and walking a few steps leaving them both in tears. she was named prom queen and is bowing she is going to walk by graduation in june. most-watched, most trusted and most grateful you spent this evening with us, good night from washington. >> thursday, may 3rd and mrs. "fox and friends first," lots of news at 4:00 am on the east coast. explosive standoff. a barn bursting into flames rocking a quiet connecticut neighborhood and injuring several officers. we just learned about the man hold up inside who held his wife hostage for 3 days. >> everybody started moving away. >> started to freak out. >> fear takes flight when a window cracks at 30,000 feet.

the brand-new air emergency for southwest airlines. >> do they have the power to subpoena? i think they lost that power. this is a completely tainted investigation. shannon: rudy giuliani terry and robert welliver crossing a legal line. the probe needs to end now. "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ ♪ shannon: a good toetapping song to get your day started. live shot of new york city, the sun not yet up. thank you for joining us this thursday morning. almost made it to the weekend.

let's get to the top story still developing. a man is believed to be barricaded in a barn after it explodes and burst into flames. as many as eight police officers injured in that blast that rocked this quiet neighborhood in north haven, connecticut. investigators tried coaxing the man out before the explosion in a standoff that lasted several hours. they believe he held his wife hostage for more than three days. she is safe but it is unclear exactly how she got away. police are trying to make contact with batman and figure out what caused the explosion. they don't know if he is armed or what his motives might be. all the injured police officers are expected to recover. we will follow that story. in the meantime the newest member of donald trump's legal team taking a stand against the mueller investigation saying the

special counsel may be setting a trap as new details in the stormy daniels payment saw are brought to light. griff jenkins live in washington with more. quite an interview last night. >> if you need any proof the legal team is shifting to more aggressive combat of approach look no further than rudy giuliani appearing last night on hannity. >> of their objective, we can work something out. if they are not we have to shake hands and go into litigation over do they have the power to subpoena and i think they lost that power. this is a completely tainted investigation. >> he wants to shrink the terms of a possible interview with the president saying it would be two or three dave: the pres. cannot afford more time because he has issues like north korea and iran and it should be a more narrow set of questions. a departure from the original

request. julie also that is giuliani taking a shot at james comey. >> i know james comey, i know the pres. you are a liar, a disgraceful liar. every fbi agent in america has his head down because of you. >> then there was the revelation fuse on coming, giuliani saying the pres. reimbursed michael cohen $130,000 out of his own pocket. >> having something to do with paying stormy daniels $130,000 which is going to turn out to be perfectly legal. that money was not campaign money. i am giving you a fact you don't know. it is not campaign money. no campaign finance violation. >> reporter: giuliani is not the only signal, tie, being replaced

by former clinton impeachment attorney, a seasons washington attorney known for tough aggressive tactics, a move many believe could have positioned the white house better should mueller issued a subpoena and in other documents this is looking like it will be quite a fight. the white house is not commenting on that revelation about stormy daniels. >> at least so far. we will see what they have to say. very interested in the expenses and if you use the word expenses does that make a significant difference. thank you so much, appreciate it. donald trump says he is willing to sit down with robert mueller despite warnings that it could be an obstruction trap but the probe has gone so far off the rails that subpoenaing the president would be illegal. >> it is not an ongoing investigation.

there is no crime. they have conceded the pres. is not a target. they are asking those 49 questions they want to ask the president and maybe even with a grand jury subpoena because they want to impeach the president. has nothing to do with criminal investigation. donald trump has done nothing wrong. he has conspired with no one. in the reason they are threatening the subpoenaed, go ahead, please issue the subpoena. it will be an unconstitutional subpoena, and illegal subpoena because there is no authority under federal law to issue a subpoena to a president of the united states to get testimony from him so it can be used in an impeachment proceeding. that is illegal. absolutely illegal. >> under the law the president cannot be asked questions that go beyond the original scope of the special counsel investigation. north korea moving american prisoners to a hotel ahead of a landmark summit with donald trump. two of them are academics, the

third is a businessman, all punished for espionage or, quote, hostile acts. donald trump hinting about their release, the past administration has long been asking for 3 hostages to be released from a north korean labor can but to no avail, stay tuned. donald trump has all but decided to withdraw from the nuclear deal. that is according to a new reuters report as the main 12 deadline approaches. if the us decides to end sanctions release it could trigger backlash from iran. the un secretary-general warns that could mean war but donald trump may decide to listen to the advice of the french president a manual macron and stay in the deal for alliance maintenance was panic on a southwest airlines flight when a window breaks in midair. the pilot making an emergency landing just we 2 weeks after a woman was nearly sucked out of the plane window on the same

airline. jackie ibanez joins us as the airline mandates more >>sptions. epter: another major scare midflight. a southwest passenger jet packs with 80 people heading from chicago to newark forced to land in cleveland less than an hour into t flight, passengers taking photos of the damage, left a window shattered with splintered glass remaining. no one was hurt. many reliving the horror and chaos on board. >> i heard something at the window, looked over, realize there was a crack around the window, unbuckled and ran to the back of the plane. >> we saw people starting to freak out, turned around, flight attendants were running down the aisle. >> you couldn't get that seatbelt off of me for anything. reaching southwest denies an emergency landing was requested into the plane was taken out of

service for, quote, maintenance review. investigator state is not clear what caused the window to crack but it did not cause oxygen masks to follow unlike the incident on a southwest flight forced to make an emergency landing when an engine exploded causing a window to break, nearly hitting a woman and sucking a woman out of a plane. jennifer riordan, mother of two, died from her injuries. the faa has ordered inspections of thousands of jet engines. southwest estimates this will cost the airline $50 million forest to $100 million. heather: more illegals demanding asylum at the southern border. the doj dispatching an army of lawyers, 35 additional attorneys and 18 immigration judges deployed to control the influx of migrants from that caravan.

jeff sessions says he means business. >> don't come illegally. make your claim to enter america in the lawful way and wait your turn. >> 88 asylum-seekers crossed into the us from the port of entry. donald trump's efforts with north korea have him one step closer to the nobel peace prize. should he get it? 17 republican lawmakers think so. they nominated the commander-in-chief for the 2019 award crediting him for ending the decades long korean war six decades and his push to denuclearize the peninsula and donald trump is participating in the national day of rare, the focus, unity, the president will be joined by pastor frank

conroy, his daughter and 25 other churchgoers. they were killed when a gunman opened fire in the texas church in november. fox news alert, tragedy in the sky when a military cargo plane plummets onto a georgia highway. >> going to have to sit together as a city to get through this. >> investigators coming through the rubble to figure out what went wrong, some dramatic pictures, dream a little dream, the brand-new apps that helps illegals hide from the fed and you will never guess who is paying for, putting the high in height, businesses dropping the marijuana drug test. stay tuned. ♪

heather: a fox news alert, terrifying video showing military cargo plane nosediving into a road in georgia erupting into a ball of fire. rich denison has more on this horrific crash. >> tragedy in the skies over georgia, military cargo plane crashing at savannah hilton head killing all the national guard members on board. shortly before noon in the plane appeared to stall, massive orange and black fireball, got out of their cars. the fuselage crashed onto the highway median with pieces of the wings scattering across traffic. officials say it is a miracle no motorists were killed or injured

on the roadway. >> at that time of day and that intersection and there were no plane crashes. >> military officials say all those on board were national guard members in puerto rico. the community lending support. >> what we need to do as a city. >> reporter: the road will remain closed while the investigation and cleanup takes place. rich denison, fox news. heather: a packed passenger jet nearly landing on top of several other planes, take a look at it happening, and pulling up at the last minute. and the plane has been cleared

to land on an empty runway but then accidentally tried to land on a parallel taxiway instead and could have been one of the worst aviation disasters, that did not happen. >> and the department personnel or personnel. and worldwide potential threats are unclear. a world war ii vet is finally getting his diploma 68 years after leaving, and at the university of toledo saturday. after reviewing his transcript, the former navy pilot had enough

credits. >> miracles don't normally -- he left school when he returned from the war. he settled into a career and started a family. he definitely deserves it. the time is 15 minutes after the top of the hour. the college that protected the barbara bush bashing professor holding a seminar today. is it time to reevaluate tenure rules? our next guest, a student says yes. here is how it all went down. >> awesome, awesome. heather: golf fan pulling off a proposal of a lifetime, thanks to the help of a pro-blooge how it was all teed up.

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>> appliances station at a va hospital forces 80 surgery for the nation's heroes to be postponed. a local cbs report found it is so bad the west los angeles operating room had to be closed for 22 days, 2016, 2018. 200 traps disguised had to be installed. all the rooms are currently open. and the filthy exam room, and

some businesses no longer taking employee drug testing seriously. >> do you know what this is? >> it is marijuana. >> how do you know that? >> several employers including a property company in california desperate to fill jobs dropping marijuana from drug tests. in colorado 7% of employers stopped testing for the drug. recreational marijuana illegal in 9 states and washington dc. the university will hold a community forum to talk about widespread outrage, washes dishes -- vicious attack on the former first lady barbara bush. joining me is fresno state student and campus reform.org correspondent bernadette casey. everyone was outraged but none

more so than students at fresno state and there was a student and faculty, held together. how many people turned out. >> this is definitely rattled the fresno community. the place is packed, they want to see her face for what she has done. they were not asking her to be fired but they want to see her be punished for putting it in such a bad light. there was a long line of people making comments yesterday with my written out speeches prepared. >> the tweets she tweet out, she said barbara bush was a generous, smart and amazing racist along with her husband, raised a war criminal and finishes, all of these, it goes on. in terms of punishment, what

type of punishment would be appropriate do you think? >> the university, today or yesterday making comments, looking for the university to make changes to the policies having prof. gerard associate himself with the college and go for him, students and faculty members. and the stupid farmers and fresno culture, this is happening according to the students in the classroom of other faculty members and using professor platforms. >> i wasn't aware she made

comments about stupid farmers and fresno culture. and other professors doing it as well. that is something to be concerned about. >> this is a concern at the university across campuses all the time. the leadership institute campusreform.org. this is a problem among many universities. speaking to such unprofessionalism and disrespect in the classroom. >> this is a statement from joseph castro on why gerard has a job to begin with. our duty as americans and educators, free exchange of diverse views even if we disagree with them, we encourage opinions and ideas to be expressed in a manner that informs, and lightens and educates without being disparaging to others. do you agree her statement or tweet's fit in those guidelines? >> it would be a mistake to fire

her on the basis of offensive speech but if this is bringing in the university title. i am not sure there is something they can be doing about that or she broken the university policy. this is affecting her classroom behavior. and -- >> not only this professor but others. any other option moving forward? >> the university is not taking any action on this but holding community form tonight and what they say tonight. >> a change.org petition as well. >> we did see that. thousands of signatures, in

order -- the university cannot legally fire her in forms of speech. and moving forward. heather: thank you for joining us. let us know what happens tonight. what do you think of that story? the time is 28 after the top of the hour and overnight the us trade team arriving in china with trade talks but is the country trying to lord donald trump into a bad deal? ♪ teeth were coming in funny. that's when he had the bunny rabbits. we called him the bunny rabbit. now, those are the same two front teeth, there, that they are now. then dray ended up having to wear braces for 5 years because he never made it to appointments, because he was busy playing basketball. if he missed practice, he don't get to play in the game. this is the picture that was on the front page of the newspaper. all you

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heather: half past the top of the hour. overnight the us trade team arriving for trade talks, donald trump has not held back in his criticism of trade practices calling for a better deal for the us. what kind of deal can we expect?

the business and finance chair at kings college in new york city brian brandenburg. a big day, they arrived in china. tell us a little bit about who is there and what role people play. bring it up on screen. >> the us has several people there. you have the trade hardliners who have advocated tariffs against china to get them at the negotiation table, wilbur ross in the same boat. on the other side you have steve mnuchin and larry kudlow. you have two parties at the table really. it is a big contingents with two parties, one the more free-trade side, one the more trade hardliner side and some people criticized and said this trade

party doesn't know what it once because you have two side of the story re-presented but that is probably the point, to get the chinese to the table and do negotiation, have people representing different aspects to bring different things to the table as they talk with the chinese. heather: what are the top issues for the delegation? >> the us once china to buy more us goods. take down the trade deficit and they want intellectual property protection. they want china to stop forcing companies to hand over intellectual property and trade secrets. the us really wants china to back off of its made conductors,

technology, become world leaders in technology and the government will subsidize companies to do that. it is unfair to subsidize that. and go with it. >> and forcing technology transfers. and us companies do business in china. and you need to partner with our companies and hand over your technology to companies and intellectual property is the backbone of the economy and trade representatives say that needs to stop. heather: our great financial team, the level playing field on trade, look forward to being with pres. xi jinping. and is not too distant future, we always had a good, great

relationship. in terms of what will be accomplished and what could be done. >> you will see the chinese make a commitment to buy more to bring down the trade deficit and you will see the promise to insert or -- protect intellectual property from the us side. and a credible thing, the chinese like to make big promises and not deliver so the point of our trade delegation and we need to deliver those key things. i think they can make some progress. and and the right people on both sides. and the trade deficit and hopefully we can come away with a little dent in that. and we do a better job protecting intellectual property and taking trade barriers down. that is the outcome. the input is better protection for intellectual property and

taking down tariffs and barriers to do business. >> hopefully you will be listening. good to see you. heather: rolling up his sleeves, mike pompeo is settling for nothing else than dismantling the nuclear arsenal. >> changing the course of history on the korean peninsula this administration will not repeat the mistakes of the past. arise are wide open, time to solve this once and for all. the american people are counting on us to get this right. heather: the comment after pompeo was sworn in by donald trump and vp mike pence. he sat down with kim jong un over easter weekend when he was cia director. some brand-new body camera video showing police officers burst into the las vegas shooter's

hotel room moments after the massacre. >> breach breach breach. heather: those explosions as officers entered the room where stephen paddock murdered 58 people in october, his dead body was found surrounded by weapons and ammunition, the motive remains unknown. so many questions. 25 million people in the path of severe storms for the fourth day in a row. [siren] heather: tornado sirens going off on the university of oklahoma campus putting students on high alert. take a look at this incredible drone video showing storm clouds swirling inside, winds up to 92 mph taking down power lines and

ripping off roofs. no injuries reported, straight-line winds can be just as deadly and dangerous as tornadoes. and esteem will have more coming up. food poisoning outbreak just turned deadly, shocking new numbers from the cdc showing how many are sick from the e. coli tainted lettuce. bye-bye boy scouts, major change to america's was beloved organizations sending social media into an uproar. carly shimkus live with reactions. ♪

hawaii could be the first state to ban sunscreens harmful to the environment, leg direct -- lawmakers banning a bill, it is believed the chemicals harm marine life and coral reefs. critics say it could discourage people from wearing sunscreen, the bill would go into effect january 2021. boy scouts of america making a major change to be more gender inclusive. carly shimkus with serious xm 115 with reaction to the decision to drop the word boy after 108 years. >> the boy scouts is entering a new, more inclusive era. the organization will be

dropping the word boy from its name, boys and girls can join. the cub scouts will remain the same, a group for younger kids was the boy scouts will become scouts bsa in february. the chief scout executive of boy scouts of america says we wanted to evoke the past but convey the inclusive nature of the program going forward. we are trying to find the right way to say we are here for young men and young women. this becoming a hot topic on social media. ben schapiro says there's something sad about a society that presses for the boy scouts to stop being the boy scouts and something hilarious about the girl scouts now complaining the no longer boy scouts will accept girls. mary lou on twitter says this is awful. they went kids confused about their gender, another internal ploy to weaken our nation through our children and michael says scouts are done, kick some dirt on them. 3000 girls have joined the boy

scouts. shannon: there are still going to be girl scouts. >> they are very angry because it is creating a situation where their membership is declining. heather: still girl scout cookies. that is the moral of the sry. cookies are not going anywhere. next, michelle obama is out of the white house but looks like. first lady michelle obama wants you to consider america at leading lady. take a listen. >> i know that you are me. if i could be standing here as your forever first lady, then you can do anything you put your mind to. heather: the reaction has been intense. check out this anger. pamela says milania trump is the first lady, you are not. do not undermine her. no forever first lady, your past. john says just go away, you have done enough damage.

chris says no one cares. trying to be there for the kids and be a community leader but see people see this as disrespectful to the actual first lady. heather: justin thomas, professional golfer. >> if this doesn't give you warm and fuzzy feelings, check out pro golfer, helping a fan. >> awesome, awesome. >> awesome. >> how cute is that? she said yes. wells fargo championship. maybe you can send your congratulations and mine too. heather: 15 minutes until the top of the hour, the biggest threat yet, states demanding a

end to daca and their new lawsuit might succeed in doing that. our next guest says terminating daca's long overdue. how american heroes are being honored for military appreciation month. ♪

heather: foxbusiness alert, our hackers spying on you through google maps? good morning. >> reporter: this pretty scary. in google maps there is a vulnerability known as an open redirect. it shortens the url and hackers

are getting into redirect you to other websites that are bad, that can sell you things, take over your pc. this is something google is aware of, they are changing it, shutting down the service they are using now and replacing this. you have got to be aware of these. heather: i was suspicious of that anyway. military appreciation month. >> we should appreciate our military year-round and a lot of businesses are taking this month to show their appreciation. sidewalk sales through may 31st. sherwin-williams, 10% off, with a 15% year-round deal. samsung galaxy, mgm resorts international, 25% discounts, 10% home depot on memorial day for veterans but year-round for

active military. a lot of businesses do things to show their appreciation all year round. heather: take a vacation, thank you so much. appreciate it. texas, let's head there, leading a pack of states suing the trump administration to force the end to daca. texas, alabama, arkansas, louisiana, nebraska, south carolina and west virginia trying to force a change. next guest says daca should be overturned and the new lawsuit may succeed in doing so. senior legal fellow at the heritage foundation, thank you for joining us. let's take a look first of all what this daca lawsuit claims, that it violates federal immigration law, implement it without the notice and comment procedures and violates the take

care laws of the constitution was how viable do you think this lawsuit is? >> very viable. these are texas led. the prior coalition successfully stopped the other amnesty program pres. obama tried to put in. we are talking about the daca program for childhood arrivals. obama tried to put in a second program for the illegal parents. texas a couple years ago suit, made the same claim and got a nationwide injunction that eventually was upheld by the supreme court saying the president didn't have the authority to put in that kind of amnesty program for illegal aliens. >> a backlog of immigration cases, 1 million, what is the issue? >> immigration judges when they issue a deportation order don't have power to enforce their own borders the way other federal judges do. those get shipped to the

department of homeland security and it is up to them to enforce it. the obama administration enforces our immigration laws. the number of deportation borders more than doubled during the obama administration. heather: what happens next with delay deportations? >> this is why the department of homeland security needs more resources, more agents, more money to basically work on that backlog. the pres. has been trying to get more money from congress to hire more agents and customs officials. that is what they need to get rid of this backlog. heather: more agents versus more judges. >> they need more judges but i recommended in the past that immigration judges need to be

given power by congress to enforce their own orders. heather: we will see what happens. hunts van paskocki. 8 minutes until the top of the hour. when is it okay to kiss someone? the pentagon is training soldiers on that and you will never guess how much taxpayer money they spend on it. making the dream a reality. how it is helping illegals avoid the law. ♪ ♪ so, what's new? we just switched to geico and got more. more? they've been saving folks money for over 75 years. a company you can trust.

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heather: is almost the weekends. kick it off. live shot of new york city, people starting to move. we appreciate you beginning with "fox and friends first" as always. and open borders group gets taxpayer dollars, has a smart phone apps to help illegals avoid the feds. it allows immigrants to alert others when stories are nearby. according to judicial watch the justice department gave $200,000 to the national immigration law center. that group started this, the united we dream project which created the apps meaning you pay

for it. the pentagon spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to tell soldiers when it is appropriate to kiss someone. the training was -- can i kiss you and teaches soldiers the importance of healthy dating environments and clear understanding of consent. according to the washington free beacon the group behind the presentation has received $700,000 from the pentagon since 2009 to let people know when it is okay to kiss someone or not. could it be real-life? a real life batmobile possibly in the works. >> initiated. heather: that is the real batmobile but ford is designing a car that spits out a

motorcycle. the electric powered motorcycle sitting between the driver and passenger seat, the driver would open a hatch and out pops the bite -- bike. that would be really cool. wouldn't you like one? that wraps up this hour of "fox and friends first". "fox and friends first" continues right now and i will see you at 11 am today. goodbye. jillian: thursday, may 3rd. barricade, a dozen officers injured after an explosion ripped through a bomb rigged barn in connecticut. police are still trying to get the barricaded suspect out. >> i know james comey and the president. sorry, jim, you are a liar, a disgraceful liar. every fbi agent in america has his head down because of you. rob: rudy giuliani demand justice, donald