who drink regular coke took the same calories as those who took diet alternatives. the ugly. call this a sting operation, virginia firefighters covered in beans, turns out one of them is a beekeeper. the effects were safely removed. that wraps up this hour of "fox and friends first". have a great weekend, "fox and friends first" continues right now. goodbye. rob: nearly 100 migrants deported from mexico and fox news was there for an exclusive new look at the situation the country is dealing with. jillian: should washington taken as a sign mexico is ready to work together? griff jenkins is live on the border. a house hearing explodes into chaos when attorney general william barr is a no-show. >> chicken bar should have shown up today.

attorney general, would not be fearful of any other attorneys questioning him. rob: the trump administration plans to make democrats eat their words. jillian: the russian spy whale is back in headlines. rob: the reason this whale is refusing to go home. "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ jillian: i was saying i like the last song better. i thought he wrote the song. rob: a different conference, a

one hit wonder, only play the record finally. carley: this is your moment. good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. rob: thanks for getting up early with us. police chasing a migrant trying to escape a shelter in mexico. this as mexican authorities deport 100 migrants trying to get to the united states. carley: a major sign mexico is keeping his promise of the trump administration in battling the border crisis. live from mexico a firsthand look inside an overcrowded shelter. good morning. >> reporter: about an hour ago take a look at this video you we had a migrant trying to escape this shelter which is holding a lot of cubans.

he did not get out. the police caught him before he got over this tall wall next to me but speaking of cubans the mexican officials deporting 93 of them from this shelter. we followed the van to the airport for exclusive video and images of those migrants being sent on a plane, deported back to cuba honoring mexico's promised to donald trump to send people back where they came from rather than allowing them to get across the us border. the cubans are of note. at this shelter they have been aggressive, there is a riot two nights ago that left a vehicle smashed when ambulances were coming and going. that is because perhaps injuries sustained in that uprising. some footage, not inside here but in the other shelters, two main shelters and we got a firsthand exclusive look where you see a lot of families and people from all over the globe

from pakistan, bangladesh, central america, guatemala, honduras details, sri lanka, uganda, ghana, cameroon and congo. we talked to one migrant who is going through the process, has a temporary work visa as he works his way towards the us to apply for asylum. his name is marcus and here's what he had to say. >> we walk in. we leave our country because there is too much war. we suffer. the president wents to keep people too much. >> reporter: there is a tragic reminder of how dangerous this journey can be. customs and border protection releasing news that on wednesday night at 10-month-old infant died crossing the rio grande river with his family and a raft, three people are missing a. it is one of many tragic stories coming from the border crisis.

jillian: we appreciate it. it is done. donald trump sitting down for an exclusive fox news interview, shutting down the crusade to find collusion that he says doesn't exist. rob: democrats blast the attorney general for skipping his hearing on the hill. todd pyro joins us as the president tries to change the conversation. >> reporter: it was followed by a theatrical hearing that wasn't much of a hearing at all intended with the president saying this. >> congress shouldn't even be looking? >> this is all done. i think what they should be focusing on is how did this mess start? it is corrupt as hell. >> the president doubling down tweeting it is time to get back to business and congress to

focus on immigration, infrastructure and lowering drug prices after fox news learned special counsel to the president tore into robert mueller and investigators in a letter to bill bar accusing the special counsel of including political statements in their report saying they failed to act as traditional prosecutors. as for the, quote, hearing, counsel be able to ask questions. democrats using the no-show as an opportunity to attack the president and the ag. >> the system of not having the president of the dictator is very much at stake. >> he lied to congress. if anybody else did that it would be considered a crime. >> reporter: the moment everyone is talking about, this visit from the colonel, congressman steve cohen's attempted humor. >> chicken bar should have shown up today and answered questions. he was afraid of larry burke,

norm i said, he is picture his legal acumen and abilities, would not be fearful of any other attorneys questioning him for 30 minutes. >> reporter: jerry never written the contempt citation against william barr if he doesn't meet democrats demand. you know better than anybody off i said once i said it 1000 times, leave the colonel out of this. carley: i heard you had that tattooed somewhere. the chicken thing, that was unexpected. one other notable democrat joining the core criticism against william barr. >> the president's defense lawyer, he's not the attorney general of the united states. >> calling for his resignation make perfect sense because he's not discharging the duties of the office. rob: author and columnist mark stein says hillary clinton's criticism of bar is hypocritical. >> this is the woman more responsible than anyone for the totally pointless and

discreditable russia investigation. we had this talk in november 2016 about america, peaceful transfer of power, which i find a little odd because i can't remember last time i saw a danish prime minister hanging from a lamppost. the more people who said it the more it became conditional because it was her refusal to lose gracefully that enabled this last disgusting two years in which the losing party's men on the inside have conducted an investigation into the duly elected president. it is quite disgraceful, she is quite disgraceful. carley: she called commerce to hold hearings on impeaching donald trump. rob: he plotted to blow up the new york city subway then admitted terrorist can walk free. a judge sentencing him to ten

years, time served. could have received life in prison, plotting the sale attack in 2009 but got a much lighter sentence after meeting with investigators 100 times and providing information about al qaeda to the government. originally from afghanistan, he will be supervised for the rest of his life. he could be free within days. the university of north carolina in charlotte launching an extensive internal review after deadly shooting on campus. two students killed including riley how who the community is remembering, and brought back to the hotel with police escort procession. officials say he lost his life while saving others in tackling the accused shooter. four others were wounded. tristan terrel waived his right to appear in court. his alleged motive not yet clear.

carley: katherine pugh resigns amid a book scale scandal. she apologized in a statement while being at the center of state and federal investigation. he is accused of selling children's books to entities hoping to do business with the city instead of schools. authorities rating her home and city hall office. no charges have been filed. democratic city councilmember bernard is taking her place. another conflict of interest in the handling of the jussie smollett case. a chicago judge set to decide whether a special prosecutor should be appointed, has a son who works for top prosecutor kim fox's office. judge leroy martin junior is urged to recuse himself. he is supposed to decide whether an investigation is needed to look into why charges against the empire actor were dropped.

rob: and other candidates with into the crowded democratic field, michael bennett officially joining the race as the 21st candidate, could soon be 22. >> i am going to make my decision in the month of may as soon as we have something to tell you, we will tell you. >> may 31st and then you are out. >> i am going to make my decision in the month of may and i will tell you my decision. rob: he has a tremendous hill to climb. according to a quinnipiac poll, 76% of new york city voters, the city runs do not want bill diblasio to run for president. it is mount everest. 11 minutes after the hour. aoc has a lot to say, not so much this time. she has been tightlipped as venezuela descends into chaos.

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carley: americans cashing in on a soaring economy with consumer optimism reaching is highest point in 20 years. rob: even better news suspected in the morning jobs report, will the economy carry the president through 2020? peter morici helps us crunch the numbers. let's look at the poll from gallup, 56% say the current situation is excellent or good. that is a strong number. >> reporter: ordinary working folks in pennsylvania and boise, idaho know something, msnbc and other places in the liberal media don't, this is trump's

miracle economy. they know something ivy league professors don't know, this is trump's miracle economy. folks telling us, economists telling us the beginning of a trump administration 3% growth was by in the sky and impossible because there weren't any more workers to be hired. today we get a good jobs report, this year we have been getting good jobs report, 180,000 people, it varies. getting back off the bench and coming to work, also a lot more productive. the other thing, we couldn't have productivity growth anymore. over the last year it has been 2.4%. that is the productivity growth we got from 1948-1947 so mister obama took office and regulatory state.

carley: the economy will at 185,000 jobs, slightly above the 3-month average, the number that stuck out to me, the average hourly earnings anticipate 3% from a year ago. how long can we expect this momentum to continue? have we reached the peak? is that true? >> they are a thing we reached the peak. the thing is strong productivity growth is not from businesses investing in machinery. it is businesses investing in artificial intelligence and training workers. that is why people are optimistic. they are getting training on the jobs to be more productive. that will translate into wage increases as people change their roles. what is going on at walmart, management structure in stores getting higher pay, more responsibility, assisted by software.

my feeling is 2019-2020, and ordinary working americans. rob: 52% of voters say the president is doing a good job on the economy and that is up quite a bit, 56%. on wall street people talk about credit cycle and expansion in the credit cycle and how long this has been going on. a friend of mine told me it has been going on for a long time now. the concern is whether it will continue into 2020 and through the election. what do you think? >> consumers of not been borrowing recklessly. you don't have friends getting a second or third mortgage and refinancing annually and getting credit card debt. that is gone. consumers are learning to be more conservative with their finance. what that means is nine years into the recovery, we have a lot of bullets left in their rifles.

automobile sales are not jumping through the hoop anymore but they are buying more expensive cars, loaded with artificial intelligence and software. my feeling is the economy has a bright future, we are in good shape, in a transformational low, going back to the good old days of ronald reagan and bill clinton to be bipartisan and fair, over battles your period the economy grew 3.4%. we have 3.4% productivity growth over the last year, 1% labor force growth, you at the two together, basic economics, the potential is there to grow at the pace we did in the last two decades of the last century. the obama malaise is over if congress would stop harping and get out of the way. carley: that will never happen. more good news and bad news. thank you.

rob: 19 after the hour, security cameras, webcams, 2 million products, what is used to spy on them. >> the vulnerabilities there and could be exploited. carley: here is a hint, you might want to downplay the threat of china. ♪

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>> have you heard joe biden is and worried about china. >> china is going to eat our lunch? come on. they are not bad folks but guess what, they are not competition first.

rob: the democratic front runner may want to rethink that. and the warning the chinese government is spying on millions of homes worldwide. jillian: the devices you use every day that pose a danger. >> 2 million home security cameras, webcams, electronic doorbells and baby monitors are vulnerable to spying and hacking according to new research that ids serious security flaws in 140,000 devices in the united states. experts say americans should be aware. >> whether it was intentional or not the vulnerability is still there but could be exploited by the chinese government. >> a tiny software company should the need hint and given the chinese government aggressive use of facial recognition technology to conduct law enforcement and crackdown on dissidents, experts say there is cause for alarm but

security researcher who is behind the study tells fox news the lack of security is an independent problem. and there is 0 evidence or to suggest these issues are the result of malicious or otherwise deliberate intent. these devices rely on peer-to-peer software that allows computers anywhere in the world to conduct to one another through the internet. as you catch up on email, your security devices could be transmitting video of you around the world. the ftc won't comment on the specific instance to fox news but does offer these security tips. just don't click next when you said your device, download the latest security updates for your device and change your preset passwords always. some cyber security experts say that doesn't cut muster. >> i would turn toward more trusted device manufacturers. >> put it on, go way. >> security devices intended to

make life easier me in the end invite risks that just aren't worth it. in washington, jillian turner, fox news. rob: someone is always watching. norway having a whale of a time with this suspected russian spy. the white beluga whale that could be a russian spy is a huge it taking selfys. carley: it is labeled equipped of st. petersburg. rob: ago procrit have been attached. russia denies training and using this whale as a spy. norway is looking into it. they are not buying it. this is the weirdest story. carley: cute in a terrifying way. 26 minutes after the hour. at a house hearing that is supposed to be about russian interference, if you watch the

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>> exclusive video you will only see on fox news, mexico deporting 100 migrants on their way to the united states, a major sign mexico is keeping its promise to the trump administration in battling the border crisis. rob: griff jenkins has a look at one of its overcrowded shelters. >> reporter: we heard that mexico was doing its part. now we can show you. look at this video.

this is 93 cuban migrants held initial behind me being deported. you see them being put on a federal police plane. being sent back to havana, one of a handful of migrants that have been deported on their way to the us, slowing the migrant flow. the shelter behind me is only one of two. we got a firsthand look inside the other shelter, a fascinating look at the number of migrants from all over the globe. officials say there are some 1200 here, in pakistan, bangladesh, sri lanka, uganda, cameroon and the congo. it is a little concerned because of the ebola outbreak. we met one person named marcus, a migrant from congo who is fully well aware the diseases like ebola should not get to the us.

>> every place, to bring to the united states and our country, this is why, if there is a possibility to go there. >> reporter: marcus also saying he things all the migrants should try to come legally, not illegally to the us and this sad news, we are learning on wednesday night, the rio grande river, a 10 month back drowned crossing on a raft. hopefully we will learn more today. rob: a terrible story, thank you so much. border agents could have the authority to decide asylum claims on the spot. the washington examiner reporting migrants have to pass an interview given by a trained agent first, they hope it will cut down on wait times. the white house wanting agents to be trained as soon as possible.

a bill to ban thinks worry cities in florida is one step from becoming law. the state legislature passing that measure all our local and state law enforcement to cooperate with ice. run desantis poised to sign it. democrats oppose the measure saying florida would become the republicans, quote, deportation and family separation machine. carley: donald trump sounding off on the tipping point that would prompt the us military to get involved in venezuela. >> what are your red lines in venezuela? >> we have lots of options. very tough options. >> is there a tipping point for military intervention? >> there is always a tipping point. i would rather not do that. people are dying, they have nothing. carley: opposition leader juan guaido is defined in overthrowing nicholas maduro's

regime. four people were killed and 200 hurt during violent protests. aoc normally has a lot to say but not this time. the democratic congresswoman goes silent when asked if she supports nicholas maduro's regime in venezuela telling "national review," quote, the first caucus leadership on how we navigate this, many people in social media slamming ocasio cortez for not condemning the violence or speaking out at all. rob: william barr was not the main topic in the house hearing he skipped but you may not have known by watching the media coverage. >> we haven't attorney general lying about what is in the mueller report. >> donald trump's defense attorney, his lackey, his stooge. >> we haven't attorney general who has presented himself in a way, he is fully obviously corrupted.

heather: he didn't show up at some wonder why media democrats are more focused on the attorney general than russian interference. rob: the independent women's forum and president of district media group has an idea what is happening here, she joins us live to explain what is with the coverage of william barr in the obsession. >> many in the media and many democrats didn't get what they want in the mueller report so they are moving on to william barr saying there is a scandal with all of this. what is ironic about this is william barr's behavior is the opposite of a cover-up. the thing we need to remember is he did release the entire mueller report with very few redactions does 25 days after the investigation was completed. for people to say this is a cover-up, he is presenting mueller's reported his own words. that is why it is laughable.

carley: you are right about that. most people thought it would be more redacted than it was. donald trump is saying enough is enough. is threatening to invoke executive privilege to keep congressional staffers from testifying. william barr skipped the hearing. is that the right strategy? doesn't that play into democrats narrative that donald trump and william barr are being uncooperative? where should they draw that line? >> both the president and the attorney general have to be careful on this but there is so much attention being paid to william barr not showing up at yesterday's house hearing he did speak to the senate for over 6 hours. another part of the house hearing yesterday, they changed the rules on him going into it. not just supposed to be, it was supposed to be just members of congress asking him questions. they changed that to staff attorneys, which is the type of behavior you would see if

someone was under criminal investigation. they changed the rules on him. it is important for those supporting william barr, those supporting the president, to make it clear there's a lot of interesting tactics going on by democrats and in the long run, what people are going to remember is the mueller report speaks for this whole situation, and trying to pin this on the attorney general i don't think works in democrats favor. rob: looking at coverage of the event william barr skipped yesterday. on cnn, one hour and 21 minutes, two mentions, every democrat and their mother call for william barr's resignation. 10 mentions of william barr to resign. the view on abc got 16 minutes and 0 mentions. that is a big topic the attorney general should resign. >> he did nothing for him to

have to resign. calling for him to re-sign based on lying, he hasn't lied. that is something the speaker of the house nancy pelosi brought up yesterday. a lot of interesting stunts at the hearing, at the house. congress bringing in a bucket of fried chicken, you had them putting a chicken as a prop in front of it. calling him the chicken when he spent 6 hours testifying the day before. is kind of funny and also if democrats wanted to point to something, they do have a case, asking robert mueller why he didn't decide to move forward with any indictment against the president when it comes to obstruction of justice. even the attorney general said he was surprised robert mueller didn't move forward with some clear decision on that. democrats want to point to anything i think they can look to mueller and ask why he didn't make a decision on that front. carley: every can agree it is never too early to eat fried

chicken. >> was that chicken bought the day before or the morning of? fried chicken at 9:00 am, i am not sure. carley: trying to find the one kfc open at 9:00 in the morning. kentucky derby is this weekend, janice dean is out of the gate. rob: checking out this derby museum. check out the hat. carley: it is raining cats and dogs and horses. after the break, wayne lucas, one of the winningest derby winners in history. i fell in love with him yesterday and you will too as we deal with a track at churchill downs. come back now. ♪

rob: the kentucky derby is one day away and we are counting down to the fastest two minutes in sports. carley: we have a special guest, she joins us live from churchill downs. i decided to match you with my own hat. >> you look amazing. where is your hat. >> i knew it, ever year, never fails, you are looking fabulous. today, the phillies race for the lilies. yesterday i got to take a tour of the kentucky derby museum and i met a special guest named wayne lucas in the racing world, he is legendary and he is a legend. >> one of the greatest trainers

of all time, you are here just for me. it is nice to meet you. >> oh my goodness, this is insane. >> derby winners. they probably stand out. >> they put a wall of what you do every single day and you get up at the same time i do every morning. >> even the day before. every single day. >> he has a wall dedicated to him. >> such a special part of this. a lot of what we achieved was through those efforts. it was so unfortunate, to shorten their life so much or change it forever and changed my life forever.

>> reporter: tell me what it is like to be at the kentucky derby? >> it became my reality. you can't capture that in a bottle. >> reporter: thank you, my friend. what a legend. he signed a book for me. just love him here at churchill downs all over the racing community. bob baffert has three horses and one of them might have a chance to win the derby and he was the trainer for justify. i will talk to him in the 7:30 hour. wayne lucas, what a legend. what a wonderful man. here we are at churchill downs. a flash flood watch, don't take that off.

>> you bring sunshine even though it is raining. you are the best. see you, janice. let's see what is coming up on "fox and friends". >> i like rob's even better. in journalism, a second story helping me out. will you step over, if anything you say is not true please interrupt me. look at the new york times, the president of the united states campaign was spied on. isn't that right? congressman jason chaffetz, kenneth starr will talk about the fact that william barr was called a chicken and a liar. isn't that right?

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accounting dangerous as part of a new hate speech policy. carley: backlash for the anti-semitic nation of islam leader louis farrakhan far right. rob: they moved accounts and groups associated with a number of people like nation of islam leader louis farrakhan. alex jones, milo young up a list and the war of humor after evaluating activities outside that. and not moving quick enough or strong enough. and it is a sign facebook is doubling down on its hate speech policy. and they promote or engage in

violence and hate. regardless of ideology. the process for evaluating potential violators is extensive and let us to our decision to remove these accounts today but the washington post catching heat for this headline. and far right leaders, after a flurry of criticism the post-corrected its headline, writing correction, louis farrakhan is an extremist leader who espoused anti-somatic views. an early version of the story and headline incorrectly included him in a list of far right leaders. the damage was done. plenty of reaction happening online, donald trump junior, the gas lighting coming from democrats and their friends in the media trying to convince us the obama administration didn't spy on the trump campaign is almost as bad as the washington post attempting to gaslight us

into believing louis farrakhan is right-wing and ben schapiro tweeting do words mean things anymore? farrakhan is a blatant anti-semi defended by a significant portion of the left. a lot of people having feelings about that. rob: 53 minutes after the hour. cinco they mayo is sunday but we are celebrating today. carley: how do you ask? we are going to be eating next. ♪ waste that weighs me down, so i feel lighter. try metamucil, and begin to feel what lighter feels like. . . this is the story of john smith.

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♪ hot, hot, hot ♪ rob cinco de mayo coming up on sunday. we have mexican food. del taco is here from california. carley: here to walk us through the newest tacos of the season. albert teen. thanks for being with us this morning. smells good and if he has been. you have new menu items. >> i can't wait for you to try these. they are delicious. what we have here is our regular del taco with beef and then we have the version with cheese which is beyond which is 100 percent plant based packed with protein. carley: is it like tofu. >> it isn't tofu at all.

soy free. what makes it special is it has a really unique seasoning blend to it. so we made it really cravable. rob: chicken. >> this one is beef and this is one beyond. this is the one beyond allege have a cadieux taco. plant based. carley: one vegan one for me regular meat. rob: wneed to test these things out. >> we have a little special treat for everybody. rob: blindfolded here for a a taste test. carley: she is going to tell which one is vegetarian and which one is regular meat. todd: when i'm blindfolded i also shut up. rob: there you go. [laughter]

[laughter] which one is that. carley: beef or chicken? todd: that's beef. many. rob: you got to do three of them here. carley: one is vegan, one is vegetarian and one is regular. rob: he thinks two out of the three are beef so far? todd: also beef. rob: they also taste like beef. carley: does any of them taste not like meat? >> no. >> what's that. >> beyond, beyond alf avocado. rob: you did a great job. we will let you see. you earned the right to see. todd: which one did i eat? >> you ate them all. ing. carley: thank you so much for feeding us.

rob: all the way from california to do this. del taco make a lot of money this weekend. it's cinco de mayo. don't drink too much. we will see you back here on monday. carley: "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ it don't matter where we go ♪ we always find our way back home. steve: hi, everybody. welcome to our tv juame 3rd, it's a friday. suddenly i feel like i would like to travel out west to del taco and have a taco. ainsley: so much going on the kentucky de derby and cinco de mayo. steve: meantime go to our lead story and we have exclusive video you will only see right here on this channel. mexico is supporting 100 migrants while on their