the street to cover a massive pothole. they've been decorating it, putting presents under it, just to warn drivers. that wraps up this hour of "fox and friends first," thank you for joining us, "fox and friends first" continues right now, goodbye. rob: wednesday, december 11th, six people did including a police officer and several innocent bystanders after a new jersey neighborhood turned into a war zone. jillian: what police believe was a targeted attack, live in jersey city. >> he endangers our democracy and our national security. >> they are impeaching me because they want to win an election. jillian: he hits the campaign trail. rob: slamming articles of impeachment at a pennsylvania rally, live in washington,

senate trial now looms. the california pastor who put jesus, mary and joseph in cages. jillian: she has a lot more to say about her nativity scene's political statement. "fox and friends first" continues. you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. rob: thanks for getting up early with us. fox news alert, the mayor of jersey city new jersey says a kosher market at the center of the deadly hours long shootout was targeted. a plainclothes detective and father of five. jillian: we learn more about the officer killed trying to save lives.

>> they were shot and killed in the line of duty, jersey city detective joseph seale, two other officers were shot yesterday and released from the hospital. seals was on the force since 2006, he was a married father and husband, father of 5 children. seals was credited for exceptional work taking illegal guns off the streets coming in plainclothes when he was shot and killed engage in one or both of those active shooters at nearby cemetery. new jersey governor phil murphy speaking last night. >> she put on the uniform every day. that is what men and women do every single day, and cannot thank them enough. >> it was a war zone in broad daylight in jersey city

beginning at 12:30 in the afternoon, two active shooters engaged officers with high-powered rifle fire, four our shootout involving hundreds of bullets. both active shooters fired from inside a kosher jewish supermarket, federal and local officials sent swat team members, helicopters, drone and bearcat armored vehicles to pin down two shooters in and around the grocery store. both were shot and killed but not before three bystanders lost their lives, and a possible incendiary device was removed from a stolen rent a u-haul truck. thousands of children were put on lockdown in schools throughout jersey city including sacred heart private catholic school across from where the gunfire ensued. the mayor of jersey city did tweet this jewish kosher market was charged investigators have not given motive and have not

indicated whether this was an anti-somatic hate crime and no indication this was terrorism but an ongoing investigation. carley: a manhunt intensifying, who had a police sergeant and left her to die. kayla sullivan was heard as the suspect sped away from a traffic stop in nassau bay, texas, died at the hospital two weeks before 16th anniversary with the force. >> a nightmare scenario for the city, seriously injured and killed in the line of duty, will catch the suspect. >> 5 officers have been killed by the nuclear assault. >> a community says goodbye to a

fallen officer, for arkansas police officer stephen carr who shot and killed execution style in his station's parking lot. the gunman was also shot dead. the funeral at the university of arkansas turned blue to honor the fallen officer. 42 police officers were shot and killed in the line of duty this year. carley: donald from rally supporters in pennsylvania while ripping democrats over articles of impeachment. and there were no crimes, they are impeaching me and no crimes, this has to be a first in history, they are impeaching me because they want to win an election. rob: fired up, griff jenkins in washington with the night's biggest moments from the president. >> reporter: no holding back in hershey, the president had choice words for the man who led the impeachment inquiry, adam schiff. >> the fact on shifty chef, this

honest guy said the president of ukraine repeatedly declared there was no pressure but didn't want to say say it, say it, you could bastardize say it. >> reporter: democrat leaders announcing articles of impeachment, and obstruction of congress. >> the first order of business for members of congress, a solemn act to take an oath to protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> he endangers our democracy and endangers our national security. >> reporter: democrat leaders give the president one of his biggest legislative wins approving the us mca trade deal with mexico and canada. >> the silver lining of impeachment and this witchhunt, that is the reason they approved

us mca. a huge deal and plays down the impeachment because they are embarrassed by the impeachment and poll numbers have gone through the roof. >> the judiciary committee marking up articles of impeachment setting up a vote next week on the house floor, nancy pelosi confident she has the votes but a few things to watch was a group of democrats pushing for the president to be censured. 31 democrats elected in districts trump won, 33 democrats in the house, 14 of those 31, and if it passes it is off to the senate for a trial early next year, chairman lindsey graham says it needs to end as soon as possible. carley: the us mca was celebrated within an hour of the impeachment articles being introduced.

carley: it was quite something. it doesn't change the truth for voters. >> a huge disconnect between the impeachment messaging the we need to remove the president immediately and giving him such a win and the issue that impeachment is happening not because he is generally popular but they demand it. if they do this impeachment which is important because it will go nowhere and handing donald trump victory and don't have legislative accomplishments of their own that might -- people who say we sent you to washington dc for a reason and you are not pushing any of it. >> mca tweaks the deal, and the white house says not much changed from the original draft. jillian: donald from sent a strong message to russia over the upcoming presidential election. during the meeting with foreign minister lavrov and mike pompeo

he warned against any attempt to meddle in american elections. >> the trump administration will work to protect the integrity of our elections. should russia or any for an actor take steps, we will take action in response. carley: at the russian embassy he denied discussing us elections. rob: bernie sanders picking up crowd control at a las vegas campaign event, upset that the rest of the democratic field isn't feeling the burn on medicare for all. >> i got attacked by trump and the republicans. i get attacked by the healthcare industry. >> by democrats too. rob: that was one of the tense

moment he spoke to union members. somebody in the crowd challenged him on how he will pay for his plan. joining sanders on the debate stage, andrew yang, businessman and entrepreneur qualifying for the sixth debate on the 7/19, joining other heavy hitters like joe biden, elizabeth warren and pete buttigieg who is skyrocketing in the polls. they have until tomorrow at midnight to qualify. carley: a executive order to combat anti-semitism on college campuses. officials say he is threatening to cut funding from school the don't do enough to stop discriminating against jewish students. this takes aim at anti-israel movement on college campuses as the new york times would define judaism as a nationality, not a religion. rob: impeachment looms over the senate and donald trump says he

wants all the cards on the table. >> we want biden, we want hunter, where is hunter, we want shift. i want them to testify in the senate. rob: we don't know how it will work. of the senate decides not to call any witnesses what does that mean for the other key players. former deputy assistant attorney general joins us to answer that. >> reporter: the magic of christmas is so powerful. carley: horrifying, the mom going viral for getting caught up in the christmas spirit. - [spokeswoman] meet the ninja foodi pressure cooker, the best of pressure cooking and air frying

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>> people want to call witnesses and people who don't want to call witnesses. i want to try the case based on

the record in the house. i have no desire to make it a long trial so i'm looking for 51 people to join me to say we heard enough and are ready to vote. >> top republican on the senate judiciary committee says he may skip and impeachment trial and get right to a vote. rob: what does this mean for the long list of witnesses donald trump has called for? >> joining us live, the criminal decision, john malcolm, good morning. i wonder how the president will feel about this because he has wanted to call messages to the senate floor including hunter biden, joe biden, the whistleblower, adam schiff, nancy pelosi, sounds like he was looking forward to it but lindsey graham says there won't be a trial, he wants to get it over and done with as quickly as possible so is this a good idea? >> there will be a horse trading going on before it reaches the senate. the president is running for

reelection and wants to embarrass the democrats by calling people like the whistleblower and hunter biden and adam schiff. mitch mcconnell is thinking about the reelection prospects of vulnerable republican senators. is thinking of tom tillis and cory gardner, susan collins, martha mc sally and a long drawn out trial may hurt them in their states which are trending blue. it is ultimately the senate's call, the constitution gives the senate the power to try impeachment so at the end of the day senator mcconnell will decide what the shape of the trial looks like. >> we don't know a lot of the pools and i assume democrats will make a play for make more veiny and bolton to testify. could that happen? >> it would be a dangerous maneuver on their part since they don't know what they are

going to say so the house intelligence committee subpoenaed bolton and more veiny and others, and the house is winning and they must testify but they haven't yet. and the prosecutor, the cross-examination when you don't know what the answer is going to be and it would be a wildcard if they testified. >> the articles of impeachment flimsy, he was impeachment like and what do you think of the two articles. and bribery or obstruction of justice weren't included. >> two articles, the first is abuse of power and they have

been talking about this, quid pro quo and holding the threat of withholding aid over volodymyr zelinsky unless he announced an investigation against the political rival, this is played itself out and i don't think it is going anywhere. there are a lot of legitimate explanations why he did what he did and their second article is strange, and obstruction against congress's prerogative and the article assumes because congress gets to decide they get subpoenaed, whoever they want and whatever documents they want and he can't turn it over and if he doesn't then that is in impeachable offense. >> the ig report, horwitz is going to testify today. paul manafort, early campaign manager for the president is being investigated when he joined the team. what do you make of that? >> stuff going on in the

campaign at many points. they could have done it after george papadopoulos allegedly told this australian ambassador the russians offered to assist the campaign. any number of points, they need to preserve the integrity of the election and they chose to embark down the road conducting a full-blown investigation and horwitz report makes quite clear it did so in a shockingly shoddy manner. >> thank you so much for your time, we appreciate it, 19 after the hour, democrats handing donald trump a big victory. >> the silver lining of impeachment, this witchhunt, that is the reason they approved usmc a. carley: what is in the new trade

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>> the silver lining have impeachment and this witchhunt, that is the reason they approved usmc a so that is okay with me because they approved it and they are happy to have it. rob: big win for the president with an agreement in place on the long-awaited trade deal aimed at replacing after. carley: tracy is here to break down the usmc a. >> reporter: the white house has yet to release the final copy of

the usmc a, the new deal to replace the 26-year-old north american free trade agreement, we don't have all the details yes but house democrats finally back the renegotiated version of the trade agreement after a year of negotiations with the white house and after it was signed off by the united states, canada and mexico. nancy pelosi said was worth pulling out for 13 months to get concessions on enforcement for workers rights, environmental protections, intellectual property protections for the prescription drugs. one major goal is to have more cars and trucks made in north america, adding 175,000 jobs, to bring manufacturing back to the united states with a boost of $34 billion to the us auto industry. it requires 45% of cars be made in the country, pay autoworkers $16 an hour. pelosi says the house and senate should pass mca this month but

mitch mcconnell thinks they won't taken up until next year. the white house issuing a statement agreeing with pelosi saying they plan to push, quote, hard on passing the bill before the end of the year. jillian: major legislative victory for donald trump. listen to this. a mom is so caught up in the christmas spirit she makes a mortifying mistake those viral online. >> cleaning my windshield. this is christmas magic. i woke up to this man and this is my favorite part of humanity. i love christmas so much, thank you for doing this. give him a hug. i am out here hugging strangers at the gas station because the magic of christmas is so powerful. jillian: is she going to be okay to drive? rob: i have no words.

the video has been viewed more than 43 million times. carley: the story lighting up social media with most people praising the mom. rob: absolutely hilarious, love how magical christmas spirit can be. carley: kim says that was great, keep passing on your joyful spirit. rob: may be he needed a hug at that point. rob: we need that sometime. 26 after the hour. that was something. students grounded following a deadly shooting at the pensacola naval base. what inspectors are demanding to protect themselves. carley: hillary clinton is the front runner in a new poll and she's not running, what does this say about other candidates who are? this means republicans look pretty good.

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heather: a look at top headlines beginning with a fox news alert, the mayor of jersey city, at the center of the deadly hours long shootout was targeted. a plainclothes detective and father of 5 among the dead, the two suspect also killed, we don't know what set off the shooting. rob: volcano the killed six people in new zealand could erupt again at any moment, crews calling off the search for 9 people still missing, 30 are hospitalized with severe burns. abu ibrahim al-hashimi al-quraishi carley: michael horwitz will be questions about the fbi investigation into the 2016 election. the report shows no evidence of political bias but did find multiple errors into surveillance of a former trump campaign aide. kim jong un developing story in an exclusive interview, a group

of naval instructor pilots leading to arm themselves and military bases in the wake of the deadly pensacola shooting. carley: the pentagon suspense flight training for saudi students. >> reporter: air, land and sea training on paz for 860 saudi students, their training will continue but only inside classrooms. it is part of a defense department review of international student training on military bases following the deadly shooting at the pensacola naval base just last week. saudi student opened fire killing three american sailors. eight others are hurt including two sheriff's deputies. a fox news exclusive interview a group of navy instructor pilots plead with top military brass to lift the ban on servicemembers carrying personal firearms on us military bases. one pilot instructor telling fox

news in part i have 0 confidence the guy i show my id card to at the gate could save me. another instructor adding our messages simple, arm us. we don't want to count on cops or gate guards to save us in a crisis. joshua watson's brother is echoing that the man's. the navy rifle team captain is one of 3 victims in the naval base shooting. his brother giving a heartbreaking plea on "fox and friends". >> he was well-qualified to have a firearm and defend himself. we ask these young men and women to stand watch of our country they need the opportunity to defend themselves. my brother had not had that right stripped from him this would be a different conversation. carley: the navy posthumously awarding wings of gold to his brother and two heroic airmen who lost their lives in the navy

base attack. carley: are powerful suicide bombing targets a medical facility nearby from airbase in afghanistan, the same us-based donald trump visited before thanksgiving, the military says no coalition forces were hurt and the base is secure. five afghans were injured. the taliban and isis have been active in the area but no group has claimed responsibility. iran is building an underground tunnel for missiles and large-scale weapons according to intelligence officials after saying these new satellite photos out of syria show nearly 400 foot tunnel forming. last week the new york times reported iran is secretly moving hundreds of short range missiles to iraq that could be capable of hitting israel, saudi arabia and us troops in the region.

to extreme weather. a winter storm bearing down on the northeast. you are looking live at lehigh valley pennsylvania where snow is making for a messy morning commute. janice dean is tracking the winter storm. it will be a sloppy one in parts of the country. >> along the coastline especially connecticut you get heavier snowfall totals all this is not a blockbuster storm. it will cause a lot of problems on the roadways for rush hour. you can see the arctic cold front that has moved across portions of the deep south. we had snow reports in northern alabama and mississippi and georgia and looks like it is moving into the dc area, new york city reporting snow and boston, this will last through the morning commute so that will make things very messy, just know that your travel is

affected if you're traveling on the i-95 corridor because of an arctic cold front that is moving in. this will be out of the way by this afternoon. behind it we could see lake effect snow and the next storm system moving into the west coast. my apologies my clicker is not working. this is the big story and you will see a lot of cameras out of the cities because it will be a messy commute and we will keep you up to date. rob: i knew yesterday when it was 60 °, when it is warm - >> a 30 ° drop in some cases. rob: hillary clinton hinting at another possible presidential run in recent media appearances. >> i ran for president because i love this country and want to serve the country and think i would have been a good president. i don't know if i was too nice but i was very careful. i especially have been deluged

in the last few weeks thinking about doing that. i would have to make up my mind really quickly because it is moving very fast. i'm under enormous pressure from many many many people to think about it. rob: enormous pressure. the poll shows hillary clinton is the top pick among democrats from harvard harris. the only issues she's not running for president at this point but she is the favorite. can you believe that? how does it look for actual candidates, the four beneath her? political science professor, thanks for coming on to the show. how in the world did this happen? >> hillary clinton is on a book tour so she wants to keep pushing this and there are people talking about this but the reality is she's too late to get into this race. she's not a billionaire like michael bloomberg, she's missed deadlines for many of the early

states and if she did get in her poll numbers would drop. i have been saying this is not good for the party and not good for the candidates out there. rob: take a second look at these numbers. hillary is 21%, joe biden 20, bernie, look at the big drop for elizabeth warren, that is something to see and bloomberg has a nice little chunk at 7%. what does it say for joe biden that a person who is not in the race has taken it down? >> i can't believe i am saying this but there is no chance, we may see a brokered convention on the democratic side which we haven't seen for decades. we will have in new hampshire, iowa and south carolina the first four primaries and caucuses, we may have for 5 viable candidates running in that could move you into march and if you have michael bloomberg as you mentioned, his

poll numbers up with money to sustain, we could see a brokered convention on the democratic side. democratic voters are uncertain about this. rob: the thing they are most uncertain about is whether joe biden can hang on and do this job at his age. >> they are worried about the age and the missteps in calculations, arguing and bickering with voters, sanders and warren being too liberal and not being electable. rob: who has the best shot at beating donald trump in those important states we talk about, the swing states? >> it is still joe biden although even donors are nervous about joe biden but who else will be? pete buttigieg, people think he is promising, too young, think of the african american vote, sanders and warren, too progressive, too liberal, they would in the rust belt, really tight election and so it is still joe biden but many

democratic voters are saying is he the best candidate to beat donald trump? they are not certain. rob: what are the chances hillary johnson to this thing and make the third try? >> i think there is very little chance she actually does but on the other hand she keeps hinting it is something she wants to do. democrats cannot get over 2016, they desperately want a redo on 2016. the impeachment, the mueller investigation and you see hillary clinton -- the problem is you can't look backwards in elections, you've got to look forward, they've got to present a forward-looking face and she is not it and that is a concern about biden. rob: thanks so much, appreciate it, back to you. carley: 39 minutes after the hour. another roadblock. the latest move in a legal battle. construction of the border wall. how the white house is responding and the school district is standing by their decision to fire a teacher over

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rob: the parents of a toddler who fell to her death on a cruise ship filing a lawsuit against will caribbean, negligence lawsuit, would give them tens of millions of dollars. chloe's grandfather was charged with negligent homicide in heard that. he said the 18 month mac slipped from his arms as he held her up to a cruise ship window in puerto rico. it heads to court next week. jillian: a federal judge blocks pentagon funds to build a border wall. judge david briana releasing a statement saying the administration cannot use military construction money on additional border barriers. secretary of defense marcus per approved diverging $3.6 million

to fund for wall protection. they will appeal the judge's decision. rob: the pentagon's acting as the 2 generalizes a review on the border, he will decide whether donald trump's decision to put us troops on the southern border is legal. it will focus on security operations, training of troops, interaction of troops and border agents and the funding it takes to cover deployment. the review was launched after several requests. carley: the reverend behind the controversial nativity scene is speaking out. rob: the display with jesus, mary, and joseph has reviewed using cages sparking immigration debate she hoped it would. >> it is public theology to raise awareness of compassion and kindness and hope the discussions even if they don't start with compassion might change some hearts. rob: the references the display

is about long-standing belief on refugees, not current politics. the president firing up a rally crowd in pennsylvania as new polls show him surging in critical battleground states. carley: breaking down what the president is doing right. i like it. ♪ ♪

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carley: new polls predicted trump 2020 victory across the battleground. is this because he focuses on issues people care about? joining me to weigh in, author of taken for granted, how conservatism can win back the americans that liberalism failed, political analyst gianna caldwell and we are here, poll numbers show donald trump is beating democrats in michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin, key battleground states that cause him to surge. >> accomplishments, think about the fact this is legitimately a jobs president, someone who kept his promise since 2016, cnbc did a poll in october that showed 13 states considered the swing states historically since the last election eight of 13, lower

than the national average. and he said he was going to bring manufacturing jobs back to the country, barack obama said you need a magic wand for that. in 2018 added 500,000 jobs, this is something we haven't seen before which makes a lot of sense. we haven't seen anything like this before. >> 2 million jobs in 2019. i wonder poll numbers are a reflection on donald trump or could it be people think democratic candidates are week slate of candidates which is why michael bloomberg is getting into the race. >> people want to see hillary clinton the race, you got to wonder, it is not good for them and they feel nervous about her being enthused about jumping into the race which is crazy.

people have not seen, he commits to the people, we see unemployment rate, the lowest it has ever been, the first step act, thousands of individuals, 90% being black, this is a president who legitimately forced to be reckoned with and democrats know they have no choice in their opinion but to impeach other -- carley: democrats trying to hurt donald trump's election chances but some people say it could help him in the long run. how do you feel about that? >> we are seeing people in the independence column concerned and believe democrats are going too far. that is a political vehicle, you know what they are looking to do. trying to create a cloud into the head. representative al green said if we don't impeach this president,

then he will win a second term. >> not what he did but what could happen in the future. >> they were shocked to see he is keeping his promises. carley: a new documentary called the battle for chicago. take a look at it. >> the only difference it is to date is this right here, the world to see every day, chicago benefiting. >> tell us with documentaries about, what can we expect. >> on the fox nation platform and one of the heartbreaking things i have experienced. and we explored a number of these issues in the documentary, the school system and something people need to take a look at and dive into what is going on.

carley: how do you think the problem in chicago can be fixed, a tale of two city is, and he could on neighborhood but next to a war zone. >> it is a necessity for leaders of chicago to reach out to the white house and work with the president because we have seen decade after decade, year after year, unwilling or unable to fix this on their own, working with -- carley: they worked with him on usmc a, maybe they can do this. >> they can say we are not just out to impeach him. heather: all right, rob. rob: 52 after the are, just got into office, how the governor of kentucky is trying to get convicted felons to the polls. is there such a thing is too

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we all matter. rob: there you have it. the democratic governor making the announcement in his inauguration speech. the move would reinstate executive order signed by his father steve beshear suspended by republican governor matt bevin. a school district stands by its decision to fire a teacher who tweeted president trump about illegal immigrants. georgia charge was fired after the fort worth texas school board sent several anti-immigration tweets. after the texas immigration commissioner said clark should get her job back because the district didn't follow protocol. however, the board voted against clark's reinstatement. rob: time for the good, the bad and the ugly. real estate company announcing a major surprise at their holiday party watch this. >> you are all participating in a bonus based on the number of years of $10 million.

>> wowza. unbelievable. employees moved to tears opening holiday bonus checks that averaged about $50,000 each. the baltimore based firm giving back to its 198-person team after reaching a major company goal. jillian: morale is going to be great at that company. calling for a ban on glitter. tiny particles are polluting oceans and hurting marine life. physician and animals mistake glitter for food. each speck takes thousands of years to break down. i think it makes the world more if he has been. rob: threatening to sue walmart over christmas sweatshirt. controversial sweater which appears to have cocaine on the table with the words let it snow has been pulled from the canadian website. columbia overset. grade a columbian snow. international scandal now.

rob: walmart website. michael horowitz, inspector general testifies today on fox all day long. should make for some very interesting content. carley: should indeed. more to come. fox starts right now. brian: here we go. welcome to the show. a fox news alert. the mayor of jersey city says the jewish kosher market centers of the hours long shootout was targeted. ainsley: plain clothed detective father of five is among the dead. among the three bystanders. steve: listen to that like a war zone. holy cow. bryan llenas is in jersey city who has more on that officer who was killed trying to save lives. >> steve, anxiously, brian, good morning, we are at the scene of that jewish kosher grocery store. this is what it looks like this morning after gun battle here. can you see the entire facade of that store is completely ripped off. have you been seeing