over the fence and grab the dog and speed off. since the video has gone viral, the dog has been returned home. a good ending there. this wraps up this hour of "fox & friends first." thank you for joining us. "fox & friends first" continues right now. jillian: it's great chipper was returned home. it is thursday, october 11th. at least two people are dead and hundreds of thousands in the dark as michael roars across the florida panhandle with historic force. rob: the strong cat 4 hurricane at landfall downgraded to a tropical storm overnight. but the threat is not over for those in its path. we have live team coverage from the impact zones. jillian: a late night raid exposing terrifying details about an election day attack. rob: what we learned about the man who planned to bomb the national mall. also colin kaepernick is cashing in on the anthem protest. jillian: his plans to turn

himself into a worldwide brand. "fox & friends first" continues right now. rob: you are watching "fox & friends first" on this thursday morning. i'm rob schmitt. jillian: i'm jillian mele. hurricane michael just downgraded to a tropical storm overnight after leaving a trail of catastrophic damage up and down the florida coast. rob: it is quite a scene. homes destroyed, power lines toppled, trees ripped from the ground, hundreds of thousands of people are now without power as many are returning home to utter devastation. jillian: some of the images are unreal to look at. we have live team coverage from some of the hardest hit areas, starting with jonathan seare live in panama city beach. jonathan. >> reporter: good morning, jillian and rob. the only lights you'll see are those connected to the generator of our satellite truck. you can see some of the typical damage that we're seeing up and down the panhandle, utility

poles knocked down, lines on sidewalks and roads, water mains damaged. overnight, more than 360,000 customers were without power after hurricane michael came through with heavy winds, heavy rains and storm surge. all of bay county is under a mandatory boil water notice. emergency managers recommend you use bottled water if you have it. otherwise, boil tap water before drinking it. emergency managers are urging people to keep off the roads. cat stroh particulacatastrophics and downed power lines. interstate 10 is closed between mile markers 85 and 166. that's more than 80 miles of interstate closed while crews remove debris from the highway. as you can imagine, this was an intense experience for residents who stayed near the coast when the storm made landfall. >> it's very scary. this is my first year living in florida, my first major hurricane. trust me when i tell you, it's

my last. [ laughter ] time to move. >> reporter: rob and jillian, here in bay county authorities are enforcing a mandatory curfew until 8:00 a.m. central time. back to you. jillian: jonathan, thank you for your reporting. my goodness. it's hard to imagine some of those images and feel who stayed. like that woman said, it's my first time and it's going to be my last. florida's capital, tallahassee, hit hard by michael's powerful winds. rob: griff jenkins picks up our live team coverage for us early this morning. >> reporter: good morning. here in tallahassee, they call it tree town usa. the storm just brought trees like the one behind me down on houses just like this. but i got to tell you, leon county administrator vince long says he feels like he dodged a major bullet because of the track of michael. nonetheless, trees just like

this, this giant pine tree brought down on top of houses and on power lines. by night's end last night there was some 100,000 plus residents in tallahassee that are without power. it's pitch black. we've been driving around, trying to assess the damage. the only people we've seen on the roads are the emergency crews getting around, trying to figure it out. we saw one transformer that they wouldn't let us near that had been brought down near a school. president trump yesterday talking about the wind damage. obviously much -- here's what the president had to say. >> to a certain extent we don't know because it's so dark and all the electric is out. we hear there's a lot of damage and it's tremendous wind damage, tremendous, a lot of things are blown over. hopefully not houses with people in them. >> reporter: just to give you some feel for what happened here, we were obviously down south, we got up here and here we had sustained winds of 74 miles an hour with gusts at

90 and michael's track was well to the west of us here. 1300 people are in seven shelters in leon county. jillian: it will take a while to get back to normal life for a lot of people down there. thank you very much. president trump pledges support for coal country as he unleashes on democrats. >> you remember the previous administration, they said oh, you can't bring back manufacturing jobs. really? you can't bring them back. that was wrong. those are our great jobs. and we are unleashing the power of pennsylvania shale and clean, beautiful pennsylvania coal, putting our miners back to work. jillian: the president rallying for republicans in pen pennsylv. he's endorsing mike kelly, lou bartletta as well as scott wagner. rob: consisten kanye west he

white house today. he will have lunch with president trump and meet with jared kushner. he will discuss criminal justice reform, job opportunities for former convicts and ways to prevent gang violence. this comes after he supports the president an appearance on "saturday night live." jillian: rod rosenstein canceled his meeting on capitol hill. questions will remain unanswered about a claim that he wanted to secretly record the president. several lawmakers say he needs to be held accountable. >> he's not coming tomorrow which i think should be very telling. this is the investigators who have no fu one watching them, no one to investigate them and they're running amuck. >> until somebody is held accountable on these things, they're going to keep doing it. we should hold people in contempt for refusing to produce the things that we've been asking for.

jillian: this as we learn rosenstein and former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe reportedly once argued about who should be recused from robert mueller's russia investigation. mccabe also reportedly asked a top fbi lawyer for advice on how the agency should go about rosenstein's suggestion of wiretapping the president. it's unclear at this point when rosenstein will meet with lawmakers but you'll be the first to know when we do. rob: interesting story here. for the first time ever, a chinese spy is sent back to the united states to face espionage charges. he is accused of trying to steal trade secrets from general electric aviation in ohio. the feds say he disguised himself as a chinese university official and tried to recruit a ge employee. federal agents arrested him in belgium back in april. officials say this is not an isolated incident. jillian: newly seated supreme court justice brett kavanaugh seemingly backing the trump

administration's stance while hearing arguments in a major immigration case. it seeks to appeal a lower court ruling and allow the government to detain immigrants after they've served sentences for crime as they wait to be deported. the immigrants in the case argue they should get hearings to argue for their release as they go through deportation proceedings. rob: the president confident that republican voters will turn out for the midterms. in an exclusive fox news interview, he says that bodes well for key races. >> many of the senate race that's we didn't think we were even going to be contesting to a large extent, we are now leading. we have some great candidates and very importantly we're finding the same thing now with the house. a lot of it has to do with the horrible abuse that now justice kavanaugh suffered last week at the hands of these democrats. they went absolutely crazy. it was disgraceful.

i think they disgraced their party and they disgraced themselves. rob: when asked about polls that suggest a blue wave is coming, he pointed out the, quote, phony poll that showed him losing in 2016. democrats still urging supporters to turn up the heat on republicans, calling for more confrontations, for more protests. newt gingrich says that is why he thinks the left should prepare for a big loss in november. >> they can't win. they didn't win in the senate. they didn't win in the presidency. in my judgment, they're not going to win on election day. and they're becoming more hysterical, more anti-democratic, more willing to destroy the system. abraham lincoln warned that there are people who owe pose us so much that it is either their way or they destroy it. and i think that we're faced with that kind of opposition. so let's have an open, public

debate. if you think people like eric holder, hillary clinton, should be allowed to impose their will by brute violence, you ought to vote democrat. if you think that's profoundly wrong, then you ought to vote republican. rob: the highly anticipated midterms less than four weeks away now. jillian: the suez rocket is heading back to earth after the booster failed. they returned less than 30 minutes after they blasted off in kazhakstan. rob: they were headed to the unitetheinternational space sta. fortunately they were able to make it back down safely. did you forget to buy a powerball ticket? you still have a chance. the jackpot jumps to $314 million. 8, 23, 27, 42, 60 and the

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it is time for us as democrats to be as tough as they are, to be as dea dedicated as y are. michelle says when they go low, we go high. no, no. when they go low, we kick em. that's what the new democratic party is about. rob: republicans jumping on that sound bite. former attorney general eric holder adding his voice to the call for incivility against republicans. hillary clinton admitted the democrats cannot be civil to the gop unless the democrats have some control. jillian: is this the new normal for the left? kristin tate joins us now to weigh in. thanks for being here, kristin.

i think some people would argue, well, they don't say these things literally. the other half argues yeah, but papeople hear it literally becae you're seeing it all over the streets it seems like. >> this kind of violence inciting rhetoric and hatred is the new norm on the left. and eric holder's comments, they're not an outlier. they're just a symptom of a much wider illness of liberal intolerance. there's a growing pattern of intimidation and mob scenes aimed at republican officials. some people can't even go to a restaurant and eat peacefully without being shouted down by angry mobs. officials and their families are receiving death threats. it's not just republican politicians who are on the receiving end of this deplorable behavior. my brother's car was vandalized a couple weeks ago because of a trump bumper sticker. we have leaders like eric

holder, hillary clinton, maxine waters, calling for more intolerant behavior. there's a culture of per my sievviolenceexploding on the le. this becomes normalized and escalates. the natural extension of this rhetoric is real violence. we've seen that happen. rand paul got attacked in his own yard. steve scalise was shot last year. it's pretty terrifying. rob: democrats point out that the president has made violent comments at his campaign rallies more than once. what do they say to that? what do the republicans have to say about that? >> well, i think the media plays into this a lot. the media has this habit of trying to portray trump's comments and distorting them in ways to make them seem as insensitive as possible. this kind of coverage really only sort of fans the flames and makes the discord in this country even worse. so i think what we need to see are responsible leaders on both sides of the aisle coming out

against mob-like behavior and violence of all kinds and saying enough is enough, we need to work together for a peaceful society that works for all americans. enough of this mob-like behavior that we're seeing. jillian: let's talk about cory gardner for a second. as we know, last week at some point last week, he came out saying his wife received a text message that included a video of a beheading. we want to read in part a tweet that he sent out because it is rather lengthy. it says this is not who we are, we have our political disagreements and we should cherish the rights to express our disagreements but when it comes to calls for violence and attempted murder and assassinations, this country has gone too far and it's time we step back from that brink. kristin, how do we step back from that? how do we make that happen? it seems like we're at such a tough point in this country right now. >> it's going to take some very brave democratic leaders, speaking out against this behavior that we're seeing. but right now nobody's doing

that. and all of this really underlines the fact that barack obama's calls for civility, hillary clinton's calls for unity don't really seem like they were genuine. the left use these sound bites as a political tool to attack conservatives when it's politically convenient. we all know that left wing intolerance has been on the rise since the day of trump's inauguration when police indicted over 200 rioters. it's gotten worse since then. the left watched the base transform into a bunch of angry, violent fools who have no message. they block traffic. they vandalize buildings and harass conservatives. we need to come together across party lines, say enough is enough, no violence on either side is acceptable. rob: the stakes are high right now. jeff flake put it perfectly. he said this whole idea of winning at any cost is too high of a cost. you can't just say anything to try to win an election. kristin tate, thank you so much for your time. we have cory gardner on fox and friends at 8:20 this morning.

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companies were hit the hardest. >> good morning. we could see another selloff today. futures pointing firmly in the red, dow futures down by about 300 points. but here is how we closed yesterday. the dow lost 831 points, its worst day since february 8, losses of 3.1%. the nasdaq lost 315 points, down by 4.1%, its biggest one day decline since june 2016. the s&p 500 lost as well, the steepest lost since february 8. some of the biggest losers, tech stocks hurting, hammered hard with the selloff. amazon lost 6.2%, apple, google, facebook, netflix losing 8% yesterday. anwhile this seems like a major selloff, it doesn't register in the top 80 market losses. it looks bad but don't worry yet. jillianjust yet.

jillian: shepherd smith was saying don't look at your 401-k today. we may have to pay more for first class postage. >> stamps may be going up. an increase of five cents to 55-cents to mail a first class letter if approved by regulators. it would be the largest increase since 1991. the u.s. postal service has been trying to make up some money. president trump criticized the postal service, saying they haven't been charging enough to online retailers like amazon for shipping rates. we'll see if this gets approved. rob: it's going to go the way of the dodo i think. i go to the mailbox every day and pull out a bunch of crap and throw it in the garbage. jillian: sometimes you get a letter. rob: sometimes i get a parking ticket in the mail. a cold blooded cop killer just voted in new york's democratic

primary thanks to govern for an you drew cuomo. herman bell was able to cast his vote because of an executive order from cuomo that restored voting rights to more than 25,000 parolees. no word on who he voted for but cuomo won bell's district. jillian: he's the face of the nfl national anthem protest and now that face, you know it, could be trademarked. colin kaepernick's company applying to trademark this black and white image of the disgraced quarterback. he reportedly intends to use it on merchandise and promote events. one person tweets quote, who cares what he wants to trademark. don't give him any publicity. chip tweets, seems like he has commercialized his protest or is he donating it inner city kids.

and janice on instagram says why the need to to trademark it. who want to use this image? jillian rob: election day detonation, a bomb plot targeting washington, d.c. foiled. what we just learned about the man who had built a 200-pound explosive. jillian: tropical storm michael charging north at this hour, leaving a path of death and destruction. we have live team coverage with janice dean tracking its latest path, that's next. ♪ the new capital one savor card. earn 4% cash back on dining

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of destruction and all the devastation. jillian: at one point the storm was so big the eye covered parts of three different states. rob: jeff flock is live in panama city beach this morning where the cleanup is underway. hi, jeff. >> reporter: it's still dark, rob and jillian this morning here. when the sun comes up i suspect we will see more damage than we saw yesterday. this is the largest population center i think in panama city beach and panama city that was hit by some of the worst of the storm. it has continued through the rest of the panhandle and georgia and to the carolinas. more to come today even with a tropical storm. fema's director, brock long, talking about what we will likely see in the southeast when the sun comes up. >> hello, hello?

jeff, thank you so much. we appreciate it. jillian: as cleanup begins along the gulf coast, others are bracing. a tornado touching down in georgia as the outer bands of michael pushes inland. look at that. rob: it is really something. all of this video is just incredible to see. preparations well underway in the carolinas, already ravaged by hurricane florence. janice dean is here live, tracking the latest. >> it was so powerful, it took its time to weaken and downgrade but what an incredible storm and we have yet to see the destruction. this is the most powerful storm to hit the u.s. since andrew in 1992. and at 155-mile-an-hour sustained winds, that's 2 miles shy of a category 5. some of the meteorologists were talking online that perhaps after they see soom of the damage -- see some of the damage -- the pressure, the lowest pressure we've had in the gulf of mexico, they could upgrade

those a cat 5. we've only had three category 5s hit the u.s. in history. we're looking for tornadoes on the east side of the storm. here is the latest track as of 5:00 a.m. it is a tropical storm. but as mentioned it's going to go through areas that were hard-hit by florence. so trees are weak, the roots are weak and we could see trees down, flash flood watches and warnings are posted and eventually it will be out of here by tomorrow. but we could see several inches here in the new york city area. here's the future radar as we go through time. quickly moving because of a cold front which is great news. it did not linger but, man, we have yet to see the destruction of this storm. here's the additional rainfall. we could see upwards of 2 to 5 inches along these areas and again, that's along the path of where we saw hurricane florence and then up towards new york and even new england and a flood warning, flood watches and warnings are in effect for the

carolinas, all the way up towards maine. we're not done yet. what an incredible storm. incredible. and just how powerful it was within the matter of like 24 to 48 hours in the gulf of mexico. i compared it to katrina. i remember going to bed the night before it was like a cat 2 and all of a sudden it was 5 within six to 12 hours. that's very comparable. rob: its strongest moment was when it made landfall. >> it strengthened as it made landfall which makes it more destructive. rob: thanks so much. now to a fox news alert, fbi foiling a man's plans to blow himself up on the national mall on election day. jillian: todd pyro has more on the suspect's stunning confession. this is disturbing. >> the fbi arresting paul roseenfeld accusing him of planning to detonate a bomb on the national mall in washington on election day. authorities found what appeared to be a functional 200-pound ex

blopoundexplosive device in hist anwhat appeared to be empty canisters of black powder. neighbors were shocked to hear >> i was shocked. this is a very quiet area. >> wow. wow. oh, my god. could have killed a lot of people, taken out most of the block i would say. >> prosecutors say he concocted a plan to blow himself up in order to draw attention to his radical political belief that politicians should be randomly selected by the community in a lottery system instead of being elected. the plot unraveled when he sent letters and text messages about his plan to a reporter in pennsylvania back in august and september. the reporter contacted authorities who immediately began investigating. roseenfeld consistent evidence

testifie confessed toauthorities. he said inh he installed certain items in the bomb to ensure that he would die. jillian: todd, thank you. a missing journalist believed to be lured to his death by the saudi arabian leadership, the washington post reports the saudi crown prince wanted to detain him. police believe the journalist was murdered after he arrived at the saudi consisten consolate in bull where he was last seen more than a week ago. president trump promising to investigate. >> it's a terrible thing and it certainly would not be a positive. i would not be happy at all. and i guess you hav would have o say so far it's looking a little like that. we'll have to see. we'll get to the bottom of it. jillian: the senate foreign relations committee sending a letter to the white house to

pressure on saudi arabia. rob: chief justice john roberts asking federal judges to deal with complaints about brett kavanaugh. they were initially filed in the d.c. circuit court where he served for a dozen years. roberts say a separate court of appeals will handle complaints instead, asking for an investigation into his comments. jillian jillian: president reagan will come back to life today. >> we think we've made a good beginning but you ain't seen nothing yet. jillian: the ronald reagan presidential library set to reveal three holograms of the president. they created the hologr ams in a year and-a-half. rob: a retiring airman gets a hero's welcome after returning home from his 14th and final deployment. jillian: family and friends

cheered as he arrived back home in california. he explained what motivated him to serve. >> everybody's kids, everybody's families, so i could have them live in peace and a better place, i'm always willing to make that sacrifice. rob: that's fantastic. he said he wouldn't trade his 20 years of service for the world. wow. jillian: we thank him for that. 38 minutes after the hour. rough rhetoric, the left reaching a brand-new low thanks to former attorney general eric holder. >> michelle always says when they go low, we go high. no, no. they go low, we kick em. rob: how the rnc chairwoman just responded to the call for basically violence. stay tuned. ♪ should i stay or should i go. ♪ should i stay or should i go now. ♪ let's do an ad of a man eating free waffles at comfort inn. they taste like victory because he always gets the lowest price on our rooms,

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jillian: hope you're having a good morning so far. welcome back. a fox news alert now, terrorists with drones pose an escalating threat to the u.s. that chilling new threat from the fbi. officials say it's because it's easier than ever to buy and use the drones, adding criminal groups could also use them to attack. last week president trump signed an aviation policy allowing homeland security officials to monitor and disable drone activity if necessary. rob: homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen sounding off to lawmakers, warning that china poses the number one threat to the upcoming midterms. >> foreign influence or foreign interference campaigns, china absolutely is on an unprecedented or exerting unprecedented effort to influence american opinion. rob: president trump and vice president pence accused china of trying to interfere with the administration's tough trade policies with them.

jillian: when they go low we kick them. republicans are outraged over those words from former attorney general eric holder. rob:.>> the left rhetoric reacha new low, eric holder chiming in with negative words for republicans while channeling michelle obama. listen to this. >> michelle always say when they go low, we go high. no, no. they go low, we kick em. >> holder continuing to back up his aggressive remarks as the party's ideals. >> that's what this new democratic party is about. it's time for us as democrats to be as tough as they are, to be as dedicated as they are, to be as committed as they are. >> holder making those comments at an event to promote stacy abrams, a democrat running for governor of georgia. his speech comes days after hillary clinton said democrats could not be civil with

republicans. rnc chair woman ronna mcdaniel firing back in an op ed saying, quote, as republicans we believe in treating every american with respect and dignity. we believe political differences are not an excuse for bad behavior. we do not kick those whom we disagree, instead we work hard to win elections and support president trump's you agenda, one that reflects the same respect for opportunity and liberty for all. now, president trump also doubling down on the hateful comments, while speaking with our own shannon bream. >> when i hear holder making a statement like he made today, i think it's a disgrace. >> pretty awful, right? jillian: on tucker's show last night, a civil rights attorney was on the shoavment he said majority of this country wants nothing to do with this type of rhetoric. let's take a listen to that. >> he's a desperate perso person running for president in 2020

who doesn't have a chance of winning. instead of focusing on these statements, let's look at the 90% of people who aren't interested in rioting or mobbing but want better schools, better health care, better education. this is a response to trump. they want a boxer in there to box with trump. what we need is somebody who is a uniter, not a divider. >> uniter, not a divider. rob: how do people feel about this, i wonder. >> we asked do you think eric holder's message encourages violence? wanda says this guy was an attorney general and he's calling for violence. what's wrong with him. kurt on twitter said this message it sounds like holder is calling on the audience to do whatever needs to be done to win the election. the end justifies the means, win at all costs.

it's hard to believe thi that he said that. jillian: it's hard to believe we keep hearing it. it seems to be the same type of conversation over and over again. rob: jackie, thank you so much. jillian: a fox news alert, tropical storm michael turning deadly. the monster storm roaring through the north at this hour after unleashing fury through the florida coast. >> like a jet engine, i mean, the wind just super, super high pitched. you could feel it in your ears, like the pressure just changing in and out. jillian: the punch is not over yet. we're live with the destruction that's left behind. rob: but first, let's check in with steve doocy and see what's coming up on "fox & friends." i heard somebody is calling in this morning. >> my wife again? are you kidding me. rob: what did you do? >> can what didn't i do. i hope i look nice. the president of the united states, donald j. trump will call us live on the phone at 8:00 a.m. eastern time.

if you have a question for the president of the united states, give us a jingle. go ahead and you can e-mail us, you can facebook us, myspace, no, don't do that. you can do twitter as well. also we're going to have the fema add medicine ' medicine stray tore -- administrator talking about the destruction of hurricane michael. senator cory gardner pushed back on some of the crazy comments regarding violence on the left. and ben shapiro and terry brad you shaw, thbradshaw will be wi. we'll be back in just about 12 minutes from now. jillian: myspace, steve. rob: what's your myspace song? >> hello, it's me. jillian: thanks, steve. we're coming right back. ♪ (whooshing)

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rob: hurricane michael downgraded finally to a tropical storm. but still packing a punch and now posing an inland threat. jillian: ray bogen is live in appalachia, florida. >> reporter: good morning. here in appla apalachicola, the floodwaters have receded. it left behind plenty of debris, including a green dumpster that was picked up by floodwaters and thrust into this building. that's one of four dumpsters we saw picked up by floodwaters yesterday. this comes after hurricane michael made landfall, packing sustained winds of 155 miles per hour. it was nearly a category 5 storm. now, you're checking out some of this incredibl incredible drone. the winds were strong enough to rip off roofs and topple trees across the florida panhandle.

>> it was like a jet engine. i mean, the wind just super, super high pitched. you could feel it in your ears, like the pressure just changing in and out. >> reporter: michael has since weakened to a tropical storm, setting its sights on the rest of the southeast. that includes areas of the carolinas slammed by hurricane florence just last month. >> going to see a lot of devastation along the coast, structurally and then as it moves in you're going to see power outages throughout the state and then unfortunately you're going to see rainfall into south carolina, north carolina. >> reporter: so yesterday if we were standing here at around 11:00 in the morning we would be in chest high water. now all that's left is this geey gooey mud. we're under a curfew until sunrise, many counties up and down the panhandle are under similar curfews. as soon as the sun comes up,

you'll see a big rescue effort, and effort to get the power turned back on. it will get very, very busy in the next cup can he'll o couple. jillian: thank you, ray. rob: senator pamela harris doesn't seem too concerned about the 5,000 terrorism cases the fbi is currently investigating. instead, the california democrat used a hearing on the matter to ask about justice brett kavanaugh. >> i'd like to talk with you about the kavanaugh hearing. did anyone in your agency receive any direction about the scope of the investigation directly from don mcgahn? do you know who determined that the fbi would not interview judge kavanaugh or dr. ford or the list of 40 plus witnesses? rob: the hearing about terrorism with the fbi director. this is something christopher wray defended the agency's seventh background investigation into now justice kavanaugh. jillian: joe biden says he's

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thrm is always. the president is on next. stay tuned. >> hurricane michael now downgraded to a tropical storm but you can see the trail of catastrophic damage all up and down the florida coast. >> my administration is working closely to provide the full resources and steadfast support. we're all set to go. >> there was a financial storm on wall street. the dow losing 832 points. >> it's a correction we have been waiting for for a long time. i think the fed has gone crazy. >> deputy attorney general rod rosenstein will not appear on capitol hill to answer questions about allegations discusse