>> good morning it is august 30th and this is "fox and friends first". happening at 4:00 happening at 4:00 am walking free, extremist muslims accused of training children to become terrorists back on the street. >> outrage boiling over as the judge drops all charges against three of the five suspects. >> donald from taking his feud with google to the next level. >> how the companies responding to claims of cybercensorship. >> the emotional farewell to john mccain's family and friends. >> "fox and friends first" starts right now.

♪ ain't seen nothing got. you ain't seen nothing yet ♪ rob: ain't seen nothing yet. jillian: you have heard this song, you like this collection. rob: you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. jillian: thank you for starting the day with us. three of the muslim extremists accused of training kids to shoot up schools at a compound are now free. >> started have been dropped and the judge is blaming prosecutors for this. griff jenkins joins us from washington with the latest developments. >> the county sheriff's office

confirmed 3 of the 5 adults charged in connection with running that alleged extremist compound in new mexico had been released and they are out of jail. they are free, district judge emilio chavez dismissing charges because of failures on the part of the prosecutors to follow a procedural requiring them to hold an evidentiary hearing within 10 days of the suspect being charged and jails, he called a very difficult decision to make but the 10 day rule left him with no options. prosecutors could seek charges by asking the grand jury to indict them but no indication how they will proceed. in a separate case two of the five adults arrested in that raid on the compound remain in jail on child abuse charges result in the death of a 3-year-old. the dead boy's father pleaded

guilty that is not guilty. the defense attorney urged caution over the religious and ethnic implications at play here. >> inflammatory issues about their religion or race or whether they are jihadists has no bearing on the primary issue. >> the judge in that case, jeff mcelroy had a message for the public. >> i urge everyone to not react. the information in the warrants that were filed, but rather react to the evidence as it is developed in this case. >> the deputy district attorney was asked to comment on both judge's criticisms. we respectfully disagree but this is a story that is going to grow as three of the five are out this morning. we will find out what happens. shannon: we will find out more later in the show.

the president going to war with google over apparent political bias. a video claims google promoted former president obama's state of the union address every year into the search bar but claims donald trump's addresses were never promoted. google says they did highlight a link to the president's state of the union this year but they never promoted president's address to congress. alleged conservative bias putting shockwaves through capitol hill. mike huckabee calling out tech and social media companies for overstepping how much influence they have on people's lives. >> big social media companies face one of 3 things, mitigation, dialback on themselves and try to be more fair and upfront, they will have litigation, they will get sued for manipulating the news like some people are accusing the

russians of. are they going to have regulation? it is mitigation, litigation, regulation but it is not going to stay the same. it can't. these companies have gotten too big, exerting too much influence over people's thinking, how they vote and how they are gathering their news. it is coming to a head and probably soon. >> twitter ceo jack dorsey and facebook coo sheryl sandberg set to testify before congress over claims their platforms are biased against conservatives. >> a us soldier pleads guilty to attempting to help isis, admittedly taught undercover fbi agents how to use atonement to track us troops and also admitted to giving classified documents to isis. the hawaii based soldier offered to carry out a suicide bombing on a u.s. army base. he agreed to a 25 year prison sentence in exchange for pleading guilty. the fbi refusing to defer or deny whether they were warned about china potentially hacking into hillary clinton's private

email server saying no comment to report the intelligence community inspector general briefed the bureau about a possible anomaly found in 30,000 inbound and outgoing emails, donald trump slamming the fbi on twitter over reports that china was to blame. >> donald trump optimistic about renegotiating a trade agreement with canada as tomorrow's deadline looms. >> i think so. i think canada wants to make the deal. we have a good relationship. we are on track, we will see what happens but things are working out very well. >> the president announcing the united states mexico trade agreement on monday during a live phone call with the mexican president. donald trump fulling an about-face on military drills decreasing military drills on the korean peninsula, the president tweeting the president

believes his relationship with kim jong un is a good and warm one and there is no reason at this time to be spending large amounts of money on joint us south korea wargames. this after the pentagon said the drills would continue until the rogue regime starts to denuclearize. >> thousands gathering at the arizona state capitol to say final goodbyes to john mccain. >> more on the memorial service plan today and later in washington. >> good morning, senator mccain's office believes 15,000 people came out to pay their respects yesterday. they came from all over arizona including remote corners of the state. many drove for hours to wait in line for hours on 104 ° day to spend just 20 or 30 seconds in front of the casket. >> on is the only politician who could get us to set aside politics and come together as a state and a nation.

as we have. like many of us here in arizona john mccain was from somewhere else but his spirit, service and fierce independence ultimately helped shape the state with which he became synonymous. >> last night the mccainss show their gratitude, four of the senators children came out and shook hands with members of the public. >> the important things we as americans hold dear, duty, honor and country, he represented all of that and he did it with that kind of humor that endeared him to people. humor is spectacular. we are going to miss that a lot. >> this is a video for senator's arrival yesterday. today his medicaid will depart the state capital at 9:15 local time and make its way to the north phoenix baptist church. the memorial service there will

begin at 10:00. speakers include larry fitzgerald and former vice president joe biden whose son bo died of brain cancer. senator mccain will leave arizona today for the final time at 12:30 en route to joint base andrews. there will be 3 days of ceremonies in washington dc and the naval academy in annapolis, maryland. >> we appreciate it. >> 9 minutes after the hour, outrage going nationwide after 3 suspects, you see them there, from that extremist compounds are cleared of all charges. brian morrow has been following this, shocked by the judge's ruling and says the public is now at risk. >> my opponent lives in a world of fiction, i live in world affect. >> can you stop interrupting. >> can you stop lying? >> this wasn't nationally

televised but on the east coast sparks flying on a debate stage between andrew cuomo and actor turned politician cynthia nixon and we have a heated highlights coming up. ♪ - in a crossfit gym, we're really engaged with

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>> a shocking ruling out of new mexico and was listing this case after charges are dismissed allowing three of the five suspects walk free. >> how can this happen if there was hard evidence of terror plot was underway? rob: ryan morrow has been helping investigators in this case. a lot of good insight into this. this surprises a lot of people. >> reporter: it is surprising. they got off on a technicality

for the child abuse charges. the other charges would remain but these child abuse charges, the hope was that would be enough to keep them locked up but because the prosecutors did not schedule a preliminary hearing within 10 days of taking them into custody which is the deadline they had to work with and they got off on a technicality and so there is a lot of blame going around, people justifiably disappointed in this but it does not appear to be the judge's fault but of the state in this case. shannon: now what? does it but the public at risk? safety at risk? these are three people facing serious charges and now they are mixed in with the public. >> now we go back to the initial ruling by the other judge that said they could get on a signature bond, you can sign a piece of paper promising to show up for trial and if you don't show up there is a $20,000

penalty but you can be on house arrest with an ankle bracelet and check in once a week with the guy supervising you and that is back to where we are now and it is frightening, these three individuals, three of the five in the compound are very dangerous and at this moment they have maximum incentive to try to flee even if they are under house arrest or to try to carry out an attack and die because they don't want to go to jail. if your jihadist you want to die as a martyr and they know if they go to trial they will get convicted and be locked up. for them the choice is try to flee or try to carry out an attack. rob: all charges against these three are off the table or just the child abuse charges? >> reporter: just the child abuse charges. there is always the chance of additional charges. identity fraud or things like

that. rob: do you expect more charges to be brought? there is a lot more here than child abuse, the planning of a terrorist attack, the kid that died, do you expect new charges to be brought? >> reporter: they are looking at any possible way to do that. we do know the district attorney's office says they are going to appeal the initial insane ruling where the defendants were given the signature bond so they could essentially go free and be on house arrest, so secure measure. you can rebuff an ankle bracelet and people have escaped from house arrest before, missing for years. even though i understand why officials say please don't panic, people are upset and worried about this and have every reason to be. the big question for me is who is housing them?

the compound they were at was destroyed and according to the regulations on their house arrest they have to be in a place within the county in suitable living conditions. where is that? there is someone from the local muslim community trying to find a home for these defendants so they could have a place to come to and not be locked up and he said he was looking to find a church. i highly doubt he will succeed in that endeavor. >> thanks. 17 after the hour. first it was diamond and silk, the republican candidates, now conservative facebook workers say they are the ones being censored. whatever end? >> carly shimkus with reaction to the growing revolt. ♪ your typical bank. capital one is anything but typical. that's why we designed capital one cafes. you can get savings and checking accounts with no fees or minimums.

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>> can you stop lying? >> as soon as you do. new york state is a state that says we will not cooperate with ice. they are a bunch of thugs. >> carly shimkus with fox news headlines 24/7 but i can watch the whole thing. here with reaction to very interesting and heated debate. >> it was interesting and heated is two high profile candidates went head to head on a number of issues including new york city's broken subway system, giving illegal immigrants driver's licenses and single-payer healthcare. governor cuomo bragged about his fight with donald trump but ultimately said he would not run for president in 2020. a lot of personal attacks as well as the two accused each other of lying. mixed reaction on social media. them said the whole thing was a big mess including this twitter user who says new york deserves

better candidates. another person writing and saying this should be pay-per-view. one person points out the obvious question considering what we talked about yesterday, let's not forget the most important issue here. what was the thermostat set at? both were wearing suits, both looked pretty comfortable. >> i didn't see cuomo sweating bullets. >> may be they met. >> facebook employees speaking out. >> surprising headline out of facebook. senior facebook engineer posted a memo on the internal messageboard calling out the left wing mob mentality within the company saying, quote, we are a culture intolerant of different views, we claim to welcome all perspectives that are quick to attack and mob

anyone who presents a view that appears to be in opposition to left-leaning ideology. the surprising thing is 100 other facebook employees agree with that, they joined that group. there appears to be some people either republicans in silicon valley were democrats that are at least open to political free thought. this presence is the bias is being exposed for what it is, steve saying not surprising to me at all, not surprising. 100 people, a fraction of facebook's 25,000 employees but still a pretty big deal nonetheless. rob: prince harry, one of billions who have the hots for halle berry. >> before megan markel, prince harry had his sights set on another beautiful actress. take a look at this picture of prince harry sitting in his dorm room. this was taken 15 years ago and he has a poster of halle berry right above his head. she found this picture

yesterday, posted it to twitter saying i see you, prince harry, getting called out 15 years later. >> i didn't put girls on the wall but harry has a remarkable taste. >> can't blame them for halle berry. thanks a lot. >> 25 after the hour donald from lashing out at cnn over its discredited trump tower story saying the network is being torn apart from within. how cnn is responding. >> they hired his wife and administration awarded them look at of county contracts. jillian: andrew quell's campaign taking a shot at his republican opponent's pregnant wife in a new campaign ad. mark molinaro is here with harsh words live.

>> reporter: hope you're having a good morning so far, donald trump taking cnn to task over the infamous trump tower meeting, the president tweeting cnn is being torn apart from within based on there being caught in a major lie and refusing to admit their mistake. carl bernstein, a man who lives in the past and thinks like a degenerate for making up story after story is being laughed at all over the country, fake news, the network claims the president's former lawyer michael cohen had information that then candidates from new, donald trump junior met with the

russian lawyer to get information on hillary clinton. :'s lawyer later admitted to being the anonymous source for the story and has since backpedaled but cnn stands by its story. cnn's gazing response adding fuel to the heated exchange of words between the white house and the news organization. kellyanne conway said lanny davis admitted his mistake and it is time for cnn to admit there's. >> lanny davis admitted he made a mistake and didn't have the information but remember what lanny davis said his clients words tell mueller is central to the entire claim of collusion which the president said was phony. and it is so central to the claim of collusion that without that, the bombshell report is just bomb, directly to the problem we have which is trust immediately, tweet incessantly, verify never. so long as it is negative.

why won't cnn say was based on false reporting, we retracted and apologize? people make mistakes but those who are constantly assailing everybody else i love to admit it. >> reporter: cnn fired three reporters in june of last year for a botched story linking transition team member anthony scaramucci to russia related investigations. congressman jim jordan ripping house democrats for defending bruce ohr during closed-door testimony. >> look at the facts, comey was fired, and or mccabe lightly under oath, fired, jim baker come a former chief counsel demoted, lisa page demoted and left, peter stzrok demoted the left, sally it side, bruce ohr demoted twice, these are the key people who ran these investigations. >> ohr under fire for passing information from fusion gps, the opposition research firmware his wife work that was paid to build the trump dossier. donald trump back on the

campaign trail today in indiana, he will rally for republican businessman mike braun who is running for the senate, facing incumbent democratic senator joe donnelly in november, donald trump referred to donnelly as sleeping joe at a rally earlier this year calling him the least effective democratic senator. the trump administration cutting more red tape and flooding the market with thousands of new drugs. garrett tenney explains how the plan works. >> help is on the way, that is the message from the federal drug administration as it works to lower the cost of prescription drugs. the agency strategy is as simple as supply and demand, increase competition by allowing more drugs into the market and as a result prices will fall. this past year the fda says it approved 46 new drugs, the most in 1996 and a record number of

new generics with more than 1000 getting the green light. this year the agency is on track to top both those figures after streamlining its process, reviewing drugs with the goal of getting generic drugs to market in 8 to 10 months instead of the current average of four years. the changes are part of the trump administration's push to cut regulation and get rid of red tape. this month health and human services secretary alex aczar said the results are speaking for themselves. >> increasing competition, increasing approval of new therapies to market. so it is not going to change overnight. we are not striving for any cheap gimmicks or quick solutions, we are doing things the right way. >> critics say the changes disagree and argue the fbi is lowering standards for drug approval and putting consumers at risk. >> exposing patients across the country to increased risk because we didn't learn about the harm we could have learned had we gotten better political trials. >> reporter: the fda says a lot

of new drugs they are treating with red diseases, and a new streamlined process, this patients don't have to wait years before having a chance of treatment. in washington, garrett tenney, fox news. >> new york governor andrew cuomo and actress cynthia nixon facing off in a fiery debate last night ahead of next month's primary election. >> new york state is the state that is suing donald trump for ripping babies from the arms of their mother. new york state is the state that says we will not cooperate with ice, they are a bunch of thugs. >> we can ensure all our people by single medicare for all system, we can do it better, we can do it cheaper, we can do it with no co-pays, no deductibles. >> how will this set the tone for the rest of the country in the upcoming elections? here to react, gop challenger

mark molinaro and you will try to take this job from governor cuomo in november. cynthia next and is doing you a tremendous favor by running in this primary against the governor because they are racing to the left to outdo each other in this primary. >> we saw it last like a two people trying to be governor of the democratic party or maybe both running for mayor of new york city against donald trump, i don't know. the one thing you should know is something you nixon and i are running for the same reasons, this governor allowed new york to be the most overtext in america and run the most corrupt government in america. she is pointing it out, he doesn't like it. we are pointing it out, he doesn't like it. >> i assume her plan for single-payer would raise taxes. >> new yorkers cannot afford that expenditure. not to mention the state of new york can barely run transit system in the city that alone

the entire healthcare system of new york. >> do you think cuomo has apprehensions for 2020? he has been talked about as a contender. >> if you believe for a moment he's not going to run for president i have a bridge to name after you. he said earlier this year used in governing, he is focused on beating out members of congress and taking on the president. new yorkers deserve a governor that respect the office and respect them, someone who is going to work for every day new yorkers. this governor is running for national office. rob: what is your plan? you or eight points behind cuomo himself. >> the numbers are tightening up and people are paying attention. we have to make new york competitive, cut property taxes, invest in infrastructure, get

the trains running on time and make it easier for business. every day new yorkers know this is the most corrupted state government in america, the governor has benefited politically and these are the most overtaxed people in america and the people in new york deserve more than the one debate they get last night. >> this was a big win for cynthia next and. there has been an ad aimed at you and your wife, we will play it right here. >> they hired his wife and they awarded them lucrative county contracts. rob: cuomo who has allegations against himself of being corrupt fires off this political ad if he does when the primary. what do you think? >> 6 or 7 of top lieutenants found guilty of federal corruption charges what he presented his nonsense.

this is a man who woke up, on third base, thinks he hit a triple, cannot understand, talented, capable, educated, could possibly find her way to a job unless they are politically connected. he needs to stick to me because my wife is out of his league but he is showing himself for what he is, a sexist bully and showing no class. rob: i don't know if he is sexist, you call them corrupt and he says you are the same thing. i don't think it has to do with your wife or what sex she is. >> i do. at the end of the day my wife got her job, every person who works hard, qualified, capable. she is off limits. and guilty of federal corruption charges. it is total nonsense, fabricated, to suggest that

somehow he is okay and i am bad. rob: he had a rough couple months. he has earned it. thank you, appreciate it. 38 after the hour, mystery solved, this video going door-to-door in the dead of the night, looks like a horror film. the deadly twist, but nobody saw coming. todd pyro and his road trip rages on, next stop saint augustine, florida where he is joining us live. >> reporter: this guy right here, our home away from home for our all-american summer road trip to saint augustine. the adventures here we will bring you when "fox and friends first" returns thursday morning.

jillian: white house counsel john mc gandis leaving after brett kavanaugh is confirmed in the fall. >> with me for a long time. for almost two years. >> the mueller team. >> gave the green light to speak with special counsel investigators. rob: a professor link to the russia probe is at the center of the complaint surrounded wasting taxpayer dollars. abusing government contracts with paying $600,000 for academic papers related to russia. and the defense department demanding police of harper's emails and messages. ♪

>> he had the road and we are afraid he may never come back. rob: todd pyro getting a look at the fun you have traveling across the country. jillian: flying with the thunderbirds. what are you doing? >> my feet firmly planted on the ground this week, we are going for more of a chill. we have our little guy many mac. that is not my nickname for rob, but the name of the actual rv. it is definitely perfect for when you're trying to relax, cook out on the beach action. check it out.

nothing like pyro starting a fire. hanging out in your rv on open flames. now that we have our home away from home set up. saint augustine known as the oldest north american settlements. right behind us where it all started. >> the oldest settlement in the united states founded september 8, 1565. >> reporter: how important is saint augustine to american history? >> everything spread from here out. >> reporter: did the spanish travel bar rv? this is the actual fountain of youth. >> that is the evidence ponce they leon left so he could show he was here. >> give it a shot.

>> a museum with real artifacts. this is not a big sword. take that. i really want to do that. >> serve francis drake in 1586, over these attacks, build a fort to employ the city. >> one way to deal with pirates is to create pork like this one. did forts like this were? >> they did. we experienced a number of attacks, pirate and british attacks. >> let's check it out. the national park service has done an amazing job keeping up the authenticity. >> we do a phenomenal job. >> reporter: including this guy.

>> sebastian lopez toledo. >> reporter: you are signing me up for something. >> the spanish army. report for duty tomorrow morning at 6:00. you can do it remotely. >> reporter: there are a lot of stories, ghost stories. what better way to find out for myself and going on the ghost tour? >> we are going to the most haunted building in saint augustine. there were eight documented hangings that took place at the old jail. all the way in for maximum security. >> you have been found guilty of the crime of piracy. >> you got to be kidding me.

i am not going to forget you wanted me dead. >> typically people want me dead at the studio. one point of clarification, we are grilling out here on the beach, they ask people not bring rvs to the beach at anastasia state park. one thing we are not doing his cooking the bacon. at the rate it is going it should be ready for tomorrow. >> there are no words. >> 48 minutes after the hour. if you thought you had a bad day at work? >> asking an employee to do something after hours ended with this. - my family and i did a fundraiser walk in honor of my dad,

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rob: a mystery solved. woman going door-to-door in the dead of night with broken shackles on their wrists has been found safe. police responding to a shooting at a houston home found that the mother's boyfriend was dead inside. some questions here, turns out he killed himself. the 32-year-old woman was his victim. they lived together. the chilling video you side the beginning set off a frantic search after this woman dressed in a t-shirt rang multiple doorbells at 3:00 in the morning, had those shackles on her wrist, she is expected to talk to police in coming days, hopefully more details to come.

jillian: we will continue to follow it. a woman serving 10 years in prison gets 20 more after she is found guilty of feeding the body of her husband's next to alligators. tried dissolving the remains and acid after this killed the mother of two. the body was dumped in a creek and hope gators would eat her. the husband is serving a life sentence. another bizarre story. >> bernie sanders taking on amazon, the vermont senator it usually retail giant of underpaying the workforce. jillian: amazon's reaction. >> reporter: amazon is a target of criticism from donald trump but this time amazon is going to battle with bernie sanders. amazon's firing back. amazon said it is calling in

accurate and misleading accusations by sanders who said he will introduce a bill requiring large employers like amazon and walmart to pay a, quote, living wage. sanders said that amazon isn't paying its employees and of suggesting a lot of them get government assistance, medicaid, subsidized housing in order to make ends meet. amazon disputing those claims saying they pay their full-time associates $15 an hour on average, inviting sanders and his team to come to one of the warehouses. we will see if the president weighs in on this. >> you never know. >> i remember when i was a kid. >> clear beer is in. >> not just clear beer but clear coffee, clear drinks that taste like coca-cola so this is the latest trends in beverages in japan. they want to make these drinks look like water but they are

flavored. they say consumers want to think that still taste good. rob: doesn't look like it tastes good. that is the problem. jillian: we should get some and try it. jillian: time for the good, the bad and the ugly. the police chief's dad sworn in as a rookie cop, chicago police superintendent eddie johnson, 218 new recruits last year, donating his kidney to his dad who is battling life-threatening illness. >> troopers pool over this guy with the leaning tower of mattresses. somehow none of those flew off into the air as he was going down the highway. jillian: a brawl between waffle house workers over doing the

dishes. police say it started when one employee asked another who was off the clock to do the dishes. i will do laundry all day long but those dishes? rob: you do the laundry before the dishes? coming up at 5:00 a homeless crisis and needles littering the streets and san francisco once safe space for drug addicts to shoot up. jillian: our panel is on deck, stay right there.

rob: it is august 30th. three extremist muslims accused of training children to become terrorists back on the street. jillian: outrage boiling over the judge dropped the charges. rob: donald trump ripping cnn for refusing to retract the infamous trump tower reports. jillian: the news organization of using to back down. rob: delayed package going viral for a reason you will barely believe. jillian: "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪