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and we want to thank every police officer, every firefighter and all the first responders for the effort to keep us safe every day. as we pause to remember we begin with a fox news alert donald trump searching for a new national security adviser after john bolton hands in his resignation. the cabinet shakeup sparking immediate debate. griff jenkins joins us from washington dc with what that means for the administration and who can take bolton's place, has people guessing. >> the search is on and the next national security adviser, the fourth and three years will come from a pool serving in the administration, the white house says his policies don't align with the president on issues like afghanistan, iran and north korea. among the names being floated

this morning, rick brunel, current ambassador to germany, on his senior advisor to iran, mike pence's national security adviser and the president's heather: the war in afghanistan point man on north korea. has been raging 18 years and the senator lindsey graham says seemingly endless fight coming whoever it is they need to get on the same page with the up the cost of american lives. administration. >> what are looking for? what will it take to achieve someone who can work with the department of defense, stood piece? a mother whose son was killed in back up. afghanistan and the vice >> reporter: there is that he said he said matter of how it president for moms for america, thank you for joining us. went down. white house aides said he fired bolton, bolton's forces that he you and so many other families across the country remember loved ones lost as a result of felt blindsided after the president tweeted his version of events saying he told bolton his services were no longer needed, i asked john for his resignation what happened on 9/11. your son fighting in afghanistan which was given to me this morning. i thank john for his service, a among the 2000 us forces and fatalities that have happened new national security adviser next week. since 2001. bolton his resignation letter was short and to the point, i

>> doing what he is created to do. resigned, thanks for the opportunity. that speaks volumes. his version of eventss i offered to resign last night, donald trump said let's talk about it tomorrow. while we wait for the president's replacement bolton's and i am at peace with that. deputy will be acting advisor. what i'm not at peace with his the longest war in america's heather: always something happening, thank you so much. history fought by, sophisticated fox news alert, a chilling start equipment. to the 18th annivers somehow, somehow our leaders as a rocket explodes near the us embassy in afghanistan, sirens blaring is a plume of smoke was manage to allow an enemy to be formidable -- i don't want to live in anger. i know what he did what he was seen rising over couple. it is not clear who is responsible, which comes days after donald trump called off supposed to do, we had a war peace talks with the taliban. and all clear has been given, no that by and these are my words my words only, spineless coward one injured. the us invaded afghanistan in who had no will to win and for that i'm very upset. 2001 after the 9/11 attacks. as newly released video of the heather: so many deaths, not just your son but 6000 total.

us military bombing and isis infested island in iraq, you can see the chilling moment as in afghanistan and iraq, warplanes drop 80,000 pounds of currently have 14,000 troops in laserguided bombs, critical afghanistan. terror path. the american-led coalition in terms of national security calling a major transit hub for isis fighters going in and out of syria. adviser john bolton who either breaking overnight powerful resigned or fired, one or the other. does that give you hope that tornadoes of a path of destruction in south dakota. donald trump is going to keep his word and get our troops out winds up to 80 miles an hour of afghanistan? >> i do have hoping that. causing significant damage in sioux falls. look at this hospital left in one thing that does bother me, ruins. no one was seriously injured in i'm trying to find out what transpires with this whole thing with talks with taliban. this. as far as i am concerned, to think we would sit at a table emergency crews rescuing people with the taliban, the taliban trapped in the rubble overnight. 10,000 homes are without power. burn women and children alive, police warning people to stay home to avoid downed power lines and trees. they murder, the taliban killed my son.

there is no such thing as forming a peace bridge with the taliban and. it is ludicrous behavior. overnight, and appeals court here we are or of the same. clears the way for donald trump's asylum restrictions. the ninth circuit temporarily hosting an injunction by a judge we've got leaders who have been in san francisco. managing this war and i say and it's because that is the term the white house policy denies asylum to immigrants entering the us if they pass through another country. they use. you don't manage a war, you win the trump administration asked a war. you manage a business. these leaders who sat around the supreme court to weigh in. draped in linen and restricted rules of engagement and patted mexico will not act as a so-called safe third country for asylum-seekers despite requests from the united states. themselves on the back and told themselves they are great that agreement would mean us down asylum-seekers traveling humanitarians, how many casualties, civilian casualties through mexico would have to in afghanistan, all the while watching american sons and claim asylum in mexico. the foreign minister calling the daughters die. heather: what about the fact move, quote, unnecessary due to a significant decrease in border that they were allegedly going crossings and there have been a to have that meeting at camp david on this week of all weeks? 62% drop in border arrests since may. on the campaign trail, a big >> i am so offended by that. if that was the plan i'm so offended by that i can barely

stand it. night, major victory for what really bothers me is the republicans. fact that proves to me that our dan bishop winning a hotly leadership does not understand contested special how selection this enemy. in north carolina. >> tonight was the first step toward taking back the house of representatives in 2020 to keep this country on a path to prosperity because under this they don't understand two men were killed in green and blue attacks, a 24-year-old private president america is great first class, brandon fraser who was 20 years old, they don't again. >> the state senator beating democrat dan mccready one day understand this enemy and that is why we have not been able to win this war. we had everything we needed to defeat them and i thank god for every man and woman, it was a needed war. you joining us after donald trump stumped for bishop at a rally in north carolina. in a separate special house election also in north carolina on this day. republican greg murphy claiming victory over alan thomas. donald trump tweeting a big night for the republican party, congratulations to all. once again our hearts and our thanks go to your family and so today we honor the victims of many others who have been impacted by this 18 year war in afghanistan following 9/11. thank you. we will be right back. the 9/11 terror attacks and

donald trump will attend and for up to 100% of your home's value. observance ceremony at the pentagon where one of the hijacked planes crashed 18 years thank you, admiral. so if you need money for your family, call newday usa. ago today. 184 people were killed there. the vice president, pence, will speak at the flight 93 national memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania. as we mentioned, another bombing in kabul marks the start of the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attack days after peace talks with the taliban are called off. any path forward. he joins us now. live from ground 0. what about this?

a off peace talks with the taliban moving forward? >> 18 years after the attacks that led to afghanistan? we can declare peace and leave. you need to create conditions the enemy knows they have to end that war on your terms. the taliban remains strong, the peace deal selling internally with propaganda, it is better than a bad deal. talking to folks in kabul and afghanistan you've got to step back to the table, keep taking the fight to the enemy which is hard for people to hear. how do we end it? sometimes you have to ramp up

even more in a far-flung place across the globe, 14,000 troops in afghanistan and we are not going to nation build, we are not going to change the underlying factors of the people of afghanistan for the long-term. if we could build allies who will make sure we fight them there so they can'trearm remains national security prerogative. it is ambiguous, the writing to walk away from the table, but we think more about it on a day like this. heather: nationbuilding, pulling troops out of afghanistan, specifically that among a lot of issues between donald trump and his national security adviser john bolton, let's bring up donald trump's tweet on what happened, i asked john for his resignation which was given to

me this morning. i thank john for his service. i will be naming a new national security adviser next week. how will this impact what is happening in afghanistan? >> reporter: john bolton was a more hawkish voice who brought healthy tension to the administration because he had a different view than the instinct of donald trump but ultimately as we saw a lot of decisions make a counter to what john bolton believes that the kind of guy you bring to a meeting and say we can unleash john bolton and his perspective on you if things don't go the way we want. it is unfortunate he is leaving. the president has the right to heather: college athletes closer to getting paid. the state assembly passing the advisors he wants. we will see the next chapter. fair pay to play actors allowing >> reporter: he intends to athletes to use their likeness to make money on endorsement appoint someone by next week. on this day, with -- as a veteran, share with us your thoughts on 9/11. deals, not allowed by the ncaa. it is a for a vote in the state >> reporter: 18 years is the age senate friday. the ncaa says they are monitoring the process. the highest military honors for

of someone graduating high school. you realize a whole generation of people are being raised with deserving canines. no memory of 9/11. >> canine metal. and anniversary like this makes me contemplate whether we can have the collective memory to >> they awarded the canine metal realize the scope of what we are of courage for their, quote, extraordinary power and service. up against with islamists around that wraps up this hour of "fox the globe continuing to seek our and friends first," thank you for joining us on this 9/11. destruction. color isis, al qaeda, the taliban, they are cut from the same cloth and we can try to quit the wars and pretend we are not fighting but they are at war with us, a radical islamist view >> it is wednesday, september 11th and mrs. fox news alert, john bolton out as national security adviser. a major shakeup comes at a of the world. one of the things we need to critical time for the trump remember is the 3000 we lost in administration. pennsylvania and dc are not lost afghan playbook that measures up to this job, we are live in in vain even if the wars after the more complicated. as long as we keep focused on washington with the short list. the fact that as freedom loving people we have to keep going every single day. they are counting on us to get plus a clean sweep in north tired or get weary. carolina. dan bishop and greg murphy picking up two seat in the 9/11 we steal our resolve and house. jillian: democrats admitted is thanks to donald trump.

will this be for things to come commit to making sure we live worthy of the sacrifice of those who lost on that day. in 2020. heather: we appreciate you ted cruz teaming up with alyssa milano on gun-control. sharing with us this morning, thank you. rob: this unlikely duo, "fox and friends first" continues right now. a fox news alert, national security adviser john bolton is out, the war in afghanistan rages on. what happens next and what impact will it have on dealing with the taliban, north korea and iran? former cia officer says bolton's departure sets the stage for big debate in washington.

20 a fox news alert, john bolton out, the president now on the hunt for his next national security adviser is the us tries

to find a way to end the war in afghanistan. counterterrorism officer dan gabriel, thanks for joining us. what are your thoughts? surprised john bolton is out? >> from his first day, probably a personality clash. most certainly a difference in ideology. we will see that now. john bolton was more than interventionist and the president's instincts are more to remove -- to focus inward. that played out for the last year and a half, to see who replaces him but we've got to get our house in order, today of all days, not have a national security adviser. heather: afghanistan was the last straw but let's look at

bolton other key policy points. he advocated withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal, supporter removal from the un human rights council, let efforts to drop out of the inf treaty. >> john bolton brought skepticism to the dealmaking style donald trump has. trust but verify when you sign on the dotted line. heather: speaking of trust or lack thereof when it comes to leaks in this white house the cia blasting reports the agency pulled a high level spy out of russia because of donald trump. how does this lead to leaking and how dangerous is it and that turned out not to be true. >> a couple things. regardless of the reasons, the initial insights the cia wanted to pull this guy out those 22016

before trump was president. it is more egregious than what nbc had done which was correspondence to this guy's story. that -- >> how did they find that out? that is the issue here. >> it could be a leak, whether it is a justice department investigation. shannon: should there be? there are calls for that. >> human intelligence is the most fragile component because it deals with humans and families as well. when you're dealing with an asset in a place like russia, you have consideration for what families are experiencing. heather: what will they do now? you have his address out there. >> we know the russians have a tendency if they want to settle

the score all over the place. in terms of replacing that capability that is gone forever. they will never have that in place working for the cia. >> thank you for coming in. we appreciate your insight on that story. 20 minutes after the top of the hour. an unlikely duo in washington. alyssa milano and senator ted cruz teamed up to talk gun-control. >> i am asking you and begging you to have the courage to lead. >> the much more effective ways to focus on the bad guys rather than law-abiding citizens. the 20 carly shimkus has the sitdown coming up.

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and this is an epidemic. >> what i think is effective is focusing on the bad guys. focusing on felons and fugitives and those with serious mental illnesses. heather: senator ted cruz and alyssa milano teaming up to talk about gun-control legislation. carly shimkus with serious xm 115 here with reaction on social media. >> caller: it actually happened, a reach across the aisle. this started in a twitter spat and they agreed to it after a twitter back and forth live streamed on social media so during the hour-long conversation, milano in trendelenburg who lost his daughter in a school shooting encouraged ted cruz to support

expanded background checks. he disagreed and said he proposed a measure that would make federal background checks databases more accurate. after the meeting senator ted cruz released a statement saying today's meeting was productive and respectful and i appreciate alyssa's willingness to come here with an open mind. alyssa milano adding we can't fall violence by talking only with people who agree with us. i am grateful for the opportunity to speak to ted cruz. this is met with a lot of support on social media. this is an example of people with different points of the working together to solve a problem. gary says this is a good thing, more of this, it would look good on all of you if you didn't come out of the calling names which they didn't. another twitter user said this was amazing to watch, both sides have an open dialogue. we need this. there positions remain unchanged

but they did talk about toning down the rhetoric and the meeting ended with a hug. heather: had cruz asked for the meeting, let's sit down and talk. >> caller: very heated on social media but the conversation was very civil. heather: members of the new york mets and new york giants visiting with new york at the bravest to commemorate the anniversary of 9/11. >> the tweet saying led by pitcher stephen max that is true 32 program, they made the trip to latter 138 in queens, the visit was to commemorate the anniversary of 9/11. the giants releasing these photos and a tweet saying in honor of 9/11 we had to new york city to visit engine 3 letter 12 with the brave firefighters that

protect our city, never forget. a day of reflection. heather: much more to come. two men forever connected to the september 11th attacks. he was on duty that day, and the man who killed usama bin laden, both men visiting for september 11th museum. >> one of the first things you see is a picture taken of the world trade center at 8:30 a.m.. heather: the powerful tour as we remember the victims of 9/11. ♪ ve servedhonorably.ry whether it's two years, four years or thirty-two years like myself. one of the benefits we as a country give our veterans is eligibility for a va loan for up to 100% of your home's value.

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heather: a look at our top headlines this morning.

the president searching for a new national security adviser after john bolton hand in his resignation, the president tweeting i disagree strongly with many of his suggestions as did others in the administration. the president plans to name his replacement next week. a victory for republicans overnight, dan bishop winning a hotly contested house election in north carolina. the state senator beating dan mccready one day after the president some for bishop at a rally. on the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks first responders urge congress to reopen the 9/11 investigation. officials don't believe the towers should have collapsed like they did. two new york fire commissioners plan to launch the justice for 9/11 heroes campaign. the trump administration looking to plug a leak that led to reports the cia was forced to

pull a high level spy out of russia. todd pyro joins us as questions are raised about how and why such sensitive information was revealed in the first place. >> reporter: those are the questions they are trying to get to the bottom of following this report. >> the presently involved in the discussion says the removal was driven in part by concerns donald trump and his administration mishandled classified intelligence which could contribute to exposing the source as a spy. >> reporter: that led to this unequivocal denial from the cia, quote, misguided speculation the president's handling of the nation's most sensitive intelligence which he has access to each and every day drove and alleged exfiltration operation is inaccurate. there was this blistering rebuke from the secretary of state. >> i don't talk about things like this very often.

only the occasion when there is something that puts people at risk where the reporting is so egregious to create enormous risk high comment in the way i just did. >> reporter: how did this life-and-death information leak in the first place? placing the blame squarely on a former obama advisor whose name you have heard before when it comes to the leaks. >> this story was leaked by john brennan who gave the name and address of the agent to nbc news, the cia people who leaked this story in former cia are the same ones who leaked the story to the new york times originally. brennan is the father of these, he should be investigated fully and thoroughly. >> reporter: doug collins calling for an investigation. the white house saying the reporting was dangerous. cia advocates with their own identity, information they

expect the government to protect, are safe from being reported this morning. heather: thank you. media reporter for the hills says there are bigger ramifications to the leak beyond the potential retraction. they publish name and address could have put the informant in very real danger. >> possible deadly ramifications could be at stake. for the cia to make a public statement debunking this report calling it misguided because the story is that egregious. i've never seen that before. look at the big picture. cnn has hired ten x fbi, cia or intelligence officials during the trump administration alone. the last hire was andrew mccabe relied about leaking to the press three times under oath. that was why he was fired and he's hired by a news

organization he may have leaked to. you hear about state tv, this is living proof exists. heather: first, a fox news alert, a renewed hunt for a married couple wanted for murder. a us marshall says the plaintiff susan barksdale could be anywhere in the us possibly living off the grid with friends. they escapes custody last month while being extradited from new york to arizona. it is believed they are driving this red gmc pickup truck. blaine barksdale on the us marshals most wanted list. the reward for capture, $25,000. a man accused of trying to cover up his criminal past by murdering his wife, making his first court appearance charged with murder in domestic violence. a nuclear complaint suggests he didn't want heather waters to

testify against him in another case. that could be connected to a january incident where he is accused of attacking her while she held a child. heather's body was found friday after being missing since july. today on the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks the 911 museum will be closed to the public so families of the victims can remember the tragic day in private. it is emotional for anyone especially those with a connection to that day. rob o'neill, the man who killed usama bin laden and the former nypd commissioner who was on duty on 9/11, together they toward the september 11th memorial museum.

>> september 11, 2001, i was already enlisted in germany and we were doing business as usual and the towers were hit. the name usama bin laden, we knew this attack would not have happened. on that morning my staff came, a plane hit tower one. this is where tower 2 was at the time. there was this enormous explosion. i could hear them yelling about a second attack but just hit tower to. at that point i realized we were under attack. >> i worked the city of new york as a volunteer firefighter for 23 years, the events of september 11th. >> this museum is the footprint of where everything happened. >> everything that was hear from 18 years ago. one of the first things you will see, one of the last known

pictures, taken at 8:30 a.m. on september 11, 2001. >> the blue spots, how call him everything was, how beautiful everything was. >> this is lady liberty. some patches remind me of the national response three days after the attack on the towers and i noticed a bunch of guys uniforms and i am looking at these guys and said commissioner, we took our vacation time, and we saw the smoke. the damage to this is representative of the hundreds that we lost on that day, these vehicles are meant to protect

first responders and on that day, as a result of power, the enormity. >> it speaks for everyone. the nypd, people coming down and doing what they do. ♪ >> this last column represents the strength of every person, 1.8 million tons of steel and debris fell. this piece did not collapse like everything else. >> it was an honor to be in that area when the last piece was pulled out. >> not a navy seal. how lucky we were.

helping people. so we are just about coming to the end. >> it is surreal but an honor because of the way chronologically the museum is laid out. this is the end of it. 22 other shirts just like it. this one was one that i wore. >> the day the members of seal team 6 took out the man responsible, i don't think there was anybody happier than we were. >> we didn't do it for ourselves. we did for the country, for the people who died in washington dc.

heather: later today donald trump will attend a memorial ceremony at the pentagon where american airlines flight 77 crashed and mike pence will attend a ceremony in shanksville, pennsylvania to honor the lives lost on united airlines flight 93. we will be right back.

heather: the sixth person has died from a lung disease linked to vapeing, she was over 50 and had a history of health problems. she became seriously ill when she started vapeing. three teenagers hospitalized, one of them, whitney livingston, is on a ventilator after vapeing for two weeks. there seems to be no cure. abortion consume he outlawed in south carolina. state senators meeting on the bench would ban the procedure

after a fetal heartbeat is detected. the bill easily passed the house and has the support of the governor. in texas getting access to abortion just got easier. austin setting aside $150,000 to provide low-income women with logistical support like travel and childcare. apple unveils its highly anticipated iphone 11 upgrading cameras and battery life. tracy carrasco here with more on the new model. we talked about what would be involved in this but now we know. >> reporter: some of the rumors were true and some were not. apple did avail three new iphones which is what we were expecting, the iphone 11 phone will replace the 10s. the 11 prowess 5.8 inches, the 11 pro max is 6.5 inches, the starting price, $999 for the 11

pro, 1099 for the 11 pro max, you get a longer battery life, a more advanced camera, new colors like this will be added. then we got the iphone 11 that would replace the 10 are that will also have a more advanced camera, new color, faster chips, that will be 6.1 inches. most impressive is the starting price, $699, for the 64 gb model. these phones will be available starting september 20th. apple also unveiling a number of other things like the apple one series 5, the seventh generation ipad. and also the apple tv prescription service starting at $4.99 a month. heather: definitely what we were anticipating when we talked about it yesterday with you. the time, 15 until the top of the hour.

18 years after 9/11 american troops are still fighting in afghanistan in america's longest war. with these talks off the table, servicemembers and families wondering if there is still no end insight. a mother who lost her son says she is flat-out angry and she joins us live to respond.