>> friday, tuesday, september 4th, this is "fox and friends first". at 4:00 at 4:00 am, gordon gaining strength, tropical storm slamming florida first before taking aim at other gulf states. the brand-new track as it is set to make a second landfall with hurricane fury. fireworks expected is judge brett kavanaugh faces lawmakers for the first time today, live in washington where a single vote could make or break his confirmation. just burn it, mikey -- nike

sneakers, protest of the brand-new ad campaign featuring anthem the other colin colin kaepernick. the boycott and backlash boiling over. "fox and friends first" starts now. >> good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" on tuesday morning. i have been away for a while but great to be back, thanks for starting your day with us. brett kavanaugh in the hot seat today, the confirmation is on as donald trump's supreme court nominee faces the senate. we have been watching for this. griff jenkins live in washington

were democrats are determined to slow the process was i have been gone for 7 weeks, they were saying this wasn't going to happen but it is happening. >> reporter: democrats are trying to delay the hearings, chuck schumer blasting the administration for releasing documents last night, so there would not be time to read them before the hearing started of yours, senator schumer, republicans know this has been the least transparent scotus process in history and the hearings should be delayed until we can fully rent view brett cavanagh's record, the demonstration pushing back saying the documents produced on brett cavanagh are two times that of any previous nominee as chuck grassley had this to say. >> you are hearing from a lot of people that can't find anything wrong with the qualifications of brett kavanaugh so many democrats said before he was nominated they would vote

against anybody on that list so the bottom line is how much more do you need to know? >> reporter: brett kavanaugh is set for weeks of hearings, an independent judge, democrats are expected to grill him on a number of hot button issues. the top of the list abortion, the future of roe v wade, the second amendment and executive power. brett kavanaugh suggested presidents should be shielded from probes. we will find out about that. is expected to have the vote, a number of senators, sue collins and lisa murkowski interested in his views on abortion and other things and democrats in red states, joe donnelly, heidi heitkamp in north dakota, manchin in west virginia and doug jones in alabama. it will be fast and furious, we will get a week of it. possibly also some protests. we saw that when brett cavanagh

was nominated. we will see how much there is. jillian: at 9:15, it will be a week of it. appreciate it. as we were discussing democrats have been fighting tooth and nail to stop brett kavanaugh from making it to the supreme court bench, state department press officer morgan ortegas says the big question is not whether or not he will make it through but how the progressive base will react to another trump victory. >> no way he is not confirmed. my question, the president has other republicans, what are these wing senators going to do? how many of these democrats, it is a done deal at this point but what i'm looking to is how does a democrat progressive base react? reports they are regrettably frustrated with their leadership for being unable to prevent trump from getting a second

supreme court justice. the progressive base of the party take it out on democrat leadership which is under fire even if they take back the house in november. >> reporter: the confirmation letter requires a simple majority vote. as it stands republicans hold a razor thin majority with 50-49 votes. we will talk about this more. fox news alert, us soldier killed and another wounded in an insider attack in afghanistan. circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear but it comes one day after a new commander took over the region. the head of us forces says, quote, the sacrifice of our service member who volunteered for a mission to afghanistan to protect this country is a tragic loss. our duty is to honor him, care for his family and continue our mission. the unidentified soldier is the sixth american servicemember killed in afghanistan this year.

police officer fighting for his life after being shot in the head. the covington officer responding to a call of the stealing bandannas and walmart near atlanta, chasing a suspect across the street. the suspect killed himself. >> very heavy on all our hearts. we will ask everyone viewing this to pray for his health and he can do that. >> reporter: the community gathering to pray for officer cooper, the 6 year veteran of the force is in serious condition. cooper is an army veteran, a husband and father of two. in the meantime 6 people are dead and to doesn't hurt over labor day weekend in chicago. 1000 people shot in that city just since memorial day. one dozen people under arrest for protesting the violence in the city, the group attending to shut down a major expressway

near o'hare airport. >> turn around and go to the grassy area. >> nobody going to turn us around. >> reporter: those protesters call for democrat mayor rahm emanuel to resign as the shooting violence plagues the city and it has been ongoing. one person dead and 3 others missing after a horrific boat crash on the colorado river. the body of a woman from california pulled from the water a day after two boats collided head on near the california arizona border. all 16 people in the boat thrown overboard. two in critical condition, the cause of the crash still unknown. bracing for impact, states on high alert as tropical storm gordon is expected to strengthen putting millions under hurricane warnings. the storm makes landfall in a

few hours. >> labor day washout ruining many people's plans for the unofficial last day of summer. >> rain falling, this is not what we expected. >> reporter: gordon formed monday over the upper keys but by midafternoon areas like west palm beach were already drenched, some parts of the state reportedly getting 8 inches of rain in a few hours. >> a lot of rain and water. >> reporter: what should have been a packed beach with an empty wendy ghost town. not just fun in the sun that fell victim to the storm, severe weather impacting crucial labor day shopping, local businesses say traffic was nonexistent. the storm's path in mississippi and louisiana where preparations are underway. >> emergency declaration, pre-positioned in southeast louisiana. >> our team in the emergency operations center is activated it has been activated for the

past couple days. >> reporter: there was not much notice as they rushed to keep up with demand. homeowners had to do it themselves. >> walking off around the doorways. >> reporter: 5 foot storm surge expected prompting workers to spend their labor day tying up votes and securing docs. if gordon stays on its track the entire gulf coast will be dealing with significant rainfall. heather: donald trump accusing jeff sessions of jeopardizing the midterms. two easy wins in doubt because there's not enough time. good job, jeff. he seems to be referring to investigations into duncan hunter and chris collins. last month hunter and his wife were indicted in california on charges of misusing campaign funds for personal use, collins indicted last month on insider trading charges in new york.

a recess is over, congress is in a race to avoid a government shutdown again. the current spending bill runs out at the end of the month. the several major hurdles remain before a new deal can be struck. the president wants his border wall funded. republicans in the house are still hoping to defend planned parenthood and continue slowly stripping away the affordable care act. congress will be busy grilling big tech tomorrow on privacy laws and for election meddling with officials from microsoft, google and ibm will be taking the hot seat when questioned by the senate intelligence committee. google in particular has come under fire notably about donald trump who accused the company of rigging searches. the time is 10 minutes after the top of the hour. it is primary day for elizabeth for his voters at the polls in

massachusetts that is her primary concern really 2020? a launchpad for a presidential run. one city pushing to lower the voting age to 16. our kids really ready? sharing your comments on this one.

heather: all eyes on massachusetts where in a few hours primary polls will open and voters will decide who is heading to the november ballot. here to break it down is republican pollster john mclaughlin. massachusetts big day today. why so important? >> many places like doing that had a republican governor.

charlie walker is the most part the governor in the united states. liberal progressives in a box. that is going on across new england, republican governors in maine, vermont and one in connecticut and also the key thing is the fact he controls the taxes, keeps taxes down. heather: he has a primary today. the gop primary in terms of who he is facing. >> he will crush him. charlie will crush his opposition. he is very good, popular governor and strong republican base. he will win. heather: the democratic party? >> doesn't matter, they will lose. heather: who will win this?

>> don't know. hasn't been good public polling in massachusetts. when you talk about senate races you will see the less public polling was in june. heather: why is that? >> they don't think, they look at general elections and for whatever reason media outlets don't fall is often. >> reporter: will people turn out for the race? >> probably a low turnout affair. a lot of people quite happy. heather: what about the senate? the republican senate primary? >> the activists spending money, beth lindstrom very popular, full disclosure, i did polling for her. the last published poll in the senate race was in late june, 48% undecided, a wide-open primary. heather: three candidates to split the vote between.

>> she has been an elected official before. she has a good shot but you can't tell. heather: whoever wins this race will face elizabeth moran in november. >> they raise money nationally because she is so left-wing progressive radical liberal and so anti-trump that you could raise money by becoming her opponent. even though it is late in the game, the primary is late so challengers don't have a shot. heather: the big money would role in following the midterms in terms of the senate race. heather: whoever wins against her save big money from lots of little people from people who gave to trump. the blue collar billionaire the

average person supported. heather: elizabeth warren, the primary issue of the primary for her a run for 2020? >> i think she wants to. if she gets by the senate race -- when you look at this these people -- heather: in this poll, these are the same name as we keep seeing. >> just like when polling for donald trump out of a field of 17 he won because he was the most anti-obama anti-clinton person in the field that republicans really wanted. democrats will have more candidates running and they will try to nominate the most anti-trump radical progressive who will end of losing to him but won't be one of these. heather: i think democrats would

be in trouble if these are the four faces we see again. >> donald trump could beat any of these candidates. heather: we will see you back. the time is 18 after the top of the hour. run down while riding bikes, stunning video of a car blowing a stop sign. it. the stop sign slamming into two young children. the search for the driver who then sped away. just burn it, angry customers protest nike's ad campaign featuring colin kaepernick. the company's defense and why they crossed a line. ♪ this isn't just any moving day.

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>> sorry, nike, i've been buying you for 20 years, not anymore. heather: nike ceiling heat, store transporting nike products after the company teamed up with colin kaepernick. live from los angeles, the burning outrage. >> reporter: the nfl regular season has not even started and fans are throwing a red flag when it comes to the and some protests because nike teamed up with colin kaepernick making the and them protested the face of its 30th anniversary just do it campaign. the former 49ers quarterback wrote believe in something, even if it's it means sacrificing everything was the endorsement deal will feature him on billboards, tv commercials and online ads and he will get his own clothing line and shoe line.

colin kaepernick kicks off and them protested in 2016 by taking a knee on the sidelines and is suing the nfl claiming owners colluded to keep them off the field after following the 2016 season. americans upset about the protests turning their rage on nike. >> we will go ahead and say we stand with people who neil for the national anthem blues not only am i burning my favorite pair of nikes but your sales. >> reporter: nike defending their choice saying we believe colin kaepernick is one of the most inspirational athletes of this generation who leveraged the power of sports to move the world forward. former marine tweeting there is protesting and then the actual actions and words of colin kaepernick. it is disrespectful to anyone to say someone who is patriotic or

proud of the flag, supporting oppression in doing so. that is where he started and how he lost me. other athletes in a just do it campaign includes serena williams and lebron james, outspoken supporters of colin kaepernick. >> reporter: so we jones posted an alternate ad. nice to be with you this morning. nike's new campaign striking accord on both sides of the debate, some praising the decision to highlight the out of work quarterback but for others like kurt, the message is personal. >> 27 years in the army i wore the american flag on my shoulder, over two deployments i was there when the flag, the coffins of people we were burying, this disingenuous idea that he is just trying to make a statement, baloney. he is targeting us. he knows what this means to us,

he knows how insulting it is and how disrespectful it is and nike is empowering it, i don't buy it. this is lousy, this is rotten and i'm never buying another nike product again and i think millions of americans are going to agree. heather: what do you think of nike teaming up with colin kaepernick? share on facebook or twitter sr email us@friends1flibblefoxnews.com. the demand for bulletproof backpacks is up. israeli military company, it can transform into a bulletproof vest in two seconds. it can withstand shots from an ak-47, it sells for $500 and the company says it boosted production to keep up with the orders from the us. 16-year-olds may have a golden opportunity, voters are set to decide whether to lower the

voting age to 16 in the city of golden. if past 16-year-olds will be able to cast ballots in local elections and our local issues. three cities in maryland and one in california have voted -- lowered the voting age to 16. the constitution sets 18 as the minimum age to vote but does not bar states and cities from doing something different, lowering the age. your comment 7 pouring in and most of you are not excited about the idea. please tell me this is a joke, matthew in his to graham says i am 16 and not ready to vote. terry says democrats will try anything for more votes. let us know what you think of that. another win in the war on terror. we will tell you about that. brett kavanaugh grilled on the hill at his confirmation hearing.

what can the supreme court nominee expects? or next guest thinks he will be thrown some softball questions. ♪ why can't we be friends ♪

>> half past the top of the hour. the founder of the economy network is dead. he died after several years of illness. he was paralyzed for years. the group has close ties to the taliban and al qaeda and many coordinated attacks in recent years. the group responsible for a truck bombing in kabul that killed 150 people last year. his son has been running that group since 2001. donald trump is warning against attacks on the syrian rebels, saying bashar al-assad must not

recklessly attack, the russians and iranian's would be making a grave mistake to take part in this potential human tragedy. hundreds of thousands of people would be killed, don't let that happen, 30,000 fighters live among 3 million civilians. iran as foreign minister discussed an assault yesterday. vladimir putin will meet with president rouhani next week. a far cry from former president obama. and not tough enough on dictators. >> the iran nuclear deal, to vladimir putin or anybody else, he has not had peanuts and cracker jacks, take me out to the ballgame, let's not exaggerate. what donald trump is trying to do is reach out to north korea to stop a nuclear threat.

and ridiculous to say barack obama was not cozying up to dictators. >> donald trump penned by president obama earlier this year. a driver blows through a stop sign hitting two children riding bikes. take a look at this video. hit a 12-year-old boy and drove away with the kids clearly in pain on the pavement. the little girl said the driver waved and said sorry, the boy got away with a broken wrist, police are looking for the three people in that car. in hours from now, brett

kavanaugh faces the senate judiciary committee marking the first of several partisan slugfest. democrats are trying to derail his confirmation. what questions can we expect today? constitutional attorney mark smith. what can we expect in terms of questions. it into the specifics. >> the hearing will go 3 to 4 days. what we can expect our long grandstanding style speeches by senators looking for their literal 15 minutes of fame, we see speeches, and questions directed to brett kavanaugh to various senators or focus, try to get him to get an indication

to rule on future cases, and can't pre-judge a case. and asking questions about his prior decision and everything i did up to this point i was a judge on the dc circuit and it was my job to follow what the supreme court was telling me to do and i was following -- heather: a lot of grandstanding will involve records that have not been released, who has been able to see what. we heard a lot about that. >> a lot of it is political theater. at the end of the day republicans likely have the votes. there will be several democrats. brett kavanaugh was on the dc circuit for 12 years already and a lot of the records democrats

want to look at existed before brett kavanaugh was -- >> the issues we expect to be hit on whether it is today or not. surveying americans. >> after 9/11 there was a lot of debate about how to prevent another 9/11 and should we allow law enforcement agencies to communicate information with international intelligence agency and after 9/11 was a policy decision by the president and congress to allow further sharing to prevent future terrorist attacks and that will come up, how much do we trust the president? the answer is the president is elected, all the other people in washington are nominated and approved by the senate are

elected by the state and the one person elected by everyone, on these questions, we will be for to him because there is a check and balance. >> they are elected by their constituents. >> congress can do other things, punish a president that goes rogue or other things or even impeachment. heather: roe versus wade. >> the great issue democrats love to trot out. roe versus wade is almost 50 years old. we had maybe 7 republican nominees and confirmations since roe v wade was decided, it is still the law of the land. any suggestion that after arms

and have guns but the supreme court said you have a right to a loaded gun unlike in your home. it hasn't extended that right on the supreme court level to outside the home. the next case we are likely to see is can you have a gun outside the home? brett kavanaugh, a bad -- black rifles or assault weapons, those are unconstitutional and you as an american have a right to rifles like a right to handguns. >> he is the constitutionalist and we will see what happens. we are covering it beginning at 9:15. thank you for joining us. time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour. some dramatic moments as monica lewinsky ripped off her

microphone and cut this interview short. >> i'm so sorry. i'm not able to do this. >> we will tell you the question that was offensive enough to make her storm offstage. the want to eat more chicken? how you can score free chick-fil-a all month long. king. ordering custom ink t-shirts has been a really smart decision for our business. i love the custom ink design lab because it's really easy to use. they have customer service that you can reach anytime. t-shirts help us immediately get a sense of who we are as a group. from the moment clients walk in, they're able to feel like part of the family. - [spokesman] custom ink has hundreds of products for your business and free shipping. upload your logo or start your design today at customink.com.

>> monica lewinsky walks out on a live interview when asked about her scandal with former president bill clinton. >> apologized to you personally. do you still expect that apology? >> i am sorry. i'm not going to be able to do this.

>> reporter: she made headlines in the 90s, she said questions on that topic were supposed to be off limits, it became clear to me i had been misled. i left because it is more important than ever for women to stand up for themselves and not allow others to control their narrative. the israeli tv station in charge of the event has not apologized. the new yorker festival disinvited steve bannon after celebrities pulled out of the event. if steve bannon is that the new yorker festival i am out, i will not take part in an event that normalizes hate. jimmy fallon writing i am out. all three abandoned the former chief strategist now firing back calling the editor in chief gutless when confronted by the howling online mob. interested to know what you

think as well. college no longer necessary for the world's largest companies. tracy carrasco with more on the trend away from higher education. google and ibm and apple, no longer requiring college degrees for a lot of jobs. i major shift from what employers were requiring. according to ibm, nontraditional education classes, good news for people who think going to college is too expensive and no pay off. this is something they will get,

and those academic requirements being taken into account, those qualifications. >> that is good news. prices going up, you can get something free from one of my favorite places, chick-fil-a. >> we love the things that are free but they are giving away 8 each chick-fil-a nuggets, sign up for their chick-fil-a, membership program. when you buy something at chick-fil-a and you will sign through that. heather: the membership program. we wanted chick-fil-a but the line -- thank you so much.

the time is 15 until the top of the hour. nike thinks colin kaepernick is worth the burning back lash. comments pouring in on the new ad campaign.

heather: you haven't seen me for the past several weeks because i have been recovering from neck surgery, a condition that if left untreated could have left me paralyzed. i'm here telling that story. joining me is doctor mark siegel. he were pivotal in helping me get the help i needed to get this taken care of so help you very much.

>> a beautiful piece on the opinion section what you went through. heather: it goes more in depth the. in terms of my story you asked how i feel, much better. >> it is -- >> there was a blessing in this, to be home with him and experiencing ringing the bell for his last radiation treatment, i proud of him and he is doing great and my mom taken care of at the same time. >> she is used to that. everything is fine, a great athlete, what did that feel like? >> i had to have the surgery as soon as possible.

i can't guarantee symptoms will go away but only the they stop when you have the surgery. i lost feeling in my legs, my spinal cord was being compressed in my next to put it in layman's terms. they opened it up and i have this hardware in my neck and it will take a while for it to heal. you can see what my neck looked like. that version was mine. >> people should realize this doesn't happen to everybody. the spinal cord is like a power cord running down your neck surrounded by bones that in your case because of a car accident you had earlier you had arthritis in that area. with normal aging people can get this. it is compressed and bone spurs

were pushing on the court and luckily it was found. >> it was found thanks to your lovely wife who is an incredible neurologist. i was experiencing massive headaches impacting my job, happening on the air. she checked my reflexes at the same time and took it a step further, your brain, your neck and discovered what was going on. i would never have gone, don't know when i would have gone. i didn't know they were related to my neck at all. >> a great neurosurgeon who operated on you. >> i was out of it, thank goodness. >> where were you? >> in recovery when i woke up. surgery was successful, it was

all is rehab going? heather: i thought i could wake up and run and everything would be great but it will take 7 to 8 months to see if all the symptoms go away and the year for all the hardware in my neck to fuse together which is a titanium plate and screws and implants. thank you so much. i appreciate it. i can't completely turn around. thank you so much. i appreciate it. all your stories helped me so much. i appreciate it. >> it helps to share the story with someone going through the same thing. >> they looked at my mri because

i was experiencing more symptoms. >> you are doing great. i will get the carolina -- >> doctor siegel? twists your arm. >> thank you to your wife and everybody here. good to be home. we will be right back. stay with us. who was alzheimer'. i decided to make shirts for the walk with custom ink, and they just came out perfect. - [announcer] check out our huge selection of custom apparel for every occasion. you'll even get free shipping. get started today at customink.com.

heather: nike facing back lash after colin kaepernick is ary c. fans burning their nike shoes, gary on twitter says it is a slap in the face to all who sacrificed for the flag, just and no nike. i am saving money big time. cindy says i stand with colin kaepernick, every american should. you have the right to stand for what is just. continue to give us your opinions on that. the good, the bad and the ugly,

michigan officer going beyond the call of duty who sees an elderly woman using $3 in change to pay for gas, that is when he not only authored a pump for gas but added $20 million for the tank. the bad, suspected drunk driver tries swimming away from cops, jumped into the open after leading that. and finally eventually they found under the bridge, it would make a great story to tell friends and family after he gets out of jail. ugly, a car driven in reverse rides through a parking garage wall, it was a valet. the car was left dangling off the edge of the garage in pittsburgh. it is not clear how it happened but nobody was injured.

that wraps hope you have a great day. >> tuesday, september 4th. fox news alert. >> we pray for his health. >> police department asking for prayers after an officer shot in the line of duty. jillian: fireworks expected is brett kavanaugh faces lawmakers for the first time today. rob: a single vote could make or break this confirmation. former vice president is running where? >> the reaction to joe biden out for a jog. "fox and friends first" continues right now.