students. switching gears, stormy daniels suing donald from. daniels whose real name is stephanie clifford claims she had an affair with the president from 2006-2007. the lawsuit alleges a nondisclosure agreement days before the presidential election but she says trump never signed

it. the lone star state turning out to vote in record numbers with nearly 886,000 texans, the highest early voter turnout in a nonpresidential election, is this a good sign for republicans who are fighting tooth and nail to hold on to every single seat. and thank you for joining us. all of the early voting, specifically more democrats voted early than republicans, first time that has happened in a primary or midterm election since 2002. >> those numbers are the top 15 counties, 239 more counties, whenever those 239 counties

reported republicans into about voting democrats overall by 500,000. the first time in a long time, and early votes, pushing their election day votes cannibalized them and making them early voters. and did not fail to materialize, taking a historical lead with a vote. heather: some of the big names, sen. ted cruz, governor greg abbott won easily but he is facing a runoff between two democrats. >> they fall into their own category, a right up against the governor's campaign. governor abbott has $40 million in the bank and not afraid to

spend, and oppressive campaign, and andrew writes going into a runoff. governor abbott can start preparing for the november general election, no drop-off as we move into them and the biggest disappointment for democrats has got to be at work, who was seen as raising a lot of money, bringing voters to the polls and not only did it not materialize but he did 17 points lower than wendy davis did four years earlier when she was supposed to be the big democrat hope against greg abbott. if you look at his percentage in the county, he lost 20 of the most hispanic counties in the state showing running against ted cruz, he has real challenges and gives republicans an opportunity to win the hispanic vote which hasn't happened since

1998. >> george p bush, 51%. >> it is less interesting than it could become a gibberish absent, he was challenged, an interesting situation by the guy who had the office before him running for atty. gen. taking the office back, the bush dynasty thing. this wouldn't have gotten a lot of attention without the bush name. there were other candidates. heather: we will see similar things move forward into the midterm election. thank you for joining us. 10 minutes until the top of the hour. round two, monster storm setting its sights on the northeast, millions of americans in its path, live with the new storm path as it moves in. mcdonald's flipping to fresh, major changes to your quarter pounder.

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heather: welcome back to "fox and friends first," two states declaring state of emergency is another huge winter storm lurks over the northeast set to slam the east coast and could bring a foot of snow. lauren blanchard on the platter with details. >> reporter: the nasty wintery mix is falling in new york city, the real snowfall anticipated later bringing as many as 28 inches of snow to the city but it could bring 18 inches to other areas up and down the northeast. this massive coastal winter storm because of that governors in new jersey and pennsylvania declaring a state of emergency to make sure they have plows and crews ready to handle this weather and the government telling people to stay off the

roads. places like this, massachusetts hit by a nor'easter last weekend still trying to recover from that storm. this morning, hundreds of thousands on the northeast without power and the new storm could bring more trouble. what we have heard is up and down flightaware, heavy, wet snow bringing two files to three inches an hour, 1900 flights have been delayed, 2600 have been delayed. heather: we will continue to monitor it throughout the day. foxbusiness alerts, gary cohen stepping down from the white house. how the markets are reacting. >> reporter: looking at futures we are seeing red across the

board, dow futures pointing down 300 points. this did come as a shock to wall street because the markets did close in positive territory. we will see what happens. a former goldman sachs executive, he did oppose the tariffs donald trump was imposing. this did come as a shock to wall street. heather: this might come as a shock, mcdonald's changing burgers. >> reporter: they wanted to do this last year because more people wanted fresh food. they said they would be switching from frozen meat patties to real beef. 3500 mcdonald's restaurants you can get a quarter pounder burger made with real beef. they said they would be rolling out other mcdonald's locations around the country, $60 million investment to make that switch. it cost some money.

fresh beef coming soon. heather: the texas primary, pennsylvania gearing up for a congressional election, a closer look at the must win races for republicans. >> you don't know what it is like, teach a child to listen, you don't have to beat him but sometimes it sucks for the man that teaches them. >> the dad going viral with tough love with a message to his critics. ♪

heather: pennsylvania is gearing up for a special congressional election, major indication of how republicans will fare nationally in the midterms. what can we expect next week? >> reporter: in pennsylvania's once reliably read southwest democrats are surging. a young congressional candidate will score an upset victory winning a seat held by the gop for 15 years. the real clear politics average ranks the special election is a tossup between connor lamb and his republican opponent. both welcome big names. >> joe biden. >> reporter: former vp joe biden, a pennsylvania native, marine corps veteran and former federal prosecutor. >> a character since he has been a kid. >> he is thrilled the president plans to return this weekend.

>> are you in trump country? >> reporter: speaking before a crowd on monday he vowed to be the president's win man in washington. donald trump's recent push to impose tariffs echoes back to what helped him win pennsylvania in 2016 is an issue playing in this race. >> donald trump is trying to balance that backout. >> too long china has been making cheap steel and it is not fair and not right and long-overdue. heather: it is an effective fundraiser. and keeping things competitive. voters head to the polls next tuesday. and 10 minutes until the top of

the hour. a brand-new fight for american heroes at home. the trump administration avenue plan to protect veterans, act of patriotism caught on camera, this will make you even more proud to be an american. ♪

heather: the snowstorm that

hammered middle america is lurking over the northeast, two states efficient state of emergency and more expected to follow. janice dean has the latest on where the storm is headed. >> we are getting wet snow in new york city, right on that line of maine, thick snowflakes coming down. the rain snow line sets up, determining whether you get a lot of snow or not as much snow and it is that technical. the northeast, we have light snow being reported at jfk and laguardia. also snow in new jersey towards long island later on and into new england so this is a classic nor'easter between won't see the

hurricane force winds we saw over the weekend that brought so many power outages across the northeast. a lot of folks still without power. they don't need another storm. behind the storm we could be talking about another nor'easter this weekend. the atmosphere is set up for the storms to come off the coast. in terms of how much snow we are going to get, in new york city, four files to eight inches because of that rain snow line, west of new york, could be the jackpot of a foot and a half of snow. we will keep you posted. heather: they say these things come in threes. donald trump's top economic advisor resigning hours after opposing tariffs on steel and aluminum airports. gary cohen had been discussing leaving the white house for weeks. he later said it was an honor to serve in the white house and the president said he did a superb job. he tweeted we will make a

decision on a new chief economic advisor, many people wanting the job, will choose wisely. he will serve several more weeks. democratic sen. joe mansion says west virginia's know firsthand how badly the united states is being taken advantage of. about time we have a president who puts mainstreet first. >> i support 1000% as i come from west virginia, the good jobs we lost, good paying jobs, these are jobs people never thought would have a chance of coming back. donald trump giving them a chance to come back. we are talking fair trade. this free trade hasn't worked well for american jobs. this is not about jobs or mainstreet but wall street pushing back now. mainstreet, hopefully those are the people who voted for donald

trump and respecting that and coming everyone the commitment he made to make sure we are treated fairly throughout the world. heather: some members of the steel industry are plotting the tariff proposal. chicago based industry saying, quote, foreign product impact markets by 70% was only 30% less than domestic supply. company situated in the united states not able to compete with those prices. donald trump still working hard on his campaign promise to fix obamacare. >> obamacare is a disaster, a train wreck. heather: the white house pushing for several new policies, destabilizing the exchanges but also allow cheaper short-term plans. also charges young people less in premiums than older people and would expand health savings accounts. taking proper care of our heroes

is important. a new executive order to give every servicemember mental health benefits after they leave the military, this follows donald fors executive order aimed at improving care for veterans. launching the heal program which stands for healthcare evaluation and legislation. two patriotic teenagers caught red, white and blue handed. washington state posting this photo from a security camera of 18-year-old david phillips dropping off an american flag on his porch. his current flag in his yard is tattered and he realized the new flag was a replacement. the boys come from a military family and their mother says they did it out of respect. that wraps up this hour of "fox and friends first," try to stay warm, stay inside if you can.

"fox and friends first" continues, goodbye. >> extreme weather alert, second nor'easter striking within a week, high wind and white out conditions expected today is 200,000 people are still in the dark. the powerful winter storm slamming the east coast. janice steen with the latest track. jillian: the justice department suing the state of california for the liberally preventing immigration policy. laws protecting illegals, the white house in lock. rob: refusing to give her a deputies rifle resistant vests. "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ ♪ all night long ♪ all night