a man calls 911 over his beef with burger king. >> the guy took my coupons. he won't give it back to me. heather: he was upset he couldn't use his coupons from texas in ohio. that wraps up this hour of "fox & friends first." have a great day. it righ continues right now. bye-bye. it's monday, september 17th. this is a fox news alert. fears intensify by the day as florence unleashes historic rains and flooding on the carolinas. >> we've been his terribly hard. i had a fire once. we were closed for over a years. now we have a flood. griff jenkins has a look at the destruction. the white house standing behind brett kavanaugh as democrats call for him to step down. >> what impact will this have on

thursday's vote? we'll have news from washington. >> a school district that could make hillary clinton being erased from the history books a reality. "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ american woman listen what i say. rob: my hair looks like lenny cakravitz after a week with the hurricane. good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm tom piro. >> speaking of travel. i had to convince -- to take

a day off. somebody who is not taking a day off is the guy we're going to next. >> we begin with a fox news alert. the storm has never been more dangerous. officials warning of that, of what lies ahead as hundreds of people remain trapped in their homes from florence's wrath. >> griff jenkins, who got the more difficult of the two assignments between the two of us, live in jacksonville, north carolina with an exclusive tour through a flood-ravaged business. the work you're doing there is beyond amazing. >> griff: good morning, todd and carly. here's the picture. you've got upwards of 18 people that have died. you've got 15,000 people in shelters across north carolina. you've got at least 1,000 rescues that happened in the last four days and florence is far from done because of the swelling rivers here across the state. in new bern, constant rescues. in swansboro upwards of 30 inches of rain, breaking a record.

governor cooper saying that this is certainly not good and the worst may be yet to come. >> this storm has never been more dangerous than it is right now, from tearas to fayetteville and southern piedmont to the mountains. >> griff: he mentions fayetteville and lumberton, that's farther inland. because of the rivers, the cape fear river threatening dams between fayetteville lumberton. the new river almost broke a record. it's almost 10 feet over its crest. we talked to captain bob beck, the 22 years owner of the marina cafe, it's a landmark here and he's really hit hard. here's what captain beck had to say. >> we were hit terribly hard, terribly hard. it's going to be lots of money to repair what we have here. i see a lot of damage that's are not covered on insurance. i'm just going to have to make it happen.

i've been here over 20 years. i had a fire once. it was closed for a whole year. now we have a flood. i don't know what's next. >> griff: what's next is the urgency of the inland communities flooding and having the same situation they had here in jacksonville and the recovery efforts. you can't get power trucks in because of the continuing flooding and the continuing downed power lines and the debris all over the place. people want to come home. as you know from trying to move around, it's very difficult. it's a fluid weighs. as things move inland and the waters and dams are threatened, it's a story that's far from over. todd, carlie. >.>> especially at the point whn you think the storm is passed, that's whe things get worse and worse. you let your guard down and the flood comes in. >> griff: it's a sense of false security. we're expecting rain in jacksonville. that hampers the ability for people to move around. they're still doing door-to-door checks as well as a few rescues

yesterday, between the coast guard and the national guard and the local authorities. it's very, very difficult and this is a state that's dealt with it a number of times before with hurricane matthew two years ago. but it looks like this one's going to be even worse. >> it's so heart-breaking to hear from that business owner and there are so many people just like him in that situation. thank you so much for your reporting and stay safe as well. the white house standing by supreme court nominee judge brett cavanaugh. democrats are seizing the moment, demanding a delay of his confirmation in the wake of new sexual assault accusations. >> doug luzader has the latest on the fallout. >> reporter: brett kavanaugh may still win confirmation to the high court. the margins in the senate are so tight that this thing may get awfully, awfully close. the white house is still standing behind brett kavanaugh but support for a quick confirmation vote here on capitol hill may be eroding.

>> i suspect as we right now, the phones are ringing off the foot between the senate and the white house as they decide what strategy they'll pursue against the allegations. >> reporter: christine blazey ford says that back in high school kavanaugh assaulted her, telling the washington post i thought he might inadvertently kill me. he was trying to attack me and remove my clothing. dianne feinstein knew about the accusation in july but didn't acknowledge it publicly until late last week. republicans say the timing smacks of politics. >> i have been embarrassed by the whole process. they've had this stuff for three months. if they were serious about it, they should have told us about it. >> reporter: kavanaugh it's important to note has denied the allegations. dozens of women who knew him in

high school signed on to a letter backing him and defending his character many we'll see what happens to the process. the committee vote is scheduled for thursday but whether it happens or not is kind on an unknown this morning. >> it's going to be an interesting week. thank you, doug. to a fox news alert. a deputy shot and killed in the line of duty. robert kunsey gunned down while checking on a suspicious person. a fight started when he took the suspect's gun. police say the deputy's weapon was fired but they don't know if the suspect's gun was. that suspect is dead. konsey leaves behind a wife and daughter. two robbery suspects facing capital murder charges in the death of a texas cop. officer jarrett hall shot and killed last week, one of 36 officer36killed36officers killef duty this year. bond set at $2.5 million for

a border patrol agent who is being called a serial killer. juan or teetez is accused of kig four women. he alleged bly went on a two wek spree, leaving four prostitutes dead. a potential fifth victim escaped. south korea's president wants to break the nuclear dead lock between the u.s. and north korea. he will meet with kim jong un within hours as he travels to the north for a three-day summit. it will be their third meeting this year, focusing on kim's commitment to denuclearize. there are concerns that the dictator is not getting rid of his nuclear arsenal. important russia probe documents will soon be in the hands of the american people. house intel committee chairman devin nunes said he's releasing interview transcripts related to the investigation. >> we believe that the

depositions a that we took i think for nearly about 70 people, those need to be published and they need to be published i think before the election. >> 73 witnesses have been interviewed in the investigation. nunes aims to make the transcripts available within the next few weeks. a handful of nfl players protesting the national anthem yet again. marchand lynch sat during the anthem before the game against the broncos. >> two miami dolphins took a knee while others raised a fifth. seven players protester, three of them not coming onthe field. an exciting week on the field. i'm not going to read this. i can't. take it away. i refuse. >> starting with the dallas cowboys, taking care of their division rival. i know why, you're a giants fan. let's take a listen. >> all the way in.

touchdown. >> i'll say it so todd doesn't have to. the cowboys got the win, 20-13. >> i hate sports. can i do this one? >> sure. blake border outplaying the legendary tom brady. the jags knocked off the patriots, 31-20. >> the carolinas panthers can't quite keep up with their division foe. atlanta the falcons holding on to a 31-24 win. finally, buffalo bills defensive back donte davis retires at half time. the veteran said it suddenly dawned on him he couldn't keep up anymore. the bills lost to the l.a. chargers, 31-20. >> how crazy is that? >> that's unbelievable. can't wait until the end of the game? i guess when it hits you, it hits you. the time now is 10 minutes after the hour. ride horror, children left screaming in terror after a roller coaster's wheels fall

off. the dramatic rescue as kids were left hanging 50 feet in the air. brett kavanaugh's future uncertain after his accuser steps out of the shadows. our next guest says something doesn't add up. why she's calling this a desperate 11th hour character assassination by democrats when "fox & friends first" on a monday morning returns.

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a very heavy topic to talk about today. we have a woman who has serious allegations against judge kavanaugh, claiming that he forced himself on her when he was in high school. he is denying those allegations. what's your a take on this situation and do you think this vote is going to happen on thursday? >> the vote should happen on thursday. otherwise, it's an abuse of the process. if you understand that senator dianne feinstein had this information in july. if these were credible allegations, why did she do nothing with them for six weeks? why did she hide the allegations from her colleagues? why did she not use the process to talk about it? there were two background calls before the hearings with judge kavanaugh. there were opportunities for dianne feinstein to meet with judge kavanaugh and talk with him. judge kavanaugh sat before the american people and the senate for three days with 32 hours of hearings. there was a closed door session

where his six background checks by the fbi were talked about. after the hearings there were 1,300 questions that were submitted to him to respond to, not a single one of those questions related to these allegations. so this has all the hallmarks of an 11th hour character assassination by the democrats. they're not respecting the process. if the allegations were red credible they would have been raised long before this. it's been a month and-a-half since the allegations were with the washington post and senator feinstein. it doesn't add up. todd: when you think of supreme court hearings and you think of assault, sexual assault allegations, you of course have to thinke think of the anita hi- the clarence thomas confirmation hearing wham do yohearing. what do you think of the media comparisons to anita hill at this stage of the game? >> the republicans need to make sure a good man is not smeared,

that this doesn't become anita hill 2.0. ththe journalists are jumping in and trying to make this something that it's not. you have one unverified, nod credible allegations that's 35 years old, in contrast with the voluminous evidence of women who have known brett kavanaugh since high school, 65 women who knew him in high school attest to his character, integrity, women that went to college with him, women that worked with him in the bush administration, women who were female clerks for him, women who knew him from him coaching their daughter's basketball team. you have almost 100 women who are attesting on the record with their names to the good character and temperment of judge kavanaugh. carley: don't we have to worry about not smearing dr. ford's name and listening to her? couldn't republicans potentially be rushing into this vote? do you think it would be better

if they listened to her before saying we are definitely going to vote on thursday and go forward with this. >> no, because the process wasn't respected. the time to raise this were in all of those opportunities that i already detailed before. this is just a desperate and pathetic maneuver to derail this vote. think of senator chuck schumer. he said even before judge kavanaugh's name was announced that he would do everything in his power to derail this domination. think of senator feinstein, an hour and-a-half after judge kavanaugh nominated she said she wouldn't vote for him. the votes won't change 6789 this this is a desperate attempt because they weren't able to land punches on judge kavanaugh during the hearing. this is the latest attempt to avoid having judge kavanaugh take the bench. carley: this woman took a

polygraph test and it turned out to be positive from what we know. so it's a tricky situation to say the least. todd: the next 72 hours will be fascinating. gail trotter, thank you very much. >> great to be with you. todd: it's 19 minutes after the hour. the demand for highly skilled bomb techs has never been greater. >> there's remote control bombs. there's command bombs. there's victim initiated bombs. all of that we have to practice and train on here because we don't know what we're going to encounter. carley: katherine hairage gives us a look at the fbi's bomb training school where agents learn to operate under extreme pressure. ♪ #

14 gang suspects, first arrestefirst1 --another arrester of a bronx teen. the killing was a case of mistaken identity. those gang members believing the teen was a rival. carley: attorney general jeff sessions calling the family of a mother who tragically died after her daughter was murdered by ms-13. evelyn rodriguez was run over by a car while visiting her daughter's memorial in new york on friday, the second anniversary of her daughter's death. a nearby property owner reportedly grew frustrated, saying the memorial affected the volume of her home and ran rodriguez over. no charges have been filed. nassau county police benevolent association president james mcdermott joined us earlier. he said the fight against ms-13

isn't over. >> she's an inspiration. she shows that you can get involved and that you should get involved and you shouldn't lay back and be a victim. carley: it's horrible. police are still investigating. todd: she's a friend o friend e show. we had her on the show many times. it's a horrible story. the demand for highly specialized bomb technicians has never been greater following recent terror plots and mass shootings in america. carley: we take a look at a bomb training school that certified more than 20,000 first responders. >> reporter: from car bombs to high risk hostage rescues, and operating robots, the demand for highly skilled bomb techs has never been greater. >> there's remote control bonds, command bonds, victim initiated bonds, all of that we have to

practice and train on. >> reporter: jon stewart is the director of the fbi's hazardous devices school in huntsville, alabama. >> there's about 2900 that protect us across america and they all come here for their initial training. >> reporter: bomb techs embedded with s.w.a.t. teams after pressure cooker bombs were used at the boston marathon. a couple used bombs to kiln san persokill insan bernardino two . >> this is category a. you have a hostage and a live device and something called a dead man's switch. the hostage takes the thumb off the button, it detonates. >> it's a risky procedure. the procedures that we do are manual and hands-on. having bomb techs integrated with tactical teams makes sense. >> reporter: fox cameras stop

rolling to protect methods. >> the average person is thinking how do they put on a suit and walk down range and get over a device. >> the number one goal that h.d.s. teaches us is go remote, stay remote. >> reporter: in huntsville camera, katherine hairage for "fox & friends first." carley: the worst is yet to come, florence carving a path of destruction through the carolinas with historic rains and life-threatening floods. we're live on the ground as rescuers go door-to-door in a race to save lives. todd: democrats may think they have the midterm election in the bags. some say not so fast. we'll have details on what the republicans need to do to stay in power. ♪ zempic®! ♪ (vo) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults

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floodwaters still rising in the wake of hurricane florence. carley: rescuers going door-to-door looking for victims and air-lifting people to safety. allison barber is live in florence, south carolina where there is a risk of flash flooding. allison. allison: good morning, you guys. this storm did not discriminate and all people, officials say this storm was responsible for the deaths of 17 people, no age was spared. the first reported death in south carolina was a 61-year-old woman from union county. officials say a 3-month-old died in gasto gaston county north ca. fema administrator brock long, said while the major parts of the storm is over, he said there is still several days to go. 3400 guardsmen are deployed, teams from pennsylvania are here as well. they're performing rescues, welfare checks, blocking off

roads. we spent hours with one team in dillon, south carolina. it's a land-locked county. thanks to florence, countless homes are team prayerly waterfront properties. >> there are 3400 national guardsmen deployed in south carolina. we've been traveling with a team of them in dillon, south carolina. you can see some of the flooded area throughout this town. this community is incredibly flood-prone. officials are warning people that even though the big parts of the storm is gone, there's still potential for things like this to happen in different communities. this team of guardsmen have gone around this morning, trying to help people who maybe are stuck at home and who need help getting out. a lot of people seem to be hunkering down in their homes, hoping all of this water doesn't get inside. we've seen a number of cars stuck in the roadways. officials are saying that you should stay inside because roads

are dangerous. and this right here is one reason why. there's that bench over there. you want to sit in that? would pretty much be floating. allison: power outages were upwards of 170,000 at its peak. officials say they've started to get that better under control. now they say less than 20,000 are without power. carley: it's very important reporting, allison, thank you for being down there. wicked weather across the u.s., another deadly storm is churning across the globe tropical storm a tropical storm killed two people in china after killing 65 in the philippines. the storm made landfall as a super typhoon, with winds reaching over 100 miles per hour. dozens of people are still missing and local officials say it's highly unlikely they can be found alive. the trial of an american woman charged with supporting isis

gets a nearly two year extension. a federal judge granting samantha hasion's request for a later court date after it was originally scheduled for today. she i is accused of aiding the terror group and lying to the fbi. her husband fought for isis before he was killed. mollie tibbetts' accused killer is headed to court this week. christian rivera is set to face a judge wednesday to be arraigned on a murder charge in connection with the iowa college student's death. tibbetts went missing on july 18th after going for a jog in brooklyn, iowa. the mexican national leading cops to her body in a corn field following a month-long search that gained national attention. too much pressure on gas pipes now blamed for several deadly explosions in massachusetts. according to investigators, more than 60 homes catching fire in

three towns near boston, killing one person and injuring 25 others. thousands of people returning to damaged homes over the weekend after mandatory evacuations. authorities believe the columbia gas company is linked to five major blasts in massachusetts, west virginia and ohio since 2007. todd: less than agent weeks until the midterm elections and house democrats appear to be riding high. recent polls give democrats a 14% lead in voter preference, making them confident the house is theirs for the taking. after eight years with a minority party, is this the case. ned ryan is a former presidential writer for george w. bush. he joins us now to weigh in. good to see you, ned. dems real crockconfident this week. do you think they take the house? >> i think they're counting

their chickens before they hatch. if you look at the polls that show them up by double digits, the generic ballots are typically of registered voters that are weighted plus 9 for democrats which look similar to the polls which showed hillary clinton winning in 2016. the polls i'm interested in are the one offs likely voters. likely voters typically show democrats up 2 to 6 points which means this is more of a coin toss than people want to admit. the poll that was released recently showed 1,000 likely voters in 41 swing districts that show republicans up 3 points in the generic ballot. some of those voters are persuadeable by republicans if they hear the right message. todd: not everybody is honest when they get a phone call asking who they would vote for. with regard to the candidates that are running, i know

democrats will be high on the anti-trump movement when they're trying to run. but i cannot believe that the socialist democrat is going to play well for either party but definitely for the democrats. what type of candidate are you seeing come out of the democratic party? >> well, i mean, obviously we've seen a couple of these wins in deep blue districts with alexandria ocasio-cortez, obviously in massachusetts another democratic socialist won the primary. they're making their move. they're pushing themes that these likely voters don't like, todd. in a new poll released of likely voters, when it comes to suburban voters that are persuadeable, they don't like dems saying they're going to abolish i.c.e. and they like the idea of the gop defunding sanctuary cities. what republicans should be doing is this. voters want to hear what are you going to do if you take the majority back in 2019. they want to hear that

republicans are going to make those middle -- the tax cuts for the middle incoul, th come, theg class permanent. the house needs to schedule a vote on making those tax cuts permanent and send it to the senate. even if it can't pass on the senate, put the democrats on record on voting no on making those permanent. todd: besides the economy, what else are th -- what else do the republicans need to do in order to maintain the house? >> it's all about promoting some of the things they've done in the past, hey, the economy's great because of what we did. it's also giving a vision for the future. i want them to remind people, todd, that the 28 midterms are an up or down vote on the trump agenda. it's about impeachment. if impeachment happens, if democrats take the house back, they will throw a monkey wrench into the economy. they won't let the tax cuts become permanent. they'll move on some of these things regarding i.c.e. and

sanctuary cities. it has to be a message of sweet and salty. sweet, here's what we can do and if democrats take it back, it will be ugly for years. todd: ned, thank you very much. carley: the time is now 38 minutes after the hour. a former pro hockey player blasted online for bragging about a grisly bear hunt. some threatening death. what happened when he reported it to twitter? wait until you hear this. >> and you tell them they're not welcome anymore, any. toddanywhere.todd: maxine wates down on calls to harass republicans. now she's being honored tore leader shvment can'ship. can't make this up. stay with us. how can we say when you book direct at choicehotels.com

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carley: welcome back. former fbi lawyer lisa page admitting there was no evidence of collusion before special counsel was appointed in the trump russia probe. this according to a transcript of a closed door meeting with congress seen by fox news. page answering questions over anti-trump text messages with peter strzok, more than a year into the trump russia probe and there is still no evidence of collusion during the 2016 elections. todd: arizona senate candidates in the thick of the immigration crisis take on border security. they debated at a fox news town hall. >> administration should not have to choose between enforcing the law and keeping families together. it was my bill often called the goodlatte bill that guaranteed $38 billion of border security. >> we ca keep our borders safe d

secure and control the flow of immigration without separating families. when the president is moving forward on initiatives that's right for the state, happy to vote for him. todd: they are facing off for jeff flake's seat. carley: maxine waters is at it again, this week, just weeks after this. >> please don't say impeachment anymore. when they say that, i say impeachment, impeachment, impeachment. carley: it's becoming somewhat of a catch phrase for the california congresswoman who was honored with a leadershi leade . she slammed the president as she rallied support ahead of the midterms. >> the president has -- [ indiscernible ] [ cheering and applause ] carley: you were right about her mic. todd: there's always a problem

with her microphone. you can't heample hear. there's always something. carley: she has come under fire for promoting violence. todd: andrea ocasio-cortez defends wearing pricey clothes. she wore a $3,500 outfit for a photo shoot with a magazine. i don't think my entire wardrobe is worth that. her pant suit retails for $2,900. the shoes, $600. the congressional candidate fired back claiming she didn't get to keep the outfit, tweeting in part, get used to be slaying looks because i'm an excellent thrift shopper. carley: i got my shoes at aldo and they were on sale. todd: not $600. carley: no, n no.

starting today, mini horses will be allowed on southwest airplanes. it's part of a se service animal policy. todd: passengers are limited to one service animal per person and must provide credible assurance that their dog, cat or horse is properly trained. do you have a therapy horse? carley: i don't have a therapy horse. it would take up my entire apartment. could you ever see a horse on your flight? it would be cute and very smelly. todd: in my hotel in florence there was a monkey and a goat. that's all i've got. carley: got to keep animals safe. todd: a push in one school district to remove hillary from the history books. carley: first, let's check in with pete doocy. >> there was a monkey and a goat in your hotel room. todd: there was a monkey. the goat was at squirrel's

house, the monkey in the hotel. i'm not lying. i'm dead serious. carley: we've got to get those animals together. >> that's quite a story. more on that later. in the meantime, coming up on "fox & friends," exactly 1 had minutes from right now, we've got great guests on the way, kellyanne con way is talking about what's next on the brett kavanaugh vote. also we're going to talk about the news of the day with katie and dan. plus, americans are outraged today over bill marr's latest comments about our national anthem played at sporting events. >> why do we have to mix football? i think the season just started, this patriotic -- [bleep]. the fly overs and the flag on the field and the singing. >> well, we're going to talk to a retired marine corps bomb technician, joey jones, who lost both of his legs in a bomb blast in afghanistan, he joins us on the latest attack on american

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todd: president trump's economy setting record after record but former president barack obama says it's his policies that got us here. >> we worked hard to turn this economy around. when i was president, just remember that when you hear these folks bragging about this economic miracle, just remember when it started. carley: is he right? joining us now is former chief economist for the united states international trade commission, peter moricey. this is probably the happiest topic we'll be talking about all day, because the economy's doing

so well. both administrations want to take credit for it. does former president obama deserve a pat on the back? >> he certainly gave president trump a decent economy, not a great economy. but president trump has taken it up to another level. the economy's growing at 45% to pace, the stock market's doing very well. remember how you would hear the stock market gains were above the big six or 10 high tech companies, now it's spread out. small and medium enterprises are register very good profits, sometimes record profits, the stocks are doing well. low income workers are getting big raises. there's a lot of good things going on that weren't happening during president obama's watch. todd: in your estimate is unemployment the number factor -- number one factor or is it something else. under president trump, now it's

3.9% un. >unemployment.>> during the obas unemployment did not fall as quickly as we would expect, nor did the economy recover as much as we would expect after a big recession. usually, the bigger the recession, the faster the employment growth, the faster the gdp growth. there's a bounceback effect. it didn't happen because of all of the heavy regulation and frankly his identity politics, really put an ice on universities, businesses and so forth. now the thing to watch is not so much unemployment, it's retraining. we're starting to repurpose unskilled workers. they're getting apprenticeship programs through department of labor and businesses have beefed up training budgets. they're not laying off less skilled workers. they're retraining them. there was an article last week about a worker who went from earning 3 of thousand dollars a year to -- $30,000 a year to $90,000 a year through a

employer sponsored retaining program that turned him into an engineer. it's amazing the stuff that's going on. carley: when you think about how the stock market reacted when president trump won the he'll e.election, it went up so. isn't that a direct reflection of how businesses wanted to get away from obama's policies. >> his election this way, when economists said this way. paul kurgman said the economy would go off a cliff because of donald trump. it didn't happen. now they're saying a tariff would be cat d catastrophic. it's not going to happen. businesses are reporting that they're doing just fine with these trump policies. basically, what we're getting is a lot of anti-trump propaganda. it's like saying he wasn't legitimately elected. that's not true. he was legitimately elected. this economy is his.

lord knows if barack obama were president right now after six quarters of 45% better growth than his predecessor, he would be taking credit. todd: let's have the economy train continue to barrel through the station, keep up the good work. thank you so much. carley: thank you. todd: a retired nhl player receiving death threats online. i'm going to get in the camera frame now. the backlash coming after tim brent posted pictures with a dead grizzly bear online. some of the threats so extreme he contacted twitter. the company said the warnings didn't violate their abuse policy. carley: hillary clinton could be he raced from -- erased from textbooks in texas. they are looking to streamline the program. they are keeping the heroism of the defender of thea theal mow.

the alamo. another vote is expected in november. nick tweets say many can't name all the presidents. less no the losing presidents. ben writes, hopefully they will read the truth about her in the papers next year. when she is. todd: time now, five minutes before the hour. first, parents join support groups to deal with kids playing too much fort. carley: nofortnite.carley: nog people to divorce court. you won't believe how many.

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jillian: time for the good, the bad and the ugly. first the good. a bright spot after hurricane florence evacuated military family will soon return home with two new additions. corporal and his wife welcoming twin girls in florida after long drive from camp lejeune. >> i was nervous the entire car ride. i was like praying the entire time. i was like please don't go into labor yet. >> amazing baby scarlet and sadie are doing just fine. >> next the bad. more than 20 people, including kids roller coaster 50 feet in the air. trapped for more than two hours. everyone is okay.

jillian: finally the ugly. the world's most popular video game is wrecking hundreds of marriages. fort knight blamed for 200 divorces this year. could that be true? todd: be better, america, then that. jillian: even if you win the game you lose in life. todd: "fox & friends" begins right now. >> florence turns deadly. devastating winds and flooding move inland from the carolina coast. >> the worst may be yet to come as record levels are approaching. have you upwards of 18 people that have died. have you 15,000 people in shelters. >> as the storm moves west, so do the floodwaters. so do the rescuers, including the military who are lending a hand. >> i might lose my house. that's my big thing out. >> kansas deputy shot and killed in the line of duty. robert kuntzy was gunned down while checking on a suspicious person. a 12 year veteran of the force leaves behind a wife and daughter. the white house, meantime, is