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conservatives harassed in public public? now there's an app for that, "fox & friends first" starts right now. ♪ it's got to be a good life. ♪ it's going to be a good life. good life. ♪ the feeling that you can't fight. heather: good morning to you. hopefully you changed your clocks over the weekend. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. that's a good, positive song to start your week, right? i'm heather childers. thank you so much for starting it with us. today, president trump will ask for $8.6 billion to build his southern border wall. the money would be part of next year's congressional budget. griff jenkins joins us live from washington where democrats are already threatening another

government shutdown over the proposal. good morning, griff. >> reporter: good morning, heather. it promises to put taxpayers first l. democrats are painting it already. are we headed for another nasty budget battle? >> i suppose there will be. i would just say that the whole issue of the wall, border security, is of paramount importance. we have a crisis down there. he's going to stay with his wall he's going to stay with the border security theme. i think it's essential. >> reporter: $8.6 billion total for border wall, $5 billion frm dhs, and it will complete 722 miles of border barrier. russ voss says the budget embodies fiscal responsibility, includes a 5% across the board reduction in nondefense domestic spending and they say it will

have $2.7 trillion in spending cuts which they claim is higher than any other administration in history. speaker pelosi and minority leader schumer are blasting it, saying president trump hurt millions of americans and caused chaos when he shut down the government to try to get his expensive and ineffective wall which he promised would be paid for by mexico. he was forced to admit defeat and reopen the government. the same thing will happen again if he tries it again. we hope he learned his lesson. it's worth noting that the acting director will appear before the house budget committee where the chairman of the committee has called this a dangerous budget. fireworks this week, surely coming. heather: more fireworks. thank you so much, griff. appreciate it. always great to have griff with us. some headlines for you developing at this hour. boeing's new 737 max 8 jets grounded by several airlines and

the chinese government overnight, this after 157 people including eight americans were killed after that same model plane crashed in africa. it's unclear what caused the plane to go down, just six minutes into the flight. the ntsb sending a team to help with the investigation. the u.s. manufacturer is facing safety questions about the popular design. 189 people were killed in a crash involving the boeing 737 max 8 in october, just minutes after takeoff in indonesia. charges are dropped against one of the mo den connected to the -- women connected to the death of kim jong un's half brother. r authorities have released her after two years in custody. it's unclear exactly why. we know that she and her co-defendant claimed they were tricked into smearing a deadly chemical on his face at an airport. charges against the other suspect could also be dropped. we'll follow that story.

back to the white house. the white house says it has had zero contact with north korea since meeting in vietnam last month. a national security advisor, john bolton, doubling down on president trump's displeasure with reports that kim jong un could be planning new missile tests. >> the president said repeatedly that he feels the absence of nuclear tests, the absence of ballistic missile launches is a positive sign and he's used that really as part of his effort to persuade kim jong un that he has to go for what the president called the big deal, complete denuclearization. heather: new satellite images appear to show increased activity at a nuclear site that north korea had pledged to dismantle. yes, that time, 2020 democrats in full force this weekend, bashing president trump and peddling ideas like medicare for all to try to win the party's

nomination. todd pyro is here with the pitches they're making around the country. good morning, todd. >> reporter: we're a year away from primary season, yet campaigning in full swing, starting with the traditional, the tv interview. elizabeth warren saying she wants to break up some large tech companies while insisting she's not a social ofist. >> i believe in markets. markets that work. markets that have a cop on the beat and have real rules and everybody follows them. i believe in a level playing field. >> if you get labeled a socialist? >> it's just wrong. >> reporter: bernie sanders rallying in new hampshire, guaranteeing health care as a right and attacking the president. >> this campaign is not only going to defeat donald trump, the most dangerous president in our lifetimes -- [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: but in terms of sheer numbers, austin, texas was the place to be.

these dems hitting south by southwest. john delaney says the president is responsible for degrading society. >> i do worry a that if we embrace socialism in its pure form, that that's a mistake. i'm a captain lift by nature. we are a capitalist country. it has strong social programs and that's what i think our model is going forward. >> reporter: kevin mccarthy, republican there as well, defending president trump. >> he's not afraid to take a position if he believes it and then someone comes and says that's not where the republican party stands, okay, so what, this is what i think is right. i think that's something people could admire in today's world. >> reporter: heather, there are currently 11 declared democratic candidates for 2020, not to mention those with exploratory committees and those who have not yet decided. we haven't even started we have not started. but we will have much more to debate about this and what they

had to say about socialism, coming up later in the show. thank you, todd. while top democrats are preparing for the possibility that robert mueller may not subpoena president trump, they have this to say. >> i think ultimately it's a mistake, because probably the best way to get the truth would be to put the president under oath. he feels it's perfectly fine to lie to the public. heather: last year, president trump's legal team gave mueller written answers to questions about russia's meddling in the 2016 election. schiff, who chairs the house intelligence committee, says he thinks the special counsel is being pressured to finish his probe. the investigation is expected to wrap up soon. well, a top house democrat thinks michael cohen will face doj perjury probe soon. kate hill saying that, as many inconsistencies surface from last month's public testimony. >> i imagine that chairman

cummings will end up referring him. that's just my guess. when he says -- when chairman cummings says i'm going to nail you to the cross, he means it. i've seen him in action. he is not going to let this go. heather: the house oversight committee is reviewing all of his testimony. cohen's lawyer seemingly contradicted cohen's claims under oath that he never asked for a presidential pardon. president trump says cohen lied and denied his request but cohen's lawyer insists he told the truth. cohen starts a he three year prison sentence in may for lying to congress in 2017 about the russia probe. well, dangerous avalanche conditions complicating the search for a missing marine. rescuers now flying over a california mountain to try and find first lieutenant matthew kraft who went missing on a back country ski trip. heavy snow and rock falls make it too dangerous. craws found evidence of -- crews

found evidence of avalanches when he was believed to be skiing. he was supposed to end his trip early last week. alabama, a church that sheltered people from deadly tornadoes, held its first sunday church service a after the storm. people filled the pews to pray and comfort one another. president trump visited the church on friday and signed bibles for people in the community. the storm killed 23 people last week including three children. switching gears, oh, how sweep it is. nascar star kyle busch wins two races in two days. >> here comes the candy man. 52nd career cup victory for kyle busch, toyota, joe gibbs racing. heather: the candy man, bush taking home the trophy at the nascar cup series and x finity

series. he has 93 career wins in the top three series. new 911 calls take us inside the horror of a jaguar attack at a zoo. >> it's pretty bad. heather: that woman was trying to take a selfie with the wild animal. how the zoo is now taking action. and with a new battle over border funding looming in washington, how do we protect our country? he retired immigration agent michael cutler says it's not "missiomission impossible. he'll tell us how we can get it done, next.

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threatening another government shutdown. so will they ever get on the president's side of border security? here to weigh in is former immigration officer, michael cutler. you know the problems at the border, you know what the border agents need and what they requested. speaking of what's being requested, this additional $8.6 billion for the wall in the upcoming budget proposal, let's begin there. >> sure. heather:s is that enough? do we need more? what should that be used for? >> we need more. we need to emphasize interior enforcement of immigration laws. we hear about catch and release. why wouldn't these people fail to show up. in the game of hide and seek, no one's seeking them. when dhs was created, the chair of the submit at this, he called it -- committee, he called it

immigration dysfunction. why would you not want to secure the borders, make sure people come lee l gally. w-- legally.we have a legal syss generous. schumer wanted a five year felony for people that trespassed on landmarks. people are trespassing we can bring up the statement by chuck schumer and nancy pelosi before the budget is suggested, which will happen today and already they're saying congress refused to fund his wall and he was forced to admit defeat, reopen the government. the same thing will repeat itself if he tries it again. we hope he learned his lesson. >> you know what, it's not his wall. it's america's wall. i'll never forget ken p di kenn, setting our sights on the moon, no one called it the kennedy space program. i was the american space program. this wall isn't about trump. it's about america. if you look at the 9/11 commission report, border security is essential, not only to keep out drugs, criminals,

but terrorists. with everything going on in this world, and if you look at what's been said about the economy, the fact that american workers are displaced by foreign workers, they lose their jobs, wages are suppressed, tax revenue goes down, why would you want to reward people who come illegally and invade the vet -- evade the vetting process at ports of entry. heather: the question is, in terms of the wall, we also need personnel at the border. what do we do to make it secure? is it even possible? >> it's possible. the biggest issue i think is interior enforcement. nearly half of all illegals don't run the border. people that do run the border, know if they can get to the interior of the united states, there's no one to look for them. you have 3,000 i.c.e. agents enforcing immigration laws. they're arresting criminal aliens, going after crooked lawyers, maybe that makes congress nervous, i don't know. understand, the wall would pay

for itself. it's like insulation on a house. if you put up insulation, the heating bill goes down. if we could keep the drugs from flowing into america, not only would we save lives but the money leaving the country in terms of the drug trade proceeds would not be leaving, the money earned by illegal aliens who shouldn't be working wouldn't be leaving. heather: and the cost of dealing with those folks who become drug addicts -- >> it's over $100 billion. this investment would repay itself in a year or two and make us that much safer. who could be against that. heather: thank you so much. appreciate it. the time now, 18 minutes after the top of the hour. moving right ahead, congresswoman liz cheney comes out swinging. >> i decided to vote against it. i think it was an effort to actually protect ilhan omar, to cover up bigotry and saint anti-semitism by refusing to name her. heather: she's not the only one asking why aren't democrats dug enough to condemn anti-semitism.

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the online outrage. she doubled down on the comments there. >> because she previously spoke out about the anti-hate resolution, she was one of the 23 lawmakers to vote against it. she says it provides cover for ilhan omar because it doesn't call her out by name. so a lot of folks on social media talking about her remarks yesterday. one person saying congress pwoman liz cheney is totally right, shame on the democrats. bob on twitter said they refused to address the issue directly and choose to lump the current omar events in with other hate, an attempt to divert attention. the other side of the argument, the anti-hate resolution. do you want to be on record voting against something like that when it condemns hate of all time, liz cheney says, well, yeah, because it didn't directly address the issue. heather: she wanted her specifically mentioned and that didn't happen. >> exactly. heather: we'll see if something new comes of that. something new for die-hard trump

fans, there's been controversy in terms of what happens at certain restaurants, being thrown out. they'll have their own restaurants, maga friendly restaurants. >> there's a new app called 63rd safe, it lists restaurants that are nonpolitical, ones that don't discriminate against trump supporters, if you go in wearing a make america great again hat, you're okay to eat there. scott wal wallace started it. rick says sad we have come to this point where we have to have an app to tell us if a restaurant is hostile towards conservative. this follows a series of events happening at restaurants with sarah huckabee sanders and kirstjen nielsen and fights breaking out, getting mad at people wearing the make america

great again hats. heather: it's nonpolitical businesses that are safe for all different political perspectives. no politics on the menu. big news over the weekend, j-lo is engaged. who is she engaged to? >> she is engaged to alex rodriguez. sports fans left sort of cringing at the huffington post tweet announcing the engagement. look at the tweet, love don't cost a thing, but a gigantic diamond ring. they gotte got engaged accordo matching instagram post. twitter users quickly pointed out that derek jeter was the short stop for the yankees. a-rod played third base. there were comments on this one. kelly says doesn't anyone in journalism check facts anymore? but jerry says to be fair, he played like a whole five games

as short stop for the yankees. he played short stop for other teams. heather: there's a reason. >> that's right. he played third base for the yankees. derek jeter was pretty much killing it at that position. heather: i think they looked at the rock right there, and that's all they saw. they were confused, blinded. i was looking on twitter, they were comparing her five different evedifferent engageme. they were all beautiful. remember ben affleck? >> the yellow diamond or the pink diamond. heather: while some democrats embrace socialism, others more towards the middle. how will the divide impact the party in the 2020 election. our political panel on deck to debate it. >> cnn couldn't resist the idea that here's a boy with a make america great again cap on. they were vicious.

it was false. heather: cnn about to be hit with a $250 million lawsuit for its coverage of this viral confrontation on capitol hill. will it set a new precedent for anti-trump media accountability? we will share your comments, up next.

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africa. the ntsb sending a team to help with that investigation. and dangerous avalanche conditions complicating the search for a missionin mission g marine. rescuer flying over a california mountain to try to find the first lieutenant. crews have found evidence of avalanches where he was believed to have been skiing. the 19-year-old woman charged with the attempted murder of a chicago police officer, emily petrinela denied bail after allegedly shot an officer who was trying to serve a warrant. he is expected to survive. she was out on bond for a weapons charge. police found 11 pounds of marijuana inside her home. and olympic track cyclist who won silver at the 2016 games is dead. her father said she killed

herself at the california home. team usa tweeting, quote, they mourn the loss of the olympic memedal cyclist. she was pursuing a graduate degree in mathmatics at stanford university. the jaguar that attacked a woman trying to take a selfie will not be put down. officials at the wild life world zoo in arizona considering extra security after the big cat clawed a woman's arm when she entered its enclosure. >> [ indiscernible ] she looks pale. heather: onlookers pulled the woman to safety as someone distracted the jaguar with a water bottle. she will be okay and she's already returned to the zoo to apologize. well, a racetrack will reopen today for limited training after

21 horses mis mysteriously died since december. the track closed last week after a four year philly shattered a bone and had to be euthanized. officials have been inspecting the track, testing it for safety. racing at the track, though, has been suspended. back to the campaign trail. 2020 democrats now going at each other over socialist ideas, crowding the party. listen. >> welt is being enjoyed by a very small amount of people. >> guaranteeing health care to all people as a right. too radical. >> bernie has to speak to what democratic socialism is. >> you are not one. >> i am not. >> if i have to take a temperature, i'll be a captain lift. capitalist. heather: can this divided message hurt their chances in 2020. here to debate is political

analyst, ken chase and bernie sanders senior advisor, chuck brosha. thank you for joining us. chuck, i'll start with you. you heard it right there, over the weekend, a lot of people had stuff to say about bernie sanders. they seem to be distancing themselves from him and this so-called democratic socialism. so speak to that. >> well, i'll tell you who is not running a away from him, that's millions of people, giving millions of dollars and thousands of people showing up at rallies. if everything he's saying is so bad, why are so many showing up? people are inspired by the messages talking about. we're not talking about socialism or capitalism. that's what the media loves to talk about. we are talking about issues that are 706 70% popular with americn people. the only socialism america has right now is giving o give ouri- giving our money to corporations. heather: ken, what about that, what's your response? when you talk about free health

care for all, free education for all, a lot of people say that's a socialist agenda. the green new deal. or the new green deal. >> those are not policies that the majority of americans support. look, in 2016 the problem with the democrats was the candidate. in 2020 they may have a better candidate but the policies have gotten worse. what are we talking about with the democrats? we're talking about socialism. seriously, socialism? we're talking about an economic policy that failed every place it's gone. we're watching venezuela literally get punished by this policy. the green new deal is like a seventh grade social studies project that got a c plus. you might as well submit wit a chapter 11 petition. this is not what the american people are asking for. the candidates are running away from their own policies. heather: bernie -- sorry, chuck, to get back to you. i want to take a look at some of these numbers. explain the polls to me, the

discrepancies that we see. the fox news poll, first of all, these are folks who their they'e putting socialism against capitalism. 57% prefer capitalism. when you break it down further and look at the numbers of democrats who support socialism, 77% of democrats agree that the country would be better off more socialist. this tends to support what you were just saying. >> oh, my god, i would love to be able to explain polls to you, heather. when do you the numbers, and you say socialism, people think of venezuela. ask people if they like social security. bernie sanders says people should make a living wage. the people on the right love to come up with titles and say he wants america to be like venezuela. a small businessman like me pays 46% taxes while corporate america pays 12 or 13 and we want to give them trillions of

tax dollars in give-away, that's the socialism. heather: you want to give away free health care, free education, all of this without really a plan to pay for it. >> you didn't have a plan to pay for the tax cuts. you could take the money from the tax cut and pay for all of that combined. heather: ken, your response? >> i don't agree whatsoever. it's very hard to be a sitting president in a re-election year when the economy is booming, we have added 5 million jobs since the president was elected, the stock market's up 30%, manufacturing growth is up 600% in the president's first two years, combined with president obama's last two years. the policies that the democrats are offering, free this, free that, free this, free that, that doesn't he create a single job. what americans care about is jobs, jobs, and jobs. heather: is it fair to compare it to what we're seeing happening in venezuela? because chuck said it's not

fair, is it fair, ken? >> of course it's a good comparison. look at the green new deal. what is that? >> it's not a fair comparison. >> democrats wouldn't even vote on it. heather: chuck, what is that, the green new deal. >> i grew up in rural east texas. i can tell you about a green new deal and i can tell you a lot about cows and farmers who are fed up with not having a voice in their government because donald trump and millionaires and billionaires want to make sure the fat cats are taken cae of while the farmers are foregone et about - -- forgotten about. heather: we spoke to a farmer and she said the green new deal, no deal at all. thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it. the time now, 20 minutes until the top of the hour. added incentive, one state promising a pay raise if teachers train as police officers. our next guest, a retired

teacher and marine corps captain, points out one key components of the proposal that needs to change. and it's not just about the border wall. president trump is set to outline a budget fo for a better america today, from space force to addiction in america, we'll break down what else is in his proposal. ♪

heather: the crisis at the border, now a health crisis. 2,000 migrants are quarantined at detention centers and there have been at least 236 reported cases of the mumps at 51 facilities over the past 12 months. the high number of immigrant arrivals from central america they say is to blame for the increase. this comes as we learn the number of troops at the border may be cut in half later this

month. troops are staying bas barbed we an.democratic governors do not agree with the emergency declaration. republicans introducing a new bill that would give teachers police training to get a gun and they would get a pay raise. gene fitzsimmons joins me now to break down what the new bill could mean for school safety. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> good morning, heather. how are you? heather: i'm doing great. let's begin by basically breaking down what the school security issue would be. this is what they say. it is the goal of the state to protect students, teachers and school personnel. the state will support the efforts of teachers to protect the school community by paying a salary differential to selected

teachers who complete basic law enforcement training. this would give teachers a 5% salary boost who undergo basic police training and how to use a gun. what do you think about that? >> heather, grass roots north carolina believes that it is important that we deter these violent sociopath as quickly as possible. the more teachers that are armed, the greater the deterrent. teachers are the first and the last often, sadly, defense of their students against such an attack. as such, we support any bill that will help protect teachers and students. that being said, the bill that is being considered in the senate calls for 700 hours of training for these teachers, four months straight, and we believe that's a bill excessive.

heather: oh, really? >> yes. heather: because i would think that would be one of the concerns of people who maybe question whether or not this is a smart idea, whether the teachers would be trained enough. >> what we believe teachers should be trained to do is to stop an attack, not arrest people, not serve as a law enforcement officer. that's just not necessary. we would like to see teachers train like they train aircraft pilots or airline pilots and that is about 40 hours of weapons training and then weapons retention training, so that they can use a concealed carry situation to stop an attack. heather: protect our students. we heard a lot of this come up after the school shooting that happened in florida. let's take a look at what mark

jewel had to same he says we don't need firearms in our schools. teachers need to be armed with support specialists such as psychologists, counselors and nurses to address the social and emotional health needs of our students. what do you think about that statement? >> heather, i believe that that's a little bit too simplistic. that does nothing to stop some crazed animal bent on killing students. being a nice guy and being able to hold hands and sing kumbaya doesn't make it. we need -- what we've seen in places like parkland is that if we stop an attack immediately, that saves lives. sitting there trying to barricade the door and giving up lives as a bullet stop before the guy gets to your students, does not stop the attack. heather: if it's something that could help save one student's life, you know something else

teachers need, they need the ability to report students who actually cause problems. that's a whole other issue. gene, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. let us know what happens. >> thank you, heather. heather: have a good day. >> you too. heather: it's 15 minutes until the top of the hour. cnn about to be hit with a mega lawsuit for its coverage of the covington catholic confrontation on capitol hill. >> cnn couldn't resist the idea that here's a guy with a -- young boy with a make america great again cap on. they were vicious. it was false. heather: so will it set a new precedent for anti-trump media accountability? we are sharing your comments up next. what in the heck? heather: some people build know snowmen. others do this. the elaborate snow skull p p sce that stopped an officer in his

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in the plan, the president will propose major cuts to domestic and international programs that provide foreign aid, environmental protection and transportation, among other things. the white house will seek a 5% reduction in spending for these programs, compared with caps that were set to go into place next year. meanwhile, president trump will ask for $750 billion for defense, a boost for the military, the budget is also expected to seek money to establish the space force as a new branch of the military and for veterans the budget would provide more than $80 billion for veterans health, a nearly 10% increase from fiscal fawn and funding to -- 2019 and funding to end the opioid crisis will be prioritized. heather: lawyers for the covington catholic student in a viral video, they plan to file a massive lawsuit today. we have the latest on the legal

action against cnn. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, heather. nick sandman's lawyer said he's filing the defamation lawsuit against cnn either today or tomorrow, a after the young man was put at the center of a media fire storm in january. you'll remember this video here, following the march for life rally in d.c. scenic sandman there, standing face-to-face with a native american man. sandman and other covington catholic high l schoocatcatholis were accused of starting the confrontation. another video showed they were approached by phillips. lin wood filed a lawsuit against the washington post for $250 million over their coverage of this. but he told fox news host march levine he's going after cnn for more money because they were, quote, more vicious. >> cnn couldn't resist the idea that here's a guy -- young boy

with a make america great again cap on. why didn't they take an hour and find the truth and then report it? they didn't do it. they were vicious. it was false. >> reporter: lin went on to accuse the cable news giant of using sandman as a pawn in their war against trump. they have not responded. heather: some people that have commented, a lot of you. most off siding with the student. james on facebook writing not a huge fan of suing the media but in this case cnn has it coming. lorraine on instagram says somebody needs to hold the press accountable. karen on facebook writes the media tried to destroy this young man, all based on lies. disgraceful. keep your comments coming in. the time now, six minutes until the top of the hour. above and beyond, the call that ended with police from dozens of departments lining one neighborhood block.

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texas was rocking all weekend long, austin, texas, that's where south by southwest was, a lot of the 2020 candidates trying to win the party's nomination. now it is time for the good, the bad and the ugly. we begin with the good. how about that. a terminally ill little girl who loves dogs gets a special visit from police pooches. k-9s from nearly 40 wisconsin police departments lining up to meet the 7-year-old. people from all over the world are sending emma pictures of dogs as she battles a rare inp inoperable brain tumor. now the bad. a bat steals the show at a san antonio spurs game. play was stopped as the creature flew overhead. this happened at least three times this season. the team is ready with bat catching specialists. the team's mascot even tren eved

up as batman. and finally, police solve a cold case in a matter of seconds. >.>> what in the heck? >> a nebraska state trooper found a ford mustang made entirely of snow. now that takes talent. "fox & friends first" continues right now. bye-bye. jillian: it is monday, march 1st. president trump expected -- march 11th. president trump expected to rei'lignite a budget battle. rob: we're live in washington with chuck and nancy's position could lead to another government shugovernmentshoulddown. we're going to defeat donald trump, the most dangerous president in modern american history. >> if you get labeled at a socialist? >> well, it's