>> october 18th, at 4:00 on the east coast a fox news alert, violence erupting in syria, secured a cease-fire between turkey and kurdish forces and a broken agreement. >> the economy is booming, people are prospering, our country is thriving, our nation is stronger than ever. shannon: donald trump rallying an overflowing crowd in dallas touting the economy and slamming

his opponents. voters react to his america first message. lady gaga approving star power after a nasty slip offstage. "fox and friends" starts right now. good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first". thank you for starting or ending the day with us. the us brokered cease-fire broken overnight in northern syria. this is a live look inside. the shelling, the smoke in

northeastern syria, griff jenkins live in washington dc with the latest. what has happened here? >> this is troubling and raising serious questions about the cease-fire not only being broken but whether it was being enforced, back to that shot, just got off the phone with american group. two hours ago, the free syrian army, the proxy force attacking that position, it was 10 km away. to get casualties and wounded. and not being enforced in his words. a troubling sign. the ap reporting they continue fighting in that area where this has been. after the us agreed to a 5 day

cease-fire with mike pence and mike pompeo. john roberts got a one on one with the president and can you trust him, listen to what happened, who can be trusted? >> based on his behavior. >> erdogan knows he knows what he says. the foundation of that kind of honest relationship. >> the concern here according to our sources, is continuing fighting against the syrian kurds. and the agreement was reached.

and donald trump is failing the decision to reverse sanctions for brutally attacking curtis partisan exchange, serially undermines credibility of the foreign-policy and send a dangerous message to our allies that are work cannot be trusted. we will get you the latest and bring it to you as soon as we can and more from folks on the ground. heather: this is the syrian free army attacking the kurds, the cease-fire agreement included erdogan and turkey. what are the turkish troops doing? >> reporter: we have seen the smoke rising which suggests shoving.

several hours since we heard the shelling 10 km away but from the ap reporting which is what first brought our attention to this overnight, the shelling continued. one thing is for sure, what our administration expected to see in terms of the body assault on the syrian kurds to give them this 5-day breathing room to pull out without being further attacked is not an objective that is not being given to them. and these images of the smoke rising, that is not the sort of cease-fire conditions that allow the syrian kurds to try to get out of these areas, my source that ngos in these areas, women and children are trapped, you

have casualties, and they are having to retreat because of the fierce fighting and danger to their lives as well. >> what it is supposed to look like or cease-fire. thank you for joining us. donald trump firing up a roaring crowd at a keep america great rally in dallas. >> there has never been a better time to be a proud texan but never a better time to be a problem american. >> tens of thousands of people flooding the arena lining the streets outside to watch wherever they could see it. looks huge. rob schmidt joins us with the

highlights and voter reaction. any idea how many people showed up last night? >> 20,000 plus and a lot of people didn't get in. and the democrats held the third debate in houston last month and trying to make this move. the president is riding high in texas on a tremendous economy. the unemployment rate is 3.4%, better than the national average and supporters of the president, democrats will have a hard time turning the state. >> the economy is booming, people are prospering, our country is thriving and our nation is stronger than ever. last month unemployment reached its lowest level in 51 years.

>> the president touting the economy, 20,000 plus, could have been 25,000. the arena where the dallas mavericks play filled up completely. this was the overflow and all of this was packed with people and they had the president on a big screen. hillary clinton handily won the city in the last election in 2016, the president took the state, listen to the president's force. >> i like that -- >> what do you think of the impeachment fight? >> it is ridiculous. it is unlawful. there is no ground for it. >> mostly behind me. >> obama did nothing.

>> we went over there, accomplished our mission. >> eight month ago. donald trump -- >> everything he says is heartfelt. >> reporter: listen to the president's supporters, beto o'rourke 20 minutes away held a dueling rally with the president, a texas voice from el paso had 5500 people, one fourth or 1/5 of the president's crowding a rally against fear. we send it back to you. heather: have fun being out there. much more coming up. two iowa deputies shot while

serving a search warrant. one suspect arrested after barricading inside an apartment. there is no longer a threat, the deputies had to be airlifted to a local hospital but said to be in stable condition and also reports of a third officer with an unknown injury. breaking overnight mexican authorities releasing the son of drug lord el chapo after turning the city into a war zone. gun fire almost constant as they battle security forces in broad daylight, burning trucks and buses blocking roads, 500 miles south of el paso, it was to protect lives, and firing at patrolling officers. the final goodbye to elijah cummings.

and ongoing good health issues, 68 years old. according to the new york times, kept busy until the end, finding subpoenas from his hospital bed. and carolyn maloney. carolyn maloney will take over as acting chair. the astros team one went away after slugging past the yankees. >> at the wallet is gone. >> a pair of three run home runs powering houston 8-3 win, yankees facing elimination in game 5 on fox sports one.

the time is 11 minutes after the top of the hour and donald trump blasting do nothing democrats, nancy pelosi and adam schiff, over the impeachment inquiry. >> they continue the outrageous impeachment witchhunt. what they're really doing is coming after the republican party. heather: texas congressman brian babin says the investigation will end like the others with a dead end and he joins us live up next. how safe are you in the sky? the new airplane evacuation test about to get underway.

>> today's democrats don't do anything, they continue the outrageous impeachment witchhunt, they are coming after the republican party and what they are really doing is coming after and fighting you and we never lose.

heather: donald trump calling out democrats and the refusal to legislate at the dallas rally saying they would rather do in impeachment witchhunt. brian babin joins us with his fox on what it will take for the left to move on. your take on the crowd last night. what did it feel like being there? >> it was tremendous. i've been to several of these things and that was the biggest thing i have seen out of four. i heard the estimates a while ago and there were at least 25,000 inside and there were probably 10, 15 or 20 outside. and to the president. >> anticipating 80,000 people there inside and outside the rally.

on the deck of impeachment, what will it take for democrats to move on? >> democrats have nothing to run on for next year. the lowest unemployment rate in history in the great state of texas, 3.4%. we suddenly found our oil and gas industry empowered and we have got a booming economy. we are the largest producer in the entire world and to the state of texas, i represent southeast texas, have more petrochemical reclining facilities than any other district in the country so that is the epicenter of our oil and gas industry in southeast texas. we loved donald trump,

appreciate what he is doing, taking the shackles off, deregulated, we have gotten tax reform which i was proud to vote for and this is what happened. i think the democrats don't have a lot of platform. to beat donald trump. this is where the impeachment comes in. and they are grasping at straws to throw some mud at this president to bring him down. heather: you saw the diverse city, latinos for trump, cops for trump, women for trump. that is a big area of the economy in texas. he carried texas in 2016 x 9 points. do you think it will be a larger spread this time around? >> i believe we are going to see, anything could happen in this political environment but the way things are going this

president is doing a bang up job. the economy will be hard to beat. remember the old saying from a few years ago, it's the economy, stupid and people vote for their wallets and paychecks and we have record on employment, wages have gone way up and it is an amazing economy. heather: you voted against donald trump's latest actions, the latest developments does appear the cease-fire has been broken, looking at life pictures where you see smoke billowing in the distance. what is your take on the cease-fire being broken if that is the case? >> the cease-fire being broken in one particular area, this doesn't surprise me.

some people don't want to leave. this is a troubling situation. i am a veteran. three tourist to iraq and lost several friends and it concerns me and i appreciate what donald trump said, and i appreciate that from a personal way but on the other hand, the projection of american power. we can maintain american interest. they will make the changes necessary. heather: breaking news situation we will follow. thank you for joining us. we will be right back. here, it all starts with a simple...

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julie: the utes poor in free elijah cummings, a rare moment of bipartisanship resurfaces. >> the fact that someone would use a prop, a black woman in this committee is alone racist in itself. >> i got in trouble for it. i could see and feel your pain. heather: a lot of people didn't know that until that moment happen, cummings defending his conservative colleague and best friend mark meadows to rashida tlaib when she tried to accuse him of racism. carly shimkus with serious xm 115, with the bipartisan reaction.

>> what a moment that was. congressman cummings observing his 13th term in office over that time, republican congressman mark meadows and the moment accused him of committing a racist act by having lynn patton testify, a divisive time on capitol hill and still is right now and an incredible moment and reminder, and everyone looking at this yesterday in the form of a tweet. mark meadows reacting to his friend's passing saying there is no better friend than elijah cummings. i'm heartbroken for his wonderful family and staff, please pray for them. i will miss him dearly. so much reaction coming into what he had to say. colleen says i was shocked on tv during the one hearing when he said you were his good friend

but he still saw the good in you. another twitter user says i disagree with you fundamentally on everything but your friendship with mister cummings show the respect and admiration can transcend politics. another twitter user chiming in saying no matter the differences he made it clear you were his friends, condolences to you and his family. cummings said he disagreed with mark meadows on 95% of the issues that they were able to get along on issues, and hash out issues. >> a moment it showed people from different sides of the aisle with different opinions coming from completely different areas of the country can get along when they want to. and not the low blows. a supporter compared beto's counter rally right down the street from donald trump's rally turned out pretty embarrassing.

>> this is a timeline, cbs reporter post and you can compare it to a couple people standing and waiting for beto in the first video, folks lining up for the president's rally, 5000 people showed up in the arena housed 6000 folks. it was an okay turnout, the president has a bigger platform, some folks are comparing those two. there you have it. the president will like that time-lapse video. >> there were lots of pictures of the crowd and it was amazing. i don't know what the other side has to say about it today but can't argue with those pictures. thank you so much. fox news alert, a cease-fire with turkey broken overnight. mike pence praised the agreement. >> the united states of america will work with turkey, will work

with nations around the world to ensure that peace and stability is the order of the day. heather: rebecca grant will breakdown what this means for the us and turkey moving forward up next. (danny) let me get this straight.

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the free syrian army and that is a group of former syrian offices linked up with the turks quite a long time ago. to me this picture shows me this is not turkish regular forces, it will be a lot more bombing and smoke if this was turkish tanks or aircraft but looks like it may be the free syrian army making trouble in that disputed region. heather: we have a portion of this joint statement on northern syria which the camera is looking at which is where the bombing, shelling is happening. both countries reiterate the commitment to the political unity and territorial integrity of syria and you and led political process which aims at ending the syrian conflict. doesn't make any difference at all the syrian free army is involved in this and not as far as we know direct turkish forces, does it matter?

we know proxies of the turkish army? >> it does matter. nobody thought the cease-fire would be perfect but it is not direct turkish regular military forces. it means the basics of the agreement between erdogan and mike pence for a few days of cease-fire is still in tact at the moment. heather: that is important to clarify and a lot of people will go to that as soon as mike pence and mike pompeo land as well. they are still in the air. there hasn't been a lot of time at all. the cease-fire was supposed to be a 5-day pause. i heard last night it described as an opportunity for kurdish troops to withdraw. >> an opportunity for them to pull back. what turkey really wants is not to have heavily armed kurdish

forces in that area. the incursion is in a small sector 70 miles wide, the part we saw the bombing was the eastern section. the ideal outcome is to bargain hard to get people to stop shooting and get the kurds to give back some of their heavy weapons and turkey to police that area to make sure it doesn't flare up again. it is a pretty tall order. heather: turkey views the kurds as terrorists. it is a matter of perspective even when it comes to the definition of the cease-fire itself. what happens next? where do we move from here? >> what happens next is we want to see more discussion of the security mechanism in that region. that is where the talks broke down. the us and turkey had been dismantling some of the curd fortifications in that area and we want to see going back to getting a security mechanism, turkey is going to want a buffer

zone. there is no question in the world recognizes they have legitimate security concerns. on the other hand we can't see this level of violence. another key ingredient will be turkey getting the free syrian army under better control. heather: our concern includes controlling isis and not letting them grow again and the kurds help us do a lot in terms of fighting isis. thank you for joining us. we will monitor the situation. let's go to extreme weather, tropical storm warnings in effect for the gulf coast as a disturbance grows in the gulf of mexico. people from louisiana all the way to central florida bracing for heavy rain and wind as soon as tonight and look who is here. janice dean tracking the storm and has what we need to know. >> this is not going to be a hurricane but i want people to be on alert. i don't want to have folks caught off guard with this tropical system.

it could be named today and if it is we will be dealing with a tropical system. it doesn't have a closed low, center of circulation so hurricane hunters are assessing the situation. it doesn't need to get a name, the impacts are going to be the same whether it is a tropical system or a subtropical system. we have tropical advisories, tropical storm warnings in effect from louisiana through the florida panhandle. we will see this storm system make landfall tomorrow. some much needed rain to drought stricken areas but in the meanwhile we will still see the results of storm surge, heavy rainfall, gusty windss over the next 24 to 48 hours over parts of the gulf coast towards the southeast. here's future radar as we go further out in time, we think the system makes, quote, landfall tomorrow morning and moving quickly to the northeast so here is the track. if it will get a name it will be today and it will move north and

eastward, a quick mover and if there is any good news, the southeast is drought stricken so it will bring much needed rain but too much rain in a short time is not necessarily good. we will continue to bring you up to date. i want people to be on alert. not a huge big deal but enough to warn you about. heather: what is going on? thank you so much. everyone appreciates this. 20 minutes until the top of the hour and new york flips criminal justice upside down, closing to governor cuomo making it legal to prosecute presidential pardons, voted against that law. why he says this only hurts one group linked to donald trump. if you have medicare, listen up. the medicare enrollment deadline is only weeks away. with so many changes, do you know if your plan

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heather: andrew cuomo put the end to new york's double jeopardy loophole making it legal to prosecute anyone already pardoned by a president. joining me is the man who voted against that law, thank you for joining us. why did you vote against this? >> a terrible precedent. double jeopardy clause is an important protection that keeps us free. for more than 100 years in new york state our law has said of a federal government tries to prosecute, putting you in double jeopardy, you have been through enough, been acquitted. that makes a lot of sense. the civil liberties union, from governor cuomo, this was a bad idea.

if you have gone through the difficulty and pressure and stress of having your liberty almost taken away by the government it shouldn't have to come again at the state level. what we have said is even if the president pardons you, given you a federal pardon we will try to prosecute you. this stems from the fact the powers that be in new york state -- julie: like the president. >> i didn't like the last president, i like this one, that will change in the future depending on who is in the white house. the reason it is a problem is the law now says you are going to target a specific group of people that only applies to people close to the president. our founding fathers warned 200 years ago, the bill of attainder. the united states constitution says no build a teenager. you can't pass laws to punish a certain person. that is what this does. heather: let's look at what

cuomo has to say about ending double jeopardy. i just signed legislation closing new york's double jeopardy loophole authoring the state to -- no one is above the law and new york will not turn a blind eye to criminality no matter who seeks to protect them and let t-shirt james said this. new york closed a gaping loophole in the double every protections so now president can abuse the presidential pardon power to grant a pardon to a family member or close associate. i introduce this bill because no one is above the law. that speaks to what you were talking about. >> no one is above the law but no one is below the law. people who work for the president were happen to be

related to the president are now below the law. they get less protection because of their association. think of the effects of that. somebody who would work in the white house is not going to work in the white house now because new york state is targeting people associated with this president. heather: not treated equally. >> i don't want to be the target of a investigation. it is very dangerous. 1-party rule in this state, there is no more checks and balances, making provisions in our capital. if going after political enemies or prosecutors it is a dangerous precedent. maybe you don't like the president now but the big picture is it is a terrible precedent that will hurt people in the future. heather: other states are watching for sure. closing rikers island, thousands of criminals free to roam the streets. is that an overstatement? what will happen? >> rikers island is not a pleasant place but it is literally an island that holds

the worst of the worst, 62% of inmates are violent criminals. if you closed the place down and have fewer jails there is a high possibility of a violent criminal walking the street. tomorrow he will be in your neighborhood. it will decrease the quality of life of many new yorkers. instead of a jail facility on an island we will have four jail facilities around four burroughs reducing -- heather: only a couple second left. is it a done deal? >> not until 2026 when they pass legislation before shutting down rikers. a lot the change in the next 7 years. thank you for joining us. the time is 15 minutes until the top of the our. jody areas convicted of stabbing her boyfriend in the shower, want to live sentence thrown out. what are her chances? overnight lady gaga taking a monster fall. can you imagine how she felt?

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heather: the us brokered cease-fire broken overnight as fighting continues in northern syria. they show shelling and smoke still billowing into the air. trey yates joins us from turkey with the latest. can you update us what is happening? >> reporter: after meeting with turkish president erdogan for five hours we saw mike pence in ankara announcing a cease-fire agreement has been brokered, we are getting reports and new

images indicating the cease-fire has already been broken. they tried to broker the cease-fire yesterday and it appeared most sides were interested in coming to the table and pausing things for 120 hours but that information today indicates turkish showings are taking place in curtis control areas. there is a 5-day pause in fighting. if it does hold it would turn into a permanent agreement if the united states can convince the kurds to treat from a safe zone along the border. there are questions how the us will facilitate the withdrawal of kurdish forces since donald trump pulled all us troops from northern syria. the kurds were taking directions from the united states, now under the orders of a russian brigade operating in syria. early indications the kurds rejecting the cease-fire yesterday but as the evening developed there was an announcement by kurdish generals that they accepted the terms. secretary of state mike pompeo was in jerusalem meeting with

benjamin netanyahu who has been concerned following the us abandonment of the kurds. the question is whether the united states can be relied on to ensure the israelis are safe from their own threats in the middle east including the iranian's. heather: there are reports about the free syrian army involved in the latest shelling with the kurds. thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. back at home, jody arias wants her murder conviction thrown out, accusing the lead prosecutor of improper conduct leading to her live sentence for the brutal murder of her boyfriend. aishah hasnie breaks down the newest twist in the case. >> reporter: jody arias appealing to have her murder conviction reversed with her lawyer arguing the prosecutor mishandled and sensationalized her case. he is serving a life sentence

right now for killing travis alexander in 2008. prosecutors said arias kill to manage jealous rage but she claims she acted in self-defense. her attorney accusing the prosecutor of making several missteps including improperly questioning witnesses, ignoring rulings on evidence and reporting the media. >> no one is telling the truth or should be trusted. i'm the only person who is ethical. he made every one of the defense experts out to be a person who had a relationship with arias and hiding evidence. >> reporter: will this work? not everybody thinks so. now moving, the judges say when they were issue a ruling. heather: we will follow all of it. mark zuckerberg rejecting democrat calls for donald

trump's social media account to be shutdown. the facebook ceo sounding off in an interview with dana perino. >> kamala harris said she thinks twitter should shutdown donald trump's accounts. do you think that is a ridiculous idea? >> my belief is in a democracy i don't think we want private companies censoring politicians. i generally believe as a principal people should decide what is credible and what they want to believe and who they want to vote for. i don't think that should be something we want tech companies or any other company doing. heather: interesting for him to say, perino growing zuckerberg on conservative bias inside on valley. the interview set to air on the daily briefing today at 2:00 pm eastern time so we will be watching that. the faa is testing how are plane

impact evacuation time. starting next month researchers will select 720 people to participate in the simulation which will happen in oklahoma. 60 people at a time will be seated in the simulator to test how smaller seats, entire rows impact evacuation. employees testing it out wednesday, with smoke. congress ordered the faa to set minimum for seat sizes and distance between roes. more people we have on it the longer it takes. it is the top of the hour, the price is right, the record-breaking day for this game show contestant. ♪ so you don't have to stash antacids here... here... or, here. kick your antacid habit with prilosec otc. one pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn.

heather: a new video showing the moment helen hunt was involved in a scary crash. you can see her black suv flipping over after a car slams into it in a los angeles intersection. hunt was in the backseat at the time. there is video of her being loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher. she suffered no major injuries. we don't know the conditions of the other people involved. a missouri man missing for a week found inside his crashed car at the bottom of a ravine. he was spotted by a dirt bike rider in the wreckage.

not clear how long his car had been there or how he is doing this morning. investigators say finding him was like fighting a needle in a haystack. now it is time for the good, the bad and the ugly. up first the good. the price was definitely right for this man to make game show history. >> actual price is 29,446. >> he broke the show's record for most earnings, pulling in $263,000 in cash and prizes. now the bad. the cat is out of the bag at the airport. a couple pets snuck into their luggage before their flight from the aisle to new york. they didn't know until security stopped them at it check point. candy was taken back to the

house and the couple continued on their trip. finally the ugly. lady gaga falling off stage during her las vegas residency. you can see she hit the ground hard but got back up and continued to perform. that wraps up this hour of "fox and friends first". "fox and friends first" continues with jillian. jillian: it is friday, october 18th. brand-new images just in from the turkey syria border showing smoke and shelling meaning the hours of cease-fire brokered by the us has been broken. we are live with what comes next from the white house. two iowa deputies airlifted to the hospital after a search warrant ends in a shoot out. what we just learned about the suspect under arrest. >> the economy is booming, our people are prospering, our country's thriving and