>> we are achieving what no administration has ever achieved before and what do they tell me, i get impeached, that's what i get out of it. heather: monday january 20th, happening right foul at 4:00 a.m. on the east coast, president trump tearing into democrats as the impeachment battle reaches a boiling point. we are live with how lawmakers are preparing with the start of senate trial and second amendment under attack, thousands are expected to flood the virginia state capitol to protest antigun legislation, live in richmond as local authorities break for impact.

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thank you for starting your day and week with us. legal team expected to file first legal brief in just hours, the president slamming democrats' push in an address to the american farm bureau, todd piro joins us live in the studio as it heats up. >> busy and historic week has finally arrived. the president wasting no time. >> we are achieving what no administration has ever achieved before and what do i get out of it, tell me, i get impeached, that's what i get out of it but the radical left lunatics. >> president trump also tweeting, i have never seen the republican party as strong and as unified as it is right now. that unity potentially tested by the issue of witnesses, many republicans like lindsey graham insist their party get to call witnesses like the house.

from we call one witness we are going to call all of the witnesses, they'll not be a process where the democrats get their witnesses and the president gets shut out. >> democrats like chuck schumer calling out republican leadership. >> leader mcconnell will never be for witnesses and documents, he said he's taking cue from white house and they want no truth. >> more questions on the charges. adam schiff attacking the defense of newly trump appointed alan dershowitz, still wouldn't rise to impeachable offense. >> the house made exactly the opposite argument that abuse of power is at the center of what the framers intended impeachable intent to be, the position adopted by the president. >> in response dershowitz resalute in his argument. >> to call him absurdist is to

insult one of the greatest jurists in american history, the argument is a strong one, the vote was to impeach on abuse of power which is not -- >> all right, dershowitz went onto say, vote to impeach was on abuse of power which is not between constitutional criteria, they'll be a walk-through on the senate floor before the fireworks officially begin. heather: all right, much more to come on that, thank you so much, todd. fox news alert for you, switching gears, several people are dead in two separate bar shootings in texas and missouri, manhunt is underway in san antonio after gunman left 2 people dead and injured 5 others, police say the shooting was triggered by a fight inside the bar and in kansas city at least 2 people are dead and 15 injured during concert at a

club, police believe the shooter was killed by armed security guard, at least 3 people are in critical condition there. and in another fox news alert, hawaii mourning the loss of two officers shot and killed in the line of duty, horrific tragedy ending with massive fire across several homes, aisha on who the suspect is who is responsible. >> good morning, families went to church sunday, heather, absolute mayhem that tragically left two police officers dead, here they are, officer tiffany enríquez and taliki of honolulu police department, enríquez mother and kalala with 9 year's experience, police say 68-year-old jerry stabbed his landlord as she was trying to evict him and shot at officers,

set the house on fire, residents had to be evacuated, two females inside the suspect's home are still unaccounted for and believe the suspect himself may have died in the house fire, now dozens of officers gathered at queens medical center to show medical support, enríquez and kalama killed in line of duty this year, the police emotional breaking the news. >> i'm deeply saddened to report tragical, condolences to families of enríquez and kaliki. >> very sad, he had mental health issues and several restraining orders against him. one of the officers killed

tiffany enríquez actually had previous record but appears neighbors had no idea he had a gun, police say he wasn't supposed, to he didn't have permits to own one. heather. heather: thank you very much, live for us this morning. to another big story happening today, second amendment advocates will rally in virginia as lawmakers look to limit gun rights in the state, griff jenkins live for us outside the state capitol in richmond where security is on high alert. >> heather, it's lobby day out here, it happens every year, particularly very big because of the gun rights, now this is the virginia citizens defense league, they come to push for second amendment rights but this year they are really worried that governor ralph northam will put measures through that threaten their rights, if you look behind me you can see the virginia state capitol behind me but chain-link fence, governor

declared state of emergency after receiving credible threats, associated associated e supremacists groups, possibly has brought this security that we have here, there's no guns allowed on capitol grounds, you cannot carry a weapon where that truck is driving right now, the gun measures at the senate has passed here is part of why people are out here, one handgun a month will be restored, universal background checks and increase local authority over guns in public places but the house legislature, the delegates want to do more bills lined up, we talk today delegates, republican from virginia beach, the area where in may 12 people were killed in rampage, here is what he said about the opposition that's bipartisan. >> i've had democrats come to me , glen, i'm a democrat, this is the ability to protect your

family and your loved ones and that's not a republican or democrat issue. >> we also spoke to the owner of a gun range, colonial arm shooting range, one of the house bills would essentially close indoor private ranges and she's very worried it could close her doors. >> one bill that's aim to go put us out of business, which we have 50 employees or more which we, do the problem is we are the solution and not the issue here, we are not sure why they are targeting indoor gun ranges. >> they want a peaceful day out here and they want to petition their lawmakers to try and bring some sense to what they believe is assault on their second amendment rights, it's expected to be 100 to 120,000 people could be out here today, heather. heather: griff jenkins live,

thank you, griff. ♪ ♪ heather: today to celebrate dr. martin luther king, jr. >> i have a dream. [cheers and applause] >> that my poor little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but they the content of their character. heather: tributes will be held across the country to honor civil rights leader's birthdays, peace marchs at dr. king's memorial in our nation's capitol. president trump attended last year's ceremony, it's not clear whether she will be there this year, switching gears, the 49ers are heading to the super bowl after beating the packers to win

nfc championship. >> another first down, how about a touchdown. >> 9ers beat the packers, they will play the chiefs who beat the titans 25 to 34, chiefs playing in first super bowl since 1970, the big game will take place in miami, kickoff the sunday february 2nd at 6:30 p.m. eastern time only on fox. well, there's plenty of support on social media from both teams this morning, patrick on twitter writing, this is written for the chiefs, gene posting on facebook, my 49ers and michael on instagram staying 49ers will win easily so let us know who you will be rooting for and we will share that with everybody. time now 11 minutes after the top of the hour and house democrats trying to make their case ahead of impeach forment trial. >> foreign interference in an

election for personal benefit, that goes to the very heart of what the framers intended to be impeachable. heather: but trump 2020 deputy communication's director democrats haven't shown any proof a law has been broken and she joins us up next and social media tipping their hat to rob lowe after actor started wearing nfl logo hat, his response and the reaction lighting up the internet.

>> they could not honestly get a majority to charge bribery, treason, obstruction and to abuse and those do not fit the constitutional criteria. >> solicit anticipation of foreign interference in an election for a personal benefit, that goes to the very heart of what the framers intended to be

impeachable. heather: well, the president's legal team blasting house managers for 111-page impeachment filing as the senate prepares to hear open arguments tomorrow and joining me live to break it all down before the fireworks really erupt trump 2020 deputy communication's director erin. what is to start tomorrow. >> it's clear that democrats have yet to put forward a crime that they are alleging against president trump, so they are trying to have a policy through impeaching the president of the united states, that's not what's going on here, the president has the constitutional authority to make foreign policy decisions and instead democrats have decided to have the policy dispute through impeachment, thankfully the president has strongest legal team, not only great constitutional scholars but those faced impeachment

before. >> they understand the president, this does not meet high crime or misdemeanor, democrats have tried to politicize process, they are not using it appropriately. heather: on that note, let's bring up response from the president's legal team, we can bring this up, responding to articles of impeachment on saturday saying amongst other things, the articles of impeachment are constitutionally invalid on their face, this entire process is nothing more than a dangerous attack on american people themselves, fundamental right to vote. >> democrats before president trump was inaugurated to overturn legitimate results of

2011 election, they can't be the loudest voice, they are trying to prevent president trump from winning a second term, the god news is the american people see past that, democrats, republicans alike know that this is partisan politics at its worse and setting president trump up to win again in 2020. heather: yeah, we mentioned that the house democrats, 111 pages where response was simply 7, this is an excerpt from what the house democrats had to say, they said unless president trump is removed from office he will continue to endanger our our national security jeopardize integrity of our elections and undermine core constitutional principles, here is the thing, since the president has been impeached, there's been so much work that he still manages to get done, one of those things he's been able to get done is a couple of trade policies and he spoke on that over the weekend in austin, listen. >> we are achieving what no

administration has ever achieved before and what do i get out of it, tell me, i get impeached, that's what i get out of it. that's okay, the farmers are sticking with trump. heather: talk about that, some of the accomplishments, we can pull them up so people can see them on the screen that he's managed to accomplished. >> democrats again if they decided to work with the president, can you imagine how much stronger footing the president would be on, the president got usmca across the finish line with massive bipartisan vote in the united states senate, that will eliminate and reduce barriers to pretrade to two largest trading partners, canada and méxico, that's great for farmers in the united states, the phase 1 china trade deal, again, another big economic boost even the face of historic obstruction of democrats and on the campaign side, when we talk about what we are able to do, we knocked on

one million door in new hampshire, the campaign is ahead, democrats fail and try get to impeachment to stick. heather: unemployment rate 3.5% in december, signed 14 executive orders, 10 presidential memorandums, 37 confirmations and stock market highs, we will see what happens, tomorrow should be an interesting day, thank you so much, erin. appreciate your time. >> thank you. heather: bernie sanders has a new problem with female candidates. listen. >> do you think that gender is still an obstacle for female politicians? >> look the answer is yet, i think everybody has their own sets of problems. heather: how he's trying to explain that answer and hittingg the road, maga license plates to raise money for our heros, a

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ask. shop. discover. at your local xfinity store today. heather: welcome back, the president's make america great again promise, group of senators proposing a plan to raise money for veterans groups by selling specialty license plates with the famous slogan and joining me now to talk more about his proposals, oklahoma state senator nathan dom, thank you so much for joining us, we certainly appreciate your time this morning. >> good morning, great to be with you, especially 4 years to the day from when president trump was sworn in. heather: you're right actually, so tell us how you came up with this idea?

>> well, we had license plates in oklahoma, right now we have over 98 of them, they go to different organizations, to schools, nonprofits, to different things and i want to do something special for our veterans groups so i selected two veterans groups that president trump has actually donated to directly and so these license plates would be 35-dollar fee, it's an option that people can pay $15 would cover the cost and then $20 of it would be split between the two groups that are doing the fantastic jobs not just in oklahoma, based out of oklahoma, they are doing great things across the country for our veterans. heather: now the two groups are folds of honors, warriors for freedom, how did you choose these particular groups? >> so the money would go to them, however, oklahoma law says that you have to get a minimum 10 preorders for the plate to go

into production, they didn't meet the threshold, i thought there may be a better way to get more funds through them, through this process but the reason i selected those organizations is because president trump directed to them, in the past he donated $200,000, that's how i selected the organizations based out of oklahoma. >> two great groups. heather: tell us what is left in the process. >> it would have to go through legislative process, oklahoma legislature, senate bill that i filed with senator, it would have to go through the senate first, over to the house, passed by the house on to the governor for his signature and then after all of that the tax commission which is responsible for oklahoma tags, oklahoma license plates, they will start working on a final design with whoever president trump designates to be able to negotiate that, work

through all that and once all that, be able to order plates and help support the veterans groups. heather: anything to support our veterans is definitely a great idea. thank you so much for joining us, we appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you. heather: have a great day. the time now is almost half past the top of the hour, massive gun rights rally to get underway hours from now in virginia as president trump warns democrats are trying to take away the second amendment, is the president right? our debate up next. >> listen i have as much right as anybody, an actor, athlete, musician, anybody else to voice my opinion. heather: and robert de niro getting political again, swipe at president trump during last night sag awards.

heather: welcome back, top headlines this morning, president trump to file and white house lawyer wills have until soon to present comprehensive briefs that will be layed out on senate floor, walk-through of the trial ahead of its start tomorrow, and as the trial ramps up it's still business as usual for the president, today he leaves for the world economic forum in switzerland, he's expected to make a special address tomorrow and discuss the greatest challenges facing the global economy. and second amendment advocates in virginia today as lawmakers look to limit gun rights in the state, governor northam recently abandoning measures to ban assault rifles and close indoor shooting ranges. welshing president trump is weighing in warning that this is

just the latest attack on the second amendment so is he right, here to debate constitutional attorney, democratic strategist laura, thank you both for joining us this morning, appreciate it. >> great to be here. >> good morning. heather: i will start with you, let's begin with that question s the president right? >> yeah, the president is right, i mean, when you try to ban an ar15 or close a shooting range that violates the constitution, the supreme court has been clear about this time and again, i don't think that there's much split in the circuits on this, the ar15 is a weapon and common use and the supreme court said that weapons that are commonly used, they trigger and so you can't just get rid of them. heather: laura, you don't agree, why? >> ar15 is a common that's commonly used, commonly used in mass shootings, what we are talking about here in a legislation that they are considering is widely popular and supported by virginians who

elected democrats to get this done across the board with top issue for them before the election, we are talking about background checks, supported by 80% of americans and that includes a lot of republicans to get to that number, we are talk ing about -- means making sure that your daughters ex-boyfriend with restraining order doesn't get weapon in his hands and your grandchildren don't have to fear when they go to school when somebody mentally ill fear when they go to school, common sense gun laws that vast of americans believe in and far right that disagree. heather: let's take a look a gun control measures that have been passed in the senate and i will get you to comments on this and laura what was saying, allow localities to ban guns from public events, sb69 restricts handgun purchases to one per

month, sp70, transfers of firearms. >> first i will in response say that we shouldn't be talking about what's popular versus what's constitutional, this isn't a popularity contest when it comes to constitution. when you talk about trying to protect women against abusive voices, what about protecting women against other perpetrators, it's a great equalizer for them. instead of focusing on background checks, focus on the ban that can purchase one weapon a month. if you were to purchase one newspaper a month, people would say that would be in violation of first amendment, why doesn't the same apply to the second amendment and when we talk about -- >> it's a different amendment. >> we already have laws in every state that allows for the civil commitment of those who have mental illness. when you take a red flag law

which is ex parte, you take aweapon away from somebody but don't give them mental health training, why don't we enforce law that is we already have, if somebody has mental health, confined for mental health as would be the case with civil, they don't get allowed to have a gun, that's not the same thing as flag law. >> amir, with record numbers of mass shootings, with loopholes in the head flag laws which is what the red flag laws are trying to close, we are not talking about constitutional issues, ar15 were banned for a number of years and gun violence went down during that time, even recently when governor northam declared state of emergency the courts upheld that because they said there are limits on the second amendment, it doesn't cover everything, we all know we can't bring a gun on the plane, we all know that there are common sense restrictions to gun

ownership that still allow hunters to hunt, still allow private owners to be in possession of firearms legally and so what we are talking about here are just common sense restrictions that the american people want and are 100% constitutional. heather: amir, final word. >> i just think it's funny that the constitution they rely on is common sense, common sense is fallback, the constitution is the constitution. >> you're not right about it, sir. heather: hopefully today will remain peaceful, the rally there going on will, of course, be live there as well, amir, laura, thank you both for joining us this morning. >> thank you. heather: new york times editorial board endorsing senators elizabeth warren and amy klobuchar, yes, you heard that right, both of them, breaking with convention because the democratic party is split as the board warren and klobuchar are the best candidates to advocate the radical and realist

models for the elections, senator warren reacting on twitter, quote, so i guess amy klobuchar and i are both undefeated in elections and undefeated in new york times endorsement. senator klobuchar calling it, quote, an honor. what do you think about that? well, sanders said being a woman candidate is a problem. >> do you think that gender is still an obstacle for female politicians? >> the answer is yes, everybody that is their own sets of problem, everybody brings negatives if you like, nobody the perfect, there ain't no perfect candidate. heather: faces his obstacles because of his age hoping voters can look past those traits. he's denied those claims.

well well, first foreign language film to win by the way, lifetime achievement award and the actor getting political during his acceptance speech. >> there's right and there's wrong and there's abuse of power, i have as much right as anybody, an actor, an athlete, a musician, anybody else to voice my opinion. >> and this has everybody talking, brad pitt and jennifer aniston, fans hoping for a reunion, the couple by the way divorced in 2005 and his reaction to her acceptance speech, the time now 20 minutes until the top of the hour and prince harry breaks his silence.

>> sadness it has come to me, i know i don't have it right but as far as this goes there really was no other option. heather: live in london with harry's first reaction on megxit. wrestling takes ugly turn when out of control parent storms.

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people. well, illegal immigrant charged with killing a university of iowa student is asking for another delay in the start of murder trial, christian rivera's attorneys say that state officials did not reveal critical evidence and illegally obtained confession and removal of new witnesses including molly tibbet's boy, accused of killing and dumping body in corn field, the trial is scheduled to begin. well, prince harry speaking out for the first time after the megxit drama, the prince insisting that he had, quote, had no other options to step away from royal duties, good morning, amy. >> good morning, heather, that's right, everyone is looking very closely at this speech spinning it as they will, it was a speech that was given at a private dinner last night, it was a

group that represented this charity which works with young people with hiv and aids in africa, charity that's close to prince harry's heart and he wanted to firsthand in personal manner lay out his reasons for stepping away from royal duties and in that speech which he posted on his instagram account he didn't directly lash out at the media for intense and often harsh scrutiny of him and megan but made clear it was most if not all of the problem. >> but i hope that you understand what it had come to, that take a step forward in what i hope can be a more peaceful life. >> meghan and he were excited to serve monarchy and they would continue lives of service, he also said he wanted to continue to serve the queen, the common wealth and royal associations without taking public funds but

unfortunately that was not possible. meghan -- heather, this this ise first time we heard from the prince. it's also very telling that he said i will tell you as much as i can about my reasons for stepping down, there's an awful lot, heather, that was left unsaid and we may never know about why the couple made that decision. heather. heather: i'm still hopeful they'll change their mind. everything will go back to the way it was. amy, thank you so much, we appreciate it. time now is about 15 minutes until the top of the hour and the long-awaited senate impeachment trial gets underway tomorrow, so what can we expect in the coming weeks? former congressman james logan impeachment manager during clinton proceedings and called it an exhausting process, he joins us live

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heather: impeachment trial has officially landed in the hands of the senate, the process already heating up as lawmakers battle over whether to allow more witnesses to testify, so what can we expect next, james rogan, manager during bill clinton trial and he breaks it down, thank you for joining us, we certainly appreciate it. >> good morning, heather. heather: compare what you have seen so far and what you expect to see tomorrow to what we went through 21 years ago and you specifically were involved with? >> i really don't know what to

tell you, you might expect that coming up, i can only talk about my own experience and to show you how naive we all were the house managers went to the senate 21 years ago to try the impeachment trial against president trump, we were under the impression, we were actually going to be able to try a case that it was going to be akin to what we think of as a trial, you have a judge, you have a jury, you call witnesses, you present evidence, i had prepared i think a 14 or 15-page outline of what the trial would look like for house judiciary committee, when we got to the senate we found that it was a totally different deal. they hear what they want to hear, they would tell us on a daily basis what to prepare for the next day and it wasn't anything like a real trial, the other thing that you should expect is that in a real courtroom the judge as i'm a judge, you know, you make rulings during a trial and the

rulings stand in the senate if the chief justice is called upon to make a ruling any senator can stand up and essentially object to the ruling and then the senators and if a majority of them vote to overturn the ruling, they overturn the ruling and so the senate is essentially the judge and jury in a very major way and they decide what they will hear and what they won't hear and what they will do and what they won't do and lawyers on the other side don't have much to say anything. heather: all of the investigation, all of the witnesses, that was supposed to be completed in the house and as you were just explaining, they are just supposed to take a second look at all of that? but now sounds like they will be calling new witnesses potentially? >> that i don't know and as a sitting judge i can't comment on a pending matter, it's against ethics but i can tell you from

my experience 21 years ago the senate decides if you're going to have witnesses, if you're going to have witnesses, who will be the witnesses and in what form they testify, they wouldn't let us call any live witnesses and they made us submit a list of who we might be allowed to take depositions from and then they voted on that and they told us also if you give us too many names we will vote the whole thing down and so it was a very restricted, it was very restricted proceeding and it was kind of bizarre for me as a former gang murder prosecutor and former trial court judge at the time to watch my jury tell -- tell the lawyers what you may and may not do and how you will do it and in what capacity you'll do it. heather: what about any insight since the time frame that you expect this to go as compared to what happened with president clinton? >> again, i don't know, i don't think anybody knows what to

expect in the current matter and i can't comment on it anyway, i had a time estimate to put on the entire trial for the people, for the prosecution's case of about 2 weeks, we never got to do that, the senate would never let us do it, instead we spent about 4 weeks essentially talking to the senate about what a trial would look like. so we never got to really try the case, we just did an awful lot of talking in the senate. heather: well, that gives us something to go on and compare it to, thank you very much for joining us, we appreciate it, we will see what happens tomorrow. >> thank you, heather, thank you for having me. heather: thank you, 8 minutes until the top of the hour, forget about hoping on the band wagon, rob lowe isn't rooting for a team just the nfl, and retired naval officer putting on a show-stopping performance, the captivating rendition of the national anthem that stunned the capacity crowd in kansas city.

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heather: welcome back, tom brady is open mined about playing for another team next season apparently. the quarterback telling westwood 1 he will embrace whatever the future brings with open arms, brady is eligible to become a free agent for the first time in march and says that he wants to

continue playing, cbs report says super bowl winner will meet with other teams during free agency. did you see this, rob lowe, roasted on social media for wearing nfl logo hat, cameras caught him rolling promo for lone star, i didn't expect my hat to be the most interesting part of the game, of course, your comments poured in on this one, generic nfl football fan rob lowe for halloween, that's a pretty good idea, ray posting not understanding the big deal that you are all making over him wearing generic nfl hat, who cares? kevin writing, joined by rules expert former head nfl officiating rob lowe. now it's time for the good, the

bad and the ugly. first the good, wows nfl fans, watch this. [cheers and applause] heather: petty officer first class wilson performing before the chiefs-titans games, wilson is st. louis native and chiefs fan. and now the bad, florida beach goers were treat today a rare and historic sight, watch this. >> liftoff, high. heather: spacex intentionally destroying a flight and finally ugly charging at student during wrestling match.

watch this. well, dad apparently getting upset at son's opponent over hat hit, rushing to stop the man in north carolina, by the way he's facing assault and disorderly charges now, that wraps up this hour, thanks for joining us, "fox & friends first" continues right now, bye bye. rob: it is monday january 20th, fox news alert, two hawaii police officers are killed, several others including the suspect remain missing after pandemonium erupts in paradise. jillian: peaceful neighborhood in war zone, what we are learning about the suspect's troubled past. >> we are achieving what no administration has ever achieved before and what do i get out of it, tell me, i get impeached. the left lunatics, i get