stealing a goat. they took the animal from a farmer california high school. it was returned a day later, police are trying to identify the thieves. that wraps up this hour of "fox and friends first". "fox and friends first" continues right now. rob: two servicemembers killed in afghanistan overnight. jillian: what we learned about the deadly chopper crash. >> christmas ornaments, drywall and jerry epstein. name three things that don't hang themselves. that is what the american people think. jillian: shocking revelations about jeffrey epstein's jailhouse death. rob: charges just filed against the guards who should've been watching him. >> ever seen military aid held up because the president wanted

his rival investigated? >> using this impeachment hoax for their own political gain. jillian: democrats may have been burned by their own star witnesses. rob: one of the most anticipated witnesses, maybe the most important in the impeachment inquiry takes the stand today. jillian: "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ burning down the house ♪ jillian: is that a dance ice?

now? rob: making stuff up again. you are watching "fox and friends first". jillian: thanks for starting the day with us. donald trump celebrating testimony in the public impeachment hearings. rob: griff jenkins joins us from the long worth house office building to break it down as we gear up for another day of hearings on the hill. yesterday was a long one. >> reporter: we have a long day yesterday because it began with decorated army officer alex vindman who testified the call at the center of this impeachment hearing was inappropriate and improper. he was joined by jennifer williams, aid to mike pence and when it came to nancy pelosi's

allegations, bribery, republicans dug in. >> you never used the word bribery or bribe to explain donald trump's conduct, correct? >> no, sir. >> you haven't either? >> that is correct. >> reporter: more key testimony for kurt volcker, the point man leading ukrainian policy for the us. and nfc staffer, republicans zeroing in on the withheld aid. >> the president of the united states ever say to you he was not going to allow aid to the united states to go to ukraine unless there were investigations into burisma, the bidens or elections? you took apart their entire case. aren't you the official channel? >> that is correct. >> reporter: the man leading this entire process, chairman adam schiff blasted republican

defense of the president. >> their objection is he got caught. their objection is someone. the whistle and they would like this whistleblower identified and the president wants this whistleblower punished. that is their objection, not that the president engaged in misconduct but that he got caught. there defense is you end up releasing the aid. after he got caught. >> reporter: what does the president say? he weighed in at the end of the day as well. listen. >> focus on impeachment, you have a kangaroo court headed by shifty shift. >> it continues today, the much-anticipated witness, us ambassador to the eu gordon sondland's much-anticipated because there are a lot of inconsistencies in his story is evolved in the afternoon, a

pentagon official along with undersecretary david hail. >> after a full day of testimony none of the witnesses could provide proof of a quid pro quo, bribery or any white house couple. jillian: jim jordan says fact being overlooked, ukraine says none of this happened either. >> no linkage, no pressure, no conditionality, we have the two guys who were on the a, they said there is no conditionality, no linkage, no pressure and the ukrainians didn't know it had been held up at the top of the call and both witnesses said they didn't know until august 29th. the most important thing is the ukrainians didn't do anything. no promise, no statement, no investigation.

none of that happened and the aid was released. those facts will not change. they have to start all up and someone said to someone else and here i am, that is what their case is. rob: congressman jordan projects the hearings will drive more americans to the polls in support of donald trump. jillian: a helicopter crash killed two american servicemembers in afghanistan overnight. the cause of the incident is under investigation. the military does not believe the chopper was shot down. 19 american servicemembers have died in afghanistan this year. the crash comes one day after the taliban for three terror commanders held by the afghan government. also breaking overnight the us military killed the top terror target. officials in somalia say a drone strike killed a senior officer with the al qaeda linked terror

group out show bob. the officer was not blamed but is linked to foreign extremists involved in planning of future attacks. kim jong un narcotics investigator shot and killed trying to keep his community safe, patrolling a neighborhood in augusta, georgia in what is being called a proactive mission to curb gun violence. it is unclear what led to his shooting. the shooter was also wounded. investigator ridley is the 36th police officer shot and killed in the line of duty this year. a suspected gang leader accused of supporting isis heads to court this week. according to federal complaint jason brown gave $500 to an undercover fbi agent thinking the money would go -- the chicago man is believed to be the leader of a suburban name known first traffic in drugs and radicalizing gang members to support ice is requiring them to convert to islam. jillian: the fbi is

investigating jeffrey epstein's death as possibly being linked to criminal enterprise. the revelation of capitol hill lawmakers demand answers from the director of the federal bureau of prisons. rob: jackie ibanez is an studios two guards have not been formally charged. jillian: new questions in a different jeffrey epstein as the present director calls a black eye for the entire bureau. senate judiciary chair lindsey graham demanding to know how it happened. >> a case this high profile there has got to be a major malfunction or criminal enterprise to allow this to happen so are you looking at both? >> the fbi is looking, yes. >> a spokesman walking back the statement saying when a direct reference to enterprise she was mirroring the language nancy

graham used. two guards responsible for watching epstein face criminal charges this morning, michael thomas and tobin now accused of not checking epstein and creating fake logs to make it look like they did. here's the timeline of eventss. 10:00 at night all lawmakers locked up for the night, half an hour later video shows, guards are supposed to do have our checks. they are surfing the internet, epstein is found hanging in his soldiers 15 feet from the guard. attorneys say there were systematic problems in the prison including staffing shortages. there has been speculation about the cost epstein's death but the head of the prison bureau suggest no evidence to suggest it wasn't a suicide. >> interesting to see how this plays out. rob: mayor pete buttigieg could be a target in tonight's democratic presidential debate. he is a front runner in two key states. he appeared at the top of the

reasons i will poll, that was huge news, now a poll conducted by saint and some college in new hampshire shows in with a 10 point lead in the second primary state. both with 15%. bernie sanders trailing way behind according to that poll. jillian: we will talk about pete buttigieg later in the show. the house approving the measure to fund the government between the public impeachment hearings on the hill. the senate will pass ahead of tomorrow's deadline. rob: a tough day for democrats, burned by some of the start witnesses. >> any evidence of quid pro quo? any evidence of bribery? >> know.

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>> did either of you ever have any evidence of quid pro quo?

>> know, i did not. >> any evidence of bribery? >> know. >> any evidence of treason? >> no evidence of treason. rob: tim morrison and kurt volcker put holes in the impeachment case, the second week of hearings kicks off on the hill. >> on the left's witnesses exposing major flaws in the investigation kick you good to see you this morning. both sides will see what they want, they will see a win. the president calling this a win as are many republicans. i read an article this morning that said this is the subject line, tuesday was a disaster for republicans. do you agree? >> don't know how anyone could come up with that. we had 7 witnesses and none of them have provided any substantive information to support the claims being made by the democrats. yesterday was a disaster for

adam schiff and the democrats because we had witnesses saying they saw no quid pro quo, no bribery, no extortion. how in the world could that be a disaster for republicans? rob: let's look at one moment from elise stephan it. >> the chairman of this committee, quote, when they became aware military assistance was being withheld you answered, the news about security assistance did not get into ukrainian government circles at the end of august that your testimony? >> yes. >> on the one side it shows ukraine did not know for very long, they thought there was a quid pro quo. on the other side of that you

have sondland who said it was september 21st and amended talking points, that is what he told that there was this quid pro quo. >> he may say that but i don't see that this is relevant to the idea of impeachment. we put conditions on foreign aid. we have done it for a long time. the president is the chief diplomat of the united states, not congress, not adam schiff. what seems to be going on here is congress being critical of how the president handled foreign relations with ukraine. that is not in impeachable offense, this is not serious misconduct by a president. that is what you have to have if you want to justify impeachment. what these witnesses have done is made the claims being pushed by democrats, the claims are just evaporating and going up in smoke.

7 witnesses, no evidence of any serious misconduct from the president, we have given much better aid to the ukrainians in the last several years the obama administration did, to resist the russian incursions or russian supportive rebels within their country. >> a former doj official said something that caught my eye. there is a lot of interpretation instead of people looking at factor. it is hard for the public to get a grasp of reality. with that being said what is your message as we prepare to listen to what gordon sondland has to say? >> people should be looking for exactly that. actual facts, actual evidence as opposed to opinions about what happened or might have happened or should have happened and opinions about how we perhaps

should have dealt differently, opinions don't make a case. rob: what if gordon sondland says we needed them to reveal an investigation for them to get that $400 million? democrats will say that makes their case. >> i don't think it does because there was nothing wrong with doing that even if it is true. it is a legitimate inquiry for the us government to wants to know about corruption in a country like ukraine that is getting aid and in particular did a former vice president of the united states abuse the powers of his office to protect his son? why in the world would anyone think that's not a legitimate inquiry? of course it is. jillian: thank you as always, have a good day.

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>> the chicago prosecutor who dropped charges against jussie smollett is running for reelection. kim fox acknowledges the controversies surrounding the case in batches donald trump. >> every day my office is under attack from a president who uses our city is a punching bag. and attacking me personally over

the jussie smollett case. i didn't handle it well. >> reporter: fox came under fire after her office dropped all charges against jussie smollett. and a prosecutor looking at how the case was handled. >> lori laughlin pleaded not guilty and new charges in the admission scandal, conspiracy to commit bribery after refusing to take the case, accused of paying $500,000, the trial starts next year. >> suing juul. rob: tracy carrasco, how the vaping joined is responding. >> this does come one day after california filed a similar lawsuit but yesterday new york

attorney general james saying juul has been targeting teenagers with its marketing campaign, putting out misleading statements about the nicotine content in these vaping products. juul says their customer base is adults and we remain focused on resetting the category in the us and earning the trust of society, working with regulators and public health officials and other stakeholders to combat underage youth from combustible cigarettes. they are not intending to attract underage smokers. >> the most dangerous toys. >> this is one of the most popular toys. a lot of people had these growing up but the watchdog group world against toys causing harm, they put out this list

every year, the top 10 most hazardous toys, the nerve gun for the project goals, they could really hurt kids and a lot of toys on their list, they have items that are hazardous, not properly labeled when it comes to what harm they can do but the nerf gun is on the list. and the motor hedgehog because of the spike that can come off and pose a choking hazard. nickelodeon slime because it may be even inadvertently and the teddy bear. a lot of toys might not think about as being dangerous but have to read the label and make sure you know you are giving a safe toy this year. jillian: power rangers. i used to love them. anyway. rob: shocking revelations, the

possibility that a criminal enterprise had something to do in the case of jeffrey epstein's jailhouse death. the charges just filed against the guards who should have been watching this man. >> every office was filled with obama books, we had notes left behind that that you will fail, you aren't going to make it. jillian: not a warm welcome home for the trump administration. the hate mail president obama's aids supposedly left for the trump administration. we will tell you about it. lieva! >>it really is. the lexus december to rembember sales event lease the 2020 rx 350 all wheel drive for $419 a month for 27 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. introducing new vicks vapopatch easy to wear, with soothing vicks vapors for her, for you,

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a helicopter crash coming two americans servicemembers in afghanistan. the cause under investigation. the military does not believe the chopper was shot down. 19 servicemembers died in afghanistan justice eager. jillian:.military admiral determining whether navy seal eddie gallagher should keep the symbol to enforce good order and discipline. earlier this year gallagher was sentenced to reduced ranking four months of confinement for posing with a terrorist's dead body, donald trump restored his rank. rob: us ambassador heading to the eu, a full rate impeachment hearings. gordon sondland revising his testimony saying he told the top ukraine official millions of dollars in aid would be withheld until ukraine provided an anticorruption statement. democrats hoping to hear that today. sondland said there was no quid pro quo in the july phone call between the president and ukraine. jillian: china condemns the hong

kong human rights bill unanimously passed by the u.s. senate amid the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in the region. >> 50 protesters, standing off against police. >> good evening from hong kong. just a few hours ago this particular street was filled with debris. an army of workers has cleared it completely. that paved the way for traffic to move again and paves the way for the hong kong riot police to come on to this campus if they wish to and if they choose, through the main entrance of the campus here, this is where the pitched battles were fought over the last few days and this is what they have to go through again.

as we understand it, you probably got a few dozen protesters who remain here, they don't want to come out and leave it to the bitter end. it may be that given some of the student protesters we have seen in full body armor armed in one case with a bow and other and another with a baseball bat and another with a piece on a javelin. there may be a real hard-core here who are willing to fight. and given the battles we saw over the weekend, it could be very tough indeed if the hong kong police decide to come in. the demonstrators happy to see the action by the u.s. senate passing the human rights and democracy act unanimously. listen here. >> the protest have continued because people hong kong see what is coming, they see the steady effort to e rd. the autonomy and freedoms and the response by the hong kong authority under tremendous

pressure from beijing. >> they should voice their support of protesters in hong kong which would send important message to the chinese communist party not to get involved or escalate the situation. >> the chinese communist party has already responded roundly condemning the passage of the act, back to you guys. >> thank you, appreciate the report from hong kong. shocking new details about the investigation into jeffrey epstein's death revealed by the federal prison chief on capitol hill. >> major malfunction or criminal enterprise that allowed this to happen. are you looking at both? >> the fbi is involved and they are looking at criminal enterprise.

jillian: two guards on duty face federal charges. joining us live is federal prison warden, you heard that language that has been used, criminal enterprise, the spokeswoman clarified saying what the director referenced, more criminal enterprise, she was mirroring the language lindsey graham used. what do you make of that language being thrown around. >> it is too early to tell. it is unfortunate these officers were indicted. from my perspective that illustrates deliberate indifference and it is very unfortunate that we need to wait a little longer and see what the fbi investigation reveals more explicitly first. >> the indictment on these two, pretty interesting when you look at what they were doing. we have a timeline according to the prosecutor what was going on at 10:00 pm.

10:30, one of them checked on epstein and look at all the time that they show. to you believe that warrants a charge? they talk about how they change the law to show they were doing their job when they weren't? seems pretty bad. >> this is terribly embarrassing for the us department of justice, more specifically the federal bureau of prisons in new york. i frankly believe this is lack of sound correctional leadership. being in development all positions, and lands in a leadership position but that is what i see, a systemic failure, the federal bureau of prisons is a good agency and there are

35,000 staff that put their lives on the line every day. this is unfortunate. jillian: how is this going to change so it doesn't happen again? >> the agency is doing the right thing. the attorney general do the right thing in appointing doctor sawyer to the bureau of prisons, she has been a director before. i have tremendous faith in her and she will get the agency turned around but she will need a lot of help in doing that. we will see what changes are forthcoming but surely there will be changes made at the facility to ensure this type of thing does not happen again. it is inexcusable. rob: when they throw out criminal enterprise what could that possibly mean? >> it will be very interesting. rob: thank you so much. jillian: time to check in with

janice dean. >> i wish i had some good news. eastern third of the country is looking better, the western half of the country has a storm. 39 in chicago, 41 in new york, the coastal low is lifting northeastward, we have potential for a wintry mix across new england but for the most part it is out of there. this big system is going to move across the country and bring potential for heavy rain for the desert southwest as well as southern california, the mountain snow in the sierra and central parts of the rockies toward the northern parts of the rockies. a big system will bring potential for flash flooding in areas that can't take a lot of moisture like arizona under flash flood warning. i did have that map but you see

them getting the heavy moisture and all that will move across the mississippi and tennessee river valley over the next couple days. rob: rain in california. >> a silver lining. thank you for making that part of your show. i am in between used guys. >> 39 minutes after the hour. first it was a notorious water bottle, you saw that. >> me the internet hero can't chugging her coffee on national tv right behind vindman. social media toasting her and her boredom. now and forever more. inside these buildings in jerus throughout israel

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back, hate mail courtesy of the obama administration. nasty notes left behind by donald trump's team. >> we came into the white house every office was filled with obama books and we had notes left behind that said you will fail, you aren't going to make it. there was a big note taped to the door that said you will fail. >> carly shimkus with serious xm 115 with what both sides had to say on social media. >> reporter: according to the made -- daily mail, trump aides confirmed nasty notes were left in strange places like desk wars, even the bathroom mirror, a bottle of russian vodka was left in a cabinet. former national security adviser susan rice is the ninth this, saying it is another bald-faced

lie. a speech writer for president obama said i've placed an iphone charger, has anybody seen it, nobody left unimaginative notes written on a sixth grade level. grisham responded to all the hubbub saying i'm not sure where their offices were and wasn't implying every office has that issue. i was talking about our experience in the lower press office, everyone was so sensitive. folks on the left are not buying it, reaction much different on the right. when twitter user says if anyone would know about failing, and childish much? such sore losers. who knows what happened but there are reports that clinton aides removed the w from keyboards when george w. bush's staff was moving in so this

might be without precedent. she said she thought it was just a prank and nothing really serious. rob: this is almost 12 hours yesterday and here you go. >> how relatable is this moment as a congressional reporter chugging her coffee behind lieutenant colonel vindman, it looks ridiculous, i think i'm fine getting gratifying is i really do think my colleagues are laughing with me and not against me. this is reminding people of that giant bottle george kent was drinking from. one tweet really quickly. greg says she might be parodied on snl and that is probably the truth. always something people find in

the background. rob: mayor pete's big stock photo flop could be a problem with minority voters. is it enough to sink his campaign? he's really strong right now. jillian: time to check in with steve doocy with what is coming up on "fox and friends". you are funny. >> i was in your office and posted notes on both your doors to say you will succeed today. >> he watches and pays attention. number one viewer right here. >> thank you. "fox and friends," congressman leaves old and will stop by on capitol hill and we will talk to him about the whistleblower. he has plenty to say about that. congressman like turner, you see him, quite impressive the way he talked to the witnesses and

rhonda mcdaniels says the republicans are winning on capitol hill. lara logan joined the fox news channel with fox news, we will talk about that and charles payne on the economy and how it is on fire and did you see this? protesters shutdown art laughter, what was that about? how long did he stay? was he escorted out? yes he was. by whom? you will find out when he joins us on "fox and friends" shortly. a busy 3 hours kicks off on the channel you trust for your morning post it note. you will succeed. back after a break. (contemplative synth music)

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>> pete buttigieg surging in

iowa but struggling to resonate with minority voters. with his latest mishap of using a stock image of a kenyan woman in his outreach to african-americans can his campaign recover. and democratic strategists jason nichols, thank you for being here. it is a mishap, people have them but he is someone who doesn't have much minority support right now so where do you see it going? >> he has to work really hard into some of the things, he is making some of the right moves going to morehouse college, releasing his douglas plan but it would be an uphill climb and one of the big mistakes the campaign has made is to blame this on african-americans. they have been saying african-americans are homophobic when we know the majority of african-americans support gay marriage.

this won't help his cause. he really needs to make a better outcome, the campaign is not doing a good job of that right now. jillian: let's look at the key points of his plan for black america that includes establishing a health equity program, increasing government contracts to minority business owners, boosting federal resources for schools, reducing the incarceration rate by 15%. do you think he can climb this hill? >> i don't. we have seen this from democrats time and again. there is no legitimate effort to secure the black vote and people know, democrats cannot win a primary election or an election in general without the black vote. that is why they are concerned what donald trump is doing. donald trump has been the most effective and impactful candidate for president we have

seen in history. the lowest unemployment rate opportunities, on and on, democrats are very concerned but have not done anything but offer reparations to secure the black vote which is insulting. jillian: let's listen to a soundbite of a few different residents after police officer involved shooting in south bend, listen to what they have to say. >> you never gave me the spotlight and also under the bus and mayor pete, are you going to leave me up under their? >> when that young man got killed, what did you say? do you understand? give the people that are racist off the streets. >> a lot of people have been really fed up with him after

that incident happened in june that sound was from. you talk about what donald trump has been doing and that no one will win without the black vote. >> absolutely and i would agree it is not about donald trump. a lot of african-americans in charlottesville remember. give me a second. we can talk about the fact that donald trump is pulling around 6% with african-americans - and is going down but the point is we are talking about pete buttigieg. >> we are talking about the buttigieg and all democrats. >> that woman was correct about pete buttigieg and some of the mishaps he has seen in his city and one of the things my sources

told me about pete buttigieg is his campaign was not very diverse when it started out. he has some issues there and is not really addressing them the right way. he's trying not making the right strategies or saying the right things. heather: the show is going to end in a few minutes so we have to cut it here but thanks for joining us. >> black votes matters of democrats. >> we can agree he has a lot of work to do if he's going to get the vote. we will be right back. . .

jillian: welcome back. time for the good, the bad, and the ugly. first up the good. rob gronkowski may not be returning to the football field yet. but he is suiting up for the laker girl. ♪ all you got to stay is a minute ♪ just take its time ♪ the clock is ticking. jillian: i could watch this all day it's hilarious. busting a move with the laker's halftime show. venus williams joining in on the fun. comes on the day gronk speculation on returning to the patriots. i still say it's speculation. rob: wife going viral for his wife's marathon trip to target. not homeless, wife in target two plus hours, please help. it's been shared more than 100,000 times on facebook. rightfully so. jillian: ugly, group of teens caught on camera.

took goat from a farm in colorado high school. it was returned. police trying to identity theft thieves. by the way rob gronkowski has until the 30th to tell the patriots whether he is coming back. rob: he looks buckier. we will see. jillian: we will see, bye. ♪ good morning. ains good morning. steve: that's right. live in the mezzanine level of studio f "fox & friends." another slow news week, right? ainsley: week two of the impeachment inquiry and day two of that second week. brian: could be day four overall. 11 and a half hours yesterday. late into the night. one of the things you couldn't listen on sirius radio. you had to know who is talking. who is saying this? who is saying this now? it went to