heather: good morning. it is monday, november 18th. happening right now at 4:00 a.m. here on the east coast, a fox news alert for you. four people are dead and six more injured after a gunman sprayed bullets into a backyard at a football watch party. what police are revealing about a motive as atf agents go door-to-door overnight. >> the president could come right before the committee and talk, speak all the truth that he wants if he wants to. >> you don't expect him to do that? >> if he wants to take the oath of office. heather: a political weapon, house speaker pelosi calling on the president to testify during public impeachment hearings. the warning that she just gave

democrats in response. it's produced for the lord, every second be in service to god. heather: and a sold out sunday service, kanye west preaching to thousands while performing at joel osteen's texas church. his powerful message. "fox & friends first" starts right now. ♪ heather: good morning to you. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm heather childers and thank you for starting your day or ending your day with us. we do want to go straight to this fox news alert for you. an urgent manhunt is underway after four people are shot and killed at a backyard football party. police in fresno, california say the shooter or shooters walked

up to the home and opened fire, hitting 10 people. the six surviving victims are expected to recover. investigators now looking for surveillance video and any other evidence. it's unclear if the shooting is related to another deadly shooting in fresno earlier in the day and we'll continue to follow those breaking developments for you. supporters rallied for death row inmate rodney reed's release overnight after a texas appeals court halts his execution. >> free rodney reed! free rodney reed! heather: an appeals court sparing reed's life on friday, five days before his scheduled execution. the court is calling for his case to be re-examined. he was sentenced to death in the 1996 murder of stacy stietz he

claims her fiance was responsible for her murder. today the man accused of murdering 17 people at marjory stoneman douglas high school is due back in court. a pretrial hearing is scheduled for nikolas cruz. his lawyers filed a series of motions in hopes of preventing prosecutors from seeking the death penalty. the trial is set to begin in january. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer calling on president trump to testify ahead of this week's impeachment hearings. griff jenkins joins us from washington as the president warns democrats of using impeachment as a political weapon. maybe a little late for that, griff? >> reporter: we'll see, heather. good morning. a second week of impeachment hearings set to begin tomorrow. the president spent much of yesterday in a twitter fewery. for example, this one, the democrats are returning

impeachment into a routine partisan weapon that is very bad for the country. he attacked jennifer williams, who was on the july 25th phone call and testified over the weekend that she recalled the word barisma being mentioned on that call. she will be heard from tomorrow, followed by a ukraine security expert and tim volcker and tim nancy pelosi is inviting the president to testify. >> the president could come right before the committee and speak all the truth that he wants if he wants to. >> you don't expect him to do that. >> he could do it in writing. he has every town present his case. >> reporter: then on wednesday we'll hear from one witness that both sides think could have an impact, ambassador gordon sondland whos is believed to have multiple interactions with president trump concerning ukraine.

>> my guess is that ambassador sondland is going to do his level best to tell the truth because otherwise he may have a very unpleasant legal future in front of him. i abide by what the president did and what president zelensky received. president zelensky received the money. >> reporter: two more witnesses wednesday, pentagon officials art cooper and state department official david hale. and on thursday fiona hill takes the hot seat, in all, a total of eight this week, republicans continue to demand their witnesses be called, namely the whistleblower. heather. heather: thank you so much, griff. we appreciate it. switching gears, violence escalating in hong kong overnight. hundreds of he protesters running down a major highway as they try escaping police tear gas. let's get straight to greg palkot standing by in london with more on the growing unrest.

>> the bloody siege continues in hong kong between protesters and police, some of the worst violence that we have seen in the five months we've been tracking this situation in hong kong. hundreds of militant protesters and students holed up in one of the city's universities. police are threatening to charge in if the activists don't give themselves up. young people say they'll fight to the finish. it has been nasty on both sides. police are using tear gas,ser, rubber bullets and live ammunition. protesters striking back with rocks, gas bombs and bows and arrows. 38 people were injured last night. dozens have been arrested over the past several hours. all of this part of a lengthy protest movement aimed at getting more democracy for the chinese territory. china this morning saying no one should underestimate its will to protect the sovereignty of hong

kong. state department late sunday condemning the unjustified use of force on both sides. heather, important local elections in hong kong were planned for this coming sunday. it was thought that maybe it could be a move towards some degree of democracy in hong kong. now some are saying it's not going to happen at all. back to you. heather: greg palkot live for us. thank you. great to have you with us this morning. sticking overseas for a moment, new photos show kim jong un overseeing north korea's military drills. these pictures were just released just hours after president trump called for progress on denuclearization. the president tweeting, quote, i am the only one who can get you where you have to be. you should act quickly. get the deal done. the u.s. announced it would suspend joint drills with south korea to help restart talks which have been stalled for months. and massive flooding at historic sites in italy. venice now hit with its third

major flood in just a week. the damage now surpassing $1 billion, 80% of the city has flooded in the wake of high tide, torrential rain, many including the city's mayor blaming climate change. back to this country, the 2020 democrats make their pitch out west. the candidates slamming president trump while pushing progressive policies at the first in the west event in nevada. >> i will mobilize an american majority that stands ready for the most progressive change to health care in a half century. >> i've got the biggest anti-corruption plan since watergate. >>watergate. heather: more than a dozen candidates visited las vegas this weekend. nevada is the third state to vote during the primary and caucus season. while democrats focused on

impeachment, president trump is focused on delivering on campaign promises like securing our border. turning point usa's rob smith says progress will translate into victory at the ballot box come 2020. >> president trump was elected in 2016 because of illegal immigration, because of the crisis at our border. i believe he will be reelected in 2020 because of illegal immigration and the crisis at the border. what people and the american voters are looking at, they're seeing results. these are results. no matter what the drama is with impeachment, no matter what the left tries to throw at him, there are results that are happening right now. i was talking to a couple people within the administration, they say how can we reach out to people who may not have voted for trump in 2016 and get them to vote for him in 2020. one of the biggest things we'll see is people that were not trump voters in 2016, like myself, who will cast their first ballot for him in 2020. heather: apprehensions by the way at the southern border hit

the lowest number last month at 45,000. to week 11 in the nfl, the rams escape a defensive struggle against the bears, doing just enough to get a 17-7 win. and then the patriots getting tricky to avenge their super bowl loss to the eagles. >> he's loading up to throw. he's going to the end zone and it's a touchdown. heather: new england wins, 17-10. and the vikings, they erase a 20-0 half time deficit on their way to a 27-23 comeback win over the broncos. and this was pretty painful, the falcons intercept panthers quarterback kyle allen four times in a 29-3 win over their division rival at home. not good for the panthers. well, the time now is 10 minutes after the top of the hour. republicans say that the latest closed door depositions are bad

for democrats. >> the assumptions that democrats have made and certainly the allegations that they have made have not been supported by the witnesses' testimony. heather: attorney jenna ellis says when all is said and done democrats will be even more embarrassed, and she's next. >> you haven't seen the last of -- who am i playing again? >> michael avenatti. >> michael avocado. heather: michael avenatti not happy with his treatment on "saturday night live." his response to the late night sketch going viral. ♪ don't you forget about me. ♪ don't, don't, don't, don't, don't. ♪ don't you forget about me. ♪

>> it was a great day for the republic, it was a dad day for democrats and -- bad day for the

democrats and the resistance. >> the assumptions republicans have made and the allegations they have made have not been supported by the witness' testimony. heather: republicans bashing the latest closed door impeachment deposition as newly released transcripts shed more light into the ukraine controversy. here to break down what we can expect during the second week of impeachment hearings, senior legal advisor for trump 2020, jenna ellis. thank you for joining us so early this morning. we appreciate it. >> great to see you. heather: do what do you thinke can expect this week? >> we can expect the circus to continue. we need to remember as the sham continues that this is supposed to be, supposedly, an impeachment hearing, this is not a personnel hearing, not a policy debate and this is not a popularity contest. but that's what the democrats are actually makes this. because they are going on a fishing expedition and trying desperately to start their campaign for 2020. as the president tweeted, this

is not what the founders intended and as witnesses are called and are testifying to absolutely nothing except their partisan hatred of president trump, we need to remember that this is supposedly a context of impeachment which requires a legal basis, it requires an articulateable stan p card of sw that fits condition the section of article 2, section 4. they're trying to fit spite the comes tuesday. -- fit this into the constitution. they simply can't. heather: let's bring up the eight witness whose are scheduled to appear this week, some of whom did hear the phone call. we have alexander venman, jennifer williams, kurt volcker and tim morrison, and gordon sondland, a lot of people waiting for that, laura cooper, deputy assistance secretary of state, david hill, state department official and then we

have fiona hill at the end of this week and she's a former trump russia adviser. but as i said, at least a couple of these people do have firsthand knowledge of the actual phone call. >> yeah, well, we the american people also have firsthand knowledge because we can see the best evidence, we can see the transcript of the phone call, that there's nothing there. great, we can all observe the sky is blue. fantastic. doesn't mean there's anything legally impeach aable abouable . what these witnesses are bringing forward is there opinion of the policy of president trump. james madison specifically said that mal administration or the policy differences or the ability of the be president to actually execute his office well is not actually an impeachable offense. just because these people may disagree with how president trump uses his power in office,

that doesn't mean he did anything criminal or wrong. heather: president trump does disagree with the democrats. here's what he tweeted, slamming the hearings. he said the crazed do nothing democrats are turning impeachment into a routine partisan weapon that is bad for the country and not what the founders had in mind. so basically exactly what you were just saying. >> absolutely. and i completely agree with the president, that this is not what the founders had in mind. they didn't intend for the house to use impeachment as a weaponized political partisan idea. what they invested in, the ability to impeach and remove, was as a safeguard if a sitting president would conduct himself with conduct that rises to the level of treason, bribery or other high crimes of misdemeanors. executing policy and enacting his office in a way that he absolutely can is not a reason to go after him. this is a political t partisan witch hunt, something that does

not fit within the context of the constitution and we're seeing that the democrats will be embarrassed at the end of this because it will absolutely fail. heather: we'll see what happens. i'm interested to see how they will handle it with the democratic debates this week as well. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. heather: the time now is 19 minutes after the top of the hour. and michael bloomberg says he's sorry for stop and frisk. >> i got something important really wrong. i didn't understand that back then, the full impact that stops were having on the black and latino communities. heather: not everyone is accepting his apology. carley shimkus has the social media reaction to the billionaire's mea culpa. ♪ it's too late to apologize. ♪ it's too late. ♪ i said it's too late to apologize. ♪ ♪

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heather: welcome back to "fox & friends first." as former new york mayor michael bloomberg's presidential campaign ramps up, he's apologizing for his controversial stop and frisk policy. listen. >> i was totally focused on saving lives but as we know, good intentions aren't good enough. i want you to know that i realize back then i was wrong and i'm sorry. heather: carley shimkus with fox news headlines 24/7, seem 115 with -- sirius xm115 with the backlash he's getting. >> stop and frisk was one of his signature policies during his time as mayor. it lets police officers stop and search anyone they think may have committed a crime.

critics called it racist. supporters said it was smart policing. since his time as mayor he largely supported it up until now when he's considering running for president. some people are calling the apology disingenuous. one twitter user says kind of tough to gain momentum running for president when the first thing you do is apologize. and john on twitter says guessing they had another focus group determine stop and frisk wasn't a good pr term. now it will be pardon me and hug. is it better for him politically to come out and apologize because he'll need support from the black community or continue to support the policy that he championed for so many years? heather: it's interesting because then it plays into what everyone thinks about politicians anyway, that they just kind of tell people what they want to hear and what will get them the most votes. there's a twitter feud thatter t erupted between the new york times and fed ex about not

paying taxes. >> this happened after the new york times reported that fed ex cut its tax bill down to zero. so on sunday they wrote, in the 2017 fiscal year fed ex owed more than $1.5 billion in taxes. the next year it owed nothing. what changed was the trump administration's tax cut for which the company had lobbied hard. well, fed ex ceo fred smith replied with an interesting challenge, saying the new york times paid zero federal income tax in 2017 on earnings of $111 million and only $30 million in 2018, 18% of their pretax book income. i here by challenge the publisher of the new york times and the business section editor to a public debate in washington, d.c. with me and the fed ex corporate vice president of tax. expect to hear more about this. politicians are weighing in including bernie sanders who said we're told we can't afford to invest in the housing, health

care and education our people need, meanwhile giant corporations are paying zero in federal income tax. donald trump junior responded, thanking the new york times -- spanking the new york times like a little child he said. fed ex and the new york times are claiming that neither company did that, wait and see. heather: wait to see what comes on twitter today. let's talk about this, if anyone watched "saturday night live," if anyone still watches that. michael avenatti found this not funny at all. >> not so fast. >> michael avenatti. >> that's right. i'm that name you just said. who am i playing again? >> michael avenatti. >> michael avocado. [ laughter ] >> people on jeopardy forgot who ofte avenatti. he responded with a tongue in cheek tweet, writing nothing

funny about tired "saturday night live" on fake news nbc. the real question is how does pete davidson play me without retribution. this is the real quid pro quo investigation. michael avenatti trying to keep that 15 minutes of. heather: back and forth on twitter, that's the way to do it, i guess. the time now is about 27 minutes after the top of the hour and pete buttigieg taking a nearly double digit lead in iowa in a brand-new poll. but can the mayor keep up his momentum on the national level? our political panel here to debate, um next, -- up next

heather: welcome back. half past the top of the hour. a look at our top headlines for you this morning. first, this fox news alert.

an urgent manhunt underway after four people are shot and killed at a backyard party in california. police in fresno say the shooter or shooters snuck up to the home and opened fire. they believe the attack was targeted. a hero massachusetts firefighter will be laid to rest today. lieutenant jason maynard died saving two of his fellow firefighters. hundreds of his brothers and sisters in uniform paying their respects at his wake. he leaves behind a wife and three children. and nancy pelosi and chuck schumer calling on president trump to testify in front of house impeachment investigators ahead of this week's a hearings. this comes as the president warns them of using impeachment as a plight political weapon, t is, quote, very bad for the country and not what the founders had in mind. eight are set to testify this week in the hearings on capitol hill. kanye west hits the stage for a

massive sunday service concert. the rapper spreading the good word and urging others to join him on his christian journey. aishah hasnie is live with more on the church service unlike any other. good morning. >> reporter: kanye west's sun sy service was delayed because of how many people showed up for it. thousands stood in line to see kanye west's soldout sunday service. the 42-year-old wrapper who decided to stop singing secular music defended osteen's reputation in the christian community and shared his own spiritual journey and goals as an artist who now serves god. >> he produce for the lord every waking moment, everything we do, every minute. we have a song that says every millisecond, every single millisecond be in service to god. >> reporter: what did people think? many who attended believe west

is transformed. >> we can tell he had some of the word in him. he's not just talking from the surface. he's digging deep. it seems like he's been doing some studies. >> throughout his whole message, he mentioned the name of jesus christ over and over again, proclaiming he's christ, he's the lord and the king. nobody can do that unless you've had a true transformation with god. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott tweeted his support for the rapper. what kanye west does to inspire the inches car incares incarcers transformative. it would be great if other artists followed kanye's lead. heather, his fan base just keeps growing. heather: all right. thank you very much. aishah. we appreciate it. we want to hear from everyone as well. is kanye west starting a movement or is this just a fad? you can e-mail us as

friendsfirst@foxnews.com or send us a message on social media. back to the campaign, 2020 hopeful pete buttigieg coming out on top in a new iowa poll. the indiana mayor has nearly a double digit lead ahead of primary rivals with a 25% support but can he sustain this lead nationwide? here to debate is conservative commentator, omari falkner and kelly lineman. let's bring up the poll we're referencing and i'll get both of you to respond. the latest poll from iowa, 25%, buttigieg is actually up 16 points there, very significant and then if you take a look at elizabeth warren, biden and sanders, basically tied there. but significant perhaps the drop that we see with warren, minus 6 points, biden down 5, sanders

actually up 4 and then klobuchar and the rest follow. so i will begin with you, omari. what do you think about this? >> goo good morning again. what i think is quite simple, as we'll see, there will be maybe i think 10 to 15 more lead change as we go ahead. it clearly shows that the democrat party does not have a true pulse on who they want their next leader to be. but we can see that whomever that leader is, that person is going to have to go further and further to the left. that's what we're seeing here in virginia as well. we're seeing politicians that are going r far to the left and when you look at them from a total career perspective, you really don't know who they are anymore. so it just represents a party that's really in shambles right now and unable to find out who they want to lead them going forward. heather: kelly, since omari was talking about maybe this is a trend that shows some of the democrats are leaning far too left, let's take a look at buttigieg, some of his policies. his platform so far.

i'll get your opinion on this. he supports a form of medicare for all. he opposes eliminating private insurance, supports the green new deal, supports a wealth tax, legalizing marijuana, supports assault weapons bans. so is that a move to the center? >> good morning. thank you so much for having me on the show. i really appreciate it. i believe that he is a centrist and much more of a moderate and that's why i believe that he is increasing in the polls and he has a lot of support of the iowa viewers and ultimately i think it shows more of a centrist agenda rather than a liberal agenda. heather: omari, when you take a look at that list, his platform, do you think that is a trend towards the middle? >> absolutely not. i think it's, again, like i said before, i think it's just a trend that's going further and further to the left. even as early as this week,

we've seen news clips in regards to hillary clinton may be joining the race, duvall patrick joining the race, so many democrats are throwing their hat in the ring. all they're doing is talking about more socialist policies, more government takeover and they're infat waited with i'm -- infainfatuated with impeaching e president for no reason. that's what democrats are focused on. that's one of the reasons i'm running for senate in virginia is because we need to turn a new page, we need to be able to give voters confidence in their elected leaders. i would ask any of your viewers if they're listening to go to 0:marchyfor-- omariforvirginia.com to learn more about our platform. heather: kelly, i'll get your response to that. it does seem like they're looking for candidates at this late date, mike bloomberg, duvall patrick taking a different approach after entering the primary race he very late.

does either stand a chance? >> yeah, i believe absolutely, both of them stand a chance, definitely. bloomberg has a great record in new york and the governor as well. and i would say again that both of them are centralists and moderate politicians and i think that they have a definitely good chance but ultimately it will be up to the voters to make a determination on who they want as a democratic candidate in 2020. heather: what about their strategy, omari? final word. >> i think right there, when you talk about taking away a person's right to bear arms, when you talk about more government control, when you talk about a government takeover, those now have become centrist views for democrat these days and it's just too far right, it's too radical. what we need is someone to stand behind our president, to continue to move our country forward and make sure we're focused on jobs, making sure we're focused on workforce development and that's what the president has been doing and that's what i will do here in virginia once i'm --

heather: we'll talk more about jobs and the economy coming up but in the meantime, omari and kelly, thank you for joining us this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you for having me. heather: the time now, 20 minutes until the top of the hour. dunkin donuts breaking up with its double cup. the new changes coming to the coffee chain that customers apparently aren't too thrilled about. and colin kaepernick may have just blown his hail mary. the football player taking another stand during his nfl practice and it's sparking a war of words with some who once had his back. ♪ dream on. ♪ dream on. ♪ dream on. ♪ dream until your dreams come true. if you have medicare, listen up.

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call before the deadline. heather: welcome back to "fox & friends first." congress cracking down on abc news for not airing a report on jeffrey open year years before y broke. megyn kelly sharing the letter

from kevin mccarthy. he's demanding answers for why the network spiked a report on one of epstein's accusers. video was leaked showing amy robach on a hot mic sharing her frustration for not airing the information. a chick-fil-a food truck will stay open despite protests from students. 100 high schoolers in oregon walked out of classes in support of the lgbtq community. they say the presence of the food truck made them feel unsafe. this inspired counter protesters to show support for the chicken chain. chick-fil-a denies any kind of discrimination. ford is going green by unveiling their new all-electric mustang suv. tracee carrasco from our sister network fox business here with how the auto giant is adding a twist to one of their most signature brands.

good morning. >> reporter: the 'the mustang was unveiled last night in los angeles, the 2021 model. this is the first time we're seeing the mustang name as we know it on something other than that traditional vehicle. it is an electric suv. this is the first of an $11 billion project that ford is rolling out to unveil about 40 new hybrid and electric vehicles by 2022. this new electric vehicle, it will compete with the tesla model y suv. that is going to be coming out very soon. this is something that a lot of people are looking forward to. this model will go at least 210 to 300 miles on an electric charge, according to ford. it is going to cost you quite a bit, starting price is about $44,000 for the base model. all the way up to $60,000 for the gt model. you'll start seeing these in the dealerships in late 2020 and

with the eventual wider spread rollout in 2021. heather: i like the blue color. >> very nice. heather: let's talk about dunkin' donuts, some people up in arms over this, they're getting rid of the foam coffee cup nationwide. >> they are starting to phase out the foam cups which a lot of people love, because obviously they keep the drinks very hot. there's a practice which is popular but wasteful, called double yo cupping where people double up cups to keep items cold. that means people will have to deal with the plastic cups or the paper cups that dunkin is rolling out. they say they're double walled paper cups so they will keep your drink pretty hot like the foam cups. you'll see this taking over 70% of dunkin storms by next month, we'll be switching over with the eventual full rollout next year.

heather: thank you very much. tracee carrasco joining us this morning. we appreciate it. it's 15 minutes before the top of the hour. the mainstream media focusing only on impeachment. we'll talk about that coming up. listen. >> lots of bad news for this president today. >> an historic first week of televised hearings in the impeachment investigation of donald trump. >> is it impeachment worthy? heather: what you aren't hearing isal all the good news about the economy. former chief economist peter mauemauricey joins us live withy he says the left better get on-board. ♪ (employee) enterprise car sales has access to over half a million preowned vehicles, most with tech features like blind spot detection, back up camera... [kristen gasps] (employee) because you never know what might be behind you. (kristen bell) does the sloth come standard? (kristen bell vo) looking to buy? enterprise makes it easy.

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heather: welcome back. the mainstream media

sensationalizing the impeachment inquiry, but completely ignoring the booming economy. >> brand-new testimony from critical impeachment witnesses, none of it good for the president. >> lots of bad news for this president today. >> an historic first week of televised hearings in the impeachment investigation of donald trump. >> is it impeachment worthy? heather: did you even know this happened, the dow soaring past 28,000 for the first time in history and getting next to no coverage. so why is the media silent when it comes to the president's wins? here to weigh in, former chief economist for the u.s. international trade commission, peter mauricey. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> nice to be with you. heather: let's take a look at this, as you begin our discussion. when you look at the mainstream media coverage, a full 398 minutes dedicated to the impeachment, ukraine probe, 45 minutes on the successful killing of the isis leader, abu

bakr al-baghdadi, and then just four minutes and six seconds of the president's handling of the economy. what's going on? >> well, the president has a very strong economy to run on. the economists, most of the profession are progressives, liberals and so forth and their estimates and criticisms are terribly biased. i could give you very specific examples. in reality, we beat all those expectations. the economy is simply doing better than the forecasters said. and the stock market shows it. the stock market is up because corporate profits, growth, jobs creation, and the plight of the people at the bottom is improving so much. finally people at the bottom are getting higher wages. we can thank the trump economy for that. if you were a democrat, would you want to talk about impeachment or would you want to talk about the trump economy? it's basically distracting people. heather: i want to ask, is the mainstream media doing a disservice to the public by not

talking about how good the economy is? >> absolutely. our job is to inform and up at msnbc, three floors above me, they don't inform anybody. all they do is rant. what are they displaying? you have disgrunted people from the republican middle a that was defeated in 2016, who sought to undermine the president so he sent rudy over there to execute his foreign policy. it was like henry kissinger who is a hero in american history, running foreign policy out of the white house for nixon because the state department simply wouldn't do what he wanted them to do. heather: i want to ask about this, because you did bring up potential 2020 democratic candidates. across the board, any of those candidates, can you see them even being able to compete at all when it comes to the economy? >> yeah, i do. the mainstream media has sold the idea that billionaires are responsible for inequality. not that the outcome but they're

responsible. liz warren running against them, it's making up a villain, pick an individual you can point at and create yourself as a hero that will solve the problems. the policies she's proposed has been tried in european country after european country a after european country and they've all failed. to middle class people in the suburbs, i mean, how much do they know about french economic history and the failures? she'll say, look, over in europe she has free health care. she didn't tell them if the billionaire tax fails, they have a 15 to 18% national sales tax they'll have to pay and we will have to pay to finance that thing. one way or another, there is no free lun of, but right now they're offering folks something for nothing. heather: across the board. peter mauricey, joining us live this morning, we always enjoy having you with us. thank you. >> always nice to be with you. heather: 8 minutes until the top of the hour.

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♪ yeah, it's a party in the usa. heather: don't know if you can describe it as a party but the impeachment hearings will be back this week. a live look at washington, d.c. for you there where those impeachment hearings begin on tuesday. tuesday, wednesday, lots going on with that. we will of course follow it all for you live right here on fox news. but in the meantime, kyle busch snapping a 21 race losing streak and securing his place in nascar history. >> he is joining elite company. kyle busch is going to win his second monster energy nascar cup series championship. heather: just like that, bush taking first place at homestead, miami speedway for his nascar cup title. he's only the second driver by the way to achieve that feat, behind jimmie johnson and he celebrated the win by taking his son for a victory lap. little bit slower with him.

colin kaepernick reportedly getting no offers from nfl teams after his workout this weekend. nbc sports reporting that the anthem kneeler hasn't heard about any future workouts or contract offers. despite supporting him in the past, rapper jay-z is blasting cappekaepernick. he is disappointed with kaepernick for turning a legitimate workout into a publicity stunt. kaepernick changed the site of the nfl's organized workout at the last minute. and thousands turn out for kanye west's sunday service. the rapper putting on a one of a kind se performance at joel osteen's houston church yesterday. the event was delayed as thousands came out for the performance, kanye encouraging fans to join him on his journey. we wanted to know what you thought about all of this, is kanye west starting a movement or is this a fad? brenda on instagram says time

will tell. ken on facebook writes if it helps even one person to find their faith it's a great thing. he apparently found his so why judge him. thanks for joining us. "fox & friends first" continues right now. bye-bye. jillian: it is monday, novembe. impeachment overload, with at least eight more public hearings this week on the president's ukraine dealings, even democrats are worried about the inquiry's future. >> if there's something new, something we haven't heard, something that really rises to the level of treason or a high crime, that would be different. but we don't see that. rob: we're live in washington as leaders on the left call on the president himself to testify. and a boston marathon bombing bombshell. jillian: how gruesome new details about a triple murder two years before the attack