what matters in life. thank you for joining us. "fox and friends first" continues, have a great day. rob: it is thursday, may 23rd. people across the midwest seeking shelter as violent tornadoes tear across several states. jillian: hours from now the americans he had a convicted fighting with the taliban after 9/11 will be a free man. rob: what about proof that does exist that he still supports terror? the latest to keep him locked up. >> i pray for him in the united states of america. rob: a partisan horse and pony show after the president walked out on democrats.

jillian: his latest ultimatum enough to close the books on collusion? "fox and friends first" continues right now. you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. rob: straight to a fox news alert. official going door-to-door after a violent tornado has torn through jefferson city, missouri, the capital city, overnight. carley: officials are asking the national guard for help. the head of the county ems says they are in disaster mode. every firefighter, people trapped inside their homes and calling for help. >> at this point we know three people have been killed after a

twister ripped through carl junction, that storm happening on the eighth anniversary of the devastating tornado in nearby joplin which killed 161 people in 2011. >> in oklahoma people are facing flash flood threats. a home breaking apart as it is ripped off its foundation into a swollen river. homes are dangling off cliffs, the water is expected to rise another four feet by this morning. storm. we will learn more about what happened as the sun comes up. >> reporter: we have a tornado report for south-central missouri. watches and warnings across portions of missouri, illinois, towards indiana. a watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes. we have a storm in central missouri. we have reports of damage and death in missouri from the severe weather outbreak, a

tornado outbreak that has lasted the last several days. we have those tornado warnings posted in part of texas through oklahoma and missouri towards illinois and arkansas as well as kansas. severe weather outbreak, we have the threat from or severe weather is widespread 40 million people need to be on alert from texas through oklahoma, missouri, kansas, across the ohio river valley towards the mid-atlantic and northeast. we don't think it will be as volatile but it only takes one tornado moving over heavily populated area to make a big difference and cause a lot of damage. heavy rain in the forecast lasting through the weekend. parts of the missouri river valley could over-the-top their banks as we are concerned about levees as well.

the severe threat continues in the same areas. the frontal boundary is not going anywhere and along the frontal boundary the potential for spin up and heavy rain, this is not good news for these areas that have been inundated with rain for months. severe threat continues today and the flooding risk the next several days and memorial day weekend. we will keep you up to date, watches and warnings in effect throughout the morning. >> any advice? >> keep your no weather radios on. these tornadoes came in the overnight where people were sleeping. and what exactly what to do, a watch or warning, these areas are prone to tornadoes this time of year. you need to be on alert, noah weather radios could save your life.

jillian: american taliban and fighter walked 3, john walker linda spent 17 years in prison after being captured after the september 11th attacks. rob: the man still supports terrorism. >> reporter: in john walker linda's own words isis were doing a spectacular job and that is terrifying a lot of people. he joined the telegram sometime before 9/11 and was with them when outside a terrorist attacked the world trade center and the pentagon, captured in late 2001, they launched an attack on this man, killed johnny michael, a cia officer interrogated in taliban prisoners. wind got a 20 year prison sentence and only serves 17 years of that.

starting today he will be on supervised relief with restrictions. monitoring software and internet devices, online communications, mental health counseling is a must. he cannot possess or view extremist materials. one reason again, why there is such a concern, 2015 handwritten letter, he wrote from prison to an nbc station in los angeles and in it he wrote about his support for isis saying the terror group was doing a spectacular job. >> 20 years and a plea bargain material and should have gotten more than that and they will be back into something like that. >> the family also reacting to this. this man sat in front of my father and let him be killed. the fact that he is able to get

out early is unacceptable. it feels like such a slap in the face. he has been help with other muslim inmates convicted of terror-related charges. rob: the state of louisiana set to debatable on the house for that would >> you mean there is not one already? michael on twitter says anyone who commits or conspires terrorism on america should not live in america. and wrapping up on facebook saying terrorists should receive the death penalty and that is how people feel.

>> the trial for a navy seal accused of murder delayed over accusations of spying on his defense team. at a gallop or once the prosecutor and judge in the case to be removed after the defense team found tracking software embedded in emails. gallagher's lawyers call this an attempt to uncover leaks to the media, gallagher is accused of murdering isis prisoner while serving in iraq. >> the pentagon could lay out plans to send 10,000 us troops to the middle east to beef up defenses against iran. officials have not made a final decision and no word if the president would approve the request was the uss lincoln was deployed to the persian gulf. defense officials say presence is artie working to deter attacks. >> democrats to move on from the, quote, phony investigations. carley: he is suggesting nothing will get done until the left

accept the findings of the mueller report. >> the blame game is just getting started. it was a fascinating one. >> just when you thought washington could not get swampy are the president and speaker of the house have a public spat over whether or not the commander-in-chief had a temper tantrum. interrupted yesterday on the heels of what was supposed to be a meeting on infrastructure the first item on donald you can't do it under these circumstances so get these phony investigations over with. >> reporter: nancy pelosi left

the meeting with her caucus about impeachment and told reporters the administration engaged in a cover-up. when meeting with the president in an hour. when donald trump went into the west wing meeting he never sat down. and when the speaker began to respond he walked out on her. >> what what happened in the white house would make it rock. this was not a spontaneous move on the president's part. >> it was lack of confidence on his part that he couldn't match the greatness of the challenge. heather: donald trump says he won't work with democrats on anything substantive until they drop all their investigations but as of last night house democrats have another feather in the cap, a new federal ruling out of new york saying. a bank and capital one, donald trump's lenders can turn over his financial documents in response to house subpoenas.

rob: thanks so much. the judge will decide whether to use jussie smollett's case public. several are fighting to gain access to his it records which were sealed when prosecutors dropped all charges against him after the alleged hate crime hoax. michelle obama's former chief of staff declines to be served in subpoena in connection to the case. the order would require tina chen to appear and turn over all communications she had with prosecutor kim fox. retired illinois judge is fighting to appoint a special prosecutor in that case. after slapped retaliatory tariffs on

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>> this president is obstructing justice and is engaged in a cover-up and that could be an impeachable offense. as they say the cover-up is frequently worse than the crime. carley: democrats dive head first and their narrative that donald trump is covering his tracks.

rob: the department of justice just agreed to share the mueller documents the left has been demanding as the president says he has been very transparent. heather: thank you for being with us today. a really big thing happened yesterday that got buried in the headlines of the failed infrastructure meeting and the doj sharing more documents related to the mueller investigation. why did william barr decide to do this and what does it mean for the overall ongoing investigation? >> the democrats have never been interested in fact or truth regarding the entire narrative surrounding their collusion claims. this is going to change anything. the doj has been fully compliant through this process and it is reasonable for them to release what documents they can under the law. it is also important to point out as of tuesday when this agreement was reached the doj

said not one democrat has gone in and said they would be willing to see the unredacted mueller report, this is kabuki theater, and continue to perpetuate this narrative. the doj is releasing what documents they can under law but this is not going to change the bottom line the trump has been fully vindicated and there's no collusion, no obstruction of justice, that's not going to change regardless of the democrats narrative. rob: do you know what these underlying documents are? millions of pages of documents from this 2-year investigation? >> typically i haven't reviewed the documents myself but in an investigation you have a lot of documents that are production of attorney work product. when i was a defense attorney you had pages of witness testimony and a lot of different things that you uncovered that

ultimately go to the conclusion mueller reached that there is no evidence whatsoever here. the documents aren't going to be helpful for the democrats narrative. they are trying to shape the narrative that there is some kind of cover-up because they haven't seen the actual documents. rob: fishing for information for 2020. opposition research. carley: adam schiff wanted to see these documents too. a lot of bipartisan support but after they go over these documents they will want to investigate robert mueller and all that. that said, recent poll just announced, a monmouth poll says 39% say the president should be impeached compared to 56% who say he shouldn't.

a majority of people say democrats need to move on. >> that is really important the american people are recognizing the democrats failed narrative isn't going to hold water anymore. the mueller report shows there is no legal basis for collusion so no legal basis to invoke impeachment whatsoever, democrats trying to hate on trump so for republicans saying we would like to see these documents it is because the president has been fully transparent, the white house will be complied every step of the way with the mueller investigation. these documents are not a cover-up. it is going to the legal conclusion there's nothing going on here so this is going to be helpful for democrats in 2020, just trying to continue beating a dead horse to say there is a cover-up, to continue to pivot their narrative, nothing is going on here. they need to move on and it is telling the american people are tired of the democrats obstruction of a very decent and hard-working president who is

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rob: washington the latest west coast state to passing to where he protection, j inslee signed a bill prohibiting police from working with customs enforcement and directly asking about a person's immigration status unless it pertains to criminal investigation. the president of candidate think we will not be complicit in the trump administration's depraved efforts to break up hard-working immigrant and refugee families. california and oregon have similar laws. carley: john hickenlooper rolling out his wish list for

gun control suggesting gun licensing, universal background checks and magazine capacity limits. is raising the purchasing age to 21. he also wants to provide mental health services for kids, to identify potential threats. rob: a fired cafeteria worker lost her job when she gave a student with no money a free lunch. the district originally demanded she be rehired after the story went national. now they say she tried to cover the incidence up according to the new hampshire union leader, the student's mom said she messaged her son and asked him to hide the fact she gave him free food. carley: that will fire people up. is a time to think about the future at a very young age? >> have a seat.

>> are you kidding? carley: parents want their kids to prepare for a career when they are 51/2 years old according to a toy association survey. rob: 56% of parents have a specific career in mind. 75% of them say they hope their child pursues a career in science, technology, engineering, the arts or math. carley: if the toy association is doing a survey for kids it shouldn't be about their future. 26 minutes after the are. and accusation so appalling it had to be struck from the congressional record. >> at this point with five kids that have died, 5000 separated from their families i feel like the evidence is clear that this is intentional.

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rob: we are back with an extreme weather alert, people across missouri taking shelter as violent tornadoes tear across the state. carley: officials are making sure damages not trapping people in their homes. rob: a big city, very scary. senior meteorologist janice dean with more on where this appreciate -- severe weather threat is. >> look at the tornado reports over the last several days, severe weather outbreak underway.

tornado watches and warnings into central missouri and illinois where we have potential for tornadoes. we had an early tornado in central missouri and severe thunderstorm warning moving into illinois. we talked about what to do, a watch means be prepared, a warning means seek shelter immediately, sellers are the safest. stay away from windows because of potential flying degree. noaa weather radio so important. if the power goes out it can tell you there is a watch or warning. 40 people and the risk today. large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes, the threat continues and the flooding heading into the weekend, several inches of rain for saturated ground, flash flood

watches and warnings for all the cities affected by severe weather and all of this moves down from missouri, we are following the story for the next several days. carley: the house coming off into the river is unbelievable. rob: we are with the american taliban fighter captured just months after the 9/11 attacks. john walker lind served 17 of his 20 year sentence despite proof he supports terror groups from behind bars. he will be barred from having a passport and will need permission to obtain internet connected devices. >> donald trump threatening to end legislative discussions on the democrats move on from the mueller report. the president scrapping and

infrastructure meeting after nancy pelosi accused the administration of a cover-up. rob: what the ticket jussie smollett's case files public. several are looking for the sealed records, prosecutors dropped all charges against him in his alleged hate crime hoax. carley: a fire exchange on capitol hill. lauren underwood colin migrant children deaths in us custody and intentional policy at the border. rob: we learned a sixth child in us custody died last year. carley: of the kratz are trying to score political points on the tragedy. >> reporter: the death of a child, tragedy whenever it happens didn't stop democratic congresswoman lauren underwood from insinuating that doj played a role in killing the child and that did not sit well with the

dhs chief. >> with 5 kids the died, 5000 separated. the evidence is clear this is intentional. it is intentional. it is a policy choice made on purpose by this administration and it is cruel and inhumane. >> that is an appalling accusation, we work hard to protect people in custody every day. >> reporter: the comments during the hearing of the house homeland security committee so incendiary they were taken down from the record. members of the 2020 democratic field trying to score political points off the tragedy. elizabeth warren stating, quote, congress and republicans, the steps you are taking to protect children in custody. children are dying and cvp must do more to add to the string of tragedies. beto o'rourke calling it a cover-up adding he is demanding an immediate and complete

investigation into her death. the president weighing in on the immigration crisis tweeting democrats don't want to fix loopholes at the border or do anything, open borders and crime. the white house pushing back against a bloomberg report claiming two miles of border wall have been built so far. a senior administration official telling the daily caller there are currently 120 miles of new or replacement wall being constructed the bloomberg article is false. heather: thanks. rob: bernie sanders talking about money and politics, he does not like it. his first presidential run in 2015. >> will not give me a lot of money even if i wanted it. one of us has raised $15000000 from wall street. the only way we will win this election and create a government

and economy that works for all is with a grassroots movement. rob: now that joe biden is in the race and sanders is no longer the garlic he seems willing to court some of that big money by opening his campaign to all donors. here to react a senior writer and editor of the heritage foundation, thanks for coming on. why is bernie doing this? >> reporter: obviously getting nervous with joe biden in the race and is desperate for money. this is so blatantly hypocritical not just for bernie sanders but everything he stands for. self-proclaimed socialist has no problem taking money from people who have profited from our capitalist system. this would be no problem if he didn't spend so many years railing against big money in politics. he called hillary clinton's fundraising a scheme but has no problem doing it himself. very hypocritical.

rob: look at bernie's fundraising for 2020, $20 million so far. let how many contributions he has had. it is the donors. 84% of his donors are small donors. his campaign is the campaign people desire. nobody likes big money donors or lobbying groups. how dramatically will those numbers change now that it appears he will invite big money guys? >> reporter: this is new for bernie sanders so we have to wait and see if big dollar donors want to fund someone calling for socialist policies. we heard yesterday he came out against charter schools which helped minorities, minority students throughout the country. i will be curious to see how many big donor dollars support campaign because it is the younger generation who have a

strange affiliation to socialism that are funding him through small dollar donations and that should alarm all of us. whether he is bringing in big money or not, the fact that he is able to raise so many donations by young millennials, 43% in a recent poll view socialism favorably. rob: there is hypocrisy in bernie sanders, part of the evidence, 3 homes made 7 figures off of the book, and telling everybody they have to share from this big collective pile. in defense of bernie sanders arianne a jones says this is an opportunity to engage with supporters on the ground, grassroots organization, and they get beyond the ticket price which is low while appreciate it is up to them. they are saying we are keeping access for people who don't have

a lot of money to donate if they want to donate. >> that is perfectly fine for any other candidate who hasn't spent their entire career railing against big money in politics but because bernie sanders chose to go down that path, he is turning a different way and i think it is worth pointing out in 2015 he made $1 million, less then 1% to charity. rob: and didn't volunteer extra money in taxes, calling for everybody else. we do appreciate it. carley: a coordinated attack in benghazi claimed american lives but according to chris cuomo the hearings were a political charade. >> why are you pushing back with benghazi? we are talking about the president of the united states. >> it took years of hearings and was a political charade. rob: he called benghazi a sham during attends on air debate.

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rob: chris cuomo defending democrats push to investigate the mueller probe by focusing on the benghazi attack controversy. watch what he did. >> nothing, if there was

obstruction, chris, why are you pushing back with benghazi? we are talking about the president of the united states. >> it was a political charade. rob: four americans including christopher stevens died in the benghazi attack at the government facility in libya in 2012. jillian: congresswoman alarm tweeting not sure if he was fully awake. maybe he meant to reclaim his time back to sleep. listen to this. the neurosurgeon firing back, i know what it is like to actually be sleepy especially after 18 our surgeries and operating on babies. i hope congresswoman omar knows i care about all people even though she doesn't recognize as having a right to life. chevrolet introducing new technology to make sure your teens are staying safe on the road.

rob: the buckle to drive technology. >> this is the buckle to drive feature that will be unveiled in 2020 chevy models, the traverse, malibu and colorado. it does not allow the driver to shift for 20 seconds until they buckle up. this is especially crucial as statistics say 40% of teen drivers admit to not buckling up. this is all part of the teen driver mode in the chevy vehicles. they are just adding to this. within that teen driving mode it allows parents to set speed limits, radio volume as well. carley: the best time to book a flight this summer. >> there is a sweet spot when you are looking to book a flight.

if you are traveling domestically you don't want to book further ahead than three months or two to four weeks if you're flying internationally, start a little earlier. 5 months or four weeks ahead of the time you want to travel. ticket prices do go up after june 23rd which is two days after the start of summer. they start to drop around august 20th. the cheapest day to book a flight or fly is tuesday or wednesday. be on the lookout. rob: let's check in with steve doocy live from the uss new york. have some friends, thanks for joining us live from the hudson. official addition of "fox and friends" from the uss new york celebrating fleet week. here on the ship we will be joined by members of our military, special guests including secretary of state

mike pompeo dropping by live. former commissioner greg kelly, what is he up to these days? newt gingrich will talk about the news of the week and he used to be speaker talking about nancy pelosi and what she said yesterday as speaker of the house and donald trump junior the son of the president who as it turns out just got a book deal. we will be joined by two bands, we have the annual navy versus marine fleet week tug-of-war. was going to win? navy or marines? thank you very much. we have a busy 3 hours kicking off 12 minutes from now right here on the channel you trust for your fleet week news. we will be right back blan.

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heather: in a few hours american taliban terrorist john walker lind will be a free man. as early release, 17 years behind bars sparking outrage nationwide. the daughter of mike spann calling into slap in the face. new york senator maggie hassan joins us live, thank you for being with us and for shining a light on this. a lot of people are upset he is about to walk free from prison, you wrote a letter along with republican senator richard shelby to the bureau of prisons warning against his release. do you think he is a national security threat? >> thank you for having me on and i want to say to mike

spann's family my heart goes out to you. i'm so site for the pain and grief you still experience and i am very concerned about the early release of john walker lind. we need to make sure there is a proper threat assessment before somebody convicted of the terrorist offenses released from prison and i am concerned the bureau of prisons doesn't have the tools or programs to do that. in addition to john walker lind we have 108 federal prisoners convicted of terrorist offenses due to be released in the next 5 years. i was glad to join senator shelby in demanding some answers here. we need to make sure we are dealing with this unique threat and we need some answers. carley: this is somebody who converted to islam as a teenager

living in california, moved to afghanistan, met with usama bin laden. he was with the taliban on 9/11 and was present when taliban prisoners killed johnny michael spann who was a former cia operative and us marine. a lot of people awestruck by the fact the only receive 20 years of prison. was initially under sentence in your opinion? >> mike spann was an american hero and we should recognize that each and every day and recognize the sacrifice he made and the sacrifices family continues to make. i am concerned about this case and looking forward and equally concerned john walker lind continued to espouse terrorist ideology in prison as recently as 2015. he said isis is doing a great job in a letter to a news agency and in 2017 is reported to have

still supported terrorist ideology. that is why it is critical that these terrorist offenders have access in prison to the kind of programs that might prevent recidivism, change their behavior and incredibly important the bureau in prisons has a way to assess the threat and inform any probation entity about what that threat is. we need to look at this problem is the new problem, the real threat. these terrorist offenders if they commit this crime again have potential of a huge impact on taking american lives. we have to acknowledge that and come up with different and new ways of assessing these threats. carley: he is expected to live in northern virginia. do they go far enough? thank you for being with us.

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