>> reporter: a disgrace to our country. another which and. >> this is a cover-up, this is a cover-up. >> it is friday on the east coast, a fox news alert, plugging the leak. the race is on to find whistleblower, the whistleblower himself might be a cia officer. we have the latest impeachment developments. >> to go beyond my time.

i am a taxpayer. >> versus the democrats and another brutal border battle on capitol hill, why he is fiercely defending our agents on the ground when he joins us live. bringing party to the super bowl, the duo just to bring down the house. "fox and friends first" starts right now. good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning which has been a very busy week. thank you for starting your day or ending it with us. we start with another fox news alert, top republicans demanding to know who made the complaint about donald trump's phone call after a tense hearing on capitol hill with the acting director of national intelligence. griff jenkins joins us from

washington, the whistleblower could be a cia officer. good morning. >> this is a buzz. who is the whistleblower? the new york times says it is a cia employee detail on assignment to the white house, served on the staff of the national security council, the acting dni joseph maguire testified for 3 hours. we've never seen anything like this. >> this is unprecedented in the unique situation. i want to stress the whistleblower and inspector general have acted in good faith throughout. i have every reason to believe they have done everything by the book and followed the law. >> reporter: the chairman adam schiff pressed maguire to explain his handling of it. >> the subject of the complaint for advice about whether you should provide the complaint to congress. >> it did. has executive privilege. it was not stonewalling.

i did not receive direction from anybody, just trying to work through the process and the law the way it is written. >> reporter: republican seized on the acknowledgment this was based on secondhand information. >> much like the steel dossier the allegation of the little blower's complaint are based on thirdhand mainstream media sources rather than first-hand information. >> reporter: nancy pelosi was not satisfied, cautiously pressing ahead in the march 2nd impeachment. >> this is a cover-up. this is a cover-up. the law is very clear, nothing we take lightly. >> reporter: donald trump reacting after returning from the un. >> it is a disgrace to our country. it is another witchhunt, they can't do any work, they are frozen, the democrats are going to lose the election. >> reporter: maguire wasn't done.

he testified behind closed doors before the senate intelligence committee as well. >> reporter: his patience yesterday as they continue to question him for that amount of time and continued afterwords, long day, long day. thank you so much. the complaint against donald trump under the microscope as the president's supporters said their glaring credibility issues and speaking directly to the whistleblower, counselor to the president kellyanne conway had this fiery response. >> anybody who leaks conversations that are classified, national security sensitivity, art not to be working in the government. whoever you are i hope you are watching. you have the public's trust, interested with top secret and confidential information, but this -- it was referred to the loc which says this is routine

diplomatic phone calls between donald trump and the ukrainian president was not an intelligence activity, a campaign-finance violation in the world can judge for themselves. >> the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani defending himself after senator kamala harris attacked his involvement in the whistleblower complaint. here's what harris said. >> i am calling on the ig and state department to investigate and figure out who in the state department was facilitating giuliani's interaction with a ukrainian official. they need to investigate giuliani and probably just bar him. >> reporter: giuliani said he was just doing his job. giuliani denies all charges against him in the whistleblower complaint which claims us officials were concerned about

his communication with ukrainian officials. much more to come on this so stay tuned. but right now a fox news alert, a soldier is killing three others injured in an army helicopter crash. the black hawk helicopter stationed in louisiana would be used for medical transport, the crew was on its way to pick up a soldier suffering the heat-related illness. the cause of the crash is under investigation. names of the soldiers have not been released. now to a fox news alert breaking overnight, the british oil tanker seized by iran is on the move. iranian authorities confirmed the vessel left port where it has been held for months and is now heading towards dubai. iran captured the ship and its crew in july for failing to observe international airtime law, two weeks after the

petition abcs and iranian tanker. as tensions escalate with tehran the iranian president is bashing the us on the world stage. hassan rouhani says he wants to move the united nations headquarters out of new york to a, quote, better country. he urged the us to stop its maximum pressure campaign in favor of dialogue. >> sanctions, cease this policy of maximum pressure and pursue a policy of dialogue, logic and reason. >> reporter: rouhani's remarks come one day after donald trump suspended visas for iranian officials and their families. the us ramping up protection efforts in saudi arabia in response to the attacks on oil facilities. the pentagon will send 200 area defense missile soldiers to the country along with missile equipment. the trump administration blame

the iran for the oil facility attacks and imposed new sanctions. iran denies any involvement. donald trump nominates his pick to lead fema, peter gaynor to fill the job permanently after serving as acting fema administrator since march. before that he was in emergency management official in rhode island. the position opens when they were accusations that brock long used government cars for personal travel. donald trump, part of the push to flip minnesota. to keep america great rally set for october 10th in minneapolis the freshman lawmaker blasting the president saying we will continue to reject you and your campaign of lies and bigotry. donald trump will launch the beginning of high holy days by holding a with jewish faith leaders.

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hitting the floor in miami, the artists celebrating the super bowl, airs on fox february 2nd. 10 minutes after the top of the hour, turns out whistleblower complaint at the center of the impeachment controversy may have been written by a cia agent but is this really an intelligence matter or was the whistleblower pursuing a political agenda? station chief dan hoffman joins us live next to weigh in and controversial curriculum for first-graders, how one school is responding after a homework assignment. imagine kids running from police.

shannon: the whistleblower behind the explosive complaint about donald trump's phone call with the ukrainian president is

a cia agent according to a new york times report, met with fury by the whistleblower's attorney, he says the report put the operative's life at risk. here with reaction his station chief and fox news contributor dan hoffman. thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. let's bring up the whistleblower attorney who says any decision, any identified information on the with the blowers concerning and reckless as it can place the individual in harm's way. the whistleblower has a right to anonymity. we must protect those with the courage to report alleged wrongdoing whether on the battlefield or in the workplace. how do you feel about this? >> i can imagine the whistleblower having seen something of concern and feeling compelled to report it but expecting it would be investigated in a nonpublic sitting in the whistleblower would retain some degree of anonymity. now intelligence officer

especially the dni wants to be in the middle is the dn i was yesterday where a sense of intelligence issue like this one is being ground through the partisan meatgrinder. it is extraordinarily uncomfortable and challenging. shannon: it was really uncomfortable. it was remarkable to see, basically, these legislators trying to trick him, in my opinion coming into saying something that would put national security potentially at risk. >> he was a very hard place but based on whistleblower statute, he was supposed to report the complaint to congress, but there is an issue of executive privilege so at least in my estimation as a concerned citizen i would argue he did the right thing, he tried to execute to the best of his ability commensurate with the law as it stands i don't think he was treated with the kind of respect he deserves.

heather: he has a long stellar record of service. what about the whistleblower complaint? it looked like coming from some sort of cia agent, their job to transcribe these phone calls, looking at elements within the with the lower complaint itself and saying he or she perhaps received some help. >> that i read, what i would say is the cia officer was reportedly detailed to the white house and wasn't

and the concern is between the things that require part of the work may suffer like immigration reform or infrastructure to get together on. >> the complicated relationship, and being annexed, to go from there. >> it is under siege from russia. russia attacked ukraine, annexed crimea, and espionage attacks on ukraine, the goal to join the european union and nato are on the front lines and this administration has provided a

bit of assistance including the antitank weapons. the problem for ukraine is endemic level of corruption that makes them a challenging trading partner and potential ally for us. this is something the administration has worked on with president volodymyr zelinsky who some accused of being a public -- a puppet, the television station, one plus one, where volodymyr zelinsky got started as a comedian with a tv series. there is a lot of challenges to be worked out. >> this isn't the first administration that had to deal with ukraine. there were a lot of issues and negotiation back and forth with the obama administration to joe biden. >> the obama administration had issues with the ukrainian general prosecutor. to august 29th is out of office.

the previous one was someone many believed was corrupt himself. there was a consensus in the european union and the obama administration that he should be removed and there is a famous clip of vice president biden demanding he be removed. heather: we enjoy having you with us, appreciate your expertise. have a good weekend. the time is 19 after the top of the hour, donald trump's pressure campaign working. californians taking steps to crack down on the homeless crisis but will it work? ♪ eó2w

congress as the us annual survey reveals more than 22 million in the country, 14% of the us population. calling someone an illegal alien out of hate is banned in new york city. the new rule between discrimination, violators could face a quarter million dollar fine. that announces a $1 million investment for legal services.

california, not without democrats getting political, using the moment to attack donald trump, how the state is responding. >> looks like gavin newsom got the memo. the california governor signed 13 laws for the homeless crisis. esther letter from the epa, california needs to fill its obligation to protect its water bodies and more importantly public health. for years california has pushed policies that resulted in a homelessness crisis that threatens human health and the environment. not a surprise since the president warned this was coming after a visit to california last week. >> the case of los angeles, it is a disaster and if you look at san francisco it is a total

disaster, what is happening, we will be involved if they don't clean up their act. >> the crisis on fox, san francisco mayor is pushing back on the concerns saying i am sick of this president taking swipes in our city for no reason other than politics. there are no needles, there is no relationship between homelessness and water quality in san francisco. governor newsom adding to that criticism despite taking that action. he wrote the art of the deal targets political opponents, abused presidential power, lose, get in peachtree. the epa was asked the agency letterhead had anything to do with politics, abc reporting he responded the letter gets from itself.

shannon: great to have you with us as always. iowa getting set to celebrate carson king david kim reynolds making the declaration for tomorrow after iowa state football fans viral sign generated $1 million for children's hospital and they matched it but cut ties with king after a newspaper reporter dug up controversial tweets from 2010. he apologized and reported himself was found to have questionable tweets has been fired. the time is 26 after the top of the hour. of texas congress and taking aim at jerry nadler demanding he be removed as top democrat on the panel responsible for handling impeachment proceedings. lance joins us live next with the resolution he just introduced.

heather: fox news alert, top republicans demanding to know who made the complaint about donald trump's phone call with ukraine. lindsey graham tweeting it is imperative to find out who, adding why didn't they lodged the complaint? donald trump slamming democrats as they ramp up impeachment calls. >> it is a disgrace to our country and another witchhunt, they can't do any work, they are frozen, the democrats are going to lose the election. heather: the complaint allegedly came from a cia officer. transparency group judicial watch suing of the state department for details on former vice president joe biden's dealings with ukraine. biden has been accused of pressuring ukraine's government into firing a prosecutor that investigated a firm that his son worked for. the watchdog group's president

says the suit will be the first of many to get to the bottom of biden's alleged corruption scandal. phil scott becomes the first republican governor to back the impeachment inquiry into donald trump. the vermont governor telling local media, i support getting the facts of the inquiry. these are serious allegations. we need to make sure we do the fact-finding and figure out what exactly did happen as outspoken former arizona senator jeff flake said 35 republican senators would vote for the president's impeachment. nancy pelosi says the white house is concealing information after the complaint goes public but also appears to be pumping the brakes a little bit with this warning for democrats. >> president of the united states, his actions, to a head

of state, betrayed his oath of office, our national security and the integrity of our elections. whatever other explanation there might be, it is a cover-up. >> is the house speaker reacting to the new revelations or does she know it is a losing battle for democrats? we are asking lance gooden. thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. let's look at the key complaints or key issues in this whistleblower complaint among white house officials locking down records of a, may not have been the first time the white house concealed the transcript and there was some official and unofficial follow-up to donald trump's called. ukrainian officials may have understood they needed to go along with the president in order to have the phone call to begin with. what is your take on this?

the transcript of the call in the whistleblower complaint? >> the transcript has nothing impeachable in it. like it or not it is not an impeachable offense. we are looking for high crimes and misdemeanors and haven't found them but democrats are still moving forward with this. the whistleblower complaint when i read that looks like a political agenda. looks like something written by the new york times or an attorney. it is not your factual reporting. it is laced with opinion. >> what about nancy pelosi? she seems to be going back and forth on this impeachment issue. what do you think of her latest comments? do you think she is backtracking a little bit? >> worst thing this could happen is to move too quickly. what they don't want to happen is for them to impeach the president and it be over. they want to drag this

throughout 2020 into the election because they know they will not get the vote in the senate to throw the president out of office. they want this to carry on and carry on and they don't want to take a vote. that is the reason we are criticizing jerry nadler as chairman of the committee because he is moving forward with an investigation that hasn't been authorized, they don't have the votes to pass it but they are trying to protect 31 democrats in house district donald trump won in 2016. they know the american people don't support impeachment and those 31 incumbent democrats will suffer if they go on record. heather: you have introduced this legislation to out nadler from the judiciary chair spot over the impeachment proceedings. some of that resolution as you describe it, tell us why. >> chairman jerry nadler has said multiple times that he is undertaking and impeachment,

these are his words, that has not been authorized by the house. nancy pelosi, what she said about i'm officially opening an inquiry, she can't do that. what she said change is absolutely nothing that is happening these past few months. all she has done this week is say she is fully onboard. if you go back 25 years the u.s. house is impeach three officials, william jefferson clinton in two federal judges and all three cases of a vote taken by the u.s. house to take up impeachment. if you go back to the clinton days jerry nadler delivered a lovely speech saying the fool house should be voting on this and there should be bipartisan support. he criticizes the process. they won't take up a vote. they don't want to get their vulnerable democrat incumbents on record. heather: we use this phrase a lot, throwing out red meat to their constituents because that's what they want to hear but at the same time these aren't the legal processes they need to take.

>> that is right. i heard this from sanctimonious democratic friends across the aisle. they said we can't have anyone above the law. follow the law. take this up for a vote. to quote a senator, grow a spinal go on amazon if you want to impeach the president, put it on the house for and let's vote for it. heather: you can buy anything on amazon so i will do a search for that. we appreciate it, have a great weekend. a fox news alert. 13 people dead from vaping related illness and the cause a mystery. the cdc announcing there are 800 cases of confirmed or probable vaping related illness up 52% from last week. health officials calling on people to stop vaping until they can figure out what is going on.

the third parent sentenced in the college admission scam will spend four months in prison. stephen paid $400,000 to get his son into georgetown as a fake tennis recruit. we are seeing photoshop images that another parent to get his son accepted as a water polo player. he is sentenced four months. actress felicity huffman will spend two weeks in prison. lori laughlin has pleaded not guilty to her charges. foxbusiness alert. if you use door gas your personal data could have been exposed. the data breach affecting 5 million of its users, possibly exposing names, addresses and the last four digits of credit card and bank account numbers. the breach was not enough to spark fraudulent charges or withdrawals, only people who joined before april 5, 2018, were impacted. a child gets crushed by an suv but this is the good news, amazingly survived and he says

it is because of his faith in god. arkansas family was preparing for lunch when their young son was trapped under a vehicle, they lifted it up and pulled tight us out. the little boy telling "fox and friends" he knew he was going to be okay. >> god was with you, you knew that. how did you know that? >> another son. >> you have something constantly reminding you he is in control. heather: watch ainsley's bible study on fox nation. the time is 20 minutes until the top of the our. a new poll showing elizabeth warren surging ahead of joe biden but will big banks back her socialist policy? >> anyone who wants to run for office has to start by sucking up to a bunch of rich donors on

wall street. i'm opting out of that rule. heather: does joe biden have a backup plan to make a comeback, the new report up next. ♪ places i never been ♪

heather: hillary clinton in the spotlight with scathing words for donald trump. listen to how the outcome of the 2016 election is described. >> applying for job and getting 66 million letters of recommendation and moving to a corrupt human tornado. >> reporter: clinton says she doesn't think donald trump will be reelected and back to the impeachment inquiry. 2020 presidential candidate andrew yang backing impeachment while warning against falling into the president's so-called trap. >> i am on board with the decision to impeach donald trump won at some point if you're

literally calling for in leaders and asking for them for political help, using aid congress already authorized, you have to impeach. i think the politics may or may not work out in the right way. this is a trap. anytime we are talking about donald trump donald trump is winning. heather: he explained it is all democrats care about is impeaching the president, he will be reelected in 2020. don't nominate elizabeth warren if you want our support. that is the warning from wall street mega donors. it comes as we hear reports that joe biden could release the progressive wealth tax plan. tracy carrasco here with reaction. >> reporter: some democratic donors on wall street threatening to vote for donald trump or sid out of the 2020 election cycle if the party

nominates elizabeth warren. anonymous executive at one of the nation's largest banks telling cnbc they will not support her. it would be like shutting down their industry. the massachusetts senator has been railing against wall street since the beginning of her campaign. >> anyone who wants to run for office has to start by sucking up to a bunch of rich donors on wall street. i'm opting out of that rule. i am not taking a dime of pack money in this campaign. i want to government that doesn't work for giant wealthy national corporations. i want to government that works for families like ours. >> reporter: warren putting out multiple plans to curb the influence of big money including a wealth tax proposal. it would place a 2% tax on families with $50 million in assets at a 3% tax on those with $1 billion affecting the top 70,000 households but warren is

welcoming the criticism tweeting i am elizabeth warren and i approve this message. in response to a report wall street executives are fearful of her ending up in the white house. joe biden's advisors reportedly weighing a new wealth tax according to people familiar with those discussions as the latest quinnipiac poll has warren virtually tied with a former vice president. we could get some volatility on the markets. heather: politics and the economy. 15 minutes until the top of the hour. just over a week ago tom homan went off on house democrats. >> i have never seen much hate toward law enforcement in my life that you want to abolish -- doing your job -- >> your time is expired. heather: he was back in the hot seat again yesterday and feeling just as feisty. the former ice director live next, do not miss it.

heather: from home and back in the hot seat on capitol hill taking on democrats over the crisis at the border. >> you failed to secure the border, failed to work with his president to host a 3-week poll -- i've asked you politely and gone beyond my time. other people are beyond their time. you work for me. i am a taxpayer. i am a taxpayer, you work for me. heather: fox news contributor joining me now live. we always enjoy having you with us.

what happened yesterday? >> i'm sick and tired of the circus on capitol hill. i am not going to let them why about the present for the men and women who defend this nation. they sit there -- they are not under oath, pushing a false narrative, we are trying to set the record straight and they don't allow it. i'm not allowed to speak was not one democrat lawmaker asked me a question of substance. they spent their time attacking me personally and i am the only one who knows the policy they are talking about. it's not about transparency. and pushing a false narrative and i wasn't going to do it. >> who do you think they are addressing? because clearly they are not addressing you because they are not asking questions and questions they do ask they are not allowing you to answer. what is the point of what they are doing? >> they don't ask me questions, they attacked me for 5 minutes. they are talking to advocate

sitting next to me who agree with open borders policy that we shouldn't be detaining people and the president is a bad president and when they talk like yesterday, 28 people died in my custody, no, no. it was nine. you tripled the number, lied to the american people and i want to set the record straight. donald trump illegally moving money around to buy more detention beds. why don't you talk about that? i'm not going to let them why to the american people, not going to do it. they can throw me out of the room but i'm not going to remain silent while they lied to the american people. we 20 we know the response you are getting from them because we all witnessed it. we can watch it live when it happened. what about the response you get from other people outside washington dc? some of these sanctuary city communities where ice is doing the hard work and putting their lives on the line to protect people? >> i get swamped in these

testimonies and it is a republican minority, democrats don't want me in that room because i will call them out. i get a lot of responses from people across this country for doing what they wish they could do and call these people out for what they are. i'm not there to disrespect anybody but i'm not going to allow them to disrespect the men and women who serve the nation, their heart stopped beating serving this nation and they dishonor their memory and dedication to this country by calling them racist and nazi's and xena phobic's. they call me a bigot for enforcing a law they enacted. if i'm a bigot for enforcing the law they broke the law. again i am not looking for a fight but i'm not going to run away from one either. heather: they are not talking about the accomplishments, every single day, ice officers on the

front lines are accomplishing. let's hear from the acting ice director yesterday talking about a record number of child sex offenders who have been arrested among others as he slammed these sanctuary cities. >> convictions fernandez water or murder, 100 convictions for sexual assault or crimes with victims, half of them being children and 320 convictions for driving under the influence. heather: these are hard-core criminals with violent offenses in these officers made 1300 arrests just this week. >> the acting director is a personal friend of mine doing a great job. the men and women of ice do this every day. there was a press conference yesterday but every single day these men and women arrest bed people. last year alone 137,000 criminals, not just illegal

aliens, illegal aliens that commit another crime against while you are there, the men and women of ice keep our communities safe and they deserve our respect and constant attacks from democratic leadership. we 20 deploying 10,000 gang members. >> absolutely. keeping our communities safe, keeping america safe, doing their job. i appreciate it, democratic congress don't support them because they, the president supports ice and anything the president supports they are against. heather: tom homan joining us, we love having you with us, thank you very much. we will be right back.

heather: a florida teacher be assigned after giving a quiz that referred to donald trump as an idiot. the real estate businessman, idiot. and outraged parent sharing the question on social media. the school has apologized. pittsburgh school district under fire for a questionable anti-police worksheet. this includes a story about two characters running away from police describing how they refused to stop. the inappropriate assignment is not part of its curriculum. unclear if that teacher has been punished. it is time for the good, the bad and the ugly. a florida governor, rhonda

santos, has a big announcement, his family is growing. this family photo featuring an ultrasound image. this santos says he is overjoyed and grateful to god for blessing us with another precious gift and looks like the governor's mansion will have to stay baby proof for a little while longer. now the bad. one of the nation's most prominent universities pouring a ton of cash, ucla getting a $20 million grant to launch a new kindness institute, the goal is to empower citizens to inspire more humane societies suggesting it is needed in the, quote, current world of politics, violence and strife. a florida man caught on video swinging a samurai sword in a fight over a wheelbarrow. curtis miller charged with attempted murder.

police say he threatened a jogger after they both tried to claim a wheelbarrow from a pile of trash. it happened in july. nothing more to say on that. "fox and friends first" continues, have a great weekend, goodbye. >> i am very prayerful about this. >> it is not stonewalling. i didn't receive direction from anybody. >> this is a heavy decision to go down this path. >> nancy pelosi has been hijacked by the radical left and everybody knows it. jillian: friday, september 27th, whistleblower blowback, republicans bracing for the latest white house we can identify the whistleblower they say is responsible for it. rob: democrats couldn't disagree more. they see the public complaint has concrete proof for impeachment. what is in it? live in washington with key details. jillian: if you can't impeach him at least make money off him. squad members unveiled a new line of trump inspired t-shirts.