160,000 u.s. dollars. >> my administration is fighting every day to protect and defend and grow american johnson you see what is happening all over the country. >> russia is not interested in having good relations with other countries and that is evident by the actions they have taken. >> i look at pictures from their previous life and is not a picture of what we cite here. >> i called her yesterday, look at her ratings. >> i took a lot of long walks in the woods, drank my share of charred name.

did what i could. nutmeg >> you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning, good friday to you, we made it to another week. thank you for joining us. some bad news. a dangerous cop killer no longer a threat as a massive manhunt comes to a end. officers shooting and killing james decosey, he shot an off duty officer after initiating a fake traffic stop and pretending to be a cop. he is identified as philip meacham.

>> officers are never off-duty. just asking everybody's support and we will get through it. that is what we do. >> reporter: he leaves behind a wife and two children. a landing gear bursting into flames as the plane speeds down the runway to land. you can see the fire and smoke coming from the just in atlanta. the flight which was heading to ecuador forced to turn back and land for mechanical issues. the brakes locking up after touching down and going up in flames. all 199 people on board managed to get off safely. one of the 6 children believed to be killed when a family's car plunged off of a cliff told neighbors he was being starved to death. the child protective services called last week after dante heart seen in this viral photo here asked those neighbors for food and another child said she

was being abused. in 2010 there adopted mother, sarah hart, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic assault after one of the other children showed up to school with bruises telling the teacher her mom had her. now california investigators do not believe the crash was intentional but they have gone so far as to say there were no skidmarks at the scene. the us atty. gen. ordering a federal prosecutor to evaluate issues involving the fbi, clinton foundation in uranium one. of sessions stopping short of appointing a special counsel. caroline shively joins us with the split reaction. >> atty. gen. jeff sessions said no to naming a special counsel for now. but he did reveal john huber of utah is looking at potential misconduct at the fbi and justice department in 2016-17 in

addition to the inspector general looking into it was at issue is whether those officials broke the law when they went to a fisa judge. he has been investigating whether the fbi should have looked harder and to hillary clinton's ties to the russian nuclear energy energy agency or anyone. sessions has been under pressure by a number of republican lawmakers to hire someone from outside. in a letter yesterday sessions told lawmakers that the appointment of a special counsel was used only in the most extraordinary circumstances was republicans seem split on whether that goes far enough. >> comey is fired, andrew mccabe has been fired, jim baker, former chief counsel has been demoted and reassigned, peter stzrok demoted and reassigned. lisa page, former fbi counsel denoted and reassigned. of those aren't extraordinary circumstances warranting a special counsel i don't know what is. >> more confident than i was

before. the inspector general lisa horowitz is extremely able and extremely aggressive and can make referrals. i think the combination is a pretty potent force right now. >> reporter: a democratic senator said it is a shame the inspector general has to devote resources to investigate a conspiracy theory as fact free and debunked as the president's so-called fisa abuse. jillian: thank you. the white house is allowing to deal with russia after 60 american diplomats are booted from the country, the move in response to the us expelling dozens of russian diplomats over a poison attack on a former spy in the uk, press secretary

sanders calling russia's decision for the deterioration between the us and moscow. the state department issuing a stern warning. >> russia is shown to take the regret of unwarranted action to our unjustified action was we reserve the right further to any russian retaliation in the united states, we are reading and reviewing it and will respond. >> russia denies involvement in the biotech. recent tensions with russia drawing parallels to the cold war. florida congressman sanchez says donald trump is standing up to vladimir putin and it is a sign the white house is fighting back against the obama administration's week stands. >> the trump administration has a policy of being firm against russia in contrast to the obama administration, he tried to reset, did nothing when russia invaded crimea, made incursions in the ukraine, went into syria.

what has this pres. johnson's he has been in office? he has provided legal aid to ukraine so they can defend themselves, obama wouldn't do that, he provided patriot missiles to poland so they could defend themselves, he struck a sod in syria which obama wouldn't do and forced the red line, he is committed to expanding americans oil and gas capability, russia at the end of the day have nuclear weapons, a big gas station and the extent we are challenging them with exports to europe will weaken flattery opinion. the president has been strong against russia. >> donald trump taking aim at amazon blasting the online giant for not paying enough taxes and putting other retailers out of business as he makes a push for his instructor -- infrastructure plan in ohio. >> finally putting america

first. >> reporter: donald trump traveled to ohio to unveil his administration's infrastructure plan to use $200 billion in federal money to spare at least 1,000,000,000,0001/2 in spending over a decade to repair or replace highways, bridges, ports and airports, the appearance, his first in public in nearly a week amid reports that once again he is prepared to take aim at a business behemoth, amazon and ceo jeff basis, he criticized them on twitter a dozen times since 2015, this time accusing the online retailer of paying little or no taxes, using the postal system as their delivery boy. amazon does pay taxes, $412 million in 2016 according to sec filings some municipalities claim they don't collect enough local taxes or taxes on goods sold by third parties on its platform. >> this is about policy, a huge company has an amazing things,

springing up in a short time and tax policy and other policy has to catch up so those competing with amazon are on a level playing field. >> the president talked about the possibility of a change to amazon aptech status through antitrust rules, despite the president's tweet the online retailer is thought by many to be keeping the postal service viable. postal service board of governors has been without a single member since december 2016. is devoid of a single person for the first time since its creation in 1970. >> the president's speech in ohio seeming to give the dow a big boost. the dow surging late finishing 255 points in the green. markets close today in observance of good friday.

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heather: bombshell text messages between peter stzrok and lisa page could blow the lid off the link between the obama white house and the intel community in the early stages of the mueller probe, first time we are seeing a direct link between the former administration and what donald trump dubbed a politically motivated witchhunt. you to react his former member of the joint terrorism task force steve rogers. before we get to these texts we have new information. atty. gen. jeff sessions saying he is not going to appoint a second special counsel. do you agree with that?

>> the time is come for the investigation to focus on the investigators. there should be a special counsel, someone completely outside the department of justice from the time robert mueller was appointed, law enforcement practitioners across the country believe that entire investigation was going to be compromised and it was. look at all the investigators with ties to the dnc, the clinton foundation and on and on and the text comes out that confirms, one of many perhaps that pretty much confirms our greatest fears. heather: this is from lisa page to peter stzrok, make sure you can lawfully protect what you sign, just thinking about congress, etc. you probably know better than me.

comey, trainer, and cyberinfo, bill and jim, comey to have it before the wednesday white house session. and harry reid sites evidence of russian tampering, and would be sending a letter. is this coordination between the obama white house. >> instead of coordination, collusion. let's hear the word collusion. heather: dennis mcdonagh, former president barack obama chief of

staff, cia director under obama. >> great reason we need someone outside the justice department to do this investigation. representative king talked about the knapp commission, the former prosecutor is not connected to the federal government to run a full-scale investigation on the investigators in the investigation that mueller is proceeding with. heather: the movement jeff sessions did make was to make this person, this november. >> reappointed by a -- >> a former obama appointee, someone connected to the department of justice, jeff sessions is going to have to

stand up, and you see a fair and comprehensive investigation. heather: someone who doesn't have to investigate their own boss. >> law enforcement agencies across the country, local police departments, crime or something on behalf of police officers, they go outside the department, cops should not be investigating cops. there will always be a possible compromise of that investigation. >> hillary clinton is making - >> drank my share of chardonnay. heather: the failed presidential candidate recounting lingering drama from her election loss as she took a massive pay cut to do

it and today is good friday. christians all around the world mourning the death of jesus. why it is important for every american to observe and reflect on this day. ♪ have a little faith in me ♪ have a little faith in me ♪

heather: the nfl pledging $90 million to social justice causes but isn't budging on national and some rules which at her annual meeting orlando team owners agree to contribute to the league wide fund, and require players to stand during

the national anthem. roseanne barr and her iconic character on tv, despite huge ratings and nancy thomas can't understand why women support the president. >> raise their kids and not have the luxury, of what is for themselves. >> the same voters intimidated by hillary clinton's intelligence. millions of christians celebrating good friday commemorating jesus's sacrifice on the cross and 2000 years later what message should christians take away from this holy day of reflection?

pastor robert jeffers, thanks for joining us. what message do we take away? >> good friday represents god's offer to us of the gift of god's forgiveness. the home about 3 foreclosed on because you couldn't afford the mortgage payback and offered you a check not to cover next month's payment but to arrest the debt completely. and endorsed the check and most people accept that. we also got a gift we can every play because of our sin. it doesn't matter, none of us is capable of making the payment. christ came and died on the cross to pay our sin debt. his final words on the cross were it is finished, literally in greek, paid in full. all we have to do to receive the

gift is endorse the check. we have a home mortgage free forever. heather: the message is forgiveness and the promise of good friday is fulfilled by easter. >> back to your friend who offers you this check, he may have done it with good intentions but suppose you deposit it and it bounces from here to the moon. he didn't have the resources. if jesus had remained in that grave after friday it would have proven he was just another man who died from his own sins but the apostle paul says the fact he arose from the dead, means he was the son of god capable of paying our sins for us and there is no good friday without easter. and i'm preaching a special message, the resurrection,

foolish, fake news, i will be talking about evidence outside the bible that the resurrection occurred. it is not a myth. it is absolute fact. heather: with this day and age with so much happening in the world an important message. >> it is in the good news is anybody can receive god's forgiveness. we all can have it. pastors, hope and foreign stars, anyone can be forgiven by god. heather: the president, 26 minutes after the hour. how about a side of cancer, millions of coffee drinkers. democrats still trying to derail donald trump's agenda by blocking his nomination.

the next guest saying the left putting political theatrics ahead of their duty to our country. ♪ ♪

heather: welcome back to "fox and friends first". david shelton is not going quietly, agreeing with donald from saying he wasn't happy with the speed that our veterans were taken care of. >> don't think the president should be happy with where we were. we have to figure out how to move this bureaucracy faster and be responsive. many bureaucratic elements need to be restructured. i started that process. i hope dr. jackson will continue that process because it needs to be done. >> reporter: he was pushed out by people who wanted to

privatize the department. airing grievances with the trump administration in a new york times op-ed writing it should not be this hard to serve your country. laura ingram said shelton went down swinging because he will be welcomed by the resistance with open arms. >> doesn't matter who you are or how checkered your record. if you take shots at donald trump, you do that you walk on water. case in point, the former va secretary david shelton, the only obama era official to serve in the trump cabinet, a holdover, that ended up being a big mistake, the agency. tens of millions of taxpayer dollars due to poor accounting practices. shelton violated ethics rules splurging on a lavish trip to europe but shelton is not going quietly into that good night.

heather: andrew mccabe is seeking donations from the public to fund any potential lawsuit. this go find me page has surpassed his goal of $250,000. 's crowdsourcing campaign said this is dealing with public and extended humiliation. mccabe was fired over allegations of misconduct two days before his retirement, any money left over will go to a charity of his choice. troops may be pooled out of syria, an event in ohio catching the pentagon and state department by surprise. >> we are coming out of syria very soon, let the other people take care of it now, very soon. heather: his statements going against comments by rex tillerson and james mattis who

argued the us must remain involved in the country, there are 10,000 us troops in syria looking to defeat isys. more proof donald from's promises to make america great again are coming true with plunging jobless claims, filing for unemployment benefits dropping by 12,000 to the lowest level since january 1973. the unemployment rate has been 4% for the past we 5 months, a 17 year low. record-breaking obstruction, donald from blasting the left for refusing to get on board with his agenda leaving 100 of his nominees waiting in the wings. democrats plan on blocking his new pattern it picks including mike pompeo and ronnie jackson, rear adm. ronnie jackson. here to weigh in is treaded to stand contributor at the hill, jim burns. thanks for joining us.

this obstruction is unprecedented. >> i admit the changing of the guard at the white house happening as frequently as the changing of the guard at buckingham palace, lots of staff changes, new appointments but the bigger point is democrats are living out the campaign slogan of the resistance. if you look at who they blocked, hard to see who they wouldn't block at this point. of bernie sanders and hillary clinton had a love child, they would block him too. the pressing issues around the world, what is going on right now, high-stakes negotiations in north korea, critical deadlines in a ran, russian aggression increasing around the world we have serious problems facing not just the united states but some of our allies and time for democrats to get serious. democrats actually don't have the numbers to block these

nomination so tells you where their hearts are. heather: what are they trying to prove? there are 130 yacht nominees yet to be confirmed by congress. >> what we have seen whether it was over at the 21, they would rather have that as an election year wedge issue, we see democrats would rather have a headline, something against donald trump so they can campaign on that in their districts is what you are seeing committee, republicans have a 1-vote marginated friend paul doesn't approve that things could get sticky. heather: a live changeover in

white house staff, recent development, more to come, some said that is a good thing because donald trump is getting his footing, getting people in that he can count on. >> to the victor go the spoils, donald trump won the election, he is commander in chief and president of the united states, can appoint who he feels comfortable with and has proven he can be trusted around the globe we have north korea coming to the negotiating - remarkable, look at other things, tough on russia, tough on isys scrambling across the globe, significant accomplishments and what you see is the trump doctor in. high time he chooses who is he is comfortable with to deliver on that agenda. heather: so he can have the opposite in terms of instruction, people willing to work with him and believe what he is trying to do.

>> these folks i yes people, people with great impeccable resumes will give the president the advice, the ceo trump can take that advice and make his own decision. the 20 he is willing to compromise, changed his opinion on different issues based on things people informed him on so he is willing to work with people in place willing to work with him. >> his pick of rear admiral jack smith to run the va, i'm amazed democrats are poking so much fun as that. why wouldn't he want someone who is a veteran who fought the war on terror, someone from our generation to run that for the guys coming back who are injured. he knows what the challenges are. this is a person who is a physician. why wouldn't you have someone. the va is a large hospital. why not have someone in the medical profession?

heather: referring to him as trump's dr. leaving out everything else he has done and john bolton referring to him as a fox news commentator, forgetting everything else he has done. there qualified for the position. >> and appointed by barack obama. heather: do you track your health? your information could be in the hands of hackers, the urgent warning you need to hear. artificial intelligence hire or fire employees, engage whether they like their boss. this is the beginning of a brand-new movement, nothing will be sacred. >> i hope she stays on the battlefield, she has invaluable experience about what we should be doing in the 21st century. we 20 high hopes for democrats in the march to the midterms but is hillary clinton what they need to win? donna brazile seems to think so. ♪

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traumatic. a lot of angst - did you see how shrill she was? in the heat of battle and political back and forth i have said things i would like to take back. took a lot of long walks in the woods, drank pressure chardonnay. >> reporter: clinton received $25,000 for that speech, 7000 less than the same university paid snow key, study hard, party harder. four years ago the minimum speaking fee was $200,000. democrats urging hillary clinton to get back to what they think she knows best, the american people, democratic national committee chairman dana brazil saying she wants to see clinton help during the midterms. >> i hope she stays on the battlefield, she has experience

when we should be doing in the 21st century. >> reporter: the failed presidential candidate is inspiring women to run for office because they want to be part of the resistance. a convicted felon going back to prison for illegally voting. crystal mason has been sentenced to five years after voting in the 2016 election unsupervised relief after a 2011 felony fraud conviction. felons were not allowed to vote until completing their sentence adding she would not knowingly risk her freedom and even said she didn't want to vote. protesters storm in chicago city hall thing the mustard police of millions of dollars staging a die in shouting anti-cop chants for hours. [chanting] >> 13 protesters one $95 million

for proposed police and fire training center to go to community resources instead. they are filing a lawsuit for withholding emails regarding its construction was the holy grail of shipwrecks is what researchers call this discovery washed ashore on ponte vedra beach in florida, the wooden hole of an 18th-century ship. with roman numerals still in place. archaeologists are leaving it on the beach for further inspection. another discovery in montana. kansas college students digging up a baby dinosaur. researchers finding what they believe could be the fossil of a young t rex and find it includes an almost complete section of the animal's upper jobless it could be 60 million years old. the time, not quite sure, 45 minutes after the top of the

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heather: morning cup of coffee will come with an ominous message, starbucks and other major companies putting cancer warning label on coffee sold in california, a judge ruling a chemical compound produced in

the coffee roasting process is significant enough, the coffee industry claims the chemical was present at harmless levels. fast food giant mcdonald's moving a step closer to making its packaging recyclable. they will phase out plastic straws, replacing them with biodegradable paper ones. they will still be available for customers who ask for them specifically. the ceo wants to design plastic drink lives next. hiring and firing in the 21st century a growing number of countries turning to artificial intelligence to get inside the minds of employees that could this help or hurt your chances of landing that dream job. how all this works, the cyber guy, thanks for joining us. >> happy good friday and happy

pay stock. >> they have implemented some type of ai process of some kind but you want to explain this new tool that analyzes employee behavior, it analyzes sentiment and emotion. >> and it is called dander, used in q and a form but down the road it is also going to be used when your boss wants to turn this on. it could be measuring your facial expressions free motion and analyzing the tone of your voice so you would be constantly psychoanalyze to on-the-job. that is the intent of these tech companies. a lot of employees are uncomfortable with that happening. the idea they could be using the data, determining whether you get a raise or what your level of conversation should be as

outrageous. the 20 how are they collecting it. >> artificial intelligence through the machine. you and i might take a survey and it analyzes what our answers are. and how much we love our jobs and how productive we are being and things they know about our answers. it would tell them aside from what is obvious, how we really do connect at work, whether we are good team player like to work on our own. heather: and determine your retention, performance, that type of thing as well. >> a whole litany of things to talk about. at the end of the day the frontline boss you and i might report to is staring at data that could become more important

to them than our actual exchanges or looking at the results of our work. this tool is gaining in such popularity with 40% of the workforce using tools like this. it starts replacing human thought and common sense and maybe your boss wouldn't be as apparently into with the performance. it does a lot faster. heather: you talk about facial recognition, different expressions you make, on your computer at work? >> not here now but that's what the future holds. you have cameras, many workplaces have cameras but this would click it up a notch. you can walk a city block anywhere and count 10 to 100

cameras looking at you. heather: thanks for joining us on good friday. the time is 8 minutes until the top of the hour. protecting your privacy, brand-new apps to stop hackers from attacking your phone. not so happy happy hour, last call for alcohol ads in one state but first amendment rights, the action one man is taking. ♪

heather: some services are tied up after hackers targeted the city of atlanta. the city is still unable to process payments for traffic tickets following the ransom where attack, other service being completed with pen and paper. hackers one $51,000 to unlock the system. security expert saying this should serve as a wake-up call for other cities. under armour says a recent cyber attack impacting 150 million accounts, hackers are believed to have stolen users email addresses and passwords but not their credit card or social security information, they are urging them to change passwords

immediately. that hack coming is new york city is launching in apps to fight cyber criminals, the secure apps will help smartphone users to monitor insecure wi-fi networks and malicious content that may appear on their phones including unsafe apps. it will be available to download for free this summer. a chef filing a lawsuit against the state of virginia over happy hour laws. first amendment rights being violated, virginia limits advertising to terms like happy hour or drink special and not specific prices and not allowed to promote 2-for-1 drink specials. the chef says the laws are outdated and hurt his business. needed.

depositions rejecting a republican request for a special prosecutor to look at alleged bias but leaving the door open for possible action later. >> you think that is easy? has he given up? never give up. jillian: back on the road and getting the white house back on message donald trump unveiling his infrastructure plan rallying the crowd in ohio. rob: a brand-new gig, "fox and friends first" continues right now.