heather: is friday, december 7th, this is "fox and friends first". a fox news alert, what started as a disturbance call, turned into a violent confrontation between the georgia police officer and a suspect who longed for his gun. the latest as that officer fights for his life. >> the department of justice memos and all the interviews he has done since he separated from service. >> lawmakers are ready to grill

james comey during his blockbuster hearing on the hill and robert mueller making headlines with new details expected on the russia probe. we are live ahead of a busy day in washington. how about santa? santa's heartwarming message to an american hero that will make your morning. "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ wake me up ♪ don't wake me up ♪ don't wake me up ♪ heather: we give you a reason to wake up. it is good to wake up and enjoy "fox and friends first"

especially when it is friday because it is already the weekend though it will be a busy day today. thank you for starting the day with us. let's begin with a fox news alert. keeping an eye on this, police officer shot in the face and the suspect is killed with just one bullet. michael smith fighting for his life following the shooting of a georgia dentist at his georgia dentist's office, all this started when employees called 911 to report an aggressive man. it is not clear who shot the officer's gun. right now officer smith is in critical condition, a 7 year department veteran. we will follow the story. cnn given the all clear after new york city offices are evacuated for a bomb threat. and unidentified man called about 5 explosive devices in the building, nothing was found. earlier this year a florida man allegedly send a package containing explosive material to

the same cnn office. that suspect is behind bars. no one was injured. a live look at capitol hill where in just a few hours former fbi director james comey will testify behind closed doors and we expect new details about the russia probe and sentencing document against paul manafort and michael cohen today. richardson joins us from washington with a preview of a superbusy day but anything could happen. >> reporter: james comey is returning to capitol hill testifying in closed session before the house judiciary committee. house republicans went to ask him about his handling of the fbi investigation into hillary clinton's private email server and russian interference into

the 2016 election. at first comey filed suit in federal court challenging the subpoena to appear in private session. he said he wanted to testify publicly. congressional republicans rejected that. >> jim comey, last time i was at a public hearing with them over hundred times he said i cannot answer in this setting. why, mister transparency wants to go back to a setting where he knows he cannot answer questions is befuddling to me and i don't think my fellow citizens by that. >> reporter: last month comey tweeted happy thanksgiving, got a subpoena from house republicans, happy to hidden the light and answer all questions but i will resist a closed door thing because i've seen enough of their selective leaking and distortion. let's have a hearing and invite everyone to see. comey agreed to stop the suit and assured him they would release the transcript and he could speak publicly about the interview after it concludes. republicans question comey on the beginning of the russia investigation, we expect to learn more about its current

status. through a court filing the special counsel's office will reveal details how former trump campaign chairman paul manafort lied after agreeing to a plea deal. mueller's office will file sentencing memos on michael cohen, the former private lawyer of the president who is cooperating with special counsel. this is all as the washington post is reporting, the state and justice department ordered to narrowly reopen their inquiries into hillary clinton's use of a private email server. heather: always a friday in washington. donald trump on top of all that, william bar to succeed jeff sessions of attorney general and oversee the mueller probe. of chosen it is unclear house democrats would react to this but nationalist. list morgan ortagus says this would bring respect from both political parties.

>> a smart move politically. even with a big majority in the senate what this comes down to is who can the president get confirmed? and without a big political fight, naming a replacement as well, several big confirmations need to get through. the most important thing to do is to name someone and move past whitaker because that is a lightning rod of criticism and when democrats take the house you will see more investigations and move on to someone more respected that can defend this administration. heather: barb would be the second attorney general to serve under two different nonconsecutive presidents if he gets the job. ♪ >> reporter: emotional farewell

to our authority third president at his final resting place in texas, the navy honoring george hw bush with a 21 plane fly over salute. lauren blanchard has more on touching tributes to bush 41. >> reporter: the train ride one of the final events of a week of mourning, special window getting crowds lined along the route one last look at the president's flag draped casket. in houston some 1200 mourners passing through the family's church saying goodbye to the 41st president before a private memorial service where thousand people joined to celebrate his life. >> honoring his accomplishment, we will see that we are praising what is best about our nation. the nation he dearly loved,

whose values he embodied. >> reporter:) and former secretary of state james baker and bush's grandfather, george p bush among those eulogizing the late president involved in a sermon, there was a mixed celebration and solemnity and even a few jokes, how many imagine bush would have wanted. >> when the president arrives, barbara was standing there with her hands on her hips saying what took you so long? >> reporter: people at texas a and m where the presidential library is located say it is an honor to welcome him home. >> even though he wasn't a student at texas a and m. >> reporter: the week has been full of public events honoring late president pop and circumstance, the burial is private. the last goodbye solely for those closest to george hw bush.

heather: the search for 5 missing marines expanding off the coast of japan, rainstorms complicating rescue efforts after warplanes collided during a training exercise, two marines have been recovered so far. one in fair condition, the other is dead. donald trump tweeting my thoughts and prayers are with the crewmembers involved in a midair collision off the coast of japan, thank you to us forces japan for their immediate response and rescue efforts with whatever you need we are here for you. donald trump expected to sign a bill today to avoid a government shutdown and keep the lights on for two more weeks as lawmakers debate whether to fund the border wall. >> speaking for myself, consider the wall immoral, ineffective, expensive. heather: the president wants $5 billion for border security, senate democrats say they will

set aside $1.6 billion for fencing, not a wall. 77 years since the surprise attack on pearl harbor, 2403 service members and civilians killed in the horrific assault in hawaii. memorials will be held across the us including a moment of silence at the pearl harbor museum in honolulu. american flags flown at half staff until sundown. a very lucky little girl brings christmas cheer to capitol hill. >> 3, 2, one. heather: bridget harrington lighting the capitol hill christmas tree, she won the honor through an essay contest in her home state of oregon. which is also where the tree is from. before the ceremony bridget and house speaker paul ryan decorate inside the capital. what a fantastic memory for her. the time is 10 minutes after the top of the hour and donald trump

is eyeing bill bar to head of the justice department. would he bring, what would he bring to the trump cabinet and what could it be for the mueller probe? we break that down next. >> what are your timelines for me? >> no timeline. >> elizabeth warren is considering a 2020 run. her hometown paper who backed her in 2016 is saying don't do it. ♪ should i stay or should i go ♪ should i stayed

heather: welcome back to "fox and friends first". could the president punt for new attorney general be over? former attorney general's or george hw bush, william bar, reportedly the favorite to take over the role but would he be

the right man for the job? joining me as the chairman for the committee to defend the president, ted harvey. thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. >> good morning, thank you for having me on. we 20 would he be the right man for the job? >> he comes to the job with great experience having held the position, he is well respected in the legal community and first and foremost he can get approved by the senate and that is what the president wants, to get somebody through the nomination process without any hiccups and mister bar will be able to do that and get through quickly. heather: in terms of the mueller probe, what will he bring to that investigation? >> the president has said the entire time he has no intention of stopping the mueller probe. he said that the last two years despite what democrats continue to hyperventilate about, the president has committed to letting the probe go forward and that is what bar will do, he will oversee it and make sure he

has sidebars on it, the investigation is not going off of things they should be looking at, just looking at the russia collusion issue. heather: some of the concerns democrats raise with whitaker, democrats crying foul because of past comments he had made regarding mueller and the mueller investigation. do you think democrats will have an easier time supporting bar? >> for me it has all been a bunch of political rhetoric by the democrats. they knew whitaker wasn't going to do anything, just trying to make political points and democrats will be hard-pressed to come up with anything on bar that he shouldn't be appointed to that position with the experience he has already. heather: let's move on to what is happening today, james comey in the hot seat being questioned by top republicans. what are the questions the

ousted fbi director should take? >> it is important to see what has come out this week that there is an email chain going back and showing the fbi and the administration knew that michael steele had gone to the press prior to the fbi, going to the f i s a, a violation of rules and procedures for the investigation. and supposedly comey is part of the email chain as head of the fbi. he knew that and still allowed his department to go forward with request for a warrant with a tainted document and his own office saying there are problems with this dossier, he has a lot to reckon with when he told congress they fired michael

steele after this came out. if that is the case he lied to congress and there's a reason he asked not to be brought before congress to have this testimony. heather: it is interesting to see if he will be treated equally when it comes to lying to congress and that takes us to manafort and cohen. memos expected to be released from special counsel mueller regarding both of them. what will come out of those? >> neither one of them, manafort did not lie to congress. what he has been convicted of is something he did 12 years ago, well before anything about being part of the trump campaign or trump collusion story, tax even asian -- evasion, he committed to work with mueller. what you are reporting is he is reneging on doing that.

that is telling, that is all mueller has got, to try to twist the arm of somebody on something he did 12 years prior to the campaign. with regard to:. :misspoke while testifying before congress and that is all mueller has got. if that is all mueller has got with russia collusion story between trump and the russians during the campaign, i think that investigation is falling apart. heather: the manafort memos expected behind doors, comey behind closed was, papadopoulos getting out of prison. a lot going on. thank you for joining us, appreciate it on a busy day. the time is 20 minutes after the top of the hour. general motors ceo mary bar grill on capitol hill over the plan to send jobs to mexico.

>> our focus is on the workers. we made the announcement when we did to give the maximum opportunity for other opportunities in the company. heather: one gm worker fighting to keep his job is here with a message for that ceo up next. ♪ working for a living ♪ raking what we did ♪ working for a living this isn't just any moving day.

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the country needs after the polarizing politics of donald trump. the globe encouraged her to run. the board now says she, quote, missed her moment. stormy daniels's lawyer michael avenatti has a new high profile client. ♪ america! heather: remember her? avenatti joining patricia cuomo's legal team. he was arrested for climbing the statue of liberty protesting immigration policy. avenatti says they both advocate against family separation as a result of the draconian policies of donald trump. she has pleaded not guilty of convicted she faces 18 months in prison. gop lawmakers grilling general motors ceo mary bar a on capitol hill. thousands of americans will be laid off and 5 plants we shut down in 2019. joining me to discuss the

company's latest below right before the holidays is a 9-year gm employee fighting for his job, tommy wilco. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it this morning. first of all, tell us how you and your coworkers are doing? how did you get the news initially? >> i had a buddy of mine call me up. he told me what was said in the meeting. i feel like i have seen this come, it started with the third shift on the same day donald trump was inaugurated, that is what i lost my job. the second shift, laid off the same day they sent us a blazer we were hoping we would get the chevy blazer tilt in mexico, we weren't going to get it. this last devastating news, general motors closing its doors

march 1st, the straw that broke the camel's back. heather: you are a dad of 3, this has run in your family. your dad was an autoworker. >> yes he was. my father retired with 42.7 years of service. i took over the family legacy. i was out there before i got laid off and i thought i would have a chance to retire like my father did. heather: what about the community? how is this impacting the entire community? even those that don't work specifically at the plant impacted? >> people in our area know that general motors is the heart of our community. if you take the heart from the body the body falls. the community is not going to be able to bounce back after this. heather: this is what bara had to say in the meeting with

lawmakers. >> we had a very productive meeting. it was good for me to be able to go through what was going on, several new products launching and upcoming. we made tremendous investment. the thing i need to do to live up to that is make sure general motors is strong going forward. heather: she wants to make general motors strong moving forward but not in any of these areas, she's talking new jobs overseas, investments overseas was what about hard-working americans like you and your family and those in your community? does it make you angry to hear her say things like that? >> it definitely does. me and my union brothers and sisters prove time after time we could build the quality they ask for. we can build the quantity they ask for and we are willing to work with them. we understand that it is a

business at the end of the day and our shop chairman and president are willing to work with general motors and do what we can to build that quality car and we told them we deserve it. we deserve another vehicle in general motors because all the hard work we have done for over 50 years. heather: do you have a message for donald trump? >> our area needs help. you are the president of the united states, you are the ceo coakley start holding companies like general motors and harley-davidson accountable for their actions. a lot of corporate greed is going on and you have the power to help us. heather: he is trying to do that. i love what you said about taking the heart out of the body. appreciate it, good luck to you and your family during the holidays. >> thank you so much, have a merry christmas.

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>> welcome back. ms 13 gang member in the us illegally will spend 30 years behind bars for a brutal machete murder. walter and 3 other gang members killed in -- a virginia man in a targeted attack, hacking him 150 times because he said the gang doesn't make the rules in america. the victim's body found mutilated in a quick. the el salvador national will be

up for deportation once released. donald trump is considering bringing back william barr as attorney general. sources telling fox news bar is a front runner for the job, he was george hw bush's attorney general for two years we just picked he would replace acting a g matthew whitaker who took over after jeff sessions resigned last month as democrats send a letter to the doj demanding an in person briefing on why they are stonewalling whitaker from the russia probe. mark meadows revealing 3 clinton foundation whistleblowers have come forward with hundreds of pages of evidence, the leader of the house freedom caucus said the information includes misuse of fundss and allegations of false promises made to donors while hillary clinton was secretary of state. the panel is expected to hold a hearing on the investigation next week. agents showed up last month

after he reportedly turned over documents related to the clinton foundation and uranium one. today donald trump is expected to tweet his pick for us ambassador to the united nations. sources tell fox news he will tap state department spokeswoman heather nauert for the job, she will take over for nikki haley. the outgoing ambassador believe her post at the end of the year and that would be a big congratulations to my friend heather if that happens. donald trump honoring victims of the parkland school shooting at the white house hanukkah reception was the father of 18-year-old meadows pollock thanking the president for support. >> you are the greatest friend the jewish people have ever had in the white house. we have to keep fighting because the safety of our children in the future of our country depend on whether we honor the true spirit of hanukkah.

heather: the president recognized we holocaust survivors said they suffered evil beyond description. what was supposed to be a bipartisan effort on prison reform is turning into a 2020 platform. democrats potentially pulling support of the legislation that hit close to home for our next guest, jerry caldwell says these are not just statistics to me, they are my family members, friends, and people i grope with in chicago. the political analyst is lobbying in washington to pass the first step act and joins me to talk about it. thank you for joining us, always a pleasure to have you here. >> thank you for having me on this important topic. heather: this is supposed to be a bipartisan effort. it is turning into a 2020 campaign effort. what are your thoughts? are democrats holding it up so they can use it as a campaign topic.

>> those presidential contenders, eric holder was opposed to among the mother of prominent democrats, those who have said it said it because they didn't want to see donald trump or republicans potentially get up for win which is disingenuous considering the fact that in 2014 there were 6.8 million people part of the corrections population including federal prison, state prison, local jails as well as those on parole. those 6.8 million people, 32%, 34% or 2.3 million of those individuals, african-american. for us in this community, this is the most prominent issue our community cares about. that being the case, you can't play politics whether you are

democrat or republican with this issue. heather: you take this personally. why do you think democrats some of whom you just mentioned are not taking it personally, taking it politically instead? >> at this particular time beyond those folks who said they didn't know if they would support it, now the process where we get republicans in the u.s. senate, chuck grassley who is a champion of this issue, jared kushner in the white house, championing this issue, when i was in washington dc talking to members like senator ted cruz, senator tim scott, at marco rubio's office, we need to push this to the floor because this is where we are. we have a number of members, majority of the senate caucus supporting this issue and a lot of democrats in the senate supporting this issue and if it goes to the floor it will pass.

the petition on change.org getting people outside mitch mcconnell's office, we want this to move to the floor, one of the most important issues of my lifetime and that is why i am so passionate about it. when you think about what the bill does, it provides credit, good service credits for those individuals, if this were to pass and signed into law you have 4000 people retroactively going home today. judges with discretion, when it comes to sentencing, if you know what happened in the criminal justice system, 94 crime bill pushed by bill clinton was draconian and provided mass incarceration. this gives judges greater discretion where someone like senator mike we said an

individual attempted to sell 3 bags of marijuana. he got 55 years in prison. this would change the landscape. heather: go to your change.org page, just need to get it. >> sign a petition to the floor, follow me on instagram, i have the link to that petition and my bio there. we need to see this systemic change. a lot of people are counting on this, i encourage everybody to continue to follow me for updates on this. heather: you have been working around the clock to get it done and that has been a lot of hard work and i appreciate it. good luck. the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour. the video is shocking. a man pushed in front of a moving truck by complete stranger for no apparent reason. how police cost the man behind this random act.

a foxbusiness alert, stocks staging a massive recovery after an 800 point crunch. foxbusiness news's tracy carrasco live as markets close the week. ♪

heather: we are back with a foxbusiness alert, donald trump confident the us and china will reach a trade deal after months of rising tension. tracy carrasco joins us from foxbusiness with how it could impact the markets. >> reporter: it has been a rocky road with trade relations between the us and china but an agreement could come in the near future, china releasing a statement saying, quote, both sides having smooth communication and good cooperation with each other. we are full of confidence an agreement can be reached in the

next 90 days. the president tweeting in response, quote, i agree. white house trade advisors is the potential deal is truth of more winning. >> this is a tough president with tough people working for him. what he has done on trade is unprecedented for any president that preceded him. we said we could renegotiate nafta and did, couldn't get to the chinese table and we did. heather: the ongoing trade tensions causing major setbacks and comebacks on wall street, the dow recovered from a 780 point dive. stocks are sliding as investors worry about trade war fears impacting the global economy. this, as we anticipate, november job numbers out today so we will wait and see what those numbers say. heather: they arrested the chinese tech exec adding to fears on wall street. thank you.

let's talk about kevin hart. kevin hart's gig as oscars host is over two days after taking the job. the comedian bowing out after his controversial tweets about gay people resurfaced. he says the academy gave him an option, apologize or step down, i am sorry i hurt people, i am evolving and went to continue to do so. my goal is to bring people together, not tear us apart. we still don't know who will host the show but the nominations are out. vice leading the pack come up for six awards. >> is this happening? >> i believe we can make this work. heather: the biotic about dick cheney is nominated for best picture, best comedy and best actor along with 3 others. vice in theaters across the country on christmas. the time is 15 minutes after the

top of the hour and the profile we didn't ones. a student newspaper firing off at vanity fair for profiling four republican women who have been targeted on campus for their conservative views. our next guest is one of those girls who faced backlash since being profiled, she tells us why she's not backing down any time soon. one of these is not like the other. the hilarious way one man fixed his blinds. ♪ this isn't just any moving day.

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students that fell targeted on campus. in eligible for financial aid who could barely afford to pay their tuition. not right conservative women who feel themselves oppressive this campus because i'm a conservative. thank you for joining us this morning, maggie. we appreciate it. tell us about the vanity fair article profiling four female conservative students, tell us about the article 1st. >> the article compiles three conservative women who struggled on campus and going through on a daily basis. that is the impression. and getting hate mail.

we have no real intellect and they have been using us as examples of how not to ask, how not to be as a conservative on campus. heather: what were your hopes in doing the vanity fair article? what did you hope to accomplish? >> i hope to accomplish conservative women across the country are oppressed on campus. sometimes i don't feel safe on campus because i'm a conservative woman. i have to hide my ideal to save face. this is a oppression. they call us white supremacists but they are the ones punishing thought. every article that comes out we see in tolerance and lack of accepting of diversity. heather: you hope to shed light on it, bring awareness to it and open people's minds a little bit but it appears to have done the exact opposite. >> absolutely.

you should take this as a learning experience that we can learn from each other but this -- across the country as reported by the leadership institute campusreform.org but conservative students -- the real idiocy is going against the irony of your own party that everybody is tolerant except diversity of thought. heather: outlet at the school in terms of that? do you feel safe? >> there are times i don't feel safe on campus. heather: in terms of the backlash you are getting do you have any outlet in terms of reporting it or any options at this point? what are you doing? >> the administration is taking steps to ensure our safety.

we are hoping they can use this as a learning experience but only time will tell. heather: people need to start talking, both sides. that is the only way we grow and what higher education is supposed to be about. we hear about this problem at schools across the country. thank you for joining us and sharing your story. we appreciate it. we have reached out to the university of north carolina. we thank maggie. the time is 8 minutes until the top of the hour. we showed this video earlier. it is job dropping. a man pushed in front of a moving truck by a complete stranger. how police caught the man behind this random attack. >> the opportunity every day to make an impact on somebody's life and it is important. heather: an incredible moment that will make your morning.

santa's heartwarming salute to american heroes up next. ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪

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city, beautiful christmas decorations everywhere, gigantic reindeer, red lights on the trees out front and the american flag flying at half staff, honoring president george hw bush. had down to new york city if you can, the rockefeller christmas tree. someone apparently not feeling the christmas spirit, seemingly random attack caught on camera. look at this video. a homeless man shoving a stranger. look at that, right into oncoming traffic in los angeles. this oncoming truck pinning the man under its wheels. the suspect behind bars and could be charged with attempted murder, good grief. another dramatic moment caught

on camera, a deputy teams up with good samaritans to rescue a man inside a burning truck. watch this. that texas deputy helping free the man's leg, bystanders pulling them to safety before the truck burst into flames. he was airlifted with serious injuries. amazing videos there. time for the good, the bad and the ugly, santa claus get down on one knee to thank a veteran for his service. he said we owe you a debt of gratitude to all the men. >> you have the opportunity every day to make an impact. >> teenagers ransack a home with a jillian: boy asleep on the

couch, terrifying moment caught on surveillance video. the robbers got away, car, wallet and keys. finally the ugly. a man fixes his broken blinds with the cvs receipt. he got the idea for getting a superlong receipt with several coupons at the store and it fit perfectly. the picture is going viral. going to be a busy day, "fox and friends first" continues right now, goodbye. >> it is friday, december 7th and this is a fox news others, fighting for his life, a georgia police officer in critical condition after his gun goes off after a tough when a dentist office. carley: the search for answers. back in the hot seat, fired fbi director james comey sets to be grilled by congress today. rob: rob