venus raisers to women. that upsets people for some reason. they also point that typically higher cost to those razors compared to the men's products now that i could sees a a complaint. jillian: welcome back. rob: thank you. jillian: you will join us again today? rob: i will, bye. >> latest migrant caravan swelling to as many as 2,000 strong. >> remarkable speed. they picked up about twice in size. >> president trump invited democrats to the white house. and for lunch and a meeting to discuss border security. >> not a single democrat offered to come here and negotiate. >> democrats are being hypocritical because they all voted for more wall funding than the president is asking for. >> we have to stay strong. so far, so good. >> president trump's pick for attorney general heads back to the hill after being grilled by democrats. >> also very critical of russian probe. >> how i have criticize the of the russian probe. >> you don't have any criticism of the russian probe. >> not at all.

>> by virtue of being a white male you have white privilege. >> areva, i hate to break it to you you should are been better prepared. i'm black. >> you have something to announce. >> yes. >> what is that, madam. >> i'm filing exploratory for president of the united states tonight. ♪ me and my gang ♪ we live ♪ to ride ♪ we ride to live ♪ me and my gang. brian: "fox & friends" logo in the corner that's not permanent, right? isn't that like a spot shadow there? steve: we would like to think it's a permanent part of everybody's morning routine. brian: okay. ainsley: if you watch it long enough it will burn into your television set. steve: right down there it used to spin and now they have changed it for your hdtvs and whatnot. thank you for joining us on this very busy wednesday. we start this hour live from new york. we have a fox news alert. migrants dropping tear gas down in the country of guatemala as they march toward the united states

burden. ainsley: migrant caravan expected to arrive in mexico by tomorrow. brian: where i have seen this movie before. griff jenkins covering a caravan. brand new one. honduras, guatemala, mexico, what's the latest? it seems to be growing, i understand. >> absolutely, guys, they are waste nothing time on that march to america. they are growing in numbers. we are at the northwestern most crossing point between honduras and guatemala. i will give you a little look behind me. this is about 50 or 60 federal police for honduras lining the border, which is just feet behind me to cross over. and you have several hundred migrants camping out all night for this border to open up. building a fire. they are waiting to line up to show their papers because they have agreement between honduras and guatemala that they will be able to cross peacefully. there was a wit of a clash last night causing the police to release some tear gas to get things under control. it's a mix of women and

children and men. the men getting impatient because they were given priority to women and children. now, yesterday, we ran into the vice foreign minister, a woman named nellie herez vice foreign minister in charge of immigration. i asked her what the number one reason for people leaving, she said that actually violence, fleeing violence is the third reason people leave. i said that what was number one and two? here is what nellie herez said. >> it's better jobs, quality of life and second issue is reunification of families. griff: let's talk about what's going to happen now if the migrants are able to peacefully cross this morning which is what we expect to happen 6:00 a.m. local time just about an hour. they will then march 200 miles towards the mexico-guatemala border. we expect their numbers to grow significantly, possibly even double. they are at 2,000 now. and it's going to get larger because the first caravan i

covered, remember, it walls about a third of it was made up of guatemala citizens wanting also to get to america. i asked the foreign minister by the way if they were telling this caravan that they would not get into the u.s. just for a job. they said yes, they are discouraging it and trying to get people to turn back. but, obviously, as you see, the migrants are not doing any such thing. guys? brian: hey, griff, what i'm wondering is we keep hearing how mexico learned the last time they were pelted by rocks and let the caravans through. they pledged to have a stronger border this time. any indication that mexico is ready for the insurgency? >> indications are, brian, that they're definitely ready for what's going to play out in the next 24, 48 hours because they sent the new mexico canal president president obrador sent his interior minister down here to honduras to the capital to meet with guatemalaens, hondurans and el salvador

rans because they're worried about that crossing. if you come legally and sign up for a temporary work vista we will try to accommodate you. if you try to bull dozen your way across like we saw the last time they have a stronger force. bottom line 12 points of entry and 370 crossing points on the guatemala-mexico border. mexico has said they are going to enforce going the proper way and that's setting the stage for another confrontation, possibly like we saw on the last one in owcket. ainsley: griff, they think they can get through guatemala in one day. we are reporting they will be in mexico tomorrow at some point. griff: possibly, that's the indication from our team and our sources here. because what happened, ainsley, they move with remarkable speed, 200 miles all the way across honduras yesterday by catching rides on buses, trucks, and cars. guatemala will also be friendly to the migrants because they make up a big part of it if they can get rides, they will get there in a day. it could take two to three if they have to do a

considerable amount of walking. >> steve: there are a lot of police on the location there. let's see what happens when the sun comes up. griff jenkins live at the border between honduras and guatemala. thank you very much. brian brian we are still now in this country, the country they are trying to get to in day 26 of a suretydown. and as a partial shutdown, yes. but it is still record-breaking. so farm if you were looking to a break impasse on tuesday you came up empty. maybe hope for better things on wednesday. democrats did not show up. the moderate ones invited to the white house and nobody in the senate broke. even though mitch mcconnell wants office was -- people were waiting there democrats were waiting there to push him to get back involved. he was not home. and he doesn't look like he is going to put anything up for a vote. ainsley: nancy pelosi and chuck schumer their doors were locked too on capitol hill. angel moms and dads and family members who lost loved ones at the hands of illegal immigrants. they were holding pictures of their children.

you probably recognize at love them because they have been on our show. they said please listen to our stories. steve: just listen. [chanting build the wall] glul the politicians here in d.c. are not doing the job and so it's time that we, the people, speak up, stand up and visit the people who are not doing our bidding. and get the wall done. >> this is what -- i guess words $1 each. maybe it starts with a wall? >> there have you got some of the angel moms who did get into the outer office of nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. some of them told a news agency that they were lied. to say they said speaker pelosi is not here. she apparently was there. but she would not see them. when they went to chuck schumer's office, they were disappointed they wanted to talk to him because they wanted to ask now, okay, let us get this straight. why was a wall okay and you

voted for it a couple years ago and now you have a problem with it? the problem, he says, is that we have to stay unified and there is a story out this morning that apparently a number of congressional freshman are turning on nancy pelosi. some of them are actually negotiating directly with republicans. others are saying, look, we need stronger border security. and i think it was breitbart had a list of a number of people, i think about a dozen freshman congressman all democrats who would like to see the democrats negotiate with the president. and, of course, the president, that's why he invited yesterday rank and file democrats in. nobody showed up. because they thought it was going to be a photo op. today he has invited into the situation the room bipartisan problem solvers group. brian: he ordered 50,000 people back to work. and he also informed the coast guard they would not be paid. so for the first time in their history they are not going to be paid but doing their job keeping our borders safe 230 plus years of our history.

history being made for the wrong reasons. looking for any break between the two sides it's not going to happen. chuck schumer thought this would be a great time to hop on the air with rachel maddow and says there is no budge in me. >> even those moderate democrats who were invited to the white house justifiably correctly said no because they don't want to just be window dressing. our view is that republicans are soon going to be putting enough pressure on trump to either go around him or force him to change. we have to stay strong. we're all for border security. but don't hold millions of americans who are feeling real pain hostage. brian: no one ever asks a follow-up question. the president has backed off the wall. he has already supported a fence. he told the local reporter last week he would support a fence. the president says we can fix the existing fence. we can continue it a little bit further down with some type of barrier or steel slat. that's where the negotiation is he feels like is he winning. until his polls show that democrats are losing ground,

he is not going to budge, nancy pelosi is not going to budge. ainsley: house members, senate have canceled their recess next week. they will at least meet for a couple days next week. steve: the president had a conference call yesterday with law enforcement. he talked to a couple hundred people online. he said we are going to win. people are impression imimpressh how well the government is working with the circumstances we are under. while nancy pelosi was not speaking to the angel moms, apparently she was behind closed doors with her caucus and they were talking about the quinnipiac poll which showed a majority of americans blame out president of the united states for the shutdown. i wonder if she showed them the abc and "the washington post" poll that 82% of americans have not been inconvenienced by the shutdown. brian: lindsey graham did go on yesterday and say democrats approached him looking to break but right now. that and some type of compromise. but right now leadership is not listening. ainsley: new york senator kristin jill gransd announced she is going to be

running for president. steve: remember when they used to do that in a town or on a tv show? ainsley: she is going to iowa this weekend. she has the advantage. a lot of lawmakers are staying in washington to figure out the budget. steve: broadway stephen colbert show. brian: she was a blue dog democrat and now she couldn't be any more left. to my left is jillian mele. jillian: all three of you. weird how that works. get you caught up on a story we brought you yesterday a serious one. a terror attack that left 14 people dead, including an american citizen is finally over. al shabaab terrorist bombing a hotel complex in kenya. four gunmen caught on camera storming the complex. kenya's president says all of the attackers are dead. people escaping through windows and diving under desks to find safety. survivors reunited with family after being trapped inside for more than 12 hours. it's day two of confirmation hearings for attorney general nominee william

barr. the president's pick vowing to support robert mueller's russia probe. >> i want him to finish this investigation. i will follow the special counsel regulations stroup columbusly and in good faith. and on my watch, bob will be allowed to finish his work. jillian: today a panel of witnesses will be questioned about barr. u.k. prime minister theresa may facing a no confidence vote today amid brexit chaos. if she loses, the country could go to a general election. the opposition is trying to push her out after her brexit deal -- may survived her own party's no confidence vote last month. the u.k. is set to leave the eu with or without a deal on march 29th. alexandria ocasio-cortez joining the committee overseeing wall street under the leadership of congresswoman maxine waters. the democratic socialist announcing her recommendation for the house financial services committee on twitter. the freshman new york conscious woman has previously called for taxing

wall street to support free tuition at public universities. that is a look at your headlines. steve: let's see what happens. brian: that will be must-see tv maxine waters and oac. steve: two year assignment. 6:13 in new york city. a commentator makes a big mistake when she accused our friend of david webb of having white privilege. >> david, by virtue of being a white male, you have white privilege. >> areva, i hate to break it to you, but you should have been better prepared. i'm black. steve: what happened next? david webb is here live to react coming up. ainsley: plus 90% of the media's coverage of president trump last year was negative. but his approval numbers went up. so will the media gte the message this year? ♪ hit me with your best shot ♪ fire away ♪ hit me with your best shot ♪ why don't you hit me with

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ainsley: new study finding mainstream media coverage of president trump was 90% negative last year in 2018. despite the media's disapproval public opinion of the president actually went up last year. so did the spin really matter? joining us now to react is senior news producer at the daily signal and visiting fellow at the independent's women's forum kelsey hearingness, good to see you again. >> good morning. ainsley: why do you think this is, they focus negatively on the president. 90% of the coverage on the three major networks was negative. >> clearly the mainstream media has an agenda here. their agenda is to hurt the president of the united states. just when you think things can't get worse, they do. this week we have the "the washington post" fact checking burgers that the president brought in for clemson's football players cnn drooling over insane idea that the president is a russian agent.

and we have countless more examples of this. so, i think this is unfortunate. i think the media -- part of the problem is their inability to have any sort of sense of humor. we do have a president who can be funny at times when he talks about bringing burgers into the white house that are mile high. you know, nobody thinks he is taking that literally and yet the mainstream media is fact checking him just to further their anti-trump negative agenda. ainsley: despite all the negative news and negative agenda, his approval ratings went up. last year if you look at january he had a 40% approval rating at the end of the day in december 42.7. why is that? is america smarter? they figure this out? they see through. this absolutely. i think americans see right through this. if you turn on most of your channels on tv, it's very clear that the media has an anti trump bias. and, if anything, it actually is helping the president. but, i say that noting that it is unfortunate, this anti-trump bias because the

media plays an important role in our country. the media is an important institution. and when they constantly have it out for president trump, americans aren't taking the media seriously. if something does occur, you know, that both sides need to rally around, many americans aren't going to believe them because the media has cried wolf one too many times. ainsley: his approval ratings have gone down a little bit this year. why do you think that is? >> i think we are in the middle of a government shutdown. i don't think that's good for any americans. i don't think that's good for the president or democrats. and i think we need to get out of that look, as long as the economy keeps booming, as long as unemployment continues to reach record lows, specifically for minorities, i think those rates will continue to climb and hopefully the president will get some credit eventually in the media when that credit is due. ainsley: kelsey harkness,

thank you for your perspective. >> thank you. ainsley: you are welcome. one commentator accused our next guest of having white privilege on his radio show. what happened next? david webb is here to tell us. to keep me moving the way i was made to. it nourishes and strengthens my joints for the long-term. osteo bi-flex because i'm made to move.

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enrique peña nieto took $100 million in bribes from el chapo. he denied similar accusations in the past. he is now out of office. steve: meanwhile some on the political left love to use the word and off use the word white privilege as an argument in policy debates. ainsley: in an exchange that took place on the radio yesterday between host david webb and areva martin pretty embarrassing for her. >> that's a whole another long conversation about white privilege things that you have the privilege of doing that people of color don't have the privilege of. >> how do i have the privilege of white privilege? >> david, by virtue of being a white male, you have white privilege. >> areva, i hate to break it to you, but you should have been better prepared. i'm black. steve: okay. david webb joins us the host of fox nation reality check. >> good morning.

steve: when she said that to you obviously you weren't face to face. >> no. we were on the radio. which is what makes this really interesting to me. forget tone, voice, being prepared as i said to her. she immediately defaulted to an attack, which is a false narrative. there is no such thing as white privilege. there is earned privilege in life that you work for. there are those who may have a form of privilege that they exert on others in the form of influence. this is about more than just what she and the embarrassment and she should be. but to default to this easy false narrative. ainsley: what went through your mind when she said that? your come back was pretty quick and what did she say after she learned that you were black? >> well, she apologized. you know, you're caught. what do you do? so she apologized. but in that apology she throws her team under the bus. first of all. brian: she blamed her producer? >> i have never done that to anything that's ever worked on any of my shows on radio or television. i would never do that

frankly, they should consider why they are being thrown under. i have a question. who gives you the wrong information that i'm white to come on my radio show? think about that for a minute. steve: what did she say her team -- what was the bad information? >> they gave her the wrong information. steve: what's that mean? >> that's my question how do you give someone the wrong information about my skin color? i also went into something and i want people to understand. this this is a serious conversation to be taken from this. as i have said before, our skin is an organ, it doesn't think and formulate ideas. let's look at it that way and go back to the ideas in our head and ideas in our mind and things we need to discuss. brian: here's the thing. look at the whole issue in particular. you had a set of beliefs that she just assumed made you white because you believe, what? >> because i was talking about law and process and due process. to be fair, we had a long conversation, probably about 12 minutes or so going into this portion of my interview with her. and it was a fair exchange of ideas.

we were talking about issues where we agree, disagree. we were talking about proof, all things that relate to that. then we got into this story of media coverage, the cbs coverage team that was tweeted out by aoc alexandria ocasio-cortez being attacked because of color. that's how we came around to this. then i talked about qualifications. i had been through different genres in radio as you know rock, urban, hip hop, you name it and i have been through different genres in talk it's because i did the work and that's why i made out qualification at the samstatement.being on patriot rh me and conservative talk station, well, i must have been white was in her head. guy back to who gives you the wrong information about my skin color? ainsley: i think that was just her response. i think she was caught. i don't think her producers tell her, i would imagine they are not telling her what color skin the person interviewing her. >> if i'm being interviewed and we start at some point together, what do die? guy and i look who am i talking to?

what do i know about them? brian does radio. well, you and i have known each other a long time before you were even on this couch. same thing, steve, what do you see do you? look up how are interviewing, a lawyer or attorney. you don't go for color but for information. steve: clearly she made a gigantic mistake and has apologize you had. have you accepted the apology? >> it wasn't about accepting or not accepting. she got caught. what i hope people take away from it because i have no reason to di disspace her. i invited her back. i said let's come back and have a longer conversation about white privilege as you see it that invitation is out there. hopefully we can take from this and the media firestorm, that's what happens and get into that discussion. ainsley: definitely a lesson that we can learn here and be better and not make stereotypes on someone's beliefs or how they vote. if the shoe were on out other foot i if you had done this to her. >> it would be calls for firing. they would be pressuring

advertisers. the machine on the left would have gone into full blown action dismansded that i be thrown off fox. i be thrown off sirius xm, patriot. i be out of the media and the world. that's the problem. even though i don't agree with her. i invited her back u i want to have the debate. the debate let's us expose out ideas and let people decide for themselves. like i said, our skip is an organ, it doesn't think and formulate ideas. it just says this is the result of your parentage. brian: watch it more on foxnation and listen to you more on the radio. >> i always watch you guys nut morning when i'm prepping. you are part of my prep u always. steve: sure, blame us. ainsley: do you your homework. brian: there is reality check with david webb on fox fox nation. download the app. brian. >> i would have thought it was a joke too someone said. >> remnants of a wendy's

burger off your mouth with a white house napkin. brian: tomi lahren says the media wouldn't say that if it was president obama. she is live next. steve: and they say revenge is a dish best served cold, especially if you are vandals trying to run over a snowman. ♪

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we want to major sure that everything is right. steve: it was quite a feast there in the state dining room with fast food. talk with tomi lahren who joins us from the west coast. because of the government shutdown and the white house staff, some of them had been furlough ed, the president out of his own pocket paid for all the fast food and then, i want to play a little montage of some of the late night hosts last night taking shots at the president for doing what he did. >> what do you do for a meal during a government shutdown? you know, pretty much the same thing you do when your parents leave town and the kids are left to fend for themselves, you need to fuel your big machines with performance nuggets. [laughter] and vitamin cheese. >> i mean, i would have thought it was a joke, too. somebody told us they were serving us big macs. >> wipe the remnants of a wendy's burger off your mouth with a white house napkin. gravy boats being used to

hold mcnugget sauces? steve: tomi, i think the president would say man, i can't even cut a break when i bring in free food. >> well, listener, the trump deranged crowd will attack this president over anything even big macs and pizza because they are that pathetic and petty. it's important to note if president obama did this he would be considered hip and accessible and let's also note that donald trump eats this kind of food himself so for those always criticizing him for his wealth and his privilege. you would think they would give him credit for eating inexpensive meals like much of the rest of the country. they can't give this president credit for anything. ainsley: all-american foods. food everyone loves when there is a government shutdown very generous for him to reach in his own pocket and pay for them and celebrate a championship. you mentioned if the shoe were on the other foot if this were president obama or democratic president it would look different. do you remember when president obama had several trips to fast food restaurants?

steve: five guys. ainsley: watch this and get your reaction. >> oh my god it's five guys. >> that's where we are going. >> inside the restaurant president samples 65% approval rating feels like. >> president obama tried out some burger diplomacy and the russian president both had cheeseburgers and they shared the fries that was nice of them. >> what you are watching is two guys going out for lunch. >> didn't want the fancy china and the wonderful creations of the white house kitchen which got that sort of real guy kind of quality. brian: nothing like hanging out with the vice president at a fast food place. i said that. steve: little difference in the tonal of the coverage. >> well, of course, the real guy quality when obama goes to a fast food restaurant but if president trump out of his own pocket serves a football team in the white house and suddenly that's not considered not good enough. it's considered not even calling it a disgrace to the nation. guys, this has nothing to do with fast food and everything to do with the fact that this president is winning the argument on the shutdown and the border

wall. they have to deflect as something as stupid as fast food to attack the guy. constant games of throwing knives against the wall and seeing what sticks. brian: the polls so far the public blames him more than democrats. we will see how that goes. yesterday in late night television you probably weren't watching because you were getting ready for this show senator kirsten gillibrand of new york says troy, new york will be my headquarters and guess what, stephen colbert, i'm going to go for it. listen. >> do you have anything you would like to announce? >> yes. [laughter] >> what would that be, madam. >> i'm filing an exploratory committee for president of the united states tonight. steve: so she is. in your reaction? >> i just can't wait to watch all these contenders to come out for the 2020 race. it's going to be a circus and for our enjoyment to watch. listen, she used to be a moderate democrat. she then became an entrenched member of the establishment with close ties to wall street.

now she is trying to be more hip and cool like alexandria ocasio-cortez in her announcement she started pushing identity politics. none of it is going to work. it didn't work for hillary. it's not going to work for elizabeth warren. it's not going to work for her either. let's keep rolling them out and watching them fall. brian: it's going to be fascinating. i can't believe how quick and fast they are coming out and venue they choose to come out on with the colbert report. she can raise money. she is very good at fundraising. we will see where it takes her. >> well, we will see if she can win the hearts and minds of the american people. it's going to be pretty tough to go up against this president. hey, more power to him. steve: more candidates to him as well. it could be three dozen before it's all done. tomi lahren one of the hosts at fox nation thank you very much. if you would like fox nation go to friends@foxnews.com. check out the information it's a subscription service. you can download it on to your phone or your tablet or smart television.

brian: what the nation is talking about when they're not talking about jillian. jillian: oh gosh, i won determine what they're saying. good morning to you and to you at home. illegal immigrant acquitted in the murder of kate steinle wants his gun conviction dropped. is he serving a 3 year prison sentence for illegally possessing a weapon used in the deadly shooting on the san francisco pier. this is back in 2015. now, his lawyers argue he fired of the gun by accident and claimed the judge in the case did not make it clear to the jury that a, quote, momentary possession of a gun is not a crime. a federal judge is forcing top obama era advisors to answer questions about the deadly 2012 benghazi terror attack. former national security official susan rice and ben rhodes ordered to respond in writing to questions under oath. the pair set to be grilled about the state department's benghazi response and the hillary clinton email scandal. additional witnesses, including clinton herself could be deposed. a good samaritan stopped to help a car crash victim who

turns around and steals his truck. >> i just routerred a wreck. the woods are on fire. i'm standing here talking to the other guy and this guy jumps in my truck and steals my [bleep] truck. jillian: cops found the truck and the guy who stole it turns out he has been arrested nearly a dozen times before. and how is this for karma. a guy tears through a kentucky yard to take down a 9-foot snowman. turns out frosty's base was actually a tree stump. >> i came home to this, the irony is pretty funny. >> cody and his family using the stump to keep frosty in place. he hopes the driver learns what goes around comes around. that is a very large frosty though. ainsley: that reminds me yesterday, jillian, i took my daughter to the puppet show and puppet came out and called it a snow person. the kid behind me says

that's a snowman. steve: holy cow. steve: jillian thank you very much. brian: can you make a snowman feminine or masculine. ainsley: don't want to hurt the feelings of a snow woman. brian: make a separate snow woman. steve: how many people build a snowman on top of a tree stump? janice dean is outside with some of the folks. janice: it is cold outside where are you from my friend. >> staten island, new york. janice: i love staten island what's your name. >> paul. >> and what's your name. >> bryant texas. janice: my friends are here we will get hugs in a second to keep warm. look at the maps. it is cold. look at those temperatures. with the wind chill it feels even cooler than that. what happens in the next couple of days is going to mean the difference between rain or snow across the northeast. we start off with a couple of systems across the west bringing the potential for flash flooding and some heavy snow across the mountains. blizzard warnings for sierra, nevada. some of this energy moves across the country. and we he could be dealing with a big winter event on

friday, saturday and sunday for parts of the northeast. so he wool keep that in mind. all right, come over, guys, give me a big hug. thank you for coming. >> janice dean the weather machine. brian: there is a lot of love out on the street you watch janice that crowd is going to be too big to hug in a while. ainsley: come get your hug and selfie, come on down. brian: while you can. steve: it's a two for. brian: when the sun comes out the people come out. ainsley: and the snowman melts. brian: sequel to frosty. ainsley: frosty had a wife crystal. brian: micky had mini. ainsley: have you heard some called president trump a dictator ever since he took office. james freeman says those never trumpers are abandoning authoritarian argument and joins us live to explain next. steve: massive teacher strike entering third day in los angeles. a new billboards have a solution for some of those teachers. quit your union. one of the people behind that campaign live to explain why thin they should

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that criticisms of trump have been over the top. biggest one authoritarian argument. especially big before he was elected and even afterwards this idea that he was a unique threat to democracy and our republic was in peril. had you lots of headlines and books about a new fascism and warning that we could be facing the death of democracy. obviously none of that happened and you are seeing for example the "l.a. times" this week mcmanus saying okay, i guess the specter of authoritarian autocratic rule is ending. brian: every day is a crisis and every day it isn't. i will give you a crisis. at love people upset had a citizenship question on the census. well, they were outraged. it's going to change everything. can you being an american citizen and being on the ken success. the court says i don't think that stands. when the president says he is going to build a wall. negotiate on the wall when it comes to together he did it with opioid and criminal justice coming together. it's called governing. >> yes. the constitution works.

how about that? the -- this president just like every other president is constrained as he said by the courts. he is constrained by the constitutional limits on his power and the fact democrats won the house this last fall i think that also makes people acknowledge authoritarians don't allow the opposition party to win elections. brian: after the midterm elections democrats take the house. elijah cummings is chairman of oversight. he said this on "60 minutes." >> we can look at anything. anything. i'm serious. there is so much that we have got to hit the ground not running but flying. brian: it's the way our system works. president obama with a different approach or president bush with a different approach. president trump is a different approach. instead of saying it's a panic. why don't they say he is unorthodox and different and report? >> and also the implicit message of that interview the congressman talked about how they are going to look

at high prescription drug prices, flights by cabinet members that may have been for personal use. these are things investigates all the time. the message is big collusion russia story it's obviously not taking up all of his time. what is he wasting his time on prescription drug prices if he actually thought there was a coup to rig the elections. implicit is he doesn't believe the collusion thesis. brian: many people say as jonathan karl reported on sunday that the consensus is that maybe robert mueller's report is not going to be that explosive or mind-bending. we will see. >> we will see. he would still waiting for the evidence more than two years in. brian: james freeman, thanks very much. >> thanks, brian. brian: christians aren't loving. this a mcjesus statue sparks outrage at a museum won't be taken down because of freedom of speech.

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♪ steve: thousands of unionized teachers in los angeles walked out of the classroom for a third straight day today. take a look at billboards popping up around the city telling teachers they don't have to strike they can quit the union. joining us now is the president of california policy center and one of the people behind the campaign will swain. good morning to you. what's been the reaction to your billboards so far? >> it's been great. there is a lot of media attention, of course, because some people might want to hear an alternative perspective to what the teacher's union is pumping

out every day. so that has been great. and then, you know, a little bit of controversy around them because the union, of course, would not like its members to know they don't have to keep paying the union to keep their jobs. steve: that's right. the reason we know that is the supreme court said you don't have to belong to the union to keep your job. what is the number one reason why, in your estimation, these l.a. teachers should opt out of the union? >> well, if if you ask most public employee teachers why they would like to opt out they would like to keep their money. they earn this money and the union dips into the paychecks and takes it out. the second most important reason ought to be ought to know and we aim to help them understand that the union dues think pay fund the union system that is driving the l.a. unified school district to the brink of insolvency. this district is a couple steps away from insolvency. steve: you write that

oftentimes teachers feel bull idea by other members of the union who are teachers not to opt ought. you me mind teachers you will not lose your teaching contract seniority and benefits. that's important. people think if i opt out this is going to cost me money. that's not the case. >> that's right. no, the benefits the union provides are fairly paltry. the union's deal with the district. the district continues to pay you your wages and your insurance and your pension. it is, in fact, the pension agreements the district has agreed to in the past that retirement benefits, healthcare, pension, that is driving the district into bankruptcy. some of these pension benefits may not be around forever. steve: indeed. we will see how long the strike goes on out in l.a. will sam swam, we thank you for joining us today. >> thanks, steve. steve: coming up white house press secretary sarah sanders joins us from the white house and from capitol hill senator chris coons talking about bill barr yesterday and the government

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ainsley: the migrant caravan is expected to arrive in mexico by tomorrow. >> they are wasting no time on that march to america and they are growing in numbers. what began as 500 swell up to 2,000. >> day 26 of the government shutdown. some is sides are showing science of compromise. >> neither side is going to get all they want. better than a stalemate we have been at forever. >> a new study finding mainstream media coverage of president trump was 90% negative last year. >> clearly the mainstream media has an agenda here. and their agenda is to hurt the president. >> by virtue of being a white male you have white privilege. >> arehave a, but you should have been better prepped. i'm black. i was talking about law and process and due process shy

immediately defaulted to an attack. >> i'm filing exploratory committee for president of the united states tonight. >> she used to be a moderate democrat. now she is trying to be more hip and more cool. it's not going to work. keep rolling them out and watching them fall ♪ ♪ steve: tomorrow we are going to our first ever live studio audience. brian: we are going through with it? steve: we absolutely are you should come to the rehearsal. it's going to be interesting. we will all be downstairs it will be fantastic. tune in 24 hours from right now. ainsley: start planning your outfits. the flannel. brian: flannel three piece suit. ainsley: best tomorrow for the audience. brian: will we have a costume change every hour? ainsley: who did that on stage? famous musician. brian: all of them. ainsley: a lot of them? steve: a lot of them do.

ainsley: toba help me out. brian: there is no toba. steve: live studio audience "fox & friends," "fox & friends" live. but, in the meantime, we have a fox news alert. brian: here is a news story that sounds like an old story. we have another karen van to follow. yep, dodging tear gas in guatemala as they march towards the u.s. border. ainsley: new migrant caravan is expected to arrive in mexico by tomorrow. steve: right now they are at the honduran, guatemalaen border. griff jenkins is there. griff, why the tear gas? griff: guys, tear gas because it was a swelled border that had men trying to get in before the women and children. where we are, just so you are oriented it's in the northwest most part of honduras before you cross into guatemala and the border here has just opened. behind me all the way down the road hundreds of migrants in the caravan wanting to come, show their papers and then get peacefully through. there is agreement between

honduras and guatemala to allow them to do so. but, when you try and do it forcefully, when you try and do it without waiting patiently, you get the sort of tear gas and forceful restraint that the police you see behind me used yesterday. now, here's the thing. they moved this new caravan, which has grown twice in size. it started out about 1,000, now it's 2,000 moved with remarkable speed all the way across the country, 200 plus miles in one day. they will have another 200 miles going north towards the guatemala-mexico border. yesterday, when we were here on the border, the vice foreign minister nellie herez of honduras. and i asked her what it is about these organizers, these coyotes that try to tell these migrants that they have a shot of getting into america when they don't? here is what vice minister herez had to say. >> if they sell a dream to these persons, they think it's true that they are going to make it and the thing is that they don't

make it and that's the reality. they cross over, they get to the united states and then in a couple of months they are deported. >> jerez also told us the number one reason that these migrants come, keep coming in these caravans is because they believe they can get a better job because of the lax immigration laws in america. they can get a foot in and they can stay there they said the third reason was fleeing violence, an interesting comment from an official here on the ground. now, here's the real thing, not what happens today as they go across this border because there is an agreement what happens when they get to the guatemala, mexico border which could happen in the next 24 to 48 hours. the new administration in mexico saying that if migrants try to come and force their way across the border like they did last time, they will be met with as much or more restraint and force as before. we will track them all the way as they move. we are going to get light up here soon, guys. i will be able to show you

the hundreds of migrants that naked down the road behind me that want to get across this border and continue their march to america. steve: that's great. griff, i see on the wires that one of the first waves of the migrants has gotten in to guatemala and many were allowed in. however, they did stop any unaccompanied minors. they were either turned around and head back or were placed in some sort of government agency in guatemala to take care of the kids. how many unaccompanied minors are you seeing with this migrant group? >> well, we are seeing, steve, a big mix. by the time they get to tijuana, see saw mostly males. we do see a mix of women, children and males in the thousand to 2,000 that we have been following yesterday. but they do have laws here on the honduran border if the children are unaccompanied or a children without papers signed by both parents, they will not be allowed to go across in

an everett to try an effort to n human trafficking. brian: big difference today than any other year or any other crisis, more families are coming across and we're finding them as they turn themselves. in griff jenkins, we will continue to watch you. thanks so much. steve: the big question is would this group, this caravan, this latest caravan be heading toward the united states if there were a wall? you know what? because as we have heard griff with his great reporting, a lot of people are not up to date on what the status is in the united states now of your asylum and things like that. regarding the wall, the president of the united states yesterday spoke to conference call with law enforcement. he said we are going to win this thing. people are talking about how well the government is working under the circumstances. what's interesting is he had invited rank and file democrats to come in from the house and they all stood him up. they didn't come in because they said we don't want to

be part of a photo op. later today, the bipartisan problem solver's group is going to meet with the president, perhaps in the situation room. 24 democrats, 24 republicans. brian: go ahead. ainsley: these migrant caravans continue to grow. it's interesting that yesterday we were reporting when they started on day one or two days ago that it was 500 individuals. now it's 2,000. i imagine some of those numbers are going to get smaller though as they continue to walk toward the united states. it's a long journey. brian: wanted to get smaller and stop like we all do is the shutdown to end day 26. how is that going to happen? lindsey graham recommended mr. president maybe we open it up three weeks and start negotiating. senator warner indicated maybe we can talk about some of the money additional barrier make the fence bigger and steel slats going. chris coons in 10 minutes another person people are counting on to have a level head on this. and then there is congresswoman katie hill a rookie, a freshman was on with martha last night. >> it's about where we agree.

we agree that we need border security. we also agree that we have certain values on how we want to approach immigration. we have to come to some kind of a solution. neither side is going to get everything they want. but, that means that we're going to have something. we're going to have a step in the right direction. progress of some kind is better than a stalemate we have been at forever. brian: that's the sentiment. she wants to to come together and negotiating. right now no democrat is negotiating with the president. ainsley: she is very fair. she is from california a liberal state as you know. she wants republicans and democrats to come to the table and work together. she said nancy pelosi is willing to budge. steve: right. while there are some moderate senators who are talking about negotiating and things like that, for the most part the decision is in the house. i mean, mitch mcconnell is in lock-step with the president of the united states. nancy pelosi is holding all the cards as to when this is going to end. as soon as she says okay, mr. president, let's go ahead and negotiate, then they can go forward. but right now both sides, nancy pelosi thinks she is

winning. the president of the united states thinks he is winning. we are at a loggerheads. brian: we are all losing. the coast guard is losing. the irs is working for free. the border patrol is working for free. tsa has 7% of their workforce is sick out. the delays are going continue to crease . only going to get worse. got to snap out of it. steve: will something happen? stay tuned. ainsley: david webb you know him radio talk show host and conservative. he was interviewing areva martin who is a cnn contributor, i believe. and she was not aware that david is you african-american. and they had a discussion and she basically says you are where you are because of white privilege. answered informed her that he is not white. listen. >> that's a whole another long conversation about white privilege, the things that you have the privilege of doing that people of color don't have the privilege of. >> how do i have the

privilege of white privilege? >> david, by virtue of being a white male you have white privilege. >> areva, i hate to break it to you but you should have been better prepped, i'm black. steve: well, after that she blamed her -- he told us she blamed her staff that she had been given bad information. david webb was on this couch about a half an hour ago and he said just imagine if the shoe was on the other foot. listen. >> the machine on the left would have gone into full blown action. they would have demanded that i be thrown off fox, that i be thrown off sirius xm patriot. that i be out of the media and out of the world. that's a problem. even though i don't agree with her, i invited her back. i want to have the debate because the debate let's us expose the ideas and let people decide for themselves. steve: well, she did apologize to him. she is coming back on his radio show later today. and clearly they were not in

the same studio. she was just appearing on the telephone when she made that comment. ainsley: there is a lesson we can all learn from this situation don't stereotype. brian: meanwhile, 10 minutes after the hour. here is jillian. jillian: good morning. we are following a fox news alert. a terror attack that left 14 people dead including an american citizen is over. al-shabaab bombing hotel complex in nis kenya. three people have been detained. all the attackers are dead. people escaping through windows and driving under desks to try to find safety more than 12 hours in hiding. the house overwhelmingly votes to reject white supremacy. the disapproval resolution comes in responds to a controversial "new york times" interview with republican steve king. the iowa lawmaker voted in favor of the resolution claiming his comments were taken out of context. only one congressman, democrat bobby rush voted against it. saying he wanted to ke censure

king instead. the women's march losing a corporate sponsor. amid concerns of anti-semitism. the move coming just one day after a key organizer refused to denounce nation of islam leader louis farrakhan's hateful statements about jewish people. individual democrats may still participate. and a heart warming reunion for an army couple eight months apart. >> jamie douglas running into jordan pruitt's arms. the army officer surprising her husband after a deployment in iraq. send it back to you. ainsley: that's awesome. brian: thanks, jillian. steve: never get old. ainsley: no, they don't. brian: 13 minutes after the hour.

entrepreneurship grilled pick for attorney general about protecting robert mueller. did he get the answers he wanted. senator chris coons joins us live to get ready for day two of the grilling u. ainsley: imagine seeing this. the high speed dance party that left commuters ♪ she's a little run away ♪

♪ >> change those regulations and then fire mueller or simply directly fired mueller, would you follow richard sims example and resign instead. >> assuming there was no good cause? >> assuming no good cause. >> i would not carry out that instruction. brian: so the president's pick for attorney general in the hot seat assuring our next guest of his plans to protect mueller's probe. what can we expect for round 2 today and might the democratic senator chris coons feel as though he is on track to get his vote? senator, encouraging answer. good to see you this morning. >> good to see you, brian. good to be back on again. bill barr is a seasoned experienced former attorney general. he served in the administration of george h.w. bush and he handled what was a very long day of

questioning yesterday right well. on the core issue of whether he will protect the independence and allow him to pursue his investigation to its conclusion i was reassured by his statements. thee specific things where i was asking for simple and clear commitment he egive indicated and hedged and said depending on the facts that had to could whether he will be allowed to pursue whatever testimony he feels necessary without interference by the attorney general whether he will release the full final mueller report and whether or not he will seek and follow guidance from the doj ethics counsel. all three of those cases he gave a hedging answer. i want the opportunity to follow up in writing to ask follow-on questions and i will be looking closely for how bill barr answers those questions. brian: real quick because i want to move onto the shutdown. does he have a chance to get your vote. >> he does. i'm keeping an open mind.

i have another day of hearings outside advocates law enforcement to civil rights leaders. brian: shutdown is 26 days old. any reason for the american people watching us right now feel as though the impasse is going to break today, tomorrow or friday. >> there is a whole group of us who are talking but i will tell you the next best move is for the president to agree to reopen the government and let us begin working. i don't expect the president to capitulate. i do expect him to compromise. you have got a speaker of the house who is completely doug in. a president who is completely dug. in and clearly there is going to have to be a compromise. we are not going to build a thousand miles of border wall. we all know that. it will be something less than that. and for us to have a meaningful conversation, we have got to reopen the government. this isn't good for our safety as a nation. it's not good for our prosperity. brian: senator, the problem was the speaker said i will not build one mile one meter of fence, not a barrier, not a steel wall, nothing. that's the problem. there is no give there.

>> as you know, on "fox news sunday," i said that i disagree that a border wall, that a border fence is immoral. it's a piece of infrastructure. there are things about the president's immigration policies i find immoral. but i think it's important for those in the senate who want to work together to end this shutdown to begin finding some middle ground important first step is the president has to reopen the government. >> without that frankly, we have 40,000 federal law enforcement officers working without pay and we're putting people at risk. i have a close friend who works in aviation who tsa, faantsb we are really strange the system. i don't see how this is conservative principle that we have got hundreds of thousands of folks not work hog will get paid u. brian: senator, it's unbelievable. i think both sides are to blame here and hopefully level heads can get together like you and lindsey graham and come up with something. senator chris coons, thank

you very much. we will watch it today. >> thank you, brian. brian: a mcjesus statue sparking outrage at a museum. won't be taken down because of freedom of speech. our panel here to discuss religious freedom next. all mask, no mess. olay hydrating facial mist. for hydration on the go. and our breakthrough brightening eye cream. boosted with vitamin c. get your new beauty fix. only by olay. whoooo. planning a vacation... shouldn't be hard work! tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites to find the lowest price on the hotel you want! we make it easy... for you to take it easy! tripadvisor.

♪ ♪ steve: 7:24 in new york city. time for news by the numbers. first number 100. 100 years ago today that's when prohibition started in the united states. look at those barrels of booze. the antialcohol movement lasted more than a dozen years. next, 13 as in $13 a month. that's how much you will soon have to pay for netflix's most popular subscription. the $2 hike was meant to pay for original shows and finance debt. the doocys joined when it was 6 bucks. what happened? and finally $350.

that's how much these nike self-lacing shoes are going to cost you. brian: self-lacing. steve: shoes are just like the ones in back to the future. these ones can be controlled by your smart phone there is an app., you download it and it fixes your shoe. brian: so exhausting tying our shoes. ainsley: now no one will know how to tie their shoes. steve: serrie ty my shoe. ainsley: taking to the late show for announcement. >> do you have anything you want to announce. >> i'm filing exploratory committee for president of the united states tonight. >> tonight? thank you for telling everybody here. brian: well, she is not the only democratic hopeful to use the late show as a 2020 campaign back drop. >> are you going to run for president? >> i might. >> i think the country needs new leadership. now more than ever. >> i do think i can be the

best candidate in helping to turn the country around and helping to defeat trump that's where we are right now. >> so you are running? >> ha ha ha ha ha. steve: funny stuff. here with reaction is the founder of the loftus party michael loftus joins us from the west coast. you are a professional comedian. why do professional politicians go on the funny show to declare they are runny for president. >> they know that stephen colbert and the rest of late night is putting the pro-back in propaganda. it's going to be softball interview. you are going to look good. look the way he off an fawns all over these guys like when you are a parent and your little kids learn how to draw look i made a horse. yes, you did. you made a very good horse. how bad do you have to fail as a democratic candidate on colbert? it's such a softball thing. if you fail on colbert, get out of the race. get out of race.

i don't trust you to negotiate with anybody if you can't do good on that show. ainsley: we expect to see a lot of candidates getting in this race in the what next six months i would say. will they all make their platforms known or announce they are running on steven's show or do you think that's going to soon become a thing of the past? >> no. they will announce on colbert. then they will do kimmel. then they will do fallon. the entire late night arena in network and streaming and cable it's all just the advertising arm of the democratic party. it's a big giants safe space for them. brian: you know. >> it's worse than propaganda. if you think about russia spent a few thousand dollars on facebook ads and oh the world is supposed to stop. look at late night division. it is straight up ad for the democratic party and they demonize the right. stephen colbert and the late night shows are worse than russia. there, i said it, come get me.

brian: absolutely. we are going to investigate you. robert mueller watches this show. so expect a subpoena. steve: he does. brian: absolutely. michael, the other thing that's happening is they are using social media. kamala harris, i guess she sang along with her play list. we had senator elizabeth warren casually on instagram saying i need a beer and i wonder what my husband is doing in my house? and then we had -- we also have others looking to maybe go to the dentist and have that tell sided. is that a good trend? >> no. it's horrible. how completely unpresidential can you be? i'm at the dentist. what is that dude thinking robert -- he doesn't even know what his own name is he is talking to his dental hygienist about border security. they just want to make these people look good. look, just like us. i don't trust these people to negotiate a aaa discount at holiday inn. how are they going to go toe to toe with china or russia?

steve: you know why they do it? they do it so it will go viral. aside for the million or 2 million people watching at the time, you know, the next day people are on the bus. they see on their phone hey, there is kamala harris or there is senator from new york and she is declaring and they watch it and it goes viral. >> you know what? and sadly it does. i watched the kamala harris thing. i like how she keeps looking off camera like am i doing good? am i doing good? brian: do you know what they are trying to do michael? trying to relive a real moment, bill clinton playing the saxophone on arsenio did work. it was real. he plays the saxophone. he play you had with the band. people thought it was great because it was authentically bill clinton like him or not. there has to be authenticity to it. that's what they are missing. >> yes. it's all this fake authenticity that america can see through. just like that. it's insane. ainsley: many of them change. >> go viral but go on the late night shows.

they just want to look good and it's all just a big giant safe space for them. unfortunately, they won't allow conservative on these shows to push back. there is no way, you are not allowed to you make funnel of liberals anymore. and it's like if you want to know who rules over you, find out how are not allowed to criticize. my mom said that. some people say voluntary but it was actuall -- voltaire: ainsley: what is the state of religious freedom in our country? our interfaith panel is here to discuss what this day means to them coming up next. steve: plus, william, also known as bill barr on the hot seat on capitol hill. his grandson that 8-year-old stole the show with a note to grandpa. see right there? what does he say? everybody is talking about the note. we will tell you coming up. brian: i love the ps. ♪ you're going to hear me roary ♪ louder

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♪ ♪ you don't have to know how to ainsley: today is religious freedom day marking our country's commitment to freedom of religion going all the way back to this day in 1786. thanks to thomas jefferson. president trump releasing a proclamation to honor the day writing, quote: i call on all americans to commemorate this day with events and activities that remind us of our shared heritage of religious liberty and that teach us how to secure this blessing both at home and around the world. here to share the true meaning of this day is our panel rabbi and fox news religion contributor father jonathan morris and founder and president of american islamic forum for democracy dr. zuhdi jasser. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. ainsley: good to see you all. rabbi i will start with you. what does this day mean for you. >> this day was founded on freedom of conscious express

their religious views and not be% kited for it when thomas jefferson offered it became a staple of democracy. there is different forms of freedom. if you are mocked for your religion or made to feel that you are backward, that you are asinine or stupid or if your religious practices are sir couple scribsd then you are not as free. need not look at the persecution of christians in the middle east or the increasing intim dating of jews walking around with yam can a say in europe. even in america religious people mocked for religious belief and treated as knee an thralls. ainsley: might not be a day most people know exist. why is it so important to you? >> it's important to me because my parents cher rick being american. they were able to escape persecution in syria. and as a muslim reformer. we are able to take that first freedom of religious liberty and operationallize it globally against the islamist against thee democrats and do what's

intrinsically american. america was found on religious freedom. we need to take the blessing and responsibility of american patriotism and what we are as free religious thinkers in america and operationals that. ideas and takes it into identity politics. i like to take diversity within the muslim community and say where is the diversity in saudi arabia and iran and across the planet for women's equality and others? that's what religious freedom means to me. ainsley: father jonathan is this a day we need to thank the good lord above for allowing us to live in a country where we are free to believe whatever we want. >> you are absolutely right. just think about the dictatorships of recent history of mao of stalin and hitler and presently the religious persecution in china and saudi arabia and we say it is so important for us if we want to protect our democracy in the united states to protect religious

liberty. and let me say, you know, the best way for us to protect it is for me to be supporting my jewish or muslim brothers and sisters when they are persecuted. and obviously, visa versa. it's very easy for us to all protect ourselves, right? if catholics are persecuted, evangelicals are persecuted, and we protect ourselves. no, the strongest in the courts and also in the court of public opinion for our democracy the strongest defense of religious freedom is when we defend each other. it's a very core of our democracy. ainsley: let's talk about this art sculpture in a museum in israel and upsetting a lot of christians. father jonathan i know i just asked you the last question but i want to start with you on this issue because a lot of christians are upset about it and i know you worship jesus. what's your reaction to this. ronald mcdonald on a cruise fix. >> i have no problem with somebody having that in their home. i think it's disgraceful, but we have the freedom to

do it, thank god, in the united states and also in israel. but it shouldn't be in an art museum because that is not art. art has -- you can't just -- any personal expression does not all of a sudden make what my expression art artistic. there has to be some beauty. there has to be some order there has to be a reason to call something art. that is not art. it's a mockery and i feel bad for the art museum that they would allow such fake art to be actually in their museum. ainsley: dr. jasser, we got a comment from the museum. they said if we take the art down, the next day we will have politicians demanding we take other things down and we'll end up only with colorful pictures of flowers in the museum. we will be defending freedom of speech, freedom of art and freedom of culture and will not take it down. what are your thoughts? >> i have to tell you as much as i find it offensive and as much as i as a conservative don't want any religions mocked, i have to tell you look who is

endorsing the removal of, this the islamist, those who want to impose islamophobia laws, blasphemy laws. we have to be careful who are these sort of common allies in offense if you will because they will say oh, don't offend christianity and oh, by the way. let the saudis and others torture people for criticizing islam. muslims like me get tortured imprisoned and otherwise. and they say that our work is similar to the denigration of the cross and others so we have to be careful. sometimes the true defense of expression and freedom of religion is defending those things that we find most offensive. ainsley: rabbi, even if it is allowed in israel freedom of religion and freedom to express whatever you believe through art, if it's offensive, to a big group of people. should it remain up or should they take it down? >> let's remember, first of all, ronald mcdonald is not kosher, i don't know what he is doing up in israel. jokes aside we jews know what it is like to feel religiously alien nateed. i think israel should show an extra sensitivity. the kicker on this incredible story.

the idea was that ronald mcdonald was supposed to symbolize materialism dying on the cross. i'm sympathetic to the message. many ways to express that message not offensive to our christian brothers and sisters. the kicker here what's amazing is that the finish artist who created this is pro-bds he wants to boycott israel. screw him. why are we putting up his art in israel anyway. not only did you offend your christian brothers and sisters, you actually endorse a boycott of israel. the message then becomes artistic freedom should be allowed to someone who wants to economically destroy the jewish state. i think that israel has to stand with its christian brothers and sisters. take it down. it's no big down and do some other ode to the glorification of materialism and the denial of spirituality, which is an important message but it can be done in a way that isn't osceola. ainsley: gentlemen, thank you so much for contributing today. you sore special. god bless you all. >> god bless you. ainsley: hand it over to jillian who has headlines for us.

jillian: a teenager falls to his death on a royal caribbean crews. cruise. the boy was trying to climb into 8th floor room when he lost his footing and fell on to a concrete pier in haiti. another critical conditionian ship oasis of the seas had to turn back to florida after nearly 500 passengers got sick from a norovirus outbreak. >> tearing down monuments is now legal in alabama. a judge overturning a state law which prevented confederate statues from being removed. he considered it unconstitutional but alabama's attorney general is vowing to appeal. it comes after birmingham city officials were forced to cover up a confederate monument after the state sued the city for trying to remove it this you don't see every day hopefully ever again. two women caught on camera dancing on top of a moving suv. you can see a third woman leaning out of the window to record them. this is during rush hour in st. louis. police say they could have cited the women for several

traffic violations. and i just feel like that needs to come with a disclaimer do not do this. steve: just out of curiosity was there alcohol involved? jillian: i don't know. i have no words. brian: that's not what the luggage rack is for. ainsley: they are lucky they are safe today. it didn't look like dancing. brian: looked like trying to survive. steve: i don't think that makes it any better. i don't think you are supposed to exercise either. ainsley: good point. steve: they are okay. but they have been cited. white house press secretary sarah sanders is going to join us from the north lawn of the white house in about 15 minutes. brian: plus, is gillette still feeling burned, razor burned over talks toxicity. the both insulting to men and women. >> bullying, the me too movement against sexual harassment. >> masculinity. is this the best a man can get? ♪ the best simple salad ever?

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♪ jillian: good morning to you. welcome back. quick headlines now. facebook reportedly telling its employees quote don't change your co-workers' minds. according to business insider the new rules specifically mention politics and religion. facebook hasn't commented. and something that looks like it fell from outer space is floating in maine. look at this giant rotating ice disk that's nearly the size of a football field. officials say it formed naturally in part of the river with a circular current. pretty cool to look at though. steve: kind of looks like the moon, just saying. ainsley: did it fall or form in the water? steve: formed in the water. meanwhile this gillette ad going viral. watch this. >> bullying. >> the me too movement against sexual harassment. >> masculinity. >> is this the best a man can get ♪ man can get.

>> making the same old excuses. >> boys will be boys. >> boys will be boys. >> something finally changed. >> allegations regarding sexual harassment and sexual harassment. >> and there will be no going back. ainsley: well, some men and women alike say they didn't like the ad and they plan to boycott the brand. brian: competitor dollar shave club responding with a tweet saying simply welcome to the club. steve: here to share his contributor for the daily wyler and author of the unholy life, marriage and gender joins us today from the d.c. bureau. matt, what do you think of the ad? >> i had no idea that harassment and bullying and assault were wrong. so i'm glad my shaving cream could chime in and level know. it's clearly insulting for a number of reasons. obviously it portrays men as a bunch of like olfs and morons who just don't know how to act right. the part you showed is

really what rubs me the wrong way where it says that we were acting wrong. we didn't know what we were doing and then the me too movement came along and it was this sort of aepiphany oh actually we are not supposed to assault and abuse women. no, here's the thing. i didn't learn anything from the me too movement. i learned nothing at all because i already knew that okay. i didn't see a news report about harvey wine stein and say oh, we are not supposed to do that? that's not how most men reacted because we already knew. most men are just normal decent people and already know. ainsley: a lot of men would think that's wrong and some of these men that are being accused of this know that it's wrong. they just knew they weren't ever going to get caught. and now the whole country is talking about it. there is a me too movement and this ad, in my opinion, holds men accountable and tells them hey, we have got to be better. what's wrong with that message? >> well, because number one, most men, again, don't need this message. you are not going to find an advertisement like that directed at women.

you are not going to find an advertisement that shows women, you know, gossipping and nagging their husbands and shopping too much and then says well, but some women know the right way to act and then it shows women have epiphany and not supposed to do those things. if there was an ad like that women would be insulted and feminist outraged, burning the product in the street and throwing it into windows probably reacting. so it's the same kind of thing. it's patronizing. it's insulting, and it just take as very cynical and down beat view of men that i think number one is not justified and number two, we get it i mean, men are lectured nonstop about these things. we understand by now. so just back off and shut up and sell us your razors. brian: if gillette wants to sponsor something for men go to pbs and do documentary and educate us all. don't try to educate us and ask us to buy your way too expensive razors. how do you feel about people critical of the nike ad, the

nike stock went up and sales went up? do you think this might be even though i agree with you, matt, do you think this might be a good business move? >> no, i don't think it's a good business move. difference between that i didn't like the kaepernick ad at least it pretended to be uplifting and all that kind of stuff. this is entirely different. you are insulting your own customers. i just think from a marketing perspective, that's not the best move. steve: all right. he is from the daily wire. matt walsh, we thank you very much for joining us live from d.c. ainsley: thanks, matt. steve: the dollar shave club tweeted out "welcome to the club." brian: right. steve: bernie sanders wants to make the minimum wage 15 bucks an hour. couldn't that actually hurt the imhee? some have said that. a debate in the next hour. ainsley: plus it was william barr in the hot seat on capitol hill and his grandson right there actually stole the show with a note he wrote to his grandfather. so what was on that sheet of paper? carley shimkus is here with the moment everyone is talking about. hey, carley. steve: she has the paper.

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>> he became a celebrity on capitol hill yesterday. for good reason he is so darn cute. he was wearing a suit and tie and everybody was talking about maybe he will become a lawyer in the future. dianne feinstein sent him a care package down with a snicker's barr, some chips, a granola bar because he was sitting there for a whole long time. steve: he was roaming the room. >> everybody on social media as they were watching this hearing, they were commenting on how cute he was. jay says i voted for this -- i vote for this kid as deputy attorney general and patricia says that explains a lot of barr's behavior. he was there to be a role model for his grandson. that is admirable. and tweeting i will be looking out for announcement of a 2020 exploratory committee for barr's adorable grandson. brian: stunning for a kid that age. he also wrote the problem with russia is its government not its people. >> so cute for 8-year-old to

rationalize. it's not the people it's the government. ainsley: sounds like he is named after his grandfather liam from william. steve: millennials driving a car they don't know what check engine light is but they do know according to good year they do know emoji. >> does this surprise you? a new survey by good year auto service and tire says millennials are more familiar with emoticons. steve: check engine light. >> tire pressure warning light, actually. so, as a matter of fact, though, 39% of all drivers were unable to recognize that warning light. i, being one of them would have no idea what that is. brian: mine comes on all the time and i try to ignore it. >> somebody on facebook says why can't we have emoji icons on dash boards that's a very good idea. tiffany says what idiots those millennials are commented the boomers in genxers on social media website todayed by

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♪ ainsley: the migrant caravan is expected to arrive in mexico by tomorrow. >> they're wasting no time on the march to america and they're growing in numbers. what began as 500 has swelled to 2,000. brian: brian: the shut down is 25 days old. any chance the it will break today, tomorrow? >> there clearly will have to be a compromise. ainsley: president trump's pick for attorney general heads to the hill. >> we need money right now for border security, including barriers and walls and slats and other things. >> meet a historic defeat. >> voted deal down by whopping 230 votes. that is historic loss for any uk government. >> filing exploratory committee

for president of the united states tonight. >> entire late-night arena, it is just the advertising arm of the democratic party. ♪ steve: it is hour three on "fox & friends" for this very busy wednesday. as we mentioned last hour on this program it will be the first-ever live studio audience. tune in, it should be exciting. ainsley: very exciting. brian: i hear they're very nice people. this audience members have been hand-selected. steve: we're hoping. brian: meanwhile the light changes but does it really? we have a caravan and we have a shutdown. what changes? we have new news. brand knew video into the newsroom showing migrants crossing the border into guatemala. ainsley: the caravan headed to the united states to our border. it is expected to arrive in mexico tomorrow. see steve griff jenkins is live at the border.

griff, your tv signal has been iffy in the past, nonetheless, tell us what is going on at 8:01 new york city time. reporter: guys, behind me at this checkpoint between the guatemala-honduran border in the northwest corner of honduras behind me is the processing center. so literally the immigrants you're seeing coming through this police line, past the little tent behind me which has been going on for couple hours as the police move their positions are immigrants going to be let in, walking freely across the guatemala border, because their papers have been checked. they will now begin a 200-mile north word journey toward -- steve: like we said. at this point his signal has been lost. nonetheless, the caravan is up to 2000 some have estimated. the first wave is getting, going

from honduras where griff nice guatemala. we understand some of the guatemalan officials declined to accept some of the unaccompanied minors turning them back towards honduras. ainsley: we were asking griff, how they get through guatemala in one day, they're expected to reach mexico tomorrow according to the experts that are down there? he said many people driving on the streets are asking them to come in their cars. you have truck drivers letting many of them getting in their cars. steve: hitching a ride. brian: that is part of the reason why lindsey graham said a week ago. what's changed? what is changed what is happening on our border when it came to the border fight. what changed? the caravans, keep on coming. what did the president mentioned a couple days ago, there is another one coming. what is happening? gone from 500, to over 1000. we'll see if mexico can do what honduras couldn't and guatemala unable to do, stop it at some

point. steve: will the caravan heading toward mexico and ultimately to the united states if there was a wall? that is what the current government shutdown in day 26 is all about. yesterday the president of the united states invited rank-and-file democrats to come down to have lunch with them. they all declined. they were under pressure from nancy pelosi and company. leadership not to show up. didn't want them used as props or photo-op they said. today they will have problem solvers at the white house. speaking of the white house, sarah huckabee sanders from the white house joins us on the north lawn. sarah and us have something in common, that we're both big fans of the kansas city chiefs who are currently three-point favorites over the patriots this weekend. >> a very happy time at our house, steve. we are cheering hard for the chiefs. my husband is from kansas city. as he likes to say, this is the

first time in his lifetime they have been close to the super bowl. it is a happy time. brian: playing at home will be key. meanwhile as the president focuses, he mentioned this a few days ago. there is another caravan forming. it formed. there were 500 two days ago. now it is over 2,000 perhaps as they get closer to the border. mexico, that is the longest journey. they're not getting the message that very few people are getting through. sarah, how does this figure into the president's mind set, does it help him sell his side of the story? >> this is another example why the president's message has been right all along. we have a crisis at the border, a national security and humanitarian crisis. democrats have to stop ignoring the problem. sit down with the president at the table. help us come to a solution. president has a solution at the table. time for democrats to work with us, to fix the problem. so far they were unwilling to do so at the hands of their leadership of nancy pelosi and

chuck schumer. the empty has a meeting today. maybe some of these individuals can help start forming a solution. so far democrats have been unwilling to negotiate. this is further example of why it is so important that they do. ainsley: what needs to be done to solve this problem and open up the government? >> i mean democrats have to be willing to do something. so far they have been willing to do nothing but obstruct. that is not going to fix the problem. that is not going to open the government. they claim to care about federal workers but they have been so busy hanging out on the beaches of puerto rico, and hitting broadway shows they don't have time to it down with the president. they were no-shows yesterday. hopefully this meeting today can be somewhat different but at the same time they have shown us they are unwilling to negotiate in good faith. the president asked nancy pelosi directly, she keeps claiming that you have to open the government before we can negotiate and he asked her point-blank, if i open the government, will you work with me and give me border security funding including the wall and

she said no. nancy pelosi has been unwilling to do anything and that is simply not going to work. it is not going to fix the problem. she has to get serious about doing her i don't know, not just be serious about being a political figure and hopefully that we'll see something break on that soon. steve: number of freshman congressman we read are breaking with nancy pelosi, we're willing to discuss and negotiate. some in fact are speaking with republicans directly. sarah, i know 50,000 federal employees who have been furloughed are called back to help with tax returns and various inspections, air safety, things like that but there is a problem and that is because when you're a federal employee you cannot check your email. so it is hard to email the person come back to work. how will you get them back to work. any idea? >> look i will leave that to people far smarter on technology to figure that out than i am but one thing we know is that the president committed to making sure that government still functions, even if we have to do

so with a fewer number of people. certainly we do not want the government to remain closed which is why we asked democrats to sit down help us solve the problem. we can't continue kicking this down the road. we can't continue to ignore it. we know there is a crisis at the border. american lives are at stake. the president wants to do what his constitutional duty is to protect those. i find it just appalling that democrats are unwilling to do anything to fix this problem, work with the president and open the government. brian: so speaking with senator chris coons, who is, was speaking with senator lindsey graham. they all want to put something forward maybe as early as today maybe the president might be interested in. but the word is people in the white house are pushing the president not to budge. the same people perhaps told him to walk away from the 20 billion for the wall in exchange for a pathway for citizenship for daca. what can you tell us about that, sarah? >> we'll see members of the senate, if they have a proposal

put it on the table, something we certainly will consider that but at the same time, the biggest, and fundamental thing that the president has been 100% clear on is we have to have what the people at the border, the customs and border patrol agents told us they need. it is not what they want, steve, and brian. what they have said that they need in order to protect our borders. when we were down there just a week ago with the president, the head of that area told us that 41 people had come across from different countries. 41 different countries in the time span of a week. that is a problem. we don't know who these people are, why they're coming, what they're coming here for. there has to be a system that works properly and we have to give these men and women the tools they need to do their jobs. congress has to be willing to work with us to do that. the president will not back down from that, because it's a fundamental duty that he has as the president of the united states to protect the people of this country. brian: will he compromise? >> the president will negotiate

but at this point he will not negotiate with himself. he is is the only one that has a proposal on the table. democrats have yet to put anything forward other than obstruction. they have to put something on the table. they have to at least sit down, willing to have a conversation. so far they have been unwilling to do anything. the president's proposal has actual things that democrats specifically asked for. they asked for more technology at ports of entry. they asked for a processing center, asylum processing center for people from central america. they asked that the wall be not concrete but steel barriers. the president has given and put the specific requests of democrats into his proposal, that he laid out for them. it is time for them to come to the table, work with us. steve: sarah huckabee sanders from a snowy north lawn. to chiefs. thanks for being with us. >> go chiefs. stay warm. steve: thank you. ainsley: hand it over to jillian with more headlines for us. jillian: a fox news alert we continue to follow now. a terror attack left 14 people

dead including american citizen is finally over. al-shabaab terrorists bombing a hotel complex in nairobi, kenya. four gunman were caught on camera. three people have been detained. the president says all the attackers are dead. people escaping through windows, diving under desks for safety. some were 12 hours in hiding. look at that. a former top fbi lawyer under criminal investigation over media leaks. james baker had been previously been tied to the leaking of the anti-trump steele dossier. in a brand new letter to a u.s. attorney house freedom caucus members jim jordan and mark meadows confirm a doj investigation is underway. the two requested more information on the probe. a judge strikingdown adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. the judge ruling commerce secretary wilbur ross overstepped his authority under federal law adding the question. the commerce department oversees the census. this is a blow to the justice

department which is seeking more accurate citizenship data. the case will likely go to the supreme court. oh, man a philadelphia eagles player getting heart-felt support from one of his youngest fans. >> it is okay to lose a game. you don't always have a win a game. we couldn't have won the super bowl without you. i think you are an awesome player no matter what. jillian: that is second-grader abigail johnson writing a letter to alshon jeffrey, as you know, he was visibly upset dropping a critical pass against the saints. it is unclear if he has seen the letter yet. i'm sure he has though, it is all over the internet. steve: somebody equally upset, jillian. ainsley: i mean -- jillian: you know i love my team. they needed to play a better game. brian: st. louis rams next. jillian: now all of philly hates

me. steve: at the top of the hour, we take you live with a live look at the british parliament where prime minister theresa may is fighting for her political life after a historic defeat on brexit at the hands of that man, the opposition leader. what happens next? live in london. brian: did anthem kneeler colin kaepernick give his blessing for the super bowl halftime show? what one of the performers revealed next. ♪ to be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing it's best to make you everybody else... ♪ ♪ means to fight the hardest battle, which any human being can fight and never stop. does this sound dismal? it isn't. ♪ ♪ it's the most wonderful life on earth.

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steve: there is a fight today in the house of commons as uk prime minister theresa may fights to keep her job. ainsley: the opposition trying to push her out after her brexit deal faced a historic defeat. brian: yeah it is unbelievable the chain of events happening over there. benjamin hall is taking it in. benjamin what is on tap today as the brexit deal didn't work? reporter: if anyone can tell you what will happen in the next couple days they would be lying. it has been such a roller coaster up to now. people yesterday knew theresa may would do badly but no idea how badly.

it was shocking defeat. she lost by 230 votes by parliamentary membership of 650. it was the worst parliamentary defeat in british history. it's a clear sign there is absolutely no support now for her current version of brexit. as a result of that huge loss, a vote of no confidence is now been called on her by the government opposition. if she loses that, at 2:00 p.m. eastern today, it likely means a general election. >> the government has lost the confidence of this house and this country. i therefore, mr. speaker, inform you, i have now tabled a motion of no confidence in this house. [shouting] reporter: however it does look like theresa may will just win today's vote. that is because the only thing people dislike more than her brexit is is the idea of a socialist government unopposition leader jeremy corbyn. in normal times a defeat like the one we saw yesterday would lead to an immediate resignation but not in times of brexit.

theresa may already pushing ahead saying she will try to get more concessions from europe. something europe said time and time again they won't agree to. we're 70 days until brexit is supposed to take place. the uk is no closer to knowing how they will leave. after 2 1/2 years of negotiations, the two options are hard brexit, which people worry might cause economic shockwaves or no brexit, the people say would be betrayal of the people's vote or something in the middle. the big question whether theresa may behind me will be in power today. brian: brussels will not budge. you can ask for a new deal but they will not give britain a new deal. reporter: that seems to be the voices coming from brussels at the moment. doesn't mean theresa may won't try. but they're really cutting it close now. steve: all right. we'll see what happens. benjamin hall live in london where they're rehabing big ben. thank you very much. >> this study is shocking.

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♪ ainsley: here are quick headlines for you. monday was chicago's first day in 2019 without gun violence.

according to "the chicago tribune" 54 people have been shot in the city so far this year. >>? mexican drug lord "el chapo" could be ready to take the stand. a former associate just testified that the former mexican president, enrique pena nieto took a 100 million-dollar bribe from "el chapo." he denied similar accusations in the past. steve: ainsley, thank you. potential 2020 presidential candidate bernie sanders is planning to pick a fight over the federal minimum wage. the $7.25 an hour is starvation wage, that is why i along with many other members of congress will introduce legislation to raise that wage to $15 an hour. if you work 40 hours a week you should not live in poverty but is that sustainable? is it a good idea? will businesses pay that? we have debate, founder and president of center for urban renewal and education, star parker, screen left.

democratic strategist dr. susan johnson cook, screen right. ladies good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: you think it's a great idea what bernie sanders is proposing raising federal minimum wage to 15 bucks a hour. >> very much so. we have so many working poor. people cannot live on 7.25 an hour. i've been pushing for 15-dollar minimum. yea, bernie, i stand with you as many others do now. i think it will go through this time. steve: star, i remember a seattle experimented with this and they jacked up the local minimum wage and i believe, a study came out showed that people wound up with less money in their pockets because employers cut employees hours because the wayne was so high. >> that is one of the impacts. another thing happens is that employee is replaceed with technology president trump just got this economy roaring. it is having a major impact on

those on the bottom rung. they're already seeing increases in their wages because there are some jobs available. this is the last thing the federal government should do is try to increase minimum wage. wage, wage should be in the free market. this is where employees and employers negotiate what that wage is going to be, and this is where those that are creating the jobs should be in charge, not the federal government. steve: but, dr. cook, ultimately bernie sanders supporters from the last time and loved it when he went out on a limb and proposed stuff like this. >> they love it. she is talking about economy roaring. we have people who are crying. i have people sending notes around in the development where i live, who work 40 hours a week, asking for babysitting positions because they need cash flow. that is ridiculous. i'm a small business owner. i come from a family of small business owner. we need people not to be working poor. whoever works 40 hours a week should live on that. the economy is not roaring. people are crying. that is the difference.

>> the doctor is making my point this is where that wage increase should be is in the low, in the job providers position. if they own all of these small businesses it is up to them to then increase the wages of their employees, not up to the federal government to force them to increase the wage of their employees. the people are crying then what we need to be talking about is how we can stimulate much more growth. one of the things the president has just done is opened up the opportunity initiative to go into the distressed zip codes to help make changes. not increase minimum wage. steve: we'll see what they do on capitol hill. >> making my point actually. steve: indeed. there is apparently a new story circulating that facebook is apparently, according to business insider creating rules limiting a facebook employee's ability to change college, colleagues minds about politics and religion. and apparently the rules prohibit bullying, attempts to change a employees politics and

religion and outlaws particular kinds of hate speech. dr. cook, let's start with you, do you think, what facebook is trying to do, is they're trying to stop progressives from talking to conservatives or conservatives from talking to progressives or both? >> well, i'm disappointed in facebook. first all the data has been revealed all over, i went all over the world as u.s. ambassador for religious freedom. to allow people, to advocate for people freedom of thought, worship. facebook is limiting that. i think when we start limiting what people can say and think being be able to persuade i think we're, you know, we're violating our very, our rights. so i think that what they're doing is absolutely incorrect. you know, work places certainly can limit certain things that you know, i work for the state department and the white house of course. in the workplace there are certain things you want in terms of rules but when you start limiting what a person can say and think and be able to talk to

someone else, persuade them about religion, that compromises their thought and their conscience. steve: dr. cook i have a feeling star parker agrees with you on this. >> it is a direct attack on christianity, because what we know more often people go to church, the more conservative they are and the more they vote for republicans. so that what this is really about, republicanism and facebook is not on that side. >> i know there are a whole lot of christians who are not republicans. i am, myself. she kind of gets little blurred. >> i'm not talking about one individual. that is the problem with situational ethics comes down to me. we're talking broader terms, larger numbers and absolutely -- >> a whole lot of christians who are not republican. >> we know that too. >> you can argue that point. >> we're saying in general this is what the data is showing. very clearly that the more conservative you are it is because you're going to church on weekly basis, those are more

likely but you are making an interesting point because the only place it breaks down with blacks. blacks will go to church more often. they say they believe in god, much more often and undermine that belief when they vote for democrats on tuesday. that is one place where we see the ethnics -- >> i think she got it twisted. facebook has got it twisted. have to allow people to believe what they want and say what they want. steve: dr. cook, star parker, good debate on this wednesday morning. thank you, ladies. remember when susan rice apparently lied on the benghazi terror attack on sunday shows. a judge has more questions for her, and she will have to answer them directly. one commentator accused of our friend david webb having white privilege on the her radio show. david's reaction. >> david, allly being a white male. >> a reva i mate to break it to

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♪ >> that's another whole long conversation about white privilege and things that you have the privilege of doing that people of color don't have the privilege of. >> how do i have the privilege of white privilege? >> david, by virtue of being a white male, you have white privilege. >> areva, i hate to break it to you, but you should have been better prepped. i'm black. brian: that is the exchange that took place on siriusxm the patriot, david hosts a show nine to noon. he pitched to this guest about legal issues popping up in and around society. legal analyst. i will put her on. wheel talk to her. they never obviously had a chance to meet. they talked about life, what is, successful. tried to put him in his place, what do you know about it, this

is all about white privilege. she did not know that david is black. steve: right. david was on the program in the 6:00 hour. ainsley asked him a great question. the question was, can you imagine what the reaction would be from the media if the rolls were reversed and he had this to say about that. >> the machine on the left would have gone into full-blown action. they would have demanded that i be thrown off fox, that i would be thrown off siriusxm patriot, that i would be out of the media, out of the word. that is a problem. even though i don't agree with her, i invited her back, i want to have the debate. the debate lets us expose ideas and people decide for themselves. ainsley: we asked you all to respond to this we've been talking several times this morning this is from chris. further proof of the left's obsession with identity politics. we love you, david webb. brian: paul write this is, almost like she attributed

certain characteristics, philosophies or ideas to a certain color. that is never a good idea. steve: bill tweeted this, i liked he not only pointed out the obvious but also made the point skin color should not matter. we should also point out as soon as she said that, and he corrected her, she apologized. and she will be on his show later this morning. brian: write. we'll see. that is common debate that is happening in a lot of different channels. next week, next month is black history month. we should revisit this entire issue. ainsley: she asked for his apology -- hopefully she has learned a lesson. you can't stereotype. we'll move on and learn a lesson from this as well. brian: if i learned my lesson toss to jillian right away. she has a lot to read at 23 minutes before the hour. jillian: follow the teleprompter. good morning to you guys. we have a story, let's get you caught up on this. the search intensifying for a texas mommiesing for almost two

weeks. emily wade was last seen leaving a coworkers house after watching a movie. she has a 2012 nissan altima with texas plates. police cleared the coworker in the case. wade's family says it is unlike her to disappear. federal judge is asking top obama advisors about the deadly 2012 benghazi terror attack. susan rice, ben rhodes ordered to respond in writing to questions under oath. the pair is grilled about the state department benghazi response and hillary clinton email scandal. additional witnesses including clinton herself could be deposed. rapper travis scott reportedly spoke with colin kaepernick before agreeing to perform at the super bowl. according to "variety" the men didn't agree but had mutual respect. the nfl will donate $500,000 to a non-profit that specializes in social justice issues.

he will perform with maroon 5 and big boi. cap cap made headlines by kneeling before the national anthem to protest racial equality. a grief being mother believe her home security camera captured the ghost of her deceased son. jeff per hodge said her security system alerted her to a person standing in her kitchen in atlanta. when she walked there, there was no one there. the spirit had a beard like her son robbie. he died 23 after a drug overdose. i have the chills. i believe in that kind of stuff. steve: see the image. you walk in, what? i get that. jillian: fact it alerted her to a security alarm. steve: alerted to motion. ainsley: that is scary. if it was your child who died i would welcome it, absolutely. steve: meanwhile. thank you very much, jillian.

thank you very much. let's go outside. janice dean the weather machine, it is currently dry here in new york city. sounds like a big storm is coot scooting across the country. absolutely. if you live in the northeast you need to pay attention. two storms will happen next couple days. look at the maps. it is cold enough for snow right now. 31 in new york. across the northern plains where it is extra cold, frigid. we're watching a couple of systems move across the west coast. that means the potential for flooding, mudslide, rockslides, over the coastal areas including los angeles, southern california, the burn areas. some of this energy will traverse the country bring potential for snow, heavy rain, freezing rain or sleet. this is the event a lot of folks in the northeast are talking about right now. will it be rain, will it be know, will it be a combination of both? this shows rain along the coast. cold air gets pulled in and we could see snow wraparound the backside. that is something we'll watch next couple days.

meanwhile current temperatures and temperatures today on wednesday. a little too warm for snow across portions of the mid-atlantic and southeast. but again we'll watch it over the next couple days, because the cold air will be pulled southward and depending how cold it gets will mean the difference between freezing rain, snow and rain along the coast. soing we have to pay attention to. the first storm comes thursday, friday, here in the northeast. the next one saturday into sunday. a lot of folks will have to be prepared, check ahead if you're traveling. like you, steve doocy. steve: we all have plans for the weekend. we'll see what happens. thank you, jd. brian: 20 minutes before we're through. the study is shocking. americans are more likely to die from opioid overdose than a car crash. how can we solve the growing epidemic? one former addict is here to discuss it. ainsley: plus day two of william barr confirmmation hearings getting underway in washington. what can we expect? one of justice clarence thomas's

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♪ jillian: good morning to you, welcome back. some quick business headlines now. sears survives liquidation. chairman eddie lampert prevailing in a bankruptcy auction with a takeover bid of a little more than $5 billion. according to ap that should keep 400 stores open, saving tens of thousands of jobs for now. walmart splits with cvs over drug prescriptions costs. leaving the caremark network after dispute over reimbursements. patients who get drug benefits through their insurance will no longer be able to fill prescriptions at walmart. ainsley. >> the national safety council releasing a shocking new report

analyzing the odds of dying from different causes and reveals for the very first time ever, americans are more likely to die from a opioid overdose with a 1 in 96 chance, than in a car accident, with a 1 in 103 chance. what does this say about the state of the opioid crisis in our country? here with his reaction, jay jonas, a recovered opioid addict who is now the ceo and founder of the truth recovery center. congratulations being clean for five years now, right? >> just about. ainsley: tell us your story? how did you get addicted. >> i was a normal kid, as i said last time i was here. it was oxycontin, once i started, i couldn't stop. it was a slippery slope. it was seven, eight years of that. ainsley: you're in contact now with other people. you're trying to help other people get clean. what is the big problem? how do people get addicted? is it doctors over prescribing or is it street drugs, what is it? >> i think a little is doctors

overprescribing and street drugs, drugs getting into the country. ainsley: you started on oxycontin, i heard stories it is harder to get because doctors are not prescribing, they go to doctor, to doctor, they end up with fentanyl and heroin? >> it is harder to get. it was heroin. and now fentanyl is so deadly people are dying left and right from it. ainsley: what exactly is fentanyl? >> it's a form of opioid but much, much stronger than heroin itself. a speck of it is stronger than a gram of heroin. ainsley: that is crazy. what is your meggsage for people that have a problem and haven't told their loved ones? >> be honest, get help. simple as that. ainsley: how did you do that? >> it took me some time. going to pretty robots. eventually enough is enough, you go through the ringer enough times you decide it is time to change. ainsley: were you shocked by the study, more people die from opioids car accidents? >> i believe it or not wasn't

shocked. i said last time i was here this is one of the largest health epidemics. look where we are with the schticks it come -- statistics coming out. ainsley: this is from the national safety council. way people die, heart disease, one in six. cancer, one in seven. leading cause of death, lower respiratory disease, one in 27. suicide, that makes me so sad, 1 in 88 and fifth vehicle, motor vehicle vehicle crashes, one in 103. no surprise from you. >> no surprise. ainsley: president is talking about building a wall, more border security, because lot of opioids are coming in from the southern bored he. >> i agree with i am h more border security is definitely necessary. more accessibility to naloxone which is the drug that will reverse the onset of a overdose. and i you know, if enough money put into it and enough awareness

put into it things will change. ainsley: what are you doing now? tell me about your organization. >> i have a treatment facility in florida. we're opening a treatment facility in bergen county, new jersey. we provide outpatient services for people struggling with alcohol an opioid addiction or any type of addiction. ainsley: have you had friends who died from addiction? >> yes, i have. ainsley: do you want to share any of those stories? >> not particularly. there were a lot of sad situations. people died too young. ainsley: most people lose families, jobs, all their mooney. >> there was a point i lost my job, everything, my family was ready to cut me off. that is what happens. ainsley: they're proud of you now. are you close with them now? >> very close. ainsley: where do they live? >> norwood. i stay at their house when i come up here. ainsley: god bless you. >> thank you very. ainsley: live look from capitol hill day two of william barr's confirmmation hear something about to get underway.

a former clerk with clarence thomas is here next. let's find out what is coming up with sandra smith at the top of her show. >> william barr back on capitol hill this morning. we'll be mon soring that. we're watching this care van of estimated 2,000 migrants in honduras heading towards our southern border. we'll have the latest on that. shutdown talks continue to stall in washington. democrats blowing off a meeting at the white house so what happens next with all of this? a big wednesday morning coming up. tom homan, ken starr, congressman jim jordan, former u.s. attorney general john ashcroft, joining us live with more. join us at "america's newsroom" top of the hour. nothing lasts longer and treats more symptoms for your cough, cold and flu. robitussin. because it's never just a cough.

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i think that is wrong. by anybody, whether it be editorial boards or congress or the president. i'm going to do what i think is right. brian: that is pretty much the message yesterday. fox news alert. all eyes on capitol hill right now where in about 30 minutes the president's pick to be the next attorney general heads back for round two after assuring senators of his plans to protect mueller's probe. what can we expect today? carrey severino at the "judicial watch" network and clerked for justice thomas. bill, mr. barr is getting high marks of the does he get high marks from you? >> yesterday he came across as calm, composed, very thoughtful the expert he really is. here is someone who already served as attorney general. he knows the job inside out and he really stood as someone he could push back when senators were trying to make him, agree to do things he knew he wasn't able to promise to do but he also sounded like he is going to

be very careful how he carries out the job and committed to the rule of law. i thought it was a knockout performance yesterday. brian: chris coons told us he is still open to voting for him. many people feel he will never get any democratic votes. bill barr, said the barres and mull letters are friends, will always be friends. doesn't believe it a witch-hunt. for presidential critics they have to feel assured by that. >> senator leahy he said there was good chance for bipartisan support. this someone got unanimous confirmation his previous time around in the '90s. we're not in the same political environment. but i think they should be reassured. yes he thinks the probe should continue, he also would not agree to relinquish his supervisory role as attorney general. he will keep an eye to make sure the mueller probe is going correctly and following laws. he wants to make sure it is transparent, if the report is released to extent possible

americans can see what is going on. that something you would hope you get bipartisan support for. brian: one thing this session was not touching was pete you are struck text messages and lindsey page. he answered lindsey graham. i was horrified by that essentially and look into that. real quick what do you expect today? >> i think you will see more of the same. some senators trying to make him, make commitments, he can't make but he will say i will look into that. i will make sure i'm aware of these things. i think he will continue to have that steady course. we'll see him as next attorney general and i hope he gets bipartisan support. brian: i think it is clear he backs the president up when it comes to immigration. he believes in barrier. amazing how much he thinks like this administration. >> immigration is a high priority for him, making sure we secure the nations borders and keep our national security in place. and let congress then make those, the laws to try to fix that the way it should, but he

sees, that is not his job. he needs to enforce the laws we have and that is exactly right. brian: so far chairman lindsey graham has brought back decorum to the judicial committee. hopefully that will continue today. >> exactly. brian: we'll talk to you on radio in a little while. >> thanks. brian: i should say judicial crisis network. more "fox & friends" in just a moment. ♪ if you have psoriasis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats moderate to severe plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla,75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression.

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and tom shalup. >> see you tomorrow, same time, same couch, down stairs. breaking news right now. we are learning of a deadly terror attack on a syrian town controlled by u.s. forces. reports of casualties. i'm bill hemmer live in new york. >> sandra: good morning. i'm sandra smith. isis claiming responsibility for the attack near a u.s.-led coalition patrol in syria's northern city. this is a brand new video from a few moments ago. reports a suicide bomber targeted collision forces in the city. this says the u.s. plans to withdraw our military troops from the war torn country. >> bill: straight to the pentagon. what are we learning, lucas? >> reporter: officials here at the pentagon cannot confirm any american