jillian: it is friday, august 31st and this is "fox and friends first" was happening right now at 4:00 at 4:00 am. >> a vote for mike's opponents is a vote for chuck schumer, nancy pelosi and who else? maxine waters. rob: the president pushing his america first agenda at a rally for indiana republican mike braun. jillian: his warning about the danger of voting for democrats. rob: a legal victory for

kneeling quarterback colin kaepernick. shannon: a new target, hamburgers. rob: war on a popular burger chain, "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ jillian: it is friday. rob: friday is the cure for whatever ails you. they are both great days. anything after wednesday sounds good to me. you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. jillian: thank you for starting your friday with us. in indiana.

[crowd chanting] rob: another big one the president coming out swinging at democrats and what he considers the dishonest media while to make up support for gop senate candidate mike braun. jillian: good morning with all the highlights. >> reporter: the president vowed to be the most aggressive campaigner in presidential history and he was in full campaign mode, support for republican mike braun, the most competitive senate race giving incumbent democrat joe donnelly a new nickname. >> a vote for mike's opponent, sleepy joe, is a vote for chuck schumer, nancy pelosi and who else? maxine waters. they are obstructionists.

>> accusing them of the midterms, invoking tiger woods. they respect the office of the president. >> these are dishonest terrible people. i am telling you that. this is 85%. did you see fake news tried to fake out tiger? they did not do well. we love winners. >> reporter: he painted a stark difference between the choice in november saying a vote for democrats is a vote to abolish ice. >> democrats want to open borders which equals allowing into our country massive amounts of crime. if you want to summarize the difference between democrats and republicans, remember this, democrats want to abolish ice.

>> reporter: there was trade news in the wake of a deal with mexico saying he is close, if not, skip tariffs on auto imports. >> with mexico, canada came along and negotiated at the white house. if it doesn't happen, put tariffs on cars coming in from canada. it is going to happen. a very good relationship. we love canada. they have to treat us fairly. >> reporter: if you like those rallies the president said he would spend 40 days on the trail between august 1st and the election. the next is in billings, montana next thursday. jillian: we will be following that as well. rob: the president taking aim at the dishonest media. jillian: a 2020 campaign advisers says he doesn't need the media to get his message out. goes directly to the american people.

>> i don't think anyone can deny donald trump isn't a fighter. he is is number one defense or. it is important for him to continue to highlight and identify how the fake news is doing an injustice to this country, nothing quite like or as fun as a trump rally. even in this hostile political environment the president has these opportunities do not just places step of approval on candidates that help them keep america great but the opportunity to bypass networks and speak directly to the people to talk about those accomplishments. i have to tell you this president accomplished so much in his first two years that we had to create a website promises kept.com just to keep up with him. >> the president expected to hold rallies in 15 states before the midterm elections.

jillian: look at this. 7 people are dead, more than a dozen injured after a horrific crash in new mexico. investigators say a blown tire crossed the median, smashed into a greyhound bus from albuquerque to phoenix. 20 of them treated area hospitals. the truck driver was not seriously hurt. the ntsb is helping with the investigation. a roof collapse is that a chicago water plant was a massive explosion causing the ceiling to come crashing down burying workers in the rubble. finding ten people trapped. it took two our support one man out. authorities think the explosion was caused by a buildup of methane gas. rob: jeff sessions's job is safe for now. donald trump declined to comment whether he will keep sessions the on november's midterm

elections. look at their relationship that could reach a breaking point. >> the attorney general's and under siege for something he is doing but for something he is not doing, overseeing the russia probe. >> according to congressional confidant there is a need for this service. >> it is a deep breach, former sessions staff versus the ag deserves credit for writing the ship at the doj. >> we have to go back to with the department of justice was like. they are focused on going after corporations, law enforcement and prison populations. >> this provided a 24 page pamphlet, among the headlines, dismantling ms 13 and violent transnational gangs, targeting

groups targeted by the irs ending sanctuary jurisdictions. not on the list, into alleged wrongdoing. despite the city criticism, insiders believe it is unlikely sessions would ever quit. >> he is committed to implement in the president's agenda. >> the trump platform didn't include a doj investigation into russian election interference when sessions became the first senator to endorse trump and the decision not to fall into his portfolio now is a problem. on capitol hill, peter doocy, fox news. >> a ban on americans traveling to north korea by one year which was set to expire tomorrow. us citizens could be detained, the release of the report claims north korea violating sanctions and not dismantling its nuclear program.

russia says it disagrees with certain elements of that report. jillian: we are learning the motor doj official bruce ohr was keeping a colleague in the loop on the trump dossier in 2016. that colleague is a top deputy. we are told ohr's outrage before and after the fbi fired its author, by christopher steele. and contact on the dossier sparked concern whether fbi leadership learned about his back channel activities regarding the dossier which helped launch the russia probe. >> google advertisements, or and hatch and the federal trade commission to reopen an investigation whether the company violated antitrust practices, google decided to remove from its platforms legal businesses the company does not agree with. hatch concerned about privacy,

his request comes, social media sites about what he considers political censorship. and sending a top executive to next weekend senate hearing about misinformation online. jillian: we have seen justice trudeau -- justin trudeau breaking it down in india. rob: can his moves compared to those of another world leader? brace yourselves. jillian: british prime minister teresa may dancing the afternoon away with kids during the trip in kenya. rob: her rhythm. it is really bad. jillian: everyone can't be a good dancer. rob: you could do better than that.

10 minutes after the hour. the president's tax returns, james comey, the travel ban and that is just the beginning, democrats take back the house they have a laundry list of investigations get ready to go to take down donald trump. and next guest says this is proof the left doesn't live in the real world. rob: positing for prayer, touching photo of a police officer going viral this morning.

rob: democrats ready to launch a laundry list of investigations if they win back the house in the midterms. jillian: are these investigations credible or dead end? joining us is republican strategist and attorney peter, what do you think is credible?

>> reporter: the democrats are able to flip the house, they will launch a number of investigations and probes to make sure they turn the white house into a 24/7 legal defense team instead of allowing the president to get the job done. the top of the list will be the president's tax returns, his business dealings, russia will be another issue they will talk about, they will come up with as many investigations as possible. he has removed the power democrats had when they created dependency of the population of the government. what he does, the businesses and the people through liberty, and the democrats, prosperity through liberty because they want to make sure the population remains dependent on the government and the president understand that. >> all the dependency on that, we understand that.

don't you think the president's tax returns should be released? that was standard protocol until this president. >> no matter what the president does, no matter how much the president gives into the democrats they still are having a hard time understanding and accepting the fact donald trump was duly elected by the people, he is our president, he is going to be president it has to be inspected for the next number of years. jillian: your point is there is precedence, it has been done in the past, shouldn't he just do it? >> reporter: i think he has done a pretty good job, released a number of things democrats wanted them to release. no matter what he does the democrats will never accept the president as a legitimate president. that is the argument they make every day. 90% of the reporting, reporting the president as negative. they are not reporting job

growth or lower taxes or wealth creation, they are not reporting the liberty we were talking about he created for the american people. they want to obstruct and make sure the president is not successful. jillian: as to those investigations you were speaking of, do you think the people of america would care? >> they don't. what they care about is more money for themselves, make sure a stable society, the president get the job done on behalf of the american people and doing a great job doing that, they don't care for these investigations. where's the evidence of anything the democrats are talking about? let us see it.

a bunch of allegations to start the job of the president. rob: not sure these are baseless investigations but not surprised democrats would be quite conductive if they got the house back. they are going to be angry and do what they can. jillian: 18 after the hour. you will not see the threat of the democratic lawmaker to ice agents when trump is no longer in office. rob: carly shimkus with backlash to those comments coming up. this wi-fi is fast.

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>> carly shimkus with the war being launched on a california stable coming in and out burger. rob: i assume you ate these yourself? the company is forced to defend themselves after discovering they donated $20,000 to the california republican party. eric bauman took to twitter, asking people to boycott the brand. tens of thousands of dollars donated to the california, time to boycott in and out. and animal style, in and out burger executive says the company donated the same amount of money to both political parties and a lot of folks on social media coming to the

defense including one who said our democracy is based on free expression of opposing viewpoints, every corporation has a right for the boycott of in and out burger because they exercise the right as ridiculous and un-american. tweet, familiar face for this show. after turned republican says more of a reason to go and eat a great burger. there you go. >> this is a pretty bold statement from a democrat from arizona. >> democratic lawmaker from arizona warning immigration officials they could face legal action in the future if they continue to follow the president's policies today. congressman rubin tweet to do that the if you're deporting

americans be warned when the world turns you will not be safe because you were just following orders, you do not have to take part in illegal acts by this administration. some say he took that a step too far. what kind of representative threatens federal employees for doing their job prescribed by laws passed by congress? that backlash coming in on social media. >> a picture of a police officer goes totally viral. >> woman in georgia captured such a sweet image of a police officer praying before eating a meal at a fast food restaurant. she posted a photo to twitter saying it made me grateful for the men and women who serve to protect us, officers and their families. thank you to this officer who truly touched my heart.

god bless these officers. >> they don't know if they are going to see their family. >> absolutely right. >> 24 after the hour, john mccain landing in washington for the last time, colleagues on the hill saying their final goodbyes. emotional tributes in arizona next. >> google, facebook, twitter te executives garrett to the growth by congress. kurt the cyber guy has 5 questions they need to answer and joins us live next. rybody f. ordering custom ink t-shirts has been a really smart decision for our business. - [narrator] custom ink has hundreds of products and free shipping. upload your logo or start your design today

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respects for john mccain given the rare honor of lying in state at the us capitol. >> lauren blanchard brings us more on the honor and touching tribute in arizona. ♪ >> reporter: an american flag draped over john mccain's casket is americans gathered to remember the senator at his long-time family church. >> he finished. >> among those paying tribute, vietnam veteran and former pow arizona cardinals wide receiver larry fitzgerald. >> a true honor to call you friend. your toughness and bravery inspired us. >> reporter: those mccain considered a friend despite political differences. >> i want to remind you i am a democrat. i don't care.

>> reporter: an emotional tribute from former vice president joe biden who served in the senate with mccain it was a political rival during the 2008 presidential race. >> pretty clear instructions believe in the promise and greatness of america because nothing is inevitable here. >> mccain's body being flown from arizona to washington dc where he will lie in state in the us capitol. mccain's casket will stop at the vietnam memorial before a service at the national cathedral. he will be laid to rest at the naval academy. donald trump issuing an ultimatum to the justice department and fbi during his rally in indiana. >> our justice department and our fbi have to start doing

their job and doing it right and doing it now. what is happening is a disgrace, i want them to do the job. i will get involved if i have to. >> reporter: this is the latest in a war of words between the president and the department of justice into the botched probe into hillary's email. the trade deal between the us and canada, both countries will resume their fourth day of talks in washington. on monday the us and mexico reached an agreement to replace nafta but it did not include canada. the president wants to revamp the deal which includes $1 trillion in annual trade. he is threatening to pull out of the wto if they don't shape up and adopt the rules that are more favorable to the us. rob: a man accused of stealing a make america great again hat while throwing a drink on him is facing charges.

the grand jury in texas indicting 30-year-old kino jimenez with theft, the trial is set for october 19th. the video gaining national attention, richard receiving another m a ga hat with a not a graph from the president himself, new zealand welcoming chelsea manning with open arms, to allow the former us soldier to come to a speaking tour next month. she was banned from australia, sentenced for leaking thousands of documents from us government, his sentence was commuted by former president obama. things got worse the district actress heather locklear who has been hit with three new charges

stemming from her arrest, she kicked any mts assaulted a police officer. in june someone called 911 saying she was drunk and arguing in her home, she tried to attack a deputy, locklear's second arrest since february, she is out on bail. the queen of soul getting a star-studded farewell, thousands paying respects to aretha franklin in her tone -- hometown of detroit. stevie wonder, area negron they, faith hill and fantasia after dozens of entertainers at a tribute concert honor the iconic singer's life. franklin died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76. jillian: facebook and twitter evicted head back to the whole for another congressional growing as donald trump rallies his base by calling out conservative censorship on social media.

>> social media, free-speech, google, facebook, twitter and other social media giants. we as a country cannot tolerate political censorship, blacklisting and rigged search results. jillian: what questions should be asked and answered? kurt the cyber guy weighs in on this topic. >> a lot of people are criticizing the president saying you are doing diversionary stuff but the president gave us a magnificent gift. the fact is social media companies will be grilled next wednesday again and what we want to look for are the names jack dorsey at twitter and sheryl sandberg, the number 2 at facebook, google, larry page, no one of big significance but here's the deal. finally the conversation is out there that says wait a minute, all these companies operate in a way that use an algorithm which

decides what you see, what i see, how someone else macy it differently, they are the arbiters of what we see in the online experience overall. jillian: what questions to be asked? >> i have a list of 100 billion. here is what i want to know and be specific. what guarantees can you give us that you are proactively protecting outside influence in local, state and federal elections? what are you doing? as what point is the algorithm determining what is heard, seen, who gets depressed and amplified? when is a too dangerous to be kept secret? jillian: should we know more is what you are saying. >> understand the secret sauce and keep it protected because i can't tell you how the algorithm works. that is the secret success. you can trust people to protect

the recipe and only needed someone who is not a company representative who understand the argot rhythm and have a problem with this. how can you guarantee you are not silencing millions of voices by your own political bias. jillian: a lot of people claim they are being shadow band and hidden on twitter. >> no doubt this happens. why shouldn't your platform be regulated? what are your objections? business secrets? not good enough. give us a report card over your work in the past 6 months. what level of certainty can you promise the american public that november elections will be free of fake posts, and what grade would you give yourselves? do you earn an a, b, c?

jillian: and what is your plan over the course of the next 6 months. tell us what you have done and what you are going to do and how you are going to make this better. >> they will be sharp on that message when they are in front of the committee on wednesday but it is a lot of words. i want to see actions, bottom line. jillian: do you think you will get it? >> you get a lot of questions. that is a good question, back to you on that. i will get back to you on that can't be the answer anymore. give us the real answer. jillian: we want the real answers. thank you for joining us, appreciate it. 37 minutes after the hour. birth control? california giving out free abortion bills to college students, your comments pouring in on this one. his name is max and he is on a mission, the 11-year-old boy, the men and women in blue. he tells us about his plan to

inspire others across the country. take a look at the weather across the country.

rob: he stated the kneeling protests that are plaguing the nfl and portray police as pigs, former nfl quarterback colin kaepernick will take his case against the nfl to court. and arbitrator denying the league's requested throwout colin kaepernick's claim the team owners conspired to keep him out because of the national anthem protests. the case hinges on whether owners work together instead of deciding individually not sign him as quarterback. jillian: the justice department

supporting asian americans suing harvard university. attorney general jeff sessions rights, quote, asian americans take a disadvantage in rfid's admissions program compared to applicants of other races. the lawsuit is an attempt to scale back affirmative action. fox news contributor michelle melton says it is time for harvard to be called out. >> for the longest time they have kept their racially conscious race on neutral policy under wraps and now it is being exposed. >> reporter: harvard maintains they do not discriminate against any group, the case goes to trial in october. rob: 11-year-old kid has back to school blues, hopes to inspire his classmates across the country to support the police. jillian: he is the son of a police officer, started a small business selling behind the blue product with proceeds going to law enforcement. rob: he is starting a call to actions to kids in all 50 states.

max joins us along with his mom and dad, bill, the police officer. thank you for coming in early, appreciate your time when you have a young ceo who is busy, had to get up early. thanks for coming on. what a great thing this is you are doing. towards a police -- a fund for police officers. >> gives services to families of fallen law enforcement. >> you want to tell us what they are? >> it is organic, a sticker we are selling and give money to cost organizations. and into the schools and in the

front pocket of the form. jillian: there was a story behind why you wanted to create the hand sanitizer. >> the front pocket, if they don't fit right in. and to be germ-free. rob: there is a hand sanitizer right here. mom, kristin, this came from a place where he was using the sanitizer as a young man and created a problem for him and that inspired this. >> max has been like this since he was born. and to make their hands -- they can use it all the time. >> you started making it. >> when you look at your dad he

is a police officer. what do you think of him? >> putting lives on the line every day, the sacrifices they make i appreciate that because there's so much negativity. >> i'm tearing up a little bit over here. >> he is about positivity. all the stuff, the negativity brushes it off, always positive and great. rob: when you had a rough day, the last few years being a police officer, you work around new jersey and new york over here, it is not easy right now. do you think he understands that?

>> can these days are inundated with negativity on social media but he has his mind set in a positive direction and keeps going. this is all him. jillian: he is starting the initiative this year. where did he get that positivity and that one to to keep going? what is your goal? do you have a goal? >> i want law enforcement, my initiative project, going into schools and going to ask kids to sign a pledge that if they want they can take a sanitizer and sign the card here saying they will get it to an officer and take a selfy with the officer and basically i want kids to be able to serve law enforcement.

>> i can't even imagine, so far ahead it is incredible. give us a website for everybody to use. you have a good one? >> my website is www. momaxgivesback.com. if you want this hand sanitizer, half of the profit goes to the families of police officers. >> thank you for what you do, we really appreciate it. we need more like this. >> we are coming right back. this isn't just any moving day.

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>> good morning and welcome back, the front of justice offering legal action against organic to should abca deputy attorney general rob rosenstein says no matter how you look at it, it is still a crime. >> i'm not aware of any validation to engage in criminal activity in the presence of somebody with a medical license. >> reporter: it is not a place to normalize their addiction. city officials are planning to open injection sites in new york and san francisco are considering it. >> federal officials finding new ways if he teach first responders what to do if exposed to fentanyl.

>> increasingly likely, make sure we can keep it safe. rob: the doj releasing this video to help agencies across the country deal with this deadly drug between june 2016 and july, of 2017. they were caused by opioids in this country, 20% tested positive for fentanyl. jillian: college students could get abortion help whenever they went in california, the decision in hand of jerry brown. rob: they passed a bill that would require public universities to offer abortion pills at student centers. what you think of this plan? jillian: eileen rights just when you think california can't go anymore in the wrong direction they are like hold my beer. rob: maxes they should think about chastity belts or personal responsibility. jillian: greg writing insanity on instagram. rob: apple counting down to big releases, somebody can't wait. new phones and watches have been leaked online.

jillian: tracy carrasco with foxbusiness. >> reporter: media invitations have gone out. we are hearing september 12th is the date apple will unveil its new line of iphones. they released pictures of the new iphones. one of them is called the iphone 10s. that is an updated version. we are hearing rumors about an iphone 10 plus with 6.5 inch screen, also going to be released, gold version. they have the white and black version of the iphone 10, gold version could be on the way and people looking forward to that and some images of the new updated apple watch. don't know exact pricing or the timeline of when they will be out but people are excited and counting down to this.

rob: hit real gold. >> reporter: with the price it might be. jillian: starbucks getting a makeover. >> reporter: they are cutting sugar by 25%, testing a new recipe in 600 stores in california, missouri and rhode island. the health-conscious consumers looking to drink things with less sugar, this will cut back on the calories, they reengineered the formula, trying it out to see if it tastes the same, starbucks has seen sales declining by 3% in the last year so try to do something different. jillian: we will see if they roll this out nationwide. rob: $9 cappuccino. jillian: time for the good, the bad and the ugly. back to the future for an epic lip-synch video, making a parody

of the classic movie complete with doctor brown and the delorean. ♪ ♪ power of love ♪ power of love ♪ jillian: the cops say they made the video to connect with the community. as part of the police lip-synch challenge sweeping the nation. rob: the bad. a catastrophe in new zealand, one town considering banning domestic cats. the new proposal from pet management would affect cats, pet owners would not be allowed to get another cat if one of their cats died. jillian: the ugly. loving it, breaking out of the zoo and heading straight for the golden arches, jumping from table to table, picking at leftover food at a mcdonald's. rob: coming up at 5:00 donald

trump throwing his support behind senate candidate mike braun and giving a shout out to another congressman in a fired up crowd in indiana. >> evansville, you are very special people. thank you, indiana. thank you. jillian: that man he just mentioned joins us live in the next hour of "fox and friends first". stay where you are.

[crowd chanting] rob: friday, august 31st, the president rallying the crowd in indiana with his america first message and railing against democrats. >> a vote for mike's opponent is a vote for chuck schumer, nancy pelosi and who else? maxine waters. jillian: border security to corruption in the doj the president warning about voting for democrats in november. rob: border security getting approved. jillian: one of america's biggest banks freezing customer accounts.