rob: it is friday, september 20th at fox news alert, terror takedown, a new jersey man accused of scouting popular tourist spots for attacks across america's major cities. jillian: his chilling plan that was decades in the making of the committal act or presidential harassment? rob: the white house fighting back about special favors for foreign leader. joe biden could be connected. jillian: backing the blue on the football field. mike pence just got an honor from new york's finest. rob: "fox and friends first" continues. ♪

jillian: good friday morning to you. monday so far away, another day. every day anxiety starts to sit in. just kidding, good morning. it is friday morning. rob: thanks for getting up early with us today, top democrats threatening to sue the white house and the intel community over refusal to release a secret whistleblower complaint. the president is standing his ground. jillian: we learn the report may involve ukraine. >> reporter: according to the washington post who broke the story two days ago the secret whistleblower's complaint involve the president of ukraine and a promise, to a half weeks before it was filed trump spoke with the ukrainian president, a newcomer elected in a landslide

in may. that is under investigation by house democrats examining whether trump and his attorney, rudy giuliani, sought to manipulate the ukrainian government to hoping trump's reelection campaign. giuliani appearing on cnn in a contentious interview says democrats ought to be looking at for a vice president biden. >> in the course of investigating is that, i found out this credible story about joe biden, that he bribed the president of ukraine in order to fire a prosecutor who was investigating his son. that is an astounding scandal of major proportions which all of you have covered up for about 5 or 6 months. >> reporter: this after inspector general for intel community michael atkinson appeared before house doors refusing orders from the acting director of national intelligence to reveal the substance of the complaint, saying it was serious and urgent, setting off a showdown between the administration and congress, chairman adam schiff

is prepared to take legal action. >> that comes down we have to go to court to get this we will have a very good case to seek a temporary restraining order or some urgent form of relief. the inspector general said this cannot wait. >> reporter: no comment from the white house the president tweeted this fake news. next up the acting director joseph maguire blocking access, expected to appear before the intel committee in open session next thursday. rob: thanks so much. jillian: democrats upset over allegations demanding action from republicans. rob: philip haney from the government of homeland security says the pieces don't add up. >> the whistleblower may or may not have a concern but the whole process, there is a process, the intel committee, the inspector general gave a briefing and told

them we have an ongoing investigation. what did the intel committee do? they had a press conference and talked about it. blowing up the balloon. there are five individual world leaders donald trump talked to about the same time frame and they said in the report that i read it isn't a question of the law. they are not even asserting anything was illegal. jillian: iran threatening and all-out war if the us or its allies take military action against them. the iranian foreign minister says the country will not blink to defend its territory. the us has been weighing its options after lamia ran for attacks on saudi oil facilities. donald trump about to slap iran with more sanctions but the us has granted iranian leaders to attend the un general assembly next week. iran's presidency the country will not negotiate with the us under any circumstances. a power struggle brewing in

israel. benny gantz claims victory over benjamin netanyahu. election results are not official but gantz is rejecting netanyahu's offer to share power. is relapse longest-serving prime minister proposing a unity government and rotating the leadership role. dance holds a slightly in the election, refusing to work with netanyahu citing potential corruption charges against him. final election results are expected next week. kim jong un state of emergency in texas as runners of tropical storm imelda battle the state with catastrophic flash flooding. a lot of water. two people confirmed that including a teenager who was electrocuted. hundreds of cars abandoned as floodwaters make many roads impassable. you can see police using a rope to save a stranded family in this video here, young kids wearing life vests as offices go

to waste deep water getting them out of harm's way and a bus underwater in houston, it just reopen the airport moments ago, 600 flights were canceled with all this rain. the pentagon finalizing $2.5 billion in border wall contracts paving the way for 129 miles of new wall. the pentagon previously authorized $3.6 billion to be redistributed for military construction projects drawing sharp criticism from washington state's attorney general who is suing donald trump calling this a misuse of presidential emergency powers. jillian: in johannesburg, south africa protesters are demanding action on climate change, one of hundreds of demonstrations taking place across the globe today. the global climate strikes kicking off in australia with tens of thousands of people filling the streets of sydney. all public schools in new york will excuse absences for students who skip class to protest.

and now thursday night football action as the jacksonville jaguars beat down the tennessee titans for their first win of the season. >> here is one for the end zone. he has got it! touchdown! what a throw! >> reporter: rookie quarterback tossing a pair of touchdowns in the wind, 9 sacks from the jagged defense, a 20-7 win. rob: thursday night football. twee 7 minutes after the hour, the big story, scary details about the accused terrorist living a seemingly normal life in new jersey and the locations he was scouting along the east coast in a plot that has been decades in the making. jillian: it comes after an american airlines mechanic accused of sabotaging a plane is held without bail over his

alleged ties to isis with our next guest, an aviation expert and pilot says the mechanic believes the industry could improve its hiring process. we are coming right back. day 23. i'm about to capture proof of the ivory billed woodpecker. what??? no, no no no no. battery power runs out. lifetime retirement income from tiaa doesn't.

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heather: a new jersey man charged with serving as a secret hezbollah operative in the us for more than a decade. rob: he was scouting locations for potential attacks in a number of cities. aishah hasnie with how these were uncovered with ties to terror. >> reporter: it is stunning what this guy was up to while living a seemingly normal life in the us. according -- alexei saab is a naturalized american citizen, authorities they history allegiances to hezbollah. he had been scouting and surveying dozens of locations in new york and dc like the us capitol building, times square

and major bridges and tunnels. these are pictures he allegedly took in 2003. he is accused of providing intelligent photos of grand central among other locations to hezbollah. the department of justice said this, in particular, alexei saab focused on the structural weaknesses of locations he surveilled in order to determine how a future attack could cause the most destruction. he allegedly joined hezbollah in 1996, he lawfully entered the us in 2000 and became a naturalized citizen in 2008. all the while, traveling to lebanon to receive military style training and learn how to make bombs. these are photos he drew for investigators of explosives to show he could make them. this comes just one day after a former airline american airlines mechanic was denied bail over his alleged ties to isis.

abdul -- abdul-majeed marouf ahmed alano is a naturalized american citizen from iraq and is accused of sabotaging on nassau bound boeing 737 jet with 150 passengers and crew on board at miami international. we were just talking about this yesterday, homeland security warning everyone in this country about homegrown attacks and with the second arrest we know why. rob: thanks so much. prosecutors in the case of the former american airlines mechanic say he admitted to having a, quote, evil side. jillian: how does this get past the company background checks? aviation expert and pilot joins us to discuss. when you heard this story was went through your mind? how does this happen? >> it is interesting because mechanics, it takes two years to become a mechanic. they are not -- it is a career

for them and he is jeopardizing his entire career and his license. he is pretty much finished. a ten year background check is done by the airport and the airline, to get the badge to get into the secure area of the airport. in my opinion he is just a bad apple and it is pretty hard to illuminate this in its entirety. rob: this guy had a 30 year career working in airlines since the 1980s. had been in the door since before 9/11 when we had this much security in this country, seems like that would be a tough guy to pick out. >> it is. i am not buying his excuse, the contract negotiations, he had financial concerns. rob: we can pull that up, we have a statement from his attorney.

there it is. his intention was not to cause harm to the aircraft or its passengers, saying as he goes on he wanted to cause a delay to get more overtime work. >> if you're confronted by the authorities what do you say? i'm trying to bring down a plane with 150 passengers, and have a good excuse to get you less time or very little time. i am not buying it. the component he was messing with calibrates the airspeed and the angle of attack. he dislodged this and put foam inside it to disrupt it. jillian: how do we ensure this doesn't happen again? do checks need to be done periodically on employees? that too much to ask? i don't know how it operates. >> checks are than initially when you're hired. and some airlines do do checks on an ongoing basis.

i think the best thing is to have cameras all over and have every employee know that you are on camera everywhere at the airport at all times. rob: interesting story. jillian: something interesting you mentioned, the system this in place to check and double check these things work in this case. it is important for people to know why. >> all modern airlines like the 737, airbus does the same thing. everything is constantly being checked. systems are checking one another to identify any errors or things of that nature and to work out perfectly in this case. rob: thank you, appreciate it. jillian: canadian prime minister justin trudeau faces a tough crowd is new controversial photos surface and how he is responding to this outrage. rob: a massive medical data breach, patient records for millions of americans posted

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jillian: it back federally charged in a man's overdose death, he provided drugs that killed jamal more in 2017. a convicted but could face life in prison. his mother now speaking out. >> i want to thank everyone, we are so grateful. i am excited and we are going to get the justice we deserve. jillian: a second man died at his los angeles home earlier this year it has not been charged.

buck was arrested earlier this week accused of running a drug den out of his los angeles home and injecting a man with so much mass he almost died. rob: justin trudeau facing a town hall after pictures surfaced of him wearing black face, brown face as well. audience member asking him if he could count the number of times he has done this or rounds to the nearest 5. >> i'm not going to make light of the situation. what i did was inexcusable and wrong and hurt a lot of people. there is no way to sugarcoat it. it is something i did wrong. rob: trudeau is 5 weeks from a tough reelection bid, admitted he was unsure how many similar images would emerge. jillian: a disturbing report reveals millions of medical patients data exposed online,

the information includes x-rays, ct scans and personal medical notes. rob: is there any way to protect ourselves online from something like this? let's bring in kurt the cyber guy. >> unbelievable what we found. two universities, one in the us and one in the uk, looking into servers, 187 servers used by our doctors offices, imaging centers we go to for an mri or x-ray or nursing homes, 187 of these servers were able to just look at patient names, their data. the list of what they can get their hands on his unreal, x-rays, mri, ct scans, patient names, your doctor's name, why you were diagnosed, to have that image, other doctor notes. this stuff is supposed to be

protected, it leaves our healthcare providers obligated to make sure it cannot be seen by anybody else. this isn't a hacker. this is just sloppiness. they left it wide open. the researchers didn't need a passport to look at this, just needed to look at the server more deeply and there it is. >> i wonder why you were wrong. >> exactly right. what you can do is very little because the report did a lot here. it allowed people that have our medical records, gave them stern warnings, better secure that stuff was a couple companies tightened up their doors. if your information got out, ask people you have gone to for an mri or x-ray, if their data is kept secure.

if it gets leaked. >> they will be like now. >> listen to one of these companies that is responsible here. >> 1 million people's records. rob: we properly mitigated the vulnerabilities and began ongoing, thorough investigation. >> the organization that did the report that gave the story, the research that was done. rob: x-rays and ct scans -- >> you can be blackmailed with that. rob: how do you blackmail? >> what if you have a medical condition you don't want anybody to know about that you could lose your job over? or be discriminated against or somebody wouldn't want to marry you? why would that information be

wide open? jillian: you have something big coming up on "fox and friends". >> we take you into apple's a brand-new product, the first look on fox news of the iphone 11 pro max. jillian: making some people sick. rob: people got the weird thing. >> the watch series 5 is always on. we will tell you how they did it and how the battery life wind. rob: 25 after the are, elizabeth warren closing the gap on joe biden. jillian: drawing crowd of thousands but can she steal the nomination? next guest says 2010 -- 20200 the democratic socialist and the former vp doesn't fit the mold. ♪ how do you like me now

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in new jersey man accused of working as an undercover operative for hezbollah, alexei saab took these photos of several landmarks including time square and the us capitol building, scouting potential terrorism targets. he could face 100 years in prison. rob: donald from standing his ground after democrats threatened to sue over the intelligence community refusing to release a secret whistleblower complaint. the president taking twitter saying it is a fake news story and presidential harassment. the washington post reports the president made a promise to a foreign leader. jillian: more rain expected in texas where state of emergency is underway. remnants of imelda battering the houston area with catastrophic flash flooding, flooding roads and leaving thousand stranded. at least two people confirmed dead in the storm. hundreds of flights have been canceled. rob: we go to janice to talk about imelda and all that rain

in texas where they don't need it. >> it doesn't take a hurricane or even a tropical storm to cause 43 inches of rainfall in 72 hours. that was the remnants of imelda. wasn't even a storm, a tropical storm, just a depression. it is the seventh wettest tropical cyclone on record in the us, the fourth wettest cyclone to hit southeast texas. there is a lot in 48 hours. the good news is it is winding down. we are going to see scattered showers along the coast but look at the rainfall especially around winnie, texas, where 43 inches of rainfall, incredible. the damage is done unfortunately. additional rainfall on the coast, 123 inches. the bayous are pulled. it will take time for the water to come down so we will keep you up to date. we had six named storms in the

pacific and the atlantic, that is tied for a record for the most amount of storm so close to the us but now we are watching jerry and humberto as they move away from the us. that is great news. there is hurricane jerry, 105 mile-per-hour sustained winds, we don't have to worry about it but the bermuda area needs to worry about it, they could take a direct it from hurricane wednesday. we will keep you up-to-date. there are your tropical models, most all of them move away from land and point their attention towards bermuda. we will keep you posted. there is your forecast around southeast texas, scattered storms, nice-looking day for the southwest, beautiful day here. jillian: thank you. newly released surveillance video revealing chilling moments a gunman opened fire on a california synagogue, the shooter storming in with a rifle

as panicked worshipers run for their lives, one person was killed and three wounded including the rabbi and a little girl, the suspect smirking in court. prosecutors showed the video and played a 911 call where he allegedly admits to the shooting. >> we won't go down that flag. >> reporter: the suspect is charged with murder and attempted murder and could face the death penalty. a judge is expected to rule today and he will stand trial. the woman who encouraged her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself is asking for early release from prison. michelle carter walked in in change after serving 7 months of a 15 month sentence. carter was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for pressuring her boyfriend to take his own life over text messages in 2014. or lawyers claim the ruling is in violation of the first amendment.

facebook, heading to capitol hill for a third round of meetings on regulating the internet. mark zuckerberg's visit with white house lawmakers comes a day after a meeting with donald trump. a facebook spokesman says there one on one was, quote, good and constructive. senator josh holly who met with zuckerberg said the tech exec admitted there was clearly bias in censoring the pro-life group live-action on facebook, the republican also says he challenged zuckerberg to sell what's apps and instagram and submitted not it to a third-party but he said no. a victory for donald trump in the battle over his tax returns after the are in c and california gop took their fight to court. a judge blocked california state law which would have required president of candidates to release 5 years of returns to get on the 2020 primary ballot. governor gavin newsom signed the bill into law in july. attorney harmeet dhillon was in the courtroom and joined us earlier. >> we convinced the judge this

law was unconstitutional on a number of grounds, the issue of injunction means the law -- a victory for the voters and for the first amendment. >> a spokesman says states have a legal and moral duty to restore public confidence in government and ensure leaders seeking the highest offices meet minimum standards. rob: thanks. elizabeth warren gaining in the polls closing the gap on the front runner joe biden so could this momentum put warren in a position to take this nomination? joining us to react, former deputy assistant to george w. bush brad lakeman. a recent poll shows the preference for the democratic primary, you see warren at 16% but the big key is warren is moving in the right direction while biden and sanders seem to be dropping lower.

>> true to form, presidential primary cycles or my me of the esop fable the tortoise and the hare, who wins the race? slow and steady? we are seeing warren increasing crowd sizes, her new york event they claim was over 20,000 people. she has an increase in fundraising and joe biden is starting to fade. that star is fading and i think his party has long since passed him by ideologically. rob: information that is interesting to look at. asking democrats if they would be satisfied with a certain person is the nominee, look at joe biden, less people satisfied, 2% less then in april, warren is up 15%. people right now it's a 76% satisfied with the elizabeth warren is the nominee. that has got to feel good for her campaign. >> it does. it is great for the republicans because i believe never in generations has there been more

of a contrast between what republicans stand for is what democrats stand for and democrats take a hard left is going to be hard to come to the middle once their nominee is selected. rob: if you look at those rust belt states we always talk about that went for donald trump, elizabeth warren in new york a few days ago and a big speech to 20,000 people went after men and you wonder how that will play out in a place like pennsylvania or wisconsin. >> it's not going to play well especially more progressive policies. i remember a time not long ago that if you call a democrat socialist you were slandering them. today they get angry if you don't call them that and their progressive policies of free healthcare, even for illegals, single-payer systems, redistribution of wealth is not going to be something to run on when the economy and capitalist for is doing so well. >> a little before is taking advice from hillary clinton and here is hillary talking about

how she said voter suppression is one of her excuses for why she lost in 2016. >> you can have the best plans, you can get the nomination, you can win the popular vote, and lose the electoral college and therefore the election. number one voter suppression. >> she's talking about voter suppression. the poor results from wisconsin, you see the president winning by a thin margin in wisconsin, a stagey neglected. what do you make of her comments? >> she needs therapy. she lost, she lost soundly, she lost fairly, she lost pursuant to the system that exist in this country, pursuant to the constitution. it is not about voter suppression. it is about candidate incompetence. rob: appreciate it. jillian: construction going on, 36 after the hour.

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jillian: a health of it, the fda is launching a criminal probe as an eighth person has died from a vapeing related illness, the agency focusing on black-market e-cigarette product and a new update from the cdc. there are 530 confirmed and probable cases of vapeing related illnesses up from 318 since one week ago. the latest to die was a middle-aged man in missouri.

rob: embattled drugmaker purdue pharma asking the judge to authorize $34 million in employee bonuses. washington post reporter becoming wants to reward workers performance goals, this is days after her do filed for bankruptcy, the company is facing thousands of lawsuits accusing them of helping them fuel the opioid crisis by misleading doctors about the risks of their painkiller oxycontin of which they made a lot of. jillian: a foxbusiness alert, major gun manufacturer suspending production of a are 15 rifles for civilians, it will still make them for the military and law enforcement. rob: they believe there are enough on the market, they don't need to produce them right now. staying, we think it is good sense to follow consumer demand and adjust as market dynamics change. cold has been a supporter of the second amendment for 180 years and remain so it will provide

customers with the finest firearms in the world. millions of people demanding action on climate change. a global climate strike kicking off overnight in australia. jillian: students will be excused from class to protest. with our affiliate live in philly square where demonstrations begin in a few hours. >> reporter: good morning. it is so incredibly rare to see people from all over the world mobilizing for the same cause. one of those historic days in new york, we expect thousands of people to turn out in a few hours, they will march a mile downtown to battery park. the reason we expect so many kids to turn out, public schools have announced excused absences for students in the climate

strike but students need parental consent, they can only leave school with a parent. students are excuse the teachers are not. that the permit of education ruled employee participation would violate making school a politically neutral environment. headlining the speeches will be climate activist greta thunberg who made headlines for her journey from the uk to new york on a clean energy power yacht. she spoke to congress about global warming just a couple days ago. this strike comes three days before the united nations meeting in new york on climate. a lot of kids out here, family, hoping perhaps that is the tone for the un climate summit next week. rob: thanks, appreciate it. beto o'rourke's presidential campaign could go up in smoke --

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it is not ground for deportation for citizenship denial. what do you make of this? >> democratic candidate looking to appeal to a younger progressive voter. what you have is a nice little pretty political package that said you get out of jail free card, forgive your conviction. these are people who have broken the law. many who are there for nonviolent position have led down from distribution counts and then he says we will pay you monthly and he says let's call it drug war because that is a bad word, grants, justice grant. we will pay you monthly for having broken the law and then give you priority in getting marijuana production licenses. let's emerge you back into what you came from. jillian: you wonder what message this and the younger generation. >> it and the horrible message. if you look at states that have

recreational legalized marijuana drug use is up among teens in places like colorado which had it for five years now among the highest in the country. jillian: let's look at the statement on the plan, we need to not only end the prohibition of marijuana but also repair the damage done to communities of color, disproportionately locked up in the criminal justice system. it is our responsibility to remedy the injustices of the past and in playing devils advocate, some people have these records for minor infractions, that affect their life going forward, jobs and things of that nature. is there a part of this that could do good? >> absolutely. programs like drug courts where your record gets expunged if you go through the program successfully, rehabilitation, job training, better to your family.

those are good things for people that have earned it, not just a get out of jail free card, we are going to pay you monthly. we are in the cusp of an opioid crisis, now we want to legalize recreational marijuana and send a message to everybody. who knows what is in the marijuana today which is so much more potent and giving ourselves, building ourselves another one. >> is that why you stated the wrong time for this? >> there is no good time to recreationally legalize marijuana. medical marijuana is one thing but to send the signal it is okay and let's have another drug problem on top of the opioid problem, it is not drug policy but a political ploy. heather: where would we be in 10 years? >> look at countries that have legalized marijuana, they all say don't do it. look at estate like colorado. fine people but even the

newspaper that was the advocate for legalization and recreational marijuana, apologize to their readers a year ago in an editorial and for every dollar we make from sales there will be $10 in damage. impaired driving, lost wages. jillian: thank you for joining us. >> sorry to be so sour. jillian: we got to talk about it. rob: va secretary robert wilkie issuing a firm responsible heartbreaking story of a dying vietnam veteran found covered in ants. >> so should the family. our veterans deserve better than they have received. we have made it clear that our veterans take first priority and we are not going to tolerate this. rob: veterans daughter found her ailing father covered with ants twice when he was staying at the va community living center in georgia. he died of cancer. the va put the regional director in charge of the facility on

leave and began retraining staff. a woman accusing antonio brown of sexual assault claimed he intimidated her with text messages. according to sports illustrated he included a picture of her children in a group message after she came forward this week. brown as attorney denies her claims and similar allegations from a former trainer as well. antonio brown is ducking questions from reporters. >> i'm here to focus on ball and get out there. rob: nike dropped antonio brown's sponsorship, no question as to why. jillian: it is 7 minutes until the top of the hour. a champion nypd football team shows gratitude to vice president mike pence the best way they know how. rob: the vp has them all in smiles coming up.

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over complaints about their joint middle east fuddies program. education secretary betsy devos launched an investigation into the program after north carolina congressman george holding said it hosted a taxpayer funded conference with anti-met particular rhetoric in march. the program which received $235,000 in grants last year has been ordered to change the course of tone or risk losing the funding. rob: the city of chicago sued by students trying to share their faith. they say they were blocked by officials at my lynn numb park speaking to people about christianity. park split into 11 sections and not awill youd to make speeches in 10 of them. they should be able to speak freely without any restriction. jillian: time for the the good, the bad, and the ugly. as always, we start with the good. the nypd semi pro-football team gifting vice president mike pence a team jersey believed to be a nod at the

2020 election. praise the saying he stands with the men and women on the thin blue line. rob: next the bad. crowds racing for crowds at storm area 51 event that we have been talking about for some time now it. is this weekend if you can believe it. started as a joke on facebook but turned into a viral phenomena that could see thousands of people heading into the desert even though it's technically been cancelled. they are still expecting a lot of people to show up in hopes of spotting aliens. it was cancelled? >> it was. members of california's moonist group seen burning the american flag. they are heading to court. [chanting america was never great] will will humanity first. humanity first. jillian: group will appear in court on monday other two incidents in 2017. they face up to three years in jail.

rob: we got like 12 seconds to talk. jillian: what do you want to talk about? rob: i don't know. jillian: you are going to a wedding this weekend in d.c. rob: what are you doing? jillian: my mom's birthday is tomorrow. happy birthday roseanne. have a good day. rob: bye-bye. ♪ ♪ ♪ when did you go, go, go ♪ until you hear banjo. brian: is this the song that bret baier sang with rascal flatts? did you see that? ainsley: i don't think this was the one. did i see him on stage. brian: i bet you bret baier could sing this. steve: it was kind of a rap, wasn't it? brian: i don't know. if anyone from rascal flatts is watching, if you think bret baier could sing this song, call in. all right? steve: more importantly than saluting banjo, the name of the song, let's salute ainsley. today is her birthday.