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the attorney for the ukraine controversy, joe biden's campaign launches a new push to silence president trump's personal attorney, good luck with that, griff. >> a lot of fast-moving news overnight. last night 60 minutes indicating letter that whistleblower is under federal protection because they fear for their safety, that prompted attorney whistleblower taken with 60 minutes, tweeting this. is 60 minutes now asserting as source other than letter team sent to dod than i, it is literally making stuff up that helps no one especially the whistleblower, the media should always accurately report the fact, 60 minutes in response to that, they standby their sources

in reporting this as the biden camp pushes to silence rudy giuliani asking networks to not book him on the shows writing in part, quote, giving rudy giuliani time on the air to push lies is disservice to audience and disservice to journalism but the president's order was on full force yesterday. >> if i change the names of joe biden and hunter biden to donald trump and donald trump, jr., 8 approximately from ukraine, 1.5 billion from china while negotiating from china, would i be sitting here? >> the 1.5 billion is simply not true. griff: president trump says he deserves to meet accuser tweeting in addition i want to only meet my accuser who sent information but legally gave information which is largely

incorrect to whistleblower, as or impeachment fever, the inquiry has not slowed down, adam schiff to finish negotiations are on their way now for whistleblower to testify, a lot happening on monday morning. heather: except once again what was that you said, lisa? >> yeah. heather: thank you so much, griff, democrats hang on whistleblower they refuse to name, steven miller says that president trump is the only one exposing government corruption. >> i think it's unfortunate that the media continues to describe this individual as a whistleblower and this person does not deserve hit job, does not make you whistleblower because grow to whistleblower

protection act. the president pointed out that the behavior to this individual is close to the spy, i don't know who the individual is, at some point we have to focus on the real scandals which is 3 years of deep state -- heather: transcript from president trump's call shows him pressing ukraine's president to look into the bidens, it does not show him linking that request to u.s. aid which had been frozen days earlier. fox news alert for you now, the chilling last words revealed from a new york police officer just moments before he was shot and killed with his own gun, this as the houston community in texas prepares a funeral for one of its sheriff's deputies murdered during routine traffic stop, jackie ibañez joins us

now. >> good morning, heather, troubled weekend for brothers in blue, two heros killed in line of duty, total number of officers killed in the u.s. this year to 33, nypd officer brian, you see him patrolling the city housing development when he got in a fight with a suspect, that man grabbing the officer's weapon. >> on body 1 camera officer can be heard yelling, he's reaching for it, he's reaching for it, at this time numerous shots were fired and officer was struck total of 3 times. >> shot with his own gun in head and forceo and taken to hospital where he later died. excon has 3 prior arrests, 2 for felonies and in an interview with new york post brian's dad

called him and everybody loved him. sandi was shot to death during routine traffic stop, harris county's first seek deputy. >> the male suspect exited the vehicle on with a pistol and in cold-blooded ambushed shot deputy from behind. truly he died a hero, he died serving the harris county community. >> robert charged with capital murder, active parole violation warrant. heather: jackie ibañez, thank you and prayers to those

impacted. manhunt intensifying state lines for four extremely dangerous escaped inmates, at least one of the convicts was spotted at pennsylvania mall and gas station, police believed he's driving a gray charger, overpowering two guards with homemade shank. guards were not injured. to illinois now, man who drive suv to popular mall, javier garcía did extensive research of chicago area shopping center before smashing into glass sending people running for their lives and no one amazingly was injured, motive is still unknown but garcía's lawyer says that he suffers from mental illness, he has been denied bail and bond.

the amber guyger trial start wrapping up. describing the night that she shot and killed her unarmed neighbor. >> i don't deserve to be with my family and friends. i wish the gun had killed me. heather: john would have been 28 year's old on sunday. historic winter storm dropped records amount of snow in montana, look at this, the governor declaring a winter storm emergency before getting over 2 feet of snow knocking out power and winter warning in effect this morning, wasn't town great falls was hit with

9.7-inches of snow that was on saturday, national weather service says that it is a wasn't-day september record and we just officially begun fall, wow. well, how about nfl action in week 4 the saints shutting down cowboys and grabbing second straight win without star quarterback drew brees, new orleans winning 12-10, the chiefs staying undefeated with a touchdown in final second beating the lion 34 to 30. patriots remain undefeated, panthers edge 16-10, i would like to think that the panthers are on a roll, we will see. time now 10 minutes after the top of the hour, nancy pelosi is betting it all on impeachment.

>> people say they take political risk doing that, that doesn't matter, that doesn't matter. heather: but does it? our next guest says it could be losing game for democrats and history proves it and terrifying sight caught on camera, shaking violently in mid-air

>> people take political risk doing that, that doesn't matter, that doesn't matter because we cannot have the president of the united states undermining his oath of office. heather: well, speaker nancy pelosi betting the house on impeaching the president but history shows that impeachment may backfire, what can we learn from the fallout of the impeachment of president clinton just two decades ago and above all house impeachment manager during clinton's trial, joining

us now with more, thank you so much for joining us, we certainly want your insight this morning. >> well, i think it's dangerous to draw too many parallels because every situation is very different and you have to look at 1998 in the middle of impeachment and in off year election you had looked at particular district to see what impact it had and the impact overall in congressional race was not that profound, what was important, though, is the ability of president clinton at the time to spin the impeachment largely to his advantage and with the current economy doing as well as it is if that continues and that's a big if, i think the same thing will happen to president trump, it will work to his advantage with independent voters. >> yeah, let's take a couple of things that back up what you just said, when impeachment proceedings began for then

president bill clinton, overall approval rating was at 68%, that's one of the highest during his tenure and then you talk about markets and the economy, markets rose during clinton impeachment years, that seems to back up what you just said and you think that would be a similar case with president trump. i think it will, one of the things that happened back in 1998 and 1999 what y'all may recall we benefited from the plans budget act that the republicans and the democrats had passed back in 1997, so that really gave a boost to the economy that carried all the way through that impeachment period and actually until president bush came into power. right now the economy is doing very, very well, there are some signs that there may be, that the growth may be slowing a little bit and if that downturn accelerates, that could pose a problem for trump but frankly from the economists that i

listened to, they don't see that happening, so i think president trump will do fairly well through this. >> now, you stepped back and watched this from the beginning of president trump's tenure in office, the calls for impeachment from democrats also from some republicans, antitrumpers, what has been your take on this from the very beginning? >> from the very beginning the democrats have absolutely had a passionate hatred for president trump and it's been visceral and goes back even before trump took office to the merrick garland supreme court problem. so the democrats went into the 2017 administration of president trump with a real chip on their shoulders and it's gotten bigger over time so, you know, the latest episode which i've concluded in looking very carefully at all the documentation, the phone call, transcript itself the so-called

whistleblower's complaint, the letter from inspector general to dni, none of that even comes close to impeachable offense, yet the democrats have boxed themselves into a corner, they have to go with it now and i don't think that it will rebound ultimately to their advantage. heather: can you possibly answer this in about 20 seconds? what's the difference, why wasn't impeachable offense with president clinton under different circumstances versus president trump? >> the impeachment of president clinton was focused and very evidence-based on specific violations of federal criminal law that is not the case with regard to this investigation of president trump. >> all right, very good, you did it in 20 seconds or less, thank you so much for joining us, as i said really appreciate your expertise this morning. >> thank you. heather: have a good day. well, the time now is 18 minutes after the top of the hour, deadly derailment at amusement park goes horribly wrong, roller

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heather: yeah, that's disturbing, you can hear people scheming as the ride derails, amusement park in méxico, victims falling more than 30 feet to the ground, two women also injured, one of them with severe injury, investigators blame the injury on mechanical failure, goodness. terrifying moments as well on board a packed plane when engine malfunctions in mid-flight, take a look at shocking video, united airlines engine shaking in the sky with some sort of mechanical issue, pilots turning around and then landing back in denver, airline says that passengers took a different plane in orlando, no one injured in that thank goodness. joe biden demanding that major networks stop interviewing rudy giuliani claiming that he use it

is platform to spread conspiracy theories. carley shimkus with fox news headlines 24/7 siriusxm 115 is here with the response from social media. carley: yes, so joe biden's sent letter demanding they stop booking rudy giuliani, president trump's personal attorney, the letter saying in part, we write to demand that in service to the facts you no longer book giuliani, surrogate for donald trump who has demonstrated that he will knowingly and willingly lie in order to advance his own narrative, now that letter coming after giuliani appeared on 3 sunday morning shows including fox sunday morning futures, giuliani responded to the dale yes beast for comment, sounds like the usual left-wing censorship, some on social media are slamming team biden's demand , pamela tweets free press, he can't tell me who to keep off because they don't like

what he's saying, another twitter user sounding off saying i think biden should stay in his lane and worry about biden, so a lot of people saying, you know, his campaign really overstepped their bounds, you know, who is he to tell a news network who they can and cannot book. >> we will see if news networks listen, which ones do listen. >> to be continued. >> let's talk about this, this is new study that reveal that is the political climate is stressing people out to the point they are losing sleep, are you one of those people, apparently especially among the left. >> according to university of northbound lincoln survey, 38% of adults say that politics causes them stress, 20% say that politics has damaged friendships, also listen to this, 4% of people say that they've had suicidal thoughts because of politics, that is not good and like you said, heather, out of the people surveyed, the

survey on people on the political left, young males in particular are the ones that are most affected by this suicidal thought thing, very sad, indeed. heather: let us know how you feel about it, for sure. >> absolutely. heather: time now 26 minutes after the top of the hour and the brand-new memo that says chicago police are no longer allowed to help dhs, plus making texas a pot target, nancy pelosi's crystal ball shows the lone star state turning blue but could that really happen, why he says the democratic hype isn't realistic in texas when he joins us live up next

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as impeachment dominates air waves, 2020 candidates scramble to make their own headlines and defending joe biden and condemning the president with his call with ukraine, is there truth to claim that public opinion is turning their favor, todd piro, good morning. >> feels like forever with joe biden ganged up on stage with harshest debate combatants including cory booker with ukraine's story consuming the nation. >> i will be standing firmly in defense of joe biden throughout this process because this is in way dismerge character and record for decades. >> the majority of americans support the impeachment inquiry, but that same poll fail to go show that most americans thought the president's actions were illegal, house speaker nancy pelosi insisting that the

impeachment inquiry is vital for the nation telling democratic caucus, quote, we have to be prayerful, somber and nonpartisan, this isn't about politics, it's not partnership but patriotism but the idea that this has anything to do with rather you like him or not, forget that, that's about the election, this is about the constitution. as you might imagine the president had a lot to say over the weekend including this, quote, the radical left do-nothing democrats are doing great harm to our country, they are lying and cheating like never before in our country's history in order to destabilize the united states of america and its upcoming 2020 election, they and the fake news media are dangerous and bad. the impeachment inquiry and undeniable focus on the sunday shows, check out the numbers, abc and cnn52 minutes, fox 40

minutes. a number of political strategists noting as the impeachment inquiry dominate it is news cycle, get this, heather, 20 race could take a backseat, that's mind-blowing to me, unreal. heather: todd piro, thank you, todd. >> no problem. heather: the soldiers appearing to be ambushed in armored vehicles and iran group claiming to capture saudi troops, claims cannot be verified, comes after rebels take responsibility on saudi oil facilities, saudis and u.s. publicly blamed iran. well, the murder suspect in this case has sparked 17 weeks of chaos in hong kong is set to be released from jail, wanted in taiwan in the death of his

pregnant girlfriend, currently in hong kong on separate money laundry charges and cannot be moved because they do not have extradition agreement, hong kong leaders we wanted to change that with a bill to send fugitives to mainland china. many thought they would threaten independence. the crown prince of saudi arabia speaking out after attacks on oil facilities, he warns iranian aggression could have global consequences. >> if the world does not take a strong and firm action to deter iran, we will see further escalation and oil prices in high numbers. >> does it have to be a military response? >> i hope not. heather: president mohammad bin salman hopes for peace and the

war could caught collapse. the cia concluded that the prince ordered killings and jamal khashoggi, his body never been found. back at home, is texas now considered a swing state, well nancy pelosi seems to think so. >> texas is -- is our hope for the future. when texas goes blue and people have to pay attention to everything that happens here, the views of people here, that's going to be very, very hopeful for our nation. heather: but will the lone star state actually turn blue in 2020, here with some insight former political director republican in texas ash wright, ash, thank you so much for joining us this morning, we appreciate it. >> good morning, thanks for having me. heather: what do you think of what nancy pelosi has to say

there? >> well, look, the demographics are definitely changing in the state of texas but she's premature that 2020 is going to be the change over so they often point to some facts of beto o'rourke's race or 2016 cycle where democrats won roughly 55% -- let me back up, 58% of all texas votes came from 8 counties in 2018 and democrats won those, one 5 of those 8 counties, if you look at the state as a whole and top looking at just metropolitan areas, beto o'rourke underperformed every other statewide republican on the ballot and from the top performing republican to beto there was a vote gap of over 650,000 votes in favor of the republican so i do think demographics are changing but her take on it is premature to believe that democrats will be able to take texas in 2020. heather: yeah, we can also bring up a map of the 2016 texas

presidential election and there's a similar story behind the numbers as well, right? >> yeah, absolutely, i mean, so it's very similar, so in 2016, you know, 55% of the votes in texas came from southern counties, large metropolitan areas, but of 254 counties in the state of texas trump won significantly i believe 76% in rural texas which carries republicans over, so, look, texas republicans have to continue to gain roads with hispanic voters who are becoming stronger as they grow and we become a majority-minority state, we have to make inroads with college educated women in suburban areas and continue to register republicans that are moving in from other states and texas republicans are currently doing that and they are doing good job of it and so, yeah, i think it's going to be several election cycles before democrats are able to actually make texas in play. heather: yeah, with this particular race, 5 texas republicans who are retiring from congress and we can bring

those up for everyone at home. but what you were talking about, that's what's referred to as the texas triangle, right, one of the big things going for that area is right now job creation and population growth, right? >> absolutely, so the texas triangle, if you take dallas dallas-fort worth and you draw line to san antonio, houston and back up, roughly 80% of the state lives in triangle but what is missed in that, although the population lives inside the triangle, only 51%, excuse me, only 49% of our voting population comes from inside that triangle, so, you know, the theory being that triangle and population grows republicans will have a harder time making up the vote difference in rural texas but, you know, texas republicans are taking it seriously and they begin to make inroads in some of our suburban counties around houston, dallas,

austin, and so, you know, democrats -- demographic wills show that texas will eventually turn blue but it just won't be this year. heather: yeah, well good job keeping all the numbers straight, you know, one of the big numbers is the economy and as long as it remains strong that will make a big difference, ash, thank you so much for joining us. >> absolutely. definitely, thank you. heather: well, the time now 20 minutes until the top of the hour and close call, out of control truck smashes into the side of state trooper's patrol car, how the officer walked unscathed, and cory booker cuffing up the cash, just made enough money to make november debate stage, but is it enough to keep him in the race, find out

heather: welcome back, "fox & friends first" says brand-new rule from chicago police barring officers responding to immigration arrest, ordering officers to call a supervisor when responding to request from dhs and they must leave the scene, well, ranking officer says policy continues to delegitimize their department adding despite chicago being a sanctuary city, quote, you'll not find a real single police officer that would assist another agency. close call for utah highway patrol sergeant, watch this. stopped on the side of the road to investigate car crash and a truck slammed in patrol car, nelson had gotten into his car seconds before the crash.

>> if he would have been out of his car i think the damage and yours would have been a lot worse. heather: sergeant nelson is okay, thank goodness. heather: now to fox business alert, popular heartburn medication pulls off the shelfs at cvs as fda investigates possible link to cancer, tracee carrasco from fox business with what you need to know, good morning, tracee. >> vantac has been pulled off the shelfs after some concerns of possible link to cancer, the fda earlier this month tested pills and found trace amounts of known carcinogen which is linked to cancer, can be harmful in large amounts, only small amounts in the pills, they say they are going to be testing some more so there's really no reason to panic just yet but they want people to maybe consider switching to another

medication, now the drug maker they did say we all work closely with the fda and conducting our own robust investigations to ensure we continue to meet the highest quality safety and quality standards, so, again, they have to pull that off shelfs at cvs. heather: important for people to know for sure, forever 21, they are filing for bankruptcy? >> chapter 11 protection, this is something that's been speculation for months, but forever 21 the retailer most known for fast fashion making it official yesterday, they say they will be using this time to restructuring, so they will be shutting down some 360 stores all around the world, 178 stores in the u.s., they are going to still be operating their website during this time but really using this time as a restructuring, forever 21 saying that does not mean we are going out of business, on the contrary

filing for bankruptcy protection is deliberate and decisive step to put us on a successful track for the future, so we will be keeping an eye on that story. heather: all right, and something people should definite i will keep an eye on today an fox business network, refresh today we could call it. >> tracee: big day for fox business, when you're watching network you'll notice things is different, just the look will be different, same amazing talent, incredible team of journalists but graphics will be fresher, nice refresh as we are calling it, you'll also notice it on the website and the app which is very important now as people are getting their information on the go, we want to keep you updated wherever we are, fox business got a nice refresh to kick off new season for us. heather: yeah, big day. thank you so much, tracee, 15 minutes until the top of the hour as speculation swirls about joe and hunter biden's alleged corruption in ukraine, former prime minister says the country

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heather: welcome back, ukraine's former prime minister calling into investigation hunter biden and ties to ukrainian energy firm barisma holdings, what impact could that have on joe biden's campaign, here to debate former obama campaign director robin byro, thank you for joining thus morning, we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> so rachel, i will start with you and let's bring up this statement from the former

ukraine prime minister talking about hunter biden and how he must be investigated. he gave statement to reuters should be investigated so i's can be dotted and t's crossed. >> wherever joe biden was making policy, hunter biden was making a profit and you see that from his time with credit card companies and now to government of ukraine, this is unseeingly for joe biden who is running as a candidate of the working class who is supposed to be claiming the moral high ground over trump for his son to be in oligarchs in ukraine while joe biden is directing taxpayer money to that rant i, there's definitely something to be looked at here. >> robin? >> i actually can't disagree with anything that she said

there, well, the prime minister said dot the i's, cross their t's, just like we did with hillary clinton, look, i say that because the damage is already done, there's already so much corruption in the ukraine, that's why john kerry's son declined his position on the board of barisma holdings, hunter biden did profit off of this, the damage is done but let's -- in the interest of transparency just investigate. >> i'm glad that you brought that up robin because nobody has mentioned that in terms of john kerry's son actually declining to be on that board, let's listen to what rudy giuliani had to say in reference to a double standard of sorts going on and i want your response to this. >> the real shame is i put this out 6 months ago and the washington press didn't pay attention to it, where have the fbi been for a year and a half, there's two standards here, there was no russian collusion, the collusion was in ukraine.

>> you know, allowing with the double standard that he's claiming robin, you can take a look at how people feel about president trump's assertions in terms of biden and 43% say that they deserve further investigation so i will let you respond and then we will wrap it up with rachel, robin, go. >> yes, absolutely, like i said investigator joe biden at this point more concerned about elizabeth warren, he's losing so much ground to her in state that is he has to win, iowa, new hampshire, so, you know, this could be, if he's smart he will use this to benefit him and say that it's a coupe on him but like i said the damage is already done at this point on his campaign so rachel what should democratic do, how should they handle it? >> they lose all credibility if they don't go after, this as early as 2015 in "the new york times" as pointed out, hunter biden profiting from oligarchs,

in 2019 the new yorker magazine was putting profile piece on hunter biden pointing this out as well and they want to pretend that it's not an issue and it should go away, that's not how this works, they have to address, this this is a huge problem with joe biden. >> well, interesting to see how they handle it and if they're listening to you this morning, robin and rachel, thank you very much for joining us. thank you. >> thank you, heather. >> time now about 8 minutes until the top of the hour but may seem like dejavu, hillary clinton is till talking about the 2016 presidential race. >> it was like applying for a job and getting 66 million letters of recommendation and losing to a corrupt human tornado. >> is she about to throw her hat in the presidential ring again, the rumors now flowing enterprise car sales and you'll take any trade-in? that's right! great!

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heather: welcome back, is third time the charm, hillary clinton may be hoping so, the 2016 presidential candidate refueling rumors about possible 2020 run as she takes more swings at president trump. >> i believe he knows he's an illegitimate president, it's like applying for a job and getting 66 million letters of recommendation and lose to go

corrupt human tornado. heather: she does not think the president will win reelection as she continues book tour this week with daughter chelsea, political expert says taking note of timing, she refocuses on democratic front rubber joe biden begins to slip in the polls, what do you think, cory booker sounding the alarm on his campaign again. >> what we have seen over the last week has been avalanche of support, we have raised $1.5 million plus and crossed threshold to make november's debate. but yeah, i still need help. heather: booker would end his run if he wouldn't raise $1.7 million by october, the u.s. would be lucky to have as president. time for the good, the bad and the ugly.

a dog fell in well but firefighters to rescue, watch. >> got it. [inaudible] heather: pup named pablo was stuck for 3 hours, this is in malibu, he wasn't injured thank goodness but he was covered in mud, now the bad, one guilty golden, a woman reports her dog -- look at that, giant mess. >> look at this. really? cash. heather: poor little thing, this was the first time she left her puppy home for several hours. still wagging the tail. feeling the force of social media blowback, commenting on this picture that ivanka trump

posted online showing her son with the caption the force is strong well, writing, online trend after one person writing, come on, dude. that wraps up this hour of "fox & friends first", thanks for joining us, "fox & friends first" continues now. >> i intend to hold the president accountable and intend to do it for investigation and what we see is damming. rob: okay, monday september 30th and let's meet, president trump says he wants to know who his accuser is as we learn that this whistleblower will be speaking very soon. jillian: brand new push from joe biden's campaign to silence rudy giuliani, two officers murdered defending city they sworn to