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lucky with us on "fox and friends first" on thursday morning, thank you for starting with us. we begin with a fox news alert and brand-new pictures of a teenager who disappeared the same night her parents were murdered. listen to this update, wisconsin officers revealing someone shot out the front door and 13-year-old jamie cross was home at the time. >> check your cabins, walk your land and report anything you feel is important to us. >> every second counts in this case. >> investigators have traced the cell phone and called 911 at night but they will not say who it belongs to and no one spoke on that call but there was background noise. we will follow this for sure. another update, we know the name of the american pilot tragically killed in a military plane crash

in ukraine. lieutenant colonel seth jethro nearing was a veteran of the 144th fighter wing based in california. a ukrainian pilot also killed when the jet went down in this field during joint military exercises for nato allies, the crash is still under investigation. happening overnight, donald trump and mike pompeo meeting just hours from now in hopes of sorting out the gruesome death of columnist jamaal khashoggi as the washington post publishes what appears to be his final peace. griff jenkins live in washington dc with breaking details, good morning. >> the washington post global opinion editor received this column from khashoggi's assistant after he went missing, he warned the government in the middle east have been given free reign to silence the media. the arab world is facing its own

version of the 9 coalition -- curtain imposed by domestic forces vying for power. the article comes as donald trump will be briefed by mike pompeo amid gruesome reports turkish officials have audio and video recordings purporting to show he was murdered in the saudi conflict, the president says he's waiting for the results of the investigation. >> we will get to the bottom of it. i hope the king and the crown prince didn't know about it and i hope they have it. >> the president telling reporters he asked for the audiotapes if they exist, critics accuse the president of being too soft on the saudi kingdom with all eyes on the economic conference in riyadh, doghouse in the desert which steve mnuchin is scheduled to attend but that is drawn heat from the likes of john kennedy who is advising against steve mnuchin's attendance. >> we have to deal with him with our eyes wide open.

they need to be condemned. that doesn't mean we need to just say we will never talk to you again. >> the president is expected to make a final decision by the end of the week as lawmakers call out or a lot of for sanctions for the salaries of they are found to be responsible. the article is online at washington post for our viewers if they want to read it this morning. >> griff jenkins live with that update. . >> a congressional task force it to interview two key witnesses in the mueller investigation. james baker and nelly your, the wife of doj official bruce or scheduled to be interviewed by house republicans today and tomorrow, baker admitted to meeting with lawyers tied to the clinton campaign and dnc before the 2016 election.

or works for fusion gps which commissioned the democratically funded anti-trump dossier. special counsel robert mueller set to reveal the results of his probe shortly after the midterms, tom witten from judicial watch will talk about this. mexico teaming up with the united states to fort the hunter and migrant caravan as thousands inch closer to the border. nbc news reports mexico has sent 500 officers to the guatemalan border. the caravan going to 4000 migrants as a record number of illegal families crossing to america. according to the washington post, 16,000 of them were arrested last month, and 80% increase since july. senator dianne feinstein restart the probe into brett kavanaugh if democrats take the senate. >> would you be in favor, to

open up an investigation? >> i would be in favor of opening of the allegations absolutely. >> the california democrat accused of using sexual assault allegations against brett kavanaugh to derail his confirmation. >> donald trump campaign trail in montana for another rally. he is stumping for republican senate candidate matt rosendale and tomorrow the president is campaigning in arizona. martha mc sally will be who he is campaigning for saturday. he is pushing for nevada senator dean heller. very busy time on the campaign trail. tonight north dakota senate hopefuls heidi heitkamp and kevin kramer will face off and what is expected to be a fire debate, heitkamp feeling political heat after this ad paid for by her campaign included the names of sexual assault victims without their permission. allison barber has the fallout.

>> you might have seen an open letter to republican congressman and senate hopeful kevin kramer. the letter, a political ad paid for by an, democratic senator heidi heitkamp told kramer he's wrong about me too movement, that it is not as he said a movement of victimization. 100 people cited, the letter suffered from to mystic violence, sexual assault or rape but at least five women took to social media saying they didn't give permission to use their names. at least 3 are asking for legal help. conservative radio host, one of the first to notice the post. >> a lot of them were angry and scared. >> one of the first to speak was heitkamp. >> this was a major mistake on our campaign's part and i can't say i am sorry enough. i'm so sorry that this happened. i'm trying to reach out and make it right. it appears there was a major

failing as to a group of women who were part of the stream on facebook, as much as what we know right now. >> heidi heitkamp is considered one of the most vulnerable senate democrats this election cycle, she voted against brett kavanaugh. the majority of north dakota voters supported him. latest fox news poll put kramer ahead of heitkamp by 12 points. a month ago he was only up by four. heitkamp lost support among women and analysts say perhaps that is who the obama losing that. >> she exploited people for political gain. we invited her to speak with us, her campaign said she is in north dakota and unavailable but they said the campaign fired the staffer who worked on that letter but they did not name the staffer. reporting in washington, allison barber, fox news. >> we have a chance to become filthy rich. the powerball jackpot storing to

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>> welcome back to "fox and friends first," 13 minutes after the top of the hour, robert mueller set to release key details on the special counsel's investigation into russian collusion but these findings will come until after the midterm elections and may not signal the end to his probe. what can we expect from this release? here is tom fitton. thank you for joining us, appreciate your time. a couple things expected to come out of this, whether there were clear incidents of collusion between russia and the trump

campaign and whether the president took any action constituting obstruction of justice but as we said it may not end and the findings may not be public. >> they may not be public in the sense that if he gives anything to rod rosenstein as regulations require, certainly have to make them public but there will be public pressure to make them public from the public and congress, may be very hostile to the president. i don't see anything new after the election that we already don't know. there is no collusion, no obstruction but there is a special counsel investigation, impeding the functions of the presidency and something we have been saying at judicial watch, it needs to be shut down. it was correctly formed, simpson, a key figure in setting

up the mueller operation resulted in his getting a dossier into the fbi's handed the justice department coordinating to target trump, taking the fifth amendment. don't know how many witnesses have to be compromised, how many ethical compromises have to take place in the justice department and fbi in the appointment of mueller before we start questioning the basis of this operation. >> let's look at those instances, we put it in writing and let the graphic of all those that were compromised and the reasons it should be shut down, you have jim comey who was fired, andrew mccabe under grand jury investigation, peter stzrok, bruce kim jong un 6 who will plead the sixth - plead the fifth as well. there are reasons for why this should just be stopped altogether.

>> just yesterday we had two treasury officials implicated in criminal leaks of information. these guys were helping mueller in his operation, they are leaking financial information from the treasury department almost simultaneously is going back to comey he was not only fired but documents in the fbi files, leaked them and that led to the appointment of mueller so criminal activity leading to the appointment and rod rosenstein is compromised as well in the sense he is a witness to the investigation he appointed mueller to conduct. >> not unbelievable, you are looking at situations like this going back to the clinton email investigation and the state department providing clearly false statements to deleon requests for clinton documents, that is a quote from a shocked federal judge yesterday. >> there was a court hearing

friday, we were asking judge lambert for discovery in our freedom of information act case about the benghazi scandal, that case had been compromised by the fact that the state department was misleading to us in the courts about this email issue and the court was upset, concerned about false statements given by the state department and excoriated the justice department for filing false affidavits of the hearing where the justice department's explain why it wasn't lying to the courts is quite extraordinary but even worse, this state department is opposing our efforts to bring her in and question her under oath and answer any additional questions on the clinton email issue.

>> they moved to dismiss it in 2014 and the judge said he was glad he did not do that because now he has this information that they lied and withheld information including cheryl mills who said he was shocked and dumbfounded she had been given immunity. we will follow this and appreciate the work you are doing it judicial watch, have a great day. the time is 19 minutes after the top of your, record rainfall turning roads into rivers, and entire bridge washed out by rushing waters. this is why texans are not in the clear just yet. >> punched me in the arm and i put the car in reverse to get out of there. >> verbal assault earns physical the woman left traumatized after being assaulted by democratic operative. jackie ibanez joins us with more on that after the break.

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>> a professor who offered college credit to anti-brett cavanagh protesters is out of the job. [chanting] >> the university of southern maine banning susan feiner from teaching saying she never got approval for her one credit course that bussed students to dc to tell susan collins to vote against brett cavanagh, the school president says, quote, we are embarrassed by and apologize for the road behavior of a former colleague. protesters harassed, ted cruz at the airport over his support for

brett kavanaugh. >> you think they are putting a sexual asslton the court? >> thank you for expressing your first amendment right. >> shame on you to grooves. >> god bless you, ma'am. >>'s response, telling protesters he believes in due process. it is not the first time he has been targeted, last month activists harassed the senator and his wife at a restaurant in dc. harassment of republicans is turning physical. of democratic operative for george soros funded group arrested for attacking a nevada gop candidate campaign manager. jackie ibanez joins us live with more on the alarming use of force as alleged assaults leave minnesota republican candidates shaken. good morning. >> reporter: what began as a slew of negative rhetoric from the left turning into violence. some republicans now fearing for their lives.

democratic operatives like michael stark arrested after allegedly pushing and grabbing kristin davison in las vegas leaving her with bruises on her neck and arms. davison is a campaign manager for nevada's gubernatorial nominee, she is terrified and traumatized. stark worked for american group 21st-century founded by activist david brock and funded by george soros, still in police custody this morning and has been fired. women division minnesota two gop candidates allegedly assaulted. sarah anderson says a man charged at her when she confronted him with knocking over her campaign signs. >> i couldn't get the door because it was already there on top of me. he punched me in the arm and i put the car in reverse to get out of there. >> no arrest has been made but police have a suspect, first-time candidate republican shane weakland says he was punched in the face a restaurant. >> lasting i heard is him say --

i will keep on the colorful language but you bleeping people don't give up leap about the middle class. >> suffering a concussion. doctors said could take him up to 6 weeks to fully recover. police say the suspect has been identified but is still on the loose. >> we want to know what you think of this so let us know. thank you very much, jackie. the time is 26 after the top of the hour. a rare and mysterious illness that partially paralyzes children spreading across the country, more than 100 children in 2 dozen states now second. doctor jennifer caldwell here live with the urgent warning from health officials is what every parent needs to know. >> two words are going to define the 2018 election.

one is brett kavanaugh and the other is caravan. >> newt gingrich sharing predictions for the midterms. is he right? new fox news balls breaking down the issues that matter most to americans. ♪ ain't seen nothing yet ♪ ain't seen nothing yet

>> half past the top of the hour you are watching "fox and friends first," two people dead in severe flooding washing away parts of texas. look at this, this car stranded in rushing water as heavy rain slams central part of the state. any building around rising rivers could flood disastrously. emergency crews rescuing and evacuating people from flooded areas. greg abbott declared a state of emergency in 18 counties. another community on edge over bombs was officials morning homemade explosives that look like this could be planted

around bucks county, pennsylvania. authorities believe they were left behind by david sermon and his girlfriend who are charged with setting off several bombs earlier this year. louis farrakhan will not be suspended by twitter for an anti-semitic tweet. the nation of islam leader writing, quote, i am not an anti-somebody, i'm anti-termite. in june he said this. >> the satanic jew and the synagogue, which has many races and it. >> despite that backlash, the most recent tweet does not violate any current policy. from hackers to diplomats, that is what happened to juliana sons and a plan to move him to russia, and the political counselor for ecuador's russian embassy to move him out of their london location where he is under asylum. british authorities stepping in

vetoing his diplomatic status. republicans may try to repeal obamacare of they win enough seats, mitch mcconnell saying an interview, we would do it. we are not satisfied with the way obamacare is working. republicans failed to overturn the healthcare law despite having full control of congress. speaking of health and healthcare terrifying disease sweeping across the united states, paralyzing children as young as 4 years old, and responsible for one death. what do parents need to know? thank you for joining us. look at these numbers, 22 states impacted so far, 62 confirmed cases, including one adult suspected but not yet confirmed in michigan.

>> the cdc did a press conference yesterday. we have seen more cases since 2014. we know that 90% of cases occur in children less then 15 and the average age is 4 years old so this is something we need to pay attention to. heather: they are polio like symptoms, drooping eyelids, weakness, difficulty swallowing, slurred speech, paralysis, polio like but not polio. >> it is not polio. the cdc said no cases have been linked to polio. the symptoms are similar to what we have seen with polio in the past and stroke like symptoms, slurred speech, trouble swallowing but that is what parents need to be on the lookout for. i don't want to be alarmist but this is very concerning, but at this point less than one per

million people per year so it is very rare. >> i have to be honest with you that concerns me. right now there are links to particular viruses, west nile, and maybe genetic causes but the cdc says not one common link of cars, we don't exactly know why this is happening. the diagnosis, the physical exam, mris but the treatment is supportive, and there is no one medication. >> it is not reversible? >> i should say every course seems to be a little different. some children seem to recover

quite well, some actually had lengthy symptoms. that is part of the question we don't know the answers to. how does it occur in some people versus others and how does it affect people cute it is supportive care. there are a lot of questions. >> you will keep us updated. >> i will, important story. heather: bad news for burger levers, your favorite fast food chains just failed, what you need to know before you take another bite. heather: snow white sending the wrong message. how hollywood celebrities are taking aim at disney movies.

heather: donald trump and healthcare driving midterm elections. new fox poll shows 50% of likely voters say healthcare is the most important issue in deciding their vote. the economy is second with 51% saying donald trump is a big factor. and cracking the top 10 list. voters say healthcare is the number one issue driving to the polls. newt gingrich says there are two other issues that pose the greatest threat to democrats. >> this election is a life-and-death struggle with a left-wing movement which wants to radicalize america. they took people off of food

stamps, they were no longer dependent on government. if you are a left-wing democrat that is bad, not good. few words will define the 2018 election in the next three weeks. one is brett cavanagh and the other is caravan and the combination of anger over how the left smeared and engaged in character assassination the degree to which the left is eager to have 3000 people in a caravan crossing the american border, break american law, the american people will reject the way they treated brett kavanaugh and the way they are dealing with the border. heather: donald trump continues his multistate rally campaigning from antenna senate candidate matt rosendale. the most recognizable sports figures endorsed democrat joe manchin in the senate race. >> joe and i grew up in west virginia and he never forgets where we came from.

>> he loves our state, dedicated his life to west virginia. >> no one lives the people of west virginia or joe manchin. heather: west virginia university basketball coach bob huggins and nba hall of famer jerry west from west virginia supporting the incumbent in the new ad. manchin facing off against matt -- patrick morrissey in a tough race. you may want to think twice before biting into that fast burger. tracy carrasco here with new grades that may be hard for some to swallow. >> this is a study that comes from the natural resources defense council. they looked at the top restaurants, how they are reducing use of antibiotics in their meat supply. coming in within a, two

restaurants, shake shack and burger 5 but the other restaurants they looked at, 25, they didn't do so well, wendy's gotta d-22 other chains including mcdonald's, burger king, 5 guys, jack-in-the-box got an f. they say the overuse of antibiotics in livestock is contributing to the growing threat of antibiotic resistance so that is why they did this study, something to think about. >> pizza hut on the other hand launching a $5 lineup nationwide. >> they did roll out the $5 menu and $5 will get you a number of items on their menu. about eight items, you can get a medium pizza, $5, there is a catch. you have to order two items from the menu for them to be $5 but when you look at what they are offering you get a whole meal.

heather: great story. a dream come true for a little boy battling brain cancer when sworn into the police force. >> as an honorary police officer, you will protect and serve the people of our fine city. heather: 7-year-old drake taking the oath in california, his father, sergeant jim walker pinning on his badge, the go fund me page is raising money for the family. good for him, congratulations. the time is 15 minutes until the top of the hour, taylor swift getting political again urging fans to vote early but most americans want their celebrities to stick to their day jobs. >> yes, i have thought of a lot about blowing up the white house.

>> we need to overthrow the government of the united states under donald trump. heather: our next guest, cowboy comedian, hollywood's political opinion isn't going away and why you should not be naïve when it comes to believing it. ♪ acting like a fool ♪ just because they are on tv ♪ i can throw a major fit ♪ just how well i get ♪ today is the day you're going to get motivated...

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heather: welcome back, taylor swift urging her fans to vote for democrats. the second political post from

her normally neutral stance in terms of politics but the latest in a chorus of celebrity voices weighing in on washington. >> i have thought an awful lot about blowing up the white house. >> we need to overthrow the government of the united states under donald trump. >> i'm so offended by this person and by republicans in general. >> it would be great if the president of the united states acknowledged the global community. >> no uncertain terms we are alive, awake and awoke. heather: do voters care what hollywood thinks at all? joining us is cowboy comedian, we appreciate it this morning. when you listen to something like that, baldwin, we didn't include kathy griffin.

viewers at home wherever they live in the country, outside california, how do they feel when they see that? >> they don't care. i was recently in la, met with a lot of different networks talking sitcoms and television shows and i have a manager in la and they said why don't you get your followers to reach out to these networks, you don't understand my followers that live across america don't care, don't give their guy, reach out and say let's make more money for hollywood because they don't feel hollywood is on their side. there's a lot of folks who disagree with that but a vast amount of america doesn't care what hollywood says. heather: this poll came out, how do voters feel about celebrity political endorsement, 60%

oppose it because they polarize and distract, 40% support it because they spread awareness and engage voters. what you are saying and they only try to engage in a certain type of voter that being the voter that agrees with them. >> last night you mentioned the taylor swift situation, i was going through headlines on social media looking at that story and out of 150 headlines i didn't see a single one that came from a conservative news source or right-leaning a right of center news source so interesting that trend shows you that the voice of hollywood is not one of the conservative mind. heather: sometimes it works the opposite, taylor swift originally broker political silence talking about marsha blackburn, she said she was reluctant to publicly voice her

opinion but said she can't support marsha blackburn that will be voting for phil medicine for the senate and it did the opposite, marsha blackburn went up after that and now she is encouraging people to vote early so sometimes it has the opposite effect. >> sometimes it does, i am for voter turnout and voter registration and everybody should so kudos to her for that. i don't have a problem with that. kanye west is encouraging people, not telling you who to vote for, that is the difference, the easy joke would be to say how can we listen to taylor swift, this is a person who traded boyfriends out quicker than i change socks but i won't be mean like that. heather: she is very talented. >> she has done well. if she ever dated me --

terrible. heather: you bring up a good point. that is something people will say listening to this if we post this online the left will say you say listen to kanye west and listen to celebrities or sports people who support the president but then don't listen to the left leaning celebrities so if you listen to when you got to listen to the other give them equal time. >> it is not going to go away. we will hear the political opinion of celebrities whether it is on the award shows at night, you are going to hear them. all i am saying is if you are a celebrity use your platform wisely. it is okay to have a political leaning, political opinion, voice that opinion. some people do this or do that. i have been guilty of it. i have people i like that i tell

them to vote for so it is hard to not be an american citizen even if you are worth $300 million. i were $30,000. heather: maybe one day we will be in that stratosphere. appreciate you joining us and we will be right back. ♪ we saved hundreds on our car insurance when we switched to geico. this is how it made me feel. it was like that feeling when you're mowing the lawn on a sunny day... ...and without even trying, you end up with one last strip that's exactly the width of your mower. when you're done, it looks so good you post a picture on social media.

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heather: killing off roseann bar's popular tv character may not have been the best decision for abc. >> roseann od does it do on opioids. >> i found these pills and mom's closet. >> these aren't even prescribed to her. heather: and real. roseann's then offer connors losing 35% of its viewers who tuned in to watch the return of the original series in march. abc canceled the roseann reboot after her recently insensitive tweet. disney princesses under attack in hollywood. kristen bell knocking snow white

for this scene. this really happened, bell telling parents magazine, quote, don't you think it is weird the prince kisses snow white without her permission? because you cannot kiss someone if they are sleeping. he has been poisoned, he saved her life. bell's criticism coming one day after keira knightley said her daughter is not allowed to watch cinderella. >> he is banned from seeing certain children's movies. what are they? >> cinderella because she waits for a rich guy to rescue her. and this is the one i'm annoyed about because i really like the film but the little mermaid. the film is great but did not give your voice up for a man.

>> nightly bashing classic disney movies despite raking in millions of dollars from disney's pirates of the caribbean. time for the good, the bad and the ugly. we begin with the good. the louisiana cajun navy race into action after boy scout troop's trailer and thousands of dollars of supplies is stolen. the volunteer group loading up camping gear and food for the kids. >> god put us in a position to russia survived the situation. julie: trailer has since been found. two trucks packed with 280 illegal immigrants heading for the us in central america. before they reached the border. 40 children were inside one of these trucks, and were packed so tightly they could barely breathe. the bus comes as the us watches the caravan, thousands heading from central america to the us.

the ugly, burger king wants to hunt your dreams with a new green cheeseburger. the nightmare chain, chicken, beef and bacon and the green button. burger king is teaming up to see if the burger impact sleep and it will be available starting monday. would you try it? that wraps up this hour of "fox and friends first," thank you for joining us, "fox and friends first" continues right now, goodbye. >> if it exists i will have a full report. that is one of the things that will be the first question i ask. jillian: thursday, october 18th. donald trump promising to get his hands on audio recordings that reveal the gruesome fate of washington post columnist jamaal khashoggi. rob: his final column published overnight could shed light on a motive for his murder. we are live in washington. a rescue