...it's making them do hard work... ...and getting paid for it. (vo) snap and sort your expenses to save over $4,600 at tax time. quickbooks. backing you. >> fully understand but i campaigned on the fact that i was going to bring our soldiers home and bring them home as rapidly as possible. >> it is tuesday, october 8th. happening right now at 4:00 on the east coast it is time, donald trump making his case for moving us troops from syria which could pave the way for an invasion by turkey but what does it mean for the middle east in the future of isis. change i don't even have a bible and i said to her i will get one

for you. >> the moment stunned the dallas court room, the judge is defending herself are giving a bible to convicted cop killer. the nfl player raising money for charity after the league through a flag in his head band. "fox and friends" starts right now. ♪ what's wrong with being confident ♪ heather: good morning. let's get you up and out of bed, you are watching "fox and friends first" on tuesday morning and we always appreciate it. let's begin with what we were just discussing, donald trump's decision to withdraw from syria met with swift back lash as leaders on both sides of the

aisle accuse him of abandoning allies but the president says he is following through on a campaign promise. todd pyro joins us with swift reaction from both sides. >> a lot of strange bedfellows in this one, the president pushing back against criticism of the move ahead of a planned invasion by turkey as democrats and some republicans express concern the withdrawal could lead to the genocide of our kurdish allies and rise of isis in the region. >> syria was supposed to be a short-term hit, just a very short-term hit, in and out. that was many many years ago. we want to bring our troops back home and i got elected on that. >> some republicans including rand paul and mike we support the decision. others like adam kissinger, an air force veteran spoke against it. >> the president says we won this war, we have not won the war against isis.

the terrorists decide to move against us, if we can keep that back to 3 or 400 troops we ought to do that. >> even normally divided congressional leadership came together to denounce the president's measure although in different ways. mitch mcconnell saying the move would only benefit russia, iran and the aside regime and urging the president to keep the multinational coalition together to defeat isis. nancy pelosi accusing the president of attempting to appease an authoritarian strongman. the white house pushing back against reports the pentagon was blindsided by the move, senior ministration official telling fox news the decision was discussed with top brass in the state department and the pentagon so definitely a talker. a lot of people on both sides have differing views on this. >> something the president said he was going to do while ago and now it is happening. thank you so much. in just hours the us ambassador

to the eu will testify behind closed doors as part of the impeachment inquiry push against donald trump. griff jenkins joins us live as democrats work to conceal the whistleblower's identity. >> house democrats going to great lengths to protect the identity of the original was a blower. according to the washington post steps into consideration include testify from a remote location and concealing their voice and appearance. they argue this is necessary because of pressure from the white house. >> we cannot allow the president to somehow get to the whistleblower or threaten him or discourage him or her from telling their side of the story. and us learning what exactly is the extent of the alleged scheme displayed in his complaint. >> this as all eyes on the us

ambassador to the un who is named in the complaint, testifying on the hill today. lawmakers eager to the deeper into a series of text messages where he pushed back against allegations of a quid pro quo to withhold military aid. it is clear democrats are widening the scope of the impeachment inquiry. the chairman of the three investigative committee subpoenaing the secretary of defense, acting director of the office of management and budget. at the white house donald trump continuing to rail. >> impeachment inquiry is a scam. the mistake they made, the opposition, the democrats, the radical left, they came out with a whistleblower report before they saw the conversation, they waited one day, nancy pelosi wouldn't have made a fool of herself. >> another sign this is far from over, a second whistleblower coming forward claiming firsthand knowledge of the president's dealings with ukraine. it will be an interesting week in washington.

>> it is only tuesday. thanks. the democrats's latest impeachment threat hinging on the second whistleblower testimony, but donald trump's attorney says it is just the latest in a long list of failed efforts to trap the president. >> my statement on that is so what? we have already released a transcript so is it really relevant, another person who may or may not have heard the conversation thought about it? the transcript has been released. it is out there in the public. they couldn't get russia, they couldn't get instruction, then it was quid pro quo with ukraine, then a transcript that showed no quid pro quo and then a cover-up but there was no cover because the transcript was released, that was the whistleblower and what did whistleblower do? the whistleblower said no firsthand knowledge for most of it and didn't bother to tell the inspector general that the individual was in conversation with adam schiff.

shannon: some other headlines, the murdered witness in the amber guyger trial sent to testify, the attorney tells cbs news joshua brown would have been the first witnesses in the civil suit. brown who was neighbors with john and guyger was shot and killed outside his apartment friday come his testimony helped convict guyger, who murdered jean in his own apartment. as the search ramps up for an armed and dangerous shooting suspect a survivor is speaking out. michael was shot in the solar at a kansas city farm this weekend. he describes the moment two men came in and started shooting. >> the time i saw the fire come out i felt something. i felt like i got hit with it.

almost knocked me to the floor. to see the people hit the floor, see people dying. >> dozens of neighbors gathered to remember the four lives lost was one suspect is behind bars, both men face murder charges. today the supreme court will consider whether an employee can legally fire someone over their sexual orientation. the justices must decide whether lgbt and transgender people are protected under a federal law that bans workplace discrimination. the nation's highest court started its new term without clarence thomas. a court spokesperson says he might have a flu. new york city couple charged in the college admission scandal will be sentenced today.

greg and marcia abbott face eight months in prison after pleading guilty to paying $125,000 to have their daughter's test answers corrected. felicity huffman starts later this month. the us attorney says they will push for a harsher sentence when lori laughlin is sentenced next year. she pleaded not guilty. the new york yankees are step closer to a 28 world series title. >> the yankees swept the win. the first team to the championship series. >> the bronx bombers beating the twins 5-1 to win a complete series sweep. they are swept by the houston astros watching the nationals, a winner go home game over the los

angeles dodgers and they avoid elimination pushing the atlanta braves with a 5-4 win in extra innings. the time is 9 minutes after the top of the hour and turkey is gearing up to invade syria after donald trump told us forces what happens next in the middle east, jim hansen says there is a strategy to prevent russia getting control next. talk about pulling double duty, the baby girl, testifying. ♪ - [narrator] do you have less energy than you used to?

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and what about isis? joining us now is jim hansen, thank you for joining us on this topic. we appreciate it. let's bring up donald trump's tweet, these orders to pull out of syria, i was elected on getting us out of these endless wars where our military functions of the policing operations. and some great wealth to protect the territory. this is a promise he has made. >> the question, the best way to deliver on that process. the leaders of the trump administration on the syria issue that erdogan is a bad man threatening to move into syria for years now. and turkey to do that, the

president at this point is reacting to something erdogan is going to do whether or not donald trump made the offer, the president trying to use that to his advantage. heather: how do we protect our kurdish allies? >> the other half of our plan is if we allow turkey to create a buffer zone on the border to ensure some of the folks who operate in the border are terrorist concerns, turkey has legitimate security concerns but how do we make sure the kurds get taken care of and our plan calls for a protectorate. the kurds who are our allies do not get rolled up by air to one in the turks. heather: how do we prevent russia growing in strength in

the region. >> turkey by the antiaircraft system against our strict concerns on that so they are trying to pull turkey into their orbit. donald trump made request of erdogan during the discussions and those related to lesser ties with russia. heather: one of the issues is the influence of isis and we can bring a map of how things changed in the past couple years. isis links arrests doubled since 2018. you can look and see what the situation is in syria as well with isis. how will this be impacted? >> we pushed isis out of the entire area that was the caliphate. that is a tremendous victory for us.

the bad side of that is the fighters that survived are going other places, some returning to their own countries or going back to europe for coming to the united states and isis is shifting gears from trying to be a physical caliphate to being back in their franchise model where a lone wolf or any other g hardy of the day says i am and isis supporter and i will conduct -- we are picking up those folks and the fbi is making those arrests before these guys committed terrorist act. heather: that is good news, a number of the rest of double. >> every one of those people did not committee terrorist act. heather: we appreciate your insight today. the time is 17 after the top of the hour, three premature babies died in a neonatal unit from bacterial infection. how did this happen and how do

we stop it from happening again. a family doctor with the solution up next. member the historic spacewalk that was scrapped because nasa didn't have the right size suit? it is back on, mark your calendars for that one coming up. here, it all starts with a simple...

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prisons. democrats pushing to impose prisons, a woman thrown into rikers as a teenager and claiming she drank out of toilets. ocasio cortez suggesting homeless shelters, she did not mention an alternative for violence criminals. a convicted murderer is released from prison after getting support from kim kardashian west. >> make him believe he ran from bravery and all that. >> stuart spent 23 years behind bars for killing a man when 16 years old, life sentence suspended two month after kardashian west and a letter to a judge advocating for his release. the reality stars working towards a law degree, several inmates get released from prison.

tragedy at a pennsylvania hospital, three babies have died and 5 more are infected with the bacteria spreading through the neonatal intensive care unit. many demanding to know how did this happen? let's begin with that. >> this, my heart goes out to this family. it lives naturally in the environment and loves the water, and what happens is several things can occur that go wrong in a hospital like if someone doesn't wash their hands, it is number one way to prevent the spread of infection. we have breathing machines and catheters and if it is not properly cleaned or disinfected this could happen and we could

see antibiotic resistance where antibiotics we have to treat these infections just don't work, it is multi-drug resistant. heather: the medical center said these cases occurred in extremely premature infants who are considered severely immune compromised. there is no reason to believe any incoming water sources or incoming water at the tmc facility poses a risk to the general public. who is at risk? >> usually this is an opportunistic infection, it usually doesn't cause serious illness in healthy people. it infects those with weak or underdeveloped immune systems like premature babies or someone who is undergoing chemotherapy treatment or someone with cystic

fibrosis or diabetes. heather: not necessarily just babies. >> usually cause more severe illnesses for those with weakened immune systems or underdeveloped or another type of autoimmune disorder that could affect your but it can affect you and i if we go to a hot tub that is not properly correlated or an ear infection or skin infection, the lungs or the bloodstream but most of us can fight it off with a healthy immune system with antibiotics as long as it is a not a drug-resistant strain. heather: we went through how it is contracted. when people go to the hospital how can they avoid this type of thing? >> the most important thing is handwashing, proper disinfection, strict guidelines and protocols on preventing these outbreaks. heather: appreciate you joining us.

the time is 25 after the top of the hour. nancy pelosi putting the house intel committee in charge of the ukraine probe but why did she skip the judiciary committee if it is part of the inquiry? is she hiding something? our next guest says find out and hold a vote.

heather: a look at our top headlines donald trump defending his decision to withdraw us troops from syria despite harsh criticism from both sides of the aisle, the president says he is following through on a campaign promise and he wants the troops come home as critics including mitch mcconnell claim the move will benefit russia, iran and the aside regime.

today the city council holds a closed-door meeting on north korea, several nations including france and germany requested the meeting after the regime tested and underwater missile. north korea says the discussion will boost our desire to defend our sovereignty and today the supreme court will consider whether an employer can legally fire someone over their sexual orientation. the justices must decide whether a federal law banning workplace dissemination covers lgbt and transgender people. the decision is expected by next summer. another impeachment hearing happening just hours from now after democrats add a second whistleblower to their impeachment push. >> the perfect call, just a scam by the democrats to try winning an election they are not going to win in 2020. we won on the mueller scam, that

was a big deal that lasted 21/2 years, we had a few days of peace and suddenly came up with this one. heather: why is nancy pelosi refusing to hold the full house vote? we appreciate it. why no full house vote so far? >> strategically she didn't want to put representatives in that place to make a public vote. it also limits republicans because since it is not an official inquiry -- >> they have to vote to have an inquiry first of all. >> they should have without a doubt because now it is a unilateral decision by the speaker of the house and it limits the republicans. that is one of the things. they don't have subpoena power. they have to negotiate, just ask questions in these depositions we saw last week with a special envoy to ukraine.

tactically speaking, i said before when we talked potential contempt on a g bar, this is campaigning at its best for the democrats because they don't put the representatives on the front on the floor to give the public a vote. heather: the president says in a tweet the partisan whistleblower was very wrong on what was set on my perfect no pressure call with the ukrainian president bringing another whistleblower from the bench and they are talking about having the whistleblower testify in an undisclosed location and republicans -- >> that is the reporting on it. we have whistleblower number 2 reportedly that has direct knowledge. whistleblower number one had knowledge. it was all hearsay. when we talk about fundamental fairness, look at do process.

it is unbelievable to me the democrats think they can impeach a sitting president without divulging anybody's identity. heather: beyond that, what about the idea members of congress are representing all-americans? >> this is not about democrats and republicans, these are representatives of the american people and that is why they should be floating on the floor, that is why we should know who these people are that are providing information to impeach a president and it is not going to last because ultimately they need two thirds vote in the senate to impeach. if they are going to do it on hearsay and non-sourcing. heather: is that why they did this? why did nancy pelosi bypass the judicial system and hand the inquiry to the intel immediately? that is not the proper

procedure. >> i don't think she has the votes. we see some polling on this but that general question of representatives that support impeachment action, that is not impeachment. how many of those will go to the floor right now? let's see how many we get. if they don't have the votes they should not be going down this hunt, i will call it a witch hunt for now with six committees bouncing around subpoenas, giuliani and his associates in the state department. we are going to need court proceedings to determine what executive privilege is. this is a reoccurring issue with don mcgann, giuliani, the state department, there are outstanding issues and when they go before the district court they better have an impeachment. are they going to make the

argument that this impeachment inquiry is the same as an impeachment? heather: how can you handed to the intel committee when the intel committee is making the very charges? heather: it does have the ability to investigate generally. did they have the ability to call witnesses and subpoena documents? they did but it is disingenuous to go before the american people as a listening inquiry when they should have called it to a vote to get these representatives publicly. shannon: they know the american public cannot follow it this closely and are counting on it. thank you for joining us, thank you for breaking it down. four ms 13 gang members plead guilty to a gruesome machete murder, they were in the us illegally, jennifer rivera lopez was lured to a maryland park in 2017 where they chopped her head off and buried her body in a

shallow grave. they face 20 years behind bars, there could be an additional 10 years after pleading guilty to charges in the machete murder of a 17-year-old boy. the judge who gave a hug and bible to former dallas officer amber guyger is defending her actions, tammy kemp wanted to give guyger hope. >> i said please, mister jean has forgiven you, please forgive yourself. she said i don't even have a bible. i don't own a bible, i don't know where to begin. i said to her i will get one for you. heather: she was convicted of killing her neighbor, bottom jean. and atheist group is condemned directions calling them inappropriate. judge kemp said she waited until

all court proceedings were over. the top campaign slamming the mayor of minneapolis for charging half $1 million in security fees ahead of the president's rally. to extort the campaign, just because he hates the president. this after the mayor banned officers from wearing their uniform at political events as the union then created these shirts. we will have more on that coming up. major girl power moment, american astronaut christina cook and jessica mere will complete the first all-female spacewalk outside the international space station this month. the historic moment was originally planned for march but you may remember it was canceled because the iss didn't have the right size spacesuit for one of the astronauts but they do now and are ready to go. the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour.

of study with a tweet about pro-democracy protesters by houston rockets gm. outreach intensifying as the nba targeted damage control yielding to china. the communist country took it a step further overnight. carly shimkus is here with the reaction that is lighting up social media. ♪

heather: the chinese government announcing nba games will no longer be broadcast in their country after the houston rockets general manager tweeted and deleted this. a fight for freedom stands with hong kong and james harden later apologized. >> we love china and everything.

>> carly shimkus with serious xm 115 with the reaction that is erupting online. >> it took 48 hours to flat-out ban houston rockets games and corporate sponsors to cut ties so maureen apologized for his tweet saying i'm always appreciated significant support our chinese sponsors provided and i would hope those who are upset with no misunderstanding was not my intention. the nba worked to smooth things over but apologies are sparking back lash who say the nba's caving to communism. ted cruz tweeted as a lifelong fan i was proud to see her chart -- call out their regressive treatment of protesters in hong kong. now in pursuit of big money the nba is shamefully retreating.

across the aisle beto o'rourke says the only thing they should apologize for is prioritization of profits over human rights. what an embarrassment. a lot of people saying this is the wrong call. >> not only what they are doing to protesters but human rights violations in general. we knew this was coming. a tv miniseries with james comey, donald trump -- >> cbs studios announced james comey will be played by jeff daniels in the new miniseries and donald trump will be played by brendan gleason of harry potter fame. not everybody is excited about this. jeff says giving the trader a platform, lying to congress and the president and you praise him.

hollywood is disconnected from the american people. what a waste of great talent. the show is a fair, responsible and comprehensive account. >> the nba, is that up as well? >> davis says he was fined $7000 for wearing a head band that says man of god on it. they should keep wearing it. my mission continues and one of the reasons he wants it is if you buy those headbands, go to children's hospital. he asked, people responded, many say where it. >> why was he find? >> you are not allowed to wear personal messages with your

uniform, strict guidelines of the uniform. >> wearing towels on their heads. >> sometimes rules are meant to be broken. the time is 15 after the top of the hour and ivy league intolerance. >> its ability to address. >> the university where kevin mc hillinin was shot off stage. they are banned from wearing the uniform at political events, they made a cop for trump shirt instead. the union police chief says they are sick of the political power in the city and he joins us live next. here, it all starts with a simple...

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>> two major chains pooling e cigarettes from their shelves, kroger and walgreens will no longer sell the devices is two school districts to juul. they say the e-cigarette company endangered students and drained resources by marketing to teenagers as we learn a massachusetts woman is the 22nd person to die from a vaping related illness in the us. the state lawmaker introduced his daughter's day to stand up for his constituents. >> when the issue came up it may have been an off day, the work demanded i show up. >> i have no doubt she stole the show.

she was amazing. >> dan testified before boston transportation board while feeding his baby girl, isabel going to work with dad after the leave ended. how about this? no uniforms allowed, no problem. minneapolis police union is selling these cops for trump t-shirt to wear it thursday's presidential rally after their department band officers from using that at the event. the minneapolis police union joins us with more. we appreciate it, like your shirt. tell us what happened. what was the decision-making behind this? >> there is a hypocrisy when democrats are in town. when republicans are in town they are not allowed to be.

who better for officers to show support for donald trump and one of the retired officers is in the shirt business. we developed this shirt i am wearing. they are going like crazy. everyone around here wants them from coast-to-coast so it turned out to be a great success. shannon: and more phone calls now. let's get a statement from the police chief, he says i don't want the mpd to be politicized or to feel they were shutting bias or favor towards a particular party or candidate. what do you say to that? >> it worked fine when democrats benefited from the police federation.

and particularly law enforcement and it is the opposite on the trump team. we support those who support us. our federation does, lately it has been more republicans because law and order. >> you mentioned the proceeds go to different charities, firefighters for healing and the list goes on. a lot of people benefiting from these t-shirts. >> yes. frontline foundation, minnesota, to name a few and the most uses, local charities, various police merchandise, in demand at charitable events, we gave a lot of that up.

heather: what is the response from the police chief? you good to go? everything okay? >> they purchased a lot of things, there is no issue there. heather: to let everyone know how they can buy a shirt and help out, mpdfederation.com. >> correct and our online sales just went up this morning. heather: we will be looking at the crowd on thursday to see those t-shirts. it is 8 minutes until the top of the hour. band the mag a hat, how college students really feel about the president's apparel on campus. and a family left hanging in fear when a trip to the state fair takes horrifying turn.

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>> the ability to address large scale immigration, thank you. >> he tried three times to start his speech at 7 minutes. more than a quarter of democratic college students want donald trump's them aga hatband. a new online college survey says 27% of democratic students support a hypothetical ban. 73% oppose the idea. we asked what you thought of this and most of you think students need a reality check. free speech matters, mag a hats are banned what will be band next? that is a merry-go-round no one should want to get on. unbelievable. in the real world we deal with our differences, not make him go away. greg on facebook that can lead live with freedom of speech, you'd think college students

would figure that out. the good, the bad and the ugly. the good. so my gourd, look at that pumpkin weighing in at 2294 pounds. this is the winner of the giant pumpkin contest. the mitsubishi mirage, one of the latest on the market only weighs 2000 pounds. the bad, little caesars got more than they bargained for when a ride suddenly stops leaving people hanging upside down six minutes. >> what about getting these kids off! >> am i going to get down? heather: safety system stops the ride and no one, hanging upside down for 6 minutes.

the ugly, call them the fashion police, make fun of wanted men for the outfits, the ugliest t-shirt a thief can wear and they are still on the run. that wraps up this hour of "fox and friends first". "fox and friends first" continues now. goodbye. it is tuesday, october 8th. donald trump under fire for giving turkey the green light. >> supporters of it praised the president putting strategy in the us foreign policy. houston, you've got a china problem. the conversation just blocked the nba over pro-hong kong tweets. jillian: backpedaling isn't playing well at home. how fans and lawmakers are responding. ♪