♪ >> they sent spies to record senior members of the campaign in the middle of the presidential campaign. >> they didn't find a deep space conspiracy against candidate would president trump. >> happening right now 4:00 am on the east coast, errors expose, horowitz laying out the fbi's report on potential fisa abuse, he says no one is often chopping block. why are they sticking to their slanted story?

suspect in the camera story the kosher deli with guns in broad daylight. the community mourns the victims the explosive evidence that has the city's mayor calling this the hate crime. >> a lot on this council i didn't support, this is a shame. >> assaulters parade canceled, the city's mayor speaking out about the safety threat. "fox and friends first" starts right now.

>> good morning to you. you are watching "fox and friends first" this thursday morning, thank you so much for starting your day or ending it with us, we appreciate it. the house judiciary committee will begin voting on articles of impeachment following another fiery hearing on capitol hill but the latest polls show pushing ahead could hurt vulnerable lawmakers. griff jenkins explains. >> reporter: they finished day one in return for day 2 at 9:00. all 41 members getting a chance to debate on articles of impeachment and we expected to be a long day today passing the 2 articles sending them to the house floor for a vote next week. chairman jerry nadler began the session yesterday asking members

to consider the evidence and the consequences of failing to ask would be. >> we cannot rely on an election to solve our problems when the president threatens the very integrity of that election so with a heavy heart that clear in my duty to a my country i support these articles of impeachment. i urge my colleagues to support them as well. >> republicans blasting the march towards impeachment calling it rushed and unfair at accusing democrats of being motivated by politics and a dislike for the president. >> not just because they don't like the president. they don't like us. they don't like the 63 million people who voted for this president and they dislike us so much they're willing to weapon eyes the government. 2 years ago was the iris, more recently the fbi and now the impeachment power of congress. >> we expect the committee vote to fall down party lines, the math of the house is something to watch, there are 401 members of congress in which 233 are democrats so 216 votes to pass

but 31 democrats from districts, she can only afford to lose 17 of them and the latest monopole is any indication, 50% of americans oppose impeaching and removing the president it will be a tough decision for some lawmakers around midweek next week. shannon: thank you. inspector general michael horowitz grilled on capitol hill for more than 5 hours painting a troubling picture of the fbi russia probe. live in studio the hearings biggest moments. >> i will break it down for all of you, all eyes on michael horowitz as he shared his findings on the fisa report. lindsey graham said the code in crossfire hurricane was very fitting. >> crossfire in a hurricane.

there has been a lot of media reports about your report before it was issued and i remember reading these headlines, lawful investigation with a few irregularities. >> although the probe found no evidence of political bias it did uncover 17 inaccuracies and omissions in the process of securing a fisa warrant for carter page. >> so many basic and fundamental errors were made by three separate handpick investigative teams on one of the most sensitive fbi investigations after the matter was brief to the highest level in the fbi. >> lawmakers growing horwitz on whether james comey was to blame for the missteps. >> does your report vindicate mister comey? >> it doesn't vindicate anyone who touched this including the leadership. >> that does go against what comey said earlier this week,

listen. >> it was all nonsense and the fbi finally hazard today with the american people and i hope they pay attention to it. >> horwitz also selling off on the fisa warrant being renewed three times over the 2-year probe. >> in your review of those warrants would indicate that they were producing useful information, correct? >> not sure that's entirely correct. >> the hearings are not over for horwitz, he will testify on the whole for a second time next wednesday. it doesn't end. >> truly does not. we appreciate it. trey gowdy is cutting james comey's victory lap short slamming the fbi director for downplaying the implications of the bureau's fisa error. >> don't know what report comey read. this is the third ig report that found his conduct to be

substandard. if that's a victory lap because he's not indicted more power to him, don't tell me what the ethical standard is. if you think this report vindicate you. when horwitz's there was no bias, there was a lot of bias from every point thereafter including an fbi lawyer manufacturing evidence to get a surveillance warrant against an american citizen. that's not the fbi i worked with, it's not representative of 99% of the bureau agents i know but they have a problem. >> all eyes are now on us attorney john durham who is conducting that broader criminal investigation into the origins of the russia probe and government surveillance. we are now learning more about the shooters and victims in that horrific attack in jersey city, the mayor calling it a hate crime. this chilling surveillance video

shows the shooter getting out of a stolen u-haul which had a working pipe bomb inside. the two walked toward the jewish supermarket while opening fire. david anderson and francine graham identified as the shooters, anderson reportedly made anti-police and anti-semitic posts online and has ties to the black hebrew israelites movement. they were both killed by police as three bystanders were killed inside the store, detective joseph steele, a father of 5, was gunned down earlier. his mother telling fox news everyone loved him adding, quote, i kept thinking it is not even real, saying why him, why him. thousands attended the funeral for two of the victims last night. the man suspected of hitting and

killing a texas police officer could be headed to louisiana, henderson is believed to be armed and dangerous, after police say he hit sergeant kayla sullivan with his car during a traffic stop. he was last seen in a red buick with a busted back window in nassau bay, texas. police believe he has one handcuff attached to his wrist. henderson who goes by the nickname killer dray has a long, history. he has posted mugshots any video from outside jail on his instagram account. in the meantime sergeant sullivan's community remembering the 16 year veteran at a vigil, she leaves behind the husband and a son. today lawyers from the boston marathon bomber will fight to overturn his conviction and death sentence. they will argue he wasn't given a fair trial in part since it was held in boston where jurors would be biased against him. three people were killed, 300

injured in the boston marathon bombing attack. his brother was killed in a shootout with police. a high-stakes meeting set for today at the white house over tariffs on china. the president wants to meet with top trade advisors, those tariffs would impact $116 billion worth of chinese goods. the physician to push forward with them could put a wrinkle in talks to end the 17 month-long trade war. the time is almost 10 minutes after the top of the hour. the overdose death of tyler skaggs sent shockwaves, now the league is taking action. the new drug testing policy that is expected to be announced today and inspector general horwitz pointing out a major flaw in the fisa probe. >> a central and essential role

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. today major league baseball is expected to announce a new policy to test players for opioids. the new drug testing will start next season. a positive test, the new policy will allow players to use marijuana for pain relief. today donald trump will deliver remarks at the white house summit on childcare and family

leave, this comes one day after the house easily passed the defense policy bill which includes giving federal employees 12 weeks of paid parental leave, the deal was made after democrats agreed to ensure the establishment of the space force, the bill is expected to pass in the senate by next week, the president is expected to sign it into law. >> the steel reporting played a central and essential role in the decision to seek a fisa order. fbi leadership supported relying on fields reporting to seek a fisa order after being advised of concerns expressed by department attorney that steel may have been hired by someone associated with a rival candidate or campaign. >> in an hours long hearing, doj inspector general michael horwitz debunked the democrats spin on his report, ripping into the glaring errors committed by members of the fbi asserting no one is off the chopping block,

trump 2020 senior legal advisor jenna ellis joins us live to break down the key moments of the heated testimony, thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. what do you was the most important take away? >> the fact that the senate was actually willing to have michael horwitz testify so the fact that the house very clearly partisan is refusing to bring the testimony forward. imagine if we had democratic control of both chambers, we would not be hearing this critical testimony and we would still have the mainstream media narrative saying we are going to minimize all the implications of this report. having this testimony is critical for the american people to understand this is about spying on a presidential campaign. this is about abuse of process,

something that should never happen in a country that values freedom and liberty and fair and free elections. >> very interesting to hear democrats doing everything they can other than using words like spy and spying and things like that, instead, confidential human sources which i think would be a spy. >> it was semantics. that is like saying the fbi saying we are not lying, we are just presenting important falsehoods or saying this isn't about drugs, this is a controlled substance, no matter how you want to spin this this is spying, absolutely 100% and william barr put that very clearly in his comments over the last couple days and i'm glad to see both he and the rum are coming out strongly because let's remember the context of the horowitz report. even though this is very minimal standards, there presenting a low threshold, that doesn't mean

the conduct of the fbi and all these people involved have any obvious creation of criminal activity here. that is going to be very important moving forward. shannon: we have james comey on-screen and ig horwitz, clearly said the fbi failed, listen to this. >> so many basic and fundamental errors were made by three separate hand-picked investigative teams, circumstances reflect failure by the managers and supervisors in the crossfire hurricane chain of command. shannon: those reused to renew the fisa warrant three times. >> this is not just about some kind of accidental or good faith errors and mistakes. for 17 omissions and errors, if this happened in the context of any other regular court proceeding where law enforcement officials were applying for a search warrant under the fourth

amendment or anything else in the nature of the criminal law context that law enforcement official would not only be suspended or fired that would likely be brought under, charges for intent here so again even though horwitz didn't make a specific finding and conclusion of political bias we can all read the facts for ourselves and read inferences courtrooms do across america every day and again in the context of a criminal court this is going to be a very different outcome. >> at what's point through all of this investigation that has cost so much money for american taxpayers, at what point did they question the steel dossier? >> the fact that the fbi has known that has been debunked since 2017 just shows the deep state bias here and the fact that the fbi and all of these political appointees including

the dnc, that is the real collusion and that was brought out by the republicans in yesterday's hearing that the collusion between the dnc and fbi to withhold key information, to continue to put out a false narrative in the media simply to take down the trump administration and make it seem like this president is a legitimate, that is what they are trying to do in impeachment, there is no evidence at all, this is simply a political targeted hit job. >> the number is growing, thank you for joining us. the time is 20 minutes after the top of the hour and a democrat ripped by her constituents for supporting impeachment. >> it is a laugh. heather: the fiery confrontation at her own townhall. >> everybody is important in this company.

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million in bonuses to every single one of them, 198 employees in the man behind this joins us now, ed st. john is founder and chairman of st. john properties and danielle is an account payable professional who is one of those who received those large bonuses, thank you for joining us, really appreciate it this morning. >> thank you for having us. >> i will start with you. what moved you to do this for your employees? >> it took us 35 years to achieve our first goal which was 10,000,000 ft. and we thought it would take another 30 years or so to get our second goal and our guys did it in 14 years and i said we really need to celebrate this. we need to do something that is meaningful and somebody said what do you think, give out out $1 million, then it became 2

million, maybe 5 and i said i think it should be 10 and everybody kind of looked at me like i was crazy but that is what we decided to do. >> it is amazing to watch their responses, all the employees, danielle, you are one of those. how surprised were you when you received this bonus, would you mind telling us how much he received? >> it was a generous amount that will be put to great use. i was very shocked. i was not expecting that at all. it was so far from what i thought was going to happen and it was a really nice surprise. shannon: how long have you worked for the company? >> i have been there for 181/2 years. >> what would you say to other

business owners in terms of giving back to your employees something like this, it is so meaningful to them. >> i think they should do it. we all give large amounts of money to charity, charity starts at home. >> what -- i am sorry. >> i was going to say we've given $60 million to charity and that is where this number came from, the sequels the largest amount of money we ever gave charity. >> in terms of some of the other responses of some of your coworkers, what do they say to you? >> they are just elated. i have to say thank you to add and everybody and i am sure on behalf of everybody that works there we are just so grateful, it was just so generous. it has been wonderful. >> from 50,000, to 270,000, what a party.

that is a holiday party. thank you both for joining us, we certainly appreciate it and it was a great thing to do for sure. >> thank you so much. >> have a great christmas, merry christmas to both of you. switching gears completely, fox news alert for you, brothers from chicago confirmed dead in the new zealand volcano disaster we have been following. the new search happening for their parents despite an impending eruption risk. the pentagon reviewing if it is legal to have troops at the border but how is it illegal to protect americans. our next guest says this probe is just a show created by radical democrats. 't easy.

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morning half past the top of the hour, the jersey city attack declared a hate crime by the mayor, surveillance video showing the two shooters slowly walking toward the jewish supermarket while opening fire, they killed three people and the police detective before they were shot and killed by officers. overnight thousands attended funerals and vigils for the victims. today lawyers for the boston marathon bomber, the fight to overturn his conviction and death sentence, they argue he was not given a fair trial in part because it was held in boston. three people were killed and 300 injured in that 2013 marathon bombing attack. today the house judiciary committee will begin voting on articles of impeachment following another fiery hearing on capitol hill. overnight house democrats began work on completing those articles. ♪

>> there is a critical election in the uk today, polls are now open as prime minister boris johnson squares off with jeremy corbin. at the center of all of this is the vote, brexit. benjamin hall is live with the latest in london. >> reporter: hard to underestimate the significance of this election. two totally different views how the uk should look moving forward and they will, whoever wins have a profound impact on the country, the polls have been getting closer the last two weeks. boris johnson speaking yesterday. >> this contest is tight and getting fighter. the choice for our amazing country could not be starker. i can't remember an election like this in my political lifetime that there has been such a yawning chasm between the

two possible futures for this country. >> on one side you have prime minister boris johnson and the conservatives. if they win a majority brexit goes through and the uk embraces in their words free and open trade in the rest of the world and crucially seeks a new path for the uk out of the eu in hand with the us. on the other side of jeremy corbin and the later party wins things couldn't be more different. he is promising a second brexit referendum campaigning to remain, promising a socialist agenda of nationalizing major industry, taxing corporations and borrowing money to the tune of $600 billion to do so. he has spoken out regularly to criticize donald trump. this campaign has been followed one main issue, brexit, which is divided this country and has changed traditional political alliances, people who never voted conservative will do so because they voted brexit and vice versa. polls close at 5:00 pm eastern

today and we will have an exit poll soon after that. whoever will win the 326 seats out of 650 to get a majority, two weeks ago boris johnson was slated to have a majority but that poll is closed and getting closer. on the side of those who want to remain in the eu, a critical day for the uk over here. turning now to a fox news alert, american-born teenagers are among the 16 people dead in the new zealand volcano we ruptured. matthew and baron hollander were born in chicago and moved to australia where their father is from and visiting the island with their parents who are still missing, crews will search for bodies on the island tomorrow. efforts were called off over fears the volcano could erupt again. a professional golfer among dozens arrested in a massive prostitution using, he was

picked up by police in what they call the operations center's noddy list. wearing two gloves at once, winning a minor event in 2012. the offer of 124 now facing charges after undercover officers arranged meetings online. one of the other men arrested was a disney security guard. 2019 wind down, ice reveals they deported more than a quarter million illegal immigrants. the agency says it removed 267,000 people, a slight increase from last year. 91% of those illegal immigrants were convicted criminals are currently face charges. despite the increase, ice says arrests fell to 143,000, that is 16,000 less than last year. after months of us troops at the us mexico border the pentagon

independent investigation office is launching a probe into the legality of their deployment, after months of pressure from those who say the military is being misused but how is it illegal to protect americans? here to weigh in is mike howell. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. heather: 33 congressional members sent this letter, it read we write to urge you to investigate the misuse and politicization of united states military personnel and resources including potential legal and constitutional violations at the us southern border. that was in september. what is your response? >> this is the squad and their followers sending a letter to

the ig who has no authority to make legal determinations, all he can do is make recommendations and referrals, it's not unusual for an it to take up a request when 33 members ask. this is nothing more than angry penpal game with radical democrats and bureaucrats in the government, not really a big factor in what is going on, using troops at the border wasn't illegal when obama did or when. did it. along as they are involved in law enforcement activities, building fencing and moving troops or border patrol agents one place to another, it is all above board. >> did they consider numbers when looking at this? border apprehensions actually dropped into november, you can look at the numbers there. is this part of what they are considering? >> i don't know the motivation, probably to prove their far left base and open board in geos, that they are doing something to be angry about the issue at hand, there is no solution to the border crisis good enough for these radical leftists

because they like the border crisis and of course they are not going to be on the team of anything that could mitigate it. there's nothing wrong with cvp needing a little help. sometimes you need a friend to help you finish, that is okay. shannon: the opposition to their effectiveness, not the legality and what exactly have the troops been doing primarily responsible for? >> primarily helping construct fencing in some areas, moving border patrol officers from one place to another so kind of like behind-the-scenes training and infrastructure support as opposed to direct law enforcement activities like seizures and arrest so that is where the line is drawn and it is consistent with what previous ministrations have done and they wouldn't have to do it of congress actually recognize the scope of the problem, cared about our national sovereignty and security and gave the

resources law enforcement needs to confront this problem. >> speaking of resources, here's part of the white house statement on the injunction blocking border wall funding, they say the court's injunction sweeps far broader than that and blocks multiple projects that are hundreds of miles away and have nothing to do with these plaintiffs, what about that? >> news at 11:00, this happened every weekend this administration where a judge oversteps their authority to join the resistance and stop what the administration is trying to do. the judge will get smacked about the appeals court or supreme court but it points to a bigger flaw in the legal system where people are allowed to disrupt the process they do not like based on spurious legal concerns. shannon: that has been an issue before for a long time as well. mike howell, thank you for joining us. the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour, democrat ripped by her constituents for supporting impeachment.

>> it is all a laugh. >> the fiery confrontation at her own townhall.

>> you investigate production problems. have you done so today? >> there is ongoing activity through our oversight. >> that is not good enough. you have a lot of people over here. some of us would feel better if you showed more passion for this. >> tempers sore at a heated capitol hill hearing on boeing's troubled 737 max jet. tracy carrasco from foxbusiness here with highlights and low lights. >> lawmakers on capitol hill asking some tough questions about the faa's possible role in

these two fatal accident involving the boeing 737 max jet. faa administrator defended the agency after it was revealed regulators allowed those planes to keep flying after the f a's investigation revealed there would be major risks if some design changes were not made to the boeing 737 max. there is also a whistleblower, a former boeing executive who testified at the hearing yesterday before the committee, he said boeing put profits before safety. these plaintiff and grounded since march following two that the accident. as far as the as carriers, american, united and southwest of cleared the planes from the schedule through next march. a lot still to be done with this case as far as getting these planes back into the air. >> want to make sure they are safe. this next study revealed

elizabeth warren's wealth tax would raise less revenue than the campaign estimates. >> this was a study done by the penn wharton budget model. they found the revenue brought in by elizabeth warren for her proposed wealth tax would be much less than her campaign is suggesting. the new report says it would raise $2.7 trillion over ten years but according to elizabeth for an's campaign she says would raise 3.75 $3.75 trillion in federal revenue over the next decade. so some discrepancy there you can see. >> always great to have you join us, we appreciate it. just call it 20/20 vision. the second half of the 2020 sign unveiled in times square. if you are in new york you can take a selfy with the numbers until december 19th when they are hoisted up. the time is 15 minutes until the top of the hour. it is a 4 of our 12 days of

giving on "fox and friends first" and today we feature trees for troops, 15 year delivering farm grown trees to military families and they join us to talk about how they make that happen. they are here live with how you can too.

heather: for 15 years trees for troops has worked with american farmers to send christmas trees to deployed military members around the world and their families at home to show support for their sacrifice during the holiday season. we want to share how you can get

involved and serve those greenhouses in new jersey. they donate a lot of these trees. thank you for joining us at a busy time of year. tell us why you decided to participate in this. >> a neighboring farm introduced this, you being a tree farm, should get involved in this and can't believe i never heard of this and how do we get involved so we jumped in right away and contacted o'connor who runs the program in colorado. shannon: this is your second year of this was what about the people you provide these trees for? >> we had a need situation with pastor ed ramirez with a crew of volunteers and he put it in perspective, to serve or not be served and serve those who serve us. >> a great way to put it.

is this something that means something personal to you? >> definitely, just left for the navy two years ago. right now that definitely resonates with us. >> when we think of the holiday season some people tend to forget all these troops are not spending the holidays with their family. people can help provide a christmas tree or donate online to provide funding. >> the way you can get involved in this time of year you can come to a participating farm like us and donate financially for christmas tree and we take care of the rest and they receive donations all year round and that is something we are looking to expand so you can donate at any time on their

website. shannon: we can bring that information up online for everyone at home. is this something you plan to do in years to come? >> absolutely, it is an awesome cause but we are happy to have gotten involved and continue expand the program. >> this is your second year. do you have any stories from the first year? >> first year we donated 110 trees, trickling up to 300 so our community supports it a lot, we have a ton of volunteers that come out so it is something we are glad to get behind and it is a testament to the people around you, a great cause supporting the military in the holiday season as a gigantic community event where people give back to

the military. shannon: a great idea, merry christmas. it is 8 minutes until the top of the hour and an annual veterans parade is not necessarily good one, canceled over politics. >> a lot of us on this council i didn't support that i hated to have to do but this is a shame. heather: why the mayor was forced to pull funding for the annual tradition. >> a a a a a h! julie: cast of the home alone reboot announced, unhappy fans say leave that classic alone? what do you think?

heather: of virginia congresswoman confronted by her own constituents over the impeachment effort. watch this. >> it is a laugh. it is all a laugh. >> let them know. >> abigail sam berger seeming

frustrated during the townhall, one of 7 freshmen democrats, supporting impeachment. the district she represents voted for donald trump in 2016. a decades old parade to honor veterans get public funding pulled over a confederate controversy. officials in georgia making the unanimous decision after historical groups toward to the city for borrowing confederate flags from the event. >> there are a lot of vote on the council i didn't support that i hated to have to do. it is a shame. heather: is unclear who will foot the price tag for the old soldiers day parade. the christmas classic home alone getting a reboot, but new casting is making some people feel like this. >> a a a a a a a h! >> archie yates will star in the

remake. he will star alongside rob delaney whose roles of not been announced. people blasting the cast announcement on twitter, i thought it was clear we wanted mcculley culkin cast as the kid and no one in the movie would acknowledge he is a 39-year-old guy. another rights if it is not broken don't fix it. thanks for joining us, "fox and friends first" continues right now, goodbye. jillian: thursday to simmer 12, the manhunt for suspected, crossing state lines as the houston-area more the loss of a 16 year veteran. rob: what we learned about the suspect that lengthy rap sheet which was flaunted all over social media. >> we cannot rely on an election to solve our problems when the president threatens the very integrity of that election.