4-year-old 50 caliber machine gun. his weapon is reportedly being retired as a museum piece. most-watched, most trusted and most grateful you spent the evening with us. good night from washington. i am said henry. >> this is "fox and friends first," happening right now 4:00 am donald from stripping security clearance of former cia director john brennan. >> which other obama officials are on notice. we are live in washington. never does work, 100 people in just one day. ed: the drug dealer -- danger in filtering the streets and what police are doing to stop it. >> we are not going to make america great again. it was never that great. rob: the liberal governor igniting a red white and blue firestorm.

>> "fox and friends first" starts right now. jillian: it is dark on this thursday as we are getting to that time it starts to stay darker a little later. good morning. rob: we don't have a studio audience. jillian: you are watching "fox and friends first". >> donald trump stripping former cia director john brennan of his security clearance and there may be more to come. >> several other heavy hitters

put on notice, griff jenkins live in washington with reaction from both sides. >> in an interview this morning the president says his decision to revoke brennan's clearance was born out of the russia probe saying, quote, i call it the rigged witchhunt. it is a sham. these people would it so it was something that had to be done. sarah sanders explained the decision to pool clearance, leveraging status of the terrorists and outrageous allegations and added this. >> any benefit senior officials might glean from consultations with mister brennan are outweighed by the risks posed by his erratic conduct and behavior. >> reporter: brennan has been one of the most vocal critics of donald trump accusing him of treason after the vladimir putin summit in failing to live up to minimum standards of decency and civility. he is lashing out after being stripped.

>> reporter: i believe donald trump decided to take this action if he has an with others to intimidate and suppress any criticism of him or his administration and revoking my security clearance is his way of trying to get back at me. >> reporter: the white house is reviewing at least we 9 others, james comey and andrew mccabe, director of national intelligence james clapper and susan rice and former deputy attorney general ciliates, democrats are blasting the move saying mark warner had this to say. >> this had an eerie memory of an enemies list, to me smacks of next andian type practices of trying to silence anyone willing to criticize this president. >> we have a cabinet meeting at

11:30. is back in town and scheduled -- i'm going to go out on a limited suggest i don't think this story is over yet. >> a lot of people we talk about all the time, thank you so much. >> democrats slamming the white house for its decision. >> after months of misconduct, john brennan brought this on himself. >> this man is a disgrace to the united states his legacy will only be as a cautionary tale told to future cia leaders about how not to act. >> having served in the two democratic presidents. i am a sinner like everyone else. not looking for your pat on the back or anyone in the audience, taxpayers paid me will to do it. i never once thought even in my own books about taking a personal shot at barack obama

using my experience, never. you don't do that. when you sign up for public service notice when the cia and then turn around and turn to twitter to attack sitting president he is a stain on the country. we deserve better than this. >> john brennan signed on as a contributor for nbc news in february. >> fox news alert, al qaeda may be making a come back, underreport once the terror group has strongholds in somalia, yemen and south asia. experts claim as the rest of the world focused on taking down isis the past two years al qaeda was growing under the leadership of usama bin laden's soon. former member of special operations, aaron:will join us with analysis on this growing problem. breaking overnight, a facility in the capital of kabul, old up in the building there. this happening right now.

's firing off shots. it is not known how many attackers there are or if anyone has been killed. this attack coming after an isis suicide bomber killed 34 people in that city, the bomber walking into a building and blowing himself up where i school graduates were taking university entrance exams. jillian: one of the women arrested for child abuse that alleged muslims in this compound has been in the us illegally for over 20 years. jenna is an ice custody after overstaying her visa and could be deported back to haiti, facing charges with her husband and 3 others after police found 11 kids living on their filthy new mexico compound. the body of another child was also found on the property. they were teaching kids to carry out school shootings, the das appealing after a judge granted them bond. the family of the missing iowa college student has the support of the white house, mike pence

meeting with mollie tibbetts's father. >> i want the family to know you are on the hearts of every american and we will continue to work and we will continue to pray for molly's safe return. >> the 20-year-old vanished nearly a month ago after going for a jog in brooklyn, iowa. officials have been getting so many tips they just added a second server to her website to keep the page up and running. police deny reports there 0 in on a suspect who helped search for molly. >> house republicans will restart their investigation into alleged fisa abuse. george tosca us who you see on the left will be question this morning, he is mentioned in those text messages between peter stzrok and lisa page and he will be asked about his

relationship with bruce ohr who used to work for the justice department, he has testified behind closed doors on the 28th. >> donald trump's "nominee trying to win over democrats on capitol hill. >> brett kavanaugh meeting with lawmakers ahead of what could be a very contentious confirmation hearing coming up in september. ray bowden has more from capitol hill. >> brett cavanagh went quietly in and out of joe donnelly and heidi heitkamp's offices during the second and third democrats to meet with him after senator joe manchin sat down with him in july. all three are facing tough reelection bids in republican states. they also voted for donald trump's first nominee, neil gorsuch. he also meet with ron johnson who already lauded the nominee.

the senate judiciary committee released a third batch of documents from cavanagh's time is a white house lawyer for george w. bush. they have also reviewed documents from 12 years on the dc circuit. john cornyn says more documents are being produced than for any other supreme court nominee. >> the best way to get a sense how judge will perform on the future is how he or she has performed on the bench in the past. >> reporter: the confirmation hearing will last three or four days. top senate republicans want him confirmed by the supreme court at next term which begins october 1st. in washington ray logan, fox news. >> elliott sadler is hanging up his helmet to spend more time with his kids. rob: i want to be there to hug them when they do well and dust them off and send them back out when they fall. time for me to be a full-time dad that i went to be. he won three races and finished in the top ten 69 times over a 60 year period and will retire

at the end of this season. 9 minutes after the hour, the us and mexico working together to crack down on drug cartels. will that actually work? our next guest was the man in charge of keeping drugs out of the us for years. >> insane video the moment a teenager is struck by lightning and lives to tell about it. >> i was dead for 15 minutes. i feel like i'm superman right now. >> the hero that came to his rescue. next.

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ed: investigation into what caused a major power outage at reagan national airport, the lights turning on after more

than an hour. the black out impacting inbound and outbound flight outside washington dc. passengers left waiting for their planes and luggage, the backup generators did provide some late but not a lot. another airport emergency in chicago. two united airlines planes colliding on the runway. a packed to clipping the wings of an empty plane as it taxied to the runway at o'hare national airport. nobody was hurt but both planes have damage to the wing and that one flight that had people it was delayed or two hours. jillian: anti-violence alliance, the restraining mexico to take on violence cartels wreaking havoc along the southern border. >> to partnerships come not only from sitting at the same table but walking the same story together, by taking away their

source of revenue and their ability to make a profit. we take away their influence and their perceived authority and control of our neighborhoods. jillian: joe peters served clinton and bush in the white house, drugs are's office and here is peter to explain why it is critical for the safety of the country. thank you for joining us this morning. one of the questions i ask you a second ago was wide now? why are they doing this now? >> it sounds weird at first because it is an international effort targeting mexican cartels and kingpins that based in chicago. it is because of the deaths and shootings in chicago and the nexus between not only heroin and fentanyl from mexico but the guns transiting back and forth which are allowing the gangs to be shooting each other. >> wise chicago the target for people coming into the country smuggling drugs into the country, bringing weapons into

the country? >> there are well-established roots. the mexican people have relatives, the cartels and the distribution roots, chicago is important because it is in the center of the country, in the midwest. it is a hub. you get it to chicago and can distribute east and west to both coasts. jillian: what time i will we see for real results? what realistic expectations? >> there will be an aggressive timeline. this is being done in conjunction with donald trump's wall effort which we need. it is insane, second and third world countries protect their borders with walls and fences and people are pushing back on our ability to do it. there needs to be a little shock and are good guys to bad guys rather than us being receiving all time. we have gone from elchapo to a

new leader as ruthless and brutal, shooting the military had coppers, kidnapping filmmakers, putting them in acid because he thought they were from a rival cartel. jillian: it is awful and gross some of the stuff. when you look at the numbers, 27% increase in mexico's murder rate, a lot of that can filter over. >> it is and that is the problem. the southwest border, deputy drugs are indifferent white house is, that was my response ability. that was ground 0 for drugs going north or south or human trafficking, money laundering so we need to focus their quickly. jillian: 17 after the hour. the next school shooting happens students could turn into first responders and your tax dollars will be used to train them. wait until you hear this.

forget make america great again. have you heard what new york's liberal governor andrew cuomo thinks? >> we are not going to make america great again. it was never that great. >> how the president is responding this morning. xfinity mobile is a new wireless network

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jillian: jackie ibanez with how the president is responding. >> waiting up fire after undermining his slogan make america great again. listen. and apparently we don't have that but the president tweeting soon after that we are not going to make america great again, it was never get great, that is what cuomo said. can you believe this is the governor of the highest taxed state in the us, andrew cuomo having his own meltdown, walking back to comments with this statement, the governor believes america is great and that her greatness will be fully realized when every man, woman and child has full equality. cuomo not getting the memo from his own team lashing out at the president, what you say would be great again would not be great at all. we will not go back to this, nation, sexism, isolationism,

racism or the kkk but new york's mottos is appropriate, not backward. comments that her the governor's chances against democratic socialist cynthia nixon in the upcoming new york primary who is considered a 2020 candidate for the white house. republican candidate mark molinaro will react live a little later this morning. >> speaking to a women's group, trying to pander to the female vote and got ahead of himself and did make a good comments. >> some of the great things the united states has done, that no other country has done, the country is a great country, we are on the right track more so than we were in the last eight years, new york is on the wrong track and people are fleeing his state because of his bad policies. >> illustrates the difference between many on the left and those of us on the right. most conservatives believe america is the greatest country in the world and always has been and always will be. we have had our ups and downs

but we are closer to perfect than any other country has been but there are many progressives in this country who don't believe that and think we should be more like european socialist countries. >> hard-pressed to find many people who agree with his comments. such a bold comment. we asked on social media what you think about it and a lot of people, what is this? ron tweets's grandparents came from italy to the united states. perhaps if he wasn't so busy running to the left he might have consider the opinions of his parents. thomas rights you can always go somewhere else if you feel that way, he is a disgrace to the state of new york. i'm sure every veteran and ed severson will have something to say to him. is this the kind of person new yorkers went leading them? a tough time for him to be saying that. >> this primary with cynthia nixon and scared of her and running to the left and trying to get that primary voted he slept up. that could hurt him in the

general election and in 2020. >> you could tell the audience didn't know how to react. not good. >> 24 after the hour. body scanners not just for the airport anymore. one major city rolling them out on subways, should more cities do the same. we have to be one step ahead of terrorists. >> kareem abdul-jabbar compared the national anthem to songs of slavery. the outrage online is growing this one. carly shimkus has it all next. ♪ back it on up ♪ the good stuff ♪

jillian: a suspected isis

fighter wanted for killing iraqi police officers arrested on american soil. according to the doj omar arrived in the us in 2014 months after murdering the officer with a group of terrorists and concealed is linked to terrorism and the fight for refugee status in the green card. he has been living in sacramento and working is not a mechanic. he will likely be extradited back to direct. the white house is slapping new sanctions on companies for breaking the economic embargo with north korea. the treasury punishing three businesses and one individual from russia, china and singapore accused of shipping cigarettes, alcohol and oil to north korea which is a breach of sanctions meant to put pressure on the regime to end its nuclear program. ed: a republican lawmaker pressing the fbi for details on chinese spy in senator dianne feinstein's office jim banks sending a letter to chris ray demanding to know if that mold jeopardize national security. the california democrat's former driver was recruited to send

information to china and was fired after the fbi warned feinstein about him five years ago. she says he had no access to classified material. the government wants to spend $2 million to give students trauma training, the department of homeland security proposing a $1.8 million grant program aimed at teaching students and school staff how to help victims of mass shootings with a focus on controlling bleeding. a very important part. jillian: apparently our national anthem compares to the songstress waves saying when they were forced to do manual labor. >> those comments from nba legend kareem abdul-jabbar is getting quite reaction online. carly shimkus with serious xm 115 is here with those comments. >> in a piece for the hollywood reporter kareem abdul-jabbar praised nfl players who kneel

during the national anthem saying slaves were generally expected to sing as well as work. to the slaveowners singing slaves would drown out their own cruelty and oppression but it wasn't enough the slaves had to sing, they had to sing their oppressor's feel good songs. currently the song being demanded is the national anthem during football games. this comment getting a lot of attention a line. some are praising his remarks, others poking holes in his argument. mark on twitter says he should be grateful for the opportunities this country afforded him. he made a lot of money playing a game. a little gratitude, humility would be welcome. could not happen anywhere else. another twitter user says playing football is a job, jobs have rules or find another job. not that hard. preseason football games, another round tonight. we will see what happens. jillian: we are hearing from the men accused of destroying donald trump's star on the hollywood walk of fame. >> he says he was just trying to

help out. >> i don't personally think there should be any charges brought against me because what i did i believe was a rifle and just act and i think that the repercussions of it were only positive. >> he pled not guilty to felony vandalism. cheryl says does that mean i can vandalize sites associated with politicians with whom i disagree? twitter says destroying properties never the answer. the obvious response there. he is the guy accused of destroying the star with a pickax and is facing three years in jail for that. >> this might surprise people, all florida schools are now required to publish the motto in god we trust. >> that is right, part of a new education bill signed by florida governor rick scott and the

measure was sponsored by a democratic politician named kimberly daniels who says this motto is inscribed on the halls of this great capital endings on our currency and it should be displayed so that our children will be exposed and educated on the great motto which is part of the country's foundation. a lot of people on social media surprised about this. lynn says it's be displayed in all our schools and friends says this is a turn in the correct direction. get me out of the water, that is not me saying that but the desperate call for help after swimmers attacked by a shark. 30 feet off of cape cod. nursing graduate credit for saving his life, stopping the bleeding with towels. there was no cell phone service, someone had to run to a nearby home and call 911. the 60 one-year-old was airlifted to the hospital with deep puncture wounds to his legs and body. it was the first shark attack on

cape cod since 2012. >> this is wild. a teen is home from the hospital just five days after being struck directly by lightning. 13-year-old josiah whitman was walking near a park in arizona when he was hit. his heart stopped and doctors had to put him in a coma for three days. he is thanking god he survived. >> i survived it. i was dead for 15 minutes. i feel like i am superman right now. >> doctors credit an army veteran for saving josiah's life, he used cpr to restart his heart. that video, that flash going into him, i cannot fathom. 34 minutes after the hour. overdose horror, nearly 100 people in one day in one place.

the brand-new drug danger infiltrating the streets and what police are doing to stop it. jillian: kicking off the all american road trip in the first spot is dollywould where we find todd pyro. >> you haven't seen me in a few days. want to know why? because i have been rv in theing thanks to go rv. an amazing day here. we are going to bring it to you when "fox and friends first" returns on thursday morning. ♪ here i go again ♪ on my own ♪ going down the road

ed: what an experience. go to orlando in mid-august. it is hot this time of year. they win in the wintertime when we are miserable in new york. it is cold and beautiful in february. we are not. some news here, 70 people overdosing on synthetic marijuana. emergency crews overwhelmed with 911 calls all from the same park in connecticut. 25 of those occurring in a 3 hour span, all of this happening in broad daylight. 71 people were rushed to the hospital, three have been

arrested so far. it is unclear how they are responsible for the overdoses but this is happening out of the same park. a wild story. jillian: one state is considering a major medicaid overhaul, the proposal in oregon would limit opioid prescriptions for certain chronic conditions, patients would be weaned off in a year, then switch to alternative treatments like yoga or acupuncture. the plan could be approved as soon as october but wouldn't go into effect until 2020. ed: today kicks off the all-american summer road trip. jillian: todd pyro traveling across the country getting a firsthand look at all the fun you can have while traveling in an rv. >> he joins us live from pigeon forge, tennessee. >> would you believe 22 million

americans will go rving in 2018 alone. i was lucky enough to be one of them. take a look. check this out. how cool is this? america's home away from home, the winnebago intent. time to go exploring. we are going to head to dollywood. why did dolly start? >> she is proud of this area and wanted to share stories from around the country and around the world. >> they can explore and play and imagine together as a family. >> a pretty accessible area. >> great smoky mountains national park, the most visited national park in the country.

>> it is appropriate dolly who loves rvs herself has her own rv right here. i have never blown glass before. how do we do it? >> pretty easy. about 1800 °. a little bit of blue and red. go ahead and start. >> when you think of theme parks you don't think of arts and crafts but dollywood is different. >> it is all about the herring. >> reporter: i smell cinnamon. cinnamon terrific. it is really hot.

when you are here in dollywood you have to check out a live show. ♪ >> we are magenta. if we have someone who can join in and sing us a song, this guy over here fits right in. this one right here. ♪ rock around the clock tonight ♪ >> reporter: time to ride some coasters. we start with wild eagles. am i going to be an eagle or a chicken? let's find out. is there any way you guys can illuminate drops for this ride? what about speed? we go 61 miles an hour, 16?

is now the wrong time to tell "fox and friends" that i am scared of roller coasters or should that have been before? i am scared. [screaming] >> reporter: was i an eagle or was i a chicken? ed: pretty safe to say while legal won. let's move on from that. that wasn't my fire moment in life.

you organized that lunch for "fox and friends first," i say we skip lunch and hang out in this rv, we can gather everybody up in new york city, all the "fox and friends first" people we love to hang out with, we can have a grand old time this weekend. ed: it doesn't look very fat. >> reporter: i can get it back here. you park in front of the building. ed: they will flash my time. jillian: we will clip that all over social media. ed: it was wonderful. jillian: three new brand-new iphones and inside scoop about the price tag.

ed: the baseball that cleared the benches.

jillian: los angeles leading the nation to install airport security at subway and bus stations. rob: joining us is lloyd figgins. sounds like this will be a trunk on wheels that you can bring around with new cops instead of

shop there whenever you need it. >> initiatives like this, we live in a society where attacks are quite prevalent, a more intensive terrorist organization, any organization that allows us to keep travel safe has got to be applauded and this is just the start of moving those in airports with bus stations and train stations. jillian: a lot of people say if it slows down my commute, will i have to wait in line, is correct. >> what it doesn't, the way they are fusing this is a form of escalators. people going on to the metro system, what they do is pick up any anomalies so if there's

anything blocking them it will pick that up. weather is concealed weapon. this will pick that up. this has looked at security, to deny, delay and defend. what this does is moved to the top of the list and defend. this is moving things forward and allowing authorities to get a handle on those with common citizens. rob: officials concerned about the fourth amendment, unreasonable search and seizure. is the aclu going to come back to this? >> that is up for lawyers to decide. if you have nothing to hide, nothing to conceal or any

attempt to cause harm, in europe we have too much emphasis put on people's human rights and whether or not they are being taken away by security. my answer to that, we live in a world where security, we need to be ahead of the game and put measures in place protecting the public. jillian: thank you for your time. let's get to a foxbusiness alert. can't wait to put your hands on the next iphone? rob: tracy carrasco with foxbusiness has new price points that have been leaked online. >> reporter: september is a big month for apple. they usually unveil the new iphone devices, we are getting inside information that all eyes will be on a 6.1 inch iphone,

and 740, iphone 8 which is smaller at 5.7 inches. there will be an upgraded version of the iphone 10. and running 899 to 949 at a 6.9 inch iphone will start around $1000. usually when apple unveiled their new iphone, a little more time seeing if the trend is right. rob: are they going? >> reporter: they are going a little out of order. rob: taco bell is cooking up rattlesnakes. >> reporter: sort of. they unveiled their nacho fries and now they have a few more variations of the french fries,

spicy rattlesnake fries topped with nacho cheese, jalapeno sauce and the reaper ranch fries named after a hot pepper. those have ranch sauce, and seasoned beef and nacho cheese available for a limited time. if you like spicy things this is something for you to try. rob: a family of rattlesnakes lived under the porch, would you stay there? rattlesnake fries. time for the good, the bad and the ugly. california highway patrol officers, fallen heroes of their first day of school. after crashing during a motorcycle chase in 2017. officers treated his son cameron in the parking lot. andrew senior was killed by a drunk driver on christmas eve in 2017. his fellow men in uniform posing

with his widow, children will always be part of this family. jillian: the bad. $100,000 of ramen noodles stolen in a bizarre heist, the noodles went missing from a parked trailer in georgia and breaks down to 300,000 packages. that got me through college. rob: benches clearing out a ballpark after one pitch, a rookie gets hit in the elbow. and both teams fighting on the field, moments later, ejected. jillian: you could shatter your elbow. coming up, is out qaeda making a come back with usama bin laden

is a new terror kingpin. the new warning. rob: behind the scenes tour of the last blockbuster video in america. kevin mccarthy here to take you to the 90s. - in a crossfit gym, we're really engaged

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>> thursday, august 16th, questionable calls, donald trump stripping cia director john brennan's security clearance. jillian: other obama era officials could be next. >> we won't make america great again. it was never that great. >> the democrats igniting a firestorm across the country with that outrageous claim. rob: how the president is responding. >> i am allowed to kneel. rob: and 11-year-old girl taking a knee during the and some. jillian: hillary clinton singing praises for her. rob: there is a live look outside the building