>> my position of secretary of state will terminate at midnight march 31st. >> we disagreed on things. rob: staff shakeups at the state department. rex tillerson out, mike pompeo is in. is the head of the va next? >> we are fighting the fight. it is not over yet. we will fight all the way to the end. >> rick succone refusing to back down despite his opponent declaring victory. the closely watched contest in pennsylvania too close to call. patty: rob: a patriot paying tribute to a fallen officer. "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪

♪ jump jump jump jump ♪ jillian: part of our crew dancing. good morning, a quiet look outside in midtown manhattan. no nor'easter today. good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday. rob: we begin with a fox news alert. rex tillerson breaking his silence after the president abruptly fires him and names a replacement. jillian: david shelton could be next on the chopping block. >> reporter: this is why you keep an eye on the president's

twitter account. the president fired secretary of state rex tillerson. we have them for a while they didn't see eye to eye on a number of issues, tillerson emerged at the state department to say farewell. >> my colleagues, much remains to be done to achieve our mission on behalf of the american people with allies and partners. i close by thanking all for the privilege of serving beside you for the past 14 months. >> the white house was prepared, mike pompeo will become secretary of state and deputy cia director gina haskel will be allocated to lead the spy agency. pompeo and the president generally see i to i. >> i worked with mike pompeo for quite some time, tremendous energy, tremendous intellect, always on the same wavelength.

gina who i worked closely with, would be the first woman director of the cia, she is an outstanding person who i know very well. >> reporter: who is next? it might be david schalkin who has faced questionable travel serving at the va and the president's patients may be thin at this point. the senate will have to sign off on these nominations, a grueling process but the wheels are in motion on capitol hill. rob: democrats demanding the house russia probe is far from over. congressman adam schiff firing back after the house intelligence committee shut down its investigation saying there was no evidence of russian collusion. >> our work is far from done and we will be submitting to the

public a detailed account of the work that has to be done if not by us then by others. rob: a book called russian roulette claims a senior state about official about an fbi agent to meet with the famous dossier writer christopher steele, the basis for bob mueller's probe. jillian: major victory for texas immigration laws. overnight state lawmakers praising a federal appeals court decision to uphold a new law targeting century cities and officials who back then. allows police officers to ask people in routine stops whether they are in the us legally and threaten jail time for not cooperating with ice. the provision to allow punishing elected officials who don't enforce the law. rob: the special congressional election is still too close to

call. jillian: razor thin margin separating the candidates but one already declaring victory. live in pittsburgh the very latest. >> reporter: good morning. the headline in the post-gazette says it all, lamb, succone in virtual tie and that is where it remains at this early hour. 1000 absent the ballots still out, they are being counted in the smaller counties. green and washington county, one county tips democratic but both in the past have to for voting. in the early morning hours, lamb, the democrat claimed victory. he is 33 years old, former marine following the marine mantra of leaving no man behind criticize the nation's political climate, praised labor unions that supported him in the steel and coal industry, and the center issue is common ground which many of his issues dovetail with donald trump's. he told his supporters the nation's contentious politics must end. >> it took longer than we

thought but we did it. i will work on the problems our people face. secure their jobs and pensions, protect their family. i will work with anyone to do that. >> reporter: the republican candidate, succone, says his supporters are looking for allegheny county support. many college-educated women and continue until the last ballot is counted. he has aligned with donald from been told supporters it is not over yet. >> we are still fighting the fight. it is not over yet. we are going to fight all the way to the end. you know i never give up. my first race went into the night and we won that. my second race was the same way. we are used to this now. >> reporter: the absentee

ballots are being counted in those small counties. this could go to a recount or re-canvas even though it is in the early morning hours. it is not over until the fat lady sings. heather: we will be awaiting those results when it is officially over. the manhunt for suspected serial bomber intensifies with the terrorism motive on the table. of $65,000 reward offered for information leading to an arrest. two were injured after packages left in front of their homes exploded. another man was killed the same way, two weeks ago. investigators believe the explosions are connected and could be hate crimes. rob: nikolas cruz will be arraigned as prosecutors seek the death penalty but his attorney claims he is willing to plead guilty in return for 34 consecutive life sentences as

students across the country prepare to walk out of class on the one month anniversary of the shooting in honor of 17 victims and push for stricter gun laws. the broward county school superintendent telling parity will not interfere with the walkout as long as it remains peaceful calling the protests, quote, teachable moment. >> reporter:.com hitting the road to st. louis touting his tax cut. he will speak with executives and employees at boeing, stories of workers who receive bonuses, the president will also get a look at an f-18 aircraft after asking congress to fund 24 of them for the navy. a bill giving patients terminal illness a right to try unproven treatments is rejected in congress. the plan would have given access to trial drugs not approved by the fda, the 25952140, and kevin mccarthy says the chamber will try again to pass the bill later

which is backed by the president. rob: donald trump announcing the military force. >> reporter: space is a war fighting, land, air and sea, we might even have a space force. >> reporter: praising members of the military. cheers after calling out hillary clinton. >> very soon we are going to mars. if my opponent won and i can tell you. you wouldn't be thinking about it. >> reporter: the president promising our troops the administration will give them the largest payraise in over a decade. >> 9 minutes after the hour, donald trump seen a key campaign promise coming to life.

>> incredible climbers. his brand-new warning to sanctuary cities getting a sneak peek at the border wall. >> the president looking at wall prototypes looking for a new job. mike pompeo is in. the cia director will put america first. >> watch your child on a baby monitor. is someone watching you? the urgent new warning every parent needs to hear. i'm lucky to get through a shift without a disaster.

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rob: after months of tension and turmoil donald trump's replacement, mike pompeo is bringing the president's agenda back on course. ryan morrow joins us now. rex tillerson seems to be doing a fairly good job, progress with north korea, working with mattis making progress on isis. our foreign policy, looked like he was making improvements. what happened? >> the two guys just didn't get along. they had different views when it came to a ran and the muslim brotherhood, core issues. when the courts were first coming out that he quit and you saw a miserable look on his face, what officials were saying, they were fighting over a ran and cut her being a primary sponsor of the muslim brotherhood and groups like that. jillian: are you surprise he lasted this long? >> i am.

you rarely saw the guy smile. the differences are so big, if you disagree on the array and deal how do you have a functioning foreign policy? this is really a reset of trump's foreign policy but also draining the swamp because tillerson have all these connections through business, the qatari lobby and he was reciting their viewpoints to the point he was directly contradicting trump at key moments for the united states. rob: the a ran deal, disagreed on the paris climate record, then the tariffs as well, i don't think he was a fan of that. starting with the air ran deal, people who say tillerson was right, we have given you ran, to do the right thing, why go back on a deal, why give him the ability to do what they want when they have gotten their money? >> we have been waiting so long

to take action, that also falls on tillerson's lap, either scrap the deal or unilaterally modify, or the sanctions which allowed others the deal, we heard businesses making blood money off of the iranians. what you will see happen now that the cia and state department are on the same page, the dark prince waging a covert war against here and, north korea, pakistan and whoever else. jillian: how much of a relationship with israel and north korea way and understand the timing of this? >> pompeo would like to see the regime gone in north korea. that is not the trump administration of the official position. and he tries to analyze if we can get insurgency in north

korea, they could get rid of nuclear weapons but when it comes to israel will they do more for israel than tillerson and pompeo will most likely dismantle the muslim brotherhood network in the united states and hopefully other groups like the pakistan-based group that has significant presence in the united states. rob: politico said tillerson was marginalized, pompeo will be more of an effective partner for jim mattis. do you see it that way? >> absolutely. their worldviews are similar. the fundamental problem is political discord. rob: thank you so much. 17 minutes after the hour. isis fanatic accused of going on a killing spree. >> she is bleeding, corey

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introduced a resolution condemning louis farrakhan for racist and anti-semitic comments like these. >> the jews don't like farrakhan, so they call me hitler. that is a good name. hitler was a very great man. your country has been taken from you by the synagogue of satan. the satanic jews. you see white people deserve to die. white folks are going down. rob: this comes after a former photo of pres. obama documenting a meeting he had with the nation of islam leader and in response to several house leaders meeting with farrakhan including keith ellison and gregory meeks. tommy laren weighed in on these ties to farrakhan. >> i thought the left stood on the moral high ground, i thought you would be the first to condemn language like this but it goes to show the left, the

democrats are not anti-bigotry, not antiracism, just anti-trump. you can't even admit it. all you do is talk about trump. >> a debate there, ellison tried to distance herself from farrakhan causing the nation of islam leader to say the minnesota congressman showing their ties to discuss his resolution. jillian: a foxbusiness alert. your child on a baby monitor, is someone watching you? rob: the urgent warning parents need to hear. >> reporter: it is not just baby monitors but smart home devices. cybersecurity experts say these are pretty hackle bull. a lot come with the same default passwords that are easy to find on google. they are able to get in and take

over that device. the easy thing is to change the password, to not use the default. warnings for parents and other people who have similar devices. rob: we have this pie everywhere. jillian: international pie day, march 14th, the annual celebration of the mathematical constant pie, the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. there are lots of discounts, you can build your own pizza for $3.14. boston pie, one chicken pot pie get another one free and whole foods, $3.14 off of a bakery pie. we have pie onset. we would not let a national day

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looking at we prototypes. >> reporter: donald trump says he is getting closer to building, quote, a great big beautiful wall. the president making his case that america needs a wall adding california is begging for the wall. donald trump visited san diego, california along the border with mexico. he was given a tour where workers built eight prototypes of the border wall he wants, each one stands 30 feet high. the president explained his reason for wanting that wall. >> the border wall is truly our first line of defense, our first and last other than the great ice agents and other people moving people out. it will save thousands of lives, save hundreds of billions of dollars by reducing crime, drug flow, welfare fraud and burdens

on schools and hospitals. >> taking game at california's sanctuary city. >> sanctuary cities are protecting horrible people in many cases. what happened in oakland, can't let that happen. >> xavier becerra reject the president's demand for building a border wall. >> building walls is medieval technology that doesn't have a place in the 21st century. we have better ways to detect people crossing the borders, better ways to apprehend them then putting up walls that can be surpassed and don't provide the protection we need. rob: in a letter addressed to the present governor jerry brown wrote californians are focusing on building bridges, not walls,

adding that is more than just a figure of speech. you see the hostility mounting between the president and those leaders. rob: and isis fanatic teenager accused of going on a stabbing rampage at a birthday party sleepover killing a 13-year-old. corey johnson slit the teen's throat, stabbed another teen's mom and then her son who ran to a neighbor's house to call 911. >> she is bleeding, says corey johnson is out there with a knife, is a murderer. that is all i know. rob: johnson admitted to converting to islam and watching jihadist videos. they arrested johnson last year and nothing came up. jillian: with mike pompeo taking on a secretary of state donald trump nominated gina haskel for

cia director. morgan ortegas says she will have hurdles to face before taking over. >> he will have a lot of broad-based support among the rank and file who are always happy to see one of their own get to the top but as you reported this morning this is not going to go without controversy as john mccain and others said they think there are a lot of questions about her involvement in bush era torture programs. jillian: if confirmed she will be the first woman ever to lead the cia. rob: paul manafor it might spend life in prison according to federal judge who says he faces 305 years behind bars if convicted. that judge ordering him to 24-hour home lockdown and appears he could skip town. he pleaded not guilty to tax and fraud charges last weekend pleaded not guilty to a 5 count indictment handed down by bob mueller. jillian: learning more about the youngest victim of the austin

package explosion, mason, 17-year-old who played the basin in the austin orchestra, his conductor tells us he was immensely talented. >> every once in a while you see a kid that has the spark. he is in the room and his little spirit was there along with technical proficiency. he could have accomplished anything he wanted to. jillian: he had been accepted to the school of music at the university of texas. his mother was injured when a package left on their doorstep exploded. she is expected to be okay. rob: we switch to the weather. snow and wind slamming the northeast with the third nor'easter in two weeks. the blizzard leaving hundreds of thousands of customers in massachusetts without power. jillian: officials warning drivers to stay off the road due to dangerous conditions like

this. several downed wires on fire. streambed semis in the highway in massachusetts. rob: janice dean with how long this is expected to last with new snow totals in new england. >> reporter: some totals close to two feet in parts of massachusetts, 20 miles southwest of boston and parts of rhode island and even connecticut over 20 inches, those are preliminary reports and we will get more as we go because the storm isn't done yet, we are getting snow across northern new england and the great lakes. we might have another one. keeping the weather people in business. this trough pattern is set upbringing potential of these storms which we have to stay tuned because there might be another one, a little spring nor'easter next week. the snow across the northeast, nice conditions across the central us, the west we have been ignoring you, we don't mean

to because we are dealing with all these nor'easters but we have unsettled weather across the west with heavy rain along the coast excluding southern california and heavy snow in the mountains. they need the rain in southern california but those burn areas, flash flooding and snow in the highest elevations. both coasts, the west and the east coast are into this pattern with potential for more stormy weather. back to you. rob: you are what? there might be another one? i thought we were done for the year. jillian: i'm glad you listen to the weather report when reading your scripts. very important to me. rob: thank you so much. jillian: 36 minutes after the are. the widow of the pozner club terrorist heading to trial this morning, prosecutors say what she knew could land her life in prison. rob: a terrifying home invasion caught on camera.

a gunman broke into a home with the family hiding inside. >> it is one thing to talk to jesus, it is another thing when jesus talks to you. that is called mental illness if i'm not correct. jillian: joy be the heart apologizing but is it too little too late? what people are saying online this morning. ♪ art. it can be sculpted, bringing to life beautiful detail. or painted in luxurious strokes. and in rare cases... both.

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said. rob: is it too little too late? carly shimkus has reaction to the apology. >> start with pie. that apology after she suggested the vice president was crazy for thinking he could talk to god and mike pence said earlier that he has forgiven her for saying that. them on social media not so willing to forgive and forget. christina says what took so long? sherry says she needs to be fired. how can you let someone like that be representing you? john on twitter says not buying it. lots of people say the time it took her to apologize is affecting them and believing her apology, the vice president is encouraging forgiveness. rob: chris cuomo tried to do a poll. >> chris cuomo asked twitter followers is the president's vulgar language would affect

their vote? 77% of people said no, it wouldn't and here's why. a lot of people say results matter more. it will affect my vote, i will have even more passion when i vote for him again. another twitter users as actions speak louder than words. a lot of people knew what they were getting with this president. results are what matter. jillian: a lot of people say you can look like your dog or vice versa but this dog going around on social media is crazy. >> this is dog named yogi. he and his owners live in pennsylvania. people couldn't believe how similar he looks to a human. people comparing him to jake guildhall and and shearon. people say he looks like a human. his owner says she doesn't see

it. i sure do. looks like the dog is about to strike up a conversation. it is all in the eyes. he has got light eyes, you can really see the pupil. jillian: it could be the trimming of the for. >> and a double dog but thank goodness. rob: i thought it was a face swap. democrats refusing to back down as republicans declare there was no collusion between the trump campaign and russia. >> the majority unintelligent committee made the decision to prematurely shutdown the russia investigation. rob: judge and read up on sonos as politics don't belong in intelligence reports. his life next. jillian: brian kelly, i ran into him earlier and he said -- this is me dedicating the show to you. >> can you see if rob was going

along with this? rob: it is all for you, my friend. my love for brian killmeet. >> we will try to do that. the pennsylvania 18 race needs overtime. we might have a verdict in the show. we saw what happened in the state department, could more change becoming today? he feels he is on a roll. he went to the border looking at prototypes, the latest on where he is leading and plans on getting it funded. our guest today marco rubio live talking guns and more, dr. james mitchell, knows her personally, tommy laren on what the tight race means in pennsylvania for the election in november. "fox and friends first," urge you to please get dressed. back in a moment.

rob: welcome back. opening statements begin for the wife of the pulse like love gunman. jillian: the 12 jurors will see and hear graphic evidence from the massacre. dana jason from our affiliate station in orlando with more. >> reporter: that graphic evidence should be surveillance video from inside the pulse likely will be tough especially for the survivors who we have seen in court through the jury selection process. we expect prosecutors to call a

number of victims and police officers as witnesses to make the case against the shooter's wife who is 31 years old and charged with aiding and abetting omar mateen who died at the site of the massacre in 2006. he was responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in modern history with 49 members of the community killed and dozens of others injured. prosecutors are going to have to make the case that solomon knew ahead of time that omar mateen was planning a terrorist attack even accompanying him as he looks for potential targets around the state of florida. prosecutors say salmon misled fpa agents what she knew. we are seeing a mile and a half from the club this morning the courthouse behind me, it took 7 days to select 12 jurors and 6 alternates, due to the fact this

is such a high profile case but her attorneys believe they have selected an impartial jury and are ready to start in orlando. back to you in new york. rob: thank you so much. the left refusing to back down as republicans declare there was no collusion between the trump campaign and russia. jillian: the top democrat blasting them for prematurely closing the case. judge andrew napolitano joins us live. we love having you here. what do you think of the reaction. >> a mixed view of this. i have been blasting the concept of members of congress with top-secret security clearances cherry picking from the raw data for a political narrative and both sides have done that. republicans have done that to

demonstrate absence of collusion. and democrats say we should continue the investigation. this will have no effect on bob mueller. these guys are members of congress. they can't indict, can't prosecute. mueller is experiencing a treasure trove of evidence for a number of witnesses, we all watched the meltdown on television. testify before the grand jury. and the number 2 person trump campaign is now a government witness and not ralph nader but george nader, who was telling mueller and company about relations between the campaign

and the united arab emirates, something to do with the election? we don't know. democrats and republicans look a little silly. they are saying trust us, we can't show you but we read the same stuff and it tells us that. >> there is not a lot of credibility from the public in these seemingly partisan investigations. the inspector general, - >> politicians have lost credibility. i'm cynical about members of congress, there's only one reason they do anything, to get reelected. the public looks at that. think of it as an internal affair, the police department inspector general in the justice department, a mini justice department to investigate the rest of the justice department.

the abuse of fisa, the contract between bill clinton and amaretto lynch, whatever else jim comey may have done to suppress evidence but this is not a criminal investigation. he can't indict. this is an investigation whether the department of justice was violated. guess what happens when you leave the justice department like andrew mccabe and jim comey, the inspector general can't talk to you anymore. hence the calls for another special counsel to investigate what the doj did wrong. jillian: so many people who know the truth and went on and how long do you see something like this taking? andy it will be sitting well in 2019. and he is not winding down but

gearing up and you will see more than that. >> it moved through everything. judge napolitano: the trouble with figuring out where he is is think of bob mueller putting together 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzle and it comes in him without a logical sequence. so we really don't know, he can't release just part of the picture. if he does that he will scare off witnesses. jillian: 2019. >> any new revelations -- judge napolitano: democrats will try to post something out of the top-secret materials to justify the criticism of republicans but wrong for them to do it.

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indiana boy saluting a memorial. raising nearly $7,000 for the family just by selling lelemonade and baked goods. picket was shot and killed earlier this month. jillian: terrifying moments video showing the terrifying moments armed robbers break in. sweeping electronics off the counters. the criminals took off not before the boys took down description of get away car. >> the ugly is the eye roll seen arns the world. look at this. reporter in china going viral after shooting her colleague a look of disgust and then between rolling her eyes, caddie. this is as the reporter asked a long-winded softball question during the country's annual parliament session and she has had

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