>> what ever happened to hunter? let's do another t-shirt. wears hunter? congresswoman omar is an america hating socialist. he is one of the big reasons i am going to win and the republican party is going to win minnesota in 13 months. heather: happening at 4:00 am on the east coast, taking off the gloves, donald trump firing up a massive crowd in minneapolis promising to flip the state of minnesota as the unhinged left protesting against police outside the arena.

we are live how the president refuses to back down. impeachment roadblock. what we learned about the whistleblower and his ties to the obama white house, a major player heading to the hill today. >> meredith has an invite from jim, barbecue at jim's tonight. >> privacy problems, startling study on how your boss could be spying on you. "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ heather: good morning, you made

it to the weekend. it has been a long week. thank you so much as always for joining us on "fox and friends first". and iranian oil tanker reportedly attacked off the coast of saudi arabia overnight. iran state media says two missile to the tanker causing heavy damage with oil now spilling into the red sea. iran says all crewmembers are safe and the situation is under control. no one has claimed responsibility in the saudi's have not commented. the blast comes amid heightened tensions between washington and iran with the us accusing iran of attacks on foreign tankers near the strait of hormuz. a spokesperson said american authorities are aware of the blast and we will bring you the latest developments on that. in the meantime also breaking this morning turkey claims 277

kurdish fighters are dead is the invasion into syria enters its third day. those numbers are not confirmed but there are reports of multiple civilian deaths in the attack in both countries. the defense ministry announcing a turkish soldier was killed. several republican senators have proposed legislation to impose sanctions for those attacks on us backed kurds. donald trump says he hopes to mediate in the conflict and we have more on this coming up. but first, donald trump slamming socialism at the jampacked keep america great rally in minneapolis and as he praised law enforcement, dangerous riots breaking out in the streets, demonstrators setting fires, throwing objects that police. aishah hasnie joins us with more on the stopping the twin city. >> what a night, what a speech, donald trump spoke for two hours

promising to turn minnesota red urging voters to start with the minneapolis mayor. >> i love the police, i love it. minneapolis has got to change america, you have a bad mayor. >> radical democrats in washington who sold out america taking special aim at minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar. >> congresswoman omar is an america hating socialist. she minimized the september 11th attack on our homeland, she pleaded for compassion for isis recruits right here in minnesota. omar laughed that americans speak of al qaeda. >> reporter: she quickly responded on twitter saying at his rally, trump called

supporters chanted four more years, it was a different story outside the arena. [crowd chanting] >> reporter: several groups protested in the streets through the night confronting trump supporters, throwing objects that police, setting am aga hats on fire. police put out the fire to control the crowds, using pepper spray at times. trump lost minnesota to hillary clinton by 45,000 votes. we can assume this is going to be one of many more rallies in that state. heather: that bonfire included a lot of trump merchandise including hats they ripped off

of people's heads. in just hours the big story happening today, the us ambassador to ukraine will appear on the hill as part of the democrats impeachment push as donald trump and lisa the tax on joe biden during his fiery rally in minnesota. griff jenkins is live in minnesota as we learn who the whistleblower may have worked for. >> reporter: who is he? the whistleblower according to the washington examiner who tipped this offer may have worked for former vice president biden. the examiner claims this. he is a career cia analyst, the national security council at the white house, the source says he would have come in contact with biden's lawyers for the whistleblower having acknowledged their client has, quote, come in contact with presidential candidates from both parties in their roles as elected officials, not as candidates.

last night in minneapolis the president railed against the impeachment push. >> it is so terrible. democrats are on a crusade to destroy our democracy. that is what is happening. >> reporter: he had choice words for the bidens. >> your father was never considered smart. he was never considered a good senator. he was only a good vice president because he understood how to kiss barack obama's [bleep] >> reporter: all eyes on the scheduled advisers who ukraine. not a traditional hearing governed by separate rules. and earlier this week, we have

learned will appear for a transcribed interview next week. the administration is cracking the door open and cooperating with the inquiry. house committees issuing a subpoena for rick perry to make the call to ukraine. >> thank you so much. related to former us ambassador two associates of donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani now facing federal campaign finance charges. prosecutors say igor fruman and lev parnas illegally funneled money into us elections. the business and detained at dulles airport boarding a flight to germany with 1-way tickets. they are being held on $1 million bond.

top democrats subpoenaed the men for documents related to their work in ukraine and allegedly pushing for the former ambassador to be fired as well. the man accused of murdering 22 people at an el paso walmart pleads not guilty. the 19-year-old suspect facing a judge for the first time since his arrest in august. he posted racist comments online. prosecutors pushing for the death penalty. he could face federal charges for capital murder and hate crimes. in florida a man is sentenced to 20 years in prison for a stand your ground shooting that through the florida law into the spotlight, surveillance video showing the moment before he shot and killed marquis's in a 2008 argument over a parking spot. initially police didn't charge them saying he was protected by stand your ground which allows

people to defend themselves against perceived threats. he plans to appeal his manslaughter conviction. across the country to california a california business man charged in the college admission scandal will be sentenced today. he paid $15,000 to boost his daughter's test score before trying to cover it up. prosecutors are asking for one month in prison. felicity huffman starts her 2-week sentence later this month. lori laughlin who pleaded not guilty is scheduled to go to trial next year. how about some playoff baseball? houston astros dominate the tampa bay rays winning game 5 at the a lds. >> astros, yankees.

heather: they will face the new york yankees in the championship series starting tomorrow night on fox. the in lcs between st. louis and washington starts tonight. a good friday night watching some baseball. the time is about what time? 10 minutes after the top of the hour. life pictures from the border of turkey and syria. smoke in the distance, donald trump laying out options for the turks and attacks on the kurds enter day 3. >> we could send 1000 troops for a military conflict with turkey. we could hit turkey very hard financially. or we could mediate a deal. >> the kurds are key to stopping isis from growing again and he joins us next. 12 democrats made the stage for next week's debate but one of theing a boycott. they are blaming the dnc.

>> turkey and syria and the kurds, we could send in 1000 troops for military conflicts, hit turkey hard financially, or we could mediate a deal between turkey and the kurds. shannon: donald trump defending his decision to remove us troops from northern syria, this is officials fear thousands of isis fighters held in syrian prisons may escape. the united states has taken custody -- huckabee invasion by turkey but americans at risk abroad and here at home? the national security analyst joined me now with more, thank you for joining us. a volatile us?

>> the biggest thing is the risk of a resurgence of isis but there are other terrorist groups including al qaeda and other terrorist groups backed by turkey so i'm worried about the growth of all of them but especially isis. in order to understand what makes isis grow you have to look at the prophecy they are fulfilling. that attracts people and makes people believe in this crazy cause like they are fulfilling the prophecy and according to their beliefs they have the caliphate and a series of defeats and they make a comeback. if they escape from those camps, tens of thousands of isis fighters make a resurgence. heather: at least 11,000 escape from syria. >> a lot of them are considered martyrdom.

they are going through that. family members of isis fighters and displaced civilians supporting isis. you are looking at potential unleashing of an isis army and i do not trust erdogan who i consider the dictator of turkey, the slickest jihadist we have seen since 9/11. i don't trust them handling isis at all. and so maybe he will rebrand them. heather: if you listen to the president talk about the toughest jobs he had and family members of military service troops who die in action over there in these wars that continue year after year, afghanistan, syria.

one of the things we were able to accomplish, the isis beetles are in custody now. what should we do with them? this is what the president said about that last night. >> we captured many isis fighters, citizens of these various countries in europe. we don't want them. i said how unfair? >> the baddest of the bad so to speak. >> this conflicts with the uk because they might not want to hand over evidence to prosecute these guys. and they become martyrs. they are supposed to be miserable. more of a deterrent and just so people understand, 100,000 christians in the area turkey is bombarding and some are already

dead. i want people to understand there are persecuted christians at risk. heather: you are going back to saudi arabia. >> i will spend time there, i go back and forth for the region and the kurds also loved trump. that is part of the reason this is so alarming is the kurds aside from israel are the light in the darkness in the middle east and emphatically pro trump but now they are second-guessing. heather: open to being the middle man. thank you so much. safe travel. the time is 19 after the top of the hour, the nba in damage control mode after blocking a reporter's question about the hong kong protest. >> in the future. heather: the league is defending

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into the great plains, blizzard like conditions in minnesota snapping tree branches and knocking down power lines. temperatures plummeted 60 ° within 24 hours into the 20s, 200 crashes, work trucks working hard, this is new england bracing for a powerful nor'easter, strong winds kicking up surf causing flooding along the coast, heavy rain also expected. moments ago the nba deciding to no longer hold team media sessions during a trip to china after a tense exchange involving the houston rockets at a cnn reporter. todd pyro has more on the growing political firestorm.

>> another day come more twists in the nba china saga including this exchange with with a cnn reporter and houston rockets representative after she tried to question two of the team stars about the hong kong protest. >> i wonder after the events of this week whether you would feel differently about speaking out in the future. this is an event that happened during the nba. this particular question has not been answered. >> the nba later issuing this, yesterday's houston rockets media availability, team representative interjected to prevent cnn's christina mcfarland from receiving an answer. this is consistent with how the

nba conducts events and off the top there will be no media events any longer for the duration of the strip. this started following this tweet from rockets general manager supporting pro-democracy protesters in hong kong. and other merchandise being pulled from major cities. they were told by upper management that all rockets merchandise had to be removed. the game between the lakers and nets, you're watching highlights that went on as scheduled. saturday's rematch also not expected to be broadcast. heather: a lot of people have something to say about this. >> joseph writing one more reason not to watch, so much more time to spend with my family and community. doreen also critical saying cowards boycott nba, it is now the cba, not the nba confirmed

to china. heather: a lot of folks say it is different. when you talk about human rights, lgbt q rights in china. >> what is fascinating is the nba skated through the last couple years without any controversy. heather: they pulled out of north carolina, the bathroom bill. thank you so much. 27 minutes after the top of the hour, donald trump firing of the minneapolis crowd, protesters were clashing with police outside. [shouting] heather: are those protest helping or hurting the left as they fight to keep minnesota blue? our political panel debates

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heather: look at our top headlines. we begin with a fox news alert was an iranian oil tanker attack off the coast of saudi arabia overnight. state media says two rocketed the tanker causing heavy damage. the blast comes amid heightened tensions between washington and and tehran with attacks on foreign tankers near the strait of hormuz. in hours back at home the former us ambassador to ukraine will appear on the hill as part of the democrats impeachment push. marie ivanohvich will appear before the house committee. donald trump says to meet with the top trade officials today in

what could be a trade war breakthrough. the vice premier told chinese state media beijing is open to making a deal to prevent further tensions. mayhem in minneapolis, democratic protesters harassed police and burn m aga hats outside donald trump's rally. >> i love you guys whether you are cops, police officers, it doesn't matter. you are so great, so respected, you don't even know how much our public love you. [chanting] >> abolish ice! heather: really mixed messages. will it hurt the left's grip on minnesota in 2020? here to debate, ines stepman and jason nichols. appreciate it. definitely a long night with that rally. for two hours the president was fired up. let's talk about the discrepancy

between what was going on inside and outside. >> that discrepancy can only help the president. americans are so divided about almost every institution in our lives. very low approval ratings, the only one of very few institutions left in this country that actually has majority support and trust is the police, law enforcement. this helps the president when compared with the behavior of the protesters outside calling cops pigs, rioting, this is not behavior the american people support and they are more in line with the president then folks outside. heather: i was watching like lots of folks whereas senator tim scott was on from south carolina. he said these protesters have a right to protest but not the right to be violent. what did you think of what was happening?

>> i don't think anyone was hurt as ice are reported, people burning m aga hats, they were not protesting law enforcement, they were protesting the president. this bodes well for democrats when you look at the fact donald trump's poll numbers are down 14 points in estate he lost by 45,000 votes. it will not get better because of this because of the controversy he is embroiled in, doesn't look good for him in minnesota. heather: he only lost by 1.5% and only visited the state once and had a huge turnout with this rally so you don't think things might be different this time around? >> the poll numbers that say he is down 14 points were from september 19th. now the fox news polls said the majority of americans petition

for him to be removed. that was before the controversy. you see the desperation talking for 21/2 hours around the country. >> let's continue, they were protesting the police, you see signs visible in front of the police, nvidia we are watching their. this will work against democrats. >> i think that is right. we see a lot of poles and the president's popularity in the low 40s and that was true in 2016 as well which means a lot of people out there may not approve of everything the president says or does but ended up voting for him in 2016 and the more scenes we see like the one outside this rally in

minneapolis i think the more people in the middle are going to say we might not agree with donald trump on everything, we might not approve of the job he is doing in every aspect but they might be willing to vote for him quietly especially when they see this kind of intimidation, there was a lot of intimidation of people who wanted to come this rally and expressed her political opinions. i think there's often that gap between outside approval of donald trump and people willing to vote for him when they see this is what the left is. lou: i know you want to make a comment about that but as we all know, the polls were very wrong last time around. >> hillary clinton has low approval ratings as well. 2016 was a different case with two very unpopular candidates going head to head. the one thing i will say is i don't think this rally will turn anything one way or the other. when you talk about a rally that will turn things, talk about charlottesville where people

lost their lives, were hurt, those people were wearing m aga hats and the president's response was irresponsible. that is the rally people will remember, what democrats will pound the president on, lack of leadership there. heather: that is another debate, if you listen to his words which we can't get into because that is a completely different story but a lot of folks disagree with you. thank you both for joining us, we appreciate it. the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour. doesn't always feel somebody is watching you? it could be your boss. than alarming evidence every employee needs to hear. they say everything is bigger in texas. what about state fairs? abby is finding out and is live this morning. >> reporter: good morning. i am here bright and early and

excited, everything this state fair has to offer, stay tuned.

heather: congresswoman tulsi gabbard threatening to boycott the democratic debate because she thinks the race is rigged. >> the democratic primary election was rigged by the dnc and their partners in the corporate media. and his 2020 election the dnc and corporate media are rigging the election again but this time it is against the american people. >> reporter: she slammed the debate threshold as arbitrary and its use of undemocratic polls undermined early voting,

but qualified for the debate but did not qualify from last month's debate. watch what you send over email. chances are your company is reading it. >> meredith has an invite from jim, barbecue jim's tonight. i wonder where mine is. heather: according to gartner consulting firm, 80% will monitor their activity by next year, the information can be accessed on company issued devices, used to improve work environments. the state fair of texas is in full swing. last year, 2 million people attended the 133rd annual event. >> good morning. it is a beautiful morning in dallas and what started on 80

acres now welcomes 2 million people like you mentioned. i was lucky enough to be one of them. >> welcome to the state fair of texas. when you see the 55 foot big tech you know you made it to the heart of the longest-running state fair in our country. they say everything is bigger in texas so let's find out why. >> 101 years old. would you say the state fair of texas is the recipe for a long happy life? >> yes. you can lose all your worries. >> is it the line for the corndogs? you are kidding.

what is a great about that? -- >> if you had. >> what is your favorite thing? >> chocolate on top. the state fair of texas not chose in the shape of texas. this places 277 acres and we have barely scratched the surface. i got the llama.

i am usually pretty fearless when it comes to rides. this has been on my bucket list for a long time because i'm almost too scared to do it. there is no turning back. that was awesome! that was awesome! the state fair in stockton, i feel very lightheaded. that was one of the more terrifying things i have ever done in my life. if i didn't have enough food yesterday i have a winner and a finalist, big red chicken bread, chicken on a doughnut. heather: big red chicken bread, got it. bring some back. heather: i like bacon covered in chocolate. thank you so much.

abby is filming a new episode of american arena for fox nation, appreciate her breathing those rides. the time is 15 minutes until the top of the hour. changing lives one dollar at a time, the church that turned its collection box into a bank for 6000 families and wiped out there medical bills. the pastor joins us live next.

heather: an illegal immigrant is accused of showing up at the home of a woman he sexually assaulted just hours after being released by police. according to ice, antonio perez was set free by the oklahoma

county sheriff's office despite their request to hold him. the sheriff's office defended the move because perez was never formally charged. the county is not a sanctuary county and has traditionally had a working relationship with ice. perez in custody pending the deportation process. not the first time we have heard of something like that happening. the border search creating a backlog in immigration courts. immigration officials say they opened 440,000 new cases over the last year pushing the current backlog to 1 million. officials say the backlog will keep growing unless congress actss to address the border crisis. a church in indiana wiping out $8 million in medical debt for families across the state, teamed up with a new york-based organization called rip medical debt to provide relief for 6000 families. a senior pastor at northview

church joins us to discuss. we really appreciate you joining us. >> thank you for having me. todd: 1 a great thing you have done, these donations help ten indiana communities across the board. what made you decide to do this. tell us the back story. >> four times a year we -- this is something to help families that are in crisis, to help ministries in crisis. we ask everybody to give one dollar to $3 and so this time we asked them to give $3 and we collected $40,000 from the dollar club. we went to rip and said these are the communities our churches are located in and we want to pay down medical debt and they were able to pay down a lot more than originally told us, they were able to pay down $7,800,000

in medical debt. heather: have you heard any personal stories from the people you were able to help? >> we got a phone call yesterday from a woman who had been accidentally shot and had medical debt. it had been a burden on his family. he called the church and was grateful for the help and it will change his life. heather: that is amazing. if you look across the country this is a significant problem for folks. indiana actually ranks fourth in terms of the top ten state when it comes to past-due medical debt at 32.5% where obviously your church is located. >> exactly. medical debt has become a national crisis. 42.9 million americans have

medical debt. heather: continues to rise, right? >> actually, 60% of all bankruptcies have medical debt. heather: i you going to continue to go down this path? what advice would you give other churches across the country that could follow your path? >> i hope other churches will pick up the idea. we want to help families in crisis, we want them to know there are people who care about them. i think it is a great idea wherever you are located because there's medical debt all over america. we tell our people, we helped 6000 families. that seems like a number but every number has a name, every

name has a story and every story matters to god so they should matter to us. we feel we are making a difference in the lives of people, helping them in crisis and it will make their lives different, a chance to start over. heather: a great lesson and we will end it there. thank you so much for joining us, we appreciate it. have a good weekend. the time is 6 minutes until the top of the hour. does your job get you down? >> ever since i started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. todd: 1 until you hear how millennials are solving the problem. a woman is tricked into eating vegan chicken nuggets, how she is getting the last laugh in this prank gone wrong.

heather: tennessee's governor under fire for proclaiming a day for prayer and fasting. >> on that day maria and i will take the day to offer prayers of healing, prayers for forgiveness, prayers of thanksgiving, prayers of hope for our state. heather: an atheist group calling the initiative inappropriate and a disservice to the constitution and citizens. the governor's official

proclamation specifically referred to the day as a volunteer event. it is time for the good, the bad and the ugly. up first the good. retired nfl running back doing his best for breast cancer awareness month. the football star sponsoring 500 mammograms to honor his late mother who died from breast cancer in 2006. the best carolina panthers by the way. the bad. does your job ever bum you out? >> ever since i started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. >> what about today? today the worst day of your life? >> yeah. >> that's messed up. >> a new study says young people quitting their jobs claiming it is that for mental health according to the harvard business review, have of millennial's say they have done it. a woman calls mine 11 after her

friends trick her into eating chicken nuggets. a woman has not willingly meet in a decade. she says her friend gave her the nuggets after a night of drinking claiming they were fake meat. three people could face food tampering charges. that ramps up his hour of "fox and friends first," have a great weekend, "fox and friends first" continues right now, goodbye. rob: two messages in minnesota, donald trump rallying thousands of people with a message of economic prosperity and respect for law enforcement. jillian: outside the arena, much different, those who showed up to shame supporters. [chanting] >> abolish ice! abolish ice! jillian: the president's mission to turn minnesota red for the first time since nixon. rob: we don't know the