rob: we appreciate it. of courage for their, quote, extraordinary power and service. that wraps up this hour of "fox and friends first," thank you for joining us on this 9/11. 10 minutes after the hour. isis infiltration up in smoke, us warplanes unleashing bombs, what we know about the now. are rated -- >> it is wednesday, september 11th and mrs. fox news alert, john bolton out as national security adviser. a major shakeup comes at a jillian: after a misguided critical time for the trump report by high-level cia, how dangerous is it intel like this administration. guy out. afghan playbook that measures up a former member of the to this job, we are live in intelligence community joins us to answer that question next. washington with the short list. this is the family who wanted to connect... and find inspiration in new places. plus a clean sweep in north carolina. dan bishop and greg murphy picking up two seat in the leading them to discover: house. jillian: democrats admitted is we're woven together by the moments we share. everything you need, thanks to donald trump. will this be for things to come all in one place. expedia. in 2020. ted cruz teaming up with alyssa milano on gun-control. rob: this unlikely duo, "fox and friends first" continues right now.

♪ america ♪ god done shed his grace on thee ♪ he crowned by good ♪ rob: a live look at lower manhattan 18 years ago, 9/112001. good morning to you. "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. jillian: thanks for starting the .. day with us this morning. we begin with a fox news alert,

donald trump, a new national security adviser after john bolton hands in his resignation. rob: the shakeup sparking immediate debate in washington. griff jenkins joins us from washington, who is taking john bolton's voice? >> the fourth national security adviser, serving in the administration. they did not align with the president and issues like afghanistan, iran and north korea. the current ambassador to germany, brian houck, senior advisor to iran, keith kellogg, mike pence's national security adviser and stephen dagan, the point man on north korea. lindsey graham says they need to get a page. >> he can work with his partner for interagency, stood back up.

>> there is a he said he said matter, the white house says the president fired bolton. bolton says he quit after donald trump tweeted his services were no longer needed and said i asked john for his resignation which was given to me this morning. john, i thank you for his service, i will need a new national security adviser next week. bolton's resignation letter, and a different version saying i offered to resign last night and donald trump said let's talk about it tomorrow. the spat not lost on democrats, elizabeth warren, the american people are better off without john bolton. the world will be better off when the man who hired him is rob: national security adviser out as well. john bolton is out. we should replace him as the us tries to end the war in bolton's deputy will serve as. afghanistan? jillian: tom rayburn here this is morning. do you have a couple names in >> in the next few minutes.

rob: breaking overnight mind? >> four candidates in the last few days. situation causing a path of destruction in south dakota. richard brunel would be an outstanding choice. mean storm, the twister causing the other three are just as qualified. significant damage in sioux falls. take a look at the hospital left in ruins. what this administration needs is someone who will continue part of what john bolton did and nobody was seriously hurt. to throw the question of what if. that is one thing john bolton emergency crew is wrestling was good at. people trapped under rubble, 10,000 homes are without power, when he served under previous people to stay home and avoid downed power lines. administrations. looking at things were different perspective the president likes to have all options. >> overnight, clearing the way it is ultimately a decision. for asylum restrictions. rob: many of our enemies the ninth circuit temporarily lifting an injunction one day including iran specifically are happy to see john bolton out of after was put in place by a their. does that concern you at all? judge in san francisco. white house policy denies assignment immigrants entering >> john bolton was out at the last north korea summit. the us if they pass through

another country. the trump administration asked the supreme court to weigh in. you saw the distance from the rob: a major victory for administration when it came to venezuela and iran. republicans, dan bishop winning a special house election in north carolina. >> tonight was the first step he was sidelined and without toward taking back the house of even speaking. heather: let's look at how this representatives in 2022 keep this country on a path to played out publicly, john bolton's letter of resignation prosperity. under this president america is great again. says, quote, i hereby resign rob: this was a big election. effective immediately as a state senator beating dan assistant the president for national security affairs. thank you for having afforded me mccready one day after the this opportunity to serve our country and the president send a tweet on his departure saying, president stumped at a big rally in north carolina. quote, i informed john bolton his services are no longer needed at the white house, i in a separate election in north carolina republican greg murphy disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions as did others in the administration and no secret in victory over democrat alan they clashed on many issues. thomas. donald trump tweeting a big night for the republican party, congratulations to all. >> john is very abrasive. jillian: we honor the victims of he can be the adult in the room. the 9/11 terror attacks, donald 's resignation letters a lot about his personality, abrupt, trump will attend observance ceremony at the pentagon where short, sweet. one of the hijacked planes it didn't surprise me but the

way he put it out. crashed 18 years ago today. 184 people were killed. rob: let's look at john bolton's mike pence will speak at the flight 93 national memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania. 40 passengers and crew members policies, some bullet points, he had withdrew from the iran nuclear deal, supported removal from the un human rights council died trying to regain control of the plane from hijackers. and that the efforts to drop out of the inf treaty. the start of the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. rand paul said the threat of war is lower with bolton out of the rob: days after peace talks with white house. do you agree? >> absolutely. the taliban were called off. john was an excellent choice. the question is, is there any he had the theory of attack them before they attack you. path forward? it was a different perspective. pete hegseth joins us live from ground 0. there were a lot of things i agree with but we should think is there any chance of a peace treaty? is that a foolish thing to think of this as a way to see what will sets the tone. >> let's talk about your opinion on something else, the white about with the taliban? >> it's not foolish when you house slamming a cnn report have been war for 18 years especially when you stand in the claiming cia to the high-level shadow of where the twin towers once stood.

you want to fight the war, when spy out of russia after donald it and end it. trump mishandled classified this challenge in this place, we have an enemy because of the material. what do you make of this? how do we stop this? >> first thing is a serious look nature of that battle, the influence of pakistan, the and investigation as to the way and -- information is handed cultural change, the terrain, the reality of the longevity of from the cia to the white house. this person if you will, these claims come outcome many of them the taliban, is not at this moment a place where peace is predate donald trump's possible especially when they are shooting at you and killing you in the near term. donald trump was elected to get us out of these wars, and groups inauguration. the obama administration but we have to look at how to handle managing our sources moving like al qaeda are harbored by the taliban still seek our destruction. when you look at the list of forward as an intelligence incidents make it hard to acquire and attack assets in the future. iraq, you can get isis come you who would want to be a source don't want isis 2.0 in afghanistan. that is a big part of the for the united states if we can't protect them? we need these forces and it is calculation the president is making. how do we honor the legacy of extremely reckless and we need to think about what is more those families to follow through while not being tied down around the globe? that is the challenge but it is

not met with a peace deal. important here, common sense or the big story. rob: it is really dangerous, jillian: we don't want isis 2.0, thanks for your time, appreciate there are many different cells of terrorists all over the place, you wonder if this is something we are able to get out of. it. >> this north carolina nailbiter ends in victory for the gop. >> a great point. what does this mean for 2022 there's a reason a lot of people after 9/11 didn't want tol the war on terrorism, they want to call it the long war. rob: our next guest says it should serve as a republican we are in a long war in our wake-up call, stay tuned. here's another cleaning tip from mr. clean. cleaning tough bathroom and kitchen messes with sprays and wipes can be a struggle. civilization against islamists there's an easier way. who seek our destruction. try mr. clean magic eraser. they have caliphate and locations from which to operate or they don't. get rid of the physical just wet, squeeze and erase tough messes like bathtub soap scum caliphate in iraq and syria, remove the taliban after 9/11 and caked-on grease from oven doors. and installed government in now mr. clean magic eraser comes in disposable sheets. different forms of government, tried democracy, that hasn't they're perfect for icky messes on stovetops, worked so well. ultimately election of 9/11 is in microwaves, to understand the ideology of and all over the house. for an amazing clean, try mr. clean magic eraser, and now, new mr. clean magic eraser sheets. our enemy, how much they seek our destruction and if we don't stay on the offense they are coming to our shores. the lesson of 9/11 is it is

never going to be over. it is a long war but the more we stay strong and committed to our values the safer the world is going to be. rob: you are on ground 0, a powerful place on any day in new york especially today and you have a story to tell us. >> reporter: we all remember where we were on 9/11. 18 years later we have kids graduating high school for whom it is a history lesson just like i grew up hearing about pearl harbor. i didn't understand it, didn't live it but understand the effect on our country, the wars we find in the history. as a junior in college i signed up for the army, 9/11 was the ultimate validator that we were at war and i need to be part of it and when you stand here to meet the families as you will on "fox and friends," you understand how personal this still is and makes you ponder, do we have a resolve as a ♪ ♪ society, collective ability to remember that moment and muster around here, the only predictable thing

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seen rising over couple. it is unknown who's responsible for the blast became days after donald trump called off peace talks with the taliban. a more clear has been given. the us invaded afghanistan in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks. newly released video of the us military bombing in isis, you can see the chilling moment warplanes dropped 80,000 pounds of laserguided bombs cutting off critical terror path. the american-led coalition calling the island i major transit hub crisis fighters going in and out of syria. kim jong un major mag a victory, dan bishop winning a razor thin race in a special house election after a last-minute boost by donald trump. what could this mean for 2020? here to react, forward o'connell. a big sigh of relief to see bishop win this race. >> republicans dodged a bullet

in north carolina. a lot of credit goes to donald trump for going down on monday to fayetteville for the rally. this race should never have been that close. this is in a suburban area, the areas republicans need to recapture if trump is going to be reelected. rob: looking at the numbers, bishop pulled off by 4000 votes, 50.7-40.6, the other election the president homes in on, looks at the greg murphy alan thomas race and that was a blowout and says that wasn't supposed to be that close but if we go to one more poll i want to show you the response from the dnc, these close results in a district trump won by double digits should send waves of fear through the republican party at every level. is that a fair statement? this race have been this close? >> i have been very bullish on donald trump's reelection.

i would say this. this should be a wake-up call to republicans across the country particularly in battleground states of north carolina, my home state of florida, pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. the only way donald trump is going to be reelected regardless who the democrats pick, is if every single republican understands the stakes and turns out. anyone stays home guess what? one of the socialists will be the next president of the united states. rob: a lot of people talk about the suburbs, democrats have a good hand on suburbs and if the president doesn't get that back 2020 could be a problem. that is what happened in north carolina, won the suburbs. what do you say? >> the suburbs will be very important. that is where the selection will be won and lost. the best way, donald trump can make an roads in the suburbs particularly with college-educated female voters and conservative minorities is by explaining command and control the agenda the democrats

are putting forward is essentially socialism. when he explained it in those terms and if they are challenging the american dream as he pointed out on monday at fayetteville that is a winning message for him and that is something they respond to and they will come home to the republican party. he will win nailbiter but the best thing about winning and nail beer is a 2-term president. kim jong un appreciate it. >> 25 after the hour. 1600 people lost, 3000 children lost parents and and 16 months the alleged 9/11 mastermind will finally go to trial. we are asking those who lost the most about the chance for justice. at liberty butchemel... cut. liberty mu... line? cut. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need.

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alert president looking for a news national security adviser, the president weing i disagreed strongly with many of his suggestion as did others in the administration. the president plans to name his replacement next week. jillian: clearing the way for donald trump's asylum research, lifting an injunction, one day after it was placed by a judge in san francisco. a policy denies a silent immigrants entering the us if they pass through the country. >> a major victory for republicans, dan bishop winning an election in north carolina beating dan mccready one day after the president stumped for bishop at a rally. jillian: the trump administration looking to plug a leak that led to report the cia was forced to pull a high-level spy out of russia.

rob: new questions being raised about how such sensitive information was revealed. >> reporter: those are the questions the trump administration is trying to get to the bottom of following this report. >> the person involved in the discussion set of the removal of the russian was driven in part by donald trump and his administration mishandled classified intelligence which could then contribute to exposing the covert source as a spy. >> that led to this unequivocal denial, misguided regulation. and he has access to each and every day just plus there was this blistering rebuke from the secretary of state. >> i don't talk about this very often. only the occasion when there is

something, people at risk for the reporting is so egregious as to create enormous risk to the united states of america. rob: how did this life-and-death information happen? joe did jennifer places the blame on obama advisor whose name you heard before. >> this story was leaked by john brennan who gave the name and address of the agent to nbc news, the cia people, the former cia, the same ones who leaked the story to the new york times, brennan is the father of all of these, he should be investigated fully and thoroughly. >> doug collins is calling for an investigation saying the reporting is dangerous and put lives at risk. cia assets wondering if their own identities are safe.

rob: 18 years, 9/11 -- 9/11 mastermind. >> they face a judge at guantánamo bay in january 2021. the families of the thousands lost that day will get their day in court. rob: they lost their father that day, charles wolf lost his wife. we want to start with you. you were both 11 years old that day. what do you remember from that day? do you feel justice will be served? >> it started out normal. it was our second week of middle school.

what started as a normal day turned into one of the most tragic days in our lives, finding out our dad was killed in the world trade center and throughout this whole time just to see the efforts put in to try to get justice and it is starting to come about, obviously it will never take the pain away the we feel each and every day without our dad but we hope this process gives closure to what we went through and the other 3000 families went through as well. jillian: you are shaking your head. >> we are happy we are going to get our day in court. we have the american judicial system, we have faith in the constitution. we want to remember our dad and the 3000 people who lost their lives. it is very tough but we never forget those who lost their

lives. jillian: charles, your wife lost that day? >> she was on the 974 of tower one a few floors above their dad. the plane through over our apartment. i am a pilot and i knew right away something was wrong. the twin engines at full throttle. 5 seconds later i heard a crash. i didn't know what it was until someone on the street yelled a plane has gone into the world trade center. iran down to the street and saw the gash in the building and ran back up and called her office number, cell number. she had only been there for two weeks. i think it was friday when i realized she was really gone. misreporting and confusion and all that stuff. it is -- as far as guantánamo goes it has been a long time.

they are abusing the system and manipulating the system and it has taken longer than it should have taken. not that i don't have faith in the system but they are very cunning and they know how to misuse our system as they infiltrate the united states itself. they want to take over the country from the inside out over a 50, 75 your period when they become citizens and change everything. it has been a long time. as these guys said it doesn't change anything. at the same time, the pronouncement needs to happen. rob: 9/11 for a lot of people exposed a hatred from the other side of the world for our country in the western way of life. i don't think a lot of people knew about.

and it was right in front of our faces. a lot of talk about pulling out of afghanistan and ending this war that has been going on for years. are you worried they will be able to pull something off again if we ignore the situation? >> i try not to think too much about what the larger affects on war, what is going on in afghanistan. i try not to let that cloud my thoughts about this day and this anniversary. it has been 18 years since we lost our dad and he was taken from us. it has changed so much about the world. i don't want to use today to think about what might happen in the future. i want to use today to remember the great times, to think about some of the memories and think about what our dad would be thinking about the world today. he would be proud of what we are doing, the people we have become.

i choose not to get too caught up in what is going on overseas. i understand there are a lot of sensitive issues with people thinking differently. i choose to use today as a way to remember our dad and think about what he would think about the world today. jillian: i want to talk about about $10 billion allocated for this. what does it mean? >> it is an incorrect statement. there is an unlimited amount of money. as much as shall be necessary with the restructuring. i was part of the original victims compensation fund straightened out and followed it closely. what this means is for the next 80 years, anybody working at or

around ground 0, the world trade center site and find themselves with any kind of elements, precancerous, cancerous, respiratory, things you don't think would be connected, need to have it checked out. go to the government website vcf.gov, this is a major victory. congress stepped up to the plate, the president supported. it means they don't have to fight anymore. if it happens, they will have money to pay for their medical bills and some other things also like pain and suffering. rob: peace of mind. >> peace of mind and not wrecking the family budget also. that is really important. very very important. rob: thank you for coming on, we appreciate it. jillian: sorry for your loss.

>> senator ted cruz and alyssa milano teaming up to talk gun-control legislation. >> it is an epidemic. >> what i think is effective is focusing on the bad guys, focusing on felons, fugitives, people with serious mental illnesses. rob: carly shimkus is here with the social media reaction to this. >> it was a meeting that was agreed upon after a twitter spat and live streamed on social media as well during the hour-long conversation. alyssa milano and fred who lost

his daughter during the parkland school should encourage ted cruz to support expanded background checks, ted cruz disagreed and proposed a measure that would expand and make the background check system more accurate. the tone of the meeting was civil and afterwards ted cruz released a statement saying was productive and respectable and i appreciate alyssa's willingness to come here with an open mind. milano adding we can solve gun violence by talking only with people who agree with us. i am grateful for the opportunity to speak to ted cruz. there sitdown saw support on social media. when twitter user said this is an example of people of different points of you working together to solve the problem. this is a good thing, more of this. another twitter user said this was amazing to watch, both sides have an open dialogue. we need more of this. neither ted cruz nor milano's

positions seemed to change what they talked about toning down the rhetoric and the meeting ended with a hug. jillian: members of the giants and mets pay a visit to new york city's finest. >> today, new york sports teams going the extra model. the new york mets tweeting out photos saying they visited engine 289 and latter 138 in corona, queens, which last four members on 9/11headed to new yot engine 3 letter 12 italian 7 and spent time with the brave firefighters that protect our cities, hashtag never forget. everybody had a good time together. a huge day of reflection. rob: new york city students will always observe the 9/11 anniversary thanks to the state's newest law but how do we teach kids who weren't around about the meaning of this

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be changed coming up on "fox and friends" in 11 minutes from our september 11th coverage continues, we have rob o'neill, the navy seal who killed usama bin laden. frank tiller and his brother stephen, a firefighter who ran to the towers, frank has since started total of towers and his brother's honor. rudy giuliani, the mayor of new york city, lives with his memories. ray kelly, former new york city

police commissioner who led the new york police department in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks 18 years ago this morning. we bring you live coverage of the president and first lady participating in a moment of silence in the white house and the reading of the victims names from the freedom tower. 3 hours kicks off 10 minutes from now on the channel you trust for your morning news. jillian: a new are requires all new york schools will observe 9/11 with a moment of silence but with such a difficult topic how do we teach kids about the meaning of this historic day? joining me as christine kiernan, author of 9/11 courage and tribute and her father, john kiernan, a 9/11 first responder. thank you for being here. talk about the inspiration you got from your father.

>> i saw the need, kids have been telling me they haven't been learning about 9/11 in school because it is left to the individual description of administrators how they are taught. i am here to say teaching kids about 9/11 should not be left to chance, kids have to know what our history is and i wrote these books, through the years, they didn't have the right tools to engage in meaningful dialogue. we need to tell our own story and what sparked the series is the telling of the story. >> what is the story? >> to talk about 9/11 is difficult and i would never have done it. but the way she approached the book and told kids to ask me questions, i had to answer and i

was surprised you don't have to get into a lot of detail, they understand certain things and if they want more they ask. jillian: what is important for kids now who weren't here when 9/11 happened, what do they need to know about it? >> every day he rose if you did this it could never happen. and first responders, not just the police department the fire department in new york city. and unbelievable things that day, that should never be forgotten and never duplicated again. jillian: you talk about the typically it is ages 7 to 11 for your books. you think is the right time for us to start talking to kids about this. >> i don't think it is ever too soon. every kid in this country should

know that 9/11 is a day that is still taking lives. every kid should know about the important day and i don't think there's any reason why we can't start telling kids, i wrote these, they are age-appropriate, comprehension appropriate and that is because kids are and i was very careful to write the book in a balanced way. i wanted to be informative but not too details of but not traumatic. for other kids, they will ask questions if they want more specifics. >> we talked about it in the introduction, about new york city giving that moment of silence for 9/11. >> for 18 years they have been silent, passing the bill to have a moment of silence and not talk about it today should have a curriculum in every school. it is not to be left to chance and should be lifted parents, shouldn't be left to 9/11 first

responders or people who responded that day. let's come up with a curriculum. >> what do you say to educators? >> i would say what i just said. you see that the starting point. they ask the questions they want to hear the answers to. >> you have a number of them out. in the commercial break we talked how quickly we put them together because it is so inspired. >> it has been on my mind for so long, it needed to be done. it needed to be done. we needed to bring some truth to that day, tell real stories about real people, real events so kids can understand and hear it from people who were there. we have to bring some truth back in need to give tools to adults, administrators, educators, parents, grandparents, aunt and uncles. if you feel your child needs to

know about 9/11, given foundational understanding, i don't think young is too young. you start with the basic fundamentals and they are intended to do that and as we get older, they can get into more complex issues of 9/11, but every child should know it is an important day that is still taking lives. jillian: an important day to know about that gives you that sense of pride in country. heroes gave everything for people. thank you both for joining us, appreciate it. we are coming right back. .

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coming up at 6:46 this morning, we will take you live to the pentagon where they have for, as they have for 18 years, unfurled the american flag